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Why the Burtch Tract is so important

By Jim Windle with files

BURTCH — The tract of land known as the Burtch Tract was part of the Haldimand Tract. It was made manifest by Joseph Brant on behalf of ‘the Mohawks and such others’ of the Six Nations who accepted the land grant directly from the Crown in recompense for lands lost after the American Revolution. It was once estimated to be 930,000 acres, six miles on either side of the Grand River, from source to mouth.

As part of land negotiations following the standoff near Caledonia’s Douglas Creek Estates, now known as Kanohnstaton, former Premier David Peterson promised Six Nations the Burtch lands in exchange for the removal of road blocks on Highway #6.

The promise however, was only for a small portion of the 5,223 acre Burtch Tract.

That small portion was turned into an airport and military training base during WWII. Following the conclusion of WWII in 1949, Ottawa turned the property over to the province.

It became a correctional facility, until it closed in 2003.

But much earlier, Da-

This map shows the total claim area for Burtch, which is a pretty big deal. vid Burtch and received a 999-year lease for land on the South Side of the Grand River.

Burtch directly received the lease from Joseph Brant in the very early 1800’s before Brant’s death in 1807.

This became known as the Burtch Tract, with Burtch’s Landing, now known as Newport, as access to the River.

Several pre-confederation documentations show that the leasing of parts of the original reserve (Haldimand Tract) was approved and even suggested by the Lieutenant Governor of Upper

Canada, “for the benefit of their children.”

In April of 1829, John Brant, the Haudenosaunee Chiefs, and the settler government were negotiating a surrender of 807 acres to be used as a ‘settler reserve’ — a place to move squatters England promised to remove from Haudenosaunee reserve lands (Haldimand Tract).

The removal of squatters from the rest of the tract was a condition of the surrender.

This squatter reserve later became known as Brantford, and it was also no gift.

Moneys derived from the sale and lease of these town plots, as drawn up by surveyor Lewis Burwell, were to go to the benefit of the Six Nations.

Many of these plots were never paid for, or if they were, there is no record of the money ever making it into the Six Nations Trust Fund established by the government to administrate Six Nations funds.

The area selected was surveyed and mapped by Louis Burwell and John Brant personally.

A mere six years later, in 1836, the Haudenosaunee Chiefs petitioned the government that they were not upholding their end of the bargain by expelling squatters from their Haldimand Tract land. This same empty promise was made by three successive Indian Agents.

At an Executive Council meeting Sept. 12th, 1840, it was recommended that Six Nations lease its Haldimand Tract land and not sell it. This would allow non-Natives to live with and alongside the Haudenosaunee while providing revenue for the People of Six Nations in perpetuity.

In November 1840, just two months later, Jarvis began floating the idea of surrendering all of the

Haldimand Tract, except for areas Six Nations wanted for their own, exclusively.

Burtch was one of those areas as were the Oxbow, Eagles Nest, the Johnson Settlement and the Martin Tract.

In fact, the entire south side of the Grand River from Cayuga to Burtch’s Landing was once set aside as part of those reserved lands talks.

Almost every “surrender” of land in and around Brant/Brantford was conditional upon the removal of squatters from their land and the institution of a lease system, which would bring financial stability to the Six Nations people forever.

In subsequent years, leases were sublet and subleased over and over again until the government arbitrarily declared Brant Leases were to be turned into patents, in effect stealing thousands of acres of rightful Six Nations land and the future financial security of Six Nations.

The Burtch Tract was specifically not included in the purported Six Nations land surrender of 1841, which has since been recognized by the government to be void.

It was under heavy protest only weeks after the,

so-called surrender was signed by 6 Six Nations chiefs, some with vested interest, others without full knowledge of what they were signing.

By tradition and by law, all 50 chiefs were to sign any agreement that affected Six Nations lands and people.

Then, in Feb. of 1844, Jarvis comes out and frankly states that there is no way the government is going to remove squatters from the Tract.

By 1845, Six Nations Chiefs Council compromised their stand for the entire Burtch Tract, making provision for whites already settled on that tract, but insist that 2,600 acres of the Tract remain as part of the new proposed reserve.

The entire Burtch Tract is 5,223 acres, according to early surveys. Lands with improvements made by early settlers were 1,763 acres, which Six Nations were willing to discuss as a separate issue. But the government bluntly informed the Chiefs that they would not include any of the Burtch Tract in the reserve lands.

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Continued from page 2 Burwell, were promising certain settlers that they would get first dibs on the Burtch land once the 55,000 acre new proposed reserve was settled, without the Butch lands included.

Settlers with legitimate leases were informed to be ready to relocate when their leases expire.

In June of 1847, Six Nations Chiefs declared again that they do not wish the Burtch Tract to be sold. Again, on Nov. 20, 1847, Council clearly stated they would not sell off the Tract, even after the government suggested the sale would provide enough money to buy new farm implements and seed to every farmer at Six Nations.

Ignoring all Six Nations protest, Supt. General Major T.E. Campbell drew up the plans of Reserve #40, not including the Burtch Tract, on Jan. 18th, 1848.

In an 1851 report from

MP David Thorburn to the Honourable R. Bruce, Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, he says that it was “with great difficulty” he got the Six Nations to sell the Burtch Tract. But there is no documentary evidence to support the notion that the Tract was ever surrendered. If it happened, it is obvious it was done without Six Nations approval or any such due process as required by British law through the Royal Proclamation of 1763.

Fast forward 180 years, and the arguments and evidence regarding the Burtch Tract still have not been dealt with.

But now the water is even murkier.

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The Workers believe the Haldimand Proclamation was no “gift” but was made as compensation for Mohawk lands lost following the American Revolution, and was a document directed towards themselves and others of the Six Nations who wished to give up their traditional territories to join Brant in 1784.

For them, neither the Elected Band Council nor the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council have any right to make deals with Mohawk lands without their say.

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A Night of Sharing and Caring takes Ohsweken

By Chezney Martin SIX NATIONS - An event celebrated those that have been affected by cancer to walk for awareness throughout a 12 hour period in which meals and support are provided at the Ohsweken blue track.

Tents were set by those wishing to stay for the full 12 hours as well as booths, a band and even a kitchen to provide entertainment and food for walkers and supporters.

This great event was headed by the Miles to Go Cancer Support Group, now celebrating its 10th anniversary, of which Spokesperson and Cancer Survivor Erinn Monture said “it's neat how everybody comes together.” “[The walk] relies on everybody pitching in and supplying something,” said Monture. “It brings awareness to cancer, cancer issues within the community and resources; that's why we have the table set up. So, it just brings the community together, because

Walkers pose holding the Night of Sharing Caring banner just as they begin to walk the victory lap, honouring those fighting, surviving or being affected by cancer. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN even though we have the group not everybody attends all of the time,” she said.

But the walk isn't solely for awareness.

“It raises funds, everybody was asked to get pledges or donations for it because Miles to Go is a not-for-profit and it relies solely on donations from the community,” she said.

The money that is raised through walk

pledges and donations is then pooled and offered back to the community in the best way possible – rather than going to cancer research the money goes to the people by means of helping with the coping process and even gas money to appointments.

Monture explained that the group and the walk go hand-in-hand and focus on “our people

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helping our people.”

“A lot of people get cancer and there's a lot of more being diagnosed with cancer today, problem is they're very passive so they don't want to come to groups and stuff like that. But, our [Miles to Go] group is not like a group off of the reserve,” she said.

“It's not like we're sitting there talking or whatever, this is different. It's meant to support each person in our community – our people understand our people,” she said. “I am now the representative for Juravinski Hospital for the patient advocacy board, and that's what I'm trying to bring. I'll be the first First Nations going in to Juravinskis board with their oncologist and president, to bring awareness to how our culture is different from main stream culture,” she said, using diet and living conditions as factors.

