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Crazy Indian Brotherhood helps homeless WINNIPEG – A Winnipeg support network for young men with troubled pasts called the Crazy Indian Brotherhood spent Tuesday, Jan. 6, handing out sandwiches and oranges to the city’s homeless.

Member Keith Proulx had the idea after seeing his brother in the town of The Pas handing out Christmas hampers.

The group was founded in 2004 to provide support for young people trying to get out of gangs or any other type of trouble. The group is open to natives and non-natives and is meant to inspire young people to work for their communities.

Justin Brown, another member, told the CBC that the name ‘Crazy Indian Brotherhood’ is a satirical interpretation of what European colonizers used to call indigenous people. He said the Brotherhood is trying to change people’s attitudes towards the native community.

“We’re trying to show

them how crazy good we could be,” he told the CBC.

Nutrition North comes under fire

OTTAWA – Last month’s auditor general’s report has caused Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada to review its eligibility criteria for First Nations applying to the Nutrition North program.

The report found that the criteria was unfair and inaccessible to many Northern Ontario First Nations who did not receive full subsidies, even in comparison to neighbouring communities.

The report also found that the criteria has not been reviewed annually since 2011, as it is supposed to be.

One of these communities is Wapekeka First Nation, a small 350-people community about 600 kilometres from Thunder Bay. It lacks yearround access, as does the neighbouring Kitchenuhmaykoosib First Nation.

However, Wapekeka receives a $0.05/kilogram subsidy while Kitchenuhmaykoosib gets $1.60/ kilogram.

Another problem has been the apparently random cutting-off of some First Nations, according to Wendy Trylinksi, the manager of public health education at Nishnawbe Aski Nation. She said 11 First Nations were cut in 2011 with “no consultation.”

Trylinksi also said the money for the education component of the program would be better used to help communities buy seeds and gardening tools.

RCMP Constable receives "slap on the wrist"

THOMPSON, MANITOBA – In 2011, an RCMP constable on the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, near Thompson, Manitoba, admitted to taking an intoxicated indigenous woman he had arrested back to his home. The decision to reprimand him and deduct seven day’s pay came only in 2014.

Const. Kevin Theriault and another constable had arrested the woman at a party. Six hours after, Theriault had returned in plain clothes and asked for her to be

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released into his care, reports a CBC article. After following and goading him, two of his colleagues reported the incident to the corporal of the detachment, who then told Theriault to return the woman to her home, which he did.

But Manitoba Grand Chief Derek Nepinak called the incident “appalling,” adding that the so-called punishment Theriault received was a “slap on the wrist” and would “send the wrong message” to the indigenous community.

Meghan Rhoad, a women’s rights researcher with New York-based Human Rights Watch, has called for an independent investigation, since the RCMP are the ones who investigate their own members.

Cold Lake feels competitive disadvantage

COLD LAKE, ALBERTA – Leaders of the Cold Lake First Nation say the Federal government’s First Nations Financial Transparency Act puts them at a competitive disadvantage compared to other Canadian firms, and

could scare away outside partners.

The Act requires First Nations to publish the expenses and salaries of all chiefs and councillors, including Federal moneys and income generated from their internal economy. It also forces them to publicize sensitive information about their companies, reports a Globe and Mail article.

One councillor, Walter Janvier, wrote in a statement that the legislation violates their privacy and confidentiality, and that they are “exploring legal options” against it in the hopes of reasserting their sovereignty. The Onion Lake Cree Nation is already in the middle of a Federal Court bid to over turn it.

About 70 per cent of the income in Cold Lake First Nation is generated by its internal economy, according to its leaders.

Only about 30 per cent comes from Federal funding, which goes towards other projects like health care and education services on reserves.

SN grandmother to speak at transgender film screening Aiyyana Maracle of Six Nations has journeyed through both genders in her lifetime. This Haudenosaunee grandmother was considered a male at birth, but now refers to herself as a transformed woman, continuing in a tradition of Two-Spirited peoples that has been around for centuries.

Aiyyana was a focus of the recently aired CBC documentary Transgender Parents, discussing her incredible story of challenge and triumph.

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Clan calls for application of Haudenosaunee law

By Jim Windle BRANTFORD – For anyone used to the pomp and protocol of an Ontario Court procedure, Friday’s “Sentencing Circle” in Courtroom #2 of the Darling Street Court House for Six Nations resident Don Tripp must have looked strange, to say the least.

Through his legal advisor, Sarah Dover, Tripp asked that the court allow his participating witnesses to sit in a manner more respectful of Onkwehonwe culture and practice than the starchy Crown Court, with its bar, benches and judge sitting high above it all.

“According to the Gayanashagowa, (the Great Law or Great Peace) we have the right to talk to another person face to face. That’s how we do it,” said Oneida Clan Chief, John Elijah with his Clan Mother sitting beside him.

When Justice Martha Zivolik agreed, chairs were brought in and ar-

ranged into a circle in the courtroom to allow the participants to speak eye-to-eye to the court as they explained Onkwehonwe law and the centuries old conflict resolution practices of the Haudenosaunee.

Zivolik, Dover and Crown Attourny David King sat in the circle with more than a dozen traditional Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk and Chippewa witnesses on behalf of Tripp as, one by one, each stood and spoke of how Haudenossaunee law works and why if he is going to be sentenced, Tripp should be sentenced under Haudenosaunee law, and not British law.

It has been five and a half years since Six Nations Police arrested Six Nations resident Don Tripp and convicted him of being in possession of unregistered firearms and possession of a quantity of Marijuana. The only charges still left to deal with are restricted weapons charges for two guns.

Tripp, who did not have a Clan, was recently adopted into the Oneida Nation by a Clan Mother from the Oneida Nation who was present, and through her spokesman, Chief John Elijah, asked the court to release Tripp to the Clan, which has the responsibility of correcting and teaching Tripp the values of the Clan and the Nation.

The duties, responsibilities and obligations of the Clan in the “rehabilitation” of a Clan member who has gone astray or is in need of further teaching was also explained.

“Let us do this,” Chief Elijah challenged Zivolik.

“You have your laws, we have ours. That is what the Two Row Wampum is about.”

Justice Zivolik listened intently as speakers explained the circle wampum and the importance of the Clan in Onkwehonwe culture; the Two Row Wampum and the intent of the foundational agreement between the Haudenos-

aunee and the settler governments, and the Silver Covenant Chain and the importance of keeping it untarnished through mutually respectful dialogue.

Also addressed was the effect of the systematic breakdown of the Clan system at the hands of settler government legislations backed by the courts, and the forced introduction of white man’s religion through the residential schools.

“I accept everything you said,” said Zivolik after the Clan system was explained through the Circle Wampum. “It really makes a lot of sense.”

Jesse Ireland, who won an important hunting and fishing rights case several years ago using the 1701 Nanfan Treaty, explained to Justice Zivolik the right to hunt, unrestricted, and the right to possess arms for that purpose, which Tripp is charged with.

“You want to incarcerate him further because he had two guns

that you believe are unregistered, or restricted,” said Ireland in a slow and clear voice. “Those restrictions are not on our people, yet you keep implying they are. He is now suffering from too much stress which has caused him two strokes and a heart attack.”

Former Grand Chief of the National Indian Brotherhood, a precursor to the Assembly of First Nations, Del Riley spoke next. He was one of the people that negotiated with then Minister of Indian Affairs, Jean Chretien, to have Section 35 of the Canadian Constitution Act added after Indigenous backlash over the first draft of the constitution, which did not do anything to protect treaties made between Indians and the Crown.

“Right now I am helping out with a similar situation in the north,” said Riley. “In that case they used Section 35 to protect their hunting rights,” he said. “Because, they need the guns to hunt and

that is protected.”

He told the judge that, as far as he is concerned.

Mr. Tripp was denied his constitutional rights under Section 35 for those weapons charges.

“We have to get rid of the racism of the Indian Act,” said Riley. “I am hoping some day that some judge will stand up and say, ‘this is wrong.’”

Judge Zivolik, once again thanked the speakers for their clarity of thought and eloquent presentations.

“You have helped me understand something that has been hundreds of years in the doing,” she said. “Maybe the tide has changed and the river is flowing in a different fashion right now.”

“Today, this judge was shown a different road to take in dealing with Onkwehonwe people,” said Tripp after the hearing.

The sentencing hearings will continue in February.

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Who owns Surrey Street anyway?

By Jim Windle As reported in last week’s Two Row Times, Caledonia resident Ron Hubert launched an appeal with the Ontario Municipal Board over what he believes is unlawful manipulation of the rule of law and municipal by-laws regarding a huge new housing development in Caledonia’s northeast, which he contends has been slipped through the system without appropriate documentation.

