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An Indigenous entrepreneur in London is looking to take his business to the next level, competing for a $25,000 prize in the final round of a national pitch…

Article content Local Indigenous leaders on Wednesday called for a criminal investigation over children they say went missing from the former Mohawk Institute residential school in Brantford In a brief press conference, Six Nations of the Grand River Chief Mark Hill called for a probe by Ontario provincial police, as well as Brantford and Six Nations police, into the children – at least 54, he said – who died at the Mohawk Institute, which was Canada’s longest-running residential school. “What we don’t know is where those little bodies are buried,” he said. The probe will be in co...

Article content The Honouring Our Children Relay: Past Present & Future, will start at Neyaashiinigmiing, on what historically was the Saugeen Peninsula, now the Bruce Peninsula, and walk south to Wiarton, then to Hepworth and on to Sauble Beach. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Local Indigenous relay on Canada Day to honour children Back to video It will begin with a sunrise peace pipe ceremony at 5:30 a.m. at Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation and end with a closing peace pipe ceremony about 6 p.m. at the Sauble health centre, by Chippewa...

(LEVI LANDRY / iNFOnews.ca) June 06, 2021 - 6:00 PM As much of non-Indigenous Canada revisits the country’s colonial history others closer to it have questioned why so much of it has been preserved, including buildings like the former Kamloops Residential School. Kukpi7 (Chief) Rosanne Casimir addressed that in a press conference Friday morning, where she explained that the old structure where so much harm was wrought was a decision made to be sure that the past is not forgotten. “We know some have been torn down. For us, we want ours and will have it remain standing. I...

Local Indigenous community members are pushing for greater awareness about the history of the land of what is now Edmonton.