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Makayla Sault received the good news yesterday afternoon that the Children’s Aid Society would honour her wishes to pursue Onogwatri:yo: as treatment for leukaemia (which is now in remission). CAS Executive Director Andrew Koster told the Sault family and the New Credit Band Council that the CAS would be closing the file and does not see Makayla as a “child in need of protection”. Makayla is here pictured after a concert during Community Awareness Week with Richelle Miller of the Six Nations Cancer No More Committee, her mother Sonya Sault, and Joanie Fish, a cancer survivor for 39 years who is also taking Onongwatri:yo. For more see story on page 5.

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Ottawa rally gives a strong message to PM

By Jim Windle OTTAWA – Concerned Onkwehon:we people from communities and nations across the part of Turtle Island known as Canada, delivered a powerful message to Prime Minister Steven Harper and his cabinet, that the gauntlet has been officially thrown down and it had better be taken seriously.

Thousands of people converged upon Ottawa last Wednesday to demand that Harper kill two controversial bills and open a public inquiry into the files of an estimated 1,300-1,500 missing and murdered First Nations women over the past 30 years, most of which have never been resolved and many not even investigated.

It was an empowering moment that solidified and joined the hearts of Cree, Anishinabik and Haudenosaunee people against the Harper government’s Bill C-10, on the Native tobacco trade, Bill C-33 on First Nations Education Act, and the missing women.

Four bus loads were sent from Six Nations, including Elected Chief Ava Hill.

“We know how to educate our kids,” Hill said over the microphone about C-33. “The federal

government doesn’t need to tell us.”

“We will find justice for our missing and murdered women and the families they left behind.

I am sick and tired of this government and we need to get rid of them, and we need to get our friends in mainstream Canada to help us get rid of them.”

On Bill C-10 she said, “To me there is no such thing as contraband tobacco. Tobacco is very important to us and we use it for our ceremonies. We have the inherent right to trade with our brothers and sisters across this land and no government is going to stop us from doing that. They are not going to make criminals of our people. They are not going to tell us that we cannot make our own money and give people jobs.”

The tobacco business at Six Nations and other Haudenosaunee and Anishinabik communities is becoming a very important industry. It is creating an opportunity for self sufficiency to individuals, families, as well as entire communities. Under Bill C-10, these entrepreneurs and employees within the tobacco trade will be criminalized and face immediate jail terms.

“They are not going to make criminals of our

people,” she declared.

“They are not going to tell us that we can not make our own money and give our own people jobs.

They have not consulted with us on anything. Nothing about us, without us.”

To that, she received a loud round of applause from the gathering.

Hill then turned the mic over to Six Nations Mohawk, Bear Clan tobacco farmer and cigarette manufacturer, Chris Greene, who followed with a moving and powerful speech, on the three main topics of interest.

“When big tobacco was found to have broken the law, they were fined,” said Greene. “They want to put us in jail. Bill C-10 will put more of our people in jail immediately and without a trial.”

Mainstream media has been repeating the federal government’s allegations that the Native tobacco trade is linked with terrorist groups and criminal gangs. But Greene declared that there is no credible link between gangs and terrorism and the Native tobacco industry.

“Jailing Onkwehon:we business people will not make the streets safer,” she said.

In fact she warned that the passing of C-10 in

particular has potential to start a Native backlash that will cost the government a lot more than they anticipate gaining from the tax grab.

“We and our customers are not criminals,” she said. “Our people are strong and will defend our livelihoods and we will protect ourselves,” Greene said. “We have frustrated the Canadian government with their inability to collect taxes on all of our trades. While funding to our communities continues to be cut, they talk about how much money they are loosing from our tobacco trade.

But it’s money that they never had in the first place.”

The only partisan political statement of the day came from NDP Member of Parliament, Jean Crowder from British Columbia, who acknowledge the Parliament Building itself is on unseeded Algonquin territory.

“On behalf of NDP leader Tom Mulclair, I want to commit that we will stand shoulder to shoulder together with you until First Nations have control of First Nations education,” she pledged.

Chief Isadore Day of Wiindawtegowinini, Serpent River First Nation, said the two bills in ques-

tion are all about the continued and deepening hold the federal government has and wants to have over First Nations economy and the very future of Onkwehon:we people as a distinct people, apart from mainstream Canada.

Derek Nepinak, outspoken Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, added, “We have got to stop this bill (C-33) and we have gone to extensive measures and have gone to great lengths to raise the issue that there is no consensus on the content of this bill.

Let’s kill this Bill!”

He called the reports of consent among the Chiefs nothing more than propaganda.

“The Chiefs sat in assembly and said they would not surrender the birthright of our children,” he said. “We are in the fight of our lives.”

There were several others who were speaking to the issue of missing and murdered women.

One speaker, identified as Holly and representing the Sisters in Spirit group, led people in a moment of silence.

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She spoke of a petition with tens of thousands of names on it calling for a public inquiry into these cases, which was ignored by the Harper government.

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After gathering at the Centre Block, the demonstrators marched to Ottawa City Hall, and then to the East Block and Steven Harpers office, leaving chalk messages on the sidewalk and buildings.

The PM was not in at the time, but everyone involved vowed to keep the pressure on Harper until he revokes both Bills and agrees to an inquiry.

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Ipperwash Park returned to Kettle and Stony Point FNs

By Jen Mt. Pleasant

It’s been almost 19 years since the fateful night at Ipperwash Provincial Park, where a stand off occurred between heavily armed members of the Ontario Provincial Police against unarmed men, women and children of Kettle and Stony Point.

And now, in a much anticipated and long-awaited process, the province of Ontario has officially signed over Aazhoodena also known as Ipperwash Provincial Park, giving the land back to the Chippewas of the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation.

In 1942, the land was seized as part of the War Measures Act and was used as a federal military camp during the Second World War. The entire community was uprooted and moved to a different location. According to the Ipperwash Inquiry of 2006, “In 1942, a unique

event occurred. An entire reserve appropriated for government purposes and that was the appropriation, under the War Measures Act, of Stoney Point Indian Reserve No. 43 for the purpose of establishing Camp Ipperwash for the Canadian Army. The Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point had refused to surrender the reserve, so it was taken from them. The only consolation government offered to the First Nation was that, when World War II ended, the land would be returned. That, of course, did not happen.”

Once the war was over, decades of government stalling tactics resulted in community members of Stoney and Kettle Point occupying the land which was turned into a provincial park.

The Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point have long claimed that

After over 60 years of fighting the provincial and federal governments, Ipperwash Provincial Park has officially been signed back over to the Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point. Promises to return the land after the war proved false and during a standoff in 1995, Anthony Dudley George was shot and killed by an OPP sniper. the land known as Aazhoodena contains burial remains of their sacred ancestors and so in 1995, the First Nation attempted to claim back their traditional lands which resulted in a standoff and a one-sided gun battle.

The OPP who were sent in to deal with the situation did so under the authorization of then Premier Mike Harris who ordered the ‘Indians’ out of the park.

The OPP claimed that the Natives in the park were armed, but was never proven. On September 6, 1995, Anthony ‘Dudley’ George of Kettle and Stony Point was shot and killed by an OPP sniper bullet, fired by Acting Sgt. Kenneth Deane during a midnight police raid on the park. Deane was found guilty of criminal negligence causing death in 1997 and was given an out-of-jail sentence of two

years less a day.

As the result of George’s death, an inquiry was held in 2003 and published its result in 2007. In a cruel twist of fate, the officer who shot and killed Dudley George, Kenneth Deane, died as a result of injuries he sustained in a car accident while on his way to testify at the Ipperwash Inquiry.

One of the key recommendations of the Inquiry was that the province hand Ip-

perwash back over to its rightful land protectors, the Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation.

It took the land transfer process five years to become official. As part of the historic deal, the government has also covered the cost of erecting a memorial of Dudley George in the park.

In a statement issued

by Brad Duguid, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, “This agreement will lead to further healing and reconciliation across Ontario as we work together with Aboriginal partners to implement the recommendations of the Report of the Ipperwash Inquiry.”

According to Kettle and Stony Point Chief Tom Bressette, the land known as Ipperwash Provincial Park will stay as a park. Visitors will pay an entrance fee which will generate revenue for the First Nation.

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CAS closes case, Makayla is safe

By Nahnda Garlow

NEW CREDIT – Andrew Koster, Executive Director of the Children’s Aid Society of Brant, stated that CAS will not be investigating further, files have been closed and that without question, Makayla Sault will not be apprehended and forced back into chemotherapy.

Koster gave the news at a community meeting of approximately 40 invited officials and over 60 supporters Tuesday afternoon. “We do not have any intention of interfering with the family or apprehending Makayla or any of her other siblings. We respect Makayla’s choice.

This is a unanimous decision from the Children’s Aid Society. We have no intention of taking this thing any further. We’ve looked at the information at this point that we have.

We respect the wishes of the family, the wishes of Makayla and the wishes of the community. We will not be apprehending. We want to keep our word.”

Sally Rivers, Director of Brant Native Services of CAS, expressed sadness about what the Sault family is undergoing not only in terms of the illness of their child, but also the anxiety that threats issued by oncologists and the staff at McMaster Children’s Hospital brought to the family dynamic.