But there is more.

Much more.

Hubert is also claiming that what he calls a “good-ol’-boys system” may have also been at play at the former Douglas Creek Estates project, which was stopped by Six Nations land protectors in 2006.

Hubert says he has ample evidence that a few very influential Haldimand citizens have enriched themselves by skirting real estate law and municipal by-law

requirements to hustle through certain projects, which he says, involves some Haldimand County officials and others related to the building trade.

Among other alleged violations of law, or at least highly unethical practices, Hubert claims to have information that would put the true ownership of what Haldimand calls Surrey Street in question.

A number of Six Nations people have been arrested on the assumption that Surrey Street belongs to Haldimand County when in fact, that may not be the case at all.

Hubert draws several parallels between the new McClung development and the former Douglas Creek Estates project.

He believes he has evidence that, like with the McClung project, millions of dollars in funding for the DCE project proposed

by Henco Industries Ltd., was acquired by using collateral based on the assumption of rents from

an, as yet, non-existing sub-development project.

In reality, of course, there was no existing housing development and no absolute assurances the project would go through, especially since it was common knowledge that the community of Six Nations had a claim on the land.

He also alleges that the DCE project, like the McClung project, circumvented many checks and balances required before work on the project should have begun.

So, when Six Nations occupied the DCE lands, they unknowingly put all that investment money and any of those involved in these alleged backroom deals in serious jeopardy.

According to Hubert, while everyone was focused on the land claim and casting Six Nations as lawless criminals, the real crime was kept under wraps.

Hubert bases his allegations on copies of DCE

documents he was able to get before, he claims, they were purged from the public record after his inquiries into the Empire McClung project began in 2011.

Hubert also alleges that what Haldimand refers to as Surrey Street – the main entrance roadway into the former DCE lands off Argyle Street – is, in fact, not owned by Haldimand County at all.

“If you look into the subdivision agreement, it is very specific,” Hubert says. “And if you look at the municipal act under ‘roads,’ you will see that the roadways were ‘dedicated’ in the written plan when it was registered in 2005. But the County still has to ‘assume’ them by formally [taking] over all responsibility for them.

This is to be done with a municipal by-law, and is usually not to be done until the development is at least 50% completed, or after the topcoat is put on the roadway in question.

Until then, they have noth-

ing. As everyone knows, it was far from half finished when Six Nations took it over. In the absence of that by-law, the roadways essentially remain with the Hennings.”

But, he continues, since the DCE plans have been abandoned and the Hennings were bought out by the province, it is even doubtful that Henco holds title.

Six Nations has always claimed that both the Plank Road agreement and the Haldimand Deed show underlying title.

Does that mean Six Nations owns Surrey Street?

That is a question that is still to be answered, but Hubert is sure Haldimand certainly does not and it is doubtful if Henco does either. The province only bought the lots, not the roadways.

When a Six Nations land protector and Hubert have asked Haldimand what evidence they might have to prove ownership of “Surrey Street,” they were told they would have

to go through a freedom of information request to get that information.

“This is a municipal by-law we are talking about here and, as such, is public record,” says Hubert. “We were only told that to back us off, as far as I am concerned.

If you’re going to hide bylaws, how is anyone going to know what’s going on?”

The TRT also requested the same documents that would prove title belongs to Haldimand, but after several attempts at both the Haldimand Municipal Office and the Ontario Land Registry, no such documents seem to exist, or if they do, no one can find them.

Mayor Ken Hewitt told TRT that as far as he knows, the roadway belongs to Haldimand, but he admits, “It’s a very grey area. I’m only going by what I have been told by our legal advisors and the province, but it is grey.”

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Sconedogs & Seed Beads My Why - Curveball and the June Bugs

By Nahnda Garlow Breast cancer was never on my radar. It was never even a consideration. In fact out of everyone that was in my circle of friends at the time I seemed like the most unlikely candidate to develop cancer.

I breastfed both of my children, maintained a healthy weight, exercised regularly, ate a predominantly organic diet, used paraben-free cosmetics, and avoided sugar, alcohol, white flour and soy products.

I did not have a family history of breast cancer.

Genetic testing revealed I do not carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic disposition to develop breast cancer. Ductal Carinoma In-Situ was caught on a mammogram when I was 33 - that is about twenty years sooner than most diagnoses between the ages of 50-69.

The entire journey from diagnosis to survivor changed everything about me and continues to affect my daily life. For two years I had surgery

every six months and was in constant discomfort and pain. Because of that I lost a lot of muscle tone and endurance. Finally nearly three years later I am starting to feel like my normal self again.

However I still have physical limitations from my reconstruction.

Nerves were severed during my reconstruction so I have no feeling across my chest except for a three inch strip between my implants. During surgery I had something called a sentinel node biopsy which removed a lymph node to check for cancer cells. Thankfully it was clear - which meant that the cancer was limited to my breast and had not spread to the rest of my body. Because of this procedure I have a lifelong risk of lymphedema.

Healthy female breasts are mounds of glands and fat that lay on top of the chest muscles, acting as insulation. Now that I have saline filled silicone implants instead of that warm body fat to insulate me I am almost

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of what he believes is manipulation of the rule of law in Haldimand to the advantage of a small but influential circle of individuals.

Documents show that lots purchased by the Province from Henco were not even owned by some builders until months into the DCE occupation, when the occupation interrupted ‘business as usual’, Hubert alleges. He also contends that some documents were filed well after the fact by the developer to cover up any wrongdoing.

Surrounded by a stack of letters and documents he has ferretted out to support his claims, Hubert adds, “What is interesting, regarding the DCE lands, is that the required agreement between Henco and the

County, which was necessary before work on the development was to begin, was signed Nov. 29th, 2005, only two days before the Hennings registered 72 lots, the roadways, hydro and water systems. “Obviously construction was well underway long before it should have been, with Haldimand’s blessing,” according to Hubert.

The OMB hearing to decide if Hubert’s appeal to the huge Empire McClung housing project should be thrown out before Hubert’s arguments are heard, is set for the Haldimand County Office in Cayuga, located beside the County Court House on January 15th at 10:30 am. It is a public hearing, but is not included in the County’s list of upcoming public meetings.

always cold. I cannot lay on my stomach because it feels pretty gross and the risk of perforation and deflation are real.

My neck, upper arms and shoulder muscles are now always stiff and sore because the gravity and weight of implants, which are placed beneath my pectoral muscles, pull everything out of place.

All of these physical limitations do not even speak a bit to the intense psychological challenges I have faced. Feeling less of a woman, feeling self conscious about my

scars, feeling afraid of recurrence every time I get the smallest ache or pain, coming to terms with the new reflection of me in the mirror – I struggle with these things every day. I also deal with some stress, post-traumatic which is now under control, but from time to time it rears its head and makes simple things like getting out of bed a huge struggle.

In December I went for another six month check-up at Juravinski. As usual I checked in with my friends on an online support forum. We were all going through our mastectomies in June so we nicknamed ourselves the June Bugs. To this day we check in anytime one of us has an update. I connected strongly with one woman in particular. I never knew her first

5 name, just her internet handle - “Curveball”. I hadn’t checked in for a very long time so after I got the all clear this last visit I logged in to give her an update.

Sadly I found out that she did have a recurrence – metastases in her liver.

After August of 2014 her messages stopped. I don’t know what happened but regardless of the outcome I’ve thought a lot about her in the last month. She, like many of my other June Bug friends, remain thick in the struggles of cancer.

This week in honor of ‘Curveball’ and my other June Bug friends who continue the struggle I did what a lot of other women would think is insane: I shaved my head.

It was significant. It was empowering. It was a new beginning, another lev-

el of me coming to terms with my new responsibility as a survivor. It was the best way I could think to honor Curveball and all the other women who helped carry me through the toughest ordeal of my life.

My ‘why’ for participating in the Healthy Roots Indigenous Wellness Challenge? I feel that as a cancer survivor it is my responsibility to dwell in wellness and fully embrace every living day the Creator has laid out for me. I pursue wellness to honor those who are fighting daily to make it through chronic illness.

I pursue wellness to be a good role model to my children. I pursue wellness to honor the body, the life and the days that the Creator has so graciously given to me.

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Op-Ed Council's referendum does not represent everyone

By Paula Hill

It is probably fair to say the community has made it clear that they do not support the Six Nations Elected Council’s attempts to garner a mandate to allow alcohol sales on the territory or to take up the art of brewing beer for the financial benefit of the community. The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council issued a statement that they oppose the community’s involvement with “mind changers.”

