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It was a historic journey this week for a large delegation of First Nations, inuit and Metis people along with Assembly of First Nations representatives to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican. The delegation met with the Pontiff, along with a youth delegation, to take steps toward reconcilliation with the Catholic church and seeking accountability from the Catholic Church for their part in Canada's Indian Residential Schools. Another call was made by the delegation - asking Pope Francis to rescind the Doctrine of Discovery. This was an international law coming from the Vatican in 1493, just after Christopher Columbus landed in North America, which permitted lands uninhabited by Christians to be claimed for any nation's sovereign, regardless of the indigneous populations that were living there. That law still has legal implications in today's courts and is often used in land rights disputes in Canada's legal system to legitimize land theft by early newcomers to Indigenous land here in North America.

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Two centuries after church and government-run residential schools opened with the aim of forcefully converting Indigenous children into Christians through the use of torture, the world’s most recognized religious leader apologized…or did he?

Last week, Pope Francis shocked the world when he uttered words of remorse and regret for the role the Catholic Church played in the abuse of Indigenous children at residential schools across Canada to a small delegation from Canada visiting Rome.

Reaction has been mixed across the country, with some calling it a first step in the right direction and others saying it is a hollow, meaningless apology that sounded more like a personal plea of forgiveness from God – not from survivors of residential schools.

Here at Six Nations, as the community prepares to re-start a search of the grounds at the Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford for the potential remains of Indigenous children, one woman who attended the

school weighed in on the apology.

"He said the words, and now we need to see actions from those words,” said Sherlene Bomberry, a survivor of the Mohawk Institute. “We had to send delegates to him, and a positive step would have been him coming here to witness and see us, for him to come to a school site and see for himself and catch the unspoken truths of Survivors as they return to the school grounds. Don't tell me; show me."

An excerpt from the Pope’s apology: “I want to say to you with all my heart: I am sorry,” the Pontiff said to the delegates at the Vatican last week. “And I join my brothers, the Canadian bishops, in asking your pardon.”

The words came after he had asked for God’s forgiveness for the conduct of the Catholic Church in Canada, which ran most of the residential schools in Canada. The Anglican Church also ran a number of residential schools.

Thousands of Indigenous children died while attending the schools and their remains were never found until last year, when ground searches of residential schools across the country began turning up thousands of hidden graves. Tens of thousands more survivors endured years of every form of

abuse imaginable at the hands of teachers and clergy, including kidnapping, starvation, forced labour, unauthorized medical testing, as well as physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse.

As the delegation of Indigenous elders and leaders visited the Pope in Vatican City last week, the Pontiff said the words that Indigenous people have been waiting to hear for over a century.

But more is expected of the powerful religious leader, as Indigenous groups and leaders across Canada call on the Pope to visit the country this summer to issue a more fulsome apology.

“More than six years following the close of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), today we saw progress on an important call-to-action,” said Stephanie Scott, executive director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

The TRC was a yearslong public inquiry into the treatment of Indigenous children at residential schools that culminated in 96 Calls to Action to address the harmful generational legacy of residential schools left on almost one million Indigenous people living today across Canada.

TRC Call to Action 58 asked for an apology to be delivered by the Pope in Canada, "for the Roman

Catholic Church’s role in the spiritual, cultural, emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis children in Catholic-run residential schools."

“Today, Survivors, their families, and their communities heard words of regret and sorrow directly from the Pope,” said Scott.

“We have been waiting to hear these words for generations. We look forward to the Pope's planned visit in July, so he can continue to speak with Survivors, and make an official apology in Canada, in line with the call-to-action.”

She continued, “Today signals the start of meaningful steps by the Church to take responsibility for its egregious actions, the effects of which are still felt across communities and generations today.

As we continue to learn and heal together, we are hopeful that this moment will be remembered as a milestone in the work of reconciliation."

Senator Murray Sinclair, who headed the TRC, said the apology was, “an important moment for Indigenous peoples, for Canada and for Catholics around the world. It is long past time that the church will begin to take responsibility for its role in the residential school system.

It was a dark chapter of Canada’s colonialist history, one which the church was a key co-author.”

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The application is available at https:// tinyurl.com/yckjyvy6 These artifacts were part of the display laid out for delegates to see from the Vatican's archives. There was no context as to whether the items were gifted, or apprehended during the church's restrictions on cultural gatherings and socials in Canada. This photo was taken

by Annishnabe journalist Tanya Talaga, who was invited to cover the delegates visit. She posted the image to Twitter saying she was invited by delegates to document the moment, took the pictures, and was asked by Vatican officials to leave.

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ROME — Marie-Anne Day Walker-Pelletier sat down in a taxi as she left a private tour of the Vatican Museums and fell deep into thought. ``We are in 2022 and our history is being stored and shown in other countries where nobody understands,'' the retired chief of Okanese First Nation in Saskatchewan pondered out loud Tuesday. ``Those items, those artifacts ? those are ours.

Those belong in our communities. They belong to people. They belong to generations.''

Indigenous delegates who have travelled to Rome to meet with Pope Francis were given access to the Anima Mundi Ethnological Museum, which includes some of the Vatican's collection of Indigenous artifacts.

Some of that collection has not been seen publicly in decades or ever.

Walker-Pelletier, a residential school survivor, said she looked at the objects and thought about how artifacts speak truth to life, history and the communities of Indigenous people.

If the Roman Catholic Church is committed to truth and reconciliation, she said, it must make the collection open as well. ``That's one of the things the Pope needs to look at, how does he reconcile and bring back the artifacts,'' Walker-Pelletier said.

Indigenous curators and experts have said they have been unable to get access to the unknown number of objects in the church's possession.

Much of the Vatican's current collection is from a former pope who decided to hold a world exposition in 1925. A message went out at that time to missionaries around the globe to send items. More than 100,000 objects and works of art were displayed.

The Vatican has said parts of its collection were gifts to popes and the church. In 2019, the Pope committed to putting many more objects on display, including those of Indigenous people.

The collection is known to contain masks, wampum belts, pipes and rugs, as well as other items from Indigenous communities in North America.

Delegates on Tuesday saw a rare kayak made by Inuvialuit. The Inuvialuit

Regional Corp. requested last year that it be returned.

There were also embroidered gloves from a Cree community, a baby belt from a Gwich'in community, moccasins from British Columbia, and many other items on display for the delegates.

Many objects were taken away from Indigenous people after the Canadian government outlawed cultural practices through the Indian Act in 1876.

Ceremonial items and other important objects were seized, then sold, given to museums or destroyed.

Kukpi7 Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation in British Columbia, said she was conflicted walking through the collection.

During her time in Rome she has felt so far from home and everything is so different. ``It was, in a sense, it was a little bit of a feeling of back home,'' Casimir said in describing how she felt in the museum.

She said she wished she had more time to muse on the objects and to take photos. She knows many people in her home community were interested in what the Vatican had.

Global outrage was sparked last year after

Tk'emlups te Secwepemc announced that potential unmarked graves had been found at the former residential school.

Casimir said she joined the delegation to get information and make a difference and further healing for her community. ``So far today I feel good about what I'm doing.''

She and other First Nations delegates are to meet Francis on Thursday.

Metis and Inuit delegates met with him Monday.

Mitch Case, a historian who is also a regional councillor with Metis Nation Ontario, said he didn't see any identified Metis items. ``I don't think that's because there aren't Metis things there,'' Case said.

