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QUESTIONS RAISED OVER TUTELA HEIGHTS ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS Archaeology and development are at odds regarding Walton International and its plans to build a sub division on Tutela-Heights, across from the Bell Homestead in Brant. Retired archaeologist Ilse Kraemer has a master map of all of the archaeological sites she has discovered over the past 40 years. In area #94 she has located several points of archaeological interest with more close by including burial sites. A stage 4 dig is in the works by Archaeological Services Inc. and no building can take place until the survey is complete. Above are only a few pre-Tutelo artifacts Kraemer has found on the site along with several articles of European style cutlery made of silver and presumably used by the Tutelo. See page 4 for the full story. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE PM42686517

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A full house of educators, child welfare workers, indigenous nutritionists, traditional healers and other related fields packed out the Six Nations Polytechnic Institute on Fourth Line Road, Tuesday, on the opening day of a two day Indigenous Education Conference, "Champions for Change." Keynote speaker, Truth and Reconciliation Committee Chair, Justice Murray Sinclair was also on hand via Skype. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

Discussing reconciliation at Champions for Change conference SIX NATIONS – Truth and Reconciliation Commission Chair, Justice Murray Sinclair was keynote speaker at the Champions for Change Indigenous Education Conference hosted at Six Nations Polytechnic Tuesday and Wednesday. Although unable to attend in person, Justice Sinclair was able to deliver his message and answer questions via Skype projected onto two large screens.

Attendance was large and at times overflowing into the lobby, with every table and chair available occupied by educators, and indigenous family, health and wellness professionals.

The two-day event began Tuesday morning with welcoming remarks to the community, a breakfast and speaker Rebecca Jamieson, who spoke on “Looking to the

Future”, and a poignant theatrical performance

by A Little Red Barns Productions skit entitled “Stuck in the Mush Hole.”

Justice Sinclair explained the importance of the TRC exercise in setting Canada’s history right and recognizing the traumas residential schools created for multiple generations.

“It is important for us to understand the importance of the residential schools legacy of trauma and violence that individuals, as well as family members, have undergone,” said Sinclair.

“I think the most important question is understanding what the experience that individual and his or her ancestors have had with residential schools, because one of the issues is how residential schools, through multi-generations nega-

tively, affects the home.

That is the ongoing legacy for residential schools survivors.”

He says the “reconciliation” needs to be done in context with the individual and cannot be accurately or fairly done as a one size fits all remedy.

Sinclair stressed that educators need to take these things in consideration when educating a young person whose parents or grandparents came through the system.

He calls for the Justice system and his fellow judges and lawyers to educate themselves on these matters as well.

“Its not about sentencing someone with a lighter sentence, but rather an appropriate sentence that takes into account those kinds of factors,” he said.

This is the purpose of the Gladue reports, which

most courts use in making sentencing decisions.

“Right now in the criminal justice system, Aboriginal people are

grossly over-represented and it is not doing its work properly in that area to address those needs,” said Sinclair.

He also referred to the number of Aboriginal children within the Child CONTINUED ON PAGE 25

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Walton’s Tutela Heights project under question

By Jim Windle/Ilse Kraemer BRANT COUNTY – The moving forward with construction of a new Walton International sub-development planned for Tutela Heights known as Riverbed Homes has retired archaeologist Ilse Kraemer concerned.

Kraemer is one of the most respected archaeologists of Brant County and has surveyed or mapped almost every square foot of Brant County over several decades of work, even since retirement, and knows the Tutela Heights development area intimately. She has mapped more than 1000 sites, mostly in Brant County and Mississauga.

According to numerous news reports, Walton International is the Canadian face of off-shore Chinese investors buying up thousands of acres of prime farmland across Canada, much of it in Brant County, to be turned into housing developments, many for off-shore investors.

Wealthy Chinese are running out of real estate in which to invest in in their own country and are now investing in Canadian soil. In the case of Tutela Heights, almost every plot listed in their plans are already claimed by mainland China nationals. Wal-

One of the 21 development projects currently underway by Walton International is the Tutela Heights project known as Riverbed Homes built on the site of the Tutelo Indians land given them by Joseph Brant as part of the Haldimand Deed. Retired archaeologist Ilse Kraemer knows exactly where the evidence lies and would like to compare her findings with ASI. This collection of silver as well as pre-contact arrowheads and stone tools came from the lands designated as Riverbed Homes in Tutela Heights. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

ton makes the connection between these off-shore investors and Canadian real estate brokers. Once the lot is sold off to a Chinese investor, it is up to Walton to resell it, and at huge profits, to Canadian home owners.

Some would say that archaeological surveying

- which is required by law is sometimes lax, and seen as a mere inconvenience by housing developers. Kraemer is concerned that the “official” archaeological surveying on that plot of land may have been strategically done to avoid areas of known Tutelo occupations and gravesites.

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In her own cursory studies on the land in question, she has accumulated numerous silver articles as well as pre-Tutelo tools and arrow heads.

Kraemer is aware of where burial sites are and has concern for Six Nations that these sites may be desecrated during construction if not located by ASI. “I saw where they were digging and it was in exactly the wrong places,” she says.

Archaeological Services Inc., is conducting the current survey and, according to Six Nation’s Elected Council’s Joanne Thomas, “There was an archaeological assessment done on Riverbed.

Right now they are trying to complete the stage four work.”

A phase four dig is required if significant finds point to a further, more complete study. It includes the extensive excavation of a certain area where significant finds from Phase 3 test holes reveal something of substance.

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An ad published in the Two Row Times paid for

by Walton states, “To date no longhouses have been found and no ceremonial or burial sites have been identified.”

But Kraemer contends that, at the time of the Tutelo occupation of Tutela Heights, they did not live in longhouses but rather in cabins and so evidence of longhouses would not appear, except for the one ceremonial longhouse.

More importantly, she knows where burial sites are and encourages the Phase 4 survey to find and protect the burials. Warrick agrees.

Kraemer has mapped every archaeological find she and her husband, now deceased, have found in the Brantford-Brant area exactly where she believes there are significant finds to be avoided or dug. Her life’s work in southwestern Ontario is catalogued on a map of more than 1000 sites, most of which have never been excavated or properly surveyed.

On her own master map, site #94 is the TuCONTINUED ON PAGE 25

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Williamson who heads up ASI, but she would like to go over the assessment with him, since she has extensive information that might be shared.

Ron Williamson told Two Tow Times, “During our work for the Brantford Archaeological Management Plan I spent quite a great deal of time with her (Kraemer) recording all of her site information from this and adjacent properties and looking at her collection of material from those sites.”

“We are nearing completion of the Stage 4 work of numerous sites on the property including all of those she had marked on her maps (and additional ones),” Williamson says.

Laurier University Professor of Archaeology, Gary Warrick, has also done a lot of historical research on the Tutelo village site, and agrees that the Tutelo site is significant. Warrick, a former field archaeologist before taking a teaching position, is well aware of the realities of his field when confronted with big money developers.

“It’s too bad but there are some archaeological services companies who are paid very well not to find anything,” says War-

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Six Nations Elected Council holds Annual General Meeting

By Chezney Martin

OHSWEKEN – On Monday November 2, community members gathered at the Six Nations Community Hall to attend Six Nations Band Council’s annual general meeting. Included at the meeting was a presentation given by Chief Ava Hill on the projects and meetings conducted by band council in 20142015.

After mentioning the new water treatment plant, the new fire hall to be completed in January, and the new elder and youth centre; Chief Hill explained that the council established the development corporation.

“We just highlighted some of the projects, and how they are their own Six Nations Development Corporation and they will go off and have their own community meeting and this just highlights some of the projects that they worked on in the past,” said Hill.

The projects included the Brant Gate Solar Farm Project, First Solar

Walpole Project, NextEra Energy Summerhaven Project, Niagara Region Wind Project, Port Dover and Nanticoke Wind Project, the Welland Ridge and Norfolk Bloomsburg, Port Ryerse Wind Project, Grand Renewable Energy Project, Riverbend Estates Housing Development Project, and Gunn’s Hill Wind Farm.

“They are estimating about $100 million dollars will come back into the community from these projects over the next twenty years,” said Hill.

“And the Development Corporation will go out and seek more projects so we can start generating more revenue for our community, so that we can fill some of those gaps,” she said.

Chief Hill then explained that to reach additional funds for some of the projects, Council has met with several provincial and federal officials including Prime Minister Designate Justin Trudeau, Thomas Mulcair, Rt. Hon. Paul Martin and Premier Kathleen Wynne.