Those who attended the advance polls on Saturday, January 10, 2015 were not all necessarily there to vote. There were a noticeable number of the community’s respected

elders sitting in the front foyer of Six Nations Polytechnic, rubbing their aching joints while the cold air seeped into the small area, while they discussed the perils of legitimizing alcohol sales in a community that has been devastated by the impact of addiction. They warned that we are not supposed to have anything to do with alcohol. Period.

Some of those who did vote described feeling misled by the wording of the questions on the referendum. Many indicated that they wanted to send a clear NO and that was not possible with the 3 statements that were offered as selections on the referendum ballot. It was

evident that some voters sat at the polling stations for a very long time contemplating what option to choose on their referendum ballot.

Most community members that attended the community engagement sessions questioned the morality and practicality of the proposed brewery and alcohol regulation, assuming that ours was a “dry community,” whether we had bylaws or resolutions indicating that or not.

Ava Hill suggested that a regulation would help with the bootlegging issue on the territory and that we could take the issue of alcohol sales out from under provincial

jurisdiction. It has been stated repeatedly, however, that legally, a permissive regulation would require the continued use of provincial laws for enforcement.

The community was told by both Helen Miller and Matt Jamieson that there was nothing on record indicating that alcohol sales are forbidden and now, in the eleventh hour, there is acknowledgement of a 1988 community petition and band council resolution that forbade the sale of alcohol or even the discussion of such sales on the territory. Was the incorrect information given to the community throughout the community engage-

ment sessions meant to be intentionally misleading for the sake of politics, or is this just another indicator of the ineptitude of Council?

There has been $25,000 set aside to fund the community engagement process to discuss regulating alcohol sales – an initiative that was borne not out of community need, but out of an opportunity to make some money, and this Council’s desire to say they have asserted their jurisdiction. Instead of spending our community money on Ava’s political goals of asserting jurisdiction over anything and everything, maybe we need to commence on a new journey of

looking at how we expect good governance to happen in this community.

That would be $25,000 well spent and a community engagement process worth having.

Because if social media is any indicator, it does not matter what the referendum results are: this community will not allow a brewery to be constructed here. It seems unethical and immoral, at this point, to proceed any further in this discussion of alcohol sales or a brewery. If the people protesting this initiative are all the little old ladies in the community, something is horribly wrong if this Council proceeds based only on the referendum results.

whether the Provincial Liquor Act should or does apply at Six Nations. At present the Six Nations Police do enforce the provincial act. If the court rules the Province’s liquor act does not apply at Six Nations and we don’t have our own Alcohol Law our community will be left lawless when it comes to alcohol and to alcohol-related offences. Is this what we want for our elderly, our young people and our children?

I am concerned about the safety and well-being of our citizens. Last summer a mother called me concerned about the safety of her family. She said a building in her neighborhood where dances and parties were held still had people partying come morning and some of them were shooting guns off.

What’s council going to do about this she asked?

Another mother called me with concern about the bars or bar-like buildings that were operating in the territory. What’s council going to do about this she asked?

Still another mother complained about a bootlegger who sold her 15 year old son alcohol shortly before he got into an ATV accident. What’s council going to do about this she asked? These are community members asking Council to do something about the alcohol.

On the other hand organized sport expenses increases yearly. The business sector is inundated with groups and teams asking for donations or sponsorships.

Many people have asked to have alcohol at the community hall for fundraising dances, weddings, Buck & Does etc.

Hockey teams, lacrosse teams want to have a Blue Line Club to raise money for their teams. I heard a restaurant owner wants to be able to sell alcohol in the restaurant. The list goes on.

Last summer I recommended to council that it was time to revisit the alcohol issue which has lain dormant for 27 years. I was fully prepared to honor a 1988 resolution that says alcohol wouldn’t be brought up again. But the more time I’ve had to think about it I now question if another Council has the right to hogtie a community issue like alcohol forever. I don’t think so.

For me it’s not about the brewery. The reasons above are why I was pushing council of the need to develop a Six Nations Alcohol Law. As for the Confeder-

acy Council’s “unsigned” released statement I am thoroughly disappointed.

In their statement they don’t support “the manufacture or retailing of alcohol or drugs….” Well sorry fellows but alcohol and drugs are already being sold here. The Confederacy Council should be working with the Elected Council never mind sitting back and pointing fingers of criticism. What good is that going to do for our community? Amy Lickers, Community Planner, asked to get on the Confederacy Council’s agenda to do an information session and she was refused.

Then we have the people who say “I don’t vote” and then complain because their voices aren’t going to be heard. This has been going on for years yet no one has sat down at a table and worked on an acceptable

to all community decision making plan. About eight years ago I raised this very issue at the Main Table land talks and still nothing has been done.

Anyway I want people to know why I think it important and critical for our community to deal with the alcohol issue. I feel for the frontline workers who have conducted the information sessions over the past ten weeks. Not only were they abused and insulted, Ms. Lickers had to endure attacks on her character and integrity at the information sessions and on social media. I commend the staff for their professionalism and their personal commitment to keeping the community informed. Too bad the actions of some cast such a negative light on our community.

Op-Ed Supporting a Six Nations Alcohol Law

By Helen Miller

It was good to see the number of people who came out to cast their ballot at the Advanced Poll for the Alcohol Referendum on Sat. Jan. 10.

There was about 2025 of The Men’s Fire and their supporters crowding in the hallways. Terri Lynn Brant and Lester Green staged a sit-in. They went into the polling station and sat at polling booths and stayed there. No one attempted to stop people from voting. That would have been a direct violation of a person’s human rights. We all have the right to make our own choices.

Why am I supporting a Six Nations Alcohol Law? There are three reasons: Unbeknownst to many there is a current court challenge questioning

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Letters to the Editors

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Ganohkwasra speaks out against Alcohol Dear Editors, Ganohkwasra Family Assault Support Services is writing to support the Notice submitted by the Six Nations “Iroquois” Confederacy, Grand River County.

Ganohkwasra has been in existence for over 26 years; and during this time provided family violence prevention services to thousands of community members, women, children, youth and men.

Based on our experience, alcohol and drugs have largely precipitated the violence and abuse occurring within our homes and our Six Nations community.

The result of these violent episodes has put our community members at risk of harm and in some cases, death. Therefore, as an organization whose mandate is for the safety and protection of

women, men and children from family violence and sexual assault, and to uphold the principles of the centrality of the family unit within our society, Ganohkwasra Family Assault Support Services is opposed to the manufacturing or retailing of alcohol within our Six Nations Territory.

Respectfully, Sandra Montour, Executive Director Mary Monture, Chairperson, Board of Directors

Dear Editors, On January 20th the Brantford community will receive 7 student visitors from China. The school they will be attending is now owned by the private company Henan Education Canada Inc. in partnership with the Henan Provincial Government and Victoria Academy. It will be teach-

ing the Ontario curriculum as a base.

When I raised this matter with School Board Trustee Alex L Felsky she stated that: “The sale of Victoria was conducted within the board’s rights as public organization and following the rules of the Ontario government.

The site was declared surplus to the Board’s future accommodation needs in accordance with Section 194 of the Education Act. The Victoria site was then offered to preferred agencies at fair market value in compliance with Ontario Regulation 444/98.

The 90-day requirement to receive offers passed and Board staff members went to market resulting in the sale to the now known (with consent) Henan Education Canada Inc. who operates what’s now called the Victoria Academy.”

According to the Education Act’s Section 194, “A board that is in possession of real prop-

erty that was originally granted by the Crown for school purposes and that has reverted or may have reverted to the Crown may continue in possession of the real property for school purposes and when the board determines that the real property is no longer required for school purposes, the board may, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council and subject to such conditions as are prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the real property.”

However, the Section that they relied upon to validate the disposal of property left us with more questions than answers, so we sent a letter to Trustee Alex Felsky to ask who they officially represented during the sale. If the Crown granted the land to the Board there must be an original conveyance to the Crown.

Where is it? What condi-

tions did the Lt Governor prescribe to dispose of the land?

We also asked Alex Felsky if the Private Company and the Henan Governor where made aware of the publically acknowledged debt that Brantford CEO and Mayor Bob Taylor discovered in 1994, was $250 Billion dollars to the Original landholders. Taylor noted that “the question is how it can be repaid without bankrupting the city of Brantford and the rest of the country.” In 2000 CEO/Mayor Chris Friel said: “I believe that land claim is totally valid”, “I can’t understand why the federal government has not come to terms with on it”. “It is time to honor what we have taken and give it back.”

