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Haudenosaunee language needs more teachers

By Jen Mt. Pleasant OHSWEKEN – A delegation from the Six Nations Language Commission (SNLC) was before Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) last week to discuss their budget needs for the 2014-2015 school year. The SNLC funds programs in the Mohawk, Cayuga and Onondaga languages.

According to their report, the SNLC will receive $170,000 from the Community Trust Fund, $800,000 from Elected Council, $15,000 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, in addition to fundraising efforts from the Individual Donor Program for the 2014-2015 school year. But according to SNLC Coordinator, Karen Sandy, just over one million dollars is needed to run all language programs adequately.

“We have a 91% completion rate in our programs,” stated Sandy who told SNEC that although she was aware that their budget had already been determined, she was asking for just over $1 million to meet the needs of the language programs, roughly $238,000 more than what has already been allocated. “We really need this money,” said Sandy, “for the creation of teachers because our teachers are in a crisis

Kanienkehaka language instructor Owennatekha (Brian Maracle) has been invited by Six Nations Elected Council to come in to Council Chambers before the start of the weekly Committee of the Whole meetings to teach a few words in the language. PHOTO BY JEN MT. PLEASANT situation at Six Nations right now. In consultation with the principals from K awenni:io/Gaweni:yo and IL Thomas, they need more fluent speakers and with retirements coming up in the next few years, we’re having a hard time finding substitute teachers.” The Everlasting Tree School has said that they are having a difficult time finding ualified language teachers as well.

Elected Chief Ava Hill told Sandy, “Budgeting is always done before the fiscal year and it s already past the first uarter. We can’t be the sole funder (for the language programs).” Despite this SNEC has agreed to put in another $190,000. “This brings you to $990,000 now all you need is another $35,000” stated Hill.

The current instructors are taking four of their advanced students who are willing to become teachers from each program to bring them to a higher fluency level.

According to Sandy, “We have retained a linguist to examine Brian Maracle’s Root Word system which has really been successful in creating speakers. This will complement their existing curriculum.” In July, the SNLC are going to start training Onondaga and Cayuga language instructors. “We have to train our students to reach a higher fluency level before they can teach. As of now, there are no first year classes because of the focus on the methodology for language teachers. After that they will be able to teach in the community language pro-

grams,” explained Sandy.

Sandy explained, “Language teachers are needed because of the crisis situation we are in with the lack of language teachers and because the language is critically endangered, we need people to be able to teach it.”

In an interview with the Two Row Times, Sandy commented on the budget for the Language Commission, “The budget will meet the needs for the 2014-2015 year but there are many components to fund which were not included in the presentation such as language programs for Seneca, Oneida, Tuscarora; preschool program for Mohawk or Onondaga languages; and programs to maintain speaking proficiency.

Members of the Language Commission attended a conference in Hilo, Hawaii in January, called, ‘Stabilizing Indigenous Language Symposium,’ where they met with people from all over the world who have some common ground in fighting to keep their languages alive.

“While over 17 people from Six Nations attended, only 5 were partially funded from the SNLC’s professional development budget; one was funded through private donations and the remaining 11 were self-funded,” stated Sandy.

“We have a huge

report from Hawaii. If anything the conference helped us align our programs with our purpose,” said Sandy. “Some of the key findings from the symposium in Hawaii include: The Hawaiian Immersion schools make it mandatory for parents to attend once a week to learn the language to help their children with the language and homework.

It’s important because it aids in their success by getting learners to keep talking beyond classroom hours. You get people to proficiency by staying in the language and doing activities in the language.

Make the languages’ survival a priority over everything else; language is the focus. Creating mother tongue speakers is the sole objective of language programs.”

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Despite the seemingly constant lack of adequate funding for language programs, Sandy remains optimistic, “We are pleased with how language is mobilizing the community.

So many people are interested in preserving our language, which includes our identity and culture.

Hopefully our languages can be considered official languages’ of our community and signage will be visible throughout the community in the language.

However, funding will be an issue if the Ontario First Nations Limited Partnership dollars are reducing next year according to SNEC. Sandy stated, “We are not meeting all the needs right now, the immersion schools need resources as well, so funding will continue to be a challenge.”

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The fight against Line 9 ramping up again

By Jim Windle

BURLINGTON – Non-native residents of the Burlington area blocked an access road to an Enbridge Line 9 pipeline with intentions of holding that position for 12 hours – one hour for every 1000 anomalies discovered along the pipeline, which either has or is at risk of having a major oil spill. It was a 12hour action Tuesday May 20, which went from 7am to 8pm.

“Enbridge calls these developments integrity digs,” said Danielle Boissineau, one of the blockaders, “but to anyone watching the Line 9 issue, it’s clear Enbridge has no integrity. This work on the line is just a and id a flimsy patch over the most outrageous flaws in the ine plan.

[She notes that a record of some of Enbridge’s false or misleading statements are available on the Enbridge Lies Facebook page: http on.fb.me h u ly “Line 9 has nearly 13,000 structural weaknesses along its length,” said Brian Sutherland, a

Burlington resident. “And yet Enbridge is only doing a few hundred integrity digs. Enbridge has been denying the problems with the pipe for years, and they still refuse to do the hydrostatic testing requested by the province.

Are we really supposed to trust Enbridge when they tell us that this time they’ll do it right?”

Despite the rain, Boissineau was pleased with the turnout.

“The event went very well,” she said. “There was a lot of attention raised and that was the point of the action, to let people know about the number of anomalies there are along the stretch of the pipeline.”

The group claims to have information that there are presently 12,961 dents, cracks or corrosions in the aging pipeline, which Enbridge wants to retrofit to run heavy bitumen oil from the Alberta oil sands. The plan is to run the highly corrosive oil in the opposite direction in a pipeline that was created to handle a much lighter grade of crude oil.

The location of the

action was also important as it is adjacent to Bronte Creek, which is one of several fresh water streams that sustain aquatic life and feeds into Lake Ontario.

“The point of the action was to let people know that Line 9 does impose an imminent threat to our waterways,” said Boissineau.

A core group of around 20 people stayed the entire 12 hours but many more came in support and left, despite the rain.

Halton Police were present but did not interfere with the demonstration.

Many of the mainstream media were on hand to report the action to the broader audience.

Enbridge employees were turned away by the protesters, which they accepted without incident.

Many of the blockaders point to the disastrous spill from Enbridge’s line 6b into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan in 2010, where millions of litres of oil spilled and have so far proven impossible to clean up. But many of them em-

phasize that their opposition to Line 9 goes beyond safety concerns.

“This is not about pipelines versus rail; it’s about the Tar Sands,” said Danielle Boissineau.

“It’s the dirtiest oil in the world: it’s not worth the destruction it takes to

produce, it’s not worth the risk to our watersheds to transport and we definitely can’t afford the carbon in our atmosphere when it’s burned. At every step of the process, the Tar Sands outsources the risks onto our communities and poisons waterways like

the Athabasca River and the Bronte creek while companies like Enbridge get rich.”

There is resistance planned throughout the summer despite the fact that Line 9 has been approved by the National Energy Board.

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Former Chief questions Algonquin settlement offer GOLDEN LAKE – There are some members of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation, located west of Ottawa and in the heart of Algonquin Territory, who are fearful that their current Chief, Kirby Whiteduck, and his Council are being led down the road to taxation by their lead negotiator, lawyer Robert Potts.

Former Chief, Greg Sarazin is one of those who are opposing the Agreement In Principle (AIP) for a long list of reasons, not the least of which being that once agreed to, 17,500 acres of traditional Algonquin territory will fall under municipal jurisdiction and therefore be subject to taxation.

The AIP has been approved by the Band negotiators and the Province

and is now in the hands of the federal government for final approval.

“I oppose the AIP as it stands,” Sarazin told the Two Row Times in a telephone interview. “I am of the opinion that there are several flaws with it.

He is well learned in the art of negotiation with the Canadian government and knows first hand how they manipulate these situations. He was lead negotiator for the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation for 10 years when he served as Elected Chief before the current Chief Kerby Whiteduck.

“The entire process that they set up for the lgon uin side is flawed he says. “The Algonquin land claim was started with the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagan First Nation here at Golden Lake.

We came to the negotiat-

ing table in 1991 but they have been pushing the land claim since 1976.”

Sarazin goes on to explain why he believes the people are not getting the whole story.

“Part of a pending settlement that was presented by the government says that all persons of Algonquin descent should be involved in conducting the negotiations in coming up with an approved settlement. What that means is that there is a substantial number of non-status Algonquin people, between 6,000 and 8,000 people, as opposed to about 2,000 status members.

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“We and the Province have signed this offer but we are waiting for the Feds to sign it,” said Whiteduck. “Until that is done, we have no agreement.”