Case said around the time the items were being collected most Metis communities were devoutly Catholic. He wondered why, if there are Metis items, they weren't on display knowing the delegation was coming.

He said it demonstrates why transparency about collections is extremely important. ``Because we don't know what's in there, I can't make any judgment whether it was deliberate.

I just don't know.''

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Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation is mourning the passing of Chief Financial Officer Gary Phillips, who also served as the finance director of the Six Nations of the Grand River.

The First Nation announced on Apr. 4 that Phillips had passed away, saying he had been with the organization since May 2021.

“It is with much sadness we share that our Chief Financial Officer, Gary Phillips, passed away last night,” MCFN stated in a press release Monday.

“Gary has been part of our team since May of 2021 and has made incredible contributions to the organization during his short time with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Please join us in extending heartfelt condolences to

Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation announced the passing of Chief Financial Officer Gary Philips. He previously served as Six Nations CFO from 2012 - 2019.

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Gary’s family, his friends and the finance department.”

“Baamaapii, Gary,” the press release said. “You will be missed.”

Phillips was a member of the Certified General Accountants Association of Ontario. He served as the Director of Finance at SNGR for seven years, from 2012

to 2019. He left the position shortly after the elected of current elected Chief Mark Hill.

He was an independent consultant until he was hired at MCFN. He was a CPA and CGA with skills in accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, budgeting and financial analysis.

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SMOKY LAKE — The Metis Nation of Alberta says the arrival of 20 wood bison at a site northeast of Edmonton is a milestone for reconciliation.

The bison, which were transported to Metis Crossing from Elk Island National Park on Feb. 22, are part of an education and experience program led by the Metis Nation in partnership with the park. ``This is a historic moment for Metis citizens in Alberta,'' president Audrey Poitras said Monday in a news release. ``Although native to the Metis Crossing area, wild bison or 'bufloo' in Michif, were driven to near extinction by settlers in the nineteenth century, forcing Metis bison hunts to a halt. ``The return of bison to

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this area marks a milestone in reconciliation.''

The 15 cows and five young bulls will be released into the Metis Crossing Wildlife Park, a cultural interpretive destination, once they get used to being around people. ``Bison are absolutely foundational to who we are as Metis people,'' said Juanita Marois, CEO of Metis Crossing.

She said they are vital to sharing the Metis story, because bison hunts were tradition and formed the bedrock of society.

The gatherings led to the development of Metis democratic and judicial systems, she added.

The wood bison will join an existing herd of 48 animals, which are part of a partnership with a local rancher, in five different paddocks at Metis Crossing, about 55 kilometres northeast of Elk Island and 120 kilometres northeast of Edmonton. ``This is the first time we have our very own,'' said Marois.

It happened, she said, after three years of talks with Elk Island National Park.

The national park, which is considered one of the world's best bison conservation facilities, is home to about 400 plains bison and 300 wood bison. It sends its surplus bison to support projects in other conservation sites, Indigenous communities and to private herds.

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Green Shield Canada (GSC) and Indspire announced a $300,000 partnership to help Indigenous students pursue education and careers in health-related disciplines.

“At GSC, it is part of our mission to create a positive social impact in our communities, and we have a strong commitment to supporting equity and the principles of reconciliation,” said Mila Lucio, GSC executive vice-president of human resources and social impact in a March 17 press release. “That is why this opportunity resonates so strongly with us, and we are thrilled to be partnering with Indspire to increase access to education for Indigenous students.”

GSC will be contributing $300,000 towards Indigenous education over the course of the three-year partnership, with 75 per

cent of the funding directed to student scholarships and the remaining 25 per cent supporting student workshops and events like Soaring, Indspire’s Indigenous Youth Empowerment Gathering.

The scholarships are aligned with GSC’s core focus on enabling Better Health for All and will support students in health-related programs, including psychology and mental health counselling, social work, health sciences, medical school, dentistry, and health services or health promotion.

“Contributions like this one have an impact that goes far beyond the individual receiving the scholarship, as Indigenous learners reinvest the benefits of their education back into their communities,” said Mike DeGagné, president and CEO of Indspire. “We see this trend regularly, and it is particularly pronounced and especially impactful in the context of health care initiatives like this

one supported by GSC.” The next application opens online on May 1 and the application deadline for the bursaries is August 1. Those interested should apply for the bursaries directly through the Indspire website.

Indspire announces new funding for Indigenous post-secondary students Funding made possible through generosity of Cree Nation Government

Indspire announced the creation of the Chief Billy Diamond Scholarship, a new scholarship made possible with funding from the Cree Nation Government. The scholarship is aimed to provide additional support for Indigenous post-secondary students.

“The Chief Billy Diamond Scholarship is an endowment fund totalling $150,000 which will be distributed in perpetuity to bachelors or masters students enrolled in busi-

ness, commerce, management or leadership programs,” said a March 3 press release.

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“This new scholarship is a living legacy, a tangible testament to the many contributions which Grand Chief Billy Diamond made to advance the rights and interests of Indigenous people across the country,” said Mike DeGagné, president and CEO of Indspire. “For First Nations, Inuit, and Métis business students who will benefit from this scholarship, it represents a significant new opportunity to pursue their dreams through education.”

The next application deadline for the bursaries is August 1. Those interested should apply for the bursaries directly through the Indspire website.

Indspire’s 10th Soaring represents a decade of Indigenous youth empowerment Virtual event to take place May 4 to 5 Indspire announced the 10th Annual Soaring: Indigenous Youth Empowerment Gathering.

This year’s Soaring marks the 10th anniversary of a uniquely meaningful and powerful gathering for high school-aged Indigenous youth from across the country.

The gathering allows students to come together with their teachers and educators to think about their future and explore exciting options for post-secondary education and careers.

“Soaring 2022 will feature an outstanding selection of spotlight sessions and trade show booths, with memorable post-secondary and career workshops. Students will also learn about financial supports and have an opportunity to meet and

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THUNDERWOMAN SPEAKS: The fatal consquences of colonialism

By Rachel A. Snow Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has finally shown his ultimate disdain for the "Indians", following the path that his late father Pierre Eliot Trudeau set into motion.

The 1969 White Paper Policy of the Liberal Trudeau government was meant to assimilate the First Nation Indigenous, the Indians or the original peoples into regular Canadians. Pierre Eliot Trudeau called this assimilation policy - moving towards a more ‘just society.”

Trudeau was a white man of privilege who could not see the systemic racism that dominated the lives of the original peoples. Either of the Trudeaus – father or son did not know what it feels like to look differently.

Racism is always possible when you look different whether you are eating, shopping for groceries, trying to get medical help or applying for a job.

There can never be equality when people look down on you personally based on the colour of your skin.

Justin Trudeau has been talking about his most important relationship since he came into office in 2015. It is apparently with the “indigenous” people.

This is important because Justin is copying from his late dad’s ongoing termination playbook. Justin

always includes all three “indigenous” groups in his talks. He talks about programs that will benefit all three recognized aboriginal groups (First Nation, Inuit and Metis).

In order to see the disintegration of First Nation treaty or inherent rights, one has to see the big picture of what Canada is doing.

Canada rushed Bill C-92: An Act respecting First Nation, Inuit, Metis children, youth and families - informally called the “Indigenous Child Welfare and Family Act”. Canada was reeling from its losses at the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal where Cindy Blackstock and the First Nation Caring Society had identified that foster care parents off reserve (predominantly non-First Nation) received more than First Nation foster care parents on reserve.