Rivers said that all staff share in that sadness and said, “our hope is that the outcome of this meeting is a good one for everybody, especially for Makayla.”

Rivers further spoke on behalf of CAS Native Services, saying the orga-

nization “acknowledges and respects [indigenous] medicine.” Rivers said that the Native Services Branch is aware that the Sault family are treating Makayla through Onongwatri:yo: and that they, as an organization “acknowledge and honour Makayla’s choice.”

Rivers, who is indigenous as well, told over 100 people gathered in New Credit today, “In our families there isn’t a hierarchy, this is contrary to a western way of thinking.

This is a decision we [CAS Native Services Branch] have made as a team. We honour Makayla, the decision and the family.”

Chief Bryan LaForme thanked the over 100 people in attendance for supporting the New Credit community and respecting their decision regarding Makayla. LaForme said “Chief and Council also support the decision that the family have made.”

At this point, CAS closing the file means that Makayla will not be put back in chemotherapy against her will. A legal representative addressed the crowd saying that CAS is the authority under Ontario Law to take this case forward or close it. She said that McMaster Children’s Hospital saw what they perceived as a “failure to administer medical services” to Makayla and that as a part of fiduciary responsibility to the Child and Family Services Act, they had no choice but to report the Saults to the Children’s Aid Society.

The lawyer also stated that if McMaster wanted to further pursue

placing Makayla back in chemotherapy that they could theoretically take the case to Superior court to try and override the decision by the CAS, however it was her understanding that was not the current position of McMaster Children’s Hospital.

McMaster Children’s Hospital issued a statement to the Two Row Times Tuesday evening which reads “We feel very much for Makayla’s family and the heartbreaking circumstance they are in.

McMaster Children’s Hospital respects the decision of the Children’s Aid So-

ciety of Brant.... We want to say that our door is always open to providing care to Makayla and her family.”

Dianne Longboat was in attendance as an invited official to the meeting and made the recommendation that McMaster should receive cultural competency training to prevent matters like this from arising again. Longboat suggested connecting McMaster Children’s Hospital with the University of Toronto’s Office of Indigenous Medicine.

Sonya Sault, Makayla’s mother also expressed

that the family has been in contact with a lawyer and told they have grounds to make a case against McMaster Children’s Hospital for discrimination and human rights violations.

At this time the Sault family has not made a decision as to whether or not they will proceed with that case.

Sault broke down into tears saying that lead oncologist Dr. Barr and other staff within the McMaster Children’s Hospital came to the family with threats from the very beginning.

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unanimously agreeing to follow up on this matter to ensure no other families in the territory experience similar discrimination.

The meeting was closed and Rivers presented the Saults with a gift of a blanket and a large braid of sweetgrass, along with words of reconciliation on behalf of the Native Services Branch of the CAS. Makayla’s family members embraced one another with happy tears and the youth of the New Credit First Nation came together to sing honour songs for the family.

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114th Battalion, Brock’s Rangers, c. 1916 114th Battalion, Brock’s Rangers, c. 1916 Collection of the Woodland Cultural Centre Collection of the Woodland Cultural Centre

VETERANS, WARRIORS & PEACEKEEPERS VETERANS, WARRIORS & PEACEKEEPERS The Woodland Cultural Centre Needs the Community’s Help in Collecting Stories, Photographs, and Items,

The Woodland Cultural Centre Needs the Community’s Help in Collecting Stories, Photographs, and Items, Pertaining to those from Six Nations who served in World War One, for an Up-coming Museum Exhibition.

Pertaining to those from Six Nations who served in World War One, for an Up-coming Museum Exhibition.

Community Members Willing to Share Such Items Please Plan to Attend ...

Community Members Willing to Share Such Items Please Plan to Attend ...

May May 28, 28, 2014 2014 @ @ SN SN Veterans’ Veterans’ Hall, Hall, 6:30—8:30 6:30—8:30 PM PM

Aaron, Edward Aaron, Ernest Edward Aaron, William Ernest Adams, George Aaron, William Anderson, Charlotte Edith Adams, George Anderson, George CharlotteF.Edith Atkins, Norman W. F. Anderson, George Barefoot, John W. Atkins, Norman Barnes, Edward Barefoot, John Barnes, Thomas Edward Bearfoot, Charles A. Barnes, Thomas Bearfoot, John Charles A. Beaver, Bearfoot,Howard John Bennett, Fred Beaver, Howard Bomberry, Austin Bennett, Fred Bomberry, George Austin Bomberry, Nelson George Bomberry, Sandford Nelson Bradley, A. Bomberry,Ernest Sandford Bradley, Herbert Ernest A.William Bradley, William Herbert Robert William Brant, Cameron Bradley, WilliamD.Robert Brant, Richard Cameron D. Buck, Brant,George Richard Buck, Robert George Buck, Roland Robert Bumberry, Hiram Buck, Roland Bumberry, Joseph Hiram Burnham, Bumberry,Angus Joseph Burnham, Chancy Angus Burnham, Philip Chancy Burnham, Wesley Philip Burnham, Wesley

Six Nations Soldiers of World War One Six Nations Soldiers of World War One

Froman, Robert Funn, Charles Froman, Robert Garlow, Angus R. Funn, Charles Garlow, (James) Angus R.Marshall Garlow, William Nelson (James) Marshall General, Hubert Nelson Garlow, William General, Joseph Hubert General, Kenneth Joseph Gibson, Hardy General,John Kenneth Gibson, Simeon John Hardy Goosey, David Gibson, Simeon Green, Robert Goosey,Alexander David Green, George Alexander Robert Green, Joseph George Green, Lloyd Joseph Groat, Green, Edward Lloyd Groat, Edward Burty Groat, Frank Henry Edward Burty Groat, Joseph Frank Henry Groat, Peter Joseph Groat, Samson Peter William Groat, Samson Henhawk, Louis Groat, William Henry, David Henhawk, Louis Henry, Eli David Henry, Elmer Eli Hess, Henry,Jacob Elmer Hill, Hess,Alexander Jacob Hill, Augustus Alexander Hill, Edward Augustus Hill, Edward Jr. Hill, Frederick Edward Jr.Richard Hill, Frederick Richard

Johnson, Samuel Johnson, William Samuel Johnson, William Canoe Joseph, Johnson,Anderson William Canoe Joseph, Frank Anderson Key, Albert Joseph, Frank Key, Eli Albert Key, Tom Eli Latham, Key, TomJohn Latham, Susan John M. Latham, William Susan M.James Lewis, J. James Latham,Albert William Lewis, David Albert J. Lewis, Jacob David Lickers, David Lewis, Jacob Lickers, George David Lickers, Joseph George Lickers, Percy JosephRoy Lickers, Thomas Percy Roy Lickers, Wilfred Thomas William Lickers, Wilfred Lickers, William F. (aka Foster,William Walton)F. (aka Lickers, Loft, Frederick Ogilvie Foster, Walton) Longboat, Edwin George Loft, Frederick Ogilvie Longboat, Joseph Parry Edwin George Longboat, Lloyd JosephR.Parry Longboat, Thomas Lloyd R. Lottridge, Longboat, John Thomas Lottridge, Welby John Maracle, Lottridge,Abraham Welby Maracle, Daniel Abraham Maracle, Daniel

Newhouse Patrick Obediah, NewhouseAmos Patrick Owens, Nicholas Obediah, Amos Patterson, Thomas Owens, Nicholas Peters, Jamieson Patterson, Thomas Peters, Sanderson Jamieson Peters, Wesley Sanderson Porter, Peters, Charlie Wesley Porter, Frank Charlie Porter, Jesse Frank Porter, William Jesse Powless, Alpheus J. Porter, William Powless, Isaac Alpheus J. Powless, Nicholas Isaac Powless, William Nicholas F. Russell, Powless,Clabren WilliamAlfred F. Russell, Earl C. Alfred Clabren Sandy, Russell, Adam Earl C. Schuyler, Edward Sandy, Adam Seth, Hezekiah Schuyler, Edward Sherry, Hilton Seth, Hezekiah Sherry, James Hilton G. Sherry, Oliver James G. Sherry, William Oliver Silver, Sherry,EliWilliam Silversmith, Silver, Eli Chris Silversmith, Jacob Chris Siscom, Jonas Silversmith, Jacob Skye, Siscom,Adam Jonas Skye, Robert Adam Smith, Alexander G.E. Skye, Robert Smith, Charles D. G.E. Alexander Smith, Charles D.

