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WLU/YMCA plans to build on disputed Nathan Gage lands

By Jen Mt. Pleasant SIX NATIONS – A one-man delegation from Wilfrid Laurier University and a representative from the YMCA were before Six Nations Elected Council last week during a Committee of the Whole meeting in a duty-to-consult capacity to let them know their plans for building a brand new athletic center. Brian Rosborough, Senior Executive Officer for Wilfrid Laurier University (WLU) – Brantford Campus and Brian Webber, from the YMCA in Brantford, sat before Elected Council to give a presentation of their plans to build the athletic complex as part of the Brantford campus of WLU. Back in 2010, Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Laurier and the YMCA. In that MOU, “Laurier/YMCA recognized and acknowledged the land claim,” stated Rosborough and even though the disputed property had not been settled, it was agreed that Laurier/ YMCA would still build their athletic center with the agreement that SNEC would receive financial compensation for the disputed land which is situated on the south side of

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Colbourne Street in the city of Brantford. That financial compensation will either come from the federal or provincial government, not the City of Brantford itself.

Furthermore, in a move that may have sparked some frustration and anger among some SNEC district councilors, the City of Brantford sold the disputed property to Laurier/YMCA for a sum of two dollars. But according to Rosborough, “In order for us (Laurier/ YMCA) to build, we were required to hold title of that land. In order to acquire the title, Brantford City Council, who acquired title several years ago, sold it to us for a sum of two dollars last month (July). It wasn’t intended to reflect the value of the land. It was to indicate municipal support in two important ways. One, by transferring the title and two, by also contributing 5.2 million dollars.”

The land in question includes part of the Nathan Gage Land Claim, which stems back to the early 1800’s. In a report released by Six Nations Lands & Resources, entitled Land Rights: A Global Solution for the Six Nations of the Grand River, “The purported land alienations of the Town

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Plot of Brantford (April 19, 1830) and part of the Township of Brantford (April 2, 1835) to resolve the problem of squatters on Six Nations lands are deemed by Six Nations as void as their purpose was never fulfilled.”

Furthermore, “failure to have the alienations deemed as invalid will result in a lot-by-lot analysis having to be done to determine if full and fair compensation was paid for each transaction and held in trust for the continued use and benefit of the Six Nations Indians.”

Five years ago, Canada acknowledged the land claim. “On February 25, 2009, Canada agreed with Six Nations that the 20 acres of the Nathan Gage Lands within the Town Plot of Brantford, were intended for leasing purposes and have never been paid for.” The Nathan Gage lands include parts of Icomm Drive, the Brantford Casino, the Branford Civic Centre and areas on the south side of Colbourne Street.

According to Rosborough, “We were conscious about the Nathan Gage claim from the start and that we would be building on land that is subject to a land claim. In 2012 we signed an MOU with SNEC which recognized the

claim and also embraced our duty to consult. The land claim itself is with the federal and provincial government for compensation of the lands. The issue here is (not about getting the land back), it is about the fact that it wasn’t paid for.”

The anticipated athletic complex is set to have a large Two Row Wampum motif on the exterior of the building in which Rosborough explains, “It is intended to evoke the idea that we are creating a sense of place in the architecture. We are also recognizing the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee people.”

He also explained that if this wampum symbol on their building offends the Haudenosaunee community in any way, “We won’t use it.” Rosborough also stated that, “There will be quite a bit of green space around the athletic complex and we will reflect Native tradition by planting a medicine garden. We will consult with the communities of Six Nations, New Credit and our own Indigenous Studies faculty here on campus as well. This is an opportunity for us to honor those traditions. And we won’t do it without working together.”

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plained that aside from consulting with SNEC, they also plan on meeting with the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council within the upcoming weeks. Concerning archaeological assessments and contamination, Rosborough explained that some contamination has been detected on the site due to previous businesses and buildings but it is unsure as to what the source is. “I am not aware of anything hazardous and any contaminated soil will be removed.” Pertaining to archaeological assessments, “Phase 1 has been undertaken. As I understand, there might be some colonial material but we haven’t found any traditional artifacts. As we undertake excavation, we will undertake archaeological assessments as well, as we go along,” assured Rosborough.

Despite the MOU between SNEC and Laurier/ YMCA which agreed that the project will proceed into its next stages, some SNEC district councillors didn’t seem to be in the know of what was going

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SNEC Chief Ava Hill told Rosborough and Webber that in the past few years, “things stalled for a while,” and went on to suggest to her council that they discuss this more in private before making any further decisions.

Rosborough told the Two Row Times in an interview that, “This is an exciting project. Our goal is it serves all communities and we’ve been very careful that we are working in partnership (with the Six Nations community).” Once complete, the athletic complex will be intended for not only Laurier students, but will also be open to the public.