This inequity had existed since the provinces began dispensing child welfare programs on reserve.

Canada stated that they could not immediately follow the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling on dispensing $40,000 per First Nation child because they wanted “fairness” in the awards that were to be made to children, parents or grandparents who would be eligible claimants because of this ruling.

Meanwhile Canada’s network of bureaucrats,

were hastily writing Bill C-92 while Justin Trudeau was courting AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde with visions and promises of money, reform, funding, new laws, control and program dollars. So, it was about money.

Bill C-92 was rushed through the parliamentary process. First Nation treaty or sovereignty thinkers and leaders tried to make representations at the Senate hearings. These words fell on deaf ears.

Every non-First Nation or token representative knew that Canada could be charged for discrimination in funding or in their genocidal application of the Indian Act. Canada would finally see the dreaded floodgates of litigation open bankrupting Canada. The federal government had to get ahead of this potential disaster and lead the gullible First Nations down the rabbit hole filling their heads with words like world’s greatest chief, a born leader and the clincher – “self-government.”

Bill C-92 became law in January of 2020 just as the Covid 19 Pandemic started hitting across Canada.

First Nation reserves already isolated or removed from mainstream, were now rendered even more remote. Trudeau and his federal minions were planning how to let the Indians have the appearance

of getting child welfare power when in fact they were getting nothing.

First of all, Canada did not allow funding to be addressed in Bill C-92.

Worse, Canada had failed to apply Jordan’s Principle the funding of services by either level of government – federal or provincial without delay so that First Nation Indigenous children could live. But Canada remembered to put Jordan’s Principle into Bill C-92 so the new agreements would have this liability.

By February 2022, Bill C-92 case law is starting to develop. An Alberta group of people have self-declared and gained recognition of their “self-government” from the federal government. Is this the same federal government who has failed, since the 1983 First Minister’s conferences to recognize the inherent governance systems of the original First Nations of this land?

But today Canada can recognize some hodgepodge of “indigenous” in northern Alberta and give them “self-governance” only two years after the passing of C-92? Not only did the federal government recognize their “self-government”, because Quebec denied that there is such a thing as Indigenous law, Canada, the noble country is taking this decision of the Quebec court of appeal

to the Supreme Court to argue for “our Indigenous laws”.

First of all, Canada has just slapped every historic or hereditary First Nation leader across their collective faces, with this case.

The First Nations are distinct. They have land bases, ties to the Creator and land through language and ceremony that is specific to each First Nation.

The Haudenosaunee have their Creation stories, languages, ceremonies and lodges. They do not decide for the plains Siouan tribes like the Iyahe Nakoda by the foothills or the Dakota in Sioux Valley.

There is specificity in language, territory, and the ways of working or living in harmony with the earth which are in fact the spiritual “laws” handed down by the Creator.

Canada has insulted every genuine First Nation leader and every distinct language speaker or traditional person who holds generational knowledge that is directly tied to the land. Canada is recognizing a willy-nilly group of pan-indigenous or non-status Indians and a metis as having “self-government”.

It is like putting together an Irish person, a German person, a Finnish person and some distinct African tribal peoples and saying: here is your land, you are self-governing

and can make laws for your “collective grouping”.

What does that mean?

For First Nations who have been carefully watching the Canadian government and the false promises passed from father to son, it is patently clear that there is absolutely no respect or understanding of reconciliation. There is only trickery, falsehoods, and outright lies meant to finally end the existence of the original First Nation peoples.

Canada keeps forgetting that we are part of this land. Our blood runs through the land and our languages flow like the rivers and waters that feed the earth. Canada cannot destroy us - only our own badly misguided people can do that. They are out and about right now, cheering on this victory of “self-governance”, completely misunderstanding the watering down of our true spiritual laws.

These are not man-made words on paper subject to interpretation, these all the cosmic laws that hold harmony for all global peoples. For false First Nation “law” practitioners, there will be consequences.

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PEOPLE: My return to the rez from life as a photographer in Sante Fe

By Keith Grosbeck The beautiful majestic city of Santa Fe, NM. It’s been my sanctuary for many years. I’ve learned to love and to be loved there.

It wasn’t easy getting there. It took a lot of time, resources, friendship development, skillset, intuition, sporadicalness and humility to reach it. It’s a city that either embraces you with open arms and shows you the meaning of true magic or it spits you out completely. I’ve had to work hard to earn a return trip to it. Thankfully I’ve had more good fortune there than any other place in the world. Most recently it decided that I needed a break and I returned home to recover and help our people out with the skills and experience that I’ve developed in Santa Fe. It’s a very romantic city with the history and the beauty it displays at all times. I’ve fell in love multiple times with women I adore and appreciate immensely. I’ve also had my heart broken there many times. It has taught me so many valuable lessons

about people, indigeneity, ancestors, cosmos, stars, life, death, love, gratitude, fine art, lifeskill, true compassion, empathy, actual pain, shame, fatigue, ego, greed, laziness, wealth and wellness. It shaped who I am today and I’ve got nothing but kind words and admiration for it. It really embraced me when I needed it most and protected me from the hard of the outside world.

It was there I learned my true self. That I was born in this world to be creative and to create.

I was first introduced to Santa Fe when I was visiting Albuquerque for Gathering Of Nations Pow Wow. Believe it or not I’ve been a huge fan of that event mainly for the networking and feel good vibes I get whenever I’m around all the indigenous people there. Also the beautiful women. I know. Let’s just say it’s all around a phenomenal experience. I recommend anyone travel to it just to experience it once in this lifetime. My BroDad Larry and his family introduced me to it while on a road

Keith Grosbeck (right) grew up in Chippewa of the Thames First Nation but moved to Santa Fe and worked as a photographer for many years.

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trip north of Albuquerque, NM. Larry told me that Santa Fe was “The Art Mecca”. We went up on a Sunday after the Pow Wow. The city is very old and it becomes a literal ghost town after 5 PM. Businesses also close on Sunday for religious and spiritual practices. We went on a Sunday. Which meant all the galleries were closed and we barely got to eat anywhere due to most good restaurants

closed on Sunday. I was able to get enough of a feel of the city that it had appeal for me to return.

It wasn’t until the Fall of 2016 that I got the feeling that Santa Fe was going to be the place where I could grow and level up.

I’ve known Larry for a long time. We first met in Toronto during the CanAb Festival when I was playing a guitar at a booth that my friend John had built. As I looked up

I met the gaze of Larry and his wife Julene and he asked if he could take my photo. I obliged and he asked what I did for a living. I coincidentally had my bag filled with t-shirts that I just picked up from the screen printer for an event that my housemate Andy’s website was hosting. Andy’s company is responsible for RezFox, the online dating website for natives in Canada.

I actually designed the

original logo for them. I had the t-shirts printed for their event. I showed Larry the shirts and he immediately recognized them and he loved the logo. He asked if he could photograph some models whom he was traveling with wearing the shirt for some promotion. I handed him some shirts and we agreed to meet later. We also had a mutual friend Alissa whom I had a huge crush on at the time that we learned also modelled for him. It turns out we had a lot in common. I also met his daughter Heather whom I immediately fell in love with. I was in the company of some really profound people who would effectively change my life forever. I mean I absolutely cannot mention Larry or his family without professing my deep appreciation and love for every single one of them.

