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Trappers seek to stop mineral exploration SASKATCHEWAN – A group of First Nation trappers calling themselves the Northern Trappers Alliance has been camping alongside Highway 955 in Saskatchewan since November to protest oil and mineral exploration in the area. The group began their blockade of the highway in November. After the RCMP asked them to dismantle the roadblock, they moved into tents beside the highway, where they’ve been waving signs at cars and trucks passing by on their way to work. The protestors are there to protect the land and water from pollution as a result of mineral exploration. However, Clearwater First Nation Chief Ted Clark, said their fears are “unfounded,” according to a Leader Post article. Clark owns a contracting company that was successfully blocked in November, before the roadblock was lifted. He said provincial regulations around safe and environmentally conscious explo-

ration are being followed, and that the exploration projects can bring a lot of employment opportunities for indigenous communities. A call has gone out for people to come to the Trapper’s camp 11 km north of LaLoche, Saskatchewan on Hwy #955 for a big meeting to share concerns and plan what to do about the rush to explore and develop uranium and oil sands mining projects in Dene Nene. The meeting is scheduled for January 29, 30, and 31, 2015. Call Don Montgrand at 306-3215258 for more information.

Residential school survivors receive extension

OTTAWA – Residential school survivors will have until March 9 to apply for personal credits under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. The credits amount to up to $3,000 for things including college courses and other cultural programs, and they can be transferred to relatives, reports a CBC article. The extension was made possible after Mike Cachagee, a survivor of the Shingwauk residential

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Members of the Northern Trappers Alliance take shelter from the cold on the frontlines of the struggle against oil and mineral exploitation on their territory. school in Sault Ste Marie and a member of the Chapleau Cree First Nation, asked the court handing the settlement for an extension, since the majority of members are over 65 and don’t speak English.

Winnipeg mayor promises to fight racism

WINNIPEG – The mayor of Winnipeg has promised to fight racism and intolerance after a Maclean’s article claimed his city was the most racist one in Canada. Brian Bowman, who is the city’s first M tis mayor, admitted the city has a deep-seated problem with racism. He said he prom-

ised that a concrete dialogue would take place. “We do have racism in Winnipeg ... You can’t run away from facts,” he tells the Canadian Press. “Ignorance, hatred, intolerance, racism exists everywhere....Winnipeg has a responsibility right now to turn this ship around and change the way we all relate.” Bowman said that an open dialogue with Indigenous leaders is a necessary first step. Many community leaders have already responded positively to the Maclean’s article, also promising swift action, including the police chief, the provincial treaty com-

missioner, chiefs, and other community leaders. Ovide Mercredi, a former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations, said that while he has experienced racism personally, he is confident that the indigenous leaders will lead the fight against intolerance.

Hearing to review NEB decision to allow seismic testing in B.C.

BRITISH COLUMBIA – The Nammautaq Hunters and Trappers Organization and the mayor of Clyde River, Nunavut, have been granted a judicial review of a National Energy Board

decision which would allow companies to conduct seismic testing in the Baffin Bay and Davis Strait. Seismic testing allows companies to explore for oil and gas deposits underneath the ocean by sending loud soundwaves into the water, reports a CBC article. Mayor Jerry Natanine and the Trappers Organization are worried that these sonic blasts will disrupt animal migration patterns. The reason they asked for a judicial review was because they claimed the NEB failed to properly consult with affected community residents. They are also very worried about the potential risks to the environment. If successful in their legal challenge, the companies would have to re-apply for licences with the NEB all over again. The lawyer representing the Trappers Organization said he expects a hearing date sometime in April, before companies begin exploring for oil and gas. He also added that this would set a huge precedent when it comes to how the NEB makes its decisions.

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Survivors must be remembered with memorial By Jim Windle

BRANTFORD – Fundraising has begun for a proposed memorial monument to those who died while under the “care” of the Anglican Church and Federal Government at the Mohawk Institute residential school built on Mohawk land in Brantford. The school closed in 1970 but its legacy continues for not only those children who survived the experience, but for their children and even their grand children today. Roberta Hill is a survivor with a sadly too familiar story of rape and abuse at the hands of former school principal and Anglican Minister, Rev. John Zimmerman between 1957 and 1961. Recently she made acquaintance with an Anglican women named Nancy Herne, who has discovered documents held by the Anglican Diocese in London, Ontario that includes the names of 140 children who died, many of them buried somewhere on the grounds of the school or near the Mohawk Chapel. This number is considered low, taking into account the generations of Onkwehonwe children enrolled there over the years. “In my own research I came up with the names of more not on her list,” says Hill.

Documentary evidence has surfaced in recent years, some found by independent researchers and some through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, that supports personal stories of neglect and abuse, and Hill wants to see some form of commemoration for those who died and those who survived but carry the physical and emotional scars with them. “At residential schools across the country there are records of children who died when in their care and were buried on the property,” says Hill. She wonders why that would not be the case at the Mush Hole too. She charges that the Diocese must know where these burials are, although if they do have that information, they have not revealed it. Her concern isn’t so much that these graves be disturbed, but rather that when the memorial is built, it will not accidentally uncover them. “Like at St. Paul’s at Six Nations, they know approximately where everyone is buried since 1900, and they stay away from there,” says Hill. Case in point is St Anne’s Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont., where a home-made electric chair was being used as a normal means of punishment and entertainment by the

school’s staff as they forced children to hold hands while the current flowed through them. Seven former employees of a remote Roman Catholic boarding school in Northern Ontario were charged with sexual assault and assault, capping a five-year investigation. Ann Wesley, 72, of Moosonee, Ont., is charged with five counts of assault, three counts of assault causing bodily harm and five counts of administering a noxious substance [children who became sick after eating rotten porridge were forced to consume their own vomit]. John Moses Rodrique, 49, of Timmins, Ont., faced four charges of indecent assault and two of gross indecency. Also charged with indecent assault are Claude Lambert, 50, of St. Andre-Avellin, Que., Claude Chenier, 49, of Aylmer, Que., John Cushing, 77, of Kitchener, Ont,. and Marcel Blais, 49, of Ottawa. Charged with three counts of assault causing bodily harm is 61-year -old Jane Kakeychewan, named in one of the arrest warrants. Even when forced to comply with the TRC, it was only the documents the Diocese wanted to reveal that were made available, and the records and evidence from the St Anne’s case in January of

2014 were spirited away by the government after the trial. But when they were forced to turn over the documents to the TRC, large areas were blacked out, including the names of

those responsible. Fundraising has only begun for the memorial, and more information will be forthcoming as to how to help. Hill’s organization is

working with the Woodland Cultural Museum, hoping to support the renovations of the Mush Hole and the plan to use it as a Residential Schools Museum and archive.

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Grand River Post Secondary Education Office P.O. Box 339 2160 4th Line Ohsweken, ON. N0A 1M0

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Telephone: (519) 445-2219 Toll Free: 1 (877) 837-5180 Fax: (519) 445-4296 E-mail: info@grpseo.org Web Site: www.grpseo.org

It was recognized by the Grand River Post Secondary Education Office that we need to ensure that the Post Secondary Student Support Program (PSSSP) funded by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) was better implemented in a manner to support the sustainability of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. Our Board Policy states: 1.1. A portion of the graduates will address the identified needs and strategic directions (areas) of Ohswekehro:none Onkwehón:wene communities and society at large, including needs related to our languages, traditions and cultures. As a result of careful consideration and with the input from Six Nations Band Members via our online survey in 2014, along with the support of the Six Nations Elected Council and the Grand River Post Secondary Board, the Grand River Post Secondary Education Office (GRPSEO), wishes to make the following announcement regarding changes to our Student Policy which will take effect on April 1, 2015 and will apply to all applications for the Fall 2015 intake regardless of submission date and with the exception outlined below. 1.

Residency Categories Rationale: As our membership population continues to grow, we need to advance our policies to ensure a greater impact is made on establishing a sustainable community for Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. T RPSE R C P A Residency 1:

A student who maintains permanent residency within a 100 km radius of the core of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory (1670 Chiefswood Road – the corner of Chiefswood Rd. and 4th Line Rd., Ohsweken Ontario Canada) Students will now be required to submit documents to verify Residency along with all other documents required to complete their application for funding. *Our current Priority 6 will NOT be eligible under this Residency category.