One of the booths at the event that focused on bringing awareness was the Palliative Care booth, in which Professional Services Secretary Alicia Hill said she thinks that

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“Six Nations is kind of like the model, like the first Aboriginal Palliative Care Team in Ontario,” said Hill, explaining that this team allows members of the Six Nations community suffering from cancer in need of at home care, to receive it from their own people.

“They looked at the traditional values and they also looked at the Christian values and it gives people the opportunity to, rather than being in a hospice where it's not very Onkwehon:we friendly, it gives people the chance to come home

to their daughters, husbands, or whoever, even their homestead. It gives them the peace of mind coming home on their last days, weeks or months in their own home, and having their own people coming in to service them,” she said, explaining that many off-reserve hospice nurses and caretakers don't quite understand how to approach members that desire traditional practices.

“We have community members that are receiving care in Hagersville, [some are] knowledge keepers, and their staff can't identify with that,” said Hill. “One's guys really worried about like 'I have all of this language that I haven't taught, I know this ceremony and that ceremony and I haven't wrote it down,' and the nurses are just like ‘so?'”.

Hill then explained that cultural sensitivity is key, and many off-reserve care teams are trying to start to understand.

The efforts being made behind the scenes in regards to cancer awareness are bright and big within the Six Nations community – with as much success as has already been achieved, only more can come.

Cancer Survivor and the Night of Sharing and Caring Spokesperson Erinn Monture poses with Miss Mini Six Nations just before the 12 hour walk began.

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Hodinohso:ni ambassadors reconnect with culture and traditions

BY TRT Staff OHSWEKEN — A group of 25 youth ranging in age from 17 to 24 completed the inaugural session of the Hodinohso:ni Ambassador Program at Six Nations Polytechnic (SNP).

A small graduation ceremony for the participants was held on Friday to celebrate and acknowledge what they learned throughout the four week program.

Throughout the past month, participants were put through rigorous workshops on public speaking, community engagement, personal development, self-awareness, culture and professional development.

“One thing I really appreciated about the program is the strengthening of our roots here in Six Nations,” said Coral Curley, one of the program’s participants.

“With things like going to the Great Law recital,

we had these different opportunities to re-immerse ourselves in our own culture and I found it very helpful to solidify the base we have here in our community. Nya:weh Polytech for offering this program. It’s been great.”

SNP received funding for the program this spring through the Youth Opportunities Fund (YOF) Grant.

Over the next 48 months, this $900,000 grant will create more opportunities for Indigenous education and learning for First Nations youth — fostering cultural identity, self-confidence, and placing considerable emphasis on Indigenous identity construction by encompassing spiritual, intellectual, emotional and physical well-being of the youth.

Youth ambassadors participating in this project will also be involved in the upcoming World Indigenous Peoples Con-

ference on Education (WIPCE), co-hosted by SNP and Tap Resources.

President and CEO of Six Nations Polytechnic, Rebecca Jamieson said, “As co-hosts of the upcoming World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE), Six Nations Polytechnic is committed to getting our young people involved and having an important role at the conference. Participants who have successfully come through the Hodinohso:ni Ambassador Program will have the opportunity to be representatives at WIPCE, which is why it’s so important for them to learn about the history and traditions of our people.”

The program model has been sent to some of SNP’s partner institutions in other First Nations communities where they will run their own ambassador programs in 2017.

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Black Snake Editorial by Jonathan Garlow

Thousands of indigenous people and settler allies from across Turtle Island have gathered together within the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota to stop construction of an oil pipeline near sacred land.

The mainstream media says they are protestors but they say they are land defenders, following suit with the Six Nations people who said the same in 2006, over the Kanonhstaton Land Reclamation.

The Lakota’s have concerns over the safety of the water. The oil advocates say that there is very little risk that the pipelines will leak, but routes have often been rerouted when getting too close to large population centres.

The “Wild Indians” do not seem to be getting this protection. We are not Indians, we are the original people, the beings. We are not something other – we are hosts.

What is worse is when the armchair generals of the internet complain in every comment section about the Standing Rock protests. They say the usual rhetoric: the pipeline is creating jobs and then go on to point out that “we all use gas in our cars.”

The problem with this logic is that most humans are in favour of carbon based power, but the difference is that the Lakota’s are protesting to obtain it ethically and without compromising our drinking water. We don’t want to completely get rid of gasoline powered engines – that is craziness.

There’s gotta be a better way than creating the “Black Snake”, which is the name some have been calling the pipeline. The Black Snake is based upon an interpretation of an ancient indigenous prophecy.

If we take a closer look at ourselves we can see that we are wasteful people. There are some who support the recycling initiatives on Six Nations but many just do as they have always done and take their black bags to the dump week after week without sorting.

Many of us have grandparents who used to burn their garbage or maybe still do - and cannot see what is wrong with it.

It is not in our nature to be this way, but one hundred years of colonial conditioning has taught us to buy into materialistic capitalism in all its plastic-wrapped glory.

Side note: There is a theory that we subconsciously feel betrayed by our earth mother after we were wiped out by the smallpox virus, which explains why we so freely pollute her with our freezie tubes, diapers and soda cans.

To be fair to our honorable ancestors, many nations were fighting for survival in those days and some even went extinct! Today, we are still fighting for our survival as a nation and culturally as a people. Which is why some of us have been sleeping and forgotten about our responsibilities to the Creator and to the earth.

The front line warriors, the land defenders are the ones who have remembered their duty and have forsaken their own safety and well-being. They have put mother nature over money and should be celebrated and their names should become known.

These men and women were thinking of the unborn faces, the coming generations.

We should also take a look at our own political representatives and find out what their official position is on the snakes that are crossing through our territories and our precious waterways.

No amount of money is worth risking our water. Imagine if the Grand River got even worse.

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History repeating itself Canada’s food guide has become a tool in the propaganda mill that is voiced here and abroad as to the benefits “Aboriginals” receive from Canada (The Dominion). In fact, where once Indigenous People of the Americas were seen as “super human” by the discoverers, the Indigenous People have become as poor survivors of the once powerful “tribes” that cover the land.

Health statistics on “Indian Reservations” place the Reservation population at the bottom of most measures of health and wellness. Our collective health and wellness may be described as a public health crisis.

Remediation of this crisis is not within the ability of Health Canada to resolve. A wise man has said that “problems cannot be solved by the consciousness that created it”.

Canada’s Indian policies and administration cannot solve our public health crisis, for they were the agents and instrument of the creation of the problems — “kill the Indian and save the man”. No

apology will satisfy our Public Health Crisis.

This being the result of Canada’s Indian policy, one need not struggle to conclude that Indigenous People have not gotten a good deal in the deal to share our land. Making a new deal has some looking to negotiate with the “Feds and Province” for a new relationship. I submit what that does, is to invert the relationship of host to guest. Yet we are informed by “learned jurists” that agents of the Crown are to accommodate the Aboriginal People of Canada on the land.

I submit that this policy is the illusion of the “Rule of Law”. That we are living under the good will of Agents of the Crown, when we are in fact the hosts to Her Britannic Majesty’s Agents in the Dominion.

If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, one may be assured that it is a duck. If it looks like a Dominion, speaks like a Dominion one may be assured it is a Dominion.

Trudeau the elder traveled to London to have the Canada Constitution Act received after passage of British Parliament and then signed by Elizabeth II in 1982. This was to be the end of “Colonial relationship” with Great Britain (repatriation of the Constitution).

Propaganda? Don’t be misled. Our future Generations will benefit from the work we

accomplish to that end.