They shaped who I am and continue to support me in the best of times and worst of times. Larry and Julene are my first surrogate parents and

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Funding practices for Indigenous child welfare are flawed The Canadian Press VICTORIA — British Columbia's representative for children and youth says the system of funding child welfare services for Indigenous kids is ``deeply flawed'' and there's an urgent need to overhaul practices to make data accessible and transparent.

Jennifer Charlesworth says in a report released today that data from the Children's Ministry makes

it impossible to compare allocation of funds for First Nations, Metis, Inuit and urban Indigenous youth with non-Indigenous service providers.

Charlesworth says there's no way to know how much money is being spent on child welfare for Indigenous children in order to assess if they and their families are being adequately supported.

She also says the Ministry of Children and

Family Development can't definitively provide information on how much of the federal funding it gets reaches First Nations.

Charlesworth says different levels of funding are allocated based on whether a young person lives on- or off-reserve and whether First Nations work with their own child and family services agencies.

sees 26 northern First Nations in the province, to create and operate a youth community healing lodge in the northern city of Thompson.

Goertzen said the goal is to provide more justice resources in the north, reduce reoffender rates and lower the use of RCMP cells for non-violent youth detained for intoxication.

The concept is new in Manitoba and will be Indigenous led, he said.

``We have to ensure that the programming is right. We have to listen to the right elders and experts in terms of ... (what) we're going to have in the healing lodge.''

Grand Chief Garrison Settee said his organization has long been advocating for a facility in northern Manitoba to provide interventions, programs and resources for First Nations youth.

Advocacy groups team up to create youth healing lodge

The Canadian Press THOMPSON — The Manitoba government and a First Nations advocacy group are working together on what the government says is a first-of-itskind youth healing lodge in the province.

Justice Minister Kelvin Goertzen said Friday the province is providing $2 million in funding to Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak, which over-

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Mounties lay new charge against Oblate priest, Inuit delegates ask Pope The Canadian Press Mounties have laid a new charge against a Roman Catholic priest who has previously avoided trial for multiple allegations of sexual abuse linked to his time in Nunavut.

RCMP said a Canada-wide arrest warrant has been issued for Johannes Rivoire, who is in his 90s and lives in Lyon, France. ``It's about time,'' Piita Irniq, an Inuit elder who has been fighting for more than a decade to have Rivoire returned to Canada, said Tuesday from Ottawa.

Nunavut RCMP said officers received a complaint last year regarding sexual assaults that occurred about 47 years ago.

Mounties said Rivoire was charged last month with sexual assault on a female.

The latest development in the investigation of the Oblate priest comes after the leader of the national organization representing the Inuit asked Pope Francis to intervene in the case during a meeting at the Vatican on Monday.

Natan Obed, president of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, said he asked the Pope to ``speak with Father Rivoire directly and ask

him to go to Canada to face the charges.'' Obed also asked the Pope to request that France step in if Rivoire is not receptive.

In an email, Oblate leader Rev. Ken Thorson said he also spoke with Obed. ``I informed him that we would be encouraging Rivoire to do what he should have done long ago: co-operate with police and make himself available for the legal process, if not in Canada, then in France,'' wrote Thorson, with OMI Lacombe Canada based in Ottawa.

Thorson added the order has also written

to Justice Minister David Lametti, offering its co-operation in any investigation. ``We have not received a request to share additional records in response to the recent arrest warrant, but will fully co-operate and provide any relevant information, when asked.''

Rivoire was in Canada from the early 1960s to 1993, when he returned to France.

A warrant was issued for his arrest in 1998.

He faced at least three charges of sexual abuse in the Nunavut communities of Arviat, Rankin Inlet and

Naujaat. More than two decades later, the charges were stayed.

The Public Prosecution Service of Canada said at the time it was partly due to France's reluctance to extradite.

Inuit leaders and politicians from senators to Nunavut premiers have continued to urge that the priest face trial. Those calls have grown with the discovery of unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools run by the Catholic Church.

Bishop William McGrattan, vice-president of the Canadian Conference

of Catholic Bishops, said Monday that ``justice and truth are important in this path of reconciliation.'' He said Pope Francis heard that bringing the priest to Canada to face justice is important. ``The church wants to work with the relevant justice authorities, whether they be international or Canadian,'' he said. ``And if there are allegations that someone has committed these abuses, that they need to be brought to justice and the church should not stand in their way but assist those who have been victims to seek justice and healing.''

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Kansas lawmaker apologizes for equating gavel with tomahawk The Canadian Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas House member has apologized after asking a Native American lawmaker if she used a tomahawk rather than a gavel when she was presiding over the House.

The incident occurred Wednesday when Rep. Ponka-We Victors Cozad, a Democrat from Wichita, used her gavel to quiet the House. It was the first known time a Native American lawmaker had presided over the body, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

Rep. John Wheeler, a Republican from Garden City, turned around and said he ``was just checking to see if that was a tomahawk.''.

Wheeler immediate-

ly apologized when the remark drew an uneasy reaction from other lawmakers. He said later that he would personally apologize to Victors-Cozad and two other Native American members of the House for a comment that he meant as a joke. ``The world has changed a lot for this 74-year-old man,'' Wheeler said. ``I try to keep up, but today I had a slip.''

Wheeler, a member of the Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations, said he took issues regarding the state's four federally recognized tribes ``very seriously.''

Victors-Cozad said she was ``disgusted'' but not surprised by the remark. ``This is 2022 and people still think that they can say whatever they want to

and think it is funny,'' she said. ``We're not a joke.

Who we are, our culture, our heritage — I don't take it lightly. But when they say things like that, it is like they don't have any respect for us. It hurts.''

The incident occurred a month after the Kansas State Board of Education suspended Education Commissioner Randy Watson for a month after he made derogatory remarks about Native Americans during a virtual education conference.

The remark came after debate on a bill that would return a half acre of land in Johnson County, which is a Shawnee Tribe burial ground, to the Shawnee Tribe. The House passed the bill unanimously.

of international racial discrimination against Native Americans.'' The suit seeks class action status.

Brendan Johnson, a former U.S. attorney for South Dakota and lawyer for the plaintiffs, said the ``rest of the world'' needs to know what's going on in Rapid City. The suit seeks unnamed general and punitive damages. ``We need to be clear.

We don't file this complaint to send a message.

We file this complaint because we want justice,'' Johnson said at a press conference.

Connie Uhre, one of the owners of the Grand Gateway Hotel in Rapid City, posted the ban notice on Facebook Sunday. That followed a shooting at the hotel early Saturday involving two Native American teenagers, Rapid City police said. Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chairman Harold Frazier called the post racist and discriminatory and demanded an

apology.

Messages left at the hotel were not immediately returned. Court documents do not list an attorney for defendants.

Red Elk Zephier, the hotel manager, told South Dakota Public Broadcasting that the entire staff at the hotel bar and some hotel workers quit due to the proposed ban. Elk Zephier. who is who is Yankton Sioux and Oneida, also quit. ``I can't have that be a part of my life, that negativity. So I just don't want to be associated with that,'' said Zephier. ``I didn't even think about the money or anything involved, I just, I can't have that in my life.''

Rapid City, known to many as the gateway to Mount Rushmore, is home to more than 77,000 people. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, at least 11% of its residents identify as American Indian or Alaska Native.