“I think if people look around in the community, they can see that we’ve been here for two years and I think that we’ve done a lot in the past two years. A lot of infrastructure is going on and part of that is that we’ve established a relationship with a number of provincial officials and we’re hoping to establish a relationship with the federal officials now that we have a Liberal government in there,” said Hill, explaining that since meetings with several municipalities and officials have taken place, many projects have started to come to fruition.

After mentioning some of the involvement in the Pan Am and Para Pan Am Games, Director of Finance Gary Phillips was introduced to present the audit.

“Our overall revenues have only increased slightly year over year, by roughly $1 million dollars,” said Phillips. “So year over year, it’s only a marginal increase,” he said as he began to explain governmental transfers.

“The federal government under the INAC, you can see there is a decrease of roughly $4 million dollars. And that’s due to the water treatment planet,” he said. “So when you take that $4 million out, year over year there’s been no increase in federal monies from INAC. Which adds

to the problems that we have; staffing issues, aging buildings we can’t invest in because we have insufficient funds,” he said, as he explained that many of the increases are donations for specific project such as the new fire hall.

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available on the “Six Nations Elected Council” Facebook page and through Central Administration (519-445-2201).

The Six Nations Band Council website (www. sixnations.ca) will provide the full meeting in its entirety.

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Male entitlement runs wild If Disney’s animated interpretation of the story of Pocahontas has taught us anything it is that indigenous women are restless and unsatisfied, readily available and just waiting to be rescued by the white man.

Raised on this kind of urban legend, little North American boys grow up believing the lie and when they are old enough to actually proposition a real indigenous women they are understandably confused and sometimes crushed when met with a real indigenous woman’s response.

An amorous and idealistic man looking for his Pocahontas and instead met with a strong indigenous woman answering with expletives in return can activate white fragility - sometimes to the point that erratic male entitlement kicks into overdrive, leading to homicide. Thus, making the Pocahontas sexual fantasy (and by default the “sexy squaw” Hallowe’en costume) one serious contributing factor to the problem of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada.

In reality, many indigenous societies are matrilineal and sometimes even matriarchal. That means our indigenous women are to be respected and honoured as equals — or in some cases considered superior to men. Imagine hundreds of genera-

tions of this ideology.

So when that non-native man comes along and thinks he’s found his restless native just ripe for the picking and is instead met with cold reality; it can be a real shocker.

This is what separates us. Indigenous men know that they need to step to indigenous women correctly, respecting their natural strength and vibrance; while non-native men are still under the illusion of Tiger Lily, waiting to be rescued from Captain Hook.

This is also part of what makes the Harper regime’s insinuation that Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in Canada being the fault of violent indigenous men so infuriating.

The inquiry needs to investigate the root cause of violence against indigenous women.

We can’t pin the blame on any one thing whether it be white society or indigenous male partners because this problem stems from a systemic ideology of male entitlement and patriarchy. This foreign and hostile ideology was imported to this continent through European colonization.

If we look at another trend of racially askew violence in the USA, it seems that rejection is one of the contributing factors when a young male decides to start a killing spree.

Racist murderer Dylann Roof said “I went into that Black church, to kill Black people,” after the Charleston massacre.

According to The Intercept, Dylann Roof had been rejected by a love interest who preferred dating an A f r ic an-A mer ic an which some analysts feel triggered his latent racism and hate for black people which caused the deaths of 9 innocent people.

Mass murderer Elliot Rodger of California killed 6 people in a similar situation.

Continually rejected by women he felt entitled to, Rodger wrote a manifesto before his violent explosion.

“How could an inferior, ugly black boy be able to get a white girl and not me?”

An inquiry into what is happening within Canadian society that makes indigenous women statistically more susceptible to being the victims of violence makes a lot of sense when you bring it into context.

Trudeau says he will put an inquiry into motion within 30 days of his run as Canada’s next Prime Minister. The United Nations and the Native Women’s Association of Canada have done a lot of preliminary work to help with that investigation as well.

But what are we as grassroots individuals doing to change?

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Arson activity decreased on Halloween & Devils Night but increase in motor vehicle collisions Media Bulletin from Six Nations Firefighters SIX NATIONS – Halloween and the night before Halloween which has commonly become known as “Devils Night “is historically a very busy time for Six Nations Firefighters due to the increase in mischievous arson activity within the community.

In an attempt to combat, deter and decrease the amount of incidents of fire within our community, this past Devils Night & Halloween Night, the Six Nations Fire & Emergency Services Department took a proactive role by actively patrolling the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.

Unfortunately we did not reach our goal of having zero fire incidents.

Overall there was a significant decrease in arson activity but an increase in serious motor vehicle collisions.

From 6pm Devils night to 6pm Halloween Night, Six Nations Firefighters responded to 8 calls: DD 1 Medical Call - Cardiac Arrest 1 Roadway Fire DD 4 Motor Vehicle Collisions DD 1 Structure Fire DD 1 Fire Investigation w Ontario Fire Marshal & Six Nations Police assistance.

Fire on Roadway - At 23:42 Hours on October 30th, 1 Six Nations Fire Stations and firefighters were dispatched for a report of a fire in the middle of the road near the intersection of Tuscarora Road & 2nd Line Road in the Six Nations of the Grand River territory.

A quick response was made with first arriving crews of Pumper 3 arriving on scene at 23:48 hours.

First arriving crews reported that what appeared to be a bench seat was on fire in the middle of the road.

Fire crews quickly knocked the fire down.

Structure Fire - At 02:45 Hours on October 31st, 4 Six Nations Fire Stations and firefighters were dispatched for a report of a structure fire at 259 Mohawk Road in the Six Nations of the Grand River territory.

Enroute to the call fire crews were slightly delayed in responding as large construction traffic barrels were placed on the road blocking access.

First arriving crew of Pumper 2 arrived on scene at 02:58 hours. First arriving crews reported that the structure was fully engulfed in flames.

Due to the advanced stage of the fire a defensive fire attack operation was initiated.

No injuries or fatalities occurred as a result of the fire.

An OFM Investigator was on site throughout the day, the fire is currently under investigation and will be included in the ongoing joint arson investigation between the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal, Six Nations Fire & Police.

If anyone has information with regards to any fires which occur please contact the Six Nations Police (519) 445 – 2811 or Six Nations Fire & Emergency Services Department (519) 445 - 4054.

Motor Vehicle Collision - At 04:18 Hours on October 31st, while battling the Structure Fire, 1 Six Nations Fire Stations and firefighters were dispatched for a report of a Motor Vehicle Collision at 936 Chiefswood

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Road in the Six Nations of the Grand River territory.

A quick response was made with first arriving crew of Pumper 3 arriving on scene at 04:20 hours.

First arriving crews reported a single vehicle had left the roadway and was in the ditch.

Fire Crews assessed/ stabilized the vehicle and provided care to the patient until the arrival of Paramedics.

A mid 20’s female was left in the care of paramedics & police and cleared the scene to assist with the active structure fire.

Fire Watch/Fire Investigation - At 05:23 Hours on October 31st, 1 Six Nation Fire Station and firefighters remained on scene with investigators of the structure fire at 259 Mohawk Road in the Six Nations of the Grand River territory.

An OFM Investigator was on site throughout the day, the fire is currently under investigation and will be included in the ongoing joint arson investigation between the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal, Six Nations Fire & Police.

Motor Vehicle Collision - At 08:15 Hours on October 31st, 2 Six Nations Fire Stations and firefighters were dispatched for a report of a Motor Vehicle Collision at 974 Hwy 54 in the Six Nations of the Grand River territory.

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Tracey Lindberg offers advice to aspiring authors at Woodland Cultural Centre

By Chezney Martin SIX NATIONS – The International Festival of Authors came to the Woodland Cultural Centre Friday, when Tracey Lindberg - author of the acclaimed novel Birdie - presented her latest work.

The novel centres on Bernice (also known as Birdie), “a big, beautiful Cree woman” who leaves her home in northern Alberta to travel to Gibsons, British Columbia in search of strength to help overcome a dark tragedy in her past.

Lindberg shared that she is a member of the As’in’i’wa’chi Ni’yaw Nation, Rocky Mountain Cree from the Kelly Lake Cree Nation Community. She teaches both Indigenous Law and Indigenous Studies at two universities in

Canada, and although this is her first novel, she is an award-winning academic writer.

Lindberg explained that even though her family is mainly Cree, she does have an Iroquoian ancestor.

“Coming out here is a big deal for me, because I started out my book tour in Kelly Lake and I’m ending it here,” said Lindberg.