Styres, Alfred Styres, Claude Alfred Styres, Clifford Claude Thomas, Charles Styres, Clifford Thomas, Wellington Charles Sherman Thomas, William Wellington Turkey, Thomas,Levi William Sherman Van Every, Turkey, LeviDavid Van Every, Frederick David Van Every, George Frederick Vyse, JamesGeorge Van Every, Walker, Frank Vyse, James White, Walker,George Frank White, Thomas George White, Wilfred Thomas White, William Wilfred Williams, Benjamin White, William Williams, Charles Benjamin Williams, Charles Enos Williams, Frederick Enos Henry Williams, Frederick Williams, Jacob Henry Williams, James Jacob Williams, Joseph James Williams, Leroy Joseph Williams, Wilfred Leroy Williams, William Wilfred Hardy Wilson, Williams,Hugh William Hardy Wilson, Jack Hugh Wilson, Jeremiah Jack Wilson, John Jeremiah Wilson, Lewis John Wilson, Lewis

+ over 150 More Names—full listing will be available at meeting + over 150 More Names—full listing will be available at meeting For further information contact: museum@woodland-centre.on.ca or (519) 759-2650, ext.226 For further information contact: museum@woodland-centre.on.ca or (519) 759-2650, ext.226

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EDITORIAL: A Strong Statement

MAY 21ST, 2014

This past Wednesday busloads of Onhkwehonh:we descended upon Parliament Hill to protest the impositions of Bills C-10 and C-33 and the grossly overlooked issue of our missing and murdered women. Bill C-10 amends the Criminal Code of Canada to add jail time to any Onhkwehonh:we having so-called “contraband” tobacco.

Bill C-33 or the FNC-FNEA (First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act) fails to provide the

necessary funding for education while tightening Ministerial control over First Nations education.

This National Day of Resistance also raised the demand that the government immediately launch a full inquiry into our missing and murdered women.

Understandably the Onhkwehonh:we communities are up in arms at the barrage of legislation aimed at undercutting any equitable and reasonable standing for

our peoples. And nor will we accept any longer our women being seen as worthless and disposable objects by the Canadian establishment.

Our pain is constantly being dismissed by the Canadian society and we see it happening again with the intentional misrepresentation of our issues by the mainstream media. One newspaper reports that we are looking for more money and control over education.

This newspaper glibly

ignores the fact that the FNC-FNEA dangerously cuts an already slashed budget and that we have the right to educate our own children in our own ways. Likewise Bill C-10 undermines a stable economy that has seen the levels of welfare in Onhkwehonh:we communities drop dramatically.

In Ottawa on Wednesday, spirits soared to see a unity emerge amongst our people against the wrongs directed at us.

The protest in Ottawa brought about a synchronization of efforts inside of the various factions of our people. This sort of unification needs to continue in order to increase the pressures being exerted on the Harper Government and to create the change that we all need.

Change is around the corner. The resignation of Shawn Atleo was a step in the right direction and opens new possibilities for negotiations with a Tory Government that is

now on the defensive. The Tories have illustrated a blindness to the realities of the Onhkwehonh:we and grossly underestimated the resolve of the people. We stand on our inherent rights as Native peoples and all the guarantees assured within.

We are making a strong statement. The times they are a changing and we will no longer allow the Canadian government to be idle on the matters that affect us the most.

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ing’ will be the incentive to initiate change.

Truth-telling according to whom?

Furey openly declares ‘traditional way of life is a myth’, and goes on to call us Aboriginal Canadians. We are not, nor have we ever been Canadian. There are many that still live according to the ways of old and are doing their best to instill the values and ways of life that is our culture.

The ignorance and lack of respect displayed in Furey’s article brings home the intentional malignancy mainstream media points at our people when they attempt to criminalize us and conveniently forget reality.

Furey speaks of the ‘problems’ within the Native communities as being self- fulfilling. In other words we are to blame for our current state of affairs. We are to blame for being put in residential schools where more than half of our children never made it out alive.

We are to blame for the beatings our children took for speaking their language, for being raped by pedophiliac clergy.

We are to blame for our women being sterilized and made unable to re-

produce. We are to blame for the blankets full of small-pox given to us as ‘gifts’. He is right. We are to blame.

We are to blame for becoming ‘allies’ to the British Crown and fighting off the French. We are to blame for being trusting and peace loving. We are to blame for being put on a reservation with the imposition of Band Council in 1924, when they dragged our chiefs, women and children from the Council House in Ohsweken. Yes Anthony, we fancifully believe that we should be insulated from modern economics because we put ourselves in these remote isolated communities that no-one else would live on.

Thank you for making our point on how belittling and endangering living in these conditions is to our prosperity and well-being.

We are not a part of Canada. We are a separate nation with our own belief system and governance.

A hearty nod of recognition goes out to the Canadian Government for instituting a reliable system of misinformation. Mainstream media is at its finest when reporting any inci-

dents of Onhkwehonh:we resistance and protest concerning the clearly genocidal agenda of the government.

Many are quite clearly unaware that elected Band Systems and the AFN are all parts of an infrastructure put in place by the Canadian State aimed at further cultural assimilation and incorporation into a Non-native society. The aforementioned institutions are tools of the State used to encourage Native compliance to the dominant culture. There is a portion of our society that has so clearly lost their way that the agenda of cultural assimilation is almost complete. Shawn Atleo is an example of someone who is ‘almost complete’.

Those who wish to have a steady paycheck regardless of the harm they do to their brothers and sisters are the adherents of these destructive structures. None of these infrastructures are of our making.

The fractionalization of our culture has been a definitive and prime target for the government since first contact occurred hundreds of years ago. In calling on people to ignore the past, Furey

is guilty of apathy in its worst form. Honor is given to those that served in wars years past, recognition is given to those that have contributed to the well being of their fellow man, acts of selflessness are acknowledged and rewarded. Have we, the Onhkwehonh:we not accomplished all these ideals? The answer is yes, we have. So why is it that we need to remind the non-native society of our immeasurable contributions to this part of Turtle Island?

For the sake of progress, we need to remind non-native society because the government is making sure they are ignorant of the history in this part of the world. We need to call out those that keep the divisions occurring in our families and communities. People like Anthony Furey who gloss over the murders and rapes of our women and children like they are the rantings of an unreasonable person. These people who push another’s agenda and display a shoulder shrugging indifference to the reality staring them in the face. If we were to go into your home and tell you to get over it when we decide we want

to rearrange your furniture what would you do?

The absolute ludicrous expectations of Anthony Furey have no place in polite society. Should we drop our ‘pretenses’ and go to war? Trying to force cultural assimilation any further upon our people will be met with open resistance. We have never been conquered, another fact the majority of society is unaware of.

The possibility of bloodshed is real and it frightens me but I also understand that this is the road being put in front of my people. Do you understand this Anthony or is another uneducated response forthcoming?

People who have never taken the time to go out into the world and investigate the life surrounding them are woefully ill-informed. I personally invite Anthony Furey to come live on Six Nations for one week and then tell me my people do not live anything like we did hundreds of years ago.

I know that in my own fashion I do despite the concerted efforts of the outside world to change me. Then and only then can we drop the pretenses and more.

OP-ED: Time for Onhkwehonh:we Truth-Telling Every so often, we come across someone writing about Native issues with an authoritative voice and we immediately think erudite information is forthcoming. The articles come off sounding reasonable and to the point and they are written in a forward thinking manner. Such an article was published by the Ottawa Sun this past Wednesday, May 14, 2014 by columnist Anthony Furey. Furey acknowledges reports on “horrid conditions, an exposé on financial shenanigans, and protests” by Onhkwehonh:we people as if they were the histrionics of a spoiled child calling attention to selfish needs.

Furey’s point of view is not forward thinking but instead racially biased, colonial and fed by a steady diet of harmful and inaccurate history.

Furey critiques UN special rapporteur James Anaya’s report as being an “absurdly novice document” and implies that Canada is obviously aware of the ‘problems’ concerning the Native peoples. Furey suggests that an engagement in good old ‘truth-tell-

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Letters The plight of a little girl

Normally, I guess I probably wouldn’t talk about this, but the plight of a little girl wanting the choice to decide her own fate and which medicines she wants to use, prompted me to write about it. I feel that there is a difference in view on the way in which some medicines function versus manmade chemical drugs that must be talked about.

Every day, everywhere and in every country, there are man-made medications that do our bodies some good for the moment, alleviate the problem temporarily, but often have unseen, unknown long term effects.

Sure we can say that chemistry and biology

have played important roles in understanding how the body functions and how these chemicals affect us, and yes they have manipulated every part of the human cell.

But through all that, they have yet to find the spark, so-to-speak, that enables life to continue.

The spark I am speaking about is present in all natural things and it is because of that, that the natural things have a mind.

To some people reading this, maybe I won’t make sense but I will try to in the best way I can.

When man-made drugs are manufactured, their original origin has been altered and a new form is made. This equates to something that had spark changed to something that does not have spark. As much as we would like to think that these man-made medicines help, they do, but

must always substitute something of the body to make it have spark. Because it needs life to function, some of these manmade medications do not know when to stop taking. So often times it may help what is currently ailing the body but later on may cause another problem down the road. So we probably can say that this form of medication has no spark, or no life, is not naturally occurring.

On the other hand (there are two sides to this topic), medicines naturally occurring within the environment have spark, they grow and they have life and most importantly they have a mind.

To connect with that mind is essential in exchange for life (that spark) to help. The willingness within the mind must be there, a sincere deep within want of this help. This is something that man-

ciety, the Consent and Capacity Board and CAS are meant to intervene in cases where families are behaving in ways or making decisions that may result in the physical or psychological harm of a child.

