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Indspire announces 2021 recipients, virtual ceremony set for June JACE KOBLUN

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Indspire announced the recipients of the 2021 Indspire Awards at a virtual event on May 20. The 12 Indigenous achievers are from a diverse list of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities.

“Here at Indspire, we’ve consistently remained focused on our mission to recognize and celebrate Indigenous excellence throughout the challenging year we’ve collectively experienced,” said Indspire President and CEO Mike DeGagné. “It is both a pleasure and a privilege to invite viewers from all over Canada to help us celebrate the outstanding achievements of these 12 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders.”

A release stated the Indspire Awards represent the highest honour the Indigenous community bestows upon its own people. The Awards recognize Indigenous professionals and youth who

Indspire announced the 12 recipients of its 2021 Indspire Awards on May 20. An awards ceremony will be broadcast during National Indigenous History Month on APTN and CBC on June 22.

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demonstrate outstanding career achievement on a national level in a variety of fields, including the arts; business and commerce; culture, heritage and spirituality; education; health; law and justice; public service; sports; and lifetime achievement. Three Youth Award winners are

also being honoured for their accomplishments, serving as role models to other First Nations, Inuit, and Métis youth in their communities and across Canada.

Recipients of the 2021 Indspire Awards: Youth Recipient – Lesley Hampton Youth Recipient – Mitchell

MacDougall Youth Recipient – Justin Langan Business and Commerce – Rosa Walker Culture, Heritage and Spirituality – Emily Angulalik Public Service – Nahanni Fontaine Sports – Dallas Soonias Law and Justice – Val Napoleon Education – Lorne Gladu Arts – Drew Hayden Taylor Health – Catherine Cook Lifetime Achievement – Qapik Attagutsiak Each recipient will be presented with a gold pin featuring a Canadian diamond unearthed from the Diavik mine in the Northwest Territories and supplied by Rio Tinto. An awards ceremony will be broadcast during National Indigenous History Month on APTN and CBC on June 22.

This year’s ceremony will be held in a virtual format under the creative direction of new Executive Producer Jennifer Podemski, who accepted the challenge of producing the

show during a lockdown, taking on the role held for many years by former Indspire president and CEO Roberta Jamieson. The Awards were presented during an in-person gala ceremony in the past, but the COVID-19 pandemic caused the need for a change of approach.

“When I think about all of the obstacles my team had to face this year, I am in awe of what was accomplished,” says Podemski, a highly acclaimed director, producer and actor, whose work has garnered international recognition and received numerous accolades. “This year, through the production of the Indspire Awards we have proven that with hard work, perseverance and collaboration, we as Indigenous people can rise above adversity and achieve our goals when we work together and support one another.”

The new format, which focuses heavily on the story of each recipient, pushes the boundaries of what is possible for celebratory events during

unconventional times.

Indspire is an Indigenous national charity that invests in the education of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people for the long-term benefit of these individuals, their families and communities, and Canada. With the support of its funding partners, Indspire provides financial awards, delivers programs and shares resources so that First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students will achieve their highest potential. In 20192020, Indspire provided more than $17.8 million through 5,553 bursaries and scholarships to First Nations, Inuit and Métis students across Canada.

Indspire said if you watch the ceremony with friends and family, following local public health regulations, you can register your watch party at www.indspire.ca/ watch-party for a chance to win two business-class flights anywhere in the world from Air Canada.

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Six Nations COVID-19 Update

For more information about the data visit the FAQ in the report at sixnationscovid19.ca. For any further questions about this data or report please email epidemiologist@sixnations.ca (Updated: 2021-05-25)

Status of Cases Six Nations COVID-19 Response Level: Black

How many cases have we had in the last 7 days?

Active Cases

Total in Self-isolation

Currently Hospitalized

1

20

0

Date

Positive Results

18/May/2021

1

0

20/May/2021

0

0

19/May/2021

Total Positive Results

Total Resolved

Total Deaths

526

514

11

Resolved

0

21/May/2021

1

0

23/May/2021

0

0

24/May/2021

0

0

Total

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0

0

22/May/2021

Deaths

0

1

1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0

Core-Monitoring Indicators Indicators: Low risk This means indicator thresholds are generally in the low risk categories, showing signs of containment

# of Cases Last 7 days

% Positivity (7 day moving average)

Effective Reproduction Number

0

0%

0.35

How is level of risk measured? Each week we conduct a risk assessment to track our core monitoring indicators in Six Nations. Indicators are based on virus transmission, community health system capacity (Public Health, EMS, Assessment testing centre), our surrounding area health care system, and community compliance to the public health measures (isolation adherence, reports of gatherings, quarantine adherence). These measures we use as part of determining our alert level. For more information see the COVID-19 response framework.

How do we compare to our surrounding areas?

Haldimand/Norfolk

Hamilton

Toronto

Six Nations

Brant County

SN Cases per 100,000

BCHU Cases per 100,000

HNHU Cases per 100,000

HPH Cases per 100,000

TPH Cases per 100,000

0.00

76

44

123

119

What variants of concerns are in Six Nations? # of cases that have screened positive for a variant (Lineage unknown)

39

+

Total # of cases positive for B.1.1.7 (UK)

Total # of cases positive for (B.1.351))

19

2

=

Total # of cases who had a VOC

% of current active cases screened positive for a VOC

60

100%

What trends are occurring in Six Nations?

How many daily new cases have we had?

How many total cases have we had?

Cumulative cases

Positive Results

40

20

0

Jul 2020

Jan 2021 Date

500

0

Jul 2020

Jan 2021 Date

3

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Shining a light on the Six Nations Paramedic Services during Paramedic Week

The theme for Paramedic Services Week 2021 is Paramedic as Educator – Citizen Ready and runs from May 23 to May 29.

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The theme for Paramedic Services Week 2021 is Paramedic as Educator – Citizen Ready and demonstrates the important role that paramedics play as educators to the public.

The Six Nations Paramedic Service has been working extra hard during the last 14 months throughout the

COVID-19 pandemic to keep the community safe.

“Paramedics as educators means we encourage the community to understand how important it is to ‘help us help them,’” said Six Nations Paramedic Services Supervisor Derek Wharrie.