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Barricade refurbished at Kanonhstaton

By Jim Windle

K A NON H S TATON/ CALEDONIA — The barricade in front of the former Douglas Creek Estates site near Caledonia, has been removed … kinda. Maybe the better word would be that it has been repurposed.

“We took the old hydro tower apart piece by piece and gave it to Bear Iron Welding, of Six Nations, and they have refitted that material into the new front gate,” said Six Nations land protector Jeff Henhawk.

The up-rights for the new gate were installed Monday and the front gates will be fitted soon.

From the uprights at edge of the roadway into the site, more chain-link fencing will be going in along Argyle Street as soon as the front gate is completed, according to the Six Nations welder, who did not want his name published.

As of Monday, there had been no negative response from the Province or Haldimand County.

Haldimand Mayor Ken Hewitt has been relatively quiet on the situation after he and his council reacted to the installation of the chain-link fence along the Northern boundary of the Kanonhstaton land. Kanonhstaton is a Mohawk word meaning “the protected place” which has been adopted by Six Nations land protectors.

On April 20th, 2006, Six Nations residents dragged a partially constructed hydro tower across Argyle Street to protect the land from another possible assault by police or outraged Caledonia citizens. This was done in response to the early morning OPP raid on protesters occupying the site of a housing development being built, without consultation, on land the developers knew

was under registered land claim and was never surrendered for sale.

The situation escalated into a standoff between Caledonia citizens, OPP, and Six Nations that made headline news across Canada, the USA and even into England.

There were barricades set up across Argyle Street, blocking off Highway #6, except for local traffic and emergency vehicles.

Caledonia citizens set up their own blockade after Six Nations had removed theirs from the highway on the Victoria Day weekend. An incident resulted in one of the leaders on the Six Nations side being punched in the face by a Caledonia citizen, which prompted the tower to be dragged across the street again as tempers flared into a near riot.

Former Ontario Premier, David Peterson, negotiated a peaceful

settlement with Six Nations Confederacy Chiefs to take down the blockade in exchange for land promised to be returned to Six Nations, in Burtch, South Cayuga and other locations.

But other provocations by certain Caledonia residents backed up by high profile white supremacists caused Six Nations to keep the hydro tower close by just in case it might be needed again.

For several years since, the old tower has been sitting at the front entrance of the Kanonhstaton site while Caledonia residents and Haldimand Council have been trying to get them to haul it away.

Recent antics by McHale and his small group of followers have caused the situation to

flare up again. To keep the piece, the Confederacy Chiefs authorized a fence to go around the site to protect the land and a Six Nations resident assigned to remain on the land to hold it on behalf of the people of Six Nations.

The Chiefs also authorized the removal of the hydro tower, but it was to be replaced with the installation of a gate across the entrance to the site. Someone came up with the idea of repurposing the hydro tower to continue to serve as a protective barrier, but in a new, more aesthetically pleasing reincarnation.

RIGHT: The old hydro tower that was used as a barricade across Highway #6 after a failed OPP raid on unarmed Six Nations land protectors in 2006, had been replaced with a gate fashioned by Bear Iron Welding of Six Nations from the same tower.

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Meeting with “the people” must start somewhere

By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS – The main disconnect between western style corporations and most Indigenous societies is that one deals with governments put in place to act on behalf of their people, while most traditional indigenous societies work alongside with “the people”.

This is a paradigm one group of Six Nations residents hope to revive.

Bill Monture, a wellknown local activist and traditionalist, built a meeting place on his Chiefswood Road property as a neutral space and has begun a process by which he hopes to find the future for Six Nations in the past.

Recently, he hosted a meeting at the converted barn, which was attended by a room full of unlikely participants, including Mark Clearwater and Randy Reed representing the provincial governContest Theme: Promoting LIFE! -drawings, media, paint, poems...all are welcome-

Bill Monture has been facilitating open meetings with the Six Nations community and various political representatives. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

ment, Haldimand County Mayor Ken Hewitt, and about 30 rank-and-file Six Nations citizens to openly and frankly discuss matters of interest to Six Nations as a people and the future of co-existence of the traditional wisdom of the ancestors and the reality of the 21st century, and to do so without the presence of the media.

He and the group known to the Six Nations community as the “Men’s Fire” are trying to refo-

cus the attention of all parties currently vying for the power to speak on behalf of the people of Six Nations, and at the same time, educate settler governments and corporations on how to rightly deal with Six Nations.

To that end, invitations went out to the Elected Band Council, the Confederacy Chiefs, the Haudenosaunee Development Institute, Clan Mothers and members of the general public to attend the meeting with Hewitt and the Province.