There is much to criticize about the ways in which these organizations operate due to the underlying injustices of racism, poverty and sexism that exist within our society. It’s true that the current system, combined with these underlying and unaddressed injustices, leads to higher rates of apprehension of particular people and communities, for example racialized or impoverished families.

In my opinion however, there is a clear need for organizations such as the Consent and Capacity Board and CAS to exist.

There are well-documented cases within the ship (Canadian society) where parents have attempted to deny their children life saving blood transfusions (or other medical treatments) and the state intervened to ensure that the life saving treatments were carried through. I take no issue with this.

However, CAS and the provincial Consent and Capacity Board do

not have jurisdiction over the people and territories of New Credit and Six Nations. It is my understanding that the people of New Credit and Six Nations do not see themselves as part of the ship of Canadian settler society. These Nations are allies, not subjects of the British Crown and were fundamental to Canada achieving and maintaining its nationhood in the American Revolutionary wars and the War of 1812.

However, these Nations never surrendered their sovereignty to the Crown or to Canada.

The decision in Makayla’s case must come from within the canoe and Onkwehon:we society.

In my view, an Onkewehon:we decision making body which can consider Makayla’s case and reach a resolution with the family is needed (perhaps, in my ignorance, I am not aware of an already existing Onkwehon:we institution with this function). A process such as this could result in the family pursuing traditional medicines or it could result in the family electing to continue with the prescribed chemotherapy.

By behaving in a manner consistent with a

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Dear Editor, The joint police task force that is invading Six Nations territory under the disguise of stopping auto theft is here for more than cars and trucks. A multi-jurisdictional task force that was supposedly created to deter auto theft on sovereign Six Nations territory has instead been gathering intelligence on cigarette manufacturers and smoke shops. They have been using unmarked vehicles with cameras and video

recorders. Several operators who wish to remain anonymous have reported such suspicious activity around their businesses.

As we all know, the federal government is trying to ram through Bill C-10 which criminalizes our inherent rights. We as Haudenosaunee have an obligation to know who these people are and why are they watching us on our land. Proprietors are being surveilled who have nothing to do with crime.

They are merely asserting their sovereignty – which has never been surrendered – and putting food on the table for their families. Most of these people do not have a criminal record or have anything to do with auto theft.

The rotiskennaketi have an obligation to confront any unfriendly visitors that enter the territory with the intent to gather intelligence so

at a future date they can try to kick our knees out from under us economically. It is time to confront this covert invasion and nip it in the bud. Intelligence gathering is their precursor to invasion. An attack on one is an attack on all. If we do not stand now to fight back while we are economically independent in 5 years we will have to throw stones from the food bank.

Would the great Haudenosaunee warriors of the past let armed persons stroll into the village where our elders and children laugh and play?

I think not. It is time to show these oppressors we are aware of their presence and carrying weapons onto sovereign territory will not be tolerated.

colonial master’s mentality, McMaster Children’s Hospital and members of the medical team have very unfortunately created a lack of trust and a break in the therapeutic bond between the medical team and the family.

Threats of apprehension of Onkwehon:we children, the dis-respect of elders in family meetings, and denigrating remarks about traditional medicines have no place in a respectful two row relationship. Such actions, comments and behaviors extinguish the opportunity to build trust with the family, trust that is necessary to encourage the family to pursue a very difficult two year treatment plan marked by severe and even life threatening side effects.

As a medical doctor trained within Canadian society with no experience of traditional Onkwehon:we medicines, I am not sure that the family is making the right choice by refusing chemotherapy. However it is not my right as a member of Canadian society to impose my will upon Onkwehon:we people.

Although the Canadian medical system provides excellent quality

care, Onkwehon:we people have many reasons to distrust it. In the 1940’s and 1950’s, for example, Onkwehon:we children in residential schools were starved under medical supervision for Canadian nutrition studies.

Onkwehon:we people have many reasons to distrust CAS. Multiple generations of their children were kidnapped and put in residential schools where they were stripped of their language and traditions, physically and sexually abused and often died of treatable diseases (due to malnutrition and medical neglect). Thousands more children were kidnapped from their parents and adopted into non-Native families during the “60’s scoop era.” Again, these are just a few well known examples.

It is a great tragedy that the threats of child apprehension and forced treatment from Canadian society are adding to the Sault family’s suffering. It is perhaps a greater tragedy that this case has the potential to alienate other Indigenous families from building trust and seeking care within the Canadian medical system which provides some of

the best healthcare in the world.

The ship of Canada is on a collision course with the canoe of Six Nations/ New Credit. Those of us in the ship have a unique opportunity to change its course and avoid a catastrophic confrontation.

It will require bold action on the part of McMaster Children’s Hospital, the CAS and the Consent and Capacity Board. Through their actions, these organizations will have to recognize and acknowledge their lack of authority over Onkwehon:we people and institutions, and continue to reach out in peace friendship and respect.

If the ship does not desist from threats of apprehension and forced treatment, I fear there is the potential for violent confrontation and the creation of a fundamental lack of trust between Onkwehon:we families and the Canadian medical system. This lack of trust could very well result in Onkwehon:we children and families not seeking care from the Canadian medical system.

Dr. Chris Keefer is an emergency physician at Brantford General Hospital.

made medications cannot do and why chemists and biologists as well as the health community would never come to understand natural medicines.

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Medical ethics and the Two Row Wampum

By Dr. Chris Keefer The Two Row Wampum as I understand it, describes the movement over time of two vessels, a ship and a canoe, travelling parallel down the river of life.

The ship represents the settlers and the canoe represents Onkwehon:we people.

Although the two rows of this wampum do not overlap, this does not mean that they do not interact. They are free to engage with one another in a spirit of peace, friendship and respect, which includes the sharing of their medicines. The distinctiveness of the rows is meant to emphasize that neither society will interfere in the affairs of the other.

The actions of McMaster Children’s Hospital and the threat of Children’s Aid Society (CAS) involvement to force Makayla Sault into treatment against the wishes of herself, her family and her community violate this historic agreement.

Makayla Sault resides on the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and is Haudenosaunee, Potawatomi and Anishinabe, Within Canadian so-

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FEATURE COLUMN: LET'S TALK NATIVE WITH JOHN KANE

We love what you’ve done with the place!

After spending the week in New York City attending the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and listening to dozens of speakers offering their interventions to the nearly 2,000 delegates and representatives, I have heard a few burning questions asked repeatedly.

The first is: “What do want from the UN or the international community?” Well, that’s a loaded question because there is what we want and what we expect. Plain and simple, many want action.

For me, I come back to the warning about being careful what you wish for.

I just want some attention paid to our issues and to shame those nations that continue to commit acts of genocide against us – plain and simple.

My expectations are low for anything to have much in the way of fast results. Death may be quick but survival is slow, particularly if we are talking about the survival of an entire people and simply not a generation of them.

I give less credit and au-

thority to those who are touted as leaders. I see this stage as an opportunity to produce credible testimony to impact the court of public opinion more than heads of state.

The speakers were from across the globe but the messages were repeated over and over again – loss of land, assimilation, abuse of women, health, poverty and environment. Land claims and environmental protections are the issues that concern the colonial powers most because these directly affect their bottom line as it relates to their economies. So the second question that is quick to be asked by the mainstream media is: “What do you want to see come from land claims settlements? This question is quickly followed up by: “Surely you don’t want all the land back after all this time? Do you?”

Some of the Indigenous people are quick to respond, “Oh, no. We wouldn’t do that to you!”

But they never quite get around to answering just what they would like to see as a resolution to long-standing battles over land. In 1922, the Chairman of the New York State Indian Commission, Edward Ever-

ett, wrote in his report to the State Legislature of the unlikelihood that Native people would have ever shared lands had we known what the white man would do with it.

Ninety-two years later, as we observe economic collapse, aged or decrepit infrastructure and man-induced climate change, all I can say is that we love what you have done with the place.

And this goes to the heart of another question: “What would we do with title to lost lands?” My answer begins with another question; this one to the people living and/ or working on our lands.

“How are you doing under state and federal oversight? Over taxed? Roads and schools in the crapper? Unemployment? Environment? How is that working for you?”

Considering the bleak outlook for even the immediate future, I would not shy away from the assertion of Native stewardship and sovereignty on much of this conflicted land. But the fact of the matter is that many of our people never quite get past the racial bias at the core of the Doctrine of Christian Discovery. And even with repudiation and clear condemnation from the international community, this remains at the foundation of US and Canadian “Indian law” and is still being used by courts today. With no clear path for reclamation, most of our people never look that far down the road and certainly never develop comprehensive land use plans. Perhaps a higher level of discontent with the state and feds

will pave the way for the “clean slate” approach to land use and just one or two examples of business success stories and higher quality of life, would certainly change the conversation. But these can’t happen if we don’t really have a vision for our future.

If one thing is learned from hearing so much testimony on Indigenous issues, it is that capitalism and imperialism got it wrong and buying into their failed systems for modeling our own is just absurd. We need to assert our presence, fight for our regulatory advantages and market these as building blocks to regional development.

