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Housing development cancelled as one-year anniversary draws near DONNA DURIC

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As the one-year anniversary of the land reclamation known as Land Back Lane in Caledonia approaches, Six Nations people and allies are celebrating a victory: the developer has cancelled construction of the planned 200-home subdivision.

“It’s certainly a win for sure,” said Skyler Williams, spokesperson for

Land Back Lane. “It means we’re not looking at 1,400 homes being developed between Argyle Street and McKenzie (Road)."

He said the focus now is on turning the land into “something sustainable” and of benefit for all Six Nations people.

This July 19 will mark one year since Williams and a handful of Six Nations people and allies stopped construction of the proposed subdivision formerly known as McKenzie Meadows, saying it

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sits on unceded Haudenosaunee territory.

No homes had been built at the time construction was stopped but site preparation was taking place. Since then, a group of people at Land Back Lane have built a number of tiny homes on the property, planted trees, and created gardens as part of their desire to remediate the land.

“Today is a good day,” Williams said Monday in an interview with the Two Row Times.

The past year also saw the arrests of dozens of people associated with Land Back Lane, mostly for charges that include trespassing and mischief.

A number of Land Back Lane protesters have been injured by police during altercations between the OPP and land defenders in the past year.

Despite the cancellation of the housing project, no formal land transfer has taken place. There have been calls for the federal government to negotiate

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with Six Nations over its outstanding land rights, including the property at Land Back Lane, but that has yet to happen.

Williams said they don’t expect the government to hand over a deed to the land.

“We already have that.

That (land) has never been surrendered. As far as I’m concerned, these Crown patents that were handed out in the 1800s aren’t worth the paper they’re written on. Moving forward, we’re going to continue to utilize those lands at Land Back Lane as we see fit and do our best to listen to the community and our nation and our clans (on how the land should be used).”

News of the canellation broke after potential homebuyers revealed the developer sent letters to them indicating their deposits will be returned.

William Liske, vice-president and chief legal officer for one of the homebuilders, Losani Homes, told CBC news: “Notices were sent out to homebuyers earlier this week noting that the sale agreements had been frustrated for a number of reasons, which include the passage of time, the evolution of the project from a temporary camp to a site with more permanent buildings, the lack

of conformity with or enforcement of the court’s orders and the failure of either government to even respond to our requests for help and intervention.”

Since the beginning, Williams has stressed that the action at Land Back Lane is neutral from local politics.

That is, the action is meant to benefit the whole community, he says.

It even spurred meetings between the Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council to come up with a unified land rights strategy earlier this year - the first time the two councils have met in almost a decade.

Williams says the action at Land Back Lane has been historic.

“We set the bar for the next generation of land defenders. If you fight, if you stand together, if you do it with unity in mind, for all the people regardless of which family or faction of our community you come from, this has to be for everybody. Colonization has done so much… to our community to tear us apart, to divide us, to push us to fight with each other.”

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Historic unity march in Brantford honours residential school survivors DONNA DURIC

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The streets of Brantford were a sea of orange on July 1, as thousands of Six Nations people and allies marched in honour of the over 1,300 children found in hidden graves at residential schools in Canada since May. The action was in symbolic opposition to Canada Day, with Indigenous people and allies across the country marking the day in mourning over the discoveries and lamenting the country’s treatment of Indigenous people.

Brantford joined cities across Canada holding marches while the usual Canada Day festivities of fireworks were cancelled across the country in response to the shocking discoveries.

Meanwhile, at Six Nations survivors held a memorial at Veterans Park.

“We need to remember the children,” said Mohawk Institute survivor Dawn Hill.

She called for unity on Six Nations.

“We need to stay together as a community. I don’t think we need dissension.

I would like to hope that everyone...practices a good mind. I don’t know how to say that in Mohawk. I grew up in the Mush Hole.

We didn’t have a chance to learn our language. I’m hoping that everybody thinks about the children.

Not only out west, but all

It was a sea of orange shirts and solidarity with Indigenous people across the country on July 1 as Unity Walks were celebrated in DONNA DURIC response to calls to cancel Canada Day.

throughout Canada. I’m hoping against hope we don’t find anything at the (Mohawk Institute) but I think there is, from all the stories we’ve heard over the years. There has to be something there.”

Elected Chief Mark Hill encouraged Canadians to use the day to reflect on Canada’s treatment of Indigenous people.

In lieu of celebrating, Six Nations encouraged Canadians to use July 1 as an opportunity to stand in solidarity with residential school survivors, victims and Indigenous communities.

“The confirmation of these graves is a stark reminder of the atrocities committed against Indigenous people throughout Canada’s history and of the injustices we continue

to face today,” said Elected Chief Hill.

He acknowledged many people have reasons for wanting to celebrate Canada Day but he also called on Canadians to acknowledge the country’s colonial legacy and the effects it has had, and continues to have, on Indigenous people.

Six Nations itself has turned into a sea of orange, with orange flags and hearts dotting the landscape of downtown Ohsweken in remembrance of all residential school survivors and victims.

Orange is worn in remembrance of residential school survivors in commemoration of annual Orange Shirt Day on Sept. 30. This year, Sept. 30 will be marked as a federal statutory holiday for the first time in the country’s history.

I would like to sincerely thank all the family, friends, and organizations who have sent me good well wishes and those who have sent monetary donations since I have had my West Nile virus from September 2018 to present. West Nile virus is a terrible thing to happen to you, I was unconscious for the first six months and remained in intensive care for one year and an additional three months in a regular ward at the Brantford General Hospital.

I thank all the personal support workers, the nurses, and doctors from the Brantford General Hospital, the Six Nations Health Organization, and the Hamilton General Hospital Rehabilitation Unit. I would like to thank Rachelle Miller and Caroline Taylor-Hill of Six Nations home care. I would like to thank the Six Nations medical transport. I would like to thank Kylee Vyse for creating our go Fund me and the Dr. Charles Pickett Family for raising money for us by auctioning my pieces of pottery.

I thank the Brantford Potters Guild, Alannah d’Ailly & the Waterloo Potter’s Guild, Crystal Warne Hawley & Don Zver & the Hamilton Potter’s Guild, Monica Schaefer & the Burlington Potter’s Guild, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Charlene Nicholson from the Brantford Chamber of Commerce, Michael Collins & the Dundas Valley School of Art, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Deborah Martin/Abel & Audrey Powless/Bomberry & Oliver M. Smith Home and School and students, the Mohawk Longhouse, the Medina Baptist Church, St. Paul’s Church, Thru the Red Door, the Albert Group of Companies, Larry Cowan and crew, and Vera Styres & Delby Powless from the Dreamcatcher Fund.