“Right from the beginning, making that 911 call, it’s important to be able to describe symptoms, give us a complete home address, phone number, and other information that will help

our team get to you faster.”

Some other items that help the team include keeping detailed information of any medical history, medications and the health card of household members nearby and in an easy-toreach place in your house so paramedics can start work as soon as they get there.

“If the family could have a list of medications and health card available as well as a history of medical

concerns that helps a lot,” said Wharrie. “As educators, it helps us fill in the pieces.

We are also reinitiating a project called ‘Vial of Life.’

We will be able to provide a small medication vial for you to put all that information inside and put it in your freezer, or on top of your fridge, so the information can be easily found in an emergency.”

Paramedics and first responders understand that during an emergency

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a community member can feel overwhelmed and be too stressed to think of all this information on the spot. So Wharrie said it is very helpful to have this information prepared before a life-threatening emergency strikes.

“What makes a huge difference is being ready for us,” he said, adding that the Six Nations Paramedic Service has 43 active front-line paramedics. The team has also been in charge of managing the COVID-19 vaccine rollout across the community and has performed more than 3,500 vaccinations since beginning the rollout in February.

“COVID-19 is definitely a big hurdle for us as policies and protocols change almost on the daily. We have to navigate these waters ensuring that we’re using research-based information to ensure not only the safety of our paramedics but also the community’s safety.

That’s been the biggest challenge, things change on a near daily basis.”

Wharrie said you will notice paramedics in almost full Personal Protective Equipment; gowns, gloves, masks, respirators or shields as well and safety glasses on all of their calls.

“It’s been a big hurdle to navigate not only the team’s comfort level but also being able to hear people properly and communicate effectively with one another and a patient.”

Over the past year, the service has gotten a community paramedic program up and running which while very challenging, has allowed the service to do

in-home remote patient monitoring.

“It allows us to keep an eye on high-risk patients from a distance. And we can tell how they’re trending — are they getting sicker or better? It allows us to be more proactive rather than reactive like with a regular 911 call.”

Wharrie said he would like to thank every member of the Six Nation Paramedic Services team for all of their hard work over the last 14 months.

“I would thank them for all their sacrifices and also for the professionalism they’ve shown through the continuous changes, and hurdles that they’ve faced maintaining their regular workload and adding COVID-19 related challenges,” he said, adding that the mental health and safety of the team is also utmost importance.

“We’ve identified that staff are tired with the increased workload, and added stresses from home. It all adds up. The last thing we want to do is forget our own mental health. The team is a close-knit family and can identify when somebody is running a little low, and are able to help them on the front line, and then management has support in place if needed.

“The bottom line is the paramedic service is very proud of where we’ve been and where we’re going. The Six Nations community should be proud and thank them for the support that they’ve shown us to date.

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What is at the core of the Indian problem in Canada?

By Rachel A. Snow Canada will produce reports and official sounding decrees that point to Canada’s continued efforts to manage and assist First Nations peoples in this country. Canada releases budget figures where many Canadians question the amounts “given” to Indians and their causes.

But behind the federal government’s statements and big money announcements is the truth. Canada created the problem and continues to fight an ongoing war against the Indians.

The facts contain these truths. Canada tried to change a historical law that allowed their statehood under the British empire. In 1867 the British North America (BNA) Act was enacted by British Parliament to create the dominion of Canada and grant legitimacy to a fledgling country within a British parliamentary system. Canada has retroactively renamed this founding document as the Constitution Act, 1867.

Why would Canada change the name of this document? To control the narrative and make Canada appear as a nation when it is a successor state, a colony with attitude, saying to Great Britain “you’re not the boss of me.”

In an effort to clear the west, numbered treaties were signed so that the railway could connect east and west. Canada created reserves and passed the Indian Act to restrict all

Indian life. The genocidal effects of the Indian Act continue to this day, making South Africa’s apartheid look like a day at the Calgary Stampede.

Canada’s exercise of tyranny continues in their modern day treaty making processes. In an ongoing effort to dispossess Indigenous people from their lands, Canada has spent twenty years in talks with the Vuntut Gwitchin of the Yukon, setting up a “modern day treaty.” This community is currently contesting the application of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to their election regulations that state an elected official has to reside in the Old Crow community some seventeen hours north of Whitehorse. Canada says the Charter applies because this is a modern day treaty with Canada therefore Canadian supreme law is applicable.

The term ‘modern day’ is a euphemism that embeds and interprets treaty through the white supremacy of Canadian nationalism. It assumes extinguishment of all other rights and interests of Indigenous people, including governance in order to subsume the Indigenous nation under Canadian rule with the Canadian court system adjudicating outstanding problems or issues.

This means that current Indigenous laws of autonomy and governance are at the mercy of a court system that seeks to extinguish such rights. The current legal system does

not understand and is not interested in Indigenous sovereignty, autonomy and self-governance.

Canada will only ask these questions: Where do its laws apply? And how can they extend them into the sphere of Indigenous rights and sovereignty?

Is this reconciliation?

The exercise of autonomy and self-determination are at the core of

the center of that sharing is the Creator.

For a Canadian system so far removed from principles of sharing and honouring one another, the ideological impasse is almost inevitable. A Canadian system of individualism and greed will never bow to an Indigenous system of sharing and caring for one another. One system will always be put

order”. Indian Agents issued passes that allowed Indians to leave their own lands. Indian Agents disliked the hereditary or specific governance systems they found because First Nation indigenous leaders were sovereign thinking leaders who questioned and pushed back against Canada’s restrictive legislation.

What is the result of

What is the result of Canada’s interference into traditional Indigenous governance systems?

Indigenous dealings with Canada. Indigenous First Nation peoples, their languages, ceremonies and cultural traditions are embedded in the land, so place and context are important. Ties to land mark the people’s place in Creation and their laws are written in harmony with the rivers and streams, with the mountains and valleys, and with their sacred places. Their ceremonies are their parliamentary procedures, their bundles and pipes govern their laws and provide legal frameworks for working and living together. At the center of communities is sharing. At

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ahead of the other.

The “Indian problem” developed because of Canada’s interference in traditional Indigenous governance systems. Canada rushed to pass the Indian Act to deal with their First Nation Indigenous populations, based on principles of extinguishment. They thought all the Indian people were dying off, so they were having a going out of business sale for Indian people and moving on after the looting.