Suit filed over threat to ban Native Americans from hotel The Canadian Press

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a federal courthouse in a South Dakota city Wednesday to cheer the filing of a federal lawsuit over a hotel owner's pledge to ban Native Americans from the property.

The protesters held a rally and prayer meeting in a Rapid City park then walked the streets in response to a social media post by a Grand Gateway Hotel owner who said she would not allow Native Americans on the property. Demonstrators marched to sounds of drums and carried tribal flags and signs.

One banner that read, ``We will not tolerate racist policies and practices'' stood as a backdrop for tribal leaders and others to talk about the civil rights suit that cites ``a policy, pattern, or practice

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Disney's 'Encanto' shows healing from intergenerational trauma

By Mariam Georgis Disney's Encanto depicts a multigenerational story about a grandmother and her family endowed with magic gifts, who were forced to flee their village for a safer place in Colombia. The film has received critical acclaim and three Oscar nominations, including for Best Animated Feature.

But commentators have also made scathing criticisms too, especially in relation to the lack of a villain or worse, the vilification of the matriarch character, Abuela.

From my perspective as a scholar who researches displacement and migration, what stands out in Encanto is how each generation of the Madrigals experienced trauma and how it shapes their lives and choices. As an Assyrian (Indigenous to Iraq) with experiences of displacement and migration, it seems to me these negative reviews missed key aspects of the film.

Reverberations of trauma and displacement Viewers get to know

specific members of the Madrigal family through their solo numbers such as Lousia's ``Surface Pressure'' or Isabela's ``What Else Can I Do?'' Yet as we put these characterizations together, it becomes clear that the family as a whole has its own dynamic: a dysfunctional one, as each member silently struggles with their gifts to the point of exhaustion. It seems like each family member is silently struggling with mental health issues as well.

But isn't this the story of almost every migrant family? The idea that we are so grateful for ``making it'' to our new homes that we should do everything in our power to build the best life possible, regardless of how we are doing?

Migration means leaving everything and everyone you know behind. That kind of sacrifice demands a constant striving for perfection to make it worthwhile — a constant striving that can be toxic and harmful.

Plenty of villains This is why critiques of this movie not having a ``bad guy'' miss the point.

Anyone watching the movie who has experienced displacement through war or violence likely does not need Disney to draw the villain.

For example, Assyrians are haunted by the spectre of genocide, the theft of our land in the making of Iraq, Syria, Iran and Turkey, and the recent Kurdistan Region that turned us into ``minorities'' on our ancestral homeland in an ongoing process of dispossession and displacement. ``The villain'' lurks in the shadows of our minds: It is colonialism, imperialism and constructed borders meant to keep us out of the same countries that had a hand in the destruction of our homeland, turning us into refugees, and forcing us to migrate away from our families, relatives and friends.

Contextual readings `Encanto' tells a story of displacement from a Latinx family perspective — a family whose different skin shades speak to the complex colonial realities of invasion, theft of land and people, and intertwined histories and racialized

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identities. It is from the perspective of a family whose experiences speak to people across oceans, lands and time.

The reviews condemning Abuela as ``toxic'' remove her from her context of trauma. A trauma-informed lens isn't meant to excuse or legitimize toxicity and dysfunction, but to help us understand that people who are in pain often pass down this pain. A trauma-informed lens means focusing on compassion for both victim and perpetrator. It means a framework of culturally specific interventions that acknowledge historical and intergenerational trauma.

From this lens, we can understand Abuela is not a power-hungry villain but a trauma survivor.

Showing new ways Abuela needs help to heal from her trauma and grief to break the cycle of toxicity and dysfunction that is firmly rooted within

her historical context. Mirabel, the youngest daughter of Julieta and Augustin Madrigal and Encanto's protagonist, holds Abuela accountable by explaining how her toxic behaviour has affected her family.

Mirabel models the power of compassion as she takes Abuela's hand and thanks her for everything she's done to ensure their family's and community's survival, and leads her back home to show her another way.

Two things can be true: Abuela's behaviour is toxic, and she has ensured her family's and community's survival. Mirabel can hold her accountable and be grateful for her labour and sacrifice.

The Madrigals used their gifts selflessly to build and serve their community.

Trauma survivors learn from a small age that they should not ask for what they need as individuals.

Survival means everyone

doing their part for the collective good because you only survive as a collective — a reminder we can all use in our contemporary context of a global pandemic.

Refugees and immigrants often have toxic family dynamics born out of unjust and violent circumstances because trauma rewires our brains.

Disrupting survival mode Mirabel helps her family break this cycle of intergenerational trauma by reminding Abuela survival mode is not meant to be a permanent place, and that life is the true destination.

Mirabel begins this unlearning process throughout the movie with her family, including Abuela. The end of the movie shows the casita — the family home — rebuilt on different values to live life, instead of just surviving it.

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Filled with hopes and dreams of growing your very own in-home jungle, only to awaken and find your new little plant pal completely fried, or even worse, dead.

Knowing there’s nothing to blame but you and your own neglect, you give up. But don’t! If you want easy success with house plants, here are six hardy plants even the most notorious plant killers would have a hard time taking down.

Disclaimer: No plant is immortal, but if you’re new to plant keeping or have a poor track record, these options are probably your best bet.

Snake Plant This plant is extremely drought-tolerant, meaning you can completely forget you even have one and it is likely to thrive. Because there are no branches, its slender profile makes it an ideal floor plant for small spaces. Snake plants need well-drained potting mix that doesn't hold a lot of water. And they like to be in bright but indirect sunlight. However, you can park it in a dark corner and it'll be just fine.

Spider Plant Like its eight-legged namesake, the spider plant is a true survivor.

Its hardiness and versatility make it a very popular houseplant. I don’t have one because I think they’re ugly, but

Aloes are sturdy plants that double as an on-hand supply of sunburn and burn cream.

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if you want a plant you won’t kill and don’t care how it looks, give this one a try! This plant can grow in a wide range of conditions and suffers from few problems, other than brown tips. The spider plant is so named because of its spider-like leaves, or spiderettes, which dangle down from the mother plant like spiders on a web.

Aloe Vera Aloes are some of the very first plants I remember seeing around my house growing up. My mom told me the gel inside this plant’s leaves is magical and can cure any ailment.

Turns out they’re not magic at all, although the gel inside is great for treating sunburns and small cuts. They make for a very hard-to-kill plant, requiring very little upkeep, and thrive in a wide range of temperatures, meaning they’ll likely always feel comfortable

in your home. Make sure it gets a fair amount of sunlight or its leaves will begin to droop — and only water it every three weeks or so.

Air Plants Three words: no soil

required. Even if you consider yourself the most neglectful plant parent, you can keep these little shoots alive. Air plants are epiphytes — plants that attach themselves to other plants for support, without relying on the host to thrive. They absorb moisture and nutrients through their leaves, not their roots, which they use only to anchor themselves to other plants or objects.

Pothos Pothos go by several different names — devil’s vine, devil’s ivy, and golden pathos. Some plant parents say it is the easiest of all houseplants to care for as they thrive in low-light conditions and even don’t mind artificial light. These guys prefer to be watered when their soil is completely dry so it’s perfect for all the chronic forget-to-waterers out there. Pothos have very pretty heart-shaped

If you can’t remember to water your plants, a snake plant is perfect for you.