I would like to thank the Johnson brothers, Ron, Ambrose, and Wilby (Oats). I thank Kenny (Straw hat) Hill, Robbie Knechtle, Margaret Sault, Annie Mae Carter, Sue Martin and Timbuck’s Golf, Eleanor and June Chitlan, Wayne Johnson, Lana and Larry Hill, Rebekka Valian, John Williams, Andy Marlon, Chickie and the late Ted Hill, Ollie Beaver, Elaine Redding, Bunny Hill, Mike Michael, Roberta Jamieson and Tom Hill, Laurel C Simon, William Gregory, Bedge and Ben Vyse, Don & Ron Monture, Raymond Skye, Andy Garlow, Sharri Bennett-Hill, Daryl Smith, Boss & Ila Squire, Bev & Pam Beaver, Karen Hill, Tammy Martin, Beth & Floyd Harris, Laura Mt. Pleasant & Barry Crawford, Todd Monture, and Gloria Thomas.

I’d love to thank my wife, Leigh, daughter Santee, grand-daughter Semiah and her boyfriend Keenan Copenace, my sister Diane, my brother Dave, niece Karen-Dale, niece and nephew Cathy & Scott Smith, my niece and late nephew Joanne & Kahn Smith, and my cousins Judy and Trish Smith who have all helped me a lot. In these late spring and summer months, be very careful especially with children of the West Nile Virus for it can be very devastating.

My apologies if I have missed anyone as I have had no memory for one year, everyone’s help, and prayers have been sincerely appreciated. Recovery is very slow, but I am determined and hopeful with the help of so many people. I continue to make positive progress. Thank you/ Nia:wen.

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Kahnawake's LGBTQ grand chief Canadian Press MONTREAL - The Kahnawake Mohawk community south of Montreal has a long tradition of female leadership but has never had a female grand chief.

Until now.

Over the weekend, Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer, 41, became the first woman and first person who identifies as LGBTQ to be elected to the post, replacing former grand chief Joe Norton, who died last year.

A woman leading the Mohawk territory is a “natural evolution,” Sky-Deer, a longtime councillor, said in a recent interview. Women, she added, have always played an important role as custodians of the land, in passing down language and culture, and in governance.

Sky-Deer said she believes her upbringing and closeness to the Mohawk culture and language resonated with voters.

She said she chose to enter Kahnawake politics in 2009 after working in a tobacco factory upon graduating from the Uni-

versity of Central Florida with a degree in psychology. “I was like, ‘Oh my God, I didn't go to school all these years to do this kind of work,’” she said of the tobacco industry. “You know, I want to be working for my people trying to make change.”

Sky-Deer takes the reins of a community emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic and facing a number of issues, including a lack of housing and a need for more well-paying jobs for community members.

But first, she said, there's a need for healing.

Kahnawake has been deeply affected by the discovery of unmarked graves at former residential school sites in British Columbia and Saskatchewan, she said, adding that she wants to organize some activities to help uplift people's spirits.

“There's been a lot of anger and sadness and trauma, because everybody has a story in terms of how they're impacted by the residential school experience, be it (that) their grandparents were

survivors, their parents were survivors, or maybe just a friend or somebody they knew,” she said.

Sky-Deer is also aware that the very political system under which she was elected is controversial.

The band council structure was created under the federal Indian Act and has sometimes been run in a way that is inconsistent with the traditional, collective decision-making process of the Mohawk people, she said. “How Mohawk people understand governance and the way the system is now is at odds with each other.”

As grand chief, she said she hopes to find a middle ground that balances the approaches so “people can feel like they have a voice in what's going to happen and what's coming, and that the council doesn't just unilaterally make decisions.”

Sky-Deer said she's eager to hit the ground running in her new post.

Her first official council day was Monday, which began with a traditional tobacco-burning ceremony.

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The Task Force will advise the Project Manager on plan development details based on the SNFA Feasibility Study which provides the blueprint for action.

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Seven new suspects arrested in Brantford murder STAFF REPORT

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A version of this story ran in the June 30, 2021 edition of the Two Row Times with an error of omission. The corrected version now states that Lynn VanEvery and Larry Reynolds were the NOT the intended targets. TRT apologies for this unintended error and any distress it may have caused.

BRANTFORD — The murders of Coby “Kareem” Carter, 22 of Hamilton, Dorothy Lynn Vanevery, 62 of Brantford and Larry Reynolds, 64 now have seven new suspects facing charges.

Ontario Provincial Police in a joint investigation with Brantford Police Service, entitled "Project Grantham" under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch have arrested and charged seven additional

individuals in connection with two homicides. Both homicides occurred in the City of Brantford in July 2019.

On July 8, 2019, officers responded to a Colborne Street West address in the City of Brantford, and located a deceased male.

On July 18, 2019, police responded to an address on Park Road South, in the City of Brantford, and located a deceased male and a deceased female.

Throughout the investigation, "Project Grantham" uncovered vital information involving all three homicides.

As a result, the Brantford Police Service and OPP arrested and charged Abdelaziz Faiz Ibrahim, 24 years old, of Hamilton with First Degree Murder in connection to the death of Coby "Kareem" Carter.

Now police say six others are each charged with two counts of First Degree Murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in connection to the deaths of Lynn Vanev-

ery and Larry Reynolds.

The accused are: Malik Mbuyi, 20 of Toronto; Nathan Howes, 31 of Brantford; Dylan Aldridge, 24 of North York; Terrell Philbert, 22 of York; Thomy Baez-Eusebio, 23 of Toronto and Salloum Jassem, 32 of Brant County.

All those arrested remain in custody.

Police now say that investigators have determined that Vanevery or Reynolds were not the intended targets.

Brantford Police Service and the OPP wish to thank the public and the media for their assistance in this ongoing and active investigation.

Anyone with information regarding this or any incident is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-3101122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or leave an anonymous online message at http:// hc-cs.ca where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.

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Elected Chief will not resign from office after “unprovoked and unfounded attacks” by publisher Chief Hill says he was victim to a targeted attack on his identity in ‘catfishing’ conspiracy

By Nahnda Garlow and Donna Duric OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Elected Chief Mark Hill says he will not be resigning from his position and sent out a scathing rebuke to Turtle Island News publisher Lynda Powless over the weekend, demanding an immediate apology for falsely reporting he posted nude photos to social media.

The original article appeared in the June 30, 2021 print edition of the Turtle Island News, a Six Nations local newspaper, alleging the chief posted nude images of himself to social media, speculating about the chief’s state of mental health and moral authority to remain in leadership and suggesting that he may be investigated and removed from office.