We need to move the truths of our “ways” from rhetoric to action. Action is to be guided by our truths, without the influences of Dominion Bureaucrats and agents.

Our Peace Covenant or Constitution was accomplished and concluded among forty nine families on behalf of the future generations.

Our present situation is not consistent with the Constitution. Rather, the measure of wellness of those families are subjected to band lists created for the purposes of assimilation — “kill the Indian and save the man”..

This situation has no resolve to our benefit for the underlying concepts are of the Dominion, outside ourselves.

As our ancestors fled to the Ouse/Grand River Territory from the ravages of Sullivan and Clinton’s scorched earth campaign — our many friends, family, allies and other displaced survivors of George Washington’s rebellion were invited and traveled to the Territory with us.

We may take comfort that our ancestors sought to protect many nations thereby extending the rafters of the house. Now, we many “Nations” and are in a position as “history repeats itself “ to continue the work of the Peace Maker, the League of the Iroquois, and protect the many.

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What is the Confederacy: Part Four

Interivew with Loran Thompson

By Nahnda Garlow There are several groups that claim full ownership over land rights and traditional titles of the Haudenosaunee. We spoke with Loran Thompson, Paul Delaronde and Jagwadeth Sandy to hear another teaching about the confederation of the Haudenosaunee people, the Great Law, and the people’s responsibilities within it.

Here is Part Three of that ongoing series.

TRT: I’ve heard people say that the Circle wampum represents the Chiefs and their arms are linked together. Have you ever heard that one?

Thomspon: I have heard that.

TRT: Where do you think that comes from?

Thompson: It comes from the teachings. And it's right because the constitution spells out all of

the Rotiane (all the chiefs) and all the offices of each Yogoyane (clanmother).

Each clan has a Royane (chief). And each one has a name and that name has to be interpreted. ‘What the heck does that name mean?’

Within that name it's going to tell you what his responsibilities are. In today's terms you would say his office. His responsibility within that office he holds.

All of the people within his clan would relate to him and his counterpart —Yagoyane (clanmother) — a male and female.

TRT: What about when people say a person doesn’t have a voice in council, what does that mean?

Thompson: Everything is a balance within our system. There’s a structure you have to go through within the land

and within the clan system to get your voice.

That structure in that circle — [if you are a clan of the] Cayuga, Onondaga — and this goes with any nation. If I walk into any longhouse anywhere I have just as much right, under the Constitution of the Iroquois, I have just as much right to speak my mind in that circle because all of our interests are the same and all of us are the ‘eye of the eagle’.

Today we’re so weak that we think it's a physical eagle. Every time we see an Eagle people almost bow down! ‘Oh look!

Look!’ No. We are the eyes of that eagle. We are the ones that are supposed to screech! Make a loud noise when we see danger out there.

We’re travelling around the place. All of a sudden you come into a longhouse. ‘Hey! I just

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came from Maine. And I got here in Oneida and I just seen a whole army of so-and-so’s are coming this way!’ You see?

They’re supposed to stop and listen to you. Because you are of the same interests as they are. Not that you are a Mohawk coming into Oneida or Cayuga territory. No. It’s you have a clan of the Iroquois Confederacy and you have alliances with other Indians around you that also have clans.

We’re supposed to remember when they come through the door of the longhouse, carrying information, our responsibility is to listen. Not to say to them ‘Oh you're Ojibwe go on home!

You’ve got no business in our affairs!’ We all have a responsibility to listen.

Listen! Because there is an element out there in the world that is so ready to pull the trigger on you and take everything that you have and it is more evident and more dangerous right now in this present day than any other time in history because we are the closest to assimilation than anywhere in our history.

Teiot iohk wenhast ha is an important emblem because it is so simple to see.

When you talk about the circle, you have strings coming out and each one represents a Royane (chief)— which is a family representative, the clan representative.

There is a Yagoyane (clanmother) that also goes with that — male and female. You get your voice through that.

They’re not your leaders.

The white man wants you to think they’re your leaders because the white man is always looking for someone with the authority to sign on the line that will give away all your rights. Give them the ownership to the land.

That's why they always looks for the leader. ‘You get rid of the leader, the rest will all go away.’ See?

There is a reason that we have Rotiskerekehte (young men/warriors).

All the Rotiane (all the chiefs) remain at home in their home interests because the white man is always looking for them.

A Roskerekehte (runner) is the runner for the Rotiane (chiefs). He goes out there with messages. All he does is carry messages. He has no authority to make deals out there. He goes out to them, takes them the message, listens, brings that message back, relays it back and the Rotiane (chiefs) weigh that all out.

And they — within weighing it out — have to bring it back to the different clans that they represent. They have to bring those issues to them and then it is discussed within the clan system. And once they come to one mind within the clan system that Royane (chief) takes it back to Rotiane (all the chiefs) meeting.

It could be different.

Each clan could have a little bit of a different idea about what ‘red’ is.

But within that system of meeting they work out a way to make it a colour that they can all live with.

That's our system.

Within that system they can also disagree so bad that they can't make a decision on it. And they can either bring it up another time when minds cool down, or our minds

are more educated, and bring it back up and resolve it that way.

Or they can also say that ‘This issue is so lopsided that there's no way at this point that we can bring it to a decision’.

That [issue] might come up at another date at another situation and they might have to start all over again.

It’s a complex structure but it’s a very strong structure because America, Canada and the Crown — the British crown — has tried to destroy it for hundreds of years and they haven't been able to.

Those strings that come out are offices and those names will tell you what their responsibility is. Like, Tekarihoken, it means ‘a split position’ and the reason why it says that is people bring him issues. And when he hears that issue he takes that issue because it is his responsibility to bring it up in council.

He doesn’t make a decision on that issue then bring it up in council. He’s a neutral.

He takes it and presents it and then when it's presented and goes through the process.

Then it's given to him again and it's recorded as the decision and it spread to the people. Again it's a complex system.

Watch for part five of this series in next week’s TRT.

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Federal documents point to funding problem in aboriginal student fund The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Federal officials believe the largest federal program aimed at helping aboriginal students pay for post-secondary education faces numerous issues, including a financing cap which limits the fund's ability to keep up with rising tuition costs.

A federal review from summer 2015 suggests the support program needs more money, because a two-per-cent annual escalator is not in step with the increasing cost of tuition.

The report was among briefing materials sent in December to the top official at Employment and Social Development Canada as part of an effort to help the federal government eliminate barriers which keep indigenous students under-represented on campus.

The Canadian Press obtained copies of the documents under the Access to Information Act.

``It's literally affecting the potential future in communities by limiting the access to education,'' NDP indigenous affairs critic Charlie Angus said of the spending cap. ``The government knows just how overstretched this program is and they are very clear in their internal briefings about the devastating effect that the two- percent cap has, so why is it still there?''

The government has said it is working with aboriginal communities on a path forward for indigenous education.

The Liberals promised during last year's election to add $200 million over four years to the program that allows band councils to distribute money to students to cover eligible costs, including tuition, books, travel and living allowances.

The promised money wasn't included in the Liberals' first budget, angering student groups that continue to lobby for

an increase in funding.

The government instead increased money for non-repayable student grants and waived student loan payments until a recipient is earning over $25,000 a year — moves the government promoted Tuesday just as students return to college and university campuses.

It's unclear whether those moves would specifically help aboriginal students.

The Canada Student Loans program doesn't collect details on aboriginal students. The review cites anecdotal evidence that use of the program is weak among aboriginal students and cites research showing aboriginal students are more likely to be averse to debt and less likely to borrow to pay for school.

Universities and colleges have tried to tackle the financial barrier facing aboriginal students by offering more scholarships and bursaries directed to indigenous

learners, but demand for help can outstrip supply, said Sheila Cote-Meek, associate vice-president of academic and indigenous programs at Laurentian University in Sudbury.