The message was, if you are going to deal with Six Nations, you must deal with the people of Six Nations and not the Band Council system set up by the Indian Act, or the Haudenosaunee Development Institute, which Monture does not accept as being established by the people of Six Nations to represent them.

Although the delegation of representatives

and responsibilities on behalf of the Confederacy Chiefs has been a well-recognized fact throughout Haudenosaunee history – Joseph Brant himself was delegated but not a hereditary Chief – it is Monture’s understanding that the Chiefs had no right to do so. He believes that any consultation should be done with the people at large through the clans or through the Chiefs Council directly, and without

the HDI. “The Peacemaker came and he instilled his peace in the Clan Mothers,” Monture explains.

“The Chiefs Council sits as a governing body as a representation of our Clans. It’s the Clans who decide what goes on here.

They’re the ones the Province and everybody else should be talking to. I mean everybody.

In that council they can address and deal with

those issues. That’s why we have this thing called the Gayanashagowa (the Great Law) to deal with these things. We should not be going to the HDI or to Band Council and making deals on the side. That is not the process and it’s not our Great Law.” Monture claims that both the Elected Band Council and the HDI are keeping the people in CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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Plight of MMIW added to Haldimand/Norfolk school curriculum

By Jen Mt. Pleasant

A small group of agencies from Haldimand and Norfolk counties as well as people from Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation (MNCFN) and Six Nations, are collaborating on a project that will bring the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, into the school curriculum. Using the Faceless Dolls project, which was created by the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) to help raise awareness on the alarming statistics of violence against Indigenous women, the group got together last Friday to assemble the faceless dolls.

According to NWAC’s website, the Faceless Dolls project is a, “Visual representation of strong and beautiful [ Indigenous women who have become ‘faceless’ victims of crime. This collaboration resulted in NWAC’s Faceless Doll Project, called, Each Statistic Tells a Story.”

According to Sarah Smith from Haldimand Norfolk Women’s Services (HNWS), “We have been in full support of Sisters in Spirit for the last couple of years. Amber Wardel has attended vigils in Hamilton and Brantford. Amber is currently on a maternity leave now and I have stepped into her position as Women’s Councilor and Coordinator of the Justice for Women Committee. It is through Justice for Women that we have received funds to support Sisters in Spirit.”

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organizes similar events locally, along with Val King.

King explained how she became to be involved in this new venture. “Sara Smith contacted me and said one of her goals was to work with a person involved in this issue. The shelter gave them my name. I met her and she wanted to do the Faceless Dolls Project and gather as many various groups

L-R: Sarah Hunt, Val King and Aileen Joseph met last Friday to help make dolls for the Faceless Dolls Project which will be brought into the local schools in Simcoe to educate and raise awareness on the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. PHOTO BY JEN MT. PLEASANT been hosting local sessions to educate and raise awareness around the missing and murdered women and girls as well as honour the families and provide support. “We are inviting all members of all ages, both men and women, to support the families by creating Faceless Dolls in order to raise awareness and to honour the Indigenous women and girls that have been missing/murdered,” stated Smith.

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EDITORIAL: Let's be fair OP-ED: There are other ways

It is Fall Fair time when we get reconnected with our rural roots, so to speak. As much as times and technologies change, there remains a piece of the past lodged in our collective memories about throwing up on our first Tiltawhirl ride, or seeing the under parts of a horse or a bull for the first time and wondering why this animal had five legs.

Fair time is also family time for a lot of people who come from afar to visit, using the fair as their excuse to do so.

At Six Nations, those memories and traditions go further back than in most other communities and carries with it a more bitter-sweet taste. By 1866 many Six Nations people had chosen to be more like their white neighbours and looked for the prosperity “modern” farming technology brought to those who would embrace it.

At the same time, the people of Six Nations were losing some aspects of their traditional ways.

Some wanting to start an Agricultural Society and host an Agricultural Fair, just like their white neighbours. A picture of the Six Nations Agricultural Society executive, we assume, from 1890 shows Six Nations gentlemen dressed in their finest whiteman suits and bowler hats.

But let’s not be too critical of that.

One must consider the time they were

living in and the conditions for most Six Nations residents who were caught in between the old and the new in a rapidly changing world.

It isn’t possible to get a really good understanding of what was going on in the hearts and minds of people almost 150 years ago looking at it from 2014. But in reading old newspapers and going over minutes of Confederacy meetings, one can appreciate the thought process people underwent as they made their decisions.

Some were willing to turn their back on the ways of the Peacemaker for a job to provide for their families. Others held on with dogged determination to the old ways they grew up with and refused to move. That may have slowed the inevitable for a while, but it did not stop the takeover of Turtle Island.