Canada created reserves. Canada positioned Indian Agents in treaty areas or on reserves to maintain “peace and

Canada’s interference into traditional Indigenous governance systems?

The results are that dual governance systems now exist: one that operates as an arm of the federal government extolling the will of the Canadian state, the other representing the people and the traditional governance systems that tie people and the land together culturally, socially, economically, spiritually, and intergenerationally.

This result can also be seen in the issue of voting on/off reserve and within Indian Act made election systems. Canadian law commands the orderly

application of known mainstream practices in First Nation elections.

Matriarchal and hereditary systems that balance community interests and voices through co-governance with Elders is set aside for the principle of “one person, one vote.”

Canada created Indian Act councils to act as second tier federal agents.

Canada has also hijacked national Indigenous organizations such as the Assembly of First Nations (a national Indian Act council) to push half-assed superficial legislation like the Act “respecting” Indigenous Languages, the Act “respecting” First Nations, Inuit and Metis children, youth and families, and now the Act “respecting” the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples. We, the First Nation Indigenous are learning that Trudeau’s federal acts and their definition of “respecting” means paying “lip service until we can get you people off your game.”

Canada does not have an Indian problem. The original people who have distinct names for their nations have ongoing problems with this settler upstart colony governed by corrupt thinking individuals who destroy land, waters, the climate, the environment and all life. That is how this issue should be discussed.

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Policing, evicting people living in encampments will not solve homelessness

By Amie Tsang, Dalla Lana Fellow, University of Toronto

Research conservatively estimates that 35,000 Canadians experience homelessness on any given night, with an average of one person sleeping outdoors for every five individuals staying in a shelter.

As those numbers continue to increase during the pandemic, there is a corresponding increase in policing of encampments at the municipal level. In the past month alone, there has been media coverage around ticketing to clear RV camps in Vancouver and the use of police officers to enforce camp evictions in both Montreal and Toronto.

As an occupational therapist with front-line experience working on a community mental health team in Toronto, I have witnessed peoples’ daily battles with discrimination, surveillance and policing.

And my experiences have taught me that compassion in Canada often depends on who you are or how you are perceived.

For example, the Ontario Safe Streets Act is meant to

keep citizens safe from ``aggressive solicitation,’’ but in practice, enforcement of this act targets those who are visibly poor.

A woman I worked with was ticketed several times under this act. She was trying to stop engaging in sex work and was panhandling, thinking it could be a safer way to make money. She told me: ``Police are here to keep people like you safe, not people like me.’’

This is the reality for many Canadians experiencing poverty But, aren’t we all citizens, deserving of safety and protection?

Breaking the law and various kinds of enforcement Joe Hermer, a sociologist at the University of Toronto, has spent his career studying the survival strategies and policing of vulnerable people. He is now leading a project called COVID-19 Policing and Homelessness Initiative to study how municipal bylaws, such as anti-loitering and anti-camping laws, work together to criminalize being homeless. ``A homeless person simply could not exist in public space without breaking one

of these laws,’’ says Hermer. ``Individual offences may seem harmless, but if you view how they are actively enforced, it actually ends up being like the old vagrancy laws.’’

Historically, vagrancy laws made it a crime to be jobless or homeless. The laws were written in vague terms that allowed the state to regulate people based on their income level, sexual orientation and race. To this day, racialized communities are overrepresented among people experiencing homelessness in Canada due in part to compounding experiences of stigma and discrimination.

Preliminary findings from Hermer’s study show that 75 per cent of Canadians live in a jurisdiction with laws that he describes as ``neo-vagrancy’’ laws.

And these issues are not limited to large cities. ``It’s civil society enforcement, too, because (police are) responding to complaints,’’ says Patti Fairfield, executive director of Ne-Chee Friendship Centre in Kenora, Ont. Fairfield says the people of Kenora will ``open their wallets and give’’ to people

in need, but there is still a pervasive not-in-my-backyard philosophy that drives people to complain about things such as seeing men from the local emergency shelter playing street hockey.

In Toronto, the city’s new Pathway Inside program has been criticized for keeping shelter hotel rooms empty for people living in four of the largest and most visible encampments, while people who want to be indoors are left waiting. People in the parks say the use of trespass notices and bylaw enforcement leaves them feeling vulnerable and threatened.

Keeping rooms empty Ivan Drury, a political organizer in British Columbia and a member of the Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial Socialism, says the same strategy of keeping rooms empty exclusively for encampment residents is a longstanding practice of the B.C. government. ``Policing people out of (encampments) into a shelter is not about taking people off the street, because most people are not in camps. Most people are scattered into terrible

congregate shelters, which in our moment of the pandemic are more unsafe than being outside.’’

Social scientist Eric Weismann, who has lived experience of homelessness, says that people underestimate the mental-health impacts of being homeless. He describes the cruelty of the promise of support and housing that simply doesn’t exist or exists with a long waitlist, as well as the inability to feel safe due to the constant policing. ``You’re in survival, anxiety mode all the time,’’ he said. ``It doesn’t mean you’re a bad person, making bad choices. It’s not like you can make good choices.

Good choices (like being housed) are not there.’’

Drawing from his own experiences couch surfing and living on the street, Weismann believes that ``if we really want people to transcend these horrible encampment experiences, we need to support them, and organize them, and give people the safety and security to address their needs; to be able to sit back and not worry.’’

Drury expresses concern

that too much organizing in encampments could lead to more regulation and policing of the people staying in them. Advocating for better support in the encampments should not be about making encampments an ``acceptable part of Canada’s housing continuum’’ but rather about making the camps as humane as possible until permanent housing options are in place.

Both Drury and Weismann agree that moving forward, a key component in any planning around encampments is the voice of people with lived experience. It is clear the go-to response of policing is not working. ``Sweeping campgrounds is worse than somebody needing to sleep in one,’’ says Weismann. ``I don’t want people to have to stay in camps for very long, but when people do need to stay in camps, I want the camps they’re staying in to be supportive.

The primary concern is for the people living in these places. Not the city. Not the neighbours.’’

Styrofoam igloos: A 1950s cure for the Inuit housing crisis

By Scott Dumonceaux,

The COVID-19 pandemic and outbreaks in several communities across Nunavut have brought the Inuit housing crisis into focus. Inadequate and unsafe housing is endemic in many Inuit communities and has been blamed for poor health outcomes and susceptibility to infectious disease for decades.