Many aboriginal students coming from reserves live in families that can't afford tuition costs, she said. Federal funding through band councils also isn't always enough to cover living costs, nor does it cover aboriginal students who aren't affiliated with a band, CoteMeek said.

Those who do attend college or university often have extra costs to carry, such as child-care costs because many move to campuses with families in tow, she said. ``They're not usually the typical university student, which is a typical university student coming out of a high school system. They have family responsibilities, so the financial burden tends to be that much higher,'' Cote-Meek said.

The University of Winnipeg has an endowment to alleviate that financial burden. Students who are part of the fund have money put aside annually starting when they are in kindergarten to help cover their tuition at the university, should they attend. ``For us getting kids to think about university really begins at day one,'' said Kevin Lamoureux, the school's associate vice-president of indigenous affairs. ``We're trying to build relationships with families right from the begin-

ning so that they always know that university is waiting for them and that it will be a safe place.''

Schools are trying to increase the rates of post-secondary education attainment among aboriginals by having elders design aboriginal-centred courses and create supports specifically designed for aboriginal learners.

And starting this year, students at the University of Winnipeg will be required to take an indigenous-focused course in order to graduate.

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Six Nations Elected Council supports Standing Rock's pipeline opposition

By Nahnda Garlow SIX NATIONS — Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill sent a letter of support for the ongoing stand against the Dakota Access Pipeline near Standing Rock.

“As the most populated First Nation in Canada with more than 26,000 members; Six Nations of the Grand River is honoured to stand with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in opposition of the Dakota Access Pipeline,” the letter states.

The Elected Chief called on the US. Army Corps of Engineers to reassess the pipeline and rescind approval for its construction.

The letter, which was written on behalf of Six Nations Elected Council, says the risks involved in the pipeline will impact indigenous people.

“The construction and operation of the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline poses detrimental and irreversible risks to our current and, most importantly, our seventh generation. calls for unity on environmental issues,” she writes.

Chief Hill said it is the inherent right of indigenous people to protect their indigenous territories.

“For many years First Nations have co-existed in peace and friendship with other Nations, sharing the lands and natural resources found within the traditional territories of Indigenous people,” Chief Hill writes. “This same partnership must exist between humanity and Mother Earth, preserving the lands and natural resources for the right of all people.”

The letter, which was

posted to SNEC’s Facebook page Friday, was widely shared by First Nations and Metis people across Ontario, some calling for their own communities to issue similar official letters of support to Standing Rock.

Officials for the Sacred Stones camp, which is the main camp blocking the passage of the Dakota Access Pipeline across the Missouri River, is estimated to have over 4000 supporters on the ground.

Delegations have been sent from indigenous tribes throughout the United States. Late last week observers from Amnesty International arrived at the camp at the request of organizers to ensure the human rights of demonstrators were being upheld.

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Aboriginal headdresses distributed on 1st Two more First Nations boys from northern day of school rile Montreal mother Manitoba switched at birth: family The Canadian Press MONTREAL — A Quebec mother says she was shocked that two Grade 3 teachers were wearing aboriginal headdresses and handing them out to students on the first day of classes Monday.

Jennifer Dorner said she found the scene in the Montreal schoolyard distressing and offensive and posted a photo and commentary on Facebook, where it began making the rounds. ``I was pretty horrified, I was hoping that this kind of thing stopped happening a long time ago, but apparently it continues so I took a picture and posted about it,'' she said in an interview.

Dorner, whose daughter and niece are both Grade 3 students, said her niece Zoe was particularly upset by the headdress and wanted to rip it up.

School board spokeswoman Gina Guillemette says the headdresses — fashioned from cardboard and coloured feathers —

were distributed to students at Ecole Lajoie as part of a focus on teaching about native communities in Quebec.

Dorner said that explanation is even more upsetting given the very people introducing the topic don't seem to grasp the disrespect of portraying the headdress in this way. ``How can they possibly be teaching an authentic understanding of indigenous culture?,'' she asked. ``It doesn't help their cause to say that. If anything, it makes it even more distressing.''

Such headdresses are generally only worn by elders or those who've earned the right to do so.

Non-natives donning them is seen as disrespectful as there is a spiritual and cultural significance attached to them.

Many concert promoters and sporting venues have banned the wearing of such First Nations headdresses as a costume or fashion accessory.

Dorner said a friend who is native has offered

to attend a meeting she's requested with the principal at the elementary school in Montreal's Outremont borough.

Zoe's mother, Sarah Dorner, said her daughter refused to wear the headdress. ``My daughter is very sensitive to these things, we lived in New Zealand for most of 2015 so we've had a lot of conversations with her about when it's OK to be invited and to wear a costume or participate in song and dance,'' she said, referring to Maori culture in New Zealand.

Sarah Dorner said she just wanted her daughter to enjoy her first day of school.

Some of the recommendations from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission focus on education and she said the need to implement them is clear. ``I'm hoping that maybe, because this has hit a nerve, they'll consider more appropriate ways of introducing that curriculum,'' she said.

The Canadian Press NORWAY HOUSE, Man. — Indigenous leaders say two men from a northern Manitoba First Nation have DNA evidence showing they were switched at birth — the second such alleged mixup in the mid-1970s at the same federally run hospital.

The men, who are to share their story publicly Friday, were born at the Norway House Cree Nation hospital in January 1975. They still live in the community about 450 kilometres north of Winnipeg.

DNA tests revealed just a few days ago that the men are not biologically related to their parents. ``It's disgraceful,'' Manitoba's former aboriginal affairs minister Eric Robinson, who has been working with the families, said Thursday. ``It's really, really troubling.''

The revelation comes

after two men from Garden Hill First Nation discovered last fall that they were switched at birth at the Norway House hospital in the same year.

Luke Monias and Norman Barkman were born in June 1975 and raised by each other's families.

They learned the truth through DNA tests last November.

Robinson said there was always suspicion among residents in Norway House about the latest case. He wouldn't name the men before their news conference Friday.

Their families are coping as best they can, Robinson said, but they are in turmoil because their lives have been torn apart.

One of the fathers is an elder who shares the same name as his son. ``The boy he raised is known as Junior,'' Robinson said. ``They're upset and (saying), 'How can this happen?' They are con-

fused and there is a bit of anger.''

When the first mix-up came to light, Robinson and others called on the federal government to investigate. Counselling was offered but no action appears to have been taken, Robinson said. ``This matter was just swept under the rug.''

Now, he and the Norway House First Nation are renewing the call for an inquiry so the families get the answers they deserve. The federal government must appoint an independent body to conduct a thorough investigation, Robinson suggested.

If this happened to four newborns at the same hospital, he asked, how many other indigenous babies were also switched at birth? ``Other cases may come forward,'' he said. ``Twice in the same year in the same hospital with indigenous kids? It makes you question.''

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Caribou herd in Labrador may not recover The Canadian Press ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — A once-thriving caribou herd in Labrador that exceeded 800,000 animals in the 1990s is on the verge of collapse, with fewer than 9,000 remaining, biologists say.

The Newfoundland and Labrador government, in a dire statement released Monday, said the George River herd won't recover unless all illegal hunting is stopped.

A recent census of the herd shows the population could become extirpated in less than five years, which means the herd will become so small it will lose its capacity to recover.

The rapid decline has been caused by deteriorating habitat, poor food resources, predation and

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the effects of climate change, according to biologists in Quebec and Labrador.

A hunting ban was introduced in 2013 when it became clear the herd was in trouble.