The story further went on to allege the chief may have violated the council’s code of ethics and outlined the process that the Chief may be impeached or forced to resign if he did violate the code of ethics.

It did not include details or references to what social media outlets the images were posted to or when.

Now, the Elected Chief is standing up to Powless, who authored the June 30th story, saying in a statement that the arti-

cle is an unfounded and irresponsible attack on his personal life by the Turtle Island News — and is calling on Powless to formally apologize and make a donation in his name to an indigenous organization that specializes in mental health.

Chief Hill told the Two Row Times, “As a people, we are entering another traumatizing period in our history, one that will require much strength to endure. My own strength has been diminished, recently, by unprovoked and unfounded attacks in the Turtle Island News.”

“I sought leadership in our community because I wanted to help lift up all the people of Six Nations. I ask that we stand together now, and resist committing further violence against one another through lateral acts of hatred or division,” said Chief Hill. “I do not want to see anyone else hurt the way I have been - there is far too much pain to deal with already.

I stand today with anyone who has been bullied, who has had their privacy violated or their character unfairly questioned. You are not alone. It is not your fault. And together, we will remain strong.”

A statement last week, issued by the Chief and sent via email to Two Row

Times and the Turtle Island News says, “On Wednesday, The Turtle Island News ran a story alluding to private photographs of Chief Hill, which he had shared electronically in the context of an online dating application, and with an expectation of privacy.

The photographs were not “posted to social media” as the article claims, but shared privately with an individual through a dating app. Any subsequent dissemination or sharing of the images was done so without his consent.”

A source who saw the images told TRT they were screenshots of a private conversation the sender, who had assumed a false identity, was engaged in with the Chief. That person then distributed screenshots of private images via a mass text message sent to over 200 community members, along with a caption boasting that the sender was “cat fishing our chief”.

“Catfishing” is an online deception where a perpetrator creates a false identity or fake persona on a social network to target and lure a specific victim — usually for financial gain, to compromise the victim or acquire other information that may be seen as damaging or embarrassing.

Sharing intimate images

of someone without their consent is a criminal offence, also known as nonconsensual pornography or revenge porn.

The statement suggests the photo leak could be considered a crime.

According to the Criminal Code of Canada, circulation of the photos could fall under what’s known as “revenge porn” laws, which carries a maximum fiveyear prison sentence.

Section 162.1 of the Criminal Code states: every person who knowingly publishes, distributes, transmits, sells or makes available an intimate image of a person, knowing that the person depicted did not give their consent to that conduct, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than five years.

TRT reached out to Powless for comment — to ask how the publisher acquired the photos. No response was received. No inappropriate images of Chief Mark Hill appear on his social media accounts on Facebook or Instagram.

The statement from the Chief goes on further to state that the TIN article included an interview with Six Nations Election Officer Steve Williams to explain how someone would go about removing

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an elected chief via the Six Nations Integrity Commission — however the story did not explain that the Six Nations Election Officer Steve Williams is currently suing Chief Hill and the rest of the elected councillors in a lawsuit related to a 2020 press statement from SNGR calling for Williams resign from the Six Nations Police Commission. A spokesperson for Chief Hill told TRT that puts Williams in a conflict of interest in his role as the Six Nations Election Officer pertaining to any review of Chief Hill’s conduct — or a review of any of the other elected councillors.

“Author and Turtle Island News Publisher Lynda Powless made unfounded, disparaging editorial suggestions that Chief Hill’s private dating life should be seen in conflict with his professional integrity, although there have been no formal complaints regarding the photos to the Six Nations Integrity Commission. Ms. Powless published the story after receiving a letter from Chief Hill’s lawyer advising her of the disparaging and irresponsible nature of her unfounded claims, as well as the fact that the Six Nations Election officer Steve Williams, who would review any code of conduct complaints, is currently

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involved in an unrelated lawsuit with Chief Hill. This conflict was not disclosed in the Turtle Island News,” says the statement.

“I have committed my professional life to fighting for our people, always motivated by the community’s best interest,” said Chief Hill. “My personal life, conducted privately and on my own time, has no bearing on my work, and should not be used as a revelation or a weapon to divide our people.”

“At this moment, we are working to protect our people through a global pandemic, to comprehend the scope of the atrocities committed against us at socalled “Residential Schools” and to win long overdue respect and support from the Canadian government,” said Chief Hill. “Attacks on my personal life must not be used as a distraction from this vital work. We cannot allow ourselves to be divided, and we will not allow each other to be disparaged.”

The statement further goes on to reject allegations by Powless that Chief Hill’s private life is in any way scandalous, and provides resources for others in the community who may be triggered by the story or who have experienced similar online harassment or bullying as a result of their personal identity or who have had personal information shared without their consent.

Turtle Island News did not publish the story to their website or on their social media channels this week. However photographs of the story as it appeared in the print edition of the paper were circulated on social media throughout the weekend where the Chief was subject to further attacks from a vocal minority, calling for the Chief to resign and offering critical and bigoted commentary. The majority of the commentary was supportive of the Chief having a right to privacy and offended that the news coverage in Powless’ story was not factual, some calling for Powless to issue an apology to the community for publishing misleading information.

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Colonialism is alive and well on the AM radio On this day a gathering of numerous indigenous and non indigenous people gathered together to acknowledge the children that were killed in the genocidal residential schools created by the Canadian government and instituted by christian church entities.

My wife and I are elders and were unable to participate in the walk that day but our granddaughter did and we were to meet her at the Woodland Cultural Center, a former residential school site, as the walk concluded. My wife drove our granddaughters car to the Woodland Cultural Center and I waited for their return at the Brantford Civic Center where the walk had commenced.

While awaiting their return I thought I would turn on the local CKPC 1380 radio station and perhaps find information on the progress of the walk. Note that this day

was marked as a day of mourning for our stolen children. The information I found broadcasting on CKPC 1380 profoundly impacted me as the christian rhetoric expressed a continuance of the invasive and oppressive christian ideology inherent to the residential schools.

I listened for approximately five minutes and with distain I turned off the radio. I could not believe the content of the broadcast. The estimated broadcast time was near 1:30 pm.

A woman of unknown christian capacity recounted that she has been to 61 reservation communities to spread the christian doctrines. At one of the sessions she said that an Indigenous man recounted how he had been pushed by a teacher while he was imprisoned at a residential school.

Apparently he has carried this trauma all his life but

he has now forgiven that transgression and he is well again. Not raped, not beaten, not starved, no needle shoved through his tongue, not used as a animal toiling in the fields.

He was pushed.

The preacher lady went with this healing event as a point that “all is well”.

Forgiven. Forgotten. Get past the transgressions.

More for her than any indigenous person.