And these problems have historical roots.

Canada has been running federal government housing programs for 65 years in the North, including experimental Styrofoam igloos that were tested at Kinngait, Nunavut from 1956 to 1960.

The only reporting of the Styrofoam igloo project was in the children’s section of The Age, a newspaper in Melbourne, Australia on Sept. 9, 1960. The headline read: ``Eskimos Find Plastic Igloo Better Than Snow Houses!’’ The article informed its young readers that the plastic version of the traditional Inuit housing structure was

made from 18 inch by 36 inch Styrofoam blocks, held together by wooden meat skewers and adhesive.

The idea of housing people in Styrofoam huts seems laughably inadequate and even callous today, particularly when compared to housing standards for non-Indigenous Canadians. But the use of Styrofoam igloos is one of the few instances where the Canadian government tried providing Inuit with culturally sensitive housing.

Where did Styrofoam igloos come from?

Until the 1950s, it was federal policy that Inuit communities should continue their traditional ways of life with little interference. By 1955, however, there was a growing consensus that the government should provide a basic standard of living to all people living in Canada, convincing the government to change its policy.

Over the next five years, a number of experimental housing structures were tested in Inuit communities, including the Styro-

foam igloos, Styrofoam quonset-style huts built in Iqaluit, and double-wall canvas tents. These projects were intended to solve high instances of illness and infant mortality associated with traditional self-built structures while maintaining existing forms of Inuit housing.

The Styrofoam igloos were the brainchild of James Houston of the Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources, who, according to The Age, came upon the idea of using Styrofoam, a petroleum-based product developed in the 1940s, to build a more moisture resistant igloo.

An Inuit man named Pitsulak, who was ``famous as a fast builder of snow igloos,’’ The Age wrote, was brought south to Ottawa to cut the Styrofoam blocks for a test igloo, built ``on a circular floor of two layers of plywood with Styrofoam inlaid between them.’’ The resulting 18-foot (5.5 metre) diameter structure was then disassembled, shipped to Kinngait and reassem-

bled by Pitsulak.

Designed to fit traditional mobility The Styrofoam igloos and other housing models tested in the 1950s were designed to fit in with traditional Inuit mobility, subsistence practices and mimic existing forms of Inuit housing. They were also developed by people with experience living and working in the Arctic. Houston had travelled throughout the Canadian Arctic and regularly visited Inuit communities as a promoter of Inuit art and printmaking. He considered himself familiar with Inuit housing needs. The involvement of Pitsulak also brought significant knowledge and experience to the project.

The Styrofoam igloos are also a reflection of the post-war ideology of ``high modernity,’’ a belief that science and technology could be used for social benefit. ``Suddenly the white man jumped ahead,’’ The Age declared, producing a Styrofoam igloo ``so superior to the one of snow blocks ? that the Eskimo has even

praised the efficiency of the new invention.’’

But what the Inuit community at Kinngait actually thought of the plastic structures is unknown.

And it was exactly because the Styrofoam igloos were designed to align with Inuit culture that they were discontinued.

At the end of the 1950s, the government had begun to encourage Inuit communities to abandon the mobility and subsistence practices that culturally sensitive housing supported, and live in permanent settlements where they believed it would be easier to administer social programs and bolster Canada’s Arctic sovereignty claims.

The structures also failed to meet cost-efficiency and durability standards and did not conform to national building codes.

The case for relevant housing Housing built in Inuit communities after 1960 mirrored structures found commonly in Canada’s south. But this form of housing has proven ill-suit-

ed to Inuit needs.

Early models lacked space for butchering, storing food, repairing hunting equipment and were not built to withstand Arctic weather. Housing designed for southern families was ill-suited to Inuit cultural values like extended family cohesion and preference for open domestic space.

Structures were also quickly over-crowded and failed to solve health concerns.

A 2017 Senate report showed that many of these issues persist in Inuit communities, with structures similar to those built in the `50s and ‘60s still being occupied today. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the issue.

The Styrofoam igloos may not have been ``Better Than Snow Houses,’’ as The Age boldly stated, but they are an eccentric example of what can happen when Inuit housing projects are developed with cultural sensitivity and lived experience in mind. Solving the Inuit housing crisis will require cultural consultation and well-funded housing.

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Navajo Nation tops Cherokee to become largest tribe in US

By Felicia Fonseca THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) _ The Navajo Nation has by far the largest land mass of any Native American tribe in the country. Now, it’s boasting the largest enrolled population, too.

Navajos clamored to enroll or fix their records as the tribe offered hardship assistance payments from last year’s federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act. That boosted the tribe’s rolls from about 306,000 to nearly 400,000 citizens.

The figure surpasses the Cherokee Nation’s enrollment of 392,000. But it, too, has been growing, said tribal spokeswoman Julie Hubbard. The Oklahoma tribe has been receiving about 200 more applications per month from potential enrollees, leaving Navajo’s position at the top unstable.

The numbers matter because tribes often are allocated money based on their number of citizens.

Each of the 574 federally recognized tribes determines how to count its population. Navajo, for example, requires a one-quarter blood quantum to enroll. Cherokee primarily uses lineal descent.

Tribal governments received $4.8 billion from the CARES Act based on federal housing population data for tribes, which some said was badly skewed. The Treasury Department recently revised the methodology and said it would correct the most substantial disparities.

The Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, one of three tribes that sued the Treasury Department over the payments, said it’s satisfied with an additional $5.2 million it’s set to receive. The Miccosukee Tribe of Indians in Florida and the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas would get $825,000 and $864,000 under the new methodology. Both said those amounts didn’t make sense when broken

down to a per-person figure. They plan to continue their fight in court. ``We just cannot accept this as it is,’’ Carol Heckman, an attorney for Prairie Band, said in a court hearing last week. ``We’re happy to keep talking about it, but Treasury would have to sweeten the pie.’’

The Miccosukee Tribe amended its lawsuit Wednesday to reflect the latest arguments.

The Treasury Department will avoid much of the problems it encountered with CARES Act funding in the distribution of the $20 billion for tribes under the American Rescue Plan Act. The department said it will use tribally certified enrollment figures to pay out $12.35 billion and tribal employment data for $6.65 billion.