A survey in July showed the population had fallen to 8,938 animals, a 37 per cent drop when compared with a 2014 census. ``This is tragic, not only for the ecosystem, but for the aboriginal people of Labrador and Quebec who have utilized this herd as a resource,'' Environment Minister Perry Trimper said in a statement. ``Our government is now assessing next steps to ensure the herd will be protected, and we once again call on individuals who value the herd to ad-

here to the current hunting ban.''

Last year, Labrador's Innu Nation said its members would continue to hunt George River caribou despite warnings about rapidly declining numbers.

At the time, deputy chief Simeon Tshakapesh said hunting wasn't to blame, saying Innu elders have long preached conservation — and Innu hunters only take what they need.

In 2013, when the ban was introduced, the Innu Nation said it was in favour of conservation measures, but the group argued that a ban went too far, considering the Innu have been hunting caribou for thousands of years.

At the time, the group said the 650 Innu living

in Natuashish and the 1,600 Innu living farther south in Sheshatshiu were typically killing and eating about 800 to 900 caribou annually.

Labrador's Inuit and Metis hunters agreed at the time to respect the ban.

The fate of Labrador's caribou herds has vexed the Newfoundland and Labrador government for years.

In 2009, then-provincial cabinet minister Kathy Dunderdale accused a group of hunters from eastern Quebec of killing almost half of the threatened Joir River caribou herd in southern Labrador.

That herd numbered only about 100 animals at the time.

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long argued that they were never consulted about conservation measures — and they denied the minister's allegation.

In February 2007, the Newfoundland and Labrador government warned a 10-member party of Quebec Innu they would be prosecuted if they killed caribou in the Joir River area.

In 2006, conservation officers identified more than 30 caribou kill sites in parts of southern Labrador — all within zones closed to hunting.

In 2004, three Quebec Innu hunters who shot caribou from threatened Red Wine herd in Labrador were fined $5,000 each after arguing that they were motivated by the need to protect their inherent rights.

Conservative leader and former PM steps down

By Nahnda Garlow OTTAWA — Former Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper has resigned from politics.

He announced his official resignation from his seat in the House of Commons Friday on social media.

Harper previously stepped down as leader for the Conservative party after a defeat by the Liberals during the 2015 Election.

Officials for the Conservatives say they will elect a new leader this May.

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Health Canada closes nursing stations on remote Northern reserves with 2 days notice

On August 23, federal officials shocked Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) with a memo saying that an “alternative delivery plan would go into effect on Thursday.” Although there is federal policy that states First Nations must be staffed with two nurses at all times, Health Canada spokesperson Eric Morrissette said that “an insufficient number of nurses caused the temporary closure in the communities of Keewaywin and Summer Beaver.”

Keewaywin and Summer Beaver are both fly in communities that are only accessibly by road in the winter time when water ways are frozen over. Both First Nations are represented by the umbrella political organization called Nishnawbe Aski Nation.

Forty-nine communities are part of NAN covering more than 338,000 square kilometres of territory and representing more than 45,000 members.

Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler said that the continued challenges in staffing these nursing stations is intolerable. “This has caused unnecessary chaos and confusion leaving our leaders scrambling to ensure the health and safety of their community members,” he said. According to a Health Canada memo, community members would still have access to telemedicine nursing services but must be accessed through alternate nursing stations.

However, NAN Deputy Grand Chief Jason Smallboy called the decision one that “exacerabates” an ongoing health crisis that is gripping Indigenous communities. The alternate nursing stations are only accessible by plane. “I strongly disagree with Health Canada's reliance on alternate

sites for health care access and telemedicine as temporary solutions,” said Smallboy.

“Residents of remote fly in communities cannot simply drive to neighboring communities,” he said.

In the 2015 Federal Auditor General's report, Michael Ferguson confirmed repeated criticisms made

by Indigenous leaders that the quality of health care in remote First Nation communities is “sorely inadequate.”

Sixties Scoop rally sees hundreds on Toronto streets before "landmark court ruling"

The Sixties Scoop is the name given to a time between December 1965 and December 1984 in which Indigenous children were removed from their homes and adopted into non-indigenous homes.

The Sixties Scoop was legislatively reliant upon a provincial-federal agreement. However, Canada failed to uphold one of the key provisions which said that First Nations must be consulted – and provide their consent – before provincial child welfare services were extended onto reserves.

Last Tuesday, more than 200 people from across Ontario rallied ahead of a court hearing that would seek justice for those children who had their identities stolen. The $1.3 billion class action lawsuit argues that Canada failed to protect the cultural heritage of the Indigenous children resulting in lived consequences to the survivors of the Sixties Scoop. Canada, however, has attempted to have the case thrown out several times since the case was first launched in 2009. They argue that they were “acting in the best interest of the children and within the social norms of the day.”

Speakers at the rally defined the Sixties Scoop as cultural genocide, one in which 16,000 children

were adopted out into communities that were not their own. “I just want to say to Canada, we will not allow the harm of our children. We need to bring our children home, the ones that were lost, the ones that were stolen,” said lead plaintiff Marcia Brown Martel, from Temagami First Nation near Kirkland Lake, Ontario. The rally then marched behind drummers towards the court house that seen elders and Brown Martel sitting in the jury box because of how packed the court room was.

The lawsuit seeks $85,000 for each affected person and alleges that Indigenous children affected by this policy suffer(ed) emotional, psychological and spiritual harm due to the disconnection rooted in the loss of their cultural identity. Jeffery Wilson, the lawyer representing the case, asserted in court that the Sixties Scoop may have been part of the government hidden agenda to “remove the savage Indian from the child” although Wilson was unable to identify any motivation for such an act. “The case is precedent setting because it is the first in the Western world testing the state's obligation to protect and preserve the cultural identity of children, in this instance, First Nations children.”

Tuscarora food sovereignty through seed saving and gardening

Skaroreh Katenuaka is a seed saving project located in a Tuscarora community in North Carolina. The project seeks to exemplify the importance of decolonizing indigenous diets with indigenous foods as a way of practicing sovereignty.

Fix Cain is a community member who initiated the project several years ago. “I came up with the idea as a way to maintain a living history.” he said.

“It is also a way to reconnect with my childhood at

a time when I would tend to the white corn with my aunts.”

“As I started to ask more questions, I discovered a great number of varieties and couldn't resist the urge to recover as much as I possibly could. It evolved from there.”

Seed banks, like Skaroreh Katenuaka, are blazing pathways towards preserving parts of Indigenous cultures that might be otherwise forgotten; our food. These pathways demonstrate sovereignty and they showcase methods of how to live freely without government interference. According to Cain, state and federal recognition of Haudenosaunee sovereignty was never removed but rather “intentionally neglected.”

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aka will not seek state and federal recognition, which Cain calls a “degrading and humiliating” process.

“There are elements of life that should never be surrendered to any one person, group or foreign nation,” said Cain. “These things are clean water, clean soil, clean air, clean medicine and clean food.

Our agriculture ties into all of that. Our gardens need clean water, soil, air.

In return, they will take care of us.”

The impact of traditional diets have positive impacts on the health of Indigenous community members, especially in regards to the diabetes epidemic that plagues many First Nation communities.

“Decolonized diets – what people are calling it now – have helped people reduce

their symptoms, if not entirely of diabetes.”

The seed bank has many varieties of corn that are used for many purposes, including a good diet as well as medicine for internal ailments. The group’s garden is also used to teach community members about traditional Tuscarora agriculture. “In the future, we hope to be able to provide more fresh produce to our community and share the seeds,” said Kim Sierra, member of Skaroreh Katenuaka.

“This helps ensure our future generations have what they need to survive and the knowledge to grow it.”

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arts. culture. entertainment.