“It’s really important to me that I was able to do that. I’m glad to have been here, and thankful too for the people here to have walked us into the community, that’s huge to me.”

“I’ve said tonight - and I believe that it’s true - that every one of us has one good story in us at least, and I think that it’s important that if you’re not in the right space to get that story out, that you find that

Acclaimed author Tracey Lindberg was at the Woodland last Friday.

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space,” said Lindberg.

Lindberg spoke to the healing value of writing when she recalled a teaching shared with her by el-

ders.

“One of my elders explained to me that words have a bundle, that every word has a bundle, and

By TRT Staff

The records kept at NCTR were gathered by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as they visited hundreds of Indigenous communities across Canada. Thousands of survivors told their stories, which were documented through statements, videos and photographs.

In an interview with the Canadian Press, NCTR director Ry Moran said that the centre has the unique challenge of making the records available while still being respectful of the privacy of survivors.

“While we have a very pressing and very real mandate to make as much of the collection available as possible, we’re also being told to do no harm in the release of the information and do things in as respectful a way as possible,” Moran stated.

In an effort to glean direction from Indige-

that part of being a writer is unpacking the bundle. And I think that that’s true.”

She began offering advice to writers of all ages from her own experience.

“For people that are just starting this, it doesn’t matter what your age is.

You can be seventeen or you can be, in my community, seventy-nine and feel like you have a story to tell.

That thing where you feel like ‘oh I wish I could just get it out, or I wish I could put it out there,’ what I encourage people to do is just take the time and either record it, or type it out. It doesn’t have to be in any format right now, just get it out of you and put it in that place. And I also say, take your precious things and put them in safe places, and for some people paper is that, putting it there or

putting it on a tape is part of that space where you put it. It might come out like my book, where the stories start to look different, or you don’t want it to be an exact replica of your life, so you weave it in different ways,” she said, as she elaborated that the format could be poetry, songs or even fiction.

Lindberg explained that many writers don’t truly know how much help they have surrounding them in finding publishers, and she merely typed “indian agent” into Google to start her journey into publication.

She offered her contact information to any writers in need of advice or support. Aspiring authors can reach Lindberg at: traceydlindberg@ gmail.com.

nous communities on how the NCTR can best handle such sensitive documents, community engagement sessions have been and are currently underway.

On Tuesday November 10, staff of the NCTR will hold a community engagement session in Ohsweken at the Six Nations Community Hall.

Hosted by Ganohkwasra, the session begins at 9:00

am and runs until 4:00 pm. Lunch and health supports will be provided to all in attendance. To register for the session, call Ida Martin at 1-519-4454336 or Melba Thomas at 1-905-765-6278. All survivors, inter-generational survivors, and the general public are encouraged to attend.

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Due to the significant hydro danger present Hydro One was contacted and a response team was sent.

Six Nations Firefighters in conjunction with Six Nations Paramedics safely extricated the patient from the vehicle.

An approximately 20 year old male was transported to hospital by paramedics.

Due to the damage sustain to the hydro pole, additional hydro crews were called in to repair the pole and hydro lines.

As a result, Hwy 54 remained closed for most of the day.

Motor Vehicle Collision - At 14:08 Hours on October 31st, 2 Six Nations Fire Stations and firefighters were dispatched for a report of a Motor Vehicle Collision at the intersection of Hwy 54 & Painter Road

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A quick response was made with first arriving crew of Pumper/ Rescue 1 arriving on scene at 014:17 hours.

First arriving crews reported a 2 vehicle collision with 4 patients.

Motor Vehicle Collision – While responding to the Hwy 54 collision a 2nd collision occurred in another area of the territory. At 14:17 Hours on October 31st, 1 Six Nations Fire Station and firefighters were dispatched for a report of a Motor Vehicle Collision near the intersection of Mohawk Road & 4th Line Road in the Six Nations of the Grand River territory.

A Deputy Fire Chief was first on scene at 14:18 hours and reported a single vehicle had left the road way and rolled an unknown number of times.

WINNIPEG/SIX NATIONS – An archive created to preserve the memory of Canada’s residential school system will launch its official opening on Wednesday afternoon, housing millions of government and church documents as well as thousands of survivor statements in one central location. The records, which will be available to the public, include everything from school inspection reports to testimonies of abuse which took place at the schools.

The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR), located at the University of Manitoba, began opening ceremonies on Tuesday, November 3; a lighting of the sacred fire began the day’s events at 12:30 pm, with opening remarks and reconciliation dialogue spanning the rest of the day until 4:30 pm.

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Rock Your Mocs Week

By Chezney Martin

The 5th annual year of Rock Your Mocs will be taking place from November 8-15, in accordance to the American National Native American Heritage Month. The movement

wherever your day takes you. Or if a person doesn’t own mocs, can’t wear mocs, or perhaps their Tribe didn’t wear mocs, they may wear a Turquoise Awareness Ribbon instead. Even easier, the event takes place where

of the following hastags: #RYM2015 #ROCKYOURMOCS #ROCKURMOCS #NationalNativeAmericanHeritageDay #Moccasins #Turquoise.

It’s like a great big fun moccasin party that everyone gets to see pictures

November 4th, 2015

Walk in My MOcs New Directions Group is kicking off National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW) With “Walk in My Mocs Campaign” National Addictionals Awareness week is celebrated on the third week in November every year. In Canada NAAW is one of the most widely known movments in our Aboriginal communities.

In celebration of living a substance free lifestyle.

Walk in my mocs is a campaign created to remind community members to be kind in our interactions with one another.

We are asking members to walk a mile in someone else’s moccasins without passing judgement. If a person we love is using, misusing or abusing substances we are asking for your compassion, love, and understanding.

We don’t know everyone’s story- Please be kind.

We are all medicine to each other.

Rock Your Mocs is here again to raise cultural awareness. was founded by Jessica “Jayulyn” Atsye of the Laguna Pueblo from New Mexico, and has since partnered with Emergence Productions, a Native Owned Event Production Company to help take the initiative world wide.

As written on the Rock Your Mocs Page on Facebook, “it’s easy to participate by wearing moccasins to school, to work or

you are, where you’re going and where you live.

Rock Your Mocs if a fun way to unify Native American, Aboriginal, First Nations, Alaskan Native, Indigenous Peoples globally through internet social media, participants post their photos for everyone to enjoy, sharing their stories and creating an “online photo album” by using any one or all

of!”

The initiative will take place for a full week to accommodate work, school, and events being organized by supporters. Events such as round dances, community walks and runs, and even group photos. Some museums have even created “Rock Your Mocs” exhibits, showcasing beautiful beadwork and workmanship.

New Directions Group wants to hear your stories of the kindness you’ve shared or experienced from another person. We are asking you to anonymously submit your stories of spreading love, compassion, and understanding through our facebook page “healthy 6nay”. You can submit your story by writing a private message to our group or bringing it to our office at 1769 Chiefswood Road, Ohsweken, In an enclosed envelope addressed to Kayla Martin. Your story will be published on our facebook page “healthy 6nay” but your identity and the identity of anyone involved in your story will remain confidential.

Your name will be entered into a draw to win a pair of Moccasins created

by Mohawk Mocs. We are giving away ten pairs of moccasins throughout National Addictions Awareness Week November 16th to November 20th, 2015. Please include your name, contact info, gender and moccasin size when submitting entries so that we can contact you if your name is drawn.

Again, your personal information will not be released to the public.

Living the good life!

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Brantford high school teacher faces sexual abuse charges TRT Staff

BRANTFORD – A male teacher at Brantford Collegiate Institute is facing charges regarding several sexual offences after a student came forward with a report of sexual assault last Thursday.

The male teacher, whose name cannot be released due to a publication ban set at a bail hearing last week, is charged with Sexual Assault, Sexual Interference and Invitation to Sexual Touching.

According to a statement published on the Grand Erie District School board’s website, the teacher has been assigned to home, pending the disposition of the charge.

Also in the statement was a message from Brantford Collegiate Institute

principal, assuring parents that the situation is being taken seriously.

“As Principal of the school, I want you to know that I take the safety and well-being of every student very seriously. We have policies and clear procedures to make sure students learn in a safe, secure environment.

I know that it is important to you, as parents, to feel confident that students are well cared for and protected while they are at school. I take this responsibility seriously, and so do the rest of the staff. I want to assure you that BCI continues to be a safe place for your teen to learn and grow.

If you have concerns or questions, please contact me or one of the vice-principals at the school at (519)

759-3210.”

Police believe there may be other victims.