The next christian rhetoric to be expressed spoke of six indigenous communitities with no church presence and that preachers were afraid to attend. The reason stated was that there was so much witchcraft they were afraid for their safety. Does this sound a little like Salem massachusetts where in the name of christianity they tied people to a stake and burned them while still alive. Atrocities in the name of christian self

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righteousness. Any intelligent person would easily surmise that the reference to witchcraft was perhaps made to the practice of traditional indigenous beliefs. A tactic well known from the christian playbook.

There is much that will unfold in the near future as Church and State are brought to accounting for the genocidal policies regarding the indigenous peoples of North America.

To those Six Nations businesses that are advertising on CKPC 1380 I would suggest that you consider cancelling your advertising for the Month of July 2021.

There cannot be any reconciliation without truth and justice for our children. CKPC 1380 should reign in their content to the reality of today.

Teyonhawe, A. Miller, B.A. Indigenous Languages. Six Nations.

If you can't bite; don't growl!

Sometime in the 1960's, Little Jimmy Dickens sang a song about a man who chased and caught a pretty woman and chickened out when the woman said, yes!. When the man refused [her advances], the woman said: “if you can't bite; don't growl”!

That phrase sounds a lot like the non action antics going on around the Six Nations of the grand river as this note is being typed. The author has been informed by several local residents that some mischief is afoot concerning the ongoing, age old confrontation between the legal government [elected council] of the Big Six and its arch opponent [the old chiefs council]. These two entities have each governed here at least once.

The chiefs council governed in the late 1800's until 1924 when the chiefs council was given its walking papers by the new Six Nations elected council; which has governed continuously since 1924 until here in 2021, [97 years].

By taking a look at the recently concluded McKenzie Meadows fiasco, one can or should be able to clearly discern that the well reported on, land dispute was, in reality some followers of the chiefs council trying to claim that the chiefs were in control of the situation and were the real government along the grand river. Everyone who knows how governments function knew that the Feds and the province would never go to Caledonia and talk with the unorganized mish-mash of native and non native people who

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occupied the housing project. Governments talk to governments; a reality that continued on even as the malcontents in the meadows were attempting to say that they, were in charge.

Way back in 1995 while the Ipperwash Incident was underway here in Ontario; it seemed like every newspaper and television station in the country had at least one reporter covering the land dispute and reported both sides of the story 24/7. And yet; while all eyes were on Ipperwash, the RCMP in British Columbia had 100 ERT teams and one battalion of soldiers from Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regiment backed up by 9 Armoured Personnel Carriers and 7 combat helicopters using a small number of Indians as live targets in live fire exercise/standoff at the same time. Who knew?

Almost no one, as the RCMP media relations office controlled every news story coming out of the area. That story went almost unnoticed at the time because the media was controlled. At the McKenzie Meadows incident, the media was give free reign to report on anything which appeared to be news worthy; but never reported the truth of who was fighting whom. During the B C standoff, during a news release about telling the truth, RCMP SGT. Peter Montague said, “sometimes the truth is brutal; but, it is still, the truth”!

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States, Statues, Churches and other delusions

By Terri Brown Statues toppled and churches burned is the news of the week. I listen with awe and amazement.

As I search my being for a reaction the soul remains quiet and says little.

The inner child who spent time as a prisoner in an Indian Residential School is afraid to say what she feels and thinks. Being silenced by the colonizer for too long, leads to fear of retaliation and harm to our Peoples. The death of over 4000 missing and murdered Indigenous women sends a strong message of what could happen with impunity.

Rage has been smouldering for decades as we watch injustice, anti-Indigenous racism change its shape and become deadlier.

Internalized racism, lateral violence, Stockholm syndrome, and survivor guilt is the result of the injustices.

Depression, addiction, and anger turned inward has many casualties as we continue to count the number of overdoses, suicides and Indigenous femicides.

Turning that around is a move in the right direction and a movement away from self harm and self hatred.

Current leadership and

First Nations scholars struggle to be heard by the mainstream. They attempt to maneuver within structures that are foreign to the First Nations’ way of being.

Condemning direct action taken by youth and activists is self harm. It is discouraging and silencing like the colonizers would like. While I do respect some leaders, I question their colonial mentality.

Relationship with government and academia is based on a colonial pedagogy. Validation is given when one gives up Indigineity including Indigenous way of being and thinking. Activists will not comply.

When Jody Wilson-Raybould spoke truth to power she said some things are non-negotiable setting a strong precedent from a great role model.

Take heed! Her integrity, strength and power of truth is integral to her spirit that is in sync with her ancestors. We need more of this type of leadership before we lose it all.

We had to learn to think like the colonizers, write like them, be like them, pray like them , look like them in order to succeed.

Acceptance into power positions within government and academia is colonial acceptance. The way

forward is to decolonize ourselves, communities and nations. Appeasing the colonizer and continuing with colonial ways is not reconciliation. First Nations pedagogy still lives if we care to look. First Nations ways is the alternative to a world speeding to non-existence in the name of power and greed.

Decolonizing our way of being is a big challenge, it means rematriation, empowering the collective voice and correcting power imbalances. I look toward to the younger people to show another way of protecting our lands, resources and Peoples. A new mind set is required as our participatory and accepting approach has brought only grief and marginalization.

First Nations femicide numbers continue to climb as evidenced by the National Inquiry into Missing Indigenous Women and Girls. This reality is a silencing weapon of war and genocide. Whose next?

Activists are modern day warriors. They shaped Idle No More (INM), a movement which upholds Indigenous Sovereignty with vision to protect the environment and the Indigenous way of life. INM are my kind of people, my kind of warrior and my

kind of thinkers. They do not seek colonial approval or validation from the outside. Is it any surprise this movement was founded by women? Denialism casts a shadow over leadership resulting in lack of vision and courage. The history is before us to date 1,505 unmarked graves is genocide.

We should be angry and dismantling structures not looking colonial blessing and assent.

Clear lines of delineation/demarcation is needed on our terms. What would Jody Wilson-Raybould do?

When the ships in Vancouver harbour and the trains came to a standstill and brought the Canadian economy to its knees… I looked in wonder at such genius. I look on with respect because this movements time has come.

I would never stand in the way of what the activist warrior hearts strive for.

Activists are proof that our ancestors are among us. Go in strength and do what my generation couldn’t do and couldn’t imagine.

First Nations have been observers in the Canadian state. First Nations were forced to embrace the colonized way, with few benefits or participation. Only doing what was allowed.

This lead to diminishing human rights and crimes against humanity. Enough.

First People cannot decolonize alone. The line must be drawn to stop the erosion of Indigenous ways, culture and language.