Residency 2:

A student who maintains permanent residency outside of the 100 km radius from the core of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory (1670 Chiefswood Road – the corner of Chiefswood Rd and 4th Line Rd., Ohsweken Ontario Canada)

Residency 1 applications will be processed first. The current established Priority System will remain in effect under each of the Residency categories (with the exception of Priority 6 under Residency 1). Exception: Students who are currently funded by the GRPSEO and will be continuing successful students in Fall 2015 will be exempt from these new Residency Categories. The GRPSEO will honour our current policies for the duration of their currently enrolled program of studies until one of the following happens: A) any changes to their current program occur. (i.e. – switching into a different program) B) the student reaches graduation from their current program. 2.

Community Service Rationale: As we are encouraging the people of Six Nations of the Grand River to achieve higher education, we must also foster our people to connect to their lineage and understand the importance of being Oshwekehro:non, Onkwekhón:wene (People of Ohsweken). T employment opportunities. All students are required to complete 5 hours of community service per academic semester for which the GRPSEO provides funding. (i.e. – if you are approved for funding for Fall & Winter semesters, you will be required to submit 10 hours of community service upon completion of that academic period.) These community service hours are to be completed within a recognized organization or service provider within the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. In the event that a student is not able to complete their community service hours within the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and can provide justifiable reasoning to their Education Counsellor, the GRPSEO will accept community service hours accumulated through a First Nations organization or service provider within the closest First Nation community to the student including an urban center. Acceptable First Nations Organizations or Service Providers outside of Six Nations of the Grand River can include (but are not limited to): First Nations Student Services within their Educational Institutions, local First Nations Friendship Centers, First Nations Schools or other First Nations Community Organizations. Students can contact their Education Counsellors to receive confirmation if their chosen location for Community Hours will be acceptable. *This new policy will be applicable to ALL students (new and returning, full time and part time) funded through the GRPSEO and will be effective September 1, 2015 as their first Academic Semester.

If you have any questions regarding these 2 new policies, or require more detailed information, you can contact our office and speak to Taina Lickers, Director of Student Services and Counselling or any of our Board Members which are listed on our website. Full detailed copies of the NEW Student Policy Section 5: Eligibility/Student Priority Categories will soon be available on our website www.grpseo.org. We wish to thank the Six Nations of the Grand River Band Members, GRPSEO Board members and Six Nations Elected Council for your feedback and support through the development and implementation of these new Policies. Taina Lickers Director, Student Services and Counselling

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CKRZ 100.3 celebrates 25 years By Tim Reynolds OHSWEKEN – To commemorate their 25th anniversary, CKRZ kicked off a year of celebratory events and new programming this past Wednesday. “We actually started in 1987,” admits CKRZ board member Sabrina Saunders, “but those first few years were pirate radio. People were holding the antenna out the window hoping it would work. January 21, 1990 is when we went for full day broadcasting around the clock.” The Sonics radio station serving Six Nations/ New Credit and surrounding communities has plans to get even bigger and better. Throughout the year, the station will be hosting draws, a street dance, new activities and new shows as part of their effort to launch the new CKRZ. In addition, their signal is being boosted, so soon it will reach as far as Kitchener. “The board has been working on cleaning up policies, cleaning up the building, working with staff to try to get some new targets for what we would like to see in the coming years.” In an effort to really make CKRZ a community station, they’ve opened up the station to the public so anyone can write a proposal for a weekly radio show. “We have applications right now with proposals for a radio show that they can host for an hour or two through the week and pick your music, have your theme, do your show,” says Saunders.

D five times the maximum amount one can win. They’ve since been placed on the “Honor Roll” for their contributions to bluegrass music. “I remember making up cassettes, when we had cassettes, to play all night for programming. It’s been wonderful. All the friends, different DJ’s, volunteers, and guests who performed that have come through here has been great,” says McNaughton. “If anyone is thinking about volunteering here, it’s a great place to start.” CKRZ mainstay Al Sault spoke about the way CKRZ gives a voice to those who are otherwise ignored. “Whether we have had award winners or not, all of the musicians we have at Six Nations and New Credit have a talent level that’s comparable to or greater than artists off of our territories. What’s unfortunate is that mainstream radio will not play their music,” says Sault. “That’s why it’s so important that we have a place for our own voice and our own musicians, so they can be heard by the mainstream. It’s a part of who we are.”

They also have opening for high school students to do co-op placements to attain credits. One of the new shows they’re particularly pleased with is “The Playlist.” For an hour, anyone can write in, call or email the request line (requests@ckrzfm.com) with up to 15 songs they want to hear and their name. What follows is a personally curated hour of music, which will always be different depending on whose “playlist” is being aired. Longtime CKRZ member Wilma Green shared some of her early memories of the station: “I started back in 1989 in the basement of the RCMP barracks with people living upstairs and we were in the basement. We had flooding with all the electrical equipment down there, mice would run across my desk sometimes or see a snake staring down at me. We have come a long way from the basement.” Award-winning DJ John McNaughton was in attendance, co-host of the twenty-years-long and still running bluegrass show. He and his sister, Angel McNaughton, won the Central Canadian Bluegrass Award for best

Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill, second from right, joins the staff of CKRZ Radio 100.3 FM in downtown Ohsweken to help celebrate 25 years on the air as an all Native station. PHOTO BY TIM REYNOLDS

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Feb 13th #ShutDownCanada protest gains momentum By Mari Reeve Two Row Times caught up with some of the organizers of the February 13th nation wide call out and other grassroots Onkwehon:we activists. Momentum for this day is growing, almost 5000 people have now joined the Facebook group’s call out, 40,000 people have been invited to attend, and hundreds more have joined the groups in each of their respective cities. Last week’s story on #ShutDownCanada gathered more than 60,000 views on our website making it one of our most popular stories. Shannon Hecker, of Mikmaq, Irish, German and French descent explains her reasons for being involved in ‘shutting down Canada’ on this day. “We have made the callout for grassroots across Canada to organize direct actions in unison so that we can show this government what we can do when we work together. There are over 2000 missing and murdered indigenous women which PM Harper has said “is not on their radar” due to economic reasons. Our message touches on a variety of issues but they truly are all related. People need to realize that our consumer economy is directly connected to

displacement of indigenous peoples which has extremely detrimental effects on their ability to survive as distinct peoples.” Shannon goes on to speak about the poor living conditions found through out Turtle Island, noting that genocidal legislation and Canadian structures leave Onkwehon:we peoples in a place of poverty and oppression. Most reserves in the United States and Canada do not have access to clean drinking water, affordable and safe housing, employment opportunities. These reserves were set up so that they lack a basic infrastructure, ?while/but somehow? most small towns with the same population as reserves already have systems set up by government to ensure functional operation of their communities. From Shannon’s point of view, it seems some reserves are structured to keep the people down, and big industries are allowed to come in and worsen the already poor conditions and situations the people are in. “Devastating resource extraction is not only harming indigenous peoples ways of life but are systematically poisoning the land and destroying the ability of survival on this planet

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for all future generations. We can see this at the tar sands where toxic waste is leaking on a daily basis from tailings impoundments or manmade disasters, or with the under peublicized tailings spill at Mt. Polley. And we continue to see little regard to the well being of indigenous women who are assaulted and disappear without any meaningful investigation. We demand an independent inquiry into the #mmiw to shed light on the systemic racism and structural violence inherent to the government of Canada. Make no mistake that attacks on indigenous women are attacks on indigenous communities which is directly connected to the colonial agenda to maintain control of the land and natural resources. That is why we must call attention to these issues at the same time the tars sands, the pipelines, fracking, mining, mega-dam projects and the #MMIW -- it’s all connected. We are targeting the Canadian economy as it’s the only way to get the government’s attention.” Shannon notes that there are so many more issues, like high incarceration rates for Onkwehon:we males as well as legislation like Bill C-10 that completely disregards Indigenous sovereignty. Also organizing with Shannon in Vancouver

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for “ShutDownCanada, Dan Wallace, of kwakwaka’wakw heritage, shared his thoughts with TRT about these issues. “This is happening because people are tired of the serious systematic issues in all government institutions. #MMIW has been a serious issue for years and people have already been raising the issue here in Vancouver for 25 years now. It’s a slap in the face to those families that have lost loved ones but even more so proves the government is still racist. The government and its institutions passively aggressively use its systems like welfare, child apprehension, reserve life which is mostly impoverished lifestyles as a tool against indigenous people and our women feel it the most. Shutting down Canada and putting a halt to its economy for one day is small in comparison to how the government has used poverty as a weapon against not only indigenous people but all citizens of Canada.” He spoke about the common feeling of frustration, and wants people to unite and stand together free of fear. “We are tired of this government and we the people have the right to put this government in its place. Standing up and taking on direct action needs to happen in order to escape