In public releases made by the owner of Victoria Academy Inc. Zhang said he looked at other communities including Richmond Hill, Markham, Scarborough, Mississau-

ga, Oakville, Burlington, Aurora and Kingston but rejected them because, frankly, they had too great an immigrant population. He said he wanted a “pure Canadian environment” for the school, and Brantford fit the bill.

The term “pure Canadian environment” is a very powerful statement, as it has the potential to undermine the peace alignments and sovereignty of the Haudenosaunee. The Haudenosaunee still exist in this geographic area and environment. We want to explore these issues with the help of anyone interested.

Read the full letter to the Grand Erie School Board and Trustees, and Letter to the Victoria Academy. Link: http:// trti.me/QEyNN Benjamin II Authorized Representative Haudenosaunee & Raseron:ni Neighbourhood Association of Brantford

the empowerment of women to not be too shy to pick up their teachings.

What I liked was that so many people from different nations came. We had Inuit, Anishnabe, Haudenosaunee, Dene, Cree all coming together because we are thirsty. People are thirsty for the teachings.

It wasn’t just about the women’s teachings because the men were there as well to hear about women’s teachings so we can walk together and respect each other”.

The Kinomaagye Gaamik lodge is place for learning that has been

open for the past two years. Rowe reflected on how important the lodge was a place for her to learn Anishnabe culture. “When we built it we were told some people are afraid to come to ceremonies so we created it for education because people want to learn but they don’t always want to do ceremony. All the events that we have there are for universal teachings and every body is welcome to that lodge. It’s also free, and we are not politically tied by funding governing or dictating what we do. All the fund

raising that we do is done by people coming to the lodge and who cover the costs of the elders who carry the old teachings.”

Rowe feels like there aren’t enough elders to access in the New Credit community itself. “I travel around to different places listening to different elders. They say utilize what I am teaching you back home to your community build your home fire, build your family, get your family healthy and then you can spread it out to your community.”

Elder Cheryl Littletent from Kawacatoose

nation Saskatchewan spoke at the gathering.

She told the gathering that “the way I was taught is that teachings begin at home. If you yell at your children all the time, one of your children is going to become a yeller. If you swear at home one of the kids is going to pick up the habit of swearing. Being an aggressive person will never get you anywhere.”

“It’s hard to be a humble person. There are five main things to be a humble person. Number one is respect. Respect yourself before you can respect

anyone else. Two, watch what you’re doing, watch what you’re saying, watch where you’re going.

Three, learn from what you are doing, learn from what you are saying. Four listen to yourself, listen to the people around you.

The fifth one is be happy with what you’re doing and be happy with what you are learning. Those five elements practiced on a day to day basis will help you become humble.”

Brantford to sell leased property

Kwewuk Chi-twaa Miigwewin: Women as a sacred gift

By Tim Reynolds An education and healing event was hosted on the weekend by the Kinomaagaye Gaamik lodge in the Mississaugas of the New Credit territory. Teachings were provided by Saskatchewan elders Cheryl Littletent, Rita Prosper, and Linda Obey. Women from many different nations from all over Turtle Island attended this packed event seeking traditional knowledge and healing.

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Keep your diet on track while traveling

By Nahnda Garlow

One of the things you learn quickly when adopting a healthy lifestyle and diet is finding healthy indigenous food on the go is a challenge. So what to do? Here are a few tips on how you can stick to the Healthy Roots Indigenous Wellness Challenge when traveling and still enjoy yourself.

Set your intention.

Adaptability is key to maintaining a long-term change for healthy eating.

If you know you are going to be traveling to an area where it will be difficult to stick to your eating plan, consider a compromise.

You might have to aim to alter your commitment level down to 80% during your travels. Maybe even down to 50% if you are planning on attending a wedding banquet with served meals where you don’t get to pick what goes on your plate. If you decide ahead of time on the compromise you can avoid the post-vacation diet guilt

that can sometimes shipwreck a person’s journey.

Plan ahead of time.

If there is opportunity to pre-pack for your trip, head to the grocery store and pick up portable fresh foods such as fruit, veggies, nuts, seeds and dried fruits. Most grocery stores offer healthy snack options like hummus, hard boiled eggs or protein bars that also travel well.

Safe bets when dining out. Salads and soups are typically options that you can depend on and most restaurants, including fast food chains, do offer fresh choices. A lot of restaurants now offer turkey burgers. Order it without a bun and its still a delicious option. Best to avoid Italian or Chinese restaurants in favor of Mexican or Seafood spots.

Don’t forget your exercise. Working out when you are traveling can be a minor setback that is easily fixable. If you are caught in a hotel during your challenge and want to keep

going, take a walk through the halls, climb the stairs, hit the hotel gym or take a swim in the pool.

Stay hydrated. Drink, drink, drink. Now keep in mind if you are drinking a lot of water and driving a long distance this might not work out well for you – unless you are okay with stopping every half hour.

But once you get to your location make sure that you get re-hydrated. A refreshing option for this is coconut water, which is high in calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium and sodium.

Get good sleep. As tempting as it may be to stay up late watching movies and eating pizza when you’re staying overnight in a hotel - make sure that you everybody is tucking into bed on time. Every night children up to five need 11-15 hours, ages five to twelve need up to 11 hours, teens need between 8-10 hours a night and adults anywhere from 7.5-9 hours every night.

The right amount of sleep can make for more pleasant travels, strengthens your immune system, and helps to maintain a healthy metabolism.

Be good to yourself.

In the event that you can’t stick to the plan - don’t beat yourself up! Learning how to cope with how to incorporate a healthy lifestyle into your everyday is all part of the journey.

The awesome part about committing to living a long term healthy lifestyle is that every day is a new day, every meal is a new meal and every meal is an opportunity to choose whole indigenous foods that will nourish your body. If you

find you went completely off track - take a look back at what went on and next time you run into a hurdle like that you’ll have a better idea on how to cope through it without derailing your plan.

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1. What was your biggest challenge?

Most of the week I felt good, only a few days at the beginning I felt really tired, I was worried that maybe my blood sugar was off, or that I wasn’t eating enough. But by the end of the week I was feeling a lot better and proud that I completed week 1.

1. What was your biggest challenge?

This week was really good my biggest challenge that I have is getting to the gym. And exercising in general.

1. What was your biggest challenge?

Biggest Challenge this week was figuring out what I was going to eat and how I was going to make it.

1. What was your biggest challenge?

My biggest challenge this week was to cut out pop.

Seneca Turtle Clan Age: 49

2. What was your greatest victory?

Completing the first week successfully and achieving my goal from week 1- trying new foods- tried quail and rabbit. I liked the quail, but didn’t like the rabbit so much.

3. How are you gaging your success?

(Tracking steps, weight loss, inches, greater endurance, blood sugar levels, mood) I am using my Two Row book to track my food each day, my activity, using my Fitbit Charge to track my steps and also tracking my blood sugars. I was tracking my blood sugars more than usual this past week, both before breakfast and 2 hrs after meals.

4. How did your tracking go this week?

I met my goal in steps each day and I was really pushing myself to do so and with the help from my Fitbit friends and our challenges it sure helps. Tracking food makes me more aware of what I’m eating and also what I have to look forward to.

5. Did you have any realizations or moments of awareness this week about your journey?

I realized just how bad I was eating. Although I thought it was good the extra sauces, salts, dressings, butter are not necessary to enjoy my food.

GOAL week 2: To journal. To write how I feel each day, even if it’s just one word.

Mohawk Turtle Clan Age: 37

2. What was your greatest victory?I managed to get out hunting with my sons Isaac and Dakota this week. We managed to harvest two cottontail rabbits and a partridge.

3. How are you gaging your success? I am gaging my successes day by day not really thinking of the long term. I am using my fitbit to track my progress with movement. I am shooting for 10,000 steps a day I have managed to hit that mark everyday this week with the exception of Thursday where I only made it to 7500.

4. How did your tracking go this week?

This week I lost 5 lbs and I have energy like I haven’t had in a long time.

5. Did you have any realizations or moments of awareness this week about your journey?

On Wednesday I thought to myself “I’m really doing this” I have managed to quit smoking, quit consuming dairy, wheat, and sugar. As well I have gave up on coffee and replaced that with herbal teas.

I have not had any processed food or farmed animal meats in a week. Thinking about all that was a pretty big ahha moment to me.

Mohawk Wolf Clan Age: 38

2. What was your greatest victory?This week’s greatest victory was being able to plan out my meals and to make them. I had some anxiety in the beginning about what I was going to eat. Then once I took a deep breath and just thought about what I usually eat and made the changes from that instead of trying all new recipes, that worked out a lot better.