I am extremely disappointed to say that no one brought up trade and commerce as a specific area of concern for this world stage. Not one Native voice took the opportunity to cite the articles of the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that specifically support our inherent rights to trade, commerce and our own economic development.

The absence of that conversation only adds to the question as to what we are there for. If not there, where? If not then, when?

Minister of Human Rights, Purifacione Quisinbine told me more than 20 years ago at the UN that we needed trade relations. That, she said, was the expression of sovereignty. She, like me, viewed treaties as weak, one-sided documents.

Contracts and invoices represented equitability and it establishes relationships, not just between governments but also between peoples.

Many good and important issues got well warranted attention on this world stage but the real life impacts to local and global economies caused by racist dogma cannot and should not be down played. Two weeks, once a year with a few more annual events thrown in is not enough to affect change. These issues have to be a drumbeat that becomes deafening with international attention and takes full advantage of the media attention that comes with it.

Our small corners of the once vast lands which we tend to need to be a reminder to all those who are growing discontented with their lives – of what once was. We really don’t like what you’ve done with the place.

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FEATURE COLUMN: SCONEDOGS & SEED BEADS

Do not be afraid As I sit, peacefully reflecting on the last week, I am enjoying the most perfect bowl of cornsoup.

My children are resting peacefully in the living room eating the soup I made. My husband is away working but I will keep this soup warm until he comes home. Love is definitely in the air in my indigenous home.

It’s one of those grey overcast days where nothing incredible is really happening but you have the luxury of time.

Time to make corn soup, time to watch cartoons, time to watch the rain and think. All of a sudden these visions of people come forward in my mind.

I can see my Gramma Rovina and how she would be sitting at the table quietly cutting radishes, thinking.

I can see the grumpy ladies who taught me how to make moccasins and the still quiet that hung over the air as they laced pieces together.

I can see my dad working in the garden, tilling the soil his ancestors tilled, and shaking the weeds from the earth.

He is getting ready to plant the onehe that will keep our family eating corn soup throughout the year.

I can see my neighbour silently mixing scone dough, and hear the quiet sound of her slowly adding in more buttermilk.

I can see my Aunty Emily, quietly drinking a cup of hot water and looking out the window just like me, reflecting.

Each one of these people have, at some point or another in their Haudenosaune existence, been under the psychological assault we are all under, living our lives as Haudenosaune in North America. These are the people I have watched,

reflecting in the quiet, and return to peaceful steps forward after the noise of our identity war calmed.

Then in the quiet, I see another memory I know, a child named Makayla sitting beside her mom eating a bowl of corn soup.

As that little girl ate I could see a glimmer of that same reflective stare in her eyes that I’d seen in other people five times her age and I recognized it immediately. It’s not the stare of your everyday ten year old. This is the long gaze of a person who has lived through a lifetime’s worth of pain and identity war.

Someone sent me a video of Makayla telling the story of the pain she was in while she went through chemotherapy.

She was crying, saying that when she tried to walk that she would collapse from the pain. I saw that look in her eyes, and I have literally felt that kind of pain in my own life when I collapsed and

fainted from pain after my double mastectomy.

As I sit here eating my corn soup, I am halted in one of those moments where deep hearkens unto deep, real recognizes real, and I find myself having a moment of acknowledgement with a ten year old that is just a shadow of the truth she has walked through.

Makayla’s journey and her story of pain is evoking that kind of reaction all across Indian Country. In the last week I have received emails from indigenous people across the United States and Canada offering prayers for Makayla and her family; the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Odawa, Haudenosaune, Navajo, Lakota, Cherokee, Shawnee, Choctaw, Ute, Penobscot, Tlinget (from Alaska), Dene, Cree, and Algonquin nations have gathered together to pray for this child, in ceremony and in churches across Turtle Island.

To bring another dimension of sacred il-

lustration to this, is the story of Jesus coming to Makayla and saying to her, “do not be afraid”.

Across the indigenous world, this vision is seen as valid, this child’s cries are heard and this family’s decision is honoured.

Makayla Sault represents something strong to the people. This child was in pain crying out for help, longing for her own medicines, having faith in the vision the Creator gave to her, and then begging for freedom from the

chemical warfare being inflicted upon her body.

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Still the Creators Game at Six Nations

By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS — It looks like Six Nations lacrosse fans are in for another great season. The Jr. B Rebels will be looking for their fourth consecutive Founders Cup; the Major Series Chiefs will be out for a second consecutive Mann Cup while the Sr. B Rivermen have their sights on the Presidents Cup. Meanwhile the Can/ Am Slash are off to a great 5-1 start to their season.

Not to mention the powerful Six Nations Minor lacrosse system at all levels churning out both provincial championships and future lacrosse stars.

But Monday it was all about the Arrows Express and the Barrie Lakeshores, and the annual Bread ‘n Cheese Day Arrows Express lacrosse

Arrows Express newcomer Frank Brown made his presence felt Monday at the annual Bread and Cheese game at the ILA, with a goal and two assists and is averaging a goal a game so far this year. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE game did not disappoint again this year.

The Lakeshores were the guests at the ILA,

Monday afternoon and they were not treated in a neighbourly way as the Arrows demolished them

A quiver of Six Nations Arrows march off the floor after scoring one of their 17 goals scored against the Barrie Lakeshores Monday afternoon. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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17-3 on the floor and 3-0 in the ally.

It was the third start of the new Jr. A season and the third win for the Arrows, who are gunning for a return to the Minto Cup later on this summer. It is far too soon to tell, but the early signs look very good indeed.

It was the Lakeshores’ first game of the new season and it looked like it, while the Arrows seemed to be in the pocket already.

On Monday the Arrows systematically disassembled Barry and looked stronger and more confident with every successive period.

It was a surprisingly

rough game considering how early it is in the season, but when the frustration of the Lakeshores spilled over, the Arrows were there to answer the bell.

Josh Johnson scored on the first shot of the game at 34 seconds to put the Lakeshores on their heels right off the hop.

Austin Staats made it 2-0 at 2:08 and Stewart Martin scored at 5:21.

That is when things started to get a little testy around the Barrie players bench. The Toronto coaching staff felt they were getting a bad rap from the referees and that frustration spilled over onto their players who were being humiliated on the floor. But it didn’t help to stem the tide of the Arrows awesome offense or its solid defense and goaltending by Doug Jamieson who got the start.

Quinn Powless and Brendan Bomberry added two more before Barrie’s Spenser Pyke ended the first period with a goal at 14:33.

At 1:12 of the second, Arrows’ Derek Thomas took a checking-from-behind, four-minute penalty.

But even that didn’t slow down the Six Nations’ attack. Shane Simpson scored a quick shorthanded goal and the Arrows penalty killers did the rest to ward off any Barrie threat.

Barrie scored their second goal when the teams returned to even strength, but that only inspired the Arrows who exploded with the next 8 goals to close the second period with the Arrows in charge, 14-2.

The Lakeshores netted their third, and last, goal of the game to open the third period. The Arrows answered with goals scored by Brendan Bomberry, Austin Staats and Jordan Durston who recorded a seven-point game on two goals and five assists. Austin Staats scored two and assisted on four for a six-pointer, while Brendan Bomberry and Shane Simpson notched two goals and three assists each.

The Arrows Express will be back in action Sunday evening at 7 pm, at the ILA, before visiting the Burlington Chiefs, Monday at 8 pm.

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Jamieson leads Rochester into the NLL finals ROCHESTER – It is going to be the Six Nations owned Rochester Knighthawks up against the Calgary Roughnecks for the 2014 Champions Cup this year in a new two-game final format beginning in Calgary May 24th and returning to Rochester for the second game May 31st.

The Knighthawks, who won their first Cup in 2007, will attempt to become the first team in league history to win three-straight titles after taking the prize in 2012 and 2013. After losing to the Bandits

in the first game of the Eastern Finals 12-8, the Knighthawks evened the series 1-1 Saturday night in Rochester with a 13-8 win to force a tiebreaker mini-game following regulation time, which they won 2-1 to earn another berth to the Champions Cup Final.

Cody Jamieson did what he has become noted for in tight situations by scoring 8 points on 10 shots on goal to lead the Rochester offense, Saturday night. Johnny Powless also had a good outing, scoring three and assisting on two more.

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Cody Jamieson led the Rochester Knighthawks to the National Lacrosse League finals with an 8 pointer Saturday night against the Buffalo Bandits. The Knighthawks now face the Calgary Roughnecks in a two game series beginning in Calgary May 24th and back in Rochester May 31st. of the first, assisted

by Jamieson, to get the game started. Buffalo responded by reeling off the next three. Rochester answered with three of their own, but the Bandits stole a late quarter goal to even the game at 4-4 to that point.

The Knighthawks took charge of the second quarter and the game by out scoring the Bandits 6-1 to take a 10-5 lead into the second half.

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The second period was the game changer as the Knighthawks won it 13-8, which forced a 10-minute mini-final tiebreaker which ended tied at 2-2. That meant all the marbles were on the table for a sudden death OT period, in which Viarelli scored to win the series.

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Are the Rebels even beatable?