Anyone with information regarding this case is en-

couraged to call Detective Jaime Price, of the Child Abuse and Sexual Assault unit at 519-756-0113 ext.

2269 or Crime Stoppers at

519-750-8477. Victims of Child Sexual Abuse in Six Nations can call Ganohkwasra Family Assault Support Services, 24/7, at 519-

445-4324.

A court date has been set for November 27, 2015 at 9:00 am.

Notice of Public Hearing and Application to Participate: ITC Lake Erie Connector International Power Line Project The National Energy Board (NEB), has received an application from ITC Lake Erie Connector LLC (ITC Lake Erie) for approval to construct and operate a 1,000 mega-watt ±320 kilowatt highvoltage direct current bi-directional international power line between Haldimand County, Ontario and Erie County Pennsylvania, USA, approximately 48.1 km of which is in Canada.

Participating in the Hearing The NEB will hold a public hearing for the ITC Lake Erie Connector Project and will conduct an environmental assessment pursuant to the National Energy Board Act.

COMMUNITY NOTICE

The NEB must hear from anyone directly affected by the project and may hear from those who have relevant information or expertise.

If you wish to participate, you must apply to participate by submitting an online application form. The List of Issues for the Project is available on the Board’s website and will be part of the form. There are typically two ways you can participate in a hearing:

During November and December there will be a Sharing of Hearts and Support for anyone affected by Suicide. Sponsored by Brightening the Spirit-Breaking the Silence Suicide Awareness Initiative….Tuesdays from 1:00- 3:00 PM. Place: Six Nations Veteran’s Hall 1632 Chiefswood Road Ohsweken, ON Tel. (519) 445-4204 or (905) 768-3891 for any questions

Commenter – share your views on the project with the NEB in a written Letter of Comment.

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For more information contact our Admin. Assist Jayne At 519-445-2224 or Fax 519-445-4180

Intervenor – ask questions, present evidence, answer questions about your evidence, and give a final argument. Intervenors may be eligible for participant funding.

Learn more at www.neb-one.gc.ca/pfp.

The Application to Participate form will be posted at www.neb-one.gc.ca/applytoparticipate starting 9 November 2015. The deadline for applying is 27 November 2015 (12 midnight, local time, Calgary, Alberta). The NEB will review each application and will inform everyone who applied whether or not they will be allowed to participate, and how.

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Spot The MOcs As part of the “Walk in my Mocs” campaign, New Directions group is partnering with Two Row Times in the “Spot the Moc” contest.

The two row times will be hiding 5 images of moccasins per week in each issue starting on October 28th to November 20th.

Find all five and bring your copy of the paper into New Directions Group and your name will be entered into the draw for a chance to win a pair a moccasins created by Mohawk Mocs. Ten Pairs of moccasins will be drawn during National Addictions Awareness week on November 16th to November 20th, 2015.

Watch for our campaign “Walk in My MOcs”

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Indigenous genocide finally acknowledged in Canada

By Jim Windle EAGLES NEST/BRANTFORD – The truth about Duncan Campbell Scott is finally out and it’s about time that Canada is finally beginning to set its history straight with the rewording of a plaque marking the gravesite of the notorious DC Scott.

The old plaque only touted him as one of Canada’s great poets, with no

children between the ages of seven and fifteen to attend government sponsored and church run residential schools.

Scott believed that removing Onkwehonwe children from the influences of home and reserve would speed up the cultural disappearance of the whole aboriginal population by making them Canadians.

About 150,000 aboriginal, Inuit and Métis

The real Duncan Campbell Scott is finally revealed as one of Canada's worst abusers of Indigenous people in its history with the installation of a new plaque at his gravesite. The new plaque reveals him as the architect of the residential school system which stole the childhoods of thousands of Indigenous children and killed countless others. mention of his politics and racist policies against Canada’s Aboriginal peoples.

The new plaque now includes: “As Deputy Superintendent, Scott oversaw the assimilationist Indian Residential School system for Aboriginal children, stating his goal was ‘to get rid of the Indian problem.’ In its 2015 report, Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission found that the Indian Residential School system amounted to cultural genocide.”

Scott’s actual quote also reads, “I want to get rid of the Indian problem.

Our objective is to continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada that has not been absorbed into the body politic and there is no Indian question, and no Indian Department, that is the whole object of this Bill.”

That was in 1920 and has been the Tory’s Indian policy ever since. Canada’s Assimilationist stance began some years earlier with the Gradual Civilization Act of 1857, but Campbell made an art of it.

Later, an amendment to the Indian Act made it mandatory for all native

children were removed from their communities and forced to attend these schools, some as day school students and others in residential schools, but either way, the children received the same ill treatment policy with cultural genocide at its roots.

Under Scotts “kill the Indian, save the man” policy, records show that on the average, as many as 50% of those enrolled in these schools died while under the care of underpaid, unqualified and racist teachers and principals.

Thousands of others were sexually abused and sometimes used for entertainment for local rich and powerful citizens. Such was the case with another highly acclaimed government official, Judge Sturgis Hardy who became Ontario’s fourth Premier and the Attorney General of Canada.

Hardy was born in Mount Pleasant and lived and practiced as a lawyer in Brantford. It was during this time that he impregnated a young Six Nations student at the school. Hardy hired the girl as a part time housekeeper while she attended the Mohawk

Institute. When it was discovered that she was pregnant, Hardy felt pangs of remorse and admitted to his deeds even giving the offspring his own last name. The child was born on the third floor infirmary of the Mohawk Institute and kept at the school from infancy to adulthood, paid for by Judge Hardy.

When she grew into a woman she was hired by the school as a teacher

where she worked until her death, having been born, raised and died within the walls of the Mohawk Institute.

When the school found itself in need of a new principal after the retirement of Reverend Horace Snell, Mr. Joseph Hill (a highly educated Six Nations teacher) was recommended for the job, but the Anglican Church would not allow that. That opened the door

for one of the other most hated men in Indian Country, Reverend John Zimmerman — a name which still brings fear and shame when mentioned.

The sexually and physically abusive Reverend Zimmerman was made Principal in 1945 where he remained until the school was officially closed in 1969-70. Many former students, now adults, even today cry at the sound of his

name.

The succession of abusers over generations has caused far-reaching harm to Native people today through multi-generational trauma and abuse passed from generation to generation. Although some have been fortunate enough to break the cycle others still struggle with the aftermath of the residential school experience.

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Controversial statues project protested by Laurier Professors A project funded by a private citizens group which would have 22 former prime ministers immortalized in bronze statue on land occupied by Wilfred Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario has been temporarily halted.

Indigenous historian, Kim Anderson, along with her Metis son who is also a fiddler and a friend engaged in some performance art in front of Sir John A. MacDonald’s statue to highlight the erasure of diversity on Laurier’s campus.

MacDonald, Canada’s first prime minister, was also responsible for the residential school policy, the incarceration of Cree lead-

N'we Jinan and a group of students from Lac Seul First Nation have created a hit song named Echo My Soul that has over 100,000 views on Facebook. ers Poundmaker and Big Bear, as well as the hanging death of Metis leader, Louis Riel.

Anderson says that the statues represent a “violent legacy of displacing Indigenous men from land, language and family.”

Considering that 25% of all incarcerated males are Indigenous, Anderson asserts that Native students

that walk by the statues on campus every day, will feel “the slap” associated with the violence of continuing colonialism.

Professor Jonathan Finn delivered a petition with over 1000 signatures to Laurier’s senate. Finn said that, “a pointed reading on the statues could imply that the university celebrates white, male leaders and

not inclusivity.” WLU Senate would like the university to cancel the project.

First Nations Students write hit song with N'we Jinan A group of students from Lac Seul First Nation, by Sioux Lookout have pro-

duced and performed a song called, “Echo My Soul” and it has been viewed over 95, 000 times on Facebook. David Hodges, a music educator from Montreal who has a traveling music studio, worked with students to create an environment where kids can feel safe, to foster a sense of belonging and ultimately create some music. Jen-

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nifer Manitowabi, Education Director and Principal for schools in Lac Seul, organized the collaboration because she noticed her students had a real love for music.

Cassie Capay, 16, one of the producers and singers of the song has said that she, “really likes music.”

The song’s lyrics speak of the student’s love for their community and is full of positive messaging. Manitowabi wanted to show her students that they have the ability to do anything they put their mind to. Capay said, “Its working! We’re rising.” Hodges came back to the community to create a music video with the students. They have been invited to perform at an upcoming leadership event in Toronto.