Another $1 billion will be divided equally among eligible tribal governments, the Treasury Department said. Alaska Native corporations, which

CNN cuts ties with Rick Santorum over disparaging comments

By Mark Kennedy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) _ CNN is cutting ties with former Republican senator and current TV analyst Rick Santorum over disparaging comments he made about Native American culture.

On CNN, Santorum was a senior political commentator who was often tasked with giving the Republican point of view during campaign coverage.

His parting ways with the network was confirmed Saturday by Alison Rudnick, vice president of HLN Communications and CNN Diversity and Inclusion.

He sparked controversy in an April 23 speech before the Young America’s Foundation, a conservative youth organization.

Santorum said immigrants created a nation based on

the Judeo-Christian ethic from a blank slate. ``We birthed a nation from nothing,’’ he said. ``Yes, there were Native Americans, but there isn’t much Native American culture in American culture.’’

The comment prompted Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians, to call him ``an unhinged and embarrassing racist who disgraces CNN and any other media company that provides him a platform.’’ ``To correct the record, what European colonizers found in the Americas were thousands of complex, sophisticated, and sovereign tribal nations, each with millennia of distinct cultural, spiritual and technological development,’’ she wrote in a statement.

Sharp called on CNN to fire Santorum or potential-

ly face a boycott from more than 500 tribal nations and its allies worldwide.

Santorum later said on Chris Cuomo’s CNN show that he ``misspoke’’ in the sense that it wasn’t clear that he was speaking in the context of the founding of the United States government. ``People say I’m trying to dismiss what happened to the Native Americans,’’ he said. ``Far from it. The way we treated Native Americans was horrific. It goes against every bone and everything I’ve ever fought for as a leader in the Congress.’’

Santorum’s comments have garnered blowback before, especially his views on gay marriage and homosexuality. In 2003, he infuriated gay rights advocates by appearing to compare homosexuality to pedophilia and bestiality.

own much of the Native land in Alaska under a 1971 settlement, aren’t eligible for any of the $20 billion in funding. The U.S. Supreme Court is deciding whether the corporations will get a slice of the CARES Act money.

The Treasury Department set a Monday deadline for tribal governments to submit their enrollment information online for the American Rescue Plan funding. It acknowledged that no formula perfectly can capture the needs of tribes, which have suffered disproportionately during the pandemic.

Tribes also won’t be under as tight of a deadline to spend the money as they were for the CARES Act and will have more flexibility. They can spend the money to replace lost revenue and improve water, sewer and broadband infrastructure that often lags behind the rest of the U.S. The Navajo Nation is on track to get the largest share of the

enrollment-based funding. About half of its members live on the vast 27,000-square-mile (70,000-square-kilometer) reservation that extends into New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.

The tribe opened the hardship assistance program in November, up against an initial deadline to spend federal virus assistance by the end of the year. It required that applicants be enrolled as Navajo citizens. The response was huge, with the tribe paying out more than $322 million to more than 293,000 applicants, the tribal controller’s office said. Adults received up to $1,350 and children up to $450.

On the American Rescue Plan Act funding, Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez questioned the fairness of awarding more money to tribes that enroll people with less than onefourth blood quantum. ``Here on Navajo, we verify blood quantum, and that’s a requirement,’’ he

told The Associated Press. ``If they had that same requirement, one-quarter Cherokee, just imagine.’’

The U.S. Census reflects higher numbers for Native Americans than tribes’ enrollment records because it allows people to self-identify as Native American and Alaska Native and report ties to multiple Indigenous groups across North America, Central America and South America. Not all of those 5.2 million people are eligible to enroll in tribes.

The 2010 count put the Cherokee Nation around 820,000 and Navajo at 332,000.

Cherokee Native Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said the recent higher enrollment figure from the Navajo Nation government shows Natives are strong and an important force for economies, education and environment. ``It’s truly a positive anytime our citizenship grows and thrives,’’ he said in a statement.

Indigenous woman named New Zealand’s next governor general

By Nick Perry THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) _ Children’s advocate Cindy Kiro said Monday she hopes to inspire Maori girls after becoming the first Indigenous woman appointed to the role of governor-general.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced she had picked Kiro for the largely ceremonial role as Queen Elizabeth II’s representative, and that the queen had approved.

Under New Zealand’s constitutional system, the British monarch remains the nation’s head of state although doesn’t wield any real day-to-day power.

Kiro’s five-year term begins in October, when she will replace Patsy Reddy. Both women have

been been given the honorific ``Dame’’ for their services to the community.

Kiro, 63, said her mixed Maori and British heritage helped give her a good understanding of New Zealand history and the Treaty of Waitangi, the founding document signed by Maori and British.

Kiro is currently chief executive of the Royal Society, a nonprofit group which advocates for research. She was previously the nation’s Children’s Commissioner and has held leadership roles at several universities. ``Over many decades, Dame Cindy has demonstrated her passion for the wellbeing of children and young people, as well as education and learning,’’ Ardern said.

Kiro said she grew up

in humble circumstances and her career had been driven by a sense of the importance of service.

Asked if it was appropriate in modern times for the queen to remain New Zealand’s head of state, Kiro did not answer directly. ``Well, clearly I accept the queen as the head of state of the Commonwealth and I’m here to support her,’’ Kiro said, adding that ``This is the constitution we have, and I look forward to basically using it to serve the country.’’

Ardern said she believed New Zealand would one day become a republic but she didn’t get a sense that people urgently wanted change, and so the issue hasn’t been a priority for her government.

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WINNIPEG — Hip Hop fans from around the indigenous world watched the first ever Indigenous Hip Hop Awards this weekend.