3. How are you gaging your success?

I am gaging my success by tracking with my fitbit charger for sleep and steps. I am also taking note of my mood i.e. happy, sad, content etc..

4. How did your tracking go this week?

My results this first week were good, I was more active then I have been in the past few weeks, my moods with the exception of a bad day midweek have all been positive. The one bad day I think I lost a bit of my perspective and was feeling a bit down and hungry. However I pushed through, completed my daily tasks and felt better for it.

5. Did you have any realizations or moments of awareness this week about your journey?

I had a moment of awareness the second day when my body was responding to the food I was eating. Just in two days of clean eating. In the past I’ve had some digestive issues and once I changed my diet, there were no longer any issues. This to me was huge and quite amazing at how fast this happened. It really is true “you are what you eat!”

GOAL week 2: To get 30 minutes of activity in 5 days this week.

Mohawk Turtle Clan Age: 21

2. What was your greatest victory?

My biggest victory this week was successfully cutting out pop! I also stopped drinking coffee too. I am now drinking water and smoothies with almond milk and berries. Also I brought mixed nuts and dried berries and fruit to snack on while I am travelling, healthy choices are hard to find on the road, so I am learning that I need to bring my own foods with me.

3. How are you gaging your success?

(Tracking steps, weight loss, inches, greater endurance, blood sugar levels, mood) I am writing in my Healthy Roots journal each day, recording what I eat and the activity I do. I am also aware of how I feel physically, I thought I may be tired cutting out caffeine, but I have felt really good. I have had a lot of energy and after my healthier meals I don’t feel over full and tired.

4. How did your tracking go this week?

My results with food were cutting out pop and coffee and also eliminating bread from my meal. I did feel a bit hungry after meals, so I am trying to have more vegetables and healthy protein choices.

GOAL week 2: My goal is to drink 5 bottles of water a day this week, previously I only drank 3-4.

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Recipe - Wild Miinan Pudding Wild Miinan Pudding 1 ½ cups wild blueberries (frozen) • 1 ½ cups manoomin milk (or other nondairy milk) • 2/3 cup maple syrup • ¼ cup organic cornstarch • 1/8 tsp. sea salt • 2 TBSP. sunflower oil •

Blend: 1 ½ cups blueberries and 1 ½ cups manoomin (wild rice) milk together (There will be little shavings of berry skins. You can strain if you want. I just left them in.) Set aside.

Combine: organic cornstarch and sea salt in me-

dium saucepan.

Gradually stir in milk/ blueberry mixture until smooth. (No matter how patient I am during this step, I still end up with a few little lumps, so I use a handheld emersion blender to get it smooth.

Some of you may have to use a regular blender for a few seconds, then pour back into pan.)

Then stir in maple syrup.

Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. (I cranked the flame up to HIGH for a minute or two, until it was heated through, always stirring constantly.)

Boil for 1 minute, still

stirring. Remove from heat. Stir in sunflower oil.

Pour into serving bowl/s, cover, and refrigerate.

Chill for at least 2 hours, or until set.

This recipe is courtesy of Bradley Barb and the Decolonized Diet Project; reprinted with permission.

For more recipes visit their website. See www.tworowtimes.com for links.

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Try warmed up leftover wild rice with chopped apples and hickory nuts for breakfast. Lunch could be a bowl of corn soup cooked with a smoked turkey leg in place of pork. How about baked sweet potatoes, green beans and moose meatballs for dinner? You’ll be surprised at how easy, how appetizing, and how nutritious an all-indigenous meal can be.

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Jayden’s mom will admit that she is not an overly domestic gal. She was not familiar with how to cook wild game. She got a bit of moose meat, and the first “leather strips” she made were inedible.

But knowing that she had no other choice but to figure out how to cook this, she sought out the advice of local chefs.

They advised her to cook the meat slow at a low heat, and add anything acidic. So far, tomatoes or apples are the family’s favourite additions to the wild game.

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Jayden’s family was advised to return to a traditional Onkwehonwe diet. The non-native dietician said, “Your people had it right the first time.”

She said that the mixture of corn, beans and squash eaten together make a protein. She stated that just a small cube of brick cheese added to your food is equal to one serving of protein.

The family started to get brave about reintroducing different beans into Jayden’s diet, in an effort to try the corn, beans and squash mix.

Then they went one step further and decided to try wild game.

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This is 10-year-old Jayden G. She has a long list of allergies that have plagued her throughout her lifetime, but the most disruptive allergies have been to proteins found in foods such as peanuts/beans/ legumes, and chicken/ poultry.

If Jayden so much as enters a room where peanut residue is airborne she will react. If she were to come into direct contact with peanuts, she would instantly go into a life-threatening anaphylactic shock response.

Eating poultry causes an equally scary, but less evident reaction. When she eats poultry, Jayden’s breathing shuts down but no hives appear to warn of a reaction. This reaction is scary because you do not realize what is happening until it is almost too late; when her lips are blue and her airway is so swollen that her breathing sounds like an ear-piercing whistle.

The meats and meat alternatives section of Canada’s Food Guide recommends beans, nuts, legumes, chicken and poultry as the healthiest way to obtain your protein intake. When these items had to be removed from Jayden’s diet, her entire family made the same dietary changes. Initially, they tried living on just beef and pork, but after a couple of months, this became unbearable due to the lack of diversity in their diet. So the family sought out the help of local dieticians.

Mom adds a bit of olive oil and spices or a few strips of bacon to make the perfect taste blend.

Of course, the two most important pieces of advice she can give is: give thanks to the animal, for his help to feed your family and be sure to cook with love and good intentions. These honestly are the two most important ingredients.

It took some time to connect with enough local hunters to make sure the family has ample supplies at all times. Most guys are eager to help the family, given the young girl’s health circumstances. The family has been taught that meat will have a more wild taste if the hunter chases the animal. In other words, they had to make sure they bought meat from good hunters. So far, though, they have been very impressed with the hunting skills of the men here at Six Nations.

One mistake the mother made in adjusting her daughter’s diet was to focus too much on protein intake. In doing so, Jayden had a reduced intake in fruits and vegetables for awhile. This taught them that balance had to be maintained.

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The Caledonia Pro-fit Corvairs are riding high atop the Greater Ontario Junior B Hockey League as defending Sutherland Cup Champions. They are looking for a repeat for 2015 and look rock solid at both ends of the ice. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

Corvairs strengthen strangle hold on first

By Jim Windle CALEDONIA – The St. Catharines Falcons and the Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs have become one of the most intense rivalries in the Greater Ontario Junior B Hockey League over the past two or three years and once again this season, the Corvairs have taken a special relish in defeating them, and vice-versa.

This past week-

end the two clashed in a home-and-home series worth a total of four potential points on the line.

The Corvairs lost a 4-3 OT decision Friday night, worth one point, but rebounded with a 3-1 win in Caledonia Saturday night, to extending the chasm between first and second place by three more points.

The friction between the Falcons and Corvairs which began Friday night,

carried over to Saturday night for a chippy, low scoring game.

The Corvairs doubled up on the Falcons in shots on goal, 15-6, but only came out with a 1-0 lead, that by Connor Patton’s goal at 1:26.

Erick Delaurentis made it 2-0 at 4:30 of the second from Tyler Lapore and Matt Hore. A Falcons’ powerplay was rewarded with Nicholas Dozzi getting his team on the

board at 15:03.

Caledonia closed the period with a powerplay goal of their own with Kyle Tanev scoring at 17:09, from Mitch Purdie and Connor Bramwell.

There was no scoring in the third as the Corvairs held off the Falcons for the win.

Friday night, the Corvairs looked lethargic compared to their usual high intensity offense in the first leg of the home-

and-home series in St. Kitts.

Even so, they were able to squeeze out a point as they lost 4-3 in overtime after Corvairs’ Luke Sinclair sent the game into OT at 18:39.

But Tyler Morrison gave the Falcons the extra point at 3:33 of the extra frame.

This coming weekend, Caledonia has a Friday night date with the Ancaster Avalanche at

the Haldimand Centre, for a 7:30 p.m. start. Saturday, they take it on the road to Fort Erie to face the Meteors.

The defending Sutherland Cup Corvairs are so far ahead of the pack it would take a total collapse between now and their last regular season game Feb 21st to remove them from top spot.

over the Niagara Riverhawks, the Hag-hawks leaped over Niagara into fifth place in the Niagara District Jr. C standings.

The next hurdle is to surpass Glanbrook, who are four points ahead of Hagersville, who hold a game in hand.

After the Sailors took a 2-0 lead with both goals

scored by Nick Chiarot, Mitch Green cut the Port Dover lead in half at 11:58 with an assist from Kyle Phibbs.