But now, Many are returning to their roots, Onkwehon:we people across the county are rediscovering what it means to be who they are.

The Six Nations Fall Fair represents both poles of thought in remembering the old ways and the many footprints left in the dirt of the Six Nations Fair Grounds, and adding your own footprints for future generations to contemplate what we, today were thinking and why we did what we did.

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The Indigenous economics supported by the Canadian power elite is the large-scale sale of natural resources and the re-sale of petroleum and tobacco products produced by mainstream businesses.

Indigenous decision-makers enter into agreements in the fossil fuel industry and for timber and so-called renewable resources. Also supported for its economic impact on the Canadian economy are the tobacco and petroleum industries that exists on-reserves. The tobacco industry generates a lot of money in the Canadian economy because the only place we

can spend that money is with settler businesses.

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production in feeder lots and fish farms. We could grow corn for pelletized fuel. We could weld the stoves to burn a pellet stove designed by our craftspeople. We have the arts that have long been an economic factor in Canada. We could re-design our communities into eco-villages that use wind turbines, solar panels, and incineration to produce electricity and heat water.

We could reforest our lands to mitigate environmental contaminants while creating a timber construction industry.

An education system that increases our capacity in a diversified economy also encourages our People to grow. Why not try that route?

Send your letters to tworowtimes@gmail.com. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. The opinions expressed in the letters or submitted opinion pieces are not necessarily those of the Two Row Times.

Mohawk Chapel Correction Dear Editors,

Thank you for the recent article on the Mohawk Chapel. You described some of the challenges we face in maintaining an edifice that has over 225 years of history behind it.

The one correction to your article I would like to point out is that the Chapel has never moved from its’ original site as was mentioned. It stands exactly where it was built in 1785 and is the only remaining evidence of the original Mohawk village that surrounded it.

When the first Mechanic’s School for boys was built in 1807, it was erected in the field across the street from the Chapel. 6 boys attended there.

As years went by, it was

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expanded, renamed and then moved over to the site where the current Mohawk Institute building continues to stand.

This coming Sunday, Aug 24, the Six Nations Anglican parishes are having a service at the Chapel, at 10 AM. It is open to everyone. Hope to see more people there. Also on Oct 5, we are having a Thanksgiving-Remembrance Day Service at which time we will honour those young men who attended the Mohawk Chapel and who also enlisted in WW I. Note that we always sing some of our hymns in Mohawk. We will give out the words when you get there.

Barry Hill Chair, Mohawk Chapel Committee

Mohawk or Kanienkehaka Dear Editors, The Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) were the first to accept the Kaianerekowa (Great Peace) but where are they? Iakonkwe, those who hold the family titles are not allowed to speak because as it is no longer the way. Fighting for a little parcel of land called “reserve” relinquishes the territory, because it is the families that hold that relationship. So everyone, everywhere, on every “reserve” are fighting to be “Mohawk” under a foreign system, when the true way is through families. Those who are pushing and fighting for this “Mohawk law” do so at the relinquishment of their own identity.

It is not “Mohawk” identity they are fighting for but to be recognized

by the foreign government they follow. It is families, as in the Kanianerekowa that are the ones who had made a treaty relationship with foreigners, not any one who follows “Indian or tribal act.” So now people must provide their connection to one of the original families, or have shown that they were adopted and therefore promote the Kaianerekowa.

The reason this is going on everywhere is families are not strong enough, we have not built our arrows back up, but allowed those with no voice (no clan family) to make decisions. We struggled to build our families back up through adoption only to be replaced by blood quantum as those with no voice in decisions took over as we became less and they became more, which erases the families permanently.

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Rites of Passage making positive community strides

By Jen Mt. Pleasant

SIX NATIONS – Ohero:kon, a rites of passage ceremony that originated in Akwesasne, is making its way to Six Nations, with the help of the Six Nations Ohero:kon Community Advisory Board. This ceremony prepares youth for the responsibility of adulthood through traditional rites of passage ceremonies, according to organizer Amber Skye.

Skye feels the rites of passage ceremony is needed for the youth on Six Nations because, “There is limited practice of transition rituals and our youth are suffering.”

Skye explained to the Two Row Times that, “During adolescence, young people go through many changes as they move from childhood into physical maturity and begin to separate from their parents and establish their own identity.

During this transitional period, youth are the most open and the most vulnerable, needing positive parenting, nurturing and guidance to help them find and follow a good path.”

However, Skye has found through extensive research at Six Nations that, “Our youth for the most part, are left unguided through this very sensitive stage of development.” The Ohero:kon Rites of Passage ceremony will help support youth making that sensitive and vulnerable transition into adulthood.