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Moving forward through understanding for our children

By Tim Reynolds This past Saturday the Central Wellington district high school (C.W.D.H.S) Aboriginal Club of Fergus, in union with other groups and businesses from the surrounding area, hosted the landmark event Truth and Reconciliation: What’s law got to do with it? Guest speakers and performers included Justice and 3rd level Midewiwin medicine man Mizhana Gheezik (Murray Sinclair) the chair of the truth and reconciliation commission; three time Juno winner Dr Susan Aglukark, O.C.; Kelly Laurila (Saami nation) of Mino Ode Kwewak N’gamowak.

The event was opened

by C.W.D.H.S Aboriginal Club member Kristie-Lee Leighton who told around 200 audience members, “Today’s event is about educating people on the issue and opening discussions between communities.” Kristie-Lee then introduced Kelly Laurila of the Drum/Singing group Mine Ode Kwewak who talked about their efforts to build bridges through song to aboriginal and Canadian communities. “It’s an opportunity to share our connection and understandings. Our drum group reflects a sweet grass teaching. One blade of sweet grass itself is

not very strong and can break easily. When several blades of sweet grass are braided together, the sweet grass is strong and cannot be easily broken.

The opening prayer was then done and Mino Ode Kwewak performed.

A traditional lunch was available that consisted of wild rice, cedar tea, Indian tacos, and strawberry juice that was enjoyed by all.

Hannah Wallace-Lund then introduced Dr Susan Aglukark, who talked about how she is a second generation person removed from the residential school experience and how she was definitely affected by it. “Almost every other person in our northern communities has been abused, myself included.”

Rather than give exclusive focus on the negative side of the issue, Dr Aglukark talked about how to move forward. “We can build a strong generation of youth if our generation can heal just enough to give that strength to our young people and they can give a little more strength to the next generation to become strong people in strong communities. We are given opportunities in life and it’s our choices that make the difference. Whoever you are right now as a person is good enough.” Dr Aglukark also performed songs like O Siem with the

audience at the end giving her a standing ovation.

The next speaker was Mizhana Gheezik-Justice Murray Sinclair who spoke about the nature of Canada’s current relationship with Onkwehonwe people. “We received an apology but it’s like the woman in an abusive relationship who gets hit by the man who apologizes for the first time but then hits her again, that’s where the relationship is at now. We have to understand the history of this relationship. Treaties were made out in the west very quickly so Canada could get the resources.

The Red River Rebellion wasn’t a rebellion, it was resistance.” Justice Sinclair stated “God was here long before Christianity.

Everyone’s creation story is true.”

“Almost half of those who went to residential school suffered serious in uries and filed a claim.

We are not a government program, we are a survivor program. The survivors don’t want to go into their futures walking backwards. It’s about your children and your grandchildren. How do we make them stronger and better people. Ironically these schools brought us to this problem and it will take another kind of education to bring us out” concluded Justice Sinclair.

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Community Garden hopes to grow more than vegetables

By Jim Windle OHSWEKEN – There was a time when everybody came together in the spring and shared with one another at harvest time. Those are the values the Men’s Fire would like to see again for the people of Six Nations. And that is why they are putting in a Community Garden on Chiefswood Road for the benefit of the people of i Nations.

Roxanne Farmer has donated the use of the land for the community garden and the seedlings have been purchased from MacDonald’s Nursery through the Men’s Fire with the financial help of a donor who wishes to remain anonymous.

“We really appreciate their help,” says Bill Monture.

Over the past week, members of the Men’s Fire and their families have tilled almost 4 acres on Chiefswood Road and are currently planting the seedlings in designated rows.

“We’re just inviting people to come and put in a little time here and when harvest comes, they can share in the bounty,” says Monture.

A wide range of produce is being planted for the people to share.

“There are around 600 cucumber plants going in,” Monture says. “Another 600 tomato plants as well. We’re also putting in white corn.”

Also being planted this week are onions, water melons, musk melons, pumpkins, red and white radishes, peppers, beans, and other vegeta-

bles for fresh produce and for canning and pickling preserves for the winter months.

“And its all organic,” says Monture.

In the process, Monture and the Men’s Fire are hoping that more than vegetables will grow in this garden. Their larger desire is that the people will be reconnected with each other and with the land in some way by planting and nurturing the garden together as families.

“We just want to give something back to the community,” says Monture. “It’s just so satisfying during harvest at the end of the year to see what you have done.”

Lester Green has been working the rototiller and planting the seedlings and is excited about the possibilities.

There's something different about a wooden stick

By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS – Six Nations Jr. B Rebels’ 19-year-old attacker Daniel “Bo” Henhawk is a modern young man with a strong sense of tradition, even when it comes to the game he loves – lacrosse, the Creators’ game. He is one of only two Rebels wielding a hickory stick. The other is Alex Martin.

While most players these days use the plastic “tupperwear” sticks, as they are jokingly referred to, Henhawk prefers the feel and response of wood in his hands.

His father, Daryl Henhawk, always used wood in his lacrosse ca-

“The whole idea is about getting out together as families and letting the kids know that it’s OK to get in there and get dirty, come back and water and weed, and watch the plants grow,” he says.

“Then, when it’s time to harvest, to participate in that too. The whole time we are all interacting, telling stories and sharing knowledge. They’re learning, hands on, how to put plants in the ground and watch them grow and take part in the harvest too.”

Green believes that anytime you get your hands dirty you are interacting with Mother Earth, and while you are doing that, building something for the future.

“Last year we did something like this at my place, across the road from here,” says Monture. “It

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Bitter custody battle and a sister’s dying wish

By Jen Mt. Pleasant

TUSCARORA RESERVATION – It has been almost five months since a fatal car accident took the lives of a young Tuscarora couple, Danyle White, 29 and Brandon Rickard, 32. Now, White’s brother is trying to get custody of his sister’s two youngest children, ages 3 and 4 in a battle that is turning out to be not ust a fight with the Child Protection Services but which is causing a rift among members of the Tuscarora community as well.

Danyle’s two youngest children are enduring a traumatic and bitter custody battle.

Chadd White, the brother of Danyle, stated that he has been trying to get custody of his sister’s two youngest children ever since her fatal accident back in December but was told by the leaders of the Tuscarora nation that he should not have the children because he does not reside on the reservation.

In an interview with the Two Row Times, White stated that his family, including his sister Danyle spent most of their lives growing up off-reserve in Niagara Falls, New York. Three years ago, Danyle moved to Tuscarora with her partner Brandon Rickard and their children.

Danyle shared her two youngest children with Rickard.

White was told that all enrolled Tuscarora children must stay on the territory in the event their parents pass away or their parents can no longer care for them. Temporary custody has been given to a ‘half-brother’ of Danyle’s mother. A man who, according to White, has never had any contact with Danyle’s children prior to the accident.

“The man is a stranger to my sister’s children,” stated White.

What is even more puzzling is that the man who currently has Danyle’s two youngest children is not Tuscarora, but has been living on the territory with

Danyle White and Brandon Rickard were both the victims of a fatal car accident back in December and now her brother is in a bitter custody battle to get her two youngest children but is being denied custody because he does not reside on the Tuscarora nation near Lewiston, New York. The children are currently living with an extended family member who is not Tuscarora along with his non-Native wife. his non-Native wife.

Right now, White is being told that he cannot have custody of Danyle’s two youngest children because, although he is Tuscarora, he does not reside on the territory.

Both Danyle’s parents are deceased and Brandon’s father is deceased as well. The traditional government of Tuscarora has stepped in to decide what will happen with Danyle’s children. But White states that his sister told him before she passed away

that if anything were to happen to her or Brandon, she wanted him to take care of the two youngest while the two oldest would go to their father.

Despite Danyle’s wishes for her children, White was told at a community meeting that, “It has to be put in writing nowadays. If that’s what she (Danyle) wanted, she should have made up a letter.” But she didn’t and now the community has decided to by-pass Danyle’s immediate fam-

ily and hand over custody to an extended family member. Someone who never even knew or showed interest in Danyle’s children, until after she passed away and who is not Tuscarora.

White stated that he has great communication with the father of Danyle’s two oldest children, James Huggins.

“We keep the kids together as much as possible,” explained White.

“When they’re all together, they’re happy.”

At this point White gets his sister’s two youngest children on weekends and while he has them, he stays in close contact with Huggins, to make sure all four of Danyle’s children are together as much as possible.

White is currently going through the courts to fight for his sister s young children. “My sister died on Dec 30. On January 6, I arranged a meeting with the Tuscarora Council to try and get custody through the Nation. Their biggest concern was that I didn’t live on the Tuscarora Reserve and they said the children needed to stay on the territory so that they can learn their culture and traditions.

Yet they want to give custody to a non-Tuscarora man whose wife is non-Native, and somehow they are both allowed to live on the reserve.”

To make matters worse for White, Brandon Rickard’s mother, who is non-Native, took White to county court and was granted guardianship. However, her intention was not to raise her grandchildren.

After she was granted custody, she asked the court that the children be handed over to the non-Tuscarora man and his non-Native wife, who reside on the Tuscarora Nation.

White stated, “These people are trying to take my sister’s kids and they don’t even know who the kids are. They’ve never paid any attention to them until now. I’m being told that I can’t have custody of my sister’s children and they’re not even giving me a reason why.”