By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS — It hasn’t been a matter of if the Six Nations Rebels would win, it is now, a question of by how much. They only won 9-1 over last place Hamilton Bengals Friday night at the ILA before winning 22-4 over the third place Brampton Excelsiors in Brampton Sunday afternoon.

Are the Rebels beatable? Yes, but there is only one team in the division that can do it and that is the Rebels themselves should they ever start to get complacent and lazy.

Sundays game was the biggest test they have faced so far this season according to the standings anyhow, but not by the final score.

The Excelsiors are one of the OLA Jr. B most consistent contenders but that only goes to show exactly how good this Rebels team is after the 22-4 pummeling.

The game also featured a period by 14-year-old goaltending phenom, Briley Miller who made several Jr. B quality saves while turning away 8 of 10 shots he faced in the third period after Chase Miller turned the reigns over to the youngster to give him some ex-

perience at this level of the game. He also contributed to the Rebels’ offense with two assists.

The Excelsiors felt the sting of the Rebels power early. Kyle McCallum was tagged with an unsportsmanlike conduct minor, which Danton Miller quickly capitalized on to begin the Rebels’ assault. He followed that with an even-sided goal less than a minute later.

McCallum made up for his indisgression by scoring the first Brampton goal, but it was only a band-aid on what would quickly become a gaping wound.

Danton Miller scored his third of the game for the natural hat-trick followed

by Josh Miller, Timothy Johnson, Tehoka Nanticoke-Hill, Jayne Smith and Alex Henry to put the game all but out of reach, 8-1, af-

ter 20 minutes.

The peppering didn’t stop either. And the Rebels kept coming. It was 16-2 after 40 minutes when young Briley took over.

Danton Miller continued on his goal scoring binge accumulating 5 goals when all was said and done.

Other multiple point getters on the game included Travis Longboat (2G, 4A), another AP player on loan from the

Six Nations Minor Lacrosse system, Brayden Hill (6A), Kyle Isaacs (3G, 2A), Layne Smith (1G, 4A), Tehoka Nanticoke-Hill (3G, 1A), Daniel Bo Henhawk (1G, 3A), Jacob Bomberry, (1G, 2A), Alex Henry (1G, 2A), Kessler Doolittle (1G, 1A), Timothy Johnson (2G), and Tanner Baldin (2A). Single points went to Dayton Martin, Josh Miller, Alexander Martin, Ashton Jacobs, and Jerry Staats.

The Excelsiors were outshot 55-26.

Friday, Mitch Henhawk got the call in the Rebels net to give Chase Martin a rest and he came within one shot of recording the shutout, standing up to 28 of the 29 shots he was called upon to handle. Meanwhile, at the other end of the floor, Matthew Crocker was bombarded with a total of 61 shots.

Layne Smith began the scoring at 2:04 of the first period assisted by Tanner Baldin. Tehoka Nanticoke-Hill and Jacob Bomberry built a 3-0 lead which Tyler Longboat added two more two to end the first 20 minutes with the Rebels leading 5-0.

AP (Associate minor Player) Josh Miller made it 6-0 at 4:15 of the second, as-

the Government about the original intent of the Treaty and fight in court to uphold the Treaty stipulation that says the people of Grassy Narrows will be able to hunt and fish on their traditional territory without infringement from the province, youth from the community are taking a different approach.

Regardless of the court’s decision, youth are intent to continue asserting their inherent rights to use the lands of their territory.

“I will continue to exercise my rights and obligations to use and protect the land as I see fit, because I am still Anishinabe,” says Edmond Jack, who at 19 is already an experienced activist/ land defender, as well as a licensed trapper.

Still, Anishinabe

youth from Asubpeeschoseewagong (Grassy Narrows) are acutely aware of the importance of this case for the future of their community and nation. “It would seem that our right to speak for the land that we use to hunt and fish is at stake,” says Jack, “but in reality that cannot be taken away; it is the health of the land itself that is at stake, and therefore the health of the people is at stake.”

Taina Da Silva, a Grassy Narrows youth organizer says, “what I feel is at stake in the trappers’ case is the right to live how my ancestors have for thousands of years, in an environment that has purpose for that.”

Youth in the community are angry about the government’s insistence that the land belongs to ‘the Crown’ in ways that

allow Ministries to exclude and alienate the Anishinabe from the land through relentless development and resource extraction projects as well as other colonial policies.

Youth are also questioning the validity of the court’s authority.

“I don’t see why they would think they have the final word when it comes to decisions made around land use in our territories,” Jack says.

“They don’t need anything here; it’s our people that need it. Our people are the ones who survive out here without hurting the land, not the government,” he says.

“It’s frustrating how the government is describing their position, because we all know these lands rightfully belong to the Anishinabe,” says Da Silva.

Grassy Narrows youth have also taken offence to the intervention in the case by Goldcorp—the world’s largest gold mining company, and Resolute FP (formerly Abitibi)—the logging company that held the government issued contract for the Whiskey Jack Forest prior to 2006.

Both corporations have taken the position that Grassy Narrows does not have an inalienable right of access to lands in their traditional territory, and that Ontario does have the right to initiate resource extraction and development on Anishinabe territories in ways that do explicitly limit First Nations’ Treaty rights.

“These companies are clearly trying to influence, in their own interest, what will be decided about this case, by

Daniel Bo Henhawk makes a cut in front of Hamilton Bengals' Jordan Goddard in Friday night's 9-1 win over Hamilton at the ILA. The Rebels went on to crush the Brampon Excelsiors in Brampton, Sunday, 22-4. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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sisted by Nanticoke-Hill and Jacob Bomberry.

The Hamilton bench had its one opportunity to celebrate at 6:02 when Jordan Goddard beat Henhawk from Aaron Jackson and Vern Hill.

Smith scored back-toback second period goals for his second, at 8:55 and third at 9:59.

With the score 8-1 and no real threat from the Bengals, the Rebels took their collective foot off the accelerator and coasted to a 9-1 win with Nanticoke-Hill’s second of the night scored at 6:31 of the third period. Phil Henry assisted on three Rebels goals while Tyler Longboat added two assists to his two goals for a 4-pont game.

The Rebels are now 10-0 and have clobbered everyone they have faced so far this season. Hamilton remains at the bottom of the division with a 7-0 record, and many expected a slaughter against the three-peating Founders Cup Champs, but the Rebels took it easy on the hapless Bengals for the second half of the game.

The Bengals will be back at the ILA this Friday night. The slaughter begins at 8 pm.

joining the Government’s position,” says Da Silva.

“I think this is typical of them, since it means so much land destruction” – though they would call it ‘development’ – “as well as money,” she says.

However, regardless of the Canadian Supreme Court’s decision, youth in Grassy Narrows intend to continue to exercise their inherent rights within their territory.

“If the Supreme Court rules against Grassy, it just means another issue that we are going to deal with,” says Da Silva.

“When it comes to our land, our rights, our way of life, and the people being infringed upon with vast impacts,” she says, “we will never give up.”

Grassy Narrows Youth Respond to Supreme Court Hearing OTTAWA – The Grassy Narrows’ Trappers’ Case finally reached the Supreme Court of Canada today, after more than a decade winding its way through the system. Lawyers representing Grassy Narrows First Nation, the Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources, Attorney Generals’ Offices, Resolute Forest Products and Goldcorp, as well as nearly a dozen other First Nations, argued about the Treaty rights of Anishinabe people in Treaty 3 territory, which will have a major impact on the future of resource extraction industries operating in Indigenous territories throughout Ontario and across the country. It will likely be some time before there is a ruling.

While Grassy Narrows’ lawyers argue with

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

Spotlight: Andrea Menard

Musician, actress, groundbreaker

By Tim Reynolds

What was your main motivation to create the Lift CD and how do we get it?

It was during a hard time in my life that I really needed to hear positive uplifting music. I had so much trouble finding it that I decided to write an album like that myself. I called my long-time co-writer/producer, Robert Walsh and said, “We are going to bring some good, happy music to the world!” And Lift truly is an uplifting album that offers up a dose of sunshine when we need it most.

What moved you to perform with the Regina symphony orchestra?

If it weren’t for my c o n d u c t o r/ a r r a n g e r Charles T. Cozens, I don’t think there would have been an “I Am Andrea Menard” symphony show!

I had approached Charles, along with other orchestrators, to arrange some of my original songs, and Charles liked the songs so much, he asked me if I could do a whole show.

Little did I know that he was a mover and shaker in the world of symphony orchestras, but a few months later I was booked with the Regina Symphony Orchestra. We debuted the

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show on May 3, 2014 and it was one of the highlights of my life. A huge undertaking for a little Métis girl from the sticks, but a complete success!

When you refer to yourself as a messenger what does that mean?

I guess you could say I became aware of a change brewing within my own heart about the quality and intention behind music and my overall work. I, myself, had a strong need to hear words and lyrics that made me feel good. I wanted to hear lyrics that raised my thoughts and

vibrations because I found that my life was better when they were higher. It dawned on me how powerful we songwriters are for creating “earworms” in peoples’ minds. In other words, we have the potential to unconsciously add to the misery lodged in our mass consciousness by handing our fans our unhappy thoughts and feelings or to add to the beauty and love in the mass consciousness by singing songs of “life” and joy. I wanted to add to the love!