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the fear mentality many have in regards to speaking out about what this corrupt government is doing to all of us. We need to not only discuss, but engage in a diversity of tactics on a broader scale. You have an obligation to take a stand for what is right when we know what the government is doing wrong. Government is not the power, you are the power. We the people are the power, people are the strength and it is the people that vote and pay taxes and contribute to society who are not being heard. You are not a criminal or a terrorist if you decide to take a stand against a tyrannical government and how it has chosen not to listen to the majority of the people. You are not a criminal or a terrorist if you protest systemic racism within government institutions, oil corporations, pipeline corporations, mining corporations, tar sands exploitation, fish farming corporations and logging corporations. ” TRT was also lucky enough to hear from Dini Toghestiy of the Wet’suwet’en nation and part of the Unist’ot’en Camp, offering our readers some inspirational words about Indigenous resistance. “Traditional Indigenous People and their

allies need to get involved in a tangible way. We need to ensure that we do not wait for inspiration to mobilize but rather ‘be’ that inspiration. We owe it to our ancestors and are indebted to do so for our unborn. Consider this an opportunity for humanity and a warning to governments and industry who threaten our very existence.” The issues highlighted for this day of action are many, Onkwehon:we peoples who have faced a multitude of these issues simultaneously on a regular basis can confirm that they are connected, and sadly even intended to keep native people in oppression. Hecker says: “We just planted the seed and now it is growing”. Some feel that blockading is pointless and will choose other tactics like peaceful demonstrations (outside of city halls and high traffic areas) to increase public awareness and eduction. The founders encourage a variety of tactics, maintaining the choice is really all your own, but believe it is time that the people speak with a united voice so it is heard by government. Onkwehon:we people have not and will not accept oppression of their people.

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EDITORIAL

Now is not the time

This week, as a very inappropriate response to the passing of Makayla Sault, there was a slew of mainstream media taking aim at the people of Six Nations/New Credit and our “aboriginal right” to use indigenous medicine to treat our children. Two local families were targeted and badmouthed by journalists, both non-indigenous and Status Indian alike, with terminology and phrases put together in order to inspire doubt and fear in the Canadian public that First Nations children are at risk from the uneducated and “savage” ways of their parents. This is nothing short of a resurgence in the residential school era attitude toward indigenous people fueled by a mainstream media whose only desire is to be first, exclusive and more ‘in the know’ than their media rivals. Some news organizations, in spite of a clear request from the Sault family to respect their grieving process, sent reporters to Makayla’s funeral to interview those who came to pay their respects. Shame on them. For this reason the family had to se-

cure a police presence and turn away journalists as they arrived – something a grieving family should not have to think about. In a community like Six Nations and New Credit, especially in a situation regarding the loss of a young person, people should always come first and stories should come last. As Haudenosaune people, we are aware that it is our first priority to love one another, especially in times of grief. It is for this reason that the Haudenosaune chief’s council does not meet when there has been a death among the people. In Haudenosaune tradition there are 10 days of respect given to a grieving family following the death of an Ongwehowe. This is a sacred time for the families who are mourning. While there is much to say regarding the passing of Makayla Sault and the mainstream media response to it, to honour the 10 day period of mourning the TRT will hold on publishing that content until after the 10 days is complete. You all continue to be in our thoughts at this difficult time.

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By Bubzy Martin Recently there was a murder in Oneida Territory. A man was shot dead by a masked intruder in his home. Nobody has been arrested. Police say they don’t have any suspects or maybe they’re not trying to find anyone. They say it was a non-white male driving a light colored car, so that narrows it down to about 250,000 in southern Ontario. I’m no detective, but I have been around enough crime scenes to know that the beginning hours after a homicide are crucial. Isn’t that why the popular detective show is called The First 48? They usually make an arrest in a couple hours. Unsolved murders of Onkwehohwe people are piling up across Turtle Island. Maybe it would be different if we paid land taxes and didn’t live on sovereign land. If we look at the missing and murdered men we would see that on reserves across Canada there are many unsolved murders. This causes fear in the community. Fear is good for the oppressor. It tells you subliminally that you’re

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worthless and not worth the time and money it takes to do a proper investigation. Some days it even seems like encouragement to say it’s open season on our brothers and sisters to aid in the destabilization of the red nations. If we really think about it, though, why are we thinking in a paternalistic way and hoping that our white dad is going to investigate himself? They won’t launch an inquiry into our missing and murdered people because they might find their own DNA at the crime scene. Last time I checked, cops don’t investigate cops. So what are we to do Well first of all, if we start thinking like sovereign people and stop asking for them to do it for us, we could pool our resources, hire investigators, and do our own research about what has heard or seen by the family. We need our own database, and we need to do it ourselves. When the Great Iroquois Peacemaker Tekanawitah was sent to give us the message of the Great Harmony after we buried our weapons of war, he foretold that something is coming in a

blue cloud on the winds across the Atlantic. The plague is going to be carried to all corners of mother earth. A pestilence. It will shake you to your very soul. It might even kill a lot, but fear not, that is why you were given your indian tobacco. You will survive, you will make it. The black energy is subsiding. The Oht-ko/dark magic. If we want a utopian society, he said we have to work for it, for there is no such thing as Divine right in the natural world. The snow blankets the earth, the winds howl and if you’re not strong and smart enough to make shelter, then you’re done. The natural law is survival of the strong. Let mother nature sort out who lives and moves on to the happy hunting grounds. There is no end in the circle, only birth, death and rebirth. We have to take our destiny in our own hands. Are we going to stand up and be counted, or are we going to let outsiders engineer and condition our minds and habits? It’s time to quit asking like helpless kids and do it ourselves. Action speaks louder than words. Sovereign people think, act and

feed themselves. They don’t ask for inquiries. The daughter of the man who was murdered two weeks ago whispered through her tears, “It’s taking too long.” Another young girl crushed to her soul. Devastated for life. That devastation will pass on to her babies. Just like the reverberations of warfare. Psychic disease is passed through the maternal line through the generations. Psychic trauma has been the name of the game ever since George Washington burned down our villages. “Punish the red devils so severely that they never rise up again against us.” That was his plan. The trail is getting cold. Shall we just shelve it, chalk it up as reserve dysfunction, close our eyes and hope they solve our problems for us? Freedom is a long and winding road with a lot of hills and storms and black, black nights. Tewasarake Kaniakenhaka Watertaioni

Bubzy Martin belongs to the Mohawk Wolf Family. Although he is currently serving time in the colonizer’s prison system, he remains wild and free.

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Letters to the Editors

Send your letters to tworowtimes@gmail.com. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. The opinions expressed in the letters or submitted opinion pieces are not necessarily those of the Two Row Times.

Touched by an angel

Dear Editors, My wife Eilleen and I have been deeply touched by passing of Makayla and wish to convey our deepest grief and sympathy to her parents and the Six Nations Community. The tragic experience of this beautiful, brave little girl will be etched in memory, and we can take solace in the unafraid reality she exhibited in facing the dark enemy that crossed into her life. It is fitting that Makayla is “safely in the arms of Jesus.” She showed courage beyond her years. Though a child has been taken from us, there’s another angel in heaven. May God bless you all. Sincerely, Alex Reynolds, CHCH NEWS

Law, faith and tradition

Dear editors, I am seething after reading the article by Rosie Di Manno in the Toronto Star

titled “Law, faith, and tradition - none of them saved Makayla.” It is so sad that this happened to such a beautiful, loving family. It is disgraceful that the Toronto Star would run such a vile and blaming article directed at grieving parents. It shows that prejudice is a cancer in our society and these very same attitudes prevailed when children were ripped from their homes to be forced into cultural genocide in the name of “education” in the residential school era. The author discredits our traditional medicines, which undermines the significance of the Onkwehon:we contributions to modern medicine. The question should be, “Why are our children succumbing to rare cancers?” I suppose admitting that conforming to non-native ways has had devastating effects to First Nation peoples’ health and well being would be asking too much of an uninformed zealot like Ms. Di Manno. In one statement dripping

with sarcasm she disputes that the Two Row Times are not bringing the “Native perspective to the news” by quoting the devout parents. For generations religion was rammed so far down our throats at the church-run residential schools most of us are ironically far more “Christian” than our non-native counterparts. That is clearly apparent when columnist Di Manno takes the Lord’s name in vain when she states “For the love of God, 11 years old, never to see 12.” Her ignorance is unbelievable when she ends with “One child has already been sacrificed on the altar of collective aboriginal rights.” Not to undermine the unfortunate ending of this situation, but what about the thousands of aboriginal children that were sacrificed for centuries on the altar of collective greed? Put away your poison pens and wake up, people! The true poison is in our water, the air we breathe, the foods we now eat and

foremost by the way we are treated in the mainstream media. We Onkwehon:we have the non-native way of life to thank in the first place. Kristina Austin