There are many allies standing by who are prepared to address the power imbalances, prepared to reshape the economic forces. Young settlers see that this planet is in trouble and can be of great help to us with their connections and expertise. First Nations must give direction for the way forward.

Statues and churches are inanimate objects and do not compare to killing and burying children and babies in the thousands.

We can finally say the word genocide in an Indigenous context. We were never allowed to utter the word during the writing of UNDRIP because of Canada’s erroneous status on human rights and due to prior negotiations of First Nations leaders at the tables of the United Nations.

Reconciliation is not about doing the minimum to feign good faith or deceive. It is establishing and upholding fundamental human rights and freedoms for ALL. Is that too much to ask? I say not

Can reconciliation happen in my life time? That chapter is yet to be written.

Seeing is believing and words are just that words.

Medu Ukg diggi dena tia Medu Make no mistake!! We will rise! Like the smoke from Ess Tsu (Granmother’s) campfire we will rise!

convert it into forms that can be absorbed by plant roots. The large leaves of squash plants shade the ground which helps retain soil moisture and prevent weeds.”

The tradition of calling these crops the "Three Sisters" originated with the Haudenosaunee, who occupy the regions around the Great Lake in Canada and the northeastern United States. All three types of seeds are planted together in the same mound in the Haudenosaunee planting method.

The elevated mound assists with drainage and avoids waterlogging of the plant roots which is important in this region that receives abundant rainfall in the summer.

White corn often cannot be grown to the heights and sizes of commercial yellow corn, which means it must be picked all by hand — a lengthy process

that is only the beginning of a long journey from field to plate.

“Each ear must also be de-husked by hand, hulled, roasted, and sometimes ground into cornmeal. It can sometimes take days to complete this process, making it far more complicated to turn into a meal than the simple canned corn one can buy at the store,” wrote Matthew Meltzer on matador network.com. “And for all that work, the end product doesn’t provide a gloriously sweet reward.

White corn is more like hominy than yellow corn and has an earthy, nutty flavour. Typically it’s used in soups, salads, and vegetable medleys. White corn flour can also be used to make mash, masa, and some bread.”

Food can be used to assist in connecting back

Terri is a Crow Clan member of the Tahltan Nation. She has a daughter, two sons and six granddaughters. She lived a traditional lifestyle until she was forcibly sent to a residential school in Yukon. Her father who was a trapper and mother looked after the family of 8. Terri is former Chief of her people and former President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada.

Terri founded the Sisters in Spirit Program to document the deaths and disappearance of Indigenous sisters. She served 6 years with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada with a mandate to inform all Canadians about what happened in the residential schools. Terri is a survivor of Indigenous genocide and this motivates her to work for equality, justice and peace for all. Terri is a board director of Women Transforming Cities.

White corn as sustenance and cultural reclamation

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The Haudenosaunee were some of the most advanced First Nations in their agricultural techniques and practices. So it is appropriate there is corn named in honour of that work—Iroquois White Corn. White corn has been grown for approximately 1400 years but was widely seen during the 17th century.

“Despite its abundance and its reputation as a staple of First Nations diet, the Iroquois White Corn was close to extinction following a dispute with the French over the Fur Trade. At the time, over 500,000 bushels worth of the corn was burnt down by the Europeans. Despite this loss, the First Nations saved seeds from the corn and continued to grow it

not only for their sustenance but also for their heritage,” said Rebecca Dragusin on seeds.ca.

The corn was grown in a Three Sisters formation.

When planted together, the Three Sisters — corn, beans, and squash — work to help one another thrive and survive. The Haudenosaunee used and continue to use corn as a food source to create soups and stews, cornbread and other foods.

These three crops have been the centre of many Indigenous agriculture and culinary traditions.

A diet of corn, beans, and squash is complete and balanced.

Corn provides carbohydrates and the dried beans are rich in protein and have amino acids absent from corn according to nativeseeds.org. Squash provides different vitamins and minerals than corn and beans. These three

Corn.

crops are also important because they can all be dried and used for food year-round. These traits are less important today but were important in the past which lead to their significance as the major cultivated foods.

“Corn provides tall stalks for the beans to climb so that they are not

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out-competed by sprawling squash vines,” states the site. “Beans provide nitrogen to fertilize the soil while also stabilizing the tall corn during heavy winds. Beans are nitrogen-fixers meaning they host rhizobia on their roots that can take nitrogen, a much-needed plant nutrient, from the air and

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Carey Price a Stanley Cup Playoff MVP for 2021 Canadiens goaltender joins long list of Indigenous Stanley Cup winners STAFF REPORT

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Carey Price is the most valuable player of the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs entering the Stanley Cup Final, according to a panel of 13 NHL.com staff members.

The Montreal Canadiens goalie received 11 of 13 first-place votes and 37 total points (3-2-1 ballots).

Price is a goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens and is considered to be one of the best goaltenders in the world by many colleagues, fans, The Hockey News, and EA Sports.

At the conclusion of the Cup Final, a panel of voters from the Professional Hockey Writers Association selects the playoff MVP, who receives the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Price was the only Canadiens player to receive votes from the NHL.com panel. The other three receiving votes were from the Lightning: center Brayden Point (17 points), goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy (16) and forward Nikita Kucherov (eight).

Price is 12-5 in the playoffs, including 11-2 in the past 13 games. He has a .934 save percentage, second to Vasilevskiy (.936). His 2.02 goalsagainst average is third, behind Jack Campbell of the Toronto Maple Leafs (1.81) and Vasilevskiy (1.99), and he has allowed two goals or fewer in eight of his past nine games before June 27.

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Price is priceless according to a new panel of NHL staff who voted Cary Price as the MVP of the StanNHL ley Cup Playoffs.

for Canadiens fans and Tampa haters, asTampa Bay looked for its second straight Cup and the Canadiens looked for a fifth game, the Canadiens won Game 4, 3-2 in overtime after burning a critical penalty.

Their next match up will have a puck drop this Wednesday in Tampa. The defending Stanley Cup champs will head home looking to close things out at Amalie Arena in front of their hometown crowd — something their mayor had actually hoped for.

Price is hoped to perform at the top of his game as the exciting series continues. He has carried immense weight with many expecting him to to be the Price who stone-

walled Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner in the first round, and the Price who out-duelled Vegas’s tandem of Marc-André Fleury and Robin Lehner in the semifinals.