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ereignty with recent discharge. ruling Ethan Hawke adds Two Akwesasne wom- star power to battle en have been charged in separate incidents after over drilling in the they dropped people off Gulf of St. Lawrence in Cornwall Island without checking in first with Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA). Dubbed a “constitutional test case”, the women attempted to assert an “aboriginal right to mobility to travel freely” within their territory for family or community purposes. Having to check in at Cornwall port of entry violates their Charter rights, but Judge Peter Griffiths claims that upholding this right would put the integrity of the border “severely at risk.”

Akwesasne sits in the middle of the St. Lawrence river with the US-Canada border crossing Mohawk territory. According to the judge, Cornwall border has a “proven history of smuggling of arms, people and contraband.” The Mohawk Council of Akwesasne said the criminal charges were “absurd” and shows the, “hardship community members endure to simply travel within their own community and attend community events.” Both women were released with a 6 month conditional

Academy Award winning actor, Ethan Hawke joined Mi’kmaq fishers on the east coast who are raising their voices in opposition to oil exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Corridor Resources hopes to start seismic testing in the ecologically sensitive waterway where over 2000 species spawn and migrate every year.

The corporation has applied to explore for oil in the Mi’kmaq traditional fishing grounds. A coalition has formed between the Mi’kmaq, Maliseet and Ilnu nations on the east coast to call for a moratorium. Hawke, who owns property on the north shore of Nova Scotia says that he “feels honoured to help raise awareness to help the water.”

The Mi’kmaq nation is reminding their treaty partners of the sacred obligation. The Conservative government did not respond to these demands. The coalition has never been consulted and

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Ontario court will decide on possible destruction of residential school evidence

In a complex case, involving multiple parties like the Canadian government, Catholic and Anglican churches and Indigenous peoples across the country, 3 judges will decide if evidence related to residential school experiences should be destroyed. The records include the testimonies of over 38, 000 survivors and serve to evidence a painful chapter of Canadian history. Chief adjudicator of the Independent Assessment Process (IAP), Dan Shapiro argues that the complete destruction of all records is the only way to protect privacy. Ottawa also argues

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that IAP records are government records and can only be released 20 years after those identified in it have died.

Justice Murray Sinclair, who headed the Truth and Reconciliation Commission is concerned that these stories will be lost forever. “In a few gen-

erations, that will allow people to be able to deny the validity of the stories we have heard,” he said.

“Right now, there are deniers of these facts.” The Truth and Reconciliation Commission would like to see the records in a permanent archive at the National Research Centre for

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By Josh Bean ENGAGE - We get to have a lot of fun with projects like Healthy Roots and Good Minds Stand Up at the Two Row Times. But I have to say, spending a whole month talking about playing and having fun is going to be amazing!

But it’s not going to

be all fun and games... actually that’s not true, that’s exactly what it’s going to be.

In a paper titled ‘The Importance of Play in Promoting Healthy Child Development and Maintaining Strong Parent-Child Bonds’ author Kenneth R. Ginsburg writes: “Play allows children to use their creativity while devel-

oping their imagination, dexterity, and physical, cognitive, and emotional strength. Play is important to healthy brain development. It is through play that children at a very early age engage and interact in the world around them.”

But what it really comes down to is that: “Life is more fun if you play games.” ― Roald Dahl.

Throughout the next four weeks we’ll be exploring traditional Haudenosaunee games, board games, video games, movement games and more.

We’ll be exploring the historical context of games, providing some resources so you can play along at home, and hosting an amazing “Day of

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Play” with our friends at Thru the RedDoor Studios on November 28th (see the poster on the next page).

Engage will focus on a different type of play each week: • Week 1: Coordinate • Week 2: Pretend • Week 3: Discover • Week 4: Your Choice People of all ages

need to play, children, elders, adults, everyone. So over the next four weeks we invite you to let down your guard, engage yourself and those around you, and have some fun.

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” ― Richard Lingard.

Bring the different elements of (a complex activity or organization) into a relationship that will ensure efficiency or harmony.

ENGAGE - There are a few different ways to look at our first theme: Coordinate.

Bone and Toggle Children can work on their hand-eye coordination with a game such as Bone and Toggle (see our DIY Bone and Toggle instructions below).

Balance Beam Develop your childs balance by walking on a balance beam or if you don’t have a balance beam simply use a piece of wood called a 4x4, you’ll need around 6-8 feet, put it on the ground and have your kids try to walk along it without falling off.

Jigsaw Puzzle Everybody loves a good jigsaw puzzle. Buy one new or scour your local used clothing store where there’s a good chance you’ll find one.

There’s a board game for everyone out there and it’s a great thing to do as a family.

Board Games There are a lot of great strategy based board games such as Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne, or if you’re able to get your hands on one there’s a special War of 1812 Board game where you can pick Six Nations as your team.

Video Games Similar to board games there are a wide variety of video games the fit our theme this week. Popular games such as League of Legends, Super Mario Maker and Minecraft would be a perfect fit. But like all of these games there’s something out there for every-

one.

If technology or video games is not your thing watching children play their favourite video game is just as beneficial to their self-esteem. Take a genuine interest in what your children are interested in and everyone will win.

Build your own Bone & Toggle Game Here are some simple instructions so you can build your own Bone and Toggle Game.

Things You’ll need: Scissors Cardboard Tube Pencil String Hole Punch

Instructions:

Step #1: Punch a hole in the cardboard tube

(approximately where the black hole is on the picture to the left)

Step #2: Cut your string 12-18 inches long (play with different lengths of string to make it harder)

Step #3: Tie one end of your string to the hole in the tube Step #4: Tie the other end of the string to your pencil (tie the string about a 1/4 of the way down the pencil)

Step #5: Play with your new toy. The object of the game is to try to flip the cardboard tube up onto the pencil

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Engage: Play as a form of decolonization

By Jonathan Garlow ENGAGE - Haudenosaunee means ‘People of the longhouse.’ In contrast to the indigenous people of the plains, who lived in teepees specifically developed for a migratory hunting society, our society had large, permanent, multifamily homes.

The Haudenosaunee people were geographically located in what is now known as Upper NY State and the winters have always been long and frigid.

Haudenosaunee families spent many months playing winter games such as snow snake and games were an important aspect of our culture.

Playing games would have been more than a past-time but an integral part of our lives.

Play is such an import-

ant aspect of many indigenous cultures. Uarhukua is an ancient game played by the Purépecha people that resembles modern day street hockey but was played in South Western Mexico 3,000 years ago, and is still played today.

They even invented their own rubber balls made from the indigenous rubber tree (Archaeologists found a dozen balls in a bog that dated to roughly 1600 BCE).

This year the World Indigenous Games in Brazil featured Uarkukua as a competitive international sport (The next indigenous games will be held in 2017 in Canada).

There is a resurgence and re-emergence of these ancient games amongst indigenous people worldwide.

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Grand River Territory we also have our share of ancient games such as the Creators Game known in Canada as lacrosse. Some of our elders may remember ding ball or double ball which is a similar game with slightly different rules.

The history of games goes back to the Haudenosaunee Creation Story. Although accounts may vary it seems that Skywoman’s grandsons, the Good Twin and the Evil Twin, used games as a tool for solving problems. We look forward to hearing about the historical relevance of games in Haudenosaunee culture from elders and local historians in this month long look at the value of play.

Despite many Hollywood stereotypes relegating us as an extinct people

We believe that modern games and traditional games can bring our families back together.

The idea of success and happiness has always been viewed through European eyes. But if our Haudenosaunee roots have any relevance today then perhaps there is room to view the idea of gameplay as more than just a waste of time.

With the launch of ENGAGE, we are hoping to explore the value and importance of games in our society and how playing together creates a stronger family and community. Engage with us by writing in and sharing a family game that you play – something that other families may not know about.

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perhaps most important to decolonizing indigenous families. The weapon of choice to “kill the indian in the child” was removal of children from their communities and their parents.

Placing Indian children in an environment where they were not allowed to play. These children were treated like prisoners but they had committed no crime except being Indian.

It’s our hope that after analyzing the importance of play in our society we can engage our youth and meet them on their terms.

On every reserve are thousands of children playing the Minecraft video game and they are desperately seeking an avenue to share their stories and creations with the community at large. They want to connect and we want to facilitate that.

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of the past, Indigenous people are still alive and flourishing. Academics call these stereotypes the “Fly in Amber Indian” because North American society wants to keep us trapped as the romanticized noble savage they are comfortable with. But indigenous people survive and adapt.