Councillor Miller on Waste Management

Dear Editors, Well I got myself in trouble again over a story written in The Brantford Expositor last Friday, Jan 23rd. For those who read the story “Concerned over Incinerator” in The Expositor I want to make it clear that Six Nations Council has not “ordered” a new Landfill machine, as reported. “A new machine is on order” the story says. Then the reporter claims I said, “We’re going to be getting a new one. We have the order in for it” (the machine). I would not say that because I know Council hasn’t ordered a new machine. In fact, full Council hasn’t even discussed what the next steps will be except to have a communi-

ty meeting to present the machine testing report. The community dump on 4th Line, like 3rd Line, is a hole in the ground where we all throw our garbage. When one hole was filled we simply just dug another hole. Now that we’ve run out of land to dig more holes we’re piling all our garbage on top of the ground - garbage that contaminates the air, the ground, the water and the environment. The plethora of disease-causing toxins and the stench waft through the air on a daily basis but more so on windy days. No doubt Six Nations is in a garbage crisis. In recognizing my inexperience with waste management I suggested to the previous Council, as well as to the current Council, that we need to hire a Waste Management Consultant to help us figure out what to do with our garbage and to help us develop a Waste Management Plan. But my suggestion just bounced off the brick wall. You’ll notice the Con-

federacy Council hasn’t stepped up to the plate to help us figure out what to do with the garbage. The Confederacy Chiefs use the dump too. I guess the chiefs don’t see the garbage crisis as important because it’s not one of the Eight Points of Jurisdiction. You know I’m just a 71 year-old mother and proud grandmother who became a councillor because I wanted to do something good for my community. I wanted to try and help my people and try to ensure some kind of future for my great-grandchildren I hope to have one day. That’s all I am. I make mistakes just like everyone else. I make the wrong decision sometimes. I make too hasty a decision sometimes. I say the wrong things. I sometimes speak without thinking. And despite what people think and sometimes accuse, I would never intentionally do anything to hurt my community or my people. Councillor Helen Miller

Six Nations resident a finalist in Miss Teen Ontario By Mari Reeve TORONTO - On Sunday, January 15th, 2015, Six Nations resident Aleria McKay was one of 15 finalists chosen out of 40 contestants for the Miss Teenage Ontario Pageant. The Two Row Times caught up with Aleria to find out more about her experience with the pageant. She explained that these pageants aren’t superficial shows like they are sometimes made out to be. In fact, she noted the positive difference

this competeion has made in her life to be healthy, organized, focused, determined, and well rounded. “For me its always been something that I’ve wanted to do. I’ve always loved performing and being on stage. It wasn’t hard to be decicated to this, though a lot of my time went into it.” Aleria became interested in competing in Miss Teenage Canada in September 2011, at age 11. Miss Teen Canada requires applicants to be at least 13 years old, so she decided

to compete in the Miss All Canadian event to prepare. She also dedicated time and energy into Miss PreTeen Six Nations, receiving runner-up standing in 2011 and 2012, and winning in 2013. “I wasn’t going to give up”, Aleria says, when asked about her involvement and focus to win the contest. For the Miss Teenage Ontario Pageant Aleria raised $1000 for the Cardiac Kids, and has chosen the ‘Feed the Children’ project for the upcoming national

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Pond skating down the bush By Nahnda Garlow Like many other families on the rez, a lot of my relatives live on a family plot that has been with us for generations. Ours is at the top of the hill on Sour Springs Road. We call it Hillville. The fact that our family’s surname is Hill and that we live on the top of a Hill is poetic albeit mostly coincidental. In between my Gramma Rovina’s house and my parents house is a little dip in the land. Every wet season the dip fills up with water. It’s not a pond really, more like a huge 12 by 25 foot puddle that fills up to pond-like size when we get enough rain. Most seasons we’d get just enough rain just before the temperature goes below freezing to create our own little ice rink right beside my house.

And I’m sure anyone else who grew up down the bush will tell you that there is nothing more fun than pond skating under the stars on a cold winter’s night. Of course we’d head out during the day and slide around; but for some reason it was way more fun to skate on the puddle at night. Mom or Dad would aim the front of the truck towards the puddle and turn the headlights on while we’d be out there with snow shovels clearing the way for our skating time. We had an old broken metal chair out there with no seat attached that my little ‘cousint’ and my sister would push around the puddle till they learned how to skate without it. Of course the little ones were a pain in the neck to my rambunc-

tious brothers. “Han:io get out of the way Whitney and Laura!”, they yelled at my little sister and our cousint. “Go skate up on that other side then! We’re trying to slide across the ice here!” I skated over and grabbed the metal chair to lead Whitney and Laura out of the way. “Come over here and skate on this side girls. Watch, those boys are gonna slide across the ice like Michael Jackson.” My brothers Dan and Adam, and usually a slew of other Sour Springs kids like Stu-boy or Jeffrey would be around being all boy-like. Nothing was cooler in the 1980’s than Michael Jackson. And nothing was more fun for pre-pubescent boys in our neighborhood than to run full tilt down the little hill beside the pond and see

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how far they could slide across it on their knees once they hit the ice. Hands down our cousint JD was the best at it though. He was little and fast! “Check this one out guys,” he warned us. Then with Olympian determination and a deep breath he would set his face like flint to the other side of the puddle. Next thing you know that boy would run like a rocket down the hill, hit the ice puddle on his knees and slide clear across the 12 feet to the other side and playing air guitar all at the same time! My brother Dan cheered and yelled out, “Holey bwoot did you see that?” Then all the boys went running up to JD and patted him on the back like he was the champion. It was pure victory. “Heck that was ace!” those boys would shout out. JD would graciously accept his rez accolades and take his place as the champion

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knee slider of Hillville. After about a half hour of that boys would inevitably get tired and go inside the house for some food. Whit and Laura were too little to stay outside for long and would get called inside around then too to get warmed up and eat some supper. It was then that my moment was nigh. Mom or Dad would come out to turn off the headlights of the car. The screaming boys and the little chair pushers were all gone and the puddle was mine. “Nahnda, come inside for supper!” my parents would call out to me. “I’m not hungry!” I would shout back and then I would take my place on the ice. In that moment I was Elizabeth Manley about to compete in the Olympics. I’d skate out to the middle of the puddle and do a wave to the “audience”. Then in my mind a great

orchestra would begin as I started ice dancing across the puddle. In reality I had no idea what I was doing. I couldn’t skate well at all. But I would grab that metal chair the kids were pushing around and use it to balance myself as I did tricks on the ice: skating on one foot in an arabesque was always my ‘signature’ move. I’d lift my back leg in the air and look straight up to the sky. As I glided along the ice at the speed of the tortoise gazing upward, for a moment I would stop and fully take in the winter sky. It was a moment of connection. Because in that quiet and dark moment alone on the ice it was like the stars were a cloud of witnesses made up of all my ancestors before me. Although they were silent – I could feel them cheering me on as I had my shining moment of greatness on a frozen puddle in Hillville.