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Theatre Partnership Brings “Two Worlds Together”

By Chezney Martin BRANTFORD – The Bell Summer Theatre Festival has brought forth its final show – a play called “Summer Breeze”, written by Peter Muir and Thohahoken Michael Doxtater which has already reached the Bell Homestead, Chiefswood Museum and will soon be performed live at the Woodland Cultural Centre from September 2-4 at 2 p.m..

The play begins as a simple university lecture on Aboriginal Studies and snow balls into more as the descendants of Chief George Johnson, Frederick Haldimand, Alexander Graham Bell and Pauline Johnson travel through time to discover that there truly are two sides to every story.

Chiefswood Historical Interpreter Kari Hill said that the play “definitely brings the two worlds together,” after she watched the performance last Sun-

day.

“The event went really well,” said Hill. “From Thursday, Friday, Saturday the audience continued to get bigger and bigger and bigger,” said Hill. “I think we might have had fifty people on Sunday. But the play was really good, it definitely hit topics that pertained to each site and kind of the surrounding area, like Brantford, and Haldimand,” she said.

“They talk about the residential school or the Mush Hole, and connected with Chiefswood and George Johnson who was Pauline's father. It connected those two together and it's a really interesting look at it,” she said.

But being one of only three conveners, Hill said that the play was a perfect fit for the Chiefswood Museum.

“For the last couple of years Chiefswood has really been trying to get more of the arts out to Chiefswood. Again, Pau-

line was a poet so we tried to get more live performances like last year we had First Fridays,” she said. “So, [when the group] came to us we thought 'yeah that's a great fit for Chiefswood, and they were talking about Pauline and her family, so it kind of does fit all together,” she said.

“It's great.”

Soon to welcome the play to the Woodland Cultural Centre in September, Woodland Cultural Centre Artistic Director Naomi Johnson said that “it's exciting to be just one of the three.”

“This is the first time we've ever done anything quite like this, but so far so good,” said Johnson. “[The play] is interesting, and for me what was really important when I sat down with Peter was that for every level of the production I wanted there to be equal indigenous representation as well as non-indigenous representation. Because

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here at the Woodland Cultural Centre; that's our mandate is to present indigenous art. So, it has to be indigenous people producing this work. He ran with it and he took it on, and he's had indigenous people and non-indigenous people developing this play.”

When driving up the lane way to the Woodland Cultural Centre, the performance will be taking place to the right of the residential school building, and admissions is on a whatever-you-can-pay basis.

is having registration for the upcoming season on September 1, 2016 from 6-8 at Sports Den and September 10, from 10-Noon at the Arena Lobby

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Job Summary: To support the delivery of approved curriculum at Lloyd S. King Elementary School, ensuring that the standards are equal to if not exceeding provincial guidelines. The Educational Assistant will treat all students in a fair and equitable manner and supervise the children in the assigned classroom in accordance with the philosophy of the Lloyd S. King School and provincial and federal legislation and guidelines by ensuring the safety and physical well being of the children, carrying out curriculum on a daily basis and evaluation of the effectiveness of the program in terms of meeting the needs of the children in all stages of development, maintaining regular communication with parents and contributing to the effective operation of the overall child care program while promoting and implementing practises of Anishnabek heritage.

Basic Mandatory Requirements: • Educational Assistant College Diploma or Apprenticeship Certificate; Bachelor of Child Development’ Educational Support College Diploma; or Developmental Service Worker Diploma; or Child and Youth Worker Diploma.; or undergraduate degree in addition to Bachelor of Education, • Knowledge of curriculum documents from the Ministry of Education • Knowledge of Anishnaabe culture and traditions • Knowledge of Child development Assets: • Experience in a First Nation Community • CPR/First Aid certification • Non-violent crisis intervention training • Knowledge and experience working with children with behavioural issues • Knowledge and experience working with Picture Exchange Communication System • Knowledge and experience working with children with Down Syndrome TERM: Casual, On call APPLY TO:

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By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS ‑ The Pro-fit Chiefs left themselves with no room for error heading into Sunday night at the ILA after falling behind three games to none in the best of seven Major Series Sr. A playoffs. There were very few errors made by the Chiefs in their 8-1 win over the Peterborough Lakers to stave off elimination.

There is no hiding or denying the fact that there are a number of Chiefs playing through injuries, the most noticeable act of courage belonged to Cody Jamieson whom the Chiefs lost late in the season after a knee injury.

He walked and ran with a limp at times, but when it came down to business, Jamieson scored and assisted on three for the Chiefs.

He must have felt pretty good since, even after the Chiefs were well ahead, Jamieson still took a regular shift when he really didn’t have to. But that’s just the kind of competitor he is.

Jamieson was unavailable for comment following the game.

Still missing from the lineup were Craig Point, Johnny Powless, Jordan Durston and Vaughn Harris, to name a few, plus several other walking wound-

Despite being decimated with injuries to key players, the Six Nations Chiefs pulled together and took Game #4 of the best-of-seven Major Series playoff to stay alive. Game #5 was played in Peterborough Tuesday night in a game that missed our deadline. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE ed.

Dillon Ward and the Chiefs defensive specialists kept the Lakers to one goal, with Ward making exactly the kind of saves required of him given the gravity of the game. His play, plus the return of Cody Jamieson infused the Chiefs with a new confidence as all hands on deck played a character building, courageous game. Called up to fill the hole left by Craig Point was

Sr. B Rivermen star Roger Vyse who also had a whale of a game. Although not appearing on the score sheet, his presence was certainly a factor.

To an outsider, it may have looked like a home game for Peterborough as a good half of the crowd wore Lakers shirts anticipating seeing their team sweep the series. That did not happen and the series resumed Tuesday night in

Peterborough in a game that missed our deadline.

After a scoreless first half of the first period, where both goalies, Dillon Ward and Peterborough’s Matt Vinc, were sensational, Stephen Keogh scored for the Chiefs from Austin Staats and Dhane Smith, at 12:39.

Cory Vittarelli scored Peterborough’s first and last goal of the game, as it turned out, on a powerplay

at 18:29, ending the first 20 minutes tied at 1-1.

Jamieson lifted the Six Nations’ bench with a power shot from outside at 51 seconds of the second period, assisted by Billy Dee Smith and Mike McNamara with what stood up as the winning goal. That goal opened a breach in the Lakers defensive wall and by the end of the second period, Keogh, Ryan Benesch, Austin Staats and

Randy Staats had scored to complete the second period up 6-1.

Austin Staats and Ryan Benesch closed out the scoring in the third period while Ward kept the cage door locked.

Two one goal losses opened the series with the Peterborough Lakers taking the 12-11 game #1 win and a 7-6 Game #2 decision.

Game #3 began with the home team, Peterborough Lakers, blasting out of the shoot scoring seven times before the Pro-Fit Chiefs knew what was going on. Benesch stopped the bleeding temporarily with Six Nations’ first goal scored at 14:14. The Lakers answered with two more to take a 9-1 lead before Dhane Smith and Dan Dawson closed the period with the Chiefs down 9-3.

That margin stood as the teams traded goals evenly for the rest of the game. It was 11-5 after the second period with a 15-9 final score putting the Chiefs in a must win situation for the next four games straight to stay alive.

Should the Chiefs win Tuesday night in Peterborough the series will shift back to the ILA Thursday, Sept. 1st with Game seven scheduled for Peterborough Saturday, Sept. 3rd.

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“Razor” Hess wins with another TKO in Brantford

By Jim Windle BRANTFORD — Saturday night’s boxing show billed Black Eye Warrior Night featured three Six Nations fighters in a 7 bout card.

Six Nations’ Carl “The Razor” Hess scored a TKO in the third round over Burlington’s John Nash at the Brantford Curling Club Saturday night. Hess, along with Jake Martin and young Ricki Miller are all from Six Nations and members of the Black Eye Boxing Club.