One of the first Dutch visitors a barber-surgeon named Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert came to Haudenosaunee Territory in 1630 and was disappointed to see iron hinges and nails already in use. We have always been an adaptable and innovative people. Today in modern North American society, indigenous people develop websites, host internet services, program apps and even publish newspapers.

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Caledonia Corvairs win 17-1

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CALEDONIA, ON ‑ It was painful to watch, even on Halloween night, but the league leading Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs decimated the hapless Pelham Panthers 17-1 Saturday night at the Haldimand County Caledonia Centre.

Thank God for small mercies, that the pillaging of the Panthers took place away from home.

That’s after taking down the Thorold Black Hawks 5-2, Thursday night in Thorold.

The twice defending Sutherland Cup champion Corvairs head into this week’s GOJHL schedule in first place in the Golden Horseshoe Conference with 16 wins, 1 loss and 1 tie.

Only the Kitchener Dutchmen rival the Corvairs’ success so far this season with 16 wins, 1 loss and an overtime loss for an identical 33 points in the Midwestern Conference.

The acquisition of Corey Pawley from the London Knights of the

Tait Seguin, #77, waits for the tip in of Austin Brown's shot. The Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs crushed the Pelham Panthers 17-1 Saturday night at the Haldimand County Caledonia Centre. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE OHL in the off season has given the Corvairs a legitimate scoring ace to add to the already loaded

four-line bench for their third crack in a row at the Sutherland Cup. With the help of a

goal and four assists against the Panthers, Pawley is leading the league scoring with 17

took a 1-0 lead into the second period where they added another early for a 2-0 lead. From that moment on, the Corvairs owned the Black Hawks with a dramatic turn around, scoring the last five goals of the game to leave the Hawks in the dust, outshooting them 23-9 in the second period alone, 48-17 in the game.

Scoring for Caledonia was Todd Ratchford and Matthew Hore with power play goals, Jake Brown, Matt Rimac and Matt McCartney.

Saturday’s massacre of the Pelham Panthers included scoring from nearly every sweater on the bench.

This week’s games include a Saturday night date in Fort Erie with the Meteors and a Sunday night game at home against the second place Ancaster Avalanche at 7:30 pm.

goals and 29 assists in 18 games played.

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Six Nations Bantams outlast Twin Centres

By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS – The Southern Counties Six Nations Bantams hung on to defeat the Twin Centres Stars 4-3 at the Gaylord Powless Arena on Sunday, barely holding off a late game surge by the Stars.

After a blank first period, Devin Jamieson got things going for Six Nations in the second, unassisted. The Stars evened the score with a beautifully executed two-man break away with Curtis Butler finishing with a tap-in at the edge of the crease.

Sandy Porter and Jamieson added two more for Six Nations with quick goals only a minute apart to take a 3-1 score. Then, with 23 seconds left in the period, Porter scored his second of the game to end the middle period up 4-1.

The Stars cut the Six Nations lead to 4-2 early in the second with a close-in ice level goal by Tyler Munro that found a

Oh, so close, but Six Nation Bantams still hung on for a 4-3 win over Twin Centres Sunday at the GPA. PHOTO

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Six Nations Bantams' Devin Jamieson scored two goals in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Twin Centres Stars, Sunday afternoon at the Gaylord Powless Arena. The other two goals were scored by team captain, Sandy Porter. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE path between goalie Caleb Martin’s legs as the Stars began to take ter-

ritorial advantage in the third period.

Twin Centres kept

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the pressure on and with 8:39 left to play, Brock Krulick made it interesting with his goal to make it a one-goal game at 4-3.

Six Nations took two penalties, seconds apart creating a 5 on 3 situation. The Six Nations

penalty killers worked extremely well in keeping the Stars away from their net and successfully killed off both penalties.

With under a minute left, Martin made a game saver in the Six Nation crease to protect the nar-

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Twin Centres Stars complete comeback win

By Jim Windle OHSWEKEN, ON – There was a robbery Sunday afternoon at the Gaylord Powless Arena as the visiting Twin Centres Stars stole a win from the Six Nations Midgets.

It got a bit testy along the way with several penalties called on both teams as referees tried to keep the game in check, especially in the third when Twin Centres’ Troy Hammerich lost total control taking 34 minutes in penalties plus a game misconduct in the third period alone.

Hammerich scored the first goal of the contest with a beautiful shot placed high to the glove side of starter Cody Summers in the Six Nations net. Travis Longboat tied the game at 1-1 with a close-in backhander, with 27 seconds left in the opening period.

Davin Whitlow scored two early goals in the second period for a 3-1 Six Nations lead.

The Stars answered one of them at 7:30 but just nine seconds later Whitlow completed the hat trick at 7:30 to earn a 4-2 Six Nations lead. But the stars ended the second period tied at 4-4 after a pair of late period Twin Centres goals. That set up for an exciting third period.

Twin Centres’ Dustin Beam broke the tie less than a minute into the third, but Longboat erased that moments later from Tyden Hill, tying it again, at 5-5.

Tyler Bender and Will Martin added third period goals to hand the visitors a 7-5 lead with time running out.

Six Nations pulled their goalie and it paid off with a Six Nations goal to make it close at 7-6, with 26 seconds left in regulation time, but the clock beat them and Six Nations took the loss Six Nations Midge's completely screen Twin Centres' goalie, Nathan in an existing finish.

Belcourt in Sunday's Southern Counties hockey at the Gaylord Powless Arena. Unfortunately for Six Nations, the point shot did not get through as they lost to the visitors 7-6. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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U-19 Iroquois Nationals open tryouts coming The Iroquois National Lacrosse Program will begin open tryouts for the U-19 Iroquois Nationals on November 14th and 15th at the Nichols School in Buffalo, NY. Player’s registration will begin at 10 am sharp.

Please bring your own equipment along with cleats as tryouts will be on a field turf. Players will also need to bring with them a birth certificate, Haudenosaunee Passport (if one is needed, please apply for one), and a letter of recognition from your traditional government. If

players are not Haudenosaunee, a letter of recognition will be required from the traditional government of that nation.

The registration application form will be available in PDF format at www.iroquoisnationals. org. The registration application form must be filled out, and players must also bring a try-out fee of $75.

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Natural ways to alleviate anxiety disorders No one is immune to anxiety, which can be triggered by a number of factors. Many people who deal with anxiety can trace their episodes to family, finances or work, but other circumstances, including personal health or even fear of traveling, can lead to anxiety that’s difficult to manage.

According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting roughly 40 million adults age 18 and older. Anxiety is a significant issue in Canada as well, where the Anxiety Disorders Association of Canada reports that such disorders are the most prevalent mental illness affecting Canadian adults.

While many rely on prescription medication to treat their anxiety, those suffering from anxiety disorders may want to discuss natural alternatives to such medications with their physicians. The following are some natural ways to treat anxiety that may help anxiety sufferers deal with their disorder without the need for medication. * Chamomile: An ancient medicinal herb, chamomile is experiencing a resurgence of sorts. The dried flowers of chamomile contain many terpenoids and flavonoids that increase its medicinal properties. In fact, a study at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center that examined the efficacy of chamomile at treating generalized anxiety disorder found

that patients who took chamomile supplements for eight weeks experienced a significant decrease in their symptoms compared to those given a placebo. Chamomile tea has grown increasingly popular in recent years, but those suffering from anxiety may want to discuss with their doctors chamomile supplements as a means to treating their anxiety. * Valerian: Used to treat insomnia, valerian is a sedative herb that is best taken at night. Some people drink valerian tea to reduce their anxiety, but the aroma of valerian tea can be unpleasant. If that aroma is simply too pungent, valerian can be taken as a capsule or tincture. But valerian should really only be taken at night thanks to its sedative compounds. * Exercise: Treating anxiety does not necessarily have to involve putting something into your body. Exercise can be an effective antidote to anxiety, especially for those people whose anxiety can be traced to their concerns about their long-term health. Regular exercise improves mood and supports longterm health, and for some anxiety sufferers that’s enough to alleviate their condition. Even a relatively short 30-minute daily workout can be very effective at treating anxiety. * Omega-3 fatty acids: Omega-3 fatty acids can benefit the body in a variety of ways. Though most widely associated with promoting cardiovascular health, omega-3 fatty acids also have

been linked to alleviating anxiety. In a 2011 study published in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, students who received omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids before an exam experienced a 20 percent reduction in anxiety symptoms over those who received a placebo. Sources of omega-3 fatty acids include salmon and other oily, coldwater fishes.