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Journaling your way to holistic wellness By Nahnda Garlow While eating a healthy diet and exercising daily can effectively address the physical and the mental aspects of wellness, often times we forget to care for the emotional and the spiritual aspects. Journalling has long been promoted as one of the most inexpensive and effective ways to improve your emotional well-being. The concept is simple: get a piece of paper, a pen, and write out your thoughts and concerns daily to create a log of the emotional journey you find yourself on. ust sitting down and putting pen to paper is fine, but creating a peaceful space to prep your mind for effective journaling can make the work almost like a personal ceremony. Maybe burn some sage, put on some calming music and make yourself a cup of cedar tea to prepare for collecting and articulating your thoughts. Journaling can be done on your smartphone or computer. However, it’s always nice to get a clean, fresh journal and a good pen to get you in the mood to write. If you’re having trouble finding the words you can always turn to

something called writing prompts. These are questions, suggestions or topics that can be used as an exercise to help get the writing process going. Here is a list of twenty writing prompts, some with an indigenous flavour, to help you start journaling for your emotional wellbeing. 1. Imagine you are standing in perfect health and wholeness. You are wearing traditional regalia. What does it look like? What are the colours and symbols on it? 2. If you could go back in time and interview anyone who would it be? Write out your interview questions. 3. What is the funniest thing that ever happened to you? Write the story in as much detail as possible. If you’re really brave – share it with a friend or on your social media. 4. What was life like growing up as an Ongwehowe person. Make a list of pros and cons and try to fill the lists to ten things on each side. 5. Find a news story that made you feel angry in the last few weeks. Write out what you would say to the author if you were given the opportunity to say it face to face. 6. Think about a bush

dog that you’ve seen recently and write his life story. Be as creative as possible. 7. Write a list of thirty things that you love about yourself. Don’t stop until you come to thirty. 8. If you could go back in time and say anything to the ten year old version of yourself what would it be? 9. Write the Rainbow. List off all the colours; red, orange, pink, yellow, green, purple, blue and write one paragraph about what those colours make you think of. 10. Ganohonyo’k. Write out your personal thanksgiving. What is the list of things that you are most grateful for. Explain why. 11. Write an imaginary traditional-style legend where you are one of the main characters. 12. Describe, in as much detail as you can, the bush behind your house. 13. Think back to your favourite food as a child. Why was it your favorite? What made it special? 14. If you were given the magical power to make one permanent and significant change to your life with no opposition and no obstacles, what would it be?

15. Bonus: If you were given the magical power to make one permanent and significant change to your community with no opposition and no obstacles, what would it be? 16. Simple - write out the words to your favorite song. 17. Say it out loud. Record yourself speaking your journal entry and then transcribe it into a story. 18. Purge all those invasive negative thoughts from your mind. Write

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down all your gripes, complaints, angers, frustrations and irritations. Let it fester on the page, not in your head. 19. Who are you? Write down all the details about you. Start from the bottom of your feet and make your way up to the top of your head. 20. Keep your head up Take fifteen minutes and watch the clouds, the sky, the sun and whatever else is happening above. Write down what you see and any thoughts it may bring to mind.

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HEALTHY ROOTS PARTICIPANT UPDATE

Healthy Roots participant Kathy Isaacs is victorious and empowered It’s kind of scary for me now because its working. The first week I was writing in my journal and I thought, ‘What the heck am I doing?! I can’t cheat - everybody is looking at me. I can’t just fake this.’

By Nahnda Garlow

How did you get connected with the Healthy Roots Indigenous Wellness Challenge? I’ve been struggling a while with my weight. It seems like nothing was working for me. When you hear of a new diet or a new healthy way then I think I jump on board and it only seems to last for a week or month but I’m only giving 50% of myself to it. But this time it’s different. Because I’m doing it in front of the community there is that pressure. But I’m not feeling that pressure.

You’re such an inspiration to everyone in the challenge group who is watching your transformation. I don’t know how to take that. At first I was thinking, ‘No don’t look at me. I’m gonna crash soon. But now the scary-ness is going away for me. It’s working this time and I’m just starting to get used to it.

What are some of your greatest victories so far?

meal planning. I’d go into the kitchen and think, “Awww…what am I gonna cook?” But now, with the Healthy Roots Facebook challenge group it’s really exciting. I see people posting in the group their recipes or pictures of what they had for dinner and I go, “Aww! Let’s cook that!” It’s so much fun to be getting inspired from one another.

For more information on the Healthy Roots Indigenous Wellness Challenge you can visit our website www.tworowtimes.com/ healthyroots or join in the conversation on our Facebook group by searching Healthy Roots: An Indigenous Healthy Lifestyles Challenge.

How is participating in the Healthy Roots Facebook challenge group helping you on your journey? It’s exiciting! Before I used to get bored with the

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The success our Healthy Roots participants is experiencing is so exciting. As we follow their journey through our Facebook challenge group these four individuals are definitely coming up as wellness leaders among the Haudenosaune people. This week we got a chance to catch up to Kathy Isaacs. She is 49 years old, a member of the Seneca Turtle Clan on Six Nations of the Grand River and she shared with us some more detail about her journey in finding holistic wellness through

our indigenous roots.

Maybe being in front of your own community is empowering? Yeah. That’s kind of scary and uncomfortable with me. After about week 2 it started kicking in that ‘this feels so good’. Now its like, ‘…okay, just go with this’. And I am just going with it. It just feels like every day is getting better and every day it’s getting easier to make those better choices.

I’m handling stress a lot better. I think I would take everything to heart before and take everything personal if something went wrong. But I noticed something different about that earlier this week and I mentioned it to one of my co-workers. We’d had a really stressful day at work and she was really stressing and I wasn’t. I’m usually the one stressing! So I sat back and thought to myself, ‘okay where is that coming from’? I call myself a recovering diabetic now. I don’t want to be called a diabetic. I don’t want to be on any more pills. I want to beat this. I’ve checked my blood sugar every morning and after supper since we started the Healthy Roots Indigenous Wellness Challenge and I write them down in the booklet where were keeping track. Since the second week my blood sugar has been in the normal range between 5-7 everyday.

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HEALTHY ROOTS RECIPES White Corn Berry Breakfast Blend White Corn, Wild Rice Winter Salad

Root Vegetable Salad

By Joe Farrell Ingredients: • 0.5 part Apple • 0.5 part Raw Root Vegetable • 1 part Roasted Vegetable • Apple Cider Vinaigrette • Toasted Sunflower Seeds • Fried Sage

Directions: 1. Cut apple and raw root vegetable (like beet or carrot) in similar sized matchstick pieces 2. Mix with an equal part of roasted and cooled root vegetables 3. Dress with Apple Cider Vinaigrette 4. Top with toasted sunflower seeds and crumbled fried sage leaves How to Roast Vegetables Use as ratio for cooking • 1 cup Root vegetable • 1 oz Sunflower Oil 1.

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Cut vegetables in small similar size pieces. Heat a pan to medium heat Add vegetables and cook until tender and some golden colour has been achieved

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Add small amounts of oil if the pan is too dry Let cool

Apple Cider Vinaigrette

Ingredients: • 1 part Apple Cider Vinegar • 2 parts Sunflower Oil • To taste Maple Syrup

By Kelly Gordon Makes 1 serving

Ingredients: • 1/3 cup lyed white corn • 1/3 cup frozen berries • ½ diced apple • 1 tbsp maple syrup

Elk Meatballs

• ¼ cup nuts (walnuts, pecans etc.)

Directions: Combine all ingredients (except nuts) in a sauce pan, heat until simmering (about 5 mins) and serve with nut topping.

Directions: Whisk all ingredients together.

To Fry Sage: 1. Pick leaves off of stem 2. Heat a small amount of oil in a pan on medium-high heat, enough so that leaves can be covered in oil 3. Cook sage leaves until there are few or no more bubbles 4. Remove from oil and place on paper towel to absorb remaining oil These recipes were provided as part of the Traditional Food Preperation Workshop held on Jan 21st.

By Rich Francis Ingredients: • 1 cup cooked wild rice • 1 cup lyed white corn • 1 cup thinly sliced beets • ½ cup shredded carrots • 1 cup roasted butternut squash • 1 cup caramelized onions • ½ cup thinly sliced radish • 1 shredded endive • 1 shredded radicchio • ½ cup blueberries • ½ cup pomegranates • 3 limes • ¼ cup maple syrup • cup sunflower oil • Few leaves of fresh flat leaf parsley and dill Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F, peel

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and diced butternut squash, roast in oven on baking sheet for 35-40 mins Heat pan on stove at medium heat, using 1 tbsp sunflower oil, and place sliced onion in pan and cook on low heat for 3540mins Mix all ingredients in large bowl, included cooked squash and onion For dressing, juice limes right into bowl, add maple syrup and sunflower oil and toss

Use an abundance of winter root vegetables in this salad. Use what you have on hand.

World’s Best Wild Game Marinade By Janace Henry

By Janace Henry Ingredients: • 1 lb ground elk meat • 2 eggs • 1/3 cup tapioca starch • 1 tsp dried basil • 1 tsp dried oregano • 1 pork sausage (meat removed from casing) • *could use deer or moose sausage

Directions: Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Roll into desired size meatballs. Bake in oven at 250 degrees F for 20-25 mins (depending on size of meat ball) and serve with favorite sauce.

Try this awesome recipe with any meat, especially venison, elk, moose, antelope: Ingredients: • 1 cup oil (sunflower) • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce • 1 cup apple cider vinegar • ¾ cup soy sauce • 2 clove crushed garlic

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• 2 tbsp dry mustard • 1 tbsp pepper • 1 ½ tsp dried parsley flakes • ½ cup lemon juice

Directions: We used this marinade for a moose meat stir fry. Marinated the moose meat strips for 30 minutes, then saut ed in frying pan for about 10 minutes, served with a selection of steamed vegetables and wild rice.