A list of Indigenous Players that won the Stanley Cup since 1927: 1928 - Clarence Abel (Chippewa), 1934 - Clarence Abel (Chippewa), 1946 - Joe Benoit (Métis), 1961 - Pierre Pilote (Innu), 1962 - George Armstrong (Iroquois), 1963 - George Armstrong (Iroquois), 1964 - George Armstrong (Iroquois), 1967 - George Armstrong (Iroquois), 1975 - Reggie Leach (Ojibwe), 1980 Bryan Trottier (Cree), 1981 - Bryan Trottier

(Cree), 1982 - Bryan Trottier (Cree), 1983 Bryan Trottier (Cree), 1984 - Grant Fuhr (Métis), 1985 - Grant Fuhr (Métis), 1987 - Grant Fuhr (Métis), 1988 - Grant Fuhr (Métis), 1989 - Theo Fluery (Métis), 1990 - Grant Fuhr (Métis), 1991 - Bryan Trottier (Cree), 1992 Bryan Trottier (Cree) & Jamie Leach (Ojibwe), 1996 - Chris Simon (Ojibwe), 1998 - Norm Maracle (Mohawk), 2012 - Jordan Nolan (Ojibwe) & Dwight King (Métis), 2014 - Jordan Nolan (Ojibwe) & Dwight King (Métis), 2018 - TJ Oshie (Ojibwe), 2019 - Craig Berube (Cree) & Jordan Nolan (Ojibwe).

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With the Tokyo Olympics around the corner and a trending topic right now, Support Network for Indigenous Women & Women of Colour - SNIWOC, will be bringing Olympians to the table to discuss the connec-tion between race, culture and sports on Thursday, July 8 at 9pm-10:30pm.

Knowing how well sport has connected people like nothing else, by em-powering and elevating communities, the experience will recognize that it also gives voice to the invisible, underserved and underrepresented.

In Canada, many BIPOC individuals do not see themselves among sports leaders that the media supports most. The under-representation in the Canadian sports media

affects the opportunities presented to BIPOC youth athletes.

The Town Hall panel featuring prominent athletes Victoria Marchand, Pamphinette Buisa and Charity Williams will come this Thursday.

Victoria Marchand is a proud Anishinaabekwe from Kitigan Zibi and Long Point First Nations.

As a proud community member, she helps organize grassroots initiatives, such as the Anishinabe Moose Moratorium and supports the Black grassroots organizations in Ottawa. Today, you can find Victoria training for the 2021 World Indigenous Games as the Captain of the National Indigenous Women’s Soccer Team as well as a former uOttawa Gee-Gee training for the FISU American Games in Mexico, 2022.

Pamphinette Buisa has been living on Lekwungen Territories, also known as

Victoria BC, to pursue her Olympic dreams and is a member of the National Senior Women's Rugby 7's team. Pamphinette is constantly sharing and bringing awareness about the social justice needed in this world including but not limited to racial justice, safe and inclusive sport for all bodies, harm reduction for people who use substances and is an advocate for people who live in shelters or are unhoused here in Victoria.

Charity Williams is a Jamaican, Canadian activist, community leader, and Olympian. Charity is the youth engagement coordinator for the BC Black History Awareness Society, where she is opening up safe and empower-ing spaces where BIPOC can feel seen and heard. As well as facilitating decolonizing and anti-Black/ Indigenous racism workshops, Charity heads the BIPOC Working Group for

her team Rugby Canada, where she is helping create policy changes and an equitable, safe, and diverse sport environment. She is also the athlete representative for the Team Canada Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Alliance.

Only with open and meaningful conversation can the awareness in the sport community and level the playing field for all Canadians be created.

Closed captioning is available for this conversation.

The event link can be followed here: https://us02web.zoom. us/j/81714357520, or online at SNIWOC. It has been acknowledged that this event is hosted from the traditional territory of the Lekwungen people, currently and specifically the Esqui-malt and Songhees Nations.

Angela Price helps to raise over $50,000 for First Nation Education Council

By TRT Staff In light of the horrific revelations regarding Indigenous children, many decided to spend Canada Day differently this year.

Given that it should be a period of mourning in the country, many Canadians spent the day reflecting, learning, advocating for change, and donating to Indigenous causes.

Various businesses remained open for the day and donated their proceeds to meaningful incentives that support Indigenous people, and two prominent figures in hockey also used their business to raise funds for a worthy cause.

Angela Price and Julie Petry, wives of the Canadiens’ players Carey Price and Jeff Petry, recently launched two different clothing lines. One is CHic, which exclusively features

trendy Montreal Canadiens fan wear, and the other is Line Change, that’s branching out to provide on-trend fan wear for other teams in the league.

With Canadian hockey fans and Tampa haters alike flooding the Habs bandwagon this month to support them in their Stanley Cup berth, you have to imagine that business is booming for this dynamic business duo. They’ve used that success for good this month, and all throughout June, CHic donated 20% of sales to the First Nations Education Council, which contributes to the complete takeover of and inherent jurisdiction over education by its member First Nations, and aims to preserve their identity, culture and traditions.

Price and Petry were able to donate an incredible $54,038.28 to the cause.

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Telling the story of New York’s Indigenous ironworkers through animated film

By Sara Laux Allan Downey is an associate professor in the Department of History and the Indigenous Studies program. A citizen of the Dakelh Nation (Nak’azdli Whut’en, Lusilyoo Clan) in the central British Columbia interior, his current research focuses on the history of Indigenous ironworkers in New York City. Generations of Haudenosaunee ironworkers played and play an integral role in the building of the city, including iconic landmarks like the Empire State Building, the George Washington Bridge and 30 Rock.

Recently, a short digital animation about Indigenous ironworkers, called Rotinonhsión:ni Ironworkers, which Downey co-directed with a former student, Carlee Loft, received the 2020 Best Animated Short award at the American Indian Film Festival, one of the largest and most prestigious Indigenous film festivals in the world.

Sara Laux, McMaster University Faculty of Humanities, caught up with him to find out more.

Laux: You started your

McMaster professor Allan Downey (pictured above) and former student Carlee Loft received the 2020 Best Animated Short award at the American Indian Film Festival, one of the largest and most SUBMITTED prestigious Indigenous film festivals in the world.

time at McMaster not actually on campus – you were a Fulbright scholar at Columbia University in New York for the fall semester in 2018. What was that experience like?

Downey: The Fulbright fellowship was a great opportunity to work with Dr. Audra Simpson in Columbia’s Department of Anthropology.

I also had the opportunity to travel a little – I presented at Harvard by invitation from Philip Deloria, a very famous

Indigenous historian, and Ned Blackhawk invited me to present at Yale.

Presenting to Indigenous students, students in Dr. Simpson’s anthropology classes, as well as scholars in other institutions gave me the opportunity to really launch my research on the history of Indigenous ironworkers.