Omega-3 fatty acid supplements also are available, but men and women should discuss such supplements and any potential side effects with their physicians before taking anything. Anxiety is a significant concern for millions of people across the globe. But those suffering from anxiety may be able to treat their conditions naturally.

Dear Kitty, I have a question that is sort of odd. What can I do to change my garden’s draining capabilities?

This summer the heavy rain flooded my garden several times and I had a

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skimpy harvest. Any suggestions are appreciated.

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a good time to do some drainage work for next season. A couple of quick and easy solutions are to add large amounts of organic matter (compost).

When you have high organic matter in your soil, excess moisture can drain through while plants still get the nutrients and water they need. The other easy thing to do is to create channels or trenches with a shovel or trowel.

Be sure they are directing the water to a lower spot away from your garden. You can also direct the channels toward a hole you dig. Put gravel or stone at the bottom of the hole. Envision a sump pump hole, so about 2 feet

across and 2-3 feet deep.

If the problem of your garden flooding is severe, you may want to add raised beds to your space or use a graveled channel system that culminates in a separate water garden.

Water gardens are beautiful and a useful way to collect water. This may be useful for dry spells.

I hope one of these suggestions helps your water-logged garden next season! Good for you for planning and strategizing ahead to have your best garden ever!

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Cree Rising in the studio R-L: Chris Sam (studio manager), Timothy Bosum (drums), Brian Fireman (lead vocalist), Darrel Spencer (guitar) and John Scipio (bass). Photo by Lindsay Monture.

Cree Rising brings Chisisabi hard rock to Jukasa Studios

By Lindsay Monture SIX NATIONS – For over two weeks in October, Jukasa Studios was hit with some hard-rock flavor from Cree Rising, the Cree rock band from Chisasibi, Quebec. The band recorded their 11-track self-titled album debut in the studios, which was a big move for the band hailing from the cold, remote community on the eastern shores of James Bay. Back in 2012, selftaught musicians Darrel Spencer (guitar), John Scipio (bass), Brian Fireman (lead vocalist) and Timothy Bosum (drummer) had been in bands of their own but would go check out each other’s shows.

Eventually they decided it was time to join forces and wanted to create music of their own.

“I was getting tired of just playing covers and we wanted to write our own material, so that’s how we started,” says Spencer.

“We grew up listening to bands like Metallica,” adds Fireman, “One day we thought we wanted to find our own style of music so we found a style that is a little bit of Nickleback and Linkin Park, some U2 and Bon Jovi.”

Cree Rising have been making waves at the music festivals in Chisasibi and the surrounding area, opening for bands like Hedley, Simple Plan, Faber Drive, Prism, Claude McKenzie and Blackstone, as well as garnering a ton of community support.

With the help of their managers, including studio manager Chris Sam, the band worked towards seeking sponsorship from various parties in Chisasibi and the nearby communities, as well as raising funds

Timothy Bosum, Darrel Spencer, Brian Fireman and John Scipio Rocking out the Cree Rising way while Chris Sam watches on at Jukasa Recording Studios. PHOTO BY LINDSAY MONTURE to travel and record their first album at the Jukasa Recording Studios on Six Nations.

“I used to be in the band when it started, but I went my own way to get more education in music production, and the band asked me to join them in the studio,” Sam shares.

“My role in the band was talking to the guys to bring their best in the studio, and they did. I’m proud of them.”

The band chose to record at Jukasa after reaching out to other musicians for advice.

“We had a friend who played on the same stage as Blackstone. They recently finished an album with them, so we messaged them and starting doing our own research,” explains Spencer. They got a tip from Stevie Salas about recording at Jukasa and quickly found the studio was accommodating to their needs.

“The price was pretty good and they have a nice facility. It’s a real rock studio,” says Spencer. The group came prepared with some songs as well as writing new music right in the studio. “There were some songs we didn’t really want to do but then out of the

blue we just knew what to do with it”, adds Bosum.

“It’s been a very good experience. The people are very nice. Overall, it wasn’t like anything we expected, it was a lot more than that.

It’s a really nice place.” Scipio adds, “I thought the process was going to be more strict but our engineers are good men. They like to go with the groove.”

The group sang high praises about Jukasa because of their ability to allow musicians to have the freedom to create their own sound.

“Expect to see our name Cree Rising out there.

We want people to know who we are and where we’re from,” says Spencer.

The rest of the band adds, “We’re doing this for the youth back home. We want to show them what they can do and that’s its possible, you just have to believe in it, and work hard for it. You need patience and sacrifice and it can happen.”

After completing the recording of their first album, Cree Rising have big plans to bring their hard rock ballads to other First Nations communities. Find out more info on the Cree Rising Facebook page.

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Champions for Change story from page 2 Welfare System.

“The Child Welfare System we know that Aboriginal kids represent almost 50% of all kids in care,” he said. “The child is taken from the family environment and community environment and often they are placed in culturally inappropriate environments.”

He was also critical of past practices where CAS tries to hide an adopted child’s heritage.

He related to many cases where an adopted Aboriginal child does not even know what his or her heritage is, which creates an atmosphere of loss, not knowing who they are or where they belong.

“It’s important to keep stressing the historical family,” says Sinclair.

“If you read the summary report of Truth and Rec-

onciliation Commission will see that our first set of recommendations are aimed at the child welfare system because we see the growing number of Aboriginal children.

Inappropriate cultural placements by institutions is the largest single problem that needs to be addressed at this time.

Probably exceeding the problem we are seeing with the incarceration rates within the justice system.

“All of this is a reflection of the historical legacy of the residential school and the problems which have occurred,” said Sinclair. “Also in regards to reconciliation, I think it is most important for the family.”

He says that reconciliation also includes talking with parents about their lives and be-

ginning to understand where they came from.

“Many second generation victims of residential schools when interviewed have said that they can now understand why their parents are the way they are,” Sinclair says.

It was a full agenda with many interesting speakers dealing with the issues facing Aboriginal families including discussion on Cultural Competency and Fluency in Progressive Aboriginal Relations; Ron Lester’s Bundled Arrows Initiative; the Gathering of Good Minds Summit; Traditional Medicine and Cultural Competency; Feed Your Brain Indigenous Nutrition; Flowing with the Phases of Grandmother Moon, and more.

tela Heights proposed construction site, and it shows nine specific areas of archaeological significance, and three more very close by.

“It was an ideal location for the Tutelos,” says Kraemer, “overseeing the river and allowing them to see for miles from that vantage point.”

In the 1700s, fear of their bitter Haudenosaunee enemies, especially the Seneca, and European settler pressure in their original homeland in the Virginia and West Virginia area caused them to join with the Saponi Nation and eventually move north to seek protection under the Iroquois Confederacy.

The Tutelo, or Yesan, Yesah or Yesang, as they

called themselves, were adopted as a Nation under the Cayugas in 1753 and suffered loss of life and land in their adopted new home with the Haudenosaunee during the Sullivan raids of 1779, following the American Revolution.

Their village of “Coreorgonel” was located near present-day Ithaca, New York and Buttermilk Falls State Park.

After joining the Confederacy and moving to Brant County, the Tutelo were eventually absorbed through marriage and decimated by Cholera. Many Cayugas have Tutelo blood somewhere in their genes. The last known full blooded and language-speaking Tutelo was Nikonha or Waskiteng (“Old Mosqui-

to”), who died in 1870 at the age of 105. The last known mixed blood Tutelo speaker was John Key, or Gostango (‘Below the Rock’), whose Tutelo name was Nastabon (‘One Step’), and who died in 1898 at age of about 80.

In recent years, others have found thousands of small beads, indicating the Tutelo were very interested in bead working.

“Years ago there was a young man who dug up a skull from that area, took it home and put it under his bed,” recalls Kraemer.

“When his mother found it, she was horrified and told him to get rid of it.”

She does not know what ever became of it.

“At the very least there should be some kind of plaque or something on it to recognize the Tutelo,” Kraemer says. “What I and others have found is only a bit of what is there,” she says. “I hate to see it developed.”

Six Nations Elected Council is in consultations with Walton and along with ASI, will conduct a second information meeting at the Six Nations Community Hall set for November 23rd, at the Sports Den room, between 3 pm and 7 pm.

Tutela Heights story from page 4

Quite the variety of artifacts have been found in the Tutela heights area where a development is planned.

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Jamieson: Peggy Sue Passed away peacefully in Ottawa on November 1, 2015 at the age of 28 years. Beloved daughter of Kerri and Bird. Dear sister to Larry, Erica, Shauna, and Billy. Special auntie to Storm, Winter and Lyra.