“The Ohero:kon ritual is designed to guide youth through this critical stage with the support of people who care about them (aunties, uncles, parents and community leaders) to support them through the struggles of adolescence in a healthy way.”

Skye feels that Ohero:kon supports the need for youth programming which is based on Indigenous knowledge.

“Ohero:kon restores cultural knowledge of coming of age as a preparatory process for youth as they transition to adulthood.

Through cultural teachings, Ohero:kon connects youth with their cultural knowledge and traditions to develop their understandings of identity, life,

Rites of Passage was very well received in Akwesasne Territory (near Cornwall, Ontario) and may be coming to Six Nations. FACEBOOK PHOTO and creation,” explained Skye.

Some of the teachings in Ohero:kon include: cultural understandings of puberty, healthy behaviours and roles and responsibilities.

“From the positive outcomes of Ohero:kon in Akwesasne, we believe that youth who transition through Ohero:kon emerge with more positive understandings of identity, relationships, communication and behaviours are created fostering resilience and community health. Youth also develop deeper appreciation for the necessities of life, and greater respect for the environment.”

Asked on why Ohero:kon is needed for the youth on Six Nations, Skye explained that most of the youth here are, “Self-guided, or unguided, through puberty, or they tend to learn what they do from the media which often misguides them.”

With the influence of reality-TV shows such as Jersey Shore, many youth on Six Nations are provided with poor examples, since these types of TV shows fail to provide morals, values and self-respect. And it is because of these types of shows in the media that Skye believes our, “Youth will struggle and run the risk of struggling alone, and under-equipped, with many of the things that now serve as rites of passage for most community youth – drugs, alcohol, violence, and recklessness.”

Since Ohero:kon was introduced to Six Nations a few months ago, much progress has been made.

“Over the past couple of months we have been working on developing aunties and uncles roles and responsibilities. We are working on provid-

ing teachings for aunties and uncles to help prepare them to take on those mentorship roles for Ohero:kon youth,” stated Skye.

But it doesn’t end there, explained Skye, “We need to continue our consultation with community

leadership and Elders to develop Ohero:kon teachings. We want to make sure that we are providing the youth with the teachings that will prepare them for adulthood as Haudenosaunee people, and we need the help of traditional leadership, Elders and

the community. We also need to develop the space where Ohero:kon will take place and we need young men and women volunteers (aunties and uncles) to help with that. We are still seeking additional community leaders and Elders to help guide the project, and of course youth.

We will begin recruitment this fall for youth interested in participating.”

With so much turmoil on Six Nations and the current power struggle between various factions on the territory, the youth who graduate from Ohero:kon may be able to help heal divisions within the community. Skye explained that after youth in Akwesasne complete Ohero:kon in Akwesasne,

they are asked to give a message to their leadership. “This is something we plan on doing here at Six Nations. To date we have received the support of the Confederacy Council for this work and we hope to have them present to receive the messages that the youth might have.

However, I think the youth would welcome Elected Council representatives to hear their messages as well.”

Ohero:kon is still in development and Skye welcomes the input of the community. You can join their Facebook page ‘Ohero:kon – Rites of Passage Six Nations’ for more information on meetings and upcoming events.

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The birth of the Six Nations Fall Fair

By Jim Windle

OHSWEKEN – The Six Nations Fall Fair has long and illustrious history beginning in 1866 with a gathering of Mohawk farmers in a barn at the home of Mohawk Chief William Smith.

Unfortunately, the venerable old Smith homestead is no longer in existence, having burned to the ground only a few years ago after sitting vacant and derelict for many years.

A Six Nations Agricultural Association was seen by that small group of “wealthy Mohawk farmers” as an opportunity to show off their animals, craft handiworks, produce and baked goods as well as a place to exchange information and share agricultural secrets they had learned from their grandparents as well as a place to discuss “modern” knowledge about new technologies and techniques to make their toil a little easier, heading into the 20th century.

After that first “Fair” attracted a few dozen people, Chief Hill, with

the encouragement of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs and others, decided to formally launch the Six Nations Agricultural Association, as it was originally named, in 1868.

Minutes from the Council meeting of Sept.

20th, 1868 show that the Chiefs stated that they wished to establish an agricultural show like some of their white neighbours were successfully doing.

Superintendent Gilkinson was pleased to hear this since it was something he had suggested years before as a means of “civilizing” the people of Six Nations, saying there is no better way of spending their trust money. He said that it would prove to be of great advantage to their people and that he would give the idea “his best support” to release the funding to do so.

This set off long and detailed series of discussions with the fledgling Canadian government, which, it was reported, were amicable and mutually respectful.