Laux: Tell me about the film – and congratulations on the award from the AIFF! Downey: It’s a tremendous honour to have been

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recognized by the American Indian Film Institute – never in a million years would I have thought that our digital animation would win this award. It’s a testament to our digital animator, Saki Murotani, and my co-creator Carlee Loft, who’s from Kahnawake, one of the communities where many ironworkers are from.

Digital animation and directing are brand new for me, as is the film circuit. I’m an academic who generally focuses on

some of the more aggressive forms of industrial agriculture that our society has come to know,” said Hill.

Hill shared how Sagoyesatha came to grow Mother Corn — Etnoha Oneha — medicine corn that was traditionally used in ceremony for children who had lost their parents at a young age.

“They say one cob in every 100 will be Mother Corn,” he shares. After several seasons of growing corn, he peeled back the husks to find one – a single beautiful kernel at the end of the cob, surrounded by seven rows of kernels.

“To me, it symbolizes one person in the middle, consoled by a circle of others offering support, holding them up.” He adds “I also see Mother Corn as a symbolic message from Mother Earth – if we reconcile our lost

relationship with the natural world, our grief and pain as a whole can be changed.” Growing corn to him is a healing process.

A cultural reclamation. A reconnection journey.

“They almost lost this seed in the ‘50s and ‘60s.

There was a shortage, and they only had enough for ceremonies. People had to go to other communities to find it. But luckily people kept growing what little was left, and we still have them today.”

Sagoyesatha is a residential school survivor, the significance of his role now as a cultivator of the very food that has sustained Haudenosaunee culture since the beginning is apparent. This is more than hobby gardening. It is a story of tenacity and survival – not just for the seed that was near lost, but for him too.

tion about the importance of Indigenous sovereignty, self-determination and nationhood – something that left behind the academic jargon of scholarly articles and books.

Laux: Talk to me about resurgence, and the film as a piece of resurgent history Downey: Resurgence is a theory of Indigenous academics, activists and knowledge holders that centres on the idea that we need to focus on the “Indigenous inside” as much as – if not more than – we focus on the colonial outside: not engaging with colonial policies and colonial violence at the expense of giving time and space to our languages, our cultures, our histories, our governance systems, and ensuring that we have generations of people who are building those things up.

This whole project is attempting to be a resurgent history – a history for the Indigenous inside for Indigenous people to tell their stories, and to serve as a launching point for future generations to continue the story and tell it in more elaborate ways.

observed a small fire located on the roof of the west entrance. The male adult told police that he managed to extinguish the fire, with a bucket of water, before it ignited any further. The male advised police that he was home alone at the time, but him and his family reside in the lower level of the church. The male adult advised police that he heard a vehicle door slam shortly before he came out to see

what was going on.

After a preliminary investigation, the Fire Marshal was not attending the scene. Police cleared the location but continue to investigate.

If you or anyone have any information about this incident, please contact the Six Nations Police at 519-4452811 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or www.crimestoppers-brant. ca

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to one’s culture. It is no different to many on Six Nations who are familiar with White corn and its history, like Laura Hill who wrote about her father Sagoyesatha, who has been planting white corn on his family's land on Sour Springs Road for roughly 40 years on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.

He returned to Six Nations in 1976, making the move from Buffalo to be closer to family and the community where he spent most of his childhood. Upon his return, he was given Tuscarora Longcob Chief seed from a relative. He planted it, watched it turn into a seedling, and then into a tall, towering stalk. Sagoyesatha saved the seed that year, as he does every year.

“Something that he tells me is an act of resistance.

A form of protest against

writing monographs, so it’s been both fun and interesting to talk about this work with both academic and public audiences.

Laux: How has COVID affected your research?

Downey: Well, it’s pretty much stopped it dead.

I’m not able to travel to Indigenous communities right now, interviewing people face-to-face isn’t possible – so I’m hoping to re-launch my work once things are safer.

During the pandemic, we’ve been presenting the film and my earlier research on Indigenous ironworkers virtually. It works on Zoom, sort of – but I miss engaging with a real audience.

Laux: What was the inspiration for the film?

Downey: We wanted to make sure that this history was accessible to the communities who were part of it – so we wanted to go beyond academic articles and create something that would serve as a public history exhibit.

We thought that animation would be a great way to engage with Indigenous youth and public audiences generally.

We wanted a creative way to have a conversa-

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Ontario First Nations Technical Full-time Open until filled Services Corporation (OFNTSC) Kanien’keha:ka Teacher Assistants Kawení:io/Gawení:yo Private School Contract TBD July 23, 2021 Kanien’keha:ka Elementary Kawení:io/Gawení:yo Private School Contract TBD July 23, 2021 Classroom Teacher Youth Lodge Relief Counsellor Ganohkwasra On-call $24.52/hr Ongoing Youth Lodge Counsellor Ganohkwasra Full-time $50,000 per annum Ongoing Onondaga Language Six Nations Language Commission Full-time TBD Open until filled Curriculum Writer Senior Account Specialist Rogers Full-time $60,000 Open until filled (2 Positions Available) per annum General Labourer Mohawk Asphalt Full-time $150/day July 22, 2021 Inventory Planner Analyst Original Traders Energy Full Time TBD Open until filled Dispatcher Original Traders Energy Full Time TBD Open until filled Managers, Cooks, Waitress Dixieland Gril Full Time & TBD July 19, 2021 & Hostess Part Time Comprehensive Community Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation Contract $16.899July 8, 2021 Plan Coordinator $23.49/hr Community Educator & Ganohkwasra Full Time negotiable to July 8, 2021 Mentoring Worker $55,000.00 Unit Coordinator – Skil ed Trades Six Nations Polytechnic Full Time TBD July 9, 2021 Building Attendant Six Nations of the Grand River Full Time TBD July 13, 2021 Development Corporation Group Visits & Cultural Interpreter Woodland Cultural Centre Contract TBD July 9, 2021 The GREAT Job Board is brought to you by Employment Ontario and Service Canada. Only local positions are posted in the paper. For more positions in the surrounding area, visit our job board at www.greatsn.com! To apply for funding, book an intake appointment with an ETC @ 519-445-2222 (Toll-Free long distance at 1 888 218-8230) or email us at info@greatsn.com.