Hagersville turned it on in the second. Phibbs evened the score at 4:26 from Cole Martin, and Bailey Fletcher gave Hagersville a 3-2 lead six minutes later from Jacob Sol-

oman. However, the lead would not hold.

Barry Steutker evened the score at 3-3, but with 1:53 remaining in the second period, Matt Lemasurier put Hagersville up 4-3 entering the third period. Hagersville protected their end in the third while adding goals by Dan Mederios

and Brett Dykstra into an open net with 30 seconds left while playing short-handed.

Tuesday night, the Hawks entertained the Simcoe Storm. Results were unavailable at press-time.

Thursday night, they will be in Dundas to face the Blues before hosting the Sailors

again Saturday night in Hagersville. Sunday, they travel to Simcoe. A good week on the ice could move the Hawks further up the standings to overtake Glanbrook for fourth place.

Hagersville Hawks inching up the standings

By Jim Windle

HAGERSVILLE – The Hagersville Hawks spread their scoring across the bench with six goals scored by six different players as they defeated the Port Dover Sailors 6-3 in Dover, Sunday night. Coupled with a 2-1 win the night before

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Willy’s World on Chiefswood Rd. is another fine example of Demon and Nancy’s dedication to their community. Named after their son, Willy’s World was created to help provide cost effective options for everything from walkers to wheelchairs, and provides holistic health betterment opportunities for all Indigenous peoples. We now offer Willy’s World Colloidal Silver Water and Colloidal Gold Water.

Educated staff, competitive pricing and a well stocked inventory make this store the place to go for all your needs and friendly advice

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GoodMinds.com is your leading source for purchasing bias-free teaching and educational resources related to Indigenous issues. We have over 3000 titles available for order online at www.GoodMinds. com. Goodminds.com is an Aboriginal-owned family business based on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory in Southwestern Ontario.

Celebrating Ongwehowe authors

By GoodMinds.com Today when teachers and education consultants visit GoodMinds.com in person or attend a book display, they most often request a title written by a First Nation author. Since the opening of GoodMinds. com in 2000, our website has tried to identify Indigenous authors and illustrators whenever possible. The following reviews offer an overview of our bestsellers from the Six Nations Iroquois category.

And Grandma Said: Iroquois Teachings as Passed Down Through the Oral Tradition is a 2008 book written by Tom Sakokwenionkwas Porter, Mohawk, Bear Clan. This compilation is edited by Lesley Forrester, who worked with Tom to allow his truly unique voice to be heard.

The book includes oral history and traditions, as well as personal experiences and teachings of the Six Nations Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), especially the Mohawk Nation.

The book is organized into chapters that cover the

essential understandings and teachings of the Iroquois, including Creation, the Opening Address or Thanksgiving Address, Colonialism, Language, the Clan System, the Four Sacred Rituals, the Four Sacred Beings and the Great Law of Peace.

Additional information about funerals, weddings, pregnancies, child rearing methods, leadership and tobacco is included. The book also includes commentary about casinos, prayer and the future.

Appendices include what grandma’s great-grandchildren have learned, directions for Atenaha (the Seed Game), a glossary of Mohawk words and a glossary of Mohawk passages.

The book is supplemented with black and white family photographs and illustrations by John Fadden. This is a remarkable and important contribution to the cultural teachings of the Iroquois.

Highly recommended.

Basic Call to Consciousness is a collection of essays in which leaders of the Six Nations Iroquois

discuss the importance of honouring the sacred Web of Life and describe the spiritual roots of their traditional government and cultural traditions.

This 120-page book presents a compelling critique of Western culture and an eloquent text on the rights of Indigenous nations. Presented here are three position papers delivered to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland in 1977.

New contributions by John Mohawk, Chief Oren Lyons, and Jose Barreiro provide an overview on the struggle for self-determination before and since the Geneva meetings. An important inclusion in this volume is the chapter about Deskaheh, including his last speech.

Sotsisowah, John Mohawk, a scholar, authored the position papers presented at the UN and wrote the foreword in this edition. Jose Barrerio, who wrote the afterword in this edition, was a long time editor at Akwesasne Notes. Oren Lyons is a traditional Faithkeeper of the

Turtle Clan and a member of the Council of Chiefs of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. Highly recommended.

Big Medicine from Six Nations is a series of reminiscences and essays by the late Ted Williams on the themes of medicine (physical/spiritual/psychic healing). Williams intertwines the stories and culture of his Tuscarora upbringing, illustrating

the dynamic encounter of tradition and innovation at the heart of contemporary Haudenosaunee people.

He writes with a unique voice full of irreverence, irony and good humour. Coloured by his wry wit, Big Medicine from Six Nations amply fulfills the promise of its title. It offers an essential introduction to herbal medicine, prayers, prophecies, feasts, vision quests, sweat

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lodges, spirits and the sacred teachings of the Great Law of the Peace.

Ted Williams died in September 2005 having just finished this book. He is the author of The Reservation (also published

by Syracuse University Press), a modern classic of Iroquois storytelling.

Highly recommended.

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Video game review: Destiny (PS3, PS4, XBOX 360, XBOX One)

Destined to disappoint the hardcore fans

By Jonathan Garlow

Although it was “only a video game” the Halo series made a significant cultural impact on the millennial generation when it was released in 2001. This Sci-Fi shooter was a breakout hit like Star Wars was in the 80’s and put Microsoft on the map by giving people a reason to want the first Xbox. Six years later, Halo 3 broke all records and generated a staggering $170 million in 24 hours upon its release in 2007.

Created and developed by Bungie Inc. this franchise has garnered $3.4 billion to date on game sales alone.

That’s why fans worldwide were desperate for any details about Bungie’s secret game entitled “Project Tiger” when artwork and plot details were leaked in November 2012. Lead Writer Joseph Staten ambiguously announced his plan was to “build a universe” and that the game would “take on a life of its own”. With a budget of $500 million dollars anything seemed possible.

When it arrived on September 9, 2014 it was called Destiny.

The game itself is told from a “mythic science fiction” perspective which should be familiar to Halo fans. This setting is reminiscent of themes from movies such as Blade Runner and Star Wars depicting a dystopian society that is able to star-travel but has recently suffered a major setback called “The Collapse”.

You are the last defender of humanity known as a “Guardian” which is basically a Jedi, and it’s your job to discover why all these aliens are attacking the last city on earth as you learn to harness “The

Bungie Inc. released a video game called Destiny. It is a hybrid fusion of FPS and RPG which works for some gamers but for others not so much. IMAGE COURTESY OF BUNGIE INC. Light” which is basically the Force.

The character flies around to different planets fighting alien hordes, doing missions, and saving the day. It’s pretty average stuff as far as first person shooters go but Bungie attempted to up the ante by blending MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) elements such as in-depth character customization, diverse weaponry, and a shared world environment.

The programming wizards at Bungie wanted to make a hybrid game by mating World of Warcraft together with Halo for the ultimate nerdgasmic experience but this baby has been mostly a disappointment; alienating many in the process. A half billion dollar freak of nature in fact.

Although the graphics are stunning and the art direction is fantastic, hardcore fans of the Halo series are angry with the length of the game. An entire play through of Destiny can be as quick as 6 hours and the majority of gamers expect more for the hefty price tag of $69.99.

Your character can be

one of three classes: Titan, Warlock or Hunter which in theory create a Rock, Paper, Scissor balance. The seasoned gamer may expect drastically different stories and gameplay from each class but will find fairly generic abilities and with slightly different flavours. At least the online PVP portions of the game are good.

When the story mode is over Bungie is expecting gamers to continue to search for increasingly powerful weapons and gear in raiding parties called “Strikes” utilizing the MMO aspect of the game. Sadly the most effi-

cient way to upgrade your gear is by ‘farming’ in predetermined locations: killing the same enemies over and over as they spawn on a set schedule.

Not exactly what was promised in 2012. Even worse, you can spend hours or days looking for gear that is unusable for your character. That might not be so bad if you could trade with other players but you can’t. You cannot even exchange items with others.

A friend of mine said that he was “hoping for a MMO version of Mass Effect” when he bought the game but in retrospect

FINAL VERDICT

Pros: Stunning visuals, pleasing aesthetic, huge variety of weapons and gear, epic soundtrack, PVP. Cons: Short story mode/campaign, repetitive gameplay, monotonous farming, disappointing and insulting reward system, lack of trade, lack of variety of gun models.

“it’s not”. A fundamental problem with Destiny is that someone will be disappointed whether they are FPS twitch gamers or RPG number crunching stat-mongers. Casual gamers may be entertained.