We are one month into the challenge so far – congratulations if you have made it this far! Around this time it’s good to start thinking of ways to diversify your wellness “strategy.” If you have the diet down, try introducing some activity to mix things up a bit. While many people prefer indoor activities this time of year, don’t discount the outdoors. Lacrosse, pond skating, hockey, snowsnake, ice fishing and hiking are just some outdoor activities that can be really invigorating this time of year. It also allows us to observe and connect with the natural world during a particularly beautiful season. Get outside with friends and family and show us your Healthy Roots by posting a photo of your outdoor adventure to social media. Don’t forget to tag #healthyroots so we can see what you’re up to!

seems on the brink of connecting the dots between the environment and children’s health, as evidenced by their adoption of the Triple Risk Model to explain Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) put forward by HC Kinney and BT Thach in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2009, although they’d likely be farther ahead by consulting and learning from clan mothers and other holders of traditional knowledge. But until that happens, the prevalent thinking is that the highest risk for SIDS is experienced by

children in the centre of the Venn diagram of 1) underlying vulnerability, 2) critical period of development, and 3) exposure to modifiable environmental stressors. However, by focusing attention and resources exclusively on sleep position, nicotine exposure and overheating, caregivers, CAS workers, clinicians and coroners are blind to environmental factors like radioactive elements (radon gas), volatile organic carbons (hydrocarbons) and agents of oxidative stress (toxic metals and fluoride) in air, water, soil

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dependent study with the Vancouver 2010 Olympic GC-MS identified 19 “offlist” chemicals in our tap water and enough dissolved minerals to give an entire hard rock band kidney stones, and a 2006 University of Waterloo graduate thesis revealed that 69% of Oxford water supplies are unsafe for formula-fed infants. Considered together, it becomes obvious that a good place to start reducing the number of children who end their lives in the “Undetermined” category might be to burn the Ontario Drinking Water Standards target list altogether and “adopt in” the Pan Am Games GC-MS units to amenable Aboriginal communities as a Treaty renewal and reserve-based economy opportunity. Yes, this will likely be disruptive to the colonial “sickcare system” that would rather treat imbalances with chemicals than prevent them in the first place, but it is necessary, because the only thing worse for a community than losing even one child is not knowing why.

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and food that can trigger a genetically-determined underlying vulnerability at a critical period of neurological, hormonal or kidney development. Given the strategies and technologies that are now available like “open scans” with the gas chromatograph - mass spectrometer (GC-MS) equipment that the Drug Squad at the Pan Am Games in Toronto this summer will be using to find banned substances in the urine of the competing athletes, policy-makers can and must do more than they have in the past to protect the environment and health of our children. For example, in 2011, Statistics Canada reported that Oxford County (where I live) had the highest rate of female infant mortality in all of Ontario for Peer Group “A” with 6.3 deaths per 1,000 live births and generally some of the worst adult health outcomes despite meeting Ministry of Environment (MOE) water quality standards for everything but fluoride and sodium. However, a 2012 in-

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Ancient sport of snowsnake still important to Haudenosaunee By Jim Windle EAGLE’S NEST – The Seneca call it ‘Gawa:sa’, but the origins and histories of the “snowsnake” game are as varied as the original people of northern Turtle Island (North America) who have played it since long before European contact. It is commonly believed that the Haudenosaunee winter diversion first started with the Seneca Nation when men from nearby villages would come together to show off their skills as “throwers” and “shiners” in friendly competition. Others say it was a game developed to perfect and strengthen spear-throwing techniques for hunting, fishing and war. Early European observers record that the straight stick with a weighted end was thrown on the ice of long frozen rivers and lakes, some skidding along more than a mile before stopping. Snow troughs were add-

ed to keep the snake on course, and over the past 100 years or so, the higher built track was added. That, too, has become an art as faster, straighter and smoother runs made of snow and ice ensure a good throw where a well made and prepared snake will travel its maximum distance. The good track is built using the same science as found in a Roman aqueduct, with the track sloped ever-so-slightly in a downward grade over a long distance to keep the snake moving with minimal resistance. The rut the snake travels in is formed with a log, usually about 4-5 inches in diameter, which is dragged along the track several times to create a smooth and straight course. Experienced throwers will have several snakes geared to particular weather, snow and track conditions. Family secrets abound in this sport, as decades of trial and error in finding the right kinds

The annual snowsnake competitions bring teams from throughout Iroquoia to the Woodland Cultural Museum, who host the event every year. This year's event, snow permitting, will begin January 31st and run to Feb. 1st. It is an important time of fun and comradery shared with all ages from school kids to seniors competing. of wood, grains, shape, balance and weight are passed down from generation to generation. Today, most snakes are made of hardwoods like hickory, black walnut, cherry or ironwood. But as seasoned throwers will tell you, a snowsnake is only as good as its hawnz’o’gds,

or “shiner.” The shiner prepares the snake with special, and carefully guarded, waxes and oil compounds. These specific recipes are rarely shared with others to keep their team’s competitive edge. The hawnz’o’gds is the keeper of the snakes and rubs them dry after each throw and protects

them in skin sheaths between competitions. A championship snake could take as long as eight or nine years to “mature” as the waxes and various oils settle into the wood itself. Some serious makers soak the wood for a year in oils before ever being thrown. Although in ages past,

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Demons open season with back-to-back wins By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – The Ohsweken Demons got a lot more from the Southwest Cyclops than they expected in the Demons home opener Friday night at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Six Nations. Despite being down at one point in the game, the Demons’ methodical pressure began to pay off in the second half, as the Demons completed a late game comeback to win it 10-9. Rodd Squire accounted for the game winner with 1:27 left in regulation time, assisted by Josh Becker. Entering the game, the Demons and Cyclops – who both played out of the ILA last season – were both undefeated in the very early 2015 CLax season. The Cyclops are showing signs of being a real force to be reckoned with this season after taking up residence in the Syl Apps Arena in Paris. “We stuck to our system,” said Demons

coach Rich Kilgour following the narrow win. “In the fourth quarter, just like last week’s game in St Catharines, we were down 8-6, down two, and we stayed to our system, the guys came together and pulled out a win.” CLax Commissioner Jim Veltman is very pleased with the “new” Cyclops organization. “I knew Southwest was fast, but I didn’t know they were this fast,” said Veltman. “I think that gave Ohsweken problems, but the Demons’ experience came through in the end. They are such a poised team and they don’t get rattled when they get behind. They stuck to their game plan and they pulled it off.” There are a number of younger Demons on this year’s team mixed with the experienced veterans which, once everyone gets to know each other better, will bode well for them as the season goes on. “We’ve been stress-

ing discipline and our young guys have been stepping up,” says Kilgour. It was that same cool, methodical game they played last week in their 11-9 win over last year’s Creators Cup Champions, the Niagara Lock Monsters, coming from behind to score five fourth quarter goals to take the two points out of the hands of the Monsters. Saturday, January 31st, the Southwest Cyclops welcome the Niagara Lock Monsters to the Syl Apps Arena in Paris for an 8 p.m. start. The Demons are off until Friday, February 6th, when they will host the Barrie Blizzard at the ILA. For a pair of tickets to that game, e-mal trivia@tworowtimes.ca and tell us who won the first Creators’ Cup. Winner will be randomly selected from correct answers entered. Please include your name, email address and phone number.

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Jamieson gives the Knighthawks first win of 2015 By Jim Windle ROCHESTER – It took three tries to get it, but the Rochester Knighthawks recorded their first win of the 2015 National Lacrosse League schedule Saturday night at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, with a closely played 8-6 win over the Toronto Rock. It was the Rock’s first loss of the new season, and they now stand at 3-1. Knighthawks forward Dan Dawson suited up for his 200th profes-

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sional lacrosse game and chipped in a goal to contribute to the Rochester win. “I’ve been blessed to play in this league for a long time,” Dawson said. “It’s a testament to the training staff that I’ve surrounded myself with, the strength and conditioning coaches that keep me game ready. I’m very lucky to play the game I love for such a long time. Tonight, it’s nice to say you’ve played in 200 games, but more importantly we got the win, and that’s all I re-

ally care about.” It was up to someone to break it open in the final 15 minutes and the K-Hawks came out best, outscoring the Rock 4-2. After trading goals early in the final frame, to stay even at 6-6, Cody Jamieson made the difference with the last two goals of the game to add to his two assists for a 4-point outing. This coming Saturday, January 31st, the Knighthawks will host the Buffalo Bandits at the Blue Cross Arena.