The following year, the

Superintendent encouraged the formation of the Agricultural Association with what was described as a “grant of money” to aid in the establishment of this organization.

The fair soon outgrew Chief Smith’s barn, and in 1874 and 1875, the Six Nations Fall Fair was moved into a more central location at the Ohsweken Council House, which had been recently built for the Confederacy Chiefs to conduct business. The Longhouse was still being used, but only as a place of ceremony and social gatherings while the business of running the reserve was done at the Council House.

Exhibits spilled out into the lawn outside the building including what is now Veterans Park, but due to the growth and popularity of the Fair, that venue soon proved to be too small as well.

A nearby 40-acre farm, located nearly across the road from the Council House, owned by Kate Thomas, was left to her sons Thomas Thomas and Adam Thomas. They had

Association and by 1883, with the help of the Chiefs Council, the Association had a new venue for its still growing annual Fall Fair and permanent buildings including an Agricultural Hall.

The original plans for the Hall were for a 75-foot by 75 foot building with no flooring, except for a five-foot platform running around the perimeter where exhibits could be displayed. Plans included a ticket office and an 8’ fence around it.

Council tabled the prospect of adding another 13 acres to the site for future growth and improvement.

The decision did not come without controversy. At the Nov. 4th Council meeting, a group of Chiefs protested the expenditure of money for the Agricultural grounds and buildings. The discussions lasted all day before being put “under the pillow” until the next day. The purchase and improvements of the old Thomas Farm were eventually sanctioned, but when more improvements

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After Superintendent Gilkinson explained that the expenditures would quickly turn into a money-making venture, the dissenters agreed, and once the Six Nations Agricultural Fall Fair was put on sturdy legs it began to fulfill Gilkinson’s promise of return on investment.

In 1927, the Six Nations Agricultural Association was restructured as the Six Nations Agricultural Society.

The Six Nations Fall Fair has been running annually since 1866, and has become as big a part of the culture and identity of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory as the river itself.

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sold the family farm to John General who, in turn, sold it to Jackson Jamieson, some say for a team of horses.

According to contemporary records, in 1877, Council had recommended they purchase the certificate of occupancy from Jamieson for 25 acres of that farm to be used as the new home for the Six Nations Agricultural Association and their Six Nations Fall Fair for the sum of $275 dollars.

On August 26th of 1880, the Superintendent strongly recommended that buildings should be erected and a fence be put around the grounds to help improve the growth and success of the Fair.

In July of 1882, the Agricultural Association surrendered all claims to the Agricultural buildings and grounds to Six Nations Chiefs Council on behalf of the people of Six Nations.

The Chiefs Council applied to the governors of the Six Nations Trust Fund to purchase this farm as the future home of the Six Nations Agricultural

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By Lucho Granados Ceja

OHSWEKEN – Organizers of the Six Nations Fall Fair are putting the finishing touches on this year’s program and are very excited about the wide-range of activities being offered this year.

The fair will see a return of many of the community’s favourite events such

as: midway games and rides, live music, vendor’s marketplace, and a fireworks display, amongst others.

This year’s fair will also feature many new events that will be sure to please all those who attend: a reptile show, a magic show, and a singing contest with a $1,000 top prize. This year the fair

is offering a special admission price on Friday afternoon, only $2. Saturday is Agricultural Day at the fair and is also bracelet day on the midway.

Saturday will also see the Six Nations Under 19 Haudenosaunee Nations Women’s Lacrosse Team play an exhibition game against Western University of Ontario at 1 PM.

For the automobile enthusiasts, Sunday is Car Day with a car show at 10 am and a demolition derby. Sunday will also feature the Hoe Down at 11 AM and a smoke dance competition at 3 pm.

The festivities begin this Thursday, August 21 at 7 PM with the Miss Six Nations Ambassador Pageant at the Gaylord Pow-

less Arena in Ohsweken. Volunteers are more than welcome to lend a hand, those interested in helping are invited to arrive at the fair and ask to speak with an organizer from the Agricultural Society. As usual, admission on any day is free for children under 5.

The Six Nations Fall Fair is the oldest and

longest running fair of its kind in Ontario. A full listing of this year’s events and activities can be found at www.sixnationsfair.com.

Meeting story from page 4 the dark over details surrounding deals being made with outside interests by both organizations regarding community owned lands and resources. To remedy this situation, he would like to see “the people” more involved in the decision-making, as was the case before the Elected Council was forced upon Six Nations almost 90 years ago.

“The purpose of the latest meeting,” according to Monture, “was to re-establish with them all who the people believe Ontario and Haldimand are to be in consultations with, regarding anything having to do with land or land use.”