The online event was streamed live from Winnipeg and was hosted by Mike Bone and featured performances by Emcee One, Yellowsky, Zia Benjamin, City Natives, The Ra11n and Adi. The 2021 Award recipients are: Hip Hop Single of the

Year – David Strickland Single: Turtle Island Ft: Supaman, Artson, Spade, JRDN & Whitey Collaboration of the Year – David Strickland Single: Turtle Island Ft: Supaman, Artson, Spade, JRDN & Whitey Producer of the Year – David Strickland Album: Spirit of Hip Hop Hip Hop Album of the Year – Snotty Nose Rez Kids Album: Snotty Nose Rez Kids - Born Deadly Songwriter of the Year – Snotty Nose Rez Kids Album: Snotty Nose Rez Kids - Born Deadly

R&B Single of the Year – PJ Vegas Single: PJ Vegas - Pesos R&B Album of the Year - Antoine Edwards Album: Antoine Edwards - Dimensions Clothing Line of the Year - Section 35 Brand: Section 35 Best Male Hip Hop Artist - Cody Coyote Album: Cody Coyote Maiinganag Best Female Hip Hop Artist – The Ra11n Single: DJ Shub Ft: Kara Jade - Come Over Breakthrough Artists of the Year - Rezcoast Grizz Album: Rezcoast Grizz - Unwell

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Misipawistik Cree Nation member set as an NHL draft prospect

By TRT Staff

The NHL Draft lottery drawing will take place Wednesday, June 2, from NHL Network’s studios in Secaucus, N.J. On Friday, July 23, the NHL Draft will begin with the first round, followed

by Rounds 2-7 on Saturday, July 24. As in 2020, the 2021 draft will be virtual.

But for this year, seventeen-year-old Conner Roulette of the Misipawistik Cree Nation, is touted as an elite NHL prospect.

Roulette was recently one of 23 players named

to the under 18 Canadian men’s team as one of the best players in the country at his age. The team competed in Frisco, Texas as part of the IIHF U-18 World Championship.

Roulette had two goals and three assists for five points in seven games.

Roulette is rated as an A level prospect by NHL Central Scouting which indicates he could potentially be a first round pick, while other draft rankings have him as a potential second round pick.

In his rookie season last year, Roulette had 39 points in 54 games,

good for third on the team and eighth overall in the Western Hockey League.

This season, Roulette had 12 points in 11 games for Seattle before leaving the team for the U-18 Team Canada training camp.

Roulette not only represented Canada, but Indigenous Peoples across Indian Country as a youth athlete and role model.

Roulette and Team Canada travelled to Texas where they quarantined for four days before they had a mini training camp as the tournament was set to begin April, 26 and run until May, 6.

NLL Announces 20 Nominees for 2021 Hall of Fame

By TRT Staff with notes from NLL.com

PHILADELPHIA – The National Lacrosse League (@ NLL), the largest and most successful professional lacrosse A in the world, today announced the 20 nominees for the NLL Hall of Fame Class of 2021 presented by GAIT Lacrosse. Inductees from among the group, which includes 17 all-time great players and three builders, will be announced in June with a ceremony planned for this fall.

Voting will take place shortly to select the honourees as follows: Mike Accursi – played 17 seasons for Buffalo, Edmonton, Ontario, Rochester and Syracuse. He is a four-time champion (2007,

2012, 2013 with Rochester, 2008 with Buffalo). He was named to the 2000 AllLeague Second Team. He retired fourth all-time with 58 playoff goals and fifth with 99 playoff points.

Jake Bergey – played 10 seasons with the Philadelphia Wings after being drafted in the fifth round of the 1997 Entry Draft. He is a two-time champion (1998 and 2001). He was named All-League First Team in 1999 and All-League Second Team in 2001. His 43 goals and 86 points during the 2001 season still ranks in the top 10 in franchise history. He retired in the top 20 all-time with 301 assists and 557 points.

Colin Doyle – played 19 seasons with Ontario, San Jose and Toronto. A six-time

champion with Toronto (1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, & 2011) and was named the Championship Game MVP three times (1999, 2002, & 2005). He won the 1998 Rookie of the Year award and 2005 MVP award. He was an All-League First Team member four times and Second Team seven times.

He finished fourth all-time in goals (527), assists (857) and points (1,384) and tied for fifth all-time in games played (266). He was a two-time scoring champion (2005 & 2009).

Kevin Finneran – played 13 seasons with Detroit, New England, Philadelphia and Toronto. He is a fivetime champion: four with Philadelphia (1994, 1995, 1998 & 2001) and one with

Remembering tradition: Six Nations Arrows miss usual home-opener for a second year

By TRT Staff

SIX NATIONS - With Bread and Cheese Day passing on Monday, better known off-reserve as Victoria Day, so did the usual date for the Six Nations Arrows home-opener.

The population at Ohsweken usually quadruples with a fair and the annual Six Nations Arrows Express lacrosse game Monday afternoon at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena, but the ongoing pandemic has seen to many breaks in tradition.

Bread and Cheese Day is an annual “gathering of the Nations” as it were, as Six Nations families from across Turtle Island come home to get reacquainted with friends and relatives.

Queen Victoria started the tradition of giving gifts to each member of “Her Majesty’s Faithful Allies”, the Haudenosaunee (aka Six Nations), in both the American Revolution and the War of 1812. Initially the gift was in the form of blankets. Since, the Elected Band Council started the practice again as an act of public relations, but with a change. Today, rather than blankets, the gift became a token of a fresh loaf of fresh bread and a block of cheese.

The tradition of the Arrows playing their home-opener on the same day as the celebration began nearing the teams

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first starts as a Junior ‘A’ franchise.

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A Peewee A and a Midget A provincial championship and a Bantam A national Championship were early indicators of greater things were in store for the talented players growing into the Junior division as a foreboding of success.

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Six Nations Arrows are not the first, nor are they to be the last team to win a significant sports championship in only three years of existence.

They continue to inspire players and teams on Six Nations for years to come.

In 2007, the franchise claimed another Minto Cup after a win over Burnaby, then again in 2014, 2015, and 2017, showcasing that divisions of younger players were growing into the shoes that were left for them to fill from the earliest franchise talents.

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Toronto (2003). He was named to the All-League First Team in 1998 and twice Second Team (1994 & 1996). He retired as the alltime league leader with 143 games played, sixth all-time in goals (235), third all-time in assists (329), fifth all-time in points (564) and 11th in loose ball recoveries (631).

John Grant Jr. – played 17 seasons with Rochester and Colorado after being drafted first overall in 1999. He retired in the top 10 all-time with 668 goals (second), 778 assists (sixth), and 1,446 points (second). He was also 12th all-time with 1,202 loose ball recoveries.