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Some plant parents say a pothos is the easiest of all houseplants to care for.

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leaves that are attached to vines which can grow up to 30 feet long and propagate very easily.

Peace Lily If you want to impress your friends with a plant that looks like it requires a lot of effort and maintenance but doesn’t, give a peace lily a try. They are low maintenance, easy to grow, and are marked by their striking white flowers and dark green foliage.

Peace lilies are not for plant parents who forget

to water as they need a lot of water to stay healthy.

I find I water mine every two weeks or so and use at least a litre of water each time.

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TORONTO — An independent committee, formed by the Greater Toronto Hockey League, has found that racism and discrimination do exist in the GTHL and that there is a need to put greater efforts into promoting a culture of acceptance and inclusivity.

The committee identified 44 recommendations that the GTHL may look to make in order to bring change in relation to racism and discrimination.

Included in these recommendations were the reviewing of incident reports where racial slurs were alleged to have been used but not heard, the elimination of ethnic or stereotypical mascots or imagery and the implementation of a BIPOC coaching mentorship program as well as to improve opportunities for women to work and participate in the league.

These recommendations will be turned into action by the GTHL. The league has now cre-

ated a formal investigative process by a third-party to probe all accusations of discrimination, including ones that occur in-game and go undetected by an on-ice official and, as of June 1, the use of any Indigenous names and logos will be banned _ meaning a team like the Mississauga Reps, whose logo is similar to that of the Chicago Blackhawks, will need to find new imagery.

According to the league, despite the work it acknowledges needs to be done, the committee said that the GTHL ``was perceived to create a welcoming culture that takes issues of racism and discrimination seriously with education and training programs in place..

The GTHL is the largest minor hockey league in the world with more than 40,000 registered participants across Markham, Mississauga, Toronto, and Vaughan in Ontario.

This committee came about after the GTHL held what it called its ``Tran-

sition Game'' summit in November 2019, where the league came to the conclusion that an independent and systemic review of itself was needed.

In December 2020, the GTHL Board of Directors formed an equity, diversity and inclusion committee that included Karl Subban, father of former GTHL stars and current NHLers P.K. and Malcolm.

The committee was tasked with examining policies, protocols, and practices of the GTHL as they relate to racism and discrimination within the organization, how the league's complaint policy and procedure operated, its educational materials and training, its leadership structure and how the organization might create a safer environment when concerns regarding equity and diversity are raised.

Processes such as surveys, town halls and oneon-one interviews were used to gather data.

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By TRT Staff SIX NATIONS — The Iroquois Lacrosse Arena opened last Sunday to host two Arena Lacrosse League (ALL) games, with a versus that brought together the Sis Nations Snipers and the St. Catharines Shockwave.

Out of the gate, the Shockwave put away an trio of goals in the first three minutes. This blitz was countered by goals from Johnny Powless, Cheyton King, Tyler Brown and Ross Hill, interrupted by one from the Shockwave. But by the end of the first quarter, they were answered by another from Tyler Brown, giving the rivals a tie.

The second quarter saw a lot of climbing as goals came from Jordan Goddard, Jeremy Bomberry (2), Rodd Squire and Cheyton King. The Shock-

wave could only muster s ingle response, entering half-time 10-6 for the Snipers.

The third quarter saw goals from Johnny Powless (2), Cheyton King, and

Gavin Skye, and closed the period at 14-10 for the Snipers.

Trailing behind, the Shockwave put away three fast ones. But the Snipers pulled the lead back with

three more from Ross Hill, Johnny Powless, and Daylen Hill. This closed the game at 17-14 for the Snipers.

Earlier in the day, the Whitby Steelhawks met up with the Paris RiverWolves, and delivered a solid blow for a heartbreaking finish. A nearly even showing, the Steelhawks came out on top 13-11.

Both the Snipers and the Whitby Steelhawks, who finished second in the standings with an 8-4 record, will have received opening-round playoff passes. A quarter final weekend will take place at the Brampton Memorial Rena on Sunday, April 10.

But both leading teams advance directly to the ALL semi-finals on April 16. The Snipers will host both semi-final matches as well as the championship final on April 17.

Akwesasne and Cameron Sault of Mississaguas of the Credit, who are looking to finish strong.

“It’s always a good feeling to play in any league finals. We have a good mixture of skill and experience up front, on the back end, and between the pipes.

We’ve been getting better and better each game of the post season. If we keep playing the right way on both sides of the puck, we’ll be fine,” assured Sault, who is a play-off goal and assist leader.

The rivals are now tied one-to-one: Game 1 went to Elora on Elora soil with a score of 7-5, Game 2 was won by Tillsonburg on their territory with a tight score of 7-6.

“We knew this was going to be a tough series with Elora finishing first in the league during the regular season. With things all tied up early here, it’s a best of five games now. For Game 3, there is going to be a battle. They get a great crowd so the boys are looking forward to stealing one on the road,” said Sault.

The WOSHL is looking to provide the first title to the Sleeman’s Cup at the end of the series, but the title isn’t the only pull. Sault explained that the opportunity to play with other Indigenous players is a part of what brought him to the rink.

“There’s nothing better than seeing and playing with other Indigenous

players at any level of hockey, competing and being successful. There’s so much pride in representing your nation and your family while playing the game you love and we need to continue to support our players. I mean, one of the reasons I decided to join Tillsonburg late in the season was because of the other guys from Six and Akwesasne. Now we’re in the league finals hoping to win a championship together,” he said.

Game 3 will take place on Friday, April 8 at 8:30 p.m., at the Fergus CW Community Sportsplex, and Game 4 will take place on Saturday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m., at the Tillsonburg Community Centre.

Snipers hold onto first place as they ended the season .

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Indigenous presence abound as the Tillsonburg Thunder set sights on Game 3

By TRT Staff TILLSONBURG — Featuring players from the Six Nations of the Grand River, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and Akwesasne First Nation, the Tillsonburg Thunder met up with the Elora Rocks for the starts of the Western Ontario Senior Hockey League (WOSHL) final series last weekend.

The Thunder won their first round, semi-final series versus the Strathroy Jets, 4 games to 0 in the best of seven on Saturday, March 19, qualifying them to step up against the Rocks.

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By TRT Staff SIX NATIONS — On April 1, the Six Nations Jr. A Lacrosse Facebook page released the home game schedule for the Six Nations Junior A Lacrosse team with home games to be played at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.

On May 15 at 7 p.m., Six Nations will face Burlington On May 19 at 8 p.m., Six Nations will face Oakville On May 23 at 4 p.m., Six Nations will face St. Catharines On May 29 at 7 p.m., Six Nations will face Brampton On June 12 at 7 p.m., Six Nations will face Toronto On June 19 at 7 p.m., Six Nations will face Brampton On June 26 at 7 p.m., Six Nations will face Mimico On June 12 at 8 p.m., Six Nations will face Peterborough On July 10 at 7 p.m., Six Nations will face Whitby Last month, it was announced that Stew Monture agreed to return as head coach for the 2022 season.

“Stew has established himself as one of if not

the best coach in our community. Being a former Arrows captain, he understands the significance this team has within our community as well.

We are extremely thrilled that he will be leading our young men this year,” wrote President Cody Jamieson to the Facebook page.

It was also announced that Rayce Vyse will be taking the role of defensive assistant coach for the 2022 season.