If people were going

to sing my songs to themselves day in and day out, I wanted those songs to be precious gifts passed from my deepest wisdom to their ears. I wanted to create something impeccable that was worthy of my listeners. And the Music Messenger was born. I’ve described Music Messengers as “highly focused vocally- and lyrically-based songwriters who are intentionally creating harmonious music and eliminating more negative subjects from their songsall to raise the consciousness of humanity.”

I am developing an online music-gathering site that I am in the process of launching. Please help spread the word: “Like” my Facebook Page.

If you could teach something about Métis culture to them what would that teaching be?

As a proud Métis woman, I believe that being of mixed ancestry has been a huge blessing for me. I have seen first hand how remembering our human family connections can melt away the illusions of our differences. Although it comes very natural to me, I have been described as an artist who allows the teachings of my ancestors to inform my work. The teachings that remind us that we are all connected. That we are nothing if we raise ourselves higher than our brothers and sisters. That life is a circle; That love is the greatest force in the universe; That we are spiritual beings having a human experience. All of these natural laws come through into my lyrics, and writing over and over and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Mohawk Midnight Runners

By Jen Mt. Pleasant Six Nations community members got a chance to view a short film last Friday evening at the GREAT Theatre, which is directed by Karahkwenhawi Zoe Hopkins and was presented by Big Soul Productions.

Mohawk Midnight Runners is about the perseverance and struggle of three Native youth to move on in life after the death of a close friend who committed suicide.

Director Zoe Hopkins was available for questions after the show. Asked what her inspiration was for the film, Hopkins stated, “My inspiration came from a book of short stories written by Richard Van Camp who is a member of the Dogrib (Tlicho) Nation in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.

His story was originally titled ‘Dogrib Midnight Runners,’ but he gave me permission to change the title to ‘Mohawk Midnight Runners.”

Hopkins originally wanted to film the movie in the NWT but due to limited funding, decided to film on Six Nations instead.

Van Camp’s ‘Dogrib Midnight Runners’ is based on a true story of a non-Native male, Paul Grundy, who spent a lot of time on the Dogrib territory. He was good friends with many people in the community and was known as ‘the midnight runner’ because he would streak naked through the village late at night. “He was also a successful lawyer with a young family,” stated Hopkins, “so when he

committed suicide, it was a real shock to the community.”

The short film addresses suicide, which is often stigmatized and not spoken about.

Hopkins showed her film to Grundy’s family and said they were very happy with it. “They told me that watching my film was very healing and helped them along in their healing journey and they were very happy we made the film.

Suicide is something that happens all too often in our community,” stated Hopkins.

One of the most chilling aspects of the movie was after the character committed suicide and his friends were left wondering why he did it. His photos depicted him as a great guy, someone who was always happy and having a great time. Someone who always had a smile on his face and was always willing to help others out. His friends had a difficult time coping with the tragedy in the first year following his death. “When Creator takes a life, he gives two back,” said one of the characters in the film, “but what happens when you take your own life?”

Hopkins screened her film last Sunday in Toronto at the Canadian Sports Center and is also set to premiere at film festivals in Saskatchewan and New Zealand. She has been nominated for Best Aboriginal Production, Best Drama and has previously won an Audience Award and Best Canadian Short Film at ImagiNative.

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Communities marching against Monsanto on May 24

By Lucho Granados Ceja

BRANTFORD – This coming Saturday people in over 50 countries will

hold actions and rallies to voice their opposition to the giant multinational company Monsanto and their efforts to introduce

genetically modified organisms (GMO) into food systems throughout the world.

Two enthusiastic stu-

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One of the demands

of the rally will be for labelling on food that contains GMOs, “We have the right to know what we’re eating,” stated Sawczuk.

The Monsanto corporation has established such a negative reputation throughout the world that organizers are hoping to draw greater attention to the influence of this corporation over agricultural production. “Nobody is going to have control over their own food, that’s scary,” said Sawczuk, “If you’re concerned about your heath, then you should be concerned about this corporation.”

Monsanto has also successfully lobbied to

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Loretta Todd’s Indigenous viewpoint powers sci-fi thriller

By Millie Knapp Loretta Todd grew up in a television era of science fiction where giant ants or Godzilla tried to take over the world.

Godzilla still attempts to take over the world today on the large screen.

On the small screen, Todd created a new world with Skye and Change, a crime-fighting sci-fi buddy team’s battle for humanity.

The award-winning pilot’s prime time broadcast premiered on May 20 on APTN. Sera-Lys McArthur (Arctic Air) stars as Skye Daniel with Olivia Cheng (Supernatural) as Emily Chang.

Todd created, produced, wrote, and directed the pilot with hopes that the series will get

picked up by APTN. The pilot won the Best Short Live Feature award at last year’s American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco.

Black and white science fiction movies fascinated Todd who wanted to write about the effects of humanity’s greed and technological development on earth.

“If you keep polluting and damaging the earth, there’s going to be consequences,” said Todd. “As an Aboriginal person, it spoke to me. Yes, there are consequences to rampant greed. It’s going to have an effect on someone somewhere.”

She liked watching martial arts films like Bruce Lee movies in which she appreciated the values of loyalty and family. She noticed how often the stories revolved

around loyalty betrayed.

Todd gave Skye the power to time slip which gives her the ability to pick up what has just been said in a room. It scares her as she can’t really control it.

“When you think about it in an Indigenous way, the past, the present, and the future all co-exist. There’s not divisions between them,” said Todd about Skye’s time slips.

The young boy, O’Ryan, can see into Skye’s time slips. He draws on paper what he sees in her mind.

Todd grounds the show from an Indigenous perspective with graffiti on Vancouver buildings, dialogue, and beliefs.

For her role as owner of a dojo, McArthur studied kung fu and Indigenous martial arts

seedlings for community members to purchase at very reasonable prices in order to create their own personal food supply of vegetables, berries, herbs, and flowers.

“What we are hoping to happen from this program is that people realize they can initially be providing themselves with part of their own vegetables and eventually become sustainable towards feeding themselves” The Our Sustenance program in the greenhouse, located behind Big Six Gas on Fourth Line, has only been growing plants for just over a year. With this type of controlled environment, plants get exactly what they need and visitors are stunned by results.

Where it would normally take about two months to see a ready-to-eat radish, in the greenhouse it is only a matter of a few weeks before they are popping right out of the soil. This environment of bountiful growth also serves as a space for a host of programs serving the Six Nations community.

When not tending to the plants or giving gardening tips Kitty can be found

facilitating games with an enthusiastic group of children who, sometimes without even realizing it, leave the greenhouse with the understanding of how to nurture a seed into a plant. Kitty has a full schedule of workshops for various groups and programs that fill up the greenhouse throughout the week with all kinds of learning, “I am grateful that we have this place for people to be able to make the connection between soil and food and doing it together in a supportive environment” With hands working together to nurture the seeds, the seemingly infinite knowledge and guidance of the greenhouse coordinators, along with the supply of shelter, water and warmth, Our Sustenance Greenhouse is putting down strong roots and shooting up through the ground this spring as it continues to build a vibrant community building block of food sovereignty in Six Nations. If you miss them Saturdays in‎ Ohsweken, stop by the greenhouse weekday mornings or give them a call at 519445-2011.

created from Cree styles of combat.

The McArthur and Cheng team convey values for Todd.

“One of the things at the core of the show is a value I try to live my life by. The idea is not to give away your power,” said Todd.

Skye and Chang own their power.

“A concept for the series is that the reason they help the community is to try to encourage people to help themselves.

“There are many ways that this society is designed to have us forfeit our power, our freedom, and to fall in lock step with whatever the prevailing ideology

is that we’re supposed to follow. As Aboriginal people we’ve resisted that,” said Todd.

Skye and Chang is a utopian look at a world in which an alien presence is trying to dominate Earth.

Look for the Skye and Chang pilot to stream on APTN.

he said about his summer job.

Born in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador, White moved to Nain for high school.

The summer after high school, White worked as a radio assistant with the O’KâlaKatiget Society, an organization that produces radio and television programming in the Labrador Inuktitut dialect.

Later, he was hired there as a full-time radio producer.

White attended the College of the North Atlantic’s journalism program in Stephenville, Newfoundland and returned to the O’KâlaKatiget Society as program director for two years.

As a Jane Glassco Northern Fellows fellow, White hopes to gain a better understanding of the North and its issues; specifically, in small business development in Nain, his home community.

Nain is located in Nunatsiavut, an Inuit region in Labrador which is the most easterly of the four Inuit regions in Canada.

Growing up in Nain,

White saw many basic consumer services missing in the community and wondered why the services were unavailable.

For instance, in Nain, with a population of about 1,200 people, there isn’t a barber.

“Most guys in our town shave their heads with clippers. It’s that or let your hair grow out all shaggy until you fly to town somewhere,” said White.

The nearest community to Nain with basic consumer services like a barber is Happy Valley-Goose Bay in central Labrador reachable by small plane in one hour and 20 minutes.

Nain is isolated. No highways or roads go into the community. The only way to get in is by plane, boat or in the winter by snowmobile.