He won the 2000 Rookie of the Year Award and won league MVP twice (2007 & 2012). He was named to the All-League First Team six times and Second Team three times. He led the league four times in goals (2005, 2006, 2007 & 2012). He was also named

the Championship Game MVP in 2007. He set the record for points in a season in 2012 at 116, which has since been surpassed and now ranks tied for fourth highest in league history. His 37 goals as a rookie is still tied for fourth best. In his 2012 MVP season, he averaged 8.29 points per game, an NLL record (at least 4 games played).

Casey Powell – played 11 seasons with Rochester, Anaheim, New York, Orlando, Boston, and Colorado after being selected first overall in the 1998 Entry Draft. In 2010, he became the only American player to win the MVP award, he finished second in the NLL in goals scored and led the Orlando Titans to an 11-5 record as their leading scorer. He retired 10th All-Time with 33 playoff goals in only 13 playoff games. Powell is the all-time leader in points by an American in league

history Mark Steenhuis – played 17 seasons with Columbus and Buffalo after being selected seventh overall in the 2002 Entry Draft. His 266 games tie him for fifth and 459 goals ranks him sixth all-time. He is one of only 11 players to record 1,000 points during his career.

He was the 2008 Championship Game MVP, scoring five goals and recording an assist.

Shawn Williams – played 17 seasons with Ontario, Toronto, Buffalo, Rochester, and Edmonton. He is a twotime champion, one with Toronto (1999) and one with Rochester (2007). He retired as one of only eight players to accumulate 1,100 career points. He finished in the top 10 all-time in games played, goals, and assists.

He played a league-best 230 consecutive games from 2000-2014. He was named to the All-League First Team

in 2004 and Second Team in 2007.

Sandy Chapman – played 17 seasons with Rochester and Toronto after being drafted in the first round, 12th overall in the 2001 Entry Draft. His 252 regular season and 31 playoff games rank in the top 10 all-time. He is a five-time champion four with Toronto (2002. 2003, 2005 & 2011) and one with Rochester (2007). He was named the 2010 Defensive Player of the Year. He played in 148 consecutive games from 2007-2016.

Glenn Clark – played nine seasons in the NLL (19982006), spending most of his time with Toronto after being drafted in the fourth round of the 1997 Entry Draft. He is a four-time champion with Toronto (1999, 2000, 2002, & 2003). He appeared in three consecutive All-Star games (2004-2006).

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Ryan Cousins – played 11 seasons in the NLL for Arizona, Columbus, Minnesota, and Rochester after being selected fifth overall in the 2001 Entry Draft. He served as the first captain in Minnesota franchise history from 2005-2011. He won the 2012 championship with Rochester. Cousins won the Defensive Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons in 2007 & 2008. He was the first player to win multiple Defensive Player of the Year awards after its introduction in 2002. He was selected to play in AllStar games in 2004, 2005 & 2009.

Pat McCready – played 17 seasons with Charlotte, Rochester, Buffalo and Toronto. He is a three-time champion: twice with Rochester (1997 & 2012) and once with Buffalo (2008). He was named the 2011 Defensive Player of the Year. At the time of his retirement, he was third alltime in loose ball recoveries (1,593), second in penalty minutes (470) and seventh in games played (219). He led Buffalo three times in loose ball recoveries (2002, 2004 & 2006). He also ranks in the top 10 all-time in playoff games played (31), loose ball recoveries (198) and penalty minutes (51).

Billy Dee Smith – played 16 seasons with Buffalo and Rochester after being drafted third overall in the 2002 Entry Draft. He won the 2008 Championship with Buffalo. He won the 2009 Defensive Player of the Year Award. He retired as the all-time leader in penalty minutes for the regular season (685) and playoffs (83) and was also tied for seventh all-time with 29 playoff games played.

Regy Thorpe – played for 15 seasons, all with Rochester. He is a two-time champion (1997 & 2007).

He is the franchise leader with 193 games played, 966 loose ball recoveries and 385 penalty minutes. He also holds playoff franchise records in games played (24), loose ball recoveries (114) and penalty minutes (55). His 966 loose ball recoveries ranked 11th alltime when he retired.

Steve Toll – played for 15 seasons with Ontario, Toronto, Rochester, San Jose, Colorado, and Edmonton after being drafted in the sixth round of the 1997 Entry Draft. He is a five-time champion: four with Toronto (1999, 2000, 2002, & 2003) and one with

Rochester (2007). He was named the first winner of the Transition Player of the Year Award in 2007. He retired in the top 10 all-time with 1,562 loose ball recoveries in the regular season and an additional 160 in the playoffs. He played in 188 consecutive games between 2000-2011, which ranks tied for the third longest streak of all-time.

Brian Voelker – played for seven seasons with Philadelphia after being drafted in the fifth round of the 1991 Entry Draft. He is a three-time champion (1994, 1995, & 1998). He was named to the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 2015.

Cam Woods– played 15 seasons for Albany, San Jose, Chicago, and Toronto after being selected 18th overall in the 1997 Entry Draft. He won the 2011 Championship with Toronto. He was named a co-winner of the 2004 Defensive Player of the Year Award. He was a four-time All-Star (2002, 2004, 2007, & 2009). He retired eighth all-time in loose ball recoveries (1,371) and penalty minutes (414).

Roy Condon – Roy Condon worked as an NLL Official from 1989-2011 (23 seasons). He worked three Championship Games (1994, 1995, and 1999). He is scheduled to be the seventh official inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame. He started refereeing in 1971.

Bill Fox – Bill Fox worked as an NLL Official from 1992-2011 (20 seasons).

He worked six Championship Games (1993, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, & 2010).

He is the 2010 Recipient of the Allen G. Rae Builder Award from Sports Officials Canada that recognizes an individual who has made a significant contribution to the development of sports officials and the advancement of the sports officiating profession.

Rich Tamberino – Rich Tamberino started his officiating career in the Eagle Lacrosse League as a goal judge. Then he worked as an NLL Official from 1988-1998 (11 seasons). He worked six Championships (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 and the 1998 Championship Series).

From 1998-2001 he served as the Deputy Director of Officials in the NLL. Then Tamberino served as NLL Director of Officials for six seasons (2003-2008).

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Peacefully at home on Friday May 21, 2021 at the age of 101 years.