“Vyse will assist Coach Monture on the defensive side of the ball and brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership to help guide the team,” reads the except on Facebook.

On the offensive end, Jason Johnson was named as the offensive assistant coach.

“Jason is probably the most accomplished lacrosse coach from Six Nations. He has been apart of championship teams, from minor to professional. Including, being a player on our first Minto Cup winning team in 1992. We are lucky to have him continue to be a part of our team,” wrote Jamieson.

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NLL transactions for the first week of April

By TRT Staff with notes from NLL.com March 29, 2022: The Calgary Roughnecks have released Nick Scott from the Active Roster.

The Calgary Roughnecks have placed Harrison Matsuoka on the Active Roster from the Covid Protocol List. The Calgary Roughnecks have released Carter McKenzie from the Active Roster. The Calgary Roughnecks have signed Carter McKenzie to the Practice Player List. The Calgary Roughnecks have released Andrew Mullen from the Covid Protocol List. The Calgary Roughnecks have placed Nate Wade on the Active Roster from the Covid Protocol List. The Colorado Mammoth have removed the Practice Player tag on Nate Faccin and retained him on the Active Roster. The Colorado Mammoth have signed Gordy Bowden to the Practice Player List.

March 30, 2022: The Buffalo Bandits have placed Practice Player Dalton Sulver on the Practice Player List from the Active

Roster. The Buffalo Bandits have placed Jordan Stouros on the Active Roster from the Covid Protocol List.

The Halifax Thunderbirds have placed Practice Player Brandon Robinson on the Practice Player List from the Active Roster. The Halifax Thunderbirds have placed Eric Fannell on the Active Roster from the Short Term Hold Out List.

March 31, 2022: The Albany FireWolves have removed the Practice Player tag on Brad Smith and have retained him on the Hold Out List. The Albany FireWolves have signed Dalton Lupul to the Practice Player List. The Buffalo Bandits have placed Frank Brown on the Active Roster from the Physically Unable to Perform List. The Buffalo Bandits have placed Practice Player Marcus Minichiello on the Active Roster from the Practice Player List. (maintain Practice Player tag). The Buffalo Bandits have placed Nick Weiss and Justin Martin on the Injured Reserve List from the Active Roster.

The Georgia Swarm have placed Lyle Thompson on

the Active Roster from the Injured Reserve List. The Georgia Swarm have placed Practice Player Travis Longboat on the Practice Player List from the Active Roster. The Philadelphia Wings have placed Ben McIntosh on the Covid Protocol List from the Active Roster. The Philadelphia Wings have placed Cory Vitarelli on the Active Roster from the Injured Reserve List. The Philadelphia Wings have placed Practice Player Jonathan Gagliardi on the Injured Reserve List from the Practice Player List. (remove Practice Player tag). The San Diego Seals have placed Wes Berg on the Active Roster from the Covid Protocol List.

The San Diego Seals have placed Practice Player Jacob Dunbar on the Practice Player List from the Active Roster. The San Diego Seals have placed Practice Player Mark Glicini on the Injured Reserve List from the Active Roster (remove Practice Player tag). The San Diego Seals have placed Tyson Bomberry on the Active Roster from the Short Term Hold Out List.

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The San Diego Seals have released Brandon Clelland from the Active Roster.

The San Diego Seals have signed Brandon Clelland on the Practice Player List.

The San Diego Seals have placed Devyn Mayea on the Active Roster from the Hold Out List.

April 1, 2022: The Calgary Roughnecks have placed Kellen Leclair on the Injured Reserve List from the Active Roster.

The Calgary Roughnecks have placed Tyler Burton on the Active Roster from the Injured Reserve List.

The Calgary Roughnecks have placed Practice Player Cole Pickup on the Practice Player List from the Active Roster. The Calgary Roughnecks have placed Mitch Wilde on the Active Roster from the Injured Reserve List. The Halifax Thunderbirds have placed Scott Campbell on the Covid Protocol List from the Active Roster. The Halifax Thunderbirds have placed Practice Player Brandon Robinson on the Active Roster from the Practice Player List. (maintain Practice Player

tag). The Toronto Rock have placed Josh Jubenville on the Injured Reserve List from the Active Roster.

The Toronto Rock have placed Bill Hostrawser, Dan Dawson on the Physically Unable to Perform List from the Active Roster. The Toronto Rock have placed Practice Players Aaron Forster and Justin Scott on the Active Roster from the Practice Player List. (maintain Practice Player tag).

The Toronto Rock have placed Jordan McKenna on the Active Roster from the Hold Out List. The Vancouver Warriors have placed Tyrell Hamer-Jackson on the Injured Reserve List – Season Ending from the Active Roster. The Vancouver Warriors have signed Mitch Gustavsen to a one year agreement and have placed him on the Active Roster.

April 2, 2022: The Albany FireWolves have placed Dalton Lupul on the Active Roster from the Practice Player List (maintain Practice Player tag).

The Albany FireWolves have placed Greg Downing on the Short Term Holdout List from the Active Roster.

The Colorado Mammoth have placed Robert Hope on the Short Term Hold Out List from the Active Roster.

The Colorado Mammoth have placed Practice Player Noah Lebar on the Active Roster from the Practice Player List. (maintain Practice Player tag). The Toronto Rock have placed Billy Hostrawser on the Active Roster from the Physically Unable to Perform List. The Toronto Rock have placed Rob Hellyer on the Injured Reserve List from the Active Roster. The Vancouver Warriors have placed Tyson Roe on the Active Roster from the Injured Reserve List. The Vancouver Warriors have placed Practice Player Ryan Martel on the Practice Player List from the Active Roster.

April 4, 2022: The Colorado Mammoth have placed John Lintz on the Short Term Hold Out List from the Active Roster. The Colorado Mammoth have placed Practice Player Nick Finlay on the Active Roster from the Practice Player List. (maintain Practice Player tag).

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My safe return to the rez from a life as a photographer in Sante Fe CONTINUED FROM 6 have taught me valuable lessons of love, forgiveness and humility. They treat me like their own.

I can’t even express in English how that feels to be unconditionally loved by people who aren’t your blood relatives.

I had a very unconventional upbringing. First and foremost. My parents were alcoholics. My Dad was a bootlegger in Chippewas Of The Thames and had some really hard times growing up.

He didn’t get to meet his father before he passed.

I didn’t get to meet his father either. My Moshom Ivan passed away in 1980, I wasn’t born yet and my Dad didn’t have the access to technology or the resources to reach out to his Dad like I have today. My Ma didn’t have a profession. She played a lot of Bingo in her life and had won so often it could be considered her day job. She had unbelievable good fortune and was well provided for by her successful parents. My Ma was the youngest of her parents children and had been coddled and spoiled all her life. Very interesting dynamic of parentage that I have chosen. My Grandparents Delcie and Leslie have been my greatest protectors, supporters and providers for a large portion of my life.

They saw that my parents weren’t capable of raising me to my potential so they stepped in on many occasions. They also had to set their boundaries with me in my teen years and I lived with relatives off and on in my life because my parents had become too unpredictable for even my Grandparents and they had already raised my older sister Rosalyn and were her legal guardians.

My parents made it very difficult for my Grandparents when it came to raising me and my sisters. I recall lots of verbal abuse towards my Grandparents and lots of disrespectful behavior. Not to diminish my love and appreciation for my parents. They were addicted and weren’t actually able to be themselves

until much later in life.