On a bright note, the entire world agrees that the soundtrack for Destiny is absolutely phenomenal.

It was written and scored

by Bungie composer Marty O’Donnell and recorded at Abbey Road studios with the help of Sir Paul McCartney. Can’t beat that, really.

All in all Destiny is an overly ambitious attempt

by Bungie who under-delivered on promises to create a new universe – proof that there are some things that money cannot buy.

The conspiracy theories of the internet have claimed that parent company Activision will milk this cash cow by selling DLC (downloadable content) over the next ten years in $20 increments.

Destiny tries to be the Chief of all genres but ends up being the Master of none. (There’s a Halo pun in there somewhere).

Improving Your Game: Part One – Attitude and Guides There are a few general skills that anyone can learn and practice to improve their game performance.

These skills are not specific to video games, but can also apply to many games such as chess, as well.

Before I discuss any of these skills, however, it is important to adopt the proper attitude. This attitude is one that accepts that you will make errors. It is also one that sincerely wants to improve and learn. This is true whether you are brand new to a game or are quite familiar. I have seen many players reach a plateau in their skills because they stop accepting criticism or believe they are already as skillful as they can possibly get.

Many people also refuse to accept any criticism at all. The gaming community itself is partly to blame for this because valid criticism and harassment are often blurred together. This is especially true for teamwork-based games, ironically. I mention this because most of your fellow players are quite willing to help you improve, but you have to show them that you are willing to listen and learn.

Guides are usually the first thing you will be directed to, but I would recommend you familiarize yourself with the game first. It is very helpful to have “hands-on” experience with what is being discussed in guides so you can better understand it. Simply performing random actions to learn what they do and what outcomes they cause qualifies as experience.

After this, it is wise to follow their advice and browse a few guides. Guides will only help so much, though. Basic competency is usually their main purpose, but this is a great way to start. If you are beyond the need of guides, try to learn something new every play session. Remember, it is important to keep an open mind to criticism, and have a desire to improve.

Nicholas Martin-King, 2RG Pro

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Duck in its own fat Curing and cooking animals in their own fat is an ancient preserving technique. There are two fundamental steps to the process. First one would typically cure the meat in a salt and sugar mixture.

Afterwards, the meat is cooked in its own fat and then stored.

There are other ways to preserve meat in animal fat much like the process of making pemmican where meat first dried and then stored in rendered fat. Both of the mentioned methods use a combination of techniques that will make the meat an inhospitable place for harmful bacteria.

The French technique of confit where meat is salted, cooked in its own rendered fat, then stored in a cool, dark place can last several weeks or

even months without refrigeration. Fruit confit are candied fruits preserved in sugar.

In many traditions, such as the French’s confit, sugar and salt would typically be used in this preservation process.

However, in seeking to challenge myself to present recipes and techniques that support the Healthy Roots initiative, I am using only maple syrup as my curing agent here. The natural sugars act similarly to salt in that they help create an environment where harmful bacteria will have trouble reproducing.

The Cure: Cut the legs off the duck with or without the skin.

I like to keep the skin on because it gets crispy when you reheat it after cooking it in the fat and

more of the fat renders out as you cook it.

I prefer using dark maple syrup for cooking because it has a strong maple flavour so a little goes a long way in the kitchen. You can also choose to reduce the maple syrup so it has a thicker consistency and higher sugar content. You could also use maple sugar for a dry rub.

Let the duck legs sit in the maple syrup or maple sugar for a day or two rotating frequently, stored in your refrigerator. If you have enough syrup to completely submerge the duck go right ahead.

The longer you leave it in the cure the sweeter the end result will be as more sugar will have penetrated through the meat.

After curing for at least 2-days, remove the legs from the syrup. If

you used a dry rub rinse the legs off and pat them dry. Let the cured meat sit for at least 12-hours in the fridge.

The Cook: In a baking dish or cast iron, melt enough of your rendered fat, to completely submerge the cured duck legs.

Cover and cook in your oven at 300F until the meat is tender to the fork. Monitor the meat at the 2-hour mark. If you choose you can set the oven temperature lower.

Low and slow is best here.

Also, be mindful that the

sugar will caramelize if cooked too high for too long and there is a risk of burning.

Once the meat has reached the desired doneness, let the legs cool in the fat. This will probably happen somewhere around the 2-3 hour mark.

To Store: If you wish you can store completely covered in fat by an inch in a cool, dark place in your root cellar or in your fridge.

If done properly it should keep for a very long time.

Please note that I have

not attempted to store the meat after preparing it only using a maple syrup cure. In theory it should work. I will try it and see how it goes. I will update this post on the Two Row Times website accordingly.

Next week’s article will discuss different ways to utilize the rendered animal fat and meats that have been preserved using a cured in own fat method.

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Your Voice Is Important Our Community, Our Future, Let’s Talk About It

Six Nations Alcohol Community Engagement - FINAL WEEK Alcohol Decision-making: a two part process

Six Nations Alcohol Regulation On January 17, 2015 Six Nations members will have the opportunity to participate in a referendum regarding alcohol regulations within the community. Eligible voters are registered Six Nations band members ages 18 and over. The eligible voter list will be available at the Six Nations Elected Council Administration building. There will be three options to choose from at the referendum: The question on the Ballot is: SHOULD SIX NATIONS REGULATE ALCOHOL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY? o Yes, we want the regulation to be permissive. This means that the regulation will be drafted to allow the sale and/or manufacturing of alcohol under certain requirements. If this option is accepted there will be a community engagement process to design the details of the regulation. Community input would direct things like the number of permits granted, sale times and locations and age restrictions. o Yes, we want a regulation that is restrictive. This means that a regulation will be drafted to state that there will be NO sale or manufacture of alcohol within the community at all. o No, we do not want to regulate alcohol. This means that the regulation will not move forward and alcohol within the community will remain as is.

Community members will still have the option of pursuing Provincial Liquor licenses for events in the community where alcohol is being served.

The decision will be based on the majority of participants. If there is support for an alcohol regulation at Six Nations, a community engagement process will be undertaken, following the referendum, to allow for further input from the community regarding the details of the regulations.

Brewery Proposal The decision regarding the Brewery Proposal will be gathered through collection of comment cards submitted indicating whether community members DO or DO NOT support the project. Comments can be submitted through www.snfuture.com or by dropping off written comments at Six Nations Tourism building or at the Six Nations Elected Council Administration building. Comment cards will be accepted at the referendum.

Next Steps After the referendum a FINAL REPORT will be drafted assessing all of the information gathered throughout the course of the community engagement and providing a recommendation to the Six Nations Elected Council.

REFERENDUM Saturday, January 17, 2015 Community Hall

Referendum 10:00am-7:00pm Votes Tallied 7:00pm-8:00pm

Your Voice Should Be Heard Submit Your Comment Online

www.snfuture.com

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Contact Amy Lickers or Nicole Kohoko Six Nations Economic Development

P: 519-753-1950

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Obituary

Obituary

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

H ILL: JOH N BARRY Passed away peacefully with family by his side at the Brantford General Hospital on Wednesday January 7 , 2015 at the age of 67 years. John is now with his Lord.

Beloved husband of 4 3 years to Marilyn (Maracle) Hill.

Loving father of Barry (Tarri), and David (Joline). Dear grandpa of Barry (Devonne), Taylor, Dylan, Tony-Lyn, and Robbie. Dear great grandpa of Lyla and Honey. Son of the late George and Alice (King) Hill. Loving brother of Vera and Ralph Garlow, Chris and Dave Brown, and Margaret and John Green and the late Melvin VanEvery.

Brother-in-law of Eileen and the late Norman Jaeckle, Verona and the late James Wable, Sherwin and Judy Maracle, Brenda and William Bradley, Kenny Maracle, Vivian and Robert Bradley, and the late Steve, and Pete Maracle. John will also be sadly missed by his many nieces and nephews. He was employed for 35 years as a Pallitizer with Good Humour-Breyers and was an active member of Medina Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon for 16 years. Rested at the Styres Funeral Home, 17 98 4 th Line, Ohsweken after 12 noon Friday.

Evening Service 7 p.m. Friday. Funeral Service was held at the Medina Baptist Church on Saturday January 10, 2015 at 1 p.m. Interment Stumphall Cemetery. www. rhbanderson.com “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.”

2 Timothy 4:7

Notice

Notice

An open letter to Community members of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory: On Sunday, January 11, 2015, we, the Lower Cayuga Snipe Clan arrived at an unanimous consensus to reject the proposed Alcohol Law(s) and Brewery on our homeland.