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Corvairs continue to steamroll the league By Jim Windle

CALEDONIA – The third place Welland Canadians fell further behind the league leaders and defending Sutherland Cup Champion Caledonia ProFit Corvairs with a 6-3 loss, Saturday night in Caledonia. The Corvairs are now a full 22 points ahead of Welland, and 20 points ahead of second place St. Catharines in the Golden Horseshoe Conference. They lead all divisions in the 26-team GOJHL Jr. B’s by 10 points. A quick start put the Corvairs ahead 4-0 after the first period and they never looked back from

there. Once again, as has been the case all season, Caledonia massively outshot their opponents, this time, 49-22 on way to the win. Six different goal scorers contributed to the six goal input including Ryan Moran, Jordan Peacock, Luke Sinclair, Connor Patton, Nathan Gomes and Jake Brown. Kevin Entmaa earned the win in goal. It was feeding time again for the Caledonia players Friday night in Pelham as the first place Pro-Fit Corvairs coasted to a 14-1 win over the 4-32-1 Panthers. Caledonia goaltender Marc Sinclair didn’t have to have his jersey washed after

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Stock up and use everything By Joe Farrell When cooking on a budget with few ingredients to choose from, it is very important to utilize everything. Doing so will add depth of flavour to the food being prepared. It is also respecting the ingredient by letting it pass on as much of its nutrients as possible, minimizing kitchen waste. Nearly a year ago, I talked about building a pantry and how it is the backbone of your kitchen. A strong pantry gives more time and freedom for the cook to explore their creativity. One component I often see undervalued or overlooked in home kitchens is the use of stocks. Particularly, in reducing salt or eliminating salt as suggested by the Healthy Roots Chal-

lenge, using stocks and broths are another way to build a foundation of flavour when cooking things like soups, stews, sauces and vegetables. A chef once told me that a kitchen’s food is only as good as the stock they make. Vegetable Stock The easiest stock to make is a vegetable stock. The aforementioned pantry building article gave a very brief example of one. The method I suggested was to put your vegetable peelings or trim in the freezer. When you have accumulated enough to make a stock simply put them in a pot and cook. It is that simple, but there are a couple things to keep in mind. Brassicas like cauliflower or cabbage have strong fla-

vours that will dominate your stock. Use them sparingly unless you’re making something that will benefit from their flavour profiles. When I add starchy vegetables like potato or squash I refer to the liquid as a broth. Much like when you add meat to a stock it becomes a broth. To make the stock, add enough cold water to cover the vegetables. Simply bring the pot to a boil and simmer for 45 minutes. Strain and use as desired.

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animal’s bones truly embraces the idea of eating nose to tail. This method can be applied to any animal’s bones. To make a brown stock, roast your bones on a baking tray in an oven at 400F until browned evenly. This may take 45 minutes to an hour or longer, depending on how big the bones are. Deglaze your roasting pans with water. On the stove, brown some tomato paste with cooking oil until it is a few shades darker red. The acidity from the tomatoes will aid in the extraction of flavour from the bones. Add bones and tomato paste to a large pot. Fill

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Santee Smith inspires on her journey By Michael Williams At the front of the Woodland Cultural Centre auditorium, 3-year-old Vivien Menoz-Johnson, a ballet student herself, twirled, bounced and danced. She was beaming in anticipation of Santee Smith’s performance of Re-Quickening last Saturday night. “Oh, she was just like me at her age,” laughs Santee after her program. “So young with no self doubt!” Santee’s performances, on Jan. 23 and 24, drew large, appreciative audiences. They were part of a multi-media exhibition of her art, pottery and videos at the Woodland Cultural Centre entitled, No Word for Art. Her credits include writing, acting, producing, choreography and photography. The exhibit continues through May 8. During Re-Quickening, Santee used dance and spoken word to examine the experiences of indigenous women. The performance began with the pre-contact era and

took the audience through the imposition of the Indian Act, gentrification and the horror of residential schools. Through movement and expression, she shares joy, desolation, and, finally, healing. “It’s all a cycle, really,” she notes. “Birth, death and life again.” “Before contact, our women were great leaders in our communities, but much of this was crushed with the arrival of the Europeans. The Victorian dress I wear features quotes from the 1876 Indian Act, which didn’t even recognize us as people. It reminds me of how our women are now being treated, our murdered and missing women, as well as how the earth is being mistreated.” But in the end, there is healing, symbolized by the reconstruction of a broken piece of pottery, “and I wanted it to end with that message.” Santee smiles when she speaks of her early years as a proud member

of the Kanien’kehá:ka nation Turtle Clan. “I loved growing up here on Six Nations,” she recalls. “We lived on the Second Line, behind St. Paul’s Church. There were woods and forests out back that seemed so huge to me. I remember the open area close to Sour Springs with sand and pine trees. We’d pick up the fallen sticks and taste the wood.” “My Uncle Bill would tap the maple trees in the bush and boil the sap in enormous vats. So many memories.” Arts and pottery played an important role in her upbringing. Santee’s parents were both gifted potters. Her paternal grandmother, Elda M. Smith, was renowned for her pottery. Her maternal grandmother, Rita Vyse, was well known for her cornhusk dolls and handmade creations. “They all worked creating with their hands, and that was a big influence for me.”

An accident at the age of two left her with broken legs, in traction and a body cast. Doctors encouraged her parents, Steve and Leigh Smith, to enrol her in activities to strengthen her legs. “For me, dancing and figure skating were natural choices,” she explains. “I remember my parents driving me to the arena for skating and to dance lessons.” Santee studied dance in Brantford, where her extraordinary gifts became evident. “My parents took me to a production of Swan Lake at the O’Keefe Centre in Toronto when I was 10-years-old, and I fell in love with ballet,” she remembers. The following spring, Santee auditioned and was accepted into the National Ballet of Canada’s Summer School. By Christmas, she was dancing on the O’Keefe stage with the company in The Nutcracker. It was difficult to leave

family and friends behind to study dance in Toronto. “As an only child, I felt very homesick. It was devastating for my parents.” Through hard work and perseverance, Santee evolved from dancing into choreography before finally heading home. “I returned home to Six Nations 16 years ago to raise my daughter, Semiah. And now she’s following in her family’s footsteps, working in visual art, pottery, film and animation.” Now she is an award-winning dancer, producer and choreographer. She is the artistic director of the world-famous Kaha:wi Dance Theatre. The celebrated troupe begins its next tour

at the Sanderson Centre on Feb. 20, with a production of TransMigration, a celebration of Ojibwe shaman/artist Norval Morrisseau. “My message to young people is to keep following your own path. My journey came down to having a vision, plus doing an awful lot of hard work. It’s important to dream, but you must also do. You must act on that dream.” Santee’s mother told her that she should do one creative thing, something that takes her further on her journey, each and every day. Such sage advice has taken this proud, inspiring Mohawk artist a long way on her journey.

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Mohawk scholar Audra Simpson's book Mohawk Interruptus challenges the so-called dominant thinking in the fields of Native or Indigenous Studies and anthropology.

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Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States by Kahnawake Mohawk scholar Audra Simpson is a welcome addition to the great number of recently released books by Ongwehowe thinkers. Audra Simpson is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in Anthropology. She is the recipient of fellowships and

awards from Fulbright, the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, Dartmouth College, the American Anthropological Association, Cornell University and the School for Advanced Research. In 2010 she won Columbia University’s School for General Studies “Excellence in Teaching Award.” This volume challenges the so-called dominant thinking in the fields of Native or Indigenous Studies and anthropology. By combining political theory with ethnographic research

among the Mohawks of Kahnawake, an Ongwehowe community in what is now southwestern Quebec, Audra Simpson examines her community’s struggles to voice and retain their political sovereignty and identity through centuries of colonialism. Kahnawake Mohawks are part of the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy. Like many Iroquois peoples, they insist on the integrity of Haudenosaunee governance and refuse American or Canadian citizenship and identity.

Keeping one’s identity and maintaining the sovereignty of their Nation is the focus for this Mohawk community. Using the example from the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse Team, Simpson makes it clear that Ongwehowe individuals and organizations face day to day issues as basic as crossing the Canadian and American border. The author examines the long history of outsider ethnologists and anthropologists such as Lewis Henry Morgan, J.N.B.