“If we can get everybody in this room together, the government can’t say, ‘we don’t know who to talk to,’” he says. “We made it very clear at that last meeting a couple of weeks ago, who they need to talk to, and that is the Confederacy Council and not the HDI, not [Elected] Band Council, and not Ken Hewitt. Those Treaties were made with our Confederacy Chiefs. Not with Band Council or Ken Hewitt or any other municipality.

“The people want to know what is happening,” he said. “Why isn’t that money they are getting from these deals filtering into the community? It is the people’s inherent rights they are using to sign these agreements, but there is nothing coming back into the people’s pockets. It’s all going to them.”

A month earlier, the Men’s Fire hosted a similar meeting with Onondaga Chief Arnold General, Ken Hewitt, a representative of Band Council, Clan Mothers, Women’s Council, Men’s Council, and community members. The media was excluded from that meeting as well. That first meeting was to talk about Caledonia and the security fence around Kanonhstaton.

Monture critiqued an editorial by a local paper that accused Montour’s group of not inviting the people, the Confederacy or the HDI to attend.

“We gave an invitation the Haudenosaunee Development Institute, a verbal invitation to the Confederacy Chiefs and Clan Mothers, as well as the (Elected) Band Council,” he says. “What we agreed on was that we would not allow any of the media to come to this meeting because we felt that a lot of our people are shy and with the media there, they can’t open up and say what they wanna say.”

“These meetings are open to the public, the Elected Council, the Confederacy, and the HDI,” insists Monture.

“We only restrict the media so people will feel more at ease. I just want the people to know the truth about that.”

More similar public meetings are being planned, but without media presence.

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Without bees, so much of the food we enjoy, from apples to avocados to broccoli, would simply not exist. That’s because these foods are dependent on the pollinating that the bees do as they travel from flower to flower in search of their food source, pollen. According to backyardbeekeepers.com honeybees account for upwards of 80% of insect pollination. STORY BY LUCHO GRANADOS CEJA The Two Row Times is lucky to count amongst its staff a dedicated hobby beekeeper, Advertising Coordinator Josh Bean. In an interview this week Josh spoke to us about these “awesomely resilient creatures.”

Josh was drawn to honeybees because of their sense of community and the high level of organization of honeybee colonies.

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He invites those who are interested in the wellbeing and survival of honeybees to take up beekeeping themselves.

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volunteer experience under your belt, you can join the local beekeeping association and you can then set off to have your own backyard hive. “It’s a pretty forgiving and pretty fun hobby to get into,” stated Bean.

For those who want to help the honeybee population but aren’t ready or willing to have their own hive, Josh suggests planting bee friendly plants in your garden. But he cautions everyone to watch out for plants that have been treated with “neonicotinoids” – insecticides with chemicals that are extremely harmful to bees.

Unfortunately bees get a bad rap with most of us clinging on to childhood memories of beestings, when the reality is, honeybees don’t often sting and really do so much for us.

“One of the things that’s great about backyard beekeeping is that it raises awareness,” said Bean. So if you’re compelled, get out there, become a beekeeper, and you’ll receive a sweet reward.

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By Jim Windle One of the most wonderful things about the fall harvest season is the wide variety of fall fairs to enjoy. An avid Southern Ontario fairgoer could find at least a dozen fairs, both big and small, to attend within an hour’s drive.

There is no doubt that even in this age of technology, people still like to put on some comfortable shoes and check out record breaking agricultural feats and go back to a simpler time when the biggest pumpkins or the most decorated prize bulls are still celebrated and go on display.

But where does this tradition come from?

Generally, a fair will last from a single day to as long as 10 weeks.

Fairs can go by a number of different names, such as exhibition, agricultural show, state fair, county fair, festival, farmers’ market, flea markets, etc. Local Agricultural Societies still usually run them as a celebration of the harvest bounty.

The Six Nations

Fall Fair has a very long and illustrious history, but fairs in general have been a part of the social fabric of communities, large and small, since medieval times, and even before. But it was in those feudal times of Kings and serfs, castles and peasants, roving entertainers and minstrels that the fairs, or Fayers, as they were called in earlier times, really began to flourish and serve the local city-state King and their courts.

These fairs were a way to give something back to the peasants who provided great wealth for the Kingdom under very harsh conditions. Fairs were used as a kind of public relations tool to earn the loyalty of the masses.

But that too was an evolution from much earlier times when travel was restrictive over large regions. Fairs were a time to buy, sell and barter goods with others and show off animals in a festive atmosphere.

A Roman fair was a holiday from the toils of day-to-day activities when common people

and the local authorities could let their hair down for a few days. In that sense many fairs took on a religious tone following the principle of the weekly day of rest from toil, but on a larger annual basis. Tradesmen would bring their wares to the local churchyard to capitalize on the religious gathering of large numbers of people in one place, at one time.