I n Sp irit, Strength and hop e, The Low er C ayuga Snip e C lan

In Loving Memory of Our Beautiful Sister and Best Friend Isabel ( Issy) Jacobs Passed away January 13th, 2014 Issy – since you left us we miss you every day. You were so special to each of us and our hearts will forever be connected. We will all meet you again and until then, we will live with all the special memories, good times and laughter that we all shared together.

You spent your first hristmas in eaven with om and Dad and brother Hughie. When you left, we all lost a very kind and true friend and sister. We send to you our Love!

Br others & Sisters: Bi ll/ Pam & Family, R uby/ C larence & Family, H elen/ E ugene & Family, V era/ J ohn & Family, Frank/ R uthie & Family, H az e/ R on & Family, V erna/ Alex & Family, C indy ( H ugh’ s Family) .

In Memoriam

Joseph ( Joe) Montour In loving memory of great Husband, Dad and Loving, Caring Papa to all his grandchildren and all of his Great Grandchildren who left us on Jan. 13th 2012.

We think of him in silence, No eyes can see us weep, But still within our aching hearts His memory we keep.

To Love, Cherish and never forget, ovingly remembered sadly missed By wife nnette, im oan, Bob obin, athy and Mike and Sandi.

Sadly missed by his grandchildren and his great grandchildren.

Grand River Spa is donating 50% of the proceeds for every manicure and pedicure until January 31st

in support of Shelby MacNeil and her fight against Lyme Disease 3771 6th line Rd. Ohsweken, On. (Behind Pro-Fit Health Club)

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In Memoriam

In loving memory of Isabel W innifred Jacobs March 27, 1944 – January 13, 2014 There are no words to tell you Mom What losing you has meant But now each day brings memories Of happy years we spent You’d want us all to smile again And that’s just what we do Every time we reminisce With loving thoughts of you You’re with us when Each new day dawns And when we say goodnight Our guardian spirit here on earth And heaven’s shining light.

Be loved w ife of Arnold J acobs Sr; loving mother of Arnold and C rystal J acobs, J im J acobs and Be cky Miller, Sarah J acobs; loving grandmother of K endrew , K enley, K eyara, Sop hia J acobs and H alley Miller.

Scott

Coming Events Open Jam At Chiefswood Fellowship 506 4 th Line 3 miles west of Ohsweken. Door prizes, 50/50 Draw, Silent Auction, Refreshments.

Info. Phil Sault 905 7 68 54 4 2. www.chiefswoodchristian fellowship.com. For Mrs. McGregor’s Grade 8 class year end trip to Bark Lane Leadership camp.

Roast Beef Sandwich Dinner Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015 $ 12.00, 6.00 for seniors and yrs. under Includes mashed potatoes, veggie, dessert and drink.

Dine in or take out. Hill’s Snack Bar, 334 5 6th Line.

Proceeds to assist Joel Johnson Band to compete in Memphis, Tenn. For the International Blues Competition.

Card of Thanks

Card of Thanks

The family of the late Bessie Mae LaForme would like to express their sincere appreciation for the love and support shown throughout our mother’s illness. For the many visits, cards, letters, flowers monetary gifts and a shoulder to cry on.

Many thanks to Rev. Vicky Aldersley, Rev. Stephen Shant , ev. ee laus astor hil Sault for the very moving messages.

To the pallbearers, Tracey, Shawn, Mark, Jason, Rod and ean. lso flower girls Tammy, my, essica, Taylor Tashina. You fulfilled her special wishes.

Special thank you to Richard Anderson, Bill Lofthouse, Dan, Gerald and staff for their kind and caring way and for going above and beyond.

Thank you to Si ations olice aldimand for providing the escort. hil, ec enny Sault ark aForme for the beautiful music and for singing some of our mother’s favorite songs. r. elber ackie at St oe’s ospital, uravinsky Cancer Clinic, Hagersville Hospital Palliative Care. Dr. my ontour, olly owan, Tara White the utreach Team. Si ations ew redit ealth Social, Care Partners. im Staios family agersville estaurant for the delicious dinner. Barb Bobbi ill, evin Wabegeshig, raig ing for making sure the hall was open and set up for us. lso to Ben ill erry artin for being at our beckon call in our time of need.

Your love and kindness you’ve shown at such a sad time in our lives has helped to ease the pain as we said our final goodbyes.

J oan, E rma & Br ent, D ale & W ard J r.

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Thank You

Thank You

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to my family for the tireless effort put forth to make this day such a success. A special thank you to Virginia General of Family Traditions for donating her diner for the benefit fundraiser. Also to her staff, Kevin, Darryl, Shawn, Joe & Clyde. I would like to thank everyone who purchased tickets for the 50/50 draw. The winner of the draw was Mary Johnson, who graciously donated half of her winnings back to me. Thank you to our community members for your support. I can’t thank you all enough.

It was very emotional and overwhelming to see people pull together to help someone. I cannot begin to list all the special people who helped and supported me on this day, but here goes: Planning Committee, Lynne Montour, Butch & Cathy General, C W & Toni Martin, Kim Froman, Laurie Martin, Gail Martin, Sandi & Jub Hill, Dawn LaForme, Steve Douglas, Shelly Lohouse & Brandon Hill. Delivery drivers: Brandon Hill, CW Martin, Butch General, Cam Staats and Paula Hill.

Family members: Shani, Becky, Tony & Shirley & Linda.

Special thank you to my Aunt Eva, Uncle Chuck & Aunt Snooker for spending time with me on that day.

Donators: Mike & Stu Player, KL Martin, Mary Johnson, Ava Hill, Ganohkwasra, June & Billie Styres, Vada White, Cleve Thomas & Connie Johnson, Failey Henhawk, Gord Burnham, Ray Martin, Ron & Marion Martin, Rachel Isaacs, Lee’s Variety, Ron & Beth Bomberry, Roger & Carol Anderson, Clint Hill, Dave & Kathy Jamieson, Norma Miller & Barb Curly, Bobi & Ron Bomberry. I am sincerely grateful for your generous support. If we have missed anyone, please accept our deepest apologies. It was not intentional.

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#ImReady2015 Brantford-Brant NDP Nomination Meeting Event with Tom Mulcair and Marc Laferriere Tuesday January 20th, 2015 Rossini Lodge - 140 Grey St. Brantford.

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We’d like to give a huge benefit “thank you” to the Dreamcatcher Fund, Hills Restaurant, (Lou-Lou), Dollie Longboat and all her helpers, too many to mention, for the great meal for “Selena’s Benefit Supper” (Brain cancer & lung cancer) your thoughts and actions will never be forgotten.

All Our Love and Prayers From All The Families of the late Selena Montour

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Homemade Beef Stew with Oven Biscuit, drink and dessert available. Come out and bring a friend. Enjoy our in-house divas, Bela and Ange, you may want to get up and express yourself in song. Good clean fun and laughs. Chinese Auction to be held as well as door prizes.

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Take a leadership role on a work assignment, Aries. If your interest in work has been waning of late, a more active role may help you change your perspective.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, there is nothing you cannot accomplish this week. The sky is the limit in terms of your potential.

All you need to do is focus your energy on a particular task.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Let something that’s been bugging you cool off for the time being, Gemini. There’s plenty of time to revisit the situation later, and you will be glad you took some time away.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 You’re willing to give a loved one the benefit of the doubt when that person makes a proposal that seems to come out of nowhere. Your patience will be appreciated.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Expect to be surprised by good news, Leo. Share your good fortune with others this week, and you will realize the good news will prove even more enjoyable.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 You may benefit from a change of scenery, Virgo. If you have the time, book a getaway to an exotic locale and make the most of this time to rest, relax and recharge.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, rest assured that a broken heart or bruised ego will not last too long. There are big changes ahead in your personal or professional life, so keep your eyes open.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Taking charge comes naturally to you, Scorpio. In fact, you thrive in this role. But this week you may have to play second fiddle for the good of the team.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 You seem to be operating on auto-pilot this week, Sagittarius. Your routine has become so ingrained that things are automatic. Make a few minor changes to liven things up.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Spend the week in as much quiet contemplation as you can manage, Capricorn. You have a few big questions to work out and can only think when you have private time.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, dissatisfaction at work has you wondering if things would be different elsewhere. Sometimes a change of attitude can give you an entirely new perspective.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, a loved one comes to you seeking guidance this week, but don’t be bummed if they ultimately do not heed your advice.

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Ralston Garbage Bags 35”x50” Extra Strong Bags 100 Bags

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Prices in effect January 14th, 2015—January 21st, 2015

Puppy Chow 2kg Bag