Beloved husband of Margaret, and the late Dorothy. Stepfather to Melvin (Kelly), Chuck (Stacie), and Jim (Hilary). Grandfather & great grandfather to many. Brother-inlaw of Melvin Reese, Vera (late Ralph), Chris (Dave), late John (Marilyn), and Mary (Bryan). Uncle to Charlie (Joy), and Joe (Joy), and Janet. Also survived by several great nieces & nephews in Pennsylvania, and special cousins John E. and Spanky. A private family service will be held at Styres Funeral Home, Ohsweken on Sunday May 23, 2021 with Interment at Ohsweken Baptist Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donation may be made to the charity of your choice. www. rhbanderson.com

Master Sargeant Leslie Robert Carpenter United States Air Force (20) years Retired of Niagara Falls New York quietly slipped into the Spirit World, Tuesday May 18th.

He was born in Ohsweken, Ontario, Six Nations of the Grand River. He is mourned by his wife of 66 years (Ella) Jean (General) Carpenter, his sons Les (Sonja) Carpenter, Kevin (Kelli) Carpenter, daughter Jamie (John) Gallagher, His Grandchildren Kevin Lee (Angela), Kelly (Scott), Amarrah, Natalie, Ty, His Great Grand Children Aleigha, Avery, Abby, Austin. Easton, Jennilee, His brother William (Sandy) Carpenter. His sister Hazel (deceased) her husband Tom (deceased) Sauro. His special extended family Julia, Aaron, Emma, Tony and Daniel. He was the son of Walter (deceased) and mother Electee (Farmer) Carpenter. As well as several nieces and nephews.

He was honorable discharged from the Air Force in 1974, then he was employed at Ferree Plastics in Lockport N.Y. And he also owned and operated Roberts Express Trucking. Les took pride in his Mohawk Heritage. He was a proud member of VFW 917 and Six Nations Veteran’s Association for many years.

Funeral Services with Military Honors will be privately held in the Western New York Veteran’s Cemetery in Corfu New York. In lieu of flowers, memorial offerings may be made to Wounded Warrior’s Project. mjcoluccifuneralchapel.com

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It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our beautiful Mom peacefully on May 20, 2021, the only battle she’s ever lost.

Left to share wonderful memories with their families and friends are her children; Pete & Amanda, Sis (Roberta) and friend Johnny, Arnie, Glynis & Bob, Liza & Randy, John & Kim, Kandis & Dustin. Mom cherished each of her grandchildren; Ace, Tom (Vicki), Julia (Terry), Alex (Sherry), Cory, Jeff (Steph), Sam (Jeff), Andrea (Abe), Shane, Dusty, Jordan (Sam), Tyler (Lacey), Krista, Ashley (Devon), Justin, Jay-T, Addison, Ali, Nate, Cam, Lexi, Ashley, Casey (Steve), and Sancey (Tyler). She loved her hugs and visits with great-grandchildren; Jackie, Jay-T, Jenna, Madie, Dakota, Laila, Xander, Cierra, Hannah, Joshua, Bennett, Jeffrey, Kalvin, Rory, Khloe, Jagger, Grayson, Olivia, Adalyn, Jackson, Jayden, Stryker, Ariya, Tallen, Karlee & Dawson and Chelsea. She leaves behind brothers Manny, Rob, Snook and sister Lucille, as well as many nieces, nephews and extended family and friends. Mom is predeceased by first and second husband’s Singer and Charlie as well as son-in-law, Boss.

Also predeceased by parents Asa & Myrtle and siblings David, Emily, Wally and Edie. She is also welcomed to Heaven by her grandson Josh. In keeping with her wishes, cremation has taken place. We will be having a burial and celebration of her life with a picnic at a later date.

We all would like to Thank Dr. Amy Montour for the excellent care she gave Mom over the years; Dr. Trevor and the amazing staff at Iroquois Lodge who treated Mom with the greatest of care. In lieu of flowers we ask for donation to Iroquois lodge or a charity of your choice in Mom’s memory. Arrangements by Styres Funeral Home. www.rhbanderson.com

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, love and romance are definitely in your favor this week. If you have been pondering setting up a date or taking a spouse out for a night on the town, do it.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Even the best partnerships can be challenging, Taurus. Right now neither one of you is looking to take the lead. Even if it means flipping a coin, someone has to step up.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, grab what you want this week, but remember that the more tightly you try to hang on to it, the more likely it will slip through your fingers. Employ some give and take.

CLUES DOWN 1. Garden tools 2. Early Syrian kingdom 3. 500 sheets of paper 4. Information 5. Beloved comic strip character 6. Distinct form of a plant 7. Replenishment 8. Semitransparent glassy substance 9. Expedition to observe animals 10. One who held landed granted by Anglo-Saxon king 11. Obtain in return for labor 13. Inheritable genetically 17. One who rescues 24. Doctor of Education 25. Liberal arts 26. Shock treatment 27. Disfigure

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36. The 21st letter of the Greek alphabet 37. Not just “play” 38. Former CIA 40. Reduced to a sloping edge 41. Restricted the development of 42. Sciences degree 43. Sea eagles 44. Saturated 45. Joints 47. Sailing boat 48. Respiratory organs 49. Guitarists use them 52. Disco act: Bee __ 53. First Chinese dynasty 54. Intentionally lose 55. Muslim people of China

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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, if a supervisor seems set in his or her ways, you might have to present your proposal in language that will appeal to this person the most.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, if you are off doing your own thing, you may have to instruct others who count on you how to proceed in your absence. Keep the lines of communication open.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Other people are not mind readers, Libra. If you need something or are unhappy with a situation, you must speak up. Address concerns promptly.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 It is quite easy to manipulate a situation if others aren’t paying attention, Scorpio. If you are guiding or mentoring someone, exercise caution to stay neutral.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Don’t get ahead of yourself by projecting scenarios that may never see the light of day, Sagittarius. It’s better to live in the present and then adjust to what comes your way.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Your thoughts may be pulling you one way and then another, Capricorn. Find focus by zeroing in on the main thing that needs the most attention at this point.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you may have to take a more reserved approach to get where you need to go. Even still, your love for adventure and freedom can be compelling motivators.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Figure out your needs before making long-term plans with others. Even though you’re sure of yourself, sometimes you let others take the lead.

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