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There are an endless number of opinions out there about the welfare of the Native peoples and whether or not their concerns are valid.

Anyone who has ever become involved in the Native world from more than a peripheral standpoint can tell you without a doubt that the concerns are founded, and in reality, understated and under emphasized.

Unfortunately, the misdirection that has been in the foreground concerning the Native question has dominated the thoughts of those in the surrounding communities. Uneducated opinion pieces are published and the blogs and online

comments demonstrate openly the racism that boils beneath the surface. What if we were to do the same?

How well would we be tolerated if we showed the same amount of prejudice to the outside world ould flippancy be an acceptable response to a murdered, missing or raped blonde haired white girl? Would this person be categorized as a sex trade worker from the outset?

People quote statistics as if they were ustification for the horrific actions occurring against our people. Regrettably the uproar over a missing white girl and an Aboriginal girl are vastly

By Jen Mt. Pleasant

According to Sheri Longboat, the Coordinator for the Joint Stewardship Board, “It’s a modest display. The artifacts themselves were found when the original cultural assessment was done in 1996 called the Cultural Heritage Resource Assessment.

It was done before the highway was built. Since the Red Hill Valley falls within Hamilton jurisdiction it was the City that hired the archaeological team.” The team recovered around one hundred banker boxes of artifacts from the area.

After an ancient 3,000 year old Haudenosaunee village was found, Longboat told Two Row Times that the layout of the highway was redesigned and moved as to not interfere with the ancient site.

“We are excited about bringing together this display. It’s a wonderful opportunity for everyone to come out

different. There is no uproar over a missing Aboriginal girl. What if our reactions to this type of violence were as indifferent as the comments made by Laureen Harper, the Prime Minister’s wife?

We remember the upheaval that occurred when Walkerton was found to have e-coli in their drinking water.

In May of 2000, a public well became contaminated from farm run-off.

The Walkerton Public Utilities Commission insisted the water was safe to drink despite being in possession of laboratory tests clearly showing evidence of contamination.

In a small community of

5000, 7 died and 2500 became ill. The resultant inquiry quickly changed how the Ministry of Environment handled water quality and the e-coli outbreak was handled with severity and appropriate seriousness.

Now let’s jump ahead a few years and head North to Kashechewan where in 2005/2006 the community suffered two major evacuations of the entire population in one year. The first evacuation was the result of an e-coli outbreak which government officials had flagged for years and taken no action about.

A federal standard for safe drinking water on reserves did not even ex-

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ist at this time. The government’s only response was to issue a boil water advisory in late 2005.

In the Walkerton case action was swift and guidelines were put in place to ensure a similar event would not repeat itself. Contrarily, when e-coli was found on a Native reservation the response was to wait the issue out and hope it would go away. What if we were to treat our Non-Native friends with the same manner of ill regard?

Native culture has been persecuted by the government since those from across the pond arrived on Turtle Island.

The natural resources

in this part of the world are rich and abundant.

We Native people see the richness around us and know to be thankful and respect our environment so that those that follow will also be sustained.

A totally different point of view exists within Non-Native culture. Corporate greed supercedes all notions of respecting agreements made and ensuring livable surroundings. We need only turn our eyes and look through the lens of recent history to evidence the above statement.

What if we Onhkwehonh:we had treated our Mother Earth with the same contempt?

Red Hill Valley artifacts displayed at GREAT

The Red Hill Valley Archaeological Project is being displayed at the GREAT Atrium from now until June 27. In partnership with the Red Hill Valley Joint Stewardship board – comprised of three members each from the City of Hamilton and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy of Chiefs Council – the showcase displays a selection of archaeological artifacts from the Red Hill Valley area and is free to the public.

The artifacts on exhibit cover 12,000 years of Onkwehon:we occupation in the Red Hill Valley. Some of the objects include pre-contact stone tools, pottery, polished bone implements, net-sinkers and tobacco pipes. The display includes Euro-Canadian historical objects as well, including ceramic dining wares, utensils and personal items.

Artifacts found in the Red Hill Valley date as far as back as 12,000 years and is also home to an ancient Haudenosaunee village. You can view the display at the GREAT Atrium from now until June 27. PHOTO BY JEN MT. PLEASANT and re-discover the rich history we share in the valley,” explained Longboat. “Learning from our past is a key to a healthy and vibrant future, and there is so much we can gain from understanding our historic relationships with the valley.”

When asked why the

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Joint Stewardship Board displayed the more recent 1800’s European artifacts found in the Red Hill Valley, Longboat explained, “The (European) artifacts were found there naturally, it shows our cultural history in the valley. It shows we have a historical connec-

tion and hopefully will bring us closer together in the hope we can protect the land collectively.”

In a press release, “The Joint Stewardship Board is a commitment between the Haudenosaunee and City of Hamilton to collaborative

environmental guardianship of the Red Hill Valley. Grounded in the spirit of shared responsibilities. The Board brings together unique and different knowledge and resources in order to restore and protect the Red Hill Valley for future generations.”

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Letters Six Nations' garbage problem Let’s look at reality. When it comes to disposing of our garbage I too have concern for the environment. In my opinion, and my opinion only, it seems some people’s concern for the environment is short sighted. All we have now to dispose of our garbage is a dump, just a plain old dump.

Nigh unto 40 some years Public Works (PW) has dug holes in the ground and we, the Six Nations people who are supposed to be the protectors of Mother Earth, fill the holes with all kinds of garbage. When the hole became full, PW just dug another hole. There’s no liner at the bottom or any kind of fancy monitoring system. Every so often PW drains the leachate but by then the soil is damaged.

When Council closed the Smoothtown dump, another dump site opened on 4th Line. Now we’re stockpiling the garbage meaning piling garbage on top of already full holes because we have no more land to dig new holes. The stinking, rotten garbage is left to leak leachate, contaminants into the ground hence into the ground water.

The garbage is left to desecrate our Mother Earth forever. Over the years nobody said anything or made any kind of noise about what we were all doing to the environment.

That’s because the garbage is buried out of sight; out of mind.

Now that Council is trying some modern landfill technology all of a sudden some people are concerned about

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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. the environment. We have non-native self-proclaimed experts and dogood environmentalist scrambling to our community to snag up with some community folk to tell us the ills and dangers of landfill technology. What irks me is these people come here and treat us like we’re stupid. know the earns landfill technology isn’t a perfect system by any stretch of the imagination. But I do know its damn well better that what we have now.

The current Kearns System which is thirty years old is just an interim system. It’s basically a Show & Tell system. The system Council is negotiating to purchase will be a brand new system operated by natural gas and have the capability to disintegrate all types of garbage. Council’s long term goal is to dig up and dispose of the garbage at the current dump site.

I agree the more positive solution is to recycle. But we need 100 per cent of the households to participate not just 2030 percent. How many years will it take to have our community fully recycling? Council could pass a Recycling By-law that says all households have to recycle but how many people would say “Council’s by-laws don’t apply to me”. Yes we could compost but again this all takes time and time is what we don’t have. Right now in 2014 our garbage is in a crisis situation. We can’t wait for people to jump on the recycling and compost bandwagon.

The way I see it Six Nations only has one option other than the Kearns landfill technology. Keeping the current

dump open is not an option. Council would have to close the current dump because its serviceability is already two years over capacity.

The only other option is to truck our garbage out of the territory. But first we d have to find a municipality willing to partner with Six Nations.

That could be difficult if not impossible given the kind of garbage people put into our dump. Then PW would have to charge a “garbage fee” because hauling garbage isn’t free.

How many people would balk at that?

Decades ago before Council started a dump site people burned garbage in their backyards or dumped the garbage in the bushes. Some people are still doing this or getting paid to let non-natives dump whatever on their properties. In the bush behind my house there were two garbage dumps. A few years ago, some 100 years later, we hired someone to dig up one of the dump sites and was astounded to find many of the items like bottles, cans, tires etc. were still intact.

It is from my experience with the dumps in my bush and the guilt from dumping my own garbage into the ground all these years that brought me to support the landfill technology. In my mind the positives of the new disintegrating system far outweighs continuing to fill holes in the ground. s long as I’m a councillor I will never support Six Nations digging more holes in the ground to fill up with garbage.

Legal snafu leaves local man in limbo Dear editors, In 2010, I sent 60 political leaders of the Canadian government a document titled, Public Declaration of Sovereignty, Expatriation, and Dissolution of all Previous National and Political Allegiance dated May 27, 2010.

This declaration does not ask for permission to be removed from the Canadian Citizenship and Immigration registries. In fact it was an act of peaceful overture that acknowledges a state of war that exists between the Canadian government and Myself.

In 1924 when the raided the official council offices of the Government of the Kanienkehaka, the Canadian government usurped non-delegated authority from the Original peoples, removing official documents and allegedly dissolving the Kanienkehaka civil society, and our way of life. This nonconsensual and unconstitutional maneuver is an act of anti-peace, anti-trust, a breach of the divine Host Guest-friendship.