Food is expensive across the North. In the fall, food is flown in to Nain or brought in by ferry or boat to be stocked up for the winter months. Flying-in fresh produce and milk adds to its cost.

Besides no bar-

Greenhouse grows community Northern fellowship

By Cailey Campbell

SIX NATIONS – Produce supplied by the Our Sustenance Greenhouse and local farmers was completely sold out by the end of the day this past Saturday at the well-attended launch of the outdoor Farmer’s Market in Ohsweken. The indoor Farmer’s Market at the greenhouse has been active every Saturday throughout the winter months, where community members buy fruits and vegetables, free range eggs, local meats, preserves and a three dollar pick your own salad basket that is taken right from the greenhouse plants. Throughout this year’s drawn-out winter, the greenhouse is an escape to a wonderland of fresh flowers, herbs, medicine plants and greenery all nurtured by the working hands of staff, volunteers and the guidance, knowledge and magic of the coordinators, Kitty and Adrianne Lickers.

While the activities of the greenhouse are a year-around operation, spring is particularly busy preparing plants for the community garden in Ohsweken and raising

By Millie Knapp Fellows of the Jane Glassco Northern Fellowship program works to examine Northern Canada’s policy opportunities. As a Fellow, Mitchell White, 26, will identify issues potential and current entrepreneurs face in Nain, Nunatsiavut, Labrador and across the North in his research during the 18-month long program funded by the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation in Toronto, Ont. Mitchell, 26, lives in Ottawa and goes to Carleton University where he is completing his second year of a double major in communications and political science.

This summer, he will work part-time as a junior communications officer with the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami.

“I feel the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami helps me maintain a connection to home while gaining a better understanding of the current state of Canadian Inuit and how they interact with people elsewhere in Canada and around the globe,”

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Our Future Standing Proud

Oherokon Rites of Passage

By Missy Elliott

AKWESASNE –Last week over 75 youth were put out from anywhere from 1-4 days to Fast in a rites of passage ceremony in Akwesasne called Oherokon “Under the Husk”.

I had the honor of attending this ceremony and witnessed for myself the power and the incredible impact it has on the youth, their families, and the community at large.

This rites of passage is a previously lost Haudenosaunee ceremony that Mohawk Bear clan mother Louise McDonald has “raised from under the husk” and shaped to fit the kids of today.

This ceremony has grown from 8 youth in 2006 to 75 youth in 8 years, with youth and their families coming from all over; Tyendinaga, Six Nations, Onondaga, Kahnawake, etc. In this ceremony, guided by their chosen uncles and aunties, boys and girls go through 20 weeks of teachings on our culture (ceremony, songs, wampum belts, values), traditional relationships, survival skills, etc. and complete 4 sweats before they start their fast.

This is a 4 year ceremony for the youth where in their first year they fast for one day and build up to their fourth year where they fast for four days in the woods.

It may seem irresponsible or dangerous to the uneducated to put youth out in the woods without food and water for 1-4 days but these youth

bershop, no garage or restaurants exist in Nain. Residents have to fix their own cars. Many household items have to be ordered from out of town.

White’s research will verify whether or not the population warrants basic consumer services like a barber, garage, or restaurant.

“Through the fel-

are in no case alone. The youth are surrounded by their aunties and uncles and community who are in near-by camps, along with many other security precautions.

The boys receive a headband made by their mother at dawn while she says her last words to him then we head to the fasting site. All of the women then take sticks of pine, dip it in the river and brush the boys off and sing them over to their uncles who are waiting for them. The mothers then hand their sons off to the uncles and they sing their Atonwas until they reach their Sweat lodge where the boys sweat.

Their uncles give them words of love and encouragement and they leave the sweat in silence, in ceremony to Fast. The night before the fast, girls are “given away” or “let go” by their fathers in a powerful and emotional exchange that words cannot possibly convey. The day of the fast, the girls “call in the grandmothers” of generations past, acknowledge them and look to the next generations of women coming.

We then take the girls to sweat and for first years, the mothers go in and tell their daughters their birth story. When the girls come out we veil them, cradle them and sing “owirá:’a” song to them while their mother says her last words to her before she fasts. Then we sing her to her lodge where she will fast, either in the field for first

lowship, I hope to gain a better understanding of the North and the issues that exist within it. I would also like to examine how policy is created to address those issues while gaining a better understanding of who is involved in their creation,” said White.

After graduation in two years, White wants to put his education and

it is needed here more than anywhere. With how much our community and youth are affected by the issues of suicide, drugs, addiction, violence, bullying, unrelationships, healthy etc. it is apparent that we are in desperate need of a way to support and uplift not only the youth but the family as well.

Many of you have kids who are coming of age, their voices are changing, they are starting their “time”, all they want is their independence. However, this can be a time that is cherished, supported and celebrated by the entire community. A time that youth aren’t alone, but are guided through by their aunties and uncles and elders. We hear it time and time again that youth are searching for a door to their culture,

Many youth from multiple Haudenosaunnee communities gathered in Akwesasne for a Rites of Passage ceremony. PHOTO BY KRYSTALBLUEPHOTOGRAPHY (KRYSTAL PHILIPS)

years, or in the woods for 2-4th years.

The ceremony concludes with a huge celebration when the Fasters returned on Sunday, some by foot, 4th years by canoe. Hundreds of people from their family and community gathered to celebrate these youth and what they had accomplished. Present was traditional leadership including faithkeepers, chiefs and clanmothers, and Arvol Lookinghorse of Lakota nation, some of whom spoke. experience into practice in the country’s capital, Ottawa. He plans to work for the federal government or a non-government organization in communications.

One day, he’d like to return to Nain to work in his home community.

“I’d like to be involved in the Nunatsiavut government, the regional government,” said White.

As the ceremonies finished we finally feasted the best food you could imagine – especially after 4 days of fasting.

I left Akwesasne with a feeling of ecstasy, being so inspired, hopeful for the future, my spirit being lifted to the fullest.

However, I also left Akwesasne with purpose, knowing the task at hand, that we need this ceremony in Six Nations.

Sure the ceremony may look much different here in Six Nations after we talk to our elders, but

Then, later as part of his career strategy, he leans towards more government. “I’d like to get into federal politics.

I wouldn’t mind being an MP,” he said.

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connection to elders and thirsting for knowledge.

What are we doing to give this to them? To create strong nations we must create strong, healthy families, heal our people and lift up our youth. Not with words but in practice. I have witnessed this ceremony do this in Akwesasne. I have witnessed our future standing proud. Let us come together and do this for our youth, here, where we need it the most.

Come to the Community Hall this Saturday from 4-6pm and listen to these incredible youth who have Fasted, listen to their aunties and uncles, listen to the Mohawk Bear clanmother Louise who started it all. It has changed my life forever and perhaps it can do the same for you.

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

By Joe Farrell Feeding community first is a statement that resonates with me and will be a thought I will continue to explore. To me, it is the responsibility we all have to care for and provide for our immediate community and the communities we are connected to. I will be planting with this intention this year.

The act of planting a seed, nurturing and watching it grow, acting in harmony with mother earth should not be an individual act with selfish intentions. The seed’s original purpose through the creation of life is to make sure we are all fed with real, nutritious food.

To feel the love of mother earth in our mind, body and soul when we eat.

The seed is not ours to own nor to be patented and disrespected through greed, exploitation and the desire for profit.

With spring markets, festivals and get-togethers that I have been attending recently, I continue to be inspired by the Six Nations community. I hear and recognize the need for change in the local food system because of the health

Feeding Community First complications that have arisen from colonialism and capitalism, such as eating genetically modified foods. One particular mother of the Oneida Nation at Six shared with me that transportation to the grocery store presents as a barrier for her in accessing nutritious food for her four children and that often she will pay someone $40 a trip to go to the store on top of her food bill! Thus, there is the strong want and desire to build the capacity for sustainable food solutions on the local level that are accessible, secure and sovereign reflecting the needs of the community.

At the Six Nations farmers’ market opening weekend, I had the wonderful experience of sharing fiddleheads with people for the first time. I then prepared flatbreads as a demonstration of a simple, versatile, easy to prepare snack or meal.

Someone who is a continuing source of inspiration to me, and who wheat gluten does not agree with, requested that I prepare this recipe.

For the market, I dressed the flatbreads with oil infused from the leaves of a delicious invasive weed,

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I continue to be thankful everyday to have the opportunity to continue working in the community with food and amazing people in the ways that I do.

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Obituaries

Obituaries

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. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date. 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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In Memoriam

Russell Froman Born May 12, 1933 -May 20, 2014 Rochester N.Y. Formerly from Six Nations. Son of late Robert and Melinda Froman. Loving Husband and best friend of Helen Henhawk. 4 brothers deceased, 3 sisters Shirley A Sim (Doug), Roberta C Brant (Steve), Marlene H (late B. Hess), Six Nations Reserve, Yvonne of Maine, Beverly of Colorado, Wandna of Rochester, N.Y. 9 Grand children, 4 great grandchildren.. Cremation taking place immediately. A memorial service to take place later on the Six Nations Reserve.

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