Hess inflicted a lot of damage to Nash’s body but took a lot of hits himself in the first round, which was a draw, but this reporter saw it with Hess slightly ahead getting in more damaging shots.

In the second, Hess continued his body assault, which slowed his opponent down considerably and brought about a standing eight count.

In the third round, Hess caught Nash with a left, which drew another standing eight count.

When the fight resumed, He finished his man off with a hard left hook, earning Hess a TKO win awarded by the ring referee.

About half of the 300 people in attendance

were there to support their Six Nations friends and relatives in the ring.

Jake Martin’s scheduled opponent dropped out three days before the event and so Martin was matched up with a fighter above his weight class and ring appearance to fill the spot on the card.

Since it was a mismatch of size and experience, the fight was deemed as an exhibition and therefore will not reflect on his career stats.

Despite the mismatch, Martin stood well against his opponent for all three rounds. No winner was determined.

Fifteen-year-old Ricki Miller was matched up

with a fighter that beat her for the Gold at the Hershey Centre a couple of weeks earlier. According to coach Jackie Armour, “the decision could have gone either way, and Ricki made it a very close fight.” As it was, the decision went against Miller.

The host Black Eye Club won three bouts in addition to Jake Martin’s exhibition bout. Black Eye hosts a fight card every spring and fall but participates in other boxing club cards year round.

Six Nations' Carl "The Razor" Hess scored a TKO in the third round over Burlington's John Nash at the Brantford Curling Club Saturday night. Hess, along with Jake Martin and young Ricki Miller are all from Six Nations and members of the Black Eye Boxing Club. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Hockey enthusiasts Asher Deboer (10 y.o.) and Arren Deboer (7 y.o.) from Caledonia were excited to meet the Three Nolans, Ted, Jordan and Brandon at the ILA Sports Store in the ILA arena for the launch of their new sportswear clothing line this past Friday. A portion of sales from the clothing will go to providing scholarships for First Nations women. PHOTO BY DAVID LAFORCE

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Blue Jays big hit with First Nations

By Jim Windle

WINNIPEG ‑ The Toronto Blue Jays organization is reaching out to First Nations communities in Canada with a program called Rookie League baseball.

This week the Blue Jays Care program made its way to the Winnipeg area for a baseball tournament held in Headingley, Alberta, which has brought together 100 children from 15 First Nation communities in Manitoba, Ontario and British Columbia.

The two-day event focuses on baseball skills and games but also includes a number of other play-based activities.

The young participants completed a seven-week program called Rookie League, offered by the Jays Care Foundation.

“You learn really great life skills on the baseball diamond, resiliency, tenacity, leadership, teamwork, and everyone can learn something from the game of baseball,” said Robert Witchell, executive director of Jays Care Foundation.

Similar programs have visited communities in Ontario’s north with the second annual Beyond the Ballpark tournament hosted by Right To Play, Jays Care Foundation, Kenora Chiefs Advisory and the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services.

“We are excited and honoured to have been invited to Kenora to cele-

brate First Nations youth and facilitators who have been playing baseball all summer long,” said Robert Witchel, Executive Director, Jays Care Foundation. “As Canada’s team, we are privileged to go beyond the ballpark by bringing these communities together to celebrate their achievements. This weekend will encourage youth to demonstrate leadership, to understand the benefits and joy of being physically active, to interact with their peers from surrounding nations and to follow their dreams.”

The program began visiting Kenora in 2015 and has made a big impact.

“Sport is an incredibly powerful tool for reaching youth and engaging them in their education and development, which is why we are so proud to be working with Jays Care Foundation to bring the joy of baseball to children in the PLAY program and other communities,” said Lori Smith, National Director, Right To Play Canada. “Last year the PLAY program reached more than 3,700 Indigenous children and youth in regular programming, and central to its success is community partnership. We are very proud and grateful to have the support, involvement and enthusiasm of the City of Kenora, the Kenora Chiefs Advisory and all participating communities for

this event.”

“This initiative provides our youth with an opportunity to build relationships while learning important life skills,” said Joe Barnes, Executive Director, Kenora Chiefs Advisory. “Building resilience and confidence of our youth is a priority for the Kenora Chiefs Advisory. We have already seen positive results from the Kenora Chiefs Advisory Peer Helpers Program, which provides peer support training for youth to build their self-confidence and reach out to those at risk. The Kenora Chiefs Advisory are grateful for this opportunity to work with Right To Play and Jays Care Foundation on this important initiative and look forward to our continuing partnership.”

“Being the hub community for over 10 First Nations communities located in close proximity to Kenora, this is a fantastic opportunity for the youth from these communities to participate in a great event and hosting it right here in Kenora provides an opportunity for the youth to join together in a fun yet educational way,” says Mayor Dave Canfield.

“Participation in sport and recreation in our youth today is essential in developing strong and committed leaders and we believe that this event will be a fantastic opportunity for these youth to see that working together builds a winning team.”

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World Junior Lacrosse Championships celebrates lacrosse

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS — It came down to both the U-19 and U-17 championships were decided Saturday at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena to climax four days of the World Junior Lacrosse Championships, formerly known as the U19 World Lacrosse Challenge. International Indoor Junior Lacrosse sanctioned the tournament.

“We are very excited about the name change”, said Gewas Schindler who is the tournament director.

Being the inaugural event under its new name, there were not as many teams enrolled as had been hoped, but the quality and excitement of international Jr. lacrosse was on display all weekend at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena with a full card of games.

Schindler is determined to grow the International ingredient for 2017. This year, a team from the Czech Republic and another from the USA were the only true international teams. Ireland comprised of area Canadian players with Irish decent who would qualify to play under Ireland’s Flag in other international events.

Teams representing Canada, Iroquois, USA, Team Czech Republic and Ireland enjoyed a weekend of pure Jr. lacrosse at the World Junior Lacrosse Championships, formerly known as the U19 World Lacrosse Challenge. Canada East was represented by Team C-Lax U-19's pictured here in a close match against the Ireland Islanders. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE This year’s event also included a few exhibition games mixed into the schedule.

In the U-19’s, Canada East was represented by the Jr. C-Lax All-Stars with Jeff Dowling coaching, Canada West coached by Kyle Goundrey, Iroquois East coached by Derek Stacey, Iroquois West Grand River coached by Curt Styres, USA coached

by Randy Fraser, Czech Republic coached by Roman Porkony, and Ireland, also coached by Jeff Dowling.

The U-17’s were represented by Team Canada, and Team Iroquois, with exhibition games against Team Czech Republic, Team USA and the Hamilton Bengals of the OLA Jr. B. The Grand River Iroquois finished the regular tournament schedule in first place at 4-0. In the Junior Division followed

by Canada West with a 3-1 record and Grand River West with the same record. Canada East was next with 2-2, as was Ireland. The Czeche Repub-

lic finished with one win and three losses. Iroquois East were three losses and an overtime loss, while the USA left without a win.

Meanwhile, in the U-17 grouping, Iroquois U-17’s finished first and Canada U-17’s finished second.

Canada East — also known as the C-Lax Jr. All Stars — faced Iroquois West Grand River U-19’s for all the marbles and Grand River outlasted C-Lax 9-8, in the 7 pm tournament finally game.

C-Lax took an early

2-0 lead on goals scored

by Tanner Brennecke and Jeff Wittig, but Jeremy Bomberry and Justin Parker made that up.

Davin Pipher gave C-Lax a 3-2 lead, but with 2:33 left in the first period, I-West’s Doug Jamieson, usually a goalie, delivered a perfect pass to Justin Parker to even the score again, at 3-3. Owen Hill closed the period to send I-West into the second frame ahead, 4-3.