The persistence of Canada’s Ideological

and Political impositions has become a real threat to the Kanienkehaka, a people not to be confused with “Six Nations of the Grand River Band of Indians”.

Only through threat, duress and coercion does the Host-Kanienkehaka submit to the use of Guest-Canadian Identity, an act so outrageous I would rather starve to death fighting this injustice then take any enefits from the Canadian civil society including but not limited to the, Indian act, Canadian Constitution, and Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

According to the Kanienkehaka Constitution (canons), Wampum 58 prohibits the use of dual nationality. It states any chief or other person who submits to the laws of foreign people are alienated and forfeit all claims to the League of Nations.

Most ways we are asked to submit to the laws of a foreign nation are not as evident today as it was during the advent of the White Papers, something the Kanienkehaka resist and reject to this day.

This leads to the Canadian condition of confusion of our real identity and how we are able to

prove that we are bona fide anienkehaka.

During a trip to the bank to cash a cheque I was met with this restrictive system that will only allow Canadians and recognized foreign nationals to enter into commerce. My special situation has seen me dis ualified for all things that require me to use Canadian ID while Kanienkehaka forms and credentials are labeled fantasy documents, effectively enslaving me and every other Kanienkehaka that asserts their true Identity.

While new colonialists are attempting to take the place of the old ones on our country, I have survived to win and to preserve Kanienkehaka national independence and, accordingly, to promote friendly co-operation among nations.

Status quo ante bellum.

Canadian citizenship Rejected Nunc pro tunc.

Indian Status Rejected Nunc pro tunc.

Sincerely and without prejudice, ill will, vexation or frivolity Kanienkehaka Embassador-at-Large -Benjamin Doolittle doolittb@aol.com

- Councillor Helen Miller

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FEATURE COLUMN: LET'S TALK NATIVE WITH JOHN KANE

50 senators to the rescue The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) wrapped up its 13th session this week.

Thousands of representatives of UN member states, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Indigenous Peoples Organizations (IPOs) as well as approved participants from academia and the media. The latter was how I got in. For two weeks hundreds of speakers offered statements and interventions, many of them coming from the Native people of Turtle Island.

These interventions offered a full range of complaints against Canada and the US on issues including murdered and missing women, environmental crimes, land claims, land use, poverty and prominent racist policies very much still in full effect, including the Doctrine of Christian Discovery and the wholesale whitewashing of our children through the adoption agencies and policies of both countries. There was plenty of recounting of the past but for the most part all the issues were contemporary.

UN member states, such as the US, Canada and many more, had representatives present.

Those representatives had names you will never know, offering statements

not worth repeating that amounted to little more than lip service to a UN event and focus that some countries wish didn’t exist. o elected officials showed in New York; no senators or members of Congress, no ambassadors and certainly no one who really needed to hear directly from Native voices in an international forum.

Now this is not to say that members of, perhaps, the most dysfunctional Congress in the history of the United States weren’t making news on the big issues. No, in fact, as participants at the UNPFII were hammering out strategies on how to implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) – essentially how to hold nation states to this minimum international standard – 50 United States senators decided to cut a page out of the New York Oneida Ray Halbritter’s playbook.

These 50 senators – who I am sure were absolutely oblivious to the UNDRIP, the Permanent Forum and, most certainly, the Doctrine of Christian Discovery – decided to pull a publicity stunt to distract from their own failings. In about as partisan an act as possible, 50 Democratic senators decided to lend their names to a letter that attempts to correct what they view as “a matter of tribal sovereignty.” I know, this sounds serious, right? And if I stop right here, you

have got to be thinking, alright, they’re scolding the states for violating our sovereignty or the tax department for unlawfully trying to fleece our people and businesses or even the State Department over passports or IDs. You might even be thinking they are admitting their failure to address land claims or correct any number of the other racist policies being addressed right then at the United Nations.

But you’d be wrong.

No, these 50 elite politicians sent a letter to the NFL. And unlike Mr. Halbritter who bought his way into this 30-year debate over the Washington D.C. football team name, these guys just had a staffer stamp their name on a letter to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. But again unlike Mr. Halbritter, who quite successfully deflected all attention from his “leadership”, including his destruction of the Oneida land claim and selling out to New York State on gaming, tobacco, fuel and taxes by transforming himself into the “Washington R-word” slayer, these guys not only hurt the cause with lending their dismal approval rating to it, but they also come across as somewhere between hypocritical and just plain silly.

First of all, why only 50? Why would the Democrats not ask a single Republican to sign? This just lends itself to the notion that it was a political

stunt. Next, of course, is the timing. How could they ignore all that was happening and being discussed in New York at the UNPFII only to join in on what to call a bunch of men in tights? Another issue is the letter itself and the complete lack of responsibility these senators have for the US having to tip toe around the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Step up.

Read the damn thing! And stop violating it!

The letter also seems to ignore the fact that the team’s name has always been a racial slur. It was as racist 80 years ago as it is today. This gang of 50 suggests that because a racist NBA team owner recently got taken to the woodshed for being caught on tape saying very disturbing comments about black people, that it is now time for the Washington football team to abandon its racial slur moniker.

It’s almost as though the team name has just gotten noticed. Must be all that Oneida money. They could have at least been a little more honest and said that in light of the L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling’s crime and punishment that they can no longer continue to ignore the team name for the nation’s capital.

The letter states, “This is a matter of tribal sovereignty.” No, it’s not!

This name and all use of Native mascots and images are racist. It is not a vi-

olation of sovereignty. The state and federal governments do that – not sports teams. It is insulting and perhaps even a crime. If someone carries a likeness of RGIII’s head in a noose into a football stadium, I could see someone catching a hate crime charge but the Philadelphia fan that takes an impaled “Indian head” to Washington football games and Chicago hockey games actually gets praised and put on TV. But even if it is a crime or a civil rights violation it is not a “matter of tribal sovereignty.” That just tells me, again, how clueless these 50 senators are.

This letter also attempts to cast the Congress in stark contrast to the NFL which supports this racist slur by listing the great protections that the Congress has legislated for us. They seem to forget that every law they cited was to counter racist governmental policy and actually continues it by creating federal regulations for this “protection” rather than ever really recognizing our sovereignty. That is, by the way, “a matter of tribal sovereignty.”

I agree with these senators that this team name should be changed and, in fact, all use of Native mascots should end. This all comes from the specific racism held against Native people and it is certainly emblematic of the racist policies of state and federal govern-

ments. But perhaps the Washington football team should keep the name, if only to demonstrate the blatant evidence of the racism that Washington D.C. – the nation’s capital – still holds toward Native people.

A lot more than just a football team name needs to change in Washington.

Respect Native sovereignty and stop the policies of assimilation. Oh, yeah.

And change the name.

– John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk, national expert commentator on Native American issues, hosts two weekly radio programs — “Let’s Talk Native…with John Kane,” ESPN Sports Radio WWKB-AM 1520 in Buffalo, N.Y., Sundays, 9-11 p.m. EDT and “First Voices Indigenous Radio,” WBAI-FM 99.5 in New York City, Thursdays, 9-10 a.m. EDT (“First Voices Indigenous Radio” programs are archived in perpetuity at www.firstvoicesindigenousradio. org). John is a frequent guest on WGRZ-TV’s (NBC/ Buffalo) “2 Sides” and “The Capitol Pressroom with Susan Arbetter” in Albany.

John’s “Native Pride” blog can be found at www.letstalknativepride.blogspot. com. He also has a very active “Let’s Talk Native...with John Kane” group page on Facebook. John is an accredited media representative for the “The Two Row Times” news publication.

He is a member of the Native American Journalists Association (NAJA).

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Correction and Strong Medicine

By Nahnda Garlow I can’t speak for what went on Down Below, but on the Upper End of Six Nay during the Eighties it was quite traditional for kids to team up at someone’s house with a gang of other 8-13 year olds and walk around in a pack until it started to get dark.

More often than not that involved us kids on Sour Springs Road getting in a lot of trouble. Smashing something, burning something, stealing something, and taking full advantage of the absence of adults and the new hormones coursing through our veins.

Judgement becomes clouded by said hormones. One summer my brother Dan and my ‘cousint’ JD started a grass fire that got out of control and burnt down the whole bush by accident. That was epic. I can still remember my aunty and my mom both running “back the bush” with garbage bags full of water trying to wet the grass

to keep our house from getting burnt down. The fire department showed up and had to hose down the whole bush so that all of our concession didn’t turn to ash and so the neighbours houses didn’t burn down.

Oh the long and quiet walk into the unknown just before you’re gonna get a butt whoopin’! You don’t know what to expect. It’s the uncertain anticipation that you’re about a) to get the lickin’ of a lifetime or b) receive mercy from above and get off the hook just in the nick of time.

I was reminded of this long walk earlier this week when I found myself confronted with having to correct my 12 year old daughter for one of those “pack mentality” mistakes that everyone inevitably makes. My mind raced back to my own misbehaviour at her age and how the adults who cared for me & my ‘cousints’ corrected us.

