Canada to Pay Billions in Foster Care Settlement: the Money Belongs to Kidnapped...

by Doug George-Kanentiio | Columnist  On February 10 the US news station WWNY reported that Canada has agreed to pay $2,000,000,000 (billion) to settle a case involving the kidnapping and placing of Native children in...

Mohawk Numbers One to Ten and the Creation Story by Doug George-Kanentiio

Featured: Doug George-Kanentiio Creation stories are essential to understanding all human societies since these narratives define place, origin, spirituality, psychology, social-gender relations and in some instances politics. It summarizes what a people value and how they perceive the universe...

Trump Calls Soldiers Losers and Suckers

Every Political Candidate Must Condemn His Insults to the Military By Doug George Kanentiio Akwasane Mohawk My brother is S/Sgt Daniel William George, a retired US Marine from the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne. He served with...

Haudenosaunee Storytelling Oct. 10

Oneida County History Center 1608 Genesee Street Utica, New York SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 at 11:30 am Haudenosaunee Storytelling Storytelling is an important component of Haudenosaunee culture. Oral traditions and legends have been passed from generation to...

Shenandoah Receives Two Nominations For Nov. 2, Native American Music Awards

Indigenous music icon Joanne Shenandoah has been nominated for two awards for the 2019 Native American Music Awards set for November 2 at the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, NY.   Shenandoah's powerful video "Missing...

United Nations Marks 10th Anniversary of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

By Doug George-Kanentiio - Akwasasne Mohawk Bear Clan For two days, April 27-28, my wife, Joanne Shenandoah, and I attended the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York City. There were a number...

Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation to Host Special Screening in Syracuse for Haudenosaunee

Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation to Host Special Screening in Syracuse for Haudenosaunee Film features the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships hosted on Onondaga Nation’s territory, celebrates Iroquois Nationals team and Haudenosaunee relationship to...

Iroquois Prophecy and People at Standing Rock

By: Doug George Kanentiio The power and influence of prophecy among the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Iroquois) has been a central part of our culture since the birth of the league of peace long before the...