That narrow lead did not stand past the first minute of the new period as Sam Solotorow made it a new game at 4-4.

Clayton King and Owen Hill strung two goals together and take a twogoal edge. C-Lax dug deep and evened the score yet again with Brennecke and Pipher doing the honours, and the score was even again at 6-6.

Wittig put the last goal of the period up for C-Lax restoring a one-goal edge as the third period began. Parker scored from Josh Miller to pull parallel with C-Lax at 7-7. I-West took advantage of a C-Lax penalty to score a power play marker for the lead.

Ryan Barnable kept the teeter-totter game going with C-Lax’s eighth goal with 4:41 remaining.

The game winner was

scored by Iroquois West’s, Gates Abrams from Travis Longboat with 1:03 left. Goalie Briley Miller held on and this time the lead held for the World Junior Lacrosse U-19 Championship.

Earlier that same evening, the 5:30, U-17 division Championship Game, a similar battle had taken place between Canada West and Team Iroquois Grand River. Grand River easily handled the West 10-5.

Grand River took a 3-2 first period lead after overcoming a 2-0 deficit, with Vern Hill, Kalin General and Tanner Jonathan accounted for the GR goals.

Tyler Brown made it 4-2 from Hill and General before Canada West netted two quick goals to tie the game at 4-4. General closed the period with back to back goals scored a little more than a minute apart to give Grand River a 6-4 second period lead. Grand River caught fire in the third period as Vern Hill, Todd Thomas, and two by Emmett Smith made it 10-4. A late goal

by Canada West’s Braden Boyenko produced the 10-5 final score.

(from left) Team Iroquois West stand outs including Sydney Powless, Skahendade Martin, Travis Longboat, Wesley Whitlow and Marvin Hill pose together with the well earned Bow-Hunter Cup. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN

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The family of Sidney James Henhawk wishes to ANGEL EYES ... Kylie Layne Thomas (KY) extend heartfelt thanks to family and friends for October 8 1996-August 31 2015 Passed away at the Brant- support during our recent bereavement. ford General Hospital on Special thanks to the Iroquois Lodge Staff, Dr. Q It’s been a year since that Saturday August 27, 2016 Yar and the West Haldimand Hospital Staff, Revbeautiful sunny day. The last at the age of 52 years. Lov- erend Larry Brown, Bill Lofthouse, Gerald Tyrell day of summer. Not a cloud ing mother of Ryan, and and Richard Anderson of the R.H.B. Anderson Fuin the sky. Just Beauty. With Aaron. Dear daughter of neral Home, Masonic Lodge 193 of Scotland and the sun warming my face and Audrey and the late Clar- Keystone Chapter 224 and all those Masons who the Flowers in the garden still Alive, fresh and beautiful. Not ence Kick. Sister of San- attended the beautiful Masonic Service honouring a care in the world. No tears dra, Pamela, Rhonda, and our Sidney. Thank you to those who made donajust smiles, happiness and Todd. Also survived by tions to Iroquois Lodge (Ohsweken) and the Heart laughter as I played with your several nieces and neph- and Stoke Foundation; little man Jackson. We were on ews. Resting at Styres A great big hug and thank you for the many expresa walk and almost home when Funeral Home, 1798 4th sions of condolence, prayers, thoughtfulness and we heard the Sirens. I rememLine, Ohsweken after 4 p.m. Wednesday where Fu- cards and finally a huge thank you for the memober thinking to myself and hopneral Service will be held on Thursday September ries. ing everything and everyone 1, 2016 at 1 p.m. Interment Six Nations Pentecos- Sid’s Family… Doris and Family… Cheryl and was ok. I didn’t even imagine that on such a Beautiful tal Cemetery. Evening Prayers 7 p.m. Wednesday. Bruce, Greg, Daniel and Katie day... at that Time our Lives had changed. Our Life as a www.rhbanderson.com Family... as Mom and Dad... brothers and sisters would forever become altered... become such a Surreal Time.

Card of Thanks Card of Thanks Card of Thanks In Memoriam A Time without Loving... A Time when we still loved.

A Time without Happiness... A Time when we were Words cannot express how grateful our family is for the generous support, truly Happy. A Time we shared 18yrs with You... The encouraging words, and thoughts and prayers in the loss of Barry “Martin” Time of Years without You still to come. Those will be VanEvery. Special thanks to those who sent flowers or prepared us a meal. the hardest Times. Time really has no meaning for our Perhaps you sent us a lovely card or maybe we saw you there. Perhaps you Hearts will ache with each passing day, hour, min, secspoke the kindest words that any friend could say. Perhaps you were not there ond You are Away. Time waits for No one. Time moves at all but kept us in your thoughts and prayers Nya’ Weh everyone for your on. Sometimes faster than we are ready to accept.” IT thoughtfulness which has meant so much to us and everything you have done IS WHAT IT IS”... we cannot turn back Time. We cannot is truly appreciated. change Time. We can only take as much Time as needed to Love, Support and show deep Compassion for VanEvery Family & White/Webster Family everyone grieves and heals differently. Time to be Patient. Our Hearts have endured so much in consolable Pain this past year after Losing our child. Our Kylie. I know in my Heart the pain of losing her will not End. Chief Joseph Roger I will still Always Look for you. Dream of You. See you.

Hiawatha Feel you. Need You. I will survive but I will not Live.

How do we Live without You... with LOVE... Love EnAs long as the grass dures All. Family Love. We will Love and Live to Promwill grow ise you Jackson will have the best possible Life we can As long as the river give him. He will be Loved and Cared for by Us All. flows Your Family. He will Always bring us Love and ComAnd the sun shines fort when we miss You. Think of You. Love You. He has

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Our hearts are full of gratitude and we thank all of our family members, friends, and neighbors for their acts of kindness and sympathy during the recent passing of our loved one Barbara Ann Harris. Many thanks for the cards, flowers, food and the donations to the Six Nations Health Foundation. We will always appreciate the visits and kind words spoken to our family regarding the passing of a wonderful mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, sister, aunt, and good friend, Barb. We want to express special appreciation to the Rev. Norm Casey for his many words of comfort and to the Anderson Funeral Home for their professional arrangements and caring service. Also, thank you to Cec Sault and his band for being the emcee and the appropriate music. Special thanks to the wonderful staff at the Brantford General Hospital for their excellent care and the compassion shown to her family. Barb will always be remembered for her love of her family and community, her dedication to health services, and her warm smile with that no-nonsense way of thinking.

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Henhawk, Roger “Buck” Nov 22, 1945 – June 15, 2016 70 years old We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our family and friends for the kindness shown during the recent passing of a Husband – Dad – Papa (Pa). It was hard to love someone who was such a huge part of our lives.

Thank you to the Doctors and Nurses at BGH for taking care of him and keeping him comfortable during his last week with us. Thank you to everyone who came to visit him. He really appreciated the company. Thank you all for the comforting hugs, support, prayers, texts and phone calls. Thanks to Bill Lofthouse at Styres Funeral Home for your guidance making the arrangements. Thank you to all of you who game monetary and food donations and floral arrangements. Thank you to Mike J, Pollie, Tammy, Bill and Lucille, SNP and Byron for going the extra mile for us. Your kindness and generosity will never be forgotten. We are grateful to have such caring family and friends. He will truly be missed by many.

Sheri, Blair (Rhonda) & Family, Lisa & Girls, Trina and Judy “Forever in our hearts… until we meet again”

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CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, gifts might start coming your way and you don’t understand all the generosity. Accept what is offered and recognize that you deserve it.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 It’s easy to expect others to keep your pace when you have all of your ducks in a row, Aquarius.

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PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, promising more than you can possibly deliver at this time will not win you any admirers.

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