My mom favoured the good old spanking.

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gan to lose potency. Dad was very good at scolding us. Quite poetically, his name in the language translates into “He scolds them”. I can still see his big finger pointing at me and the look in his eyes that meant business.

More often than not, that was enough to get me to listen.

However in the odd instance that hormone infused insanity took temporary hold of my then 12 year old mind, something stronger was in order.

According to Haudenosaune tradition, water was used for correction. I will never forget the time that Gramma Rovina dunked my brother Daniel’s head in the rain barrel for doing something stupid. I literally laughed out loud and made fun of him for all of about twenty seconds. Just long enough for Gramma to walk over to me, grab me by the back of the head and “correct” me for laughing at his misfortune by dunking me too. uffice it to say never again found enjoyment in seeing someone else punished.

My Uncle Victor was in the US Marines and

employed what he called “PT” for correction on my male ‘cousints’. Quite literally it was physical training. I’ll never forget the trip to Fort Erie when the Hill-General boys JD, Dan, Joey and Phil deployed smoke bombs at the girl ‘cousints’ and had to do push-ups and chinups till sundown!

The most rare moments of correction in my life, but the most sobering ones included oh da . bush This medicine grows in the field and anyone from any Haudenosaune community who lived past the age of 12 probably knows what I am talking about. If you have been corrected by oh da ust the sight of this red bush will give you shivers and smarten you up into a clear mind.

I distinctly remember my ‘cousints’, siblings and I being sent back the bush by our family to go pick our own oh da .

“Why do we have to do this anyways it’s so stupid,” I would typically mouth off.

“Shut up then they’ll hear you and then we’ll get in trouble again,” my ‘cousints’ would shout

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“Just pick a skinny one, they’ll probly don’t hurt as much”, my youngest ‘cousint’ Whitters would say. At some point in every Haudenosaune kids reservation education they think it’s a good idea to pick the smallest and skinniest piece of oh da but they only ever make this mistake once.

My brother, in all his brave and righteous boldness would say something like, “I deserve it guys, It was all my fault.

I’ll pick the biggest one

and I’ll ask them to just punish me.” That usually surmounted into a beautiful act of valour in which Daniel would bravely cast himself down on one knee before the adults willing to take the punishment for all. That usually impressed all the grown ups and distracted from our correction if even only for a few minutes.

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Race season begins at Ohsweken

By Tommy Goudge

OHSWEKEN – It was touch and go as the clouds gathered over the Ohsweken Speedway for the second attempt at a season opener Friday night. The event was originally planned for last week, but was rained out as was the tune up pre-season runs the week before, but the rain stayed away and the cars finally ran this riday with a full docket of drivers in every class.

Despite the cold evening things were hot on the track. In the Corr/ Pac Merchandising 360 Sprint Division, Sprint Car rookie Shawn Sliter and 2008 track champion Keith Dempster shared the front row for the first feature of the season, but row two starter and 2010 champ Dave Dykstra got by both of them to take the early lead. Mitch Brown quickly moved into second and began to put pressure on Dykstra, while Paige Polyak moved into third.

Mikey Kruchka, Todd Hoddick, and Glenn Styres were the only drivers consistently using the high side of the track for much of the race, and all three were able to make passes that way. Kruchka started 12th, but was already in the top five after the completion of lap 5, and into third at the halfway mark of the race.

Hoddick was in the top

The green flag dropped over the Ohsweken Speedway Friday night to begin the 2014 racing season. The season opener was supposed to have run last Friday but rain forced the postponement until this past Friday. Friday Night Thunder continues this week at 7:30 pm. Gate opens at 6 pm. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE 5 when contact with the front stretch wall ended his race.

Kruchka went to work on Dykstra and Brown when the race restarted, and passed them both between laps 13 and 15. Styres was into 6th by lap 16, and had moved to 2nd when a caution flag was thrown for the stopped car of Chris Steele on lap 18. A two lap shootout followed, with Styres able to make the winning move in turn 2 on the last lap, and claim his 20th feature victory at Ohsweken. Kruchka, Brown, Dykstra, and 15th starter Jim Huppunen rounded out the top 5.

Heat races were claimed by Stan Zanchin, Dave Dykstra, and Mitch Brown, while Kyle Pat-

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rick won the B-Main.

In the Strickland GMC Crate Sprint Cars ivision the first ever Crate Sprint Car feature in Ohsweken Speedway history began with Aaron Turkey and Ryan Hunsinger on the front row, and Hunsinger quickly took the lead. The former 360 Sprint Car driver led all the laps on his way to victory, while Turkey dropped out of the second position with a broken rear end with 5 laps to go.

Jake Brown and Brad Herron diced for the runner-up spot, with Herron eventually taking that position, followed by Brown, Paul Lang, and Robbie General.

Aaron Turkey, and Ryan Hunsinger claimed

heat races for the 11-car field.

In the Affordable Towing and Recovery Thunder Stocks it was Dave Silverthorn Jr. and Dave Bailey beginning the Thunder Stock feature on the front row. Silverthorn took the early lead while Wyatt Van Wart moved up to the second spot.

Those two raced for the lead for much of the race, until Derek Liverance made contact with Silverthorn as the leaders were trying to get around him.

Van Wart avoided the trouble and went on to the feature win, followed

by Karl Sault, Billy Bleich, Jr., Dave Bailey, and Lee Winger.

Heat races for the car field were claimed

by Billy Bleich, Jr., Jack

Myers, and Lee Winger, while Chris Dickie won the B-Main.

Jeremy May and Dan Erskine made up the front row for the HRW Automotive Mini Stocks feature. May took the lead in a car borrowed from Jeremy Hughes. May fought off early challenges from Jason Lungaro, and kept the rest the field behind him to go on to his first feature win. Tyler Lafantaisie, Jon Janssens, Lucas Lubin, and Lungaro rounded out the top five.

Heat races for the car field were claimed

by Tyler Lafantaisie, Rob Slater, and Rob Hoskins while Tim DeBoer won the B-Main.

In the Gales Auto Aftermarket Bombers Division, Dusty DeBoer

and Joe DeBoer were the front row starters for the Bomber feature, and Dusty led much of the race until he went to the outside of a slower car and almost missed the first turn entirely. oe was able to hang on to the lead after that, and went on to take the feature win, with Dusty settling for the runner-up spot.

Gillian Hils, Paul Longboat, and Ashton Reekie made up the rest of the top 5.

Heat races for the car field were claimed

by Dusty DeBoer, and Joe DeBoer.

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Arrows Express still on target at 6-0

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – Monday night in Burlington the Six Nations Arrows Express defeated the Burlington Chiefs by a score of 9-8. It took a goal by Haodais Maracle with 40 seconds remaining in the game to do it, but the Arrows third period collapse very nearly resulted in the rrows first loss of the season.

Six Nations held a first period lead with goals scored by Quinn Powless, Austin Staats, Josh Johnson and Jordan Durston. The Chiefs’ goal was scored shorthanded,

by Tyler Albrecht.

Burlington came out in the second period ready to prove themselves worthy opponents by scoring the first three goals of the frame, two

by Donny Lomas and a single by Chris Buswell.

But the Arrows gathered their composure and answered with the next three thanks to Powless, Jesse Jimmerson and Ian Martin.

With Anthony Patterson off for high sticking, Gianni Bianchin made good on a Burlington powerplay, which Frank Brown responded

The Jr. A Six Nations Arrows Express have not yet felt the sting of defeat so far this season, but came very close to doing so with a close 9-8 win in Burlington Monday night, after trouncing Tonawanda 12-0 Sunday at the ILA. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

to a little more than a minute later to end the second period with the Arrows leading 8-5.

The game turned ugly in the third period in two ways, for Arrows fans anyway. A series of roughing calls broke the Arrows momentum and allowed the Chiefs back into the game.

Lomas, scored his

third of the game and Albrecht added two more to tie the game for the Chiefs. With overtime looming and the Arrows offense sputtering, Maracle pulled the game out of the fire to take the two points at 19:20.

Doug Alton worked hard for the win in the Arrows goal as the Chiefs outshot Six Nations 4839.

Sunday night at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena, Arrows’ goaltender Doug Jamieson recorded a rare 12-0 lacrosse shutout against the Tonawanda Tomahawks.

After half of the first period was spent feeling each other out, Austin Staats began the goal scoring parade at 10:40 assisted by Frank Brown. Blake McDonald and Alex Henry added two more quick goals scored seconds apart at 15:19 and 15:45 to end the first period with the Arrows leading 3-0.

Ryan Johnson, Staats and Ian Martin earned assists.

Staats kept the Arrows Express train rolling in the second with his second of the game, at the 56-second mark from Josh Johnson and

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Calgary Roughnecks take Game 1 of finals vs. Rochester Knighthawks, 10-7

By Kassidy Collins CALGARY – The Calgary oughnecks struck first in the 2014 NLL Champion’s Cup Finals with a 10-7 home win over the back-to-back champion Rochester Knighthawks in Game 1 of the series before 16,541 fans at Scotiabank Saddledome on Saturday night.