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General-Martin: Tamara Lynn

Cherished wife of Gary Joseph. Beloved mother of Whitney, Brody, Graycee and Jordi, and the best gramma of Ira. Daughter of Joan and the late Norris Martin; sister of Toni. Aunt of several nieces and nephews. Daughter in law of Jim and the late Aileen Joseph. The family extends a special thanks to nurse Sue Porter, Dr Amy Montour, nurse Jeannette Armstrong, and Deena Klodt, Indigenous Patient Navigator. Tammy will be resting at Styres Funeral Home, 1798 4th Line Rd., Ohsweken on Wednesday, July 7 from 12pm to 8pm for visitation. Private family burial Thursday July 8 at 11am at her residence of 1022 Mohawk Road. www.rhbanderson.com

Suddenly on Friday, July 2, 2021 at the age of 20 years. Beloved daughter of Darlene (Patrick), and Aaron. Loving sister of Tia (Michael), Taylor (Tyler), Tiara, Craig (Destiny), Ceinan, and Cailla. Dear aunt to Ayden, Mia, Ruby, and Nova. Granddaughter of Carson & Molly Hess, Meredith Martin. Also will be remembered by her many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. Resting at her grandmother’s home 594 3rd. Line, Ohsweken after 4 p.m. Wednesday where a family funeral service will be held on Thursday July 8, 2021 at 2 p.m. Interment Bethany Baptist Cemetery. Arrangements by Styres Funeral Home, Ohsweken. www.rhbanderson.com

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

YARD SALE Saturday July 10, 2021 995 Mohawk Rd, 9am to 2pm Kids clothing/bedding, housewares, toys/ books, footwear, jewelry, luggage, outerwear and other items If raining postponed to July 17, 2021, covid-19 protocols in place.

Parking will be available on the right-hand side of driveway.

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Dixieland Grill (formerly) Two Arrows Restaurant 700 Chiefswood Rd. Is now hiring for all positions. Front of the house manager and assistant manager, kitchen manager and assistant manager, cooks, wait staff and hostess.

We are having a job fair Friday July 9 at 9am to 12pm and 6pm to 8pm. You can submit your resume to info@ dixielandgrill.com

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Adult Training Free Math Skills Training The Achievement Centre, is offering a free Numeracy at Work online course, designed to build confidence and prepare adults entering an apprenticeship program or the workplace. It covers introductory math used by: Cashiers; Carpenters; Cooks/Bakers; Plumbers and Transport Truck Drivers.

Course begins: July 19, 2021 If you would like more information, or to register, please email: angel.skye@snpolytechnic.com, or text: 519-757-5989.

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Plant of the mint family 7. Hand tool 13. Made of the color of gold 14. A volume of several novels 16. Type of degree 17. Good job!

19. Seventh tone in major scale 20. Fevers 22. One’s mother 23. Fertile desert spots 25. Large integers 26. Plate for Eucharist 28. Tennis matches have them 29. Peyton’s little brother 30. Monetary unit of N. Korea 31. Head movement 33. Twelve 34. Renaissance musical instrument 36. Behavior showing high moral standards 38. Letter of the Hebrew alphabet 40. Notes to be sung 41. Women’s garment 43. Coarsely ground corn 44. One point south of due east 45. A way to deplete 47. Rough, prickly covering of a seed 48. LA hoopster, but not a Laker 51. Hindquarters 53. Franz van __, German diplomat 55. Liquid body substances 56. Rhythmic patterns 58. A beaver might build one 59. Police officer’s tool 60. Indicates who you are 61. Pinwheel 64. Exist

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, opportunities to discuss future business enterprises with interested parties arise this week. Your meticulous nature ensures you are prepared to take advantage of these chances.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Others begin to notice how articulate and charming you can be, Taurus. This is a prime time to invite friends over or to find a romantic partner if you’re single.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, even if you do not consider yourself to be an artistic person, inspiration to pursue creative endeavors comes to you this week. Try something different.

65. Ornamental molding 67. Closes again 69. Verses 70. Come into view

CLUES DOWN 1. Short stick used as a weapon 2. An alternative 3. Laws 4. Sense organs 5. One from Utah 6. Mariner 7. People in charge of cattle 8. Health insurance organization 9. Ornamental box 10. Forest-dwelling deer 11. One quintillion bytes (abbr.)

12. Atomic #71 13. Become less intense 15. Cowards 18. Body ornament (slang) 21. Applicable to all cases

Answers for July 7th, 2021 Crossword Puzzle

24. Multiplied by 6 26. Afghanistan monetary unit 27. Calendar month 30. Cena and Lennon are two 32. Monetary unit of Serbia 35. First time on the market 37. Georgia rockers 38. Free from contamination 39. Coastal region of Canada 42. Clothing retailer 43. It rises and sets 46. Fathers 47. Stain with mud 49. Suitable for crops 50. Feels concern for 52. Orange-brown 54. Buddy 55. Late sportscaster Craig 57. Used to align parts 59. Wake up 62. Solid water 63. Semiprecious stone 66. Atomic #45 68. Top lawyer

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CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you will be the planner for an event that brings together a number of people who share a common goal or interest this week. Conversations will be stimulating.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 You may be pushed into the public eye, Leo, and perhaps you are worried that you will not be prepared. You are a natural born leader who can impress a crowd.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Someone new and exciting comes into your life this week, Virgo. You will likely spend hours talking about your fields of interest, including exotic locations.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Unusual dreams could spark new ideas in your life, Libra. Don’t discount them as fantasy. Figure out how you can push the boundaries of your imagination.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you have been craving social contact with new and interesting people. That is just what you will find at a neighborhood gathering this week.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, if you feel like you have been spending too much time at work lately, it could be time to dial things back a bit. Don’t overdo it.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Much of this week will be spent in the company of family and close friends, Capricorn. Lots of people rooting for you might be just what you need right now.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you may decide to host a social event at your home over the next few days. Don’t put too much pressure on guests. See how the day unfolds.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Shake up your schedule, Pisces. Engage in something that is outside of your comfort zone.

Push yourself to try new things.

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Six Nations COVID-19 Update

For more information about the data visit the FAQ in the report at sixnationscovid19.ca. For any further questions about this data or report please email epidemiologist@sixnations.ca (Updated: 2021-07-06)

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

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

Active Cases

Total in Self-isolation

Currently Hospitalized

0

9

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Total Positive Results

Total Resolved

527

Date 29/Jun/2021

0

0

01/Jul/2021

0

0

30/Jun/2021

0

02/Jul/2021

Total Deaths

516

Positive Resolved Deaths Results

03/Jul/2021

11

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0

04/Jul/2021

0

0

05/Jul/2021

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0

0

0

Total

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0

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

# of Cases Last 7 days

% Positivity (7 day moving average)

0

0%

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

How do we compare to our surrounding areas?

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HPH Cases per 100,000

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40

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19

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Total # of cases who had a VOC

60

What trends are occurring in Six Nations?

How many daily new cases have we had?

How many total cases have we had?

Cumulative cases

40 Positive Results

16

20

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Jul 2020

Jan 2021 Date

Jul 2021

500

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Jul 2020

Jan 2021 Date