Granddaughter of Mary Longboat (Deceased), Ronnie Longboat, Wanda Jamieson and Lawrence Jamieson Sr. (deceased).

Peggy Sue will be greatly missed by many aunts, uncles and cousins. Resting at her parent’s home 2400 6th Line Road, Six Nations after 5 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral Service and burial will held at the Onondaga Longhouse on Thursday November 5, 2015 at 11 a.m. www.rhbanderson.com

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Birthday Celebration

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Community Living Six Nations “Ronatahskats” 2nd Annual Christmas Bazaar Saturday Nov 7-2015 9-3pm 30 Cao Lane, Ohsweken

Mary E. Anderson Longboat Family and friends are invited to help us celebrate our mother, grandmother and great grandmother’s 100th Birthday on Sunday, November 15, 2015. To be held at S.N. Polytech 2160 4th Line Ohsweken 2:00 pm - 4:00pm.

Light lunch will be served.

Best Wishes Only.

Hill’s Snack Bar

We still have room for vendors Please contact Sam at 519 445 4420 or cell 519 754 7360

Coming Events

H.M. Royal Chapel of the Mohawks presents Tastes of the Season A preserves and baked goods sale.

On Saturday, November 7th from 10:00am-2:00pm At the Mohawk Chapel 301 Mohawk Street, Brantford, ON. For more information contact Jaqueline Jamieson (519)758-5444

Vehicles for Sale

ALL DAY BREAKFAST Offering Smoking and Non-Smoking Rooms

905-765-1331

Careers

Careers

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY TITLE: Housing Manager COMPANY: Oonuhseh Niagara Native Homes Inc. HOURS: Full-time (35 hours/week) On-call 24 hours LOCATION: 2 Clark Street, St. Catharines, ON., L2R 5G2 WAGE: $40,000-$45,000 (dependent on experience)

QUALIFICATIONS: • Diploma or degree in the area of: Community Development and/or Business Management • 5+ years in supervisory or management capacity • Experience with budgets in excess of $500,000 • 5+ years experience with report writing, coordination and preparation of operational work plans, annual funding submissions, and other administrative reporting standards • Experience working in Aboriginal communities in front line capacity • Superior working knowledge of Simply Accounting, Excel, MS Word, email and internet applications, file exportation • Proficiency with the preparation of financial statements, budget to actual reports, and auditors reports JOB DESCRIPTION:

• To coordinate the operational and administrative functions of a non-profit Aboriginal housing organization in the catchment areas of St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, and Thorold. Reporting directly to the Board of Directors and Niagara Regional Housing. • Manage the day to day operations with respect to prospective and current tenant inquiries, crisis management, unit inspections, income verifications, and ensuring ongoing financial management of the organization. • Administrative functions include: preparation of board and funding reports; file maintenance; health and safety compliance; tenant newsletters; and legislative compliance. • Working closely with the Board of Directors to implement directives, coordinate policy revisions and committee activities. To prepare regular financial, and long-term strategic operational plans to stakeholders. • For a complete job description contact housingmanager.onnh@cogeco.net HOW TO APPLY:

Include cover letter, resume, and three work related references. Mail or in person: 2 Clark Street, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 5G2. Email: housingmanager.onnh@cogeco.net.

Fax: 905-641-2995 Preference given to applicants of Aboriginal descent CLOSING DATE: Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 12:00 p.m.

Land for Sale

Land for Sale

Cars For Sale Some are certified Under $2000.00 View: 2086 Tuscarora Road Phone: 226.388.7118

Land For Sale

Chicken Supper at St. Lukes Church Smoothtown(1246 Onondaga Rd Near 3rd Line) Saturday Nov 7, 2015 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm Adults-$12.00 Child (6-12) - $6.00 Preschoolers Free Takeouts Available

Back Lot - right of way included, new driveway

Coming Events

Come and enjoy the excellent food that Hill’s Snack Bar is famous for!

FAMILY ATMOSPHERE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

Birth Announcement

Proud parents Wally and Melanie Hill along with big sister Kayla and big brothers Preston and Pierce wish to announce the birth of Paxton Dennis Hill who was born on October 17th, 2015. Baby Paxton weighed in at 9lbs 3oz. Loving grandparents are Kathy and Rod Hill and Pam and Dennis Magee. Paxton is also welcomed by great-grandparents Carmen and Eleanor Porter and Marjorie Hill. Hugs and kisses also come from Paxton’s many loving aunties, uncles, and cousins.

In Memoriam

In loving memory of my wonderful wife Blanche Hill.

We would be celebrating our 65th anniversary on November 4th. Missing you more everyday.

Love Fred.

Notice

Birth Announcement

1636 Second Line Approximately 11 acres

Call between 8:00am - 10:00am and between 8:00pm - 9:00pm No reasonable offer refused

3345 6th Line Road, Six Nations Please recycle this newspaper

519.445.0103

TWO TWO ROW ROW TIMES TIMES

November NOVEMBER 4th, 4TH, 2015 2015

CLUES ACROSS 1. Cronkite’s network 4. Fire insect 7. Gas usage measurement 10. Express pleasure 11. Humbug 12. Every 13. Capital is Valletta 15. Copycat 16. Bound book sheets 19. Steps to an upper floor 22. Local school organizations 23. Old English 24. Atomic #73 25. Cheerless 26. The bill in a restaurant 28. Singer ___ Lo Green 30. Domesticated 33. Mammary gland of a cow 37. Honorable title (Turkish) 38. Alias 39. Emblem of a clan 42. Edouard __, Fr. painter 44. Short-term memory 46. Used to speak to the Queen 47. Vertical spar for sails 50. Expresses surprise 52. Morning 53. A long narrative poem 57. Minor punishment 61. Ice or roller 62. GE founder’s initials 63. Moses’ elder brother 64. Beak 65. A major division of geological time 66. Fuss & bother 67. Young women’s association 68. Feeling sorrow 69. Straggle CLUES DOWN 1. Bog arum lily 2. Thin plain-weave cotton fabric 3. Thick rough piled carpet 4. A way to lessen 5. Amazon river tributary 6. Larceny 7. Make ale

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, things go well in your love life this week, especially after you let go of the reins for a little while. You will be surprised at what comes when you accept change.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Resist the urge to feel slighted when others don’t pay you the attention you think you deserve, Taurus.

Your efforts are being noticed, and they will pay dividends in the long run.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Put your worries aside, Gemini. This week you will be floating on a cloud. Something special comes your way, and the next week should be filled with laughter.

8. Begged 9. White of egg 13. Road travel guide 14. Aircraft tail 17. Italian monk title 18. Sino-Soviet block (abbr.)

20. Goblin 21. A baglike structure in a plant or animal 27. Date 29. I, Portuguese 30. Design on the skin 31. Time before 32. Free from gloss 34. V.P. Quayle 35. Supplement with difficulty 36. Tell on 40. Landed properties

Answers for November 4, 2015 Crossword Puzzle

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Don’t allow indecision to keep you from your ultimate goal this week, Cancer. Do your best to keep an open mind and have confidence in your ability to make the right call.

41. Metric ton 42. One thousandth of an ampere 43. Former __ Hess, oil company 45. Siemans conductance unit 46. Woman (French) 47. More (Spanish) 48. Request 49. Group jargon 51. Stakes 52. In advance 54. Yiddish meat pie 55. Equal, prefix 56. Box (abbr.)

58. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates 59. Scarlett’s home 60. S. branch of the Lower Rhine

SUDOKU

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 You are spurred on by other people’s energy this week, Leo. The more social engagements you can set up the better off you will be. Host a party or enjoy a night on the town.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, stay busy this week with tasks that keep your mind occupied. You can use a few pressurefree days, and staying busy will prevent you from worrying.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Things may reach a critical point this week, Libra.

How you react in tough situations will give others a good indication of how reliable you can be.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, take a few deep breaths when confronted with an issue. Taking a step back can provide a new perspective that can help you solve a problem that’s puzzled you to this point.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Now is a great time to tell family members that you love them, Sagittarius. Open up your heart and share your feelings. You’re bound to feel better for having done so.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, connect with creative people this week and delve into projects that inspire your own creative energy. Even though you’re being crafty, you still will be productive.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 This is a good week to make a bold move, Aquarius.

Keeping your feelings inside will not produce results. Take action and you will be glad you did.

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583 MOHAWK RD MON - FRI 9-5, SAT 9-5 or online at www.tworowtimes.com

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Tasks may need a little more attention this week, Pisces. If things seem to take a bit longer, exercise patience and you will solve the problem.

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