The Roughnecks played some of the best defense they have all season, holding Rochester to just seven goals. There has only been one other time this season that the ‘Hawks weren’t able to score more than seven.

A lot of the credit goes to the defense of the Roughnecks, but coach Malawsky knows goalie Mike Poulin deserves a lot of credit as well because it was the fewest amount of goals that Poulin had allowed in all year.

“Mike’s been playing with a lot of confidence right now,” he said. “He’s believing in himself and the defense and the team is believing in him. Trust is a dangerous thing when a group of guys, a group of men, are trusting and believing in each other... you can move mountains.

This group of guys is really believing right now, we got a lot of confidence and

a lot of trust and it comes right from the goaltender out, he’s been our backbone from day one and he’ll continue to be our backbone.”

Even Rochester’s head coach Mike Hasen recognized the play of Poulin.

“He was bang on, he came up with a lot of big saves and kept them rolling,” he said. “I thought their defense was real good too, they put us in positions that allowed Poulin to see the ball really well. And when he gets to see it, he’s dynamite and that’s what he was tonight.”

The Roughnecks got the first goal when eff Shattler received a feed from Shawn Evans to make it 1-0 just over two minutes in. The scoring held until seven minutes later when Evans made another great pass to Scott Ranger who snuck it over the shoulder of Rochester goaltender Matt Vinc. It only took Rochester 36 seconds to respond with their first of the night when Stephen Keogh capitalized after picking up the ball from a fallen Calgary player, bringing his team back within one. The final goal of the frame came off the

Powless and Cory Bomberry. Justin Kulla ended the first period for nnissmore who were leading 3-1.

It was 7-3 after two periods with Holden Vyse accounting for both Six Nations second period goals.

The Rivermen opened the third period with a promising start, scoring the first two goals by VanEvery and Jacob Bomberry, to draw to within two goals of the leaders. But the James Gang’s Josh Wasson Mc-

Quigge went on a threegoal spree to wrestle away the Rivermen lead.

Delby Powless scored the last Six Nations’ goal of the night from Justin Gibson and VanEvery. Mack Obrien scored the 11th and 12th goal for Ennismore at 17:17 and 18:59 to seal the Rivermen’s fate.

The Six Nations Rivermen are back at it Sunday June 1st at the Gaylord Powless Arena when they host the Oakville Titans, at 7 pm.

Rivermen robbed by James Gang

By Jim Windle ENNISMORE — The undefeated James Gang did battle against the Six Nations Sr. B Rivermen in Ennismore Saturday night and came out the 12-6 victors, reducing the Six Nations record to a still decent, 4-2, good enough for a second place tie with the St. Catharines Saints.

The Gang went ahead 2-0 before Wayne VanEvery put the Rivermen canoe in the water with his goal at 10:56, from Delby

stick of Curtis Dickson after walking out from behind the net, sneaking one five hole to make it a 3-1 lead in favor of the Roughnecks. ust like in the first quarter, Calgary found twine first in the second when Ranger scored his second of the game and fifth of the playoffs after a nice pick and roll play with Dickson. Not to be outdone, the Knighthawks scored two in a row after Johnny Powless ripped his first of the game past Mike Poulin, and just under two minutes later, Craig Point fought off a Roughnecks

defender sliding it far side, making it a one-goal game, 4-3.

Roughnecks star Dane Dobbie scored backto-back goals in a span of 36 seconds to put the Roughnecks up 6-3 half way through the quarter.

Dickson scored his second of the game to increase the lead to 7-3, but ochester had the final goal of the frame when Joe Walters made a nice shot in the slot, cutting into the lead. Calgary went into the half with a 7-4 lead despite being outshot 20-18.

‘K-hawks’ Cory Vitarelli made a nice in-

dividual effort, diving across the crease to get his first of the contest.

Rochester then made it a one-goal game after Point got his second of the game on a one-timer shot. After three quarters, the Roughnecks led 7-6 but Rochester was still leading in the shots department, 31-30.

It was all Roughnecks in the fourth as it just looked as though the Knighthawks ran out of gas. Coach Hasen doesn’t really know what happened to his team in the fourth quarter but said it’s in the past now.

The Knighthawks were able to muster up one last goal with only nine seconds remaining but the Roughnecks’ lead was too much to overcome as they took a 1-0 series lead.

The series now shifts to Rochester for Game 2 at Blue Cross Arena on Saturday, May 31 at 8 p.m. ET. If Rochester wins to tie the series 1-1, a 10-minute tiebreaker game will be played immediately following the conclusion of Game 2 to determine the 2014 NLL champion.

Kassidy Collins is the Roughnecks beat writer for NLL.com

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Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, Artistic Director Santee Smith; Photo by Cylla Von Tiedemann

McMahon’s pitch green-lighted by imagineNATIVE

By Millie Knapp

ronto, I knew I wanted to do comedy for a living. I’ve never really wanted to do anything else. I don’t have a Plan B per se. I’m lucky it’s working out so far,” said McMahon about his career.

He pitched a screenplay to imagineNATIVE because of the lack of representation of Indigenous peoples in cinema.

“I don’t feel like my ideas or thoughts are represented when I look around the media landscape so I decided to start writing my own stories,” said McMahon.

After years of writing for his solo career and for comedic troupes like Ton-

Ryan McMahon’s feature film script pitch has been selected by the ImagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival’s inaugural script development lab.

McMahon (Anishinaabe/Metis), 37, lives in Winnipeg, Man. Originally from Fort Frances, Ontario, McMahon’s family is from Couchiching First Nation.

McMahon has been a stand up comic since 2008. In 2001, he started doing sketch and improv comedy and he’s never looked back.

“After graduating from Second City in To-

to’s Nephews, McMahon finds that the writing process flows for him.

“One of my blessings and one of my curses is that it’s very easy for me to generate content. I’m a storyteller. I’m always looking for stories. When it comes time to telling those stories, it’s very easy for me,” said McMahon about turning a story into a screenplay.

“I had the idea of turning a couple of characters I thought about using in different types of stories – bringing them together in this world. Once I did that, it was like the story wrote itself. It became very clear how the characters would

interact,” he said.

With his screenplay, McMahon wants to explore things not yet done in Native cinema.

“We always talk about how funny we are as Native people but we’ve never really hit a home run in terms of comedy on a big screen,” said McMahon. e described his film Bamaapi, as “part-heist movie and part-road movie about a family that has to come together during a heist gone wrong.”

Bamaapi means “See you later” in Ojibway. “It’s the word we use for goodbye,” said McMahon. “I’m CONTINUED NEXT PAGE

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Algonquin settlement story from pg. 4 and lies being put forth by lead negotiator, lawyer Bob Potts,” says Sarazin.

He has a great deal of difficulty accepting the lucrative terms of Potts’ contract agreement with the current council.

“Potts has asked for a 10% fee on what is negotiated, which in this case would earn him $30 million,” says Sarazin. “That, on top of the $600 per hour, which he so kindly reduced to $450 per hour, plus all expenses he is already getting. To me it is absolutely ridiculous that we should be paying him a bonus fee after already paying him so well for doing the job.”

He is also not in favour of the part of the AIP that would see a portion of Algonquin Park be relinquished in return for management input in the running of the park.

“That is particularly distasteful because there

are about 150 private land leases for cottagers in the park by non-status people, non-Algonquins and non-Native,” he says.

“Those leases will get to endure to perpetuity.

Why do non-Natives get to lease land in Algonquin Park while Algonquins get nothing?”

Currently the ball is in the federal government’s hands for approval of the AIP. Once that comes, which Sarazin believes it will, all serious negotiations will include the fine details of the items put forth in the AIP. “It’s a surrender of Algonquin sovereignty,” says Sarazin.

Chief Whiteduck and his council did not accept a first draft put on the table at negotiations, but believes the counter offer to be fair, under the circumstances and able to move his community forward.

imagineNATIVE story from previous page using it in a funny context like if you said, ‘See you later’ running out the door.”

McMahon’s story is about a young man who leaves the reserve to get a higher education.

While at school, the young man takes a job at a bar. After a night out on the town with his co-worker friends, he wakes up in a hotel room alone.

He returns to work to find out that the bar has been robbed and that his employers think he’s done it. e escapes briefly and calls on his family back on the rez to save him. Then, hilarity ensues as his uncles and aunties come to his rescue.

The beginning steps of McMahon’s feature script start this week as he meets with three other writers chosen for imagineNATIVE’s lab at a four-day retreat on Atikameksheng Anishnawbek territory formerly hitefish ake First Nation).

The Indigenous

screenwriters were chosen from submissions across Canada. The other three selected writers are Michelle Latimer (Metis), Craig Lauzon (Ojibway/ French), and Kaherawaks Thompson (Mohawk).

Former imagineNATIVE Festival Director Danis Goulet (Cree/Metis) oversees the lab. Darlene Naponse (Anishnaabe), filmmaker and councillor, hosts the participants during the retreat.