They eventually turned it around and became such incredible, loving and supportive parents before they made their journeys to meet creator. I couldn’t have chosen a more profound and beautiful mother or father. I wouldn’t exist without them. They visit me in my dreams often and I get to spend just a little more time with them in my memories.

I was living in Tempe, Arizona with my friend Niko when she had told me that she was going to move to Canada to be with her partner and get married. I had a little bit of time to prepare and figure out where I would live next. My friend Cowboy had mentioned he was moving to Los Angeles, California with a group of natives that wanted to get started on new careers there. It turns out that didn’t happen but I had already put all my eggs in one basket and purged all my belongings except for my computer and my clothes which I had put away in a back pack. I kid you not I’m a super minimalist and from moving around so much in my life I can literally live out of a back pack when I move somewhere. I’ve always had the mentality that wherever I lay my head is home. Turtle Island is our home. It’ll never not be there for us. Creator provides. I flew to Los Angeles and ended up staying with a my friend Eduardo I went to a film workshop with and we acted in a short film Cowboy had written and directed. I was crashing on the couch at Eduardos for about a week and we were having a good time catching up all the while I was looking for a job and place to live.

Eduardo and I were hanging out with his roommate when things changed dramatically. We were driving around Los Angeles had left him behind as a prank and he took it super seriously. I was sitting in the passenger seat when Jason was pissed and wanted to fight me. He tried to drag me out of the

open window as we were stopped and wildly started swinging at me. I used the door to push him away and he was off balance.

I walked towards him trying to calm him down when he tried to double leg take down me on the grass next to a tree. I’ve wrestled in high school and practices countless submission moves on my sister, friends, teammates and cousins. Yes. My younger sister Leah is a bad ass and I used to practice on her. I sink in a nice standing guillotine choke on Jason an and he starts to pass out. I let go so I don’t put him to sleep but I showed my dominance and deflated him that it gave me time to run away and hide from him.

I climbed a brick wall and hid behind it for a little while. It was there I realized that I had moved to Los Angeles prematurely and I wasn’t ready for it. I walked back to Eduardo’s where he profusely apologized and I packed my bag. I went to a cafe in the area and looked at flights out of Los Angeles. I then realized I didn’t want to go to fly to Albuquerque right away. I wanted to take my time so I booked a Amtrak ticket to Lamy, New Mexico. Near Santa Fe. I then decided I wanted to make a living doing Graphic Design in Santa Fe. When I arrived to Lamy I took a shuttle into Santa Fe to La Fonda Hotel. I spent one night in Santa Fe when I arrived in the International Hostel on Cerrillos Rd. Then I called Larry. He told me that I was homeless and I should come spend the summer in Farmington.

It was there I applied to the Institute Of American Indian Arts and got accepted into their Graphic Design Bachelor Of Fine Arts program. Later on I would change my mind and get a Bachelor Of Fine Arts In New Media Moving Images. I moved to Santa Fe in August of 2017 and it changed my life in the most magnificent ways imaginable.

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HAGERSVILLE — A Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation man was arrested after being found driving an unplated vehicle.

Kirk Nathan Sawyer, 40, was stopped by OPP driving down Haldimand County Road 20 without license plates. He is

charged with Operation while prohibited under the Criminal Code and Drive motor vehicle with no plates under the Highway Traffic Act. His driver's license was seized and the vehicle was impounded for 45 days.

He is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Cayuga at a later date to answer to the charges.

Assault charges

By TRT Staff CALEDONIA - Haldimand County OPP say a Six Nations man is charged after an assault at an establishment in Caledonia.

Officers responded to a report of a fight on April 2 around 11:00 p.m.. Kyle Skinner, 51, of Six Nations was arrested and charged with assault, forcible confinement and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm. He is set to appear in court at a later date.

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TWO TWOROW ROWTIMES TIMES

April 6th, 2022 DECEMBER 19TH, 2018

CLUES ACROSS 1. English river 5. Particular part of something 11. Cool!

14. Welsh for John 15. Given name meaning “great spirit” 16. Wrath 17. Social occasion 19. Mechanical belt 20. __ de la __ 21. Commands 22. Body part 23. Caught sight of 25. Funeral car 27. Skin infection 31. Sometimes they “burn” 34. Russian river 35. Famed soap opera character Kane 38. Pie _ __ mode 39. Endangered 41. Socially inept person 42 Romanian river 44. Swerve 45. Monetary unit of Samoa 46. A type of approach to please 49. Form of Hebrew name for God 51. “Carry On My Wayward Son” rockers 55. A team’s best pitcher 56. A woody climbing plant 60. Long, edible marine fish 61. Human rights group in Africa (abbr.)

62. Data 64. Corporate bigwig 65. Climbs 66. Relating to the ear 67. Commercials 68. You need it to eat 69. Political extremists

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Enhanced feelings of determination motivate you this week, Aries. You will be able to wrap up projects that you’ve thus far been unable to finish. You will be able to handle anything.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 The end of the tunnel isn’t as far away as it may seem right now, Taurus. Take one step at a time and you will find out that the culmination of something challenging is near.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Think about making some plans for a getaway or a short vacation this week, Gemini. You likely can use the break and change of scenery. Use this as an opportunity to rest and refocus.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, try not to be too judgemental of others, especially as it pertains to a project at work. Be open-minded to other ideas and value another’s perspective.

CLUES DOWN 1. Reconnaissance (Brit. military) 2. Asserts to be the case 3. Starchy food made of dried orchid tubers 4. Foes 5. Rheumatoid arthritis score 6. Ruler of Iran 7. The top of the head 8. Lilly and Manning are two 9. Purchase attire for 10. Glittering with gold or silver 11. The bank of a body of water 12. Regions 13. Makes tractors 18. Adult beverage 24. Force unit 26. Swiss river 28. Cater to

Answers for April 6th, 2022 Crossword Puzzle

29. Woody climbing plants 30. Seems less impressive 31. Consume 32. Boxing’s GOAT 33 Southwestern farmers 36. Beverage holder 37. A way to deteriorate 39. Judge 40. Norse explorer __ the Red 43. Farm resident 45. One who helps to govern 47. Plant-eating ground bug 48. History Finnish county 49. Conifer native to Jamaica 50. Longed 52. Small Japanese city 53. Arum family plant 54. Puts together in time 57. From a distance 58. __ contendere: no contest plea 59. Region 63. Mountain Standard Time

SUDOKU

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, friends will come to you seeking advice or simply looking for a patient person to lend an ear. Give them all the time they need to share their thoughts.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Getting through the week shouldn’t be too much of a problem for you, Libra. A second wind of energy may come your way and you will have the determination to get the job done.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 When a project presents itself you don’t want to pass on it, Libra. Do your due diligence. Now is not the time for shortcuts or to rush through anything.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 There’s a good chance you will feel positive and upbeat for most of the week, Scorpio. Make the most of this good mood and catch up with friends and loved ones.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, don’t underestimate your ability to be resourceful when a problem lands in your lap.

You will find the answers to get through it.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Try not to let one obstacle get you down, Capricorn. You will have plenty of other opportunities to redeem yourself and find success in the task at hand.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, it can be easy to fall into a rut, but by daring to be different you may gain a new perspective on things you never imagined. Try a new style and embrace the change.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Resist feeling self-conscious about some of your choices, Pisces. If you believe in yourself, others will start to flock to your side.

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