Hewitt, William Fenton, and Annemarie Shimony, among others who have attempted to study some particular aspect of Haudenosaunee society and culture through outdated methods. Topics included in this 280-page book include membership, the clan system, the cigarette trade, the St. Lawrence Seaway, the Oka crisis, land, the Great Law, treaties, and women. The book functions as part history of a Mohawk community, and examination and critique

of the tools used by academic historians and anthropology when studying a unique people. The author effectively employs the words and conversations of community members throughout the text to make her points. Although this book is aimed at a scholarly audience, the author should be congratulated for her attention to maintaining the book’s accessibility. Highly recommended.

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Cut into cubes 5. Food flavorings 11. Longest tenured “Tonight Show” host 14. One being educated 15. British conservatives 18. End without completion 19. Boater 21. Indicated horsepower (abbr.) 23. Protects the chest 24. Expresses pleasure 28. Stiff hair, bristle 29. Blood type 31. Taxis 33. Ribbed material 34. Young female socialite 36. Game cube 37. Priest’s liturgical vestment 40. 2.1 km tributary of the river Seille 42. The golden state 43. Powder mineral 45. Coat with plaster 47. Far East housemaid 48. Digital audiotape 51. Merchandising 54. Libreville is the capital 58. Incapable of flexibility 60. Language of Andorra 62. Repeat in concise form 64. Dark areas 65. Enough (archaic) CLUES DOWN 1. Disk jockeys 2. 9th Greek letter 3. Fish of the carp family 4. Medical prefix for within 5. Short for synthesizer 6. What part of (abbr.) 7. Farm state 8. Thermionic vacuum tube 9. Employee stock ownership plan 10. A crane

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41. Of, ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 There is no harm in being ambitious, Aries. But a little humility to accompany that ambition can go a long way. Accept any recognition you earn in an appropriate manner.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Your desires make it seem like anything is within reach this week, Taurus. You may have to work a little harder to achieve your goals, but hard work is its own reward.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Postpone chores that are not essential, Gemini. This way you can make the most of your upcoming free time with friends and family. You deserve a little break now and again.

12. Filippo __, Saint 13. One below tens 16. Impatiently desirous 17. Inflict a heavy blow 20. As fast as can be done (abbr.) 22. Ma’s partner 25. Carrier’s invention 26. Possessed 27. Invests in little enterprises 29. Summate 30. Rosary part 32. A large body of water 35. Woman’s undergarment 37. Essential oil obtained from flowers 38. Cripples 39. An explosion

Answers for Jan 28, 2015 Crossword Puzzle

French 44. Fish of the genus Salvelinus 46. Bahrain dinar 49. Banded calcedony 50. Giant armadillo 52. In place of 53. Electronic countercountermeasures 55. Large package of cotton 56. 3564 m French Alp 57. European defense organization 59. Check 60. Former OSS 61. Not old 63. Goodwill promotion

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CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, try to avoid stretching yourself too thin in the coming weeks. Your ambition and energy are at an all-time high, but if you do not slow down, you can easily get burnt out.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 It’s impossible for people to try to contain all of your energy this week, Leo. Direct your energy in a positive way and use it to reach your goals.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Express your feelings without any inhibition, Virgo. Others will appreciate your honesty, especially if you employ some tact when sharing your opinions. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, no matter how crazy your life is right now, you still manage to come out looking no worse for wear. You have a handy way of making lemonade out of sour lemons.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Your long-term career opportunities are looking good, Scorpio. If you do what makes you happy, you will always end up on top and financial rewards will follow.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, although you see lucrative career opportunities at every bend, you are not ready to make a big change. You will know when the moment has come to make a change.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Proceed gently if you want to make any real progress, Capricorn. You’re feeling more optimistic, but you still need to exercise caution. Common sense can keep you grounded. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, friends may arrive at your home with plans for fun and adventure. Any kind of celebration or social situation is what you crave right now. Go ahead and enjoy yourself.

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Thomas: Naza reth “ Noah” Dean J uly 2 3 , 19 8 2 - J anuary 2 1, 2 0 15 Noah left us peacefully, surrounded by his family on January 21, 2015 at the ag e of 32 years due to a sing le car accident. L ov ing son of Teresa and Dean Thomas. B elov ed brother of Tanya, Trisha (B rian) , and Elissa (Dillan) . Noah was an awesome uncle and will be missed by his nieces and nephews; Tanisha, Tyson, Trav is, Autumn, Donav yn, Taylor, Jayson, Andre, and X ani. Also surv iv ed by many aunties, uncles and cousins who will miss him dearly. Predeceased by his g randparents Howard and L eatrice Thomas and M ary Atkins. Noah was a special friend of Doug B rown and family, Doug L eonard and family, Ken Hill and family. Ken did a lot for Noah and was an important part of Noah’s life. Noah was inv olv ed in Six Nations Fair, G rand Riv er Pow W ow, O hsweken Speedway, P of Profit Corvairs hockey team, Community L iv ing , and O ld M ush Sing ers. Resting at the Six Nations Community Hall, 1738 4th L ine Rd., O hsweken after 12 noon Saturday. Ev ening Serv ice 7 pm. Saturday. Funeral Serv ice will be held on Sunday, January 25, 2015 at 11:30 am. B urial to follow at G rand Riv er U nited Church Cemetery. www.rhbanderson.com LAFORME: GARY NORMAN

In Memoriam

In memory of Stuart Rodney Hill who left his family and friends that cold morning of January 26, 1996 Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on, and cherished memories never fade because a loved one’s gone. Those we love can never be more than a thought apart, for as long as there is memory, they’ll live on in the heart. Lovingly remembered by your family

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Davis: Leslie Theodore Surrounded by family on January 22nd, 2015 at the ag e of 8 8 years. B elov ed husband of 65 years of Thelma (M oses) . L ov ing father of Ted (Donna) , Deb(Keith) , M ike (Karen) , Patty, M arv in (B renda) , Caron (Rocky) , Pam (Sandy) , Tim (Tammy) , and L esley. Respected and lov ed g randfather of Ted Jr. (Chrissy) , Sarah (Chris) , Nikki, Trev or , Amy, Jason (Janice) , Jen (Aaron) , Eric, Erin (Ricky) , B rett (Sabrina) , Jamie (Jim) , Andrew, Adam, Timmy , Jordan and predeceased by belov ed g randson, Rog er L ee Smith. Special g reat g randfather of Austin, L og an, Jackson, Taylor, Aiden, I saiah , Noah, Ev erly, M adisyn. Dear brother of Janet L aforme. Predeceased by many brothers and sisters. L eslie will be missed by his many nieces and nephews, family and friends. Resting at the Hyde and M ott Chapel, 60 M ain St S., Hag ersv ille on Sunday after 2 p.m. where Funeral Serv ice will be held on M onday January 26th, at 11 a.m. Ev ening Prayers Sunday at 7 p.m. I nterment Chapel of the Delaware Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations to the Chapel of the Delaware B uilding Fund would be appreciated by the family. L yle was a proud member of the local 736 I ron W orkers U nion, an av id horseman, farmer and a dedicated member of the Chapel of the Delware. www. rhbanderson.com.

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Passed away suddenly at home on Saturday January 24, 2015 in his 61st. year. B elov ed husband of 41 years to Nancy (Herod) L aForme. L ov ing father of Jamie and Amanda, Darla and Darrall, and Cindy and Josh. Dear Papa/ G randpa of John, B rian, Haylee, Serria, Kayden, O wen, D.J., Draytin, Piper, Collin, and Conner. Son of the late Harold and M arie L aForme. B rother of Albert (deceased) , Darlene (deceased) , Ralph and Ann (deceased) , Harold (deceased) and Carolyn, M arv in and Sandra (deceased) , Cecil and Judy, I rene (deceased) and L awrence, B etty and Francis, Joan and M ickey, and M arg aret and Philip. Also surv iv ed by many nieces and nephews. G ary was a 30 plus year employee with Cornell Construction. He had a g reat passion for four wheeling especially with his children on M ay 24 weekends, en oyed fishing with his grandkids and had a real love for his dog s. He will be lov ing ly remembered and sadly missed by his family and friends. Resting at the Hyde & M ott Chapel, R.H.B . Anderson Funeral Homes L td., 60 M ain Street South, Hag ersv ille after 2 p.m. W ednesday. Ev ening Serv ice 7 p.m. W ednesday. Funeral Serv ice will be held in the chapel on Thursday January 29, 2015 at 1 p.m. B urial to follow at the Homestead. www. rhbanderson.com

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