Mentors for the screenwriting lab are Shannon Masters (Empire of Dirt), Shereen Jerrett, and New Zealand-based Briar Grace-Smith.

The lab helps the writers develop their projects from the treatment stage to the first draft of a feature-length screenplay to be ready for imagineNATIVE’s 15th annual festival in Toronto, this October.

Got a story idea? Email an Arts and Culture story idea to millie@tworowtimes. com.

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Notice of Submission of Terms of Reference for an Environmental Assessment to Secure Additional Solid Waste Disposal Capacity within the County of Brant The proposed Environmental Assessment (EA) to Secure Additional Solid Waste Disposal Capacity within the County of Brant is being undertaken to establish additional landfill disposal capacity at the Biggars Lane Landfill Site.

The proposed undertaking would provide waste disposal capacity of post-diversion solid, non hazardous waste generated within the County’s boundaries to meet the County’s needs until the year 2050.

As part of the planning process for the environmental assessment a Terms of Reference was submitted to the Ministry of the Environment for review as required under the Environmental Assessment Act (EAA). If approved, the Terms of Reference will serve as a framework for the preparation and review of the EA for the proposed undertaking.

On May 22, 2014 the Proposed EA Terms of Reference for the EA was submitted to the Ministry of the Environment for review and approval. As part of the review process, a formal 30-day review period starting May 22, 2014 and ending June 21, 2014 has been established to solicit feedback from the public and agencies on the document.

You may inspect the proposed terms of reference during normal business hours at the following locations: 1. County of Brant – Burford Office 26 Park Avenue Burford, ON N0E 1A0 519-449-2451/1-888-250-2295

4. Scotland-Oakland Library Branch 281 Oakland Road Scotland ON N0E 1R0 519-446-0181

2. County of Brant – Paris Office 66 Grand River Street North, Paris, ON N3L 2M2 519-442-6324/1-888-250-2296

5. St. George Library Branch 78 Main Street N. St. George ON N0E 1N0 519-448-1300

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6. Ministry of the Environment Environmental Approvals Access and Service Integration Branch 2 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A, Toronto, ON M4V 1L5

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You may also view the proposed terms of reference on the project website: www.brant.ca/notices/Solid_Waste_EA.shtml Your written comments about the terms of reference must be received before June 21, 2014. All comments should be submitted to: Mr. Adam Sanzo, Project Officer Ministry of the Environment Environmental Approvals Branch 2 St. Clair Avenue West, Floor 12A Toronto, ON M4V 1L5 Tel: 416-314-8433/1-800-461-6290 Fax: 416-314-8452 A copy of all comments will be forwarded to the proponent for its consideration.

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AAGNO launches annual show in Thunder Bay

By Millie Knapp

The Aboriginal Artworks Group of North Ontario (AAGNO) presents its fifth annual pring boriginal Fine Arts and Crafts Show and Sale at the Victoriaville Centre in Thunder Bay, this Wednesday, May 28 to Saturday, May 31.

The show is called “Seguin” which means spring in Oji-Cree according to John Ferris, AAGNO coordinator and founder.

Ferris started the art group in 2001 with 32 participants and now has over 200 who he invites to participate in shows.

AAGNO has its annual shows during Christmas and the spring in Thunder Bay. This summer, Ferris plans to bring a show to Toronto for the first time. From August 14 to 18, the group presents its

“When Mr. Williams retired and stopped making sticks, dad bought a whole bunch from him and I have been using them until we started making our own, in 2009,” he says.

Different types of wood just feel different in your hand and you have to find that one that just feels right, he says. In fact he believes the stick finds you.

“It’s kinda like in Harry Potter where the wand chooses the wizard,” says Henhawk. “It’s almost like the same thing. You can tell right away if you have a good stick in your hands.”

Stick making is rapidly becoming a lost art within the modern game, but Henhawk still believes there is something unique and special about every hand made stick. But it isn’t just the choice of wood, it also involves time and the way the webbing is strung in the pocket.

“There’s a bunch of different ways to string a stick,” he says. “You can use all leather or leather with nylon, but I

first annual show orthern Ontario Aboriginal Fine Arts & Crafts Summer Exhibition and Sale in Toronto at the Eaton Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard Street West.

Ferris expects about 80 artists from northern Ontario to participate in Toronto’s show.

“With so many artisans, I want to promote and market their artworks by travelling to larger communities and internationally,” said Fer-

like my all leather sticks.

But sometimes I’ll use Nylon and leather mixed together.”

He says the all leather creates a very nice pocket which stays for a while and becomes one with the stick. find that your shot is more consistent with leather,” he says.

Although a heavier stick, Henhawk is willing to give up a little weight for the traditional, hand made wood and leather variety.

Wooden sticks are banned from the National Lacrosse League, but that’s alright with Henhawk who does not like the NLL style of game anyhow. In fact he says even if drafted, he will not give up his wooden stick and would rather not play that style of game anyhow.

“I’ll play senior,” he says, “But the NLL is more like the field game played indoors. That’s how I see it anyhow.”

Henhawk explains the stick-making process as a specialized art involving a lot of intuition.

ris about the decision to exhibit in Toronto.

Ferris, 55, (Oji-Cree) is from the Constance Lake First Nation, Ont and now resides in Thunder Bay. The group’s work showcases the richness of Indigenous art and history from northern Ontario. Ferris wants the public to realize how important these works of art are today.

“We want to educate people that these

were very important to our survival,” said Ferris about many of the artworks that in the past were used as tools.

Artisans like Maggie Magiskan today creates birchbark art like baskets or tikinagans which is Oji-Cree for cradleboards.

Ferris mentioned that his mother told him he was raised in a tikinagan as a baby.

“Tikinagans are still used a lot with quite a few people from the northern communities, even here in Thunder Bay,” said Ferris.

Tikinagans were traditionally made by the infant’s grandparents or parents.

Other art objects like tamarack birds were and still are used as decoys to attract ducks and geese for hunting today.

Ferris invites tamarack

bird makers like Richard Barkman from Sachigo First Nation and others to exhibit at the group shows.

“We have numerous artists from the northern communities that paint in the Woodland style,” said Ferris about artists Derek Harper and Lloyd Kakepetum from Keewaywin First Nation and Ananias Jacob from Webequie First.

In Night Eagle, Jacob, 46, demonstrates how Woodland-style painters manifest a spiritual context in their work.

Legends and stories of spirits told to Jacob as a child inspire him.

He created Night Eagle at a time when his nephew was hospitalized. Under the eagle’s claws, the four dots coloured red, blue, yellow, and white represent his nephew.

fi it or it will throw the whole stick off.

Many try and get a perfectly balanced stick but Henhawk likes his sticks slightly off balance, which he says helps the stick to spin better in the players hands.

“With the plastic sticks some people put a little bend in the shaft which makes it feel a little more like a wooden one,” he says.

Sometimes using wood can be a detriment too. Henhawk has noticed that referees tend to call more slashing or

cross-checking penalties on wooden sticks.

But to Henhawk, he knows when he has been a little too aggressive with his wooden stick.

“I know when I’m going to get a penalty,” he says. “It depends on how much you wind up.

With wood, you don’t have to wind up as hard to do the same thing. If you’re out there going crazy with it you’ll be in the box every time.”

Henhawk knows first hand about that. e was serving a one game suspension for a slash, when the Two Row Times

Wooden stick article from page 6 “First you go out and try to find a good hickory tree somewhere,” he says. “A nice big one with not to many knots in it.

That in itself takes forever to get that tree out and cut. Then you have to let it sit for a while, a month or two. Then you can split it and let it sit some more. You then shave it down to the size you want and steam it in a steamer and get it pretty hot so you don’t even want to touch the steam.”

He has made for himself a jig on a table that will determine the angle and lay of the bend for the “mouth”, or hook.

“I do the mouth and the neck at the same time,” says Henhawk of his process. “Some guys will do the mouth, stop and steam it again for the neck, but we do it all at once.”

The curved stick then sits for another month or two to let it set.

He says that you only get one shot at this part of the process and once steamed and set, you cannot go back and steam it a second time to

For Jacob, it’s his belief that an eagle carries messages and prayers to the Creator.

“When we smudge, they say the eagle carries the prayer to the Creator,” said Jacob whose prayers were answered when his nephew recovered.

Stories and others like these can be heard from AAGNO artists who share their inspirational words to those who stop to chat at their show tables in Thunder Bay this weekend or in Toronto this summer.

For artists in northern Ontario: the registration deadline for the Toronto show in August is June 25, 2014. For more information, contact John Ferris at 807-939-7525 or jgferris1959@gmail.com or Facebook: Aboriginal Artworks Group of Northern Ontario. Got a story idea? Email Business story ideas to millie@ tworowtimes.com.

did this interview.

A Henhawk, hand made wooden lacrosse stick seels for between $100 and $225 for a players stick, depending on what kind of stick you want, and goalie sticks go for around $350.

He has begun building what is called “long poles for field lacrosse as well. They are allowed to use wooden long poles in the World Games, which the Iroquois Nationals compete in.

“Like I say, the stick finds you says enhawk.

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THE MISSISSAUGAS OF THE NEW CREDIT FIRST NATION PAN AM GAMES SECRETARIAT (PAGS)

THE MISSISSAUGAS OF THE NEW CREDIT FIRST NATION PAN AM GAMES SECRETARIAT (PAGS) is now accepting applications for the position of

is now accepting applications for the position of

“Administrative Support”

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FOOD & RESTAURANTS FROM THE CITY TO THE LAND: A COOK'S JOURNEY

The politics of food is seedy

By Joe Farrell This past weekend I was invited to speak at the local March Against Monsanto. From farmers, to students, to politicians, each speaker shared compelling reasons from their perspectives as to why it is important to stop Monsanto.

In exploring the devastating impacts that GMOs and companies like Monsanto have on our food system, there are some important factors that need to be part of the

conversation in thinking in our local context.

When talking about the land, we need to acknowledge that we’re standing on Onkwehon:we land and respect the true history of this place. We must honour and respect the treaties and live in a Two Row relationship with each other and the land.

With another one of the Harper government’s omnibus bills looming overhead, there is renewed cause for concern.

Bill C-18, The Agricultur-

al Growth Act, will make many changes to the agricultural landscape in this country. As of right now the only organization, to my knowledge, that has spoken out about this bill is the National Farmers Union. This bill includes changes to the Plant Breeders’ Rights Act, putting more control and profit in the hands of multinational seed companies like Monsanto, enhancing their property rights in terms of seed patenting, while restricting the rights of farmers

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and other types of growers.

The proposed adoption of the international union for the protection of new varieties of plants (UPOV) 1991 convention will open our food supply up to new varieties of modified seed. t promotes the globalization of seed, not focusing on what makes seeds locally adapted and suited to local growing conditions. Most importantly Monsanto, Syngenta, Pioneer, and other such companies will continue to threaten generations of indigenous knowledge of agriculture and seed keeping. Through cross-pollination GMOs will find their way into intergenerational cultivated family seeds.

There is a real focus on GMO or Organic labeling as the way to resist Monsanto and revolutionize the food system.

The problem with this, is that it puts in place more red tape and barriers to small scale farmers, who as a way of life practice ethical agriculture but do not have the monetary re-

sources to be certified.

All it will accomplish is a shift in control of the market from one group of capitalists to another. Labeling emphasizes voting with your dollar, a consumerist luxury that not everyone has. We need to focus on real systemic change by building a food system starting at the local level from the ground up that is secure, healthy and that provides for all.

On that note, asparagus is available most of the year and is imported from far away, where it is grown as a cash crop for export, not local consumption. Buying asparagus at your local market only when its in season is one way to support real food change.

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Obituaries

Obituaries

Sky: Norma Surrounded by her family in her 81st year on Friday May 24, 2014. Norma will be missed by her children Rhonda (Terry) Sault, Erwin(Chico) (Ilene) Sky and Alicia (Scott) Elliott. Lovingly remembered by her grandchildren Craig (Lisa), Josh (Shante), Keith (Kathy), Angie (Mark). Kevin (Jen), Crystal and Tiffany. Dear great grandma of many great grandchildren. Sister of Wilburn, Chuck (Rusty).

Predeceased by her son Evan (Ticker) Jamieson, parents John and Rhoda and siblings Arnold, John (Junior), Mary, Margaret and Oliver. Norma rested at her daughter Rhonda’s home 3195 Mississauga Rd. (First Line) New Credit after 7 p.m. on Saturday. Funeral Service and Burial will be from Lower Cayuga Longhouse on Monday May 26, 2014 at 11.a.m. www.rhbanderson.com HILL: HEATHER JOAN NEE: JOHNSON December 5, 1949 - May 19, 2014 After a long battle with cancer surrounded by her family at home Heather began her journey on May 19, 2014.

Beloved wife of Glen. Loving mother of Mike and Lisa, Michelle and Dennis, Jeanette and Brandon, and the late Mark (2005). Dear grandmother of Jerrica, Krystle, Ryanna, Andrew, Blayze, Zayden, and Taryn. Cherished sister of Sharon and the late Cam. Daughter of the late Hiram and Nona Johnson. Daughter-in-law of Elsie and the late Doc. Sister-in-law of Helen, Burt and Bonnie, Ginny and Larry, Gerry and Deb, Liz and Al, Shirley and Howard, Hazel and the late Dick, and Rob. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Heather was employed with Canada Post for 40 years.

As per her wishes cremation has taken place. Family and friends are invited to gather at her home 1205 3rd Line Road, Six Nations on Saturday May 31, 2014 from 1 - 4 p.m. to share stories and celebrate her life. Bring your favorite dish to share. The family extends a special thanks to Dr. McNeil and palliative outreach, First Nations nursing, Dr. Marcaccio, Dr. Dhesi, and JCC. www. rhbanderson.com

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MOM its been a long 2 years since I seen your beautiful face Its been said, that “time heals..”

What does time heal?

It does not heal my sadness I am still very sad…

It does not heal my broken heart It’s still broken…

It does not heal me from crying I still cry…

It does not heal me from missing you & Dad I still really miss you both…

I still talk to you in case you can hear me Dad hug my Angel and never let her go…

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My heartfelt thanks and appreciation for love, care, sympathy cards, donations of food, water, monetary.

Special thanks to family ad friends who took care of everything that needed to be done the first day of Glen’s sudden passing, and all the help that continued for the next few days. Plus visits and phone calls. Special thanks to Wayne and Kevin for the wonderful love and care they showed, for vacations, sport events, appointments, and many ore kind deeds. Friends for texting and visits.

Thanks to Six Nations nurses who looked after Glen for years, the dialysis team. For special music provide by Carson and Brown Sugar, Medina Singers and Roselyn.

Special words of encouragement by Pastor Ralph Garlow and Pastor Tom Sero. Bill Lofthouse and staff from Hyde and Mott Funeral Home. For help, care and understanding the loss. Special thanks to Jimmer for arranging pallbearers to carry Glen to his resting place, and to the honorary pallbearers.

God bless all – Betty Jonathan and Family Glen is free from the fear of tomorrow For so long he searched for life’s meaning Enslaved by pain and woe. Glen is free From pain and suffering

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23. College entrance exam 24. The first state 25. Payment (abbr.)

28. Fishing fabric 29. Short line after a character 31. Liquid dish 33. Evel Knievel 36. Progressive bodily wasting 38. Convert into leather 39. Gland secretion 41. Rundown apartments 44. A stratum of ore 45. Fathers 46. Goddess of the dawn 48. Feel regret 49. Bone component element 51. Steeped beverage 52. Set into a surface 54. 360 host 59. Southern annoyance!

60. Paths 61. Yemen monetary unit 63. Musician Clapton 64. Supplements with difficulty 65. Lofty nest of a bird of prey 66. Duct or masking 67. Used to be United ___ 68. 18th Hebrew letter (var. sp.)

CLUES DOWN 1. Honeymooners actor Carney 2. Outer covering 3. Former Soviet state 4. Bangladeshi currency

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Interaction with an elder is something to cherish this week, Aries. Listen closely to the good advice you are offered, as it will pay dividends down the road.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, a new coworker may come to you with questions. This is your opportunity to serve as a mentor and use your experience to help the next generation.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you are intent on purchasing an expensive item sometime this week, but make sure it can be returned. Hold on to the receipt and carefully survey your finances.

5. Spanish be 6. Out of order 7. Head of hair 8. Built up 9. Kins 10. Distilled Middle Eastern beverage 11. Took sides 12. Siddhartha author 14. Exasperates 17. Faked an opponent 20. Delivery vehicle 21. Counterbalances 25. CA local time 26. Trench 27. Toothpaste containers 29. Word strings 30. A cotton filament

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CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 It is time to get out of a rut, Cancer. Explore a new fashion choice or dine on a different type of ethnic food. The idea is to step out of your comfort zone.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, thoughts of returning to school may have floated around in your mind in the past. This week you are energized to investiage your educational options.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Your creativity is on display this week, Virgo. You have ideas, and you need to put your thoughts in motion, whether through an art project or entrepreneurial venture.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Your ability to compromise is a big asset in the workplace, Libra. This alone can propel your career to new heights. You’ll take a few steps in the right direction this week.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Your ability to stay informed helps you to feel in touch with your surroundings, Scorpio. You will enjoy socializing with friends this week and may host a gathering.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Do your best to turn a negative into a positive, Sagittarius. It may require a little creative thinking to pull this off, but you are up to the task.

Start by smiling more often.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Family matters will fare better this week than business matters, Capricorn. Focus more of your energy on your home life than happenings at the office that are beyond your control.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, pay attention to all of the little details this week. If you can keep your eyes open, you may find new opportunities coming your way in the next few days.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, don’t let your emotions get the best of you when making an important decision this week.

Let logic reign.

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