The Kumbh Mela, a Hindu Pilgramage held every twelve years at Allahabad, Haridwar, Nashik and Ujjain is one of the largest fairs in India. More than 60 million people attended the Kumbh Mela in January 2001, making it the largest gathering of people anywhere in the world.

Across the United States, fairs draw in as many as 150 million people each summer.

More locally, there are some 230 annual fairs held in Ontario alone, including the Six Nations Fall Fair.

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Late summer down the bush

By Nahnda Garlow

I had a memory earlier this week of my Gramma Rovina. It was just a short little snippet of her sitting at the table chopping radishes. Now I’m not sure why, but Gramma Rovina always had special radishes in her fridge. She’d cut up radishes in a special pattern, place them in a bowl of ice water in the fridge and then magically overnight the radishes would “blossom” into these pretty little radish roses that she’d place on top of macaroni salad.

Gramma Rovina was my next-door neighbor and between our houses there ran a little dirt path.

Every day during summer break I would wake up and run the little dirt path to Gramma’s house. We’d sit around and watch soap operas together, sometimes she would sing me songs or teach me how to

cook something and eventually we would sit down to eat.

“Nahnda, do you want some scone?” she’d ask me.

“Yah,” I would typically reply. Really, what bush kid says no to scone?

Now everybody down the bush knows that longhouse ladies make perfect scone. Okay, maybe that is a bit of a generalization but in my experience it is true. Somehow the longhouse ladies of Six Nay can take a hot pan, some Crisco, and morph these soft little delicate rounds of tangy buttermilk dough into fluffy fried clouds of happiness.

“Do you want it with onions or jam?” Gramma would ask me. “Try this jam. It’s good. I made it myself. Didn’t put too much sugar in it this time either, it’s just right.” she boasted proudly.

“You made jam?

How did you know how you do that? ” I asked her with the kind of child-like wonder that only a seven year old can. Gramma just smiled at me.

Late summer always reminds me of Gramma Rovina. The first thing I always think about when I remember her was her hands. Her dark fingers were deeply wrinkled from a life’s worth of endurance.

She always smelled amazing; like a mix of cigarette smoke, powder, and stuff frying in Crisco. It might not sound like a pleasant smell, but to me it was the smell of love. Her hair was usually in rollers and more often than not she’d be drinking a cup of Red Rose tea.

Gramma Rovina always had homemade stuff, pickled beets, chili sauce, jams, and peppers. She had a small apple orchard right in the backyard and my ‘cousints’ and I would

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Rovina, Sally, Lorna, Sonny and Mageen. always be hanging out in those trees gwissing right out on green apples.

“Git down outta those trees right now you kids.

You’re gonna make yourself sick! Them apples are green yet!” she’d scold us.

Then we’d get called in to supper and she’d have something delicious for dinner like three sisters soup with lemon pie for dessert.

Later on, when it would start to get dark out, us kids would just be running around outside getting all bit up by mosquitos and playing flashlight tag. The adults would

be inside playing cards and laughing too loud.

Sometimes listening to uncool music they called “the blues”.

This was late summer in Hillville on Sour Springs Road. And for a number of us growing up down the bush it was similar. Late summer meant every kid would hear the corn ripeners calling out and wonder what the heck it is that makes that noise. Late summer meant freshie bags and purple fingers. Late summer meant riding to the store on your bike and getting chased by bush dogs, your

scabbed up legs just pedaling hard trying not to get eaten by Cujo.

Finally as the summer days come to a close lots of us would end up running around at the Three Fires Pow Wow on New Credit or checking out the Fall Fair where all the Grammas would enter their homemade jam or chili sauce to win a ribbon. It’s fair to say that no matter what side of the bush you are from; the Upper End, Down Below, or the Village - late summer is Six Nations heart of hearts.

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We want to encourage people who are using The Good Mind and who are growing in a positive direction. The Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation will reward First Nations people who are engaging positively with their communities and and who inspire others to do the same. Every month for the next four months the Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation will recognize the positive engagement of First Nations in all four sectors that they support; Sports, Arts & Culture, Health and Education. The Program is open to nominees of all ages.

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By Xavier Kataquapit

These days my mind is filled with worry. I have been watching the events unfolding in the news concerning the Ukraine.

I find it unbelievable that major super powers are taunting each other on Russia’s doorstep in the Ukraine.

This current major conflict wouldn’t be so bad except for the fact that many of the countries involved have nuclear weapons. The only time I am aware that tensions have been so high among super powers with nuclear arms was during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. It is alarming and upsetting that we are at the precipice of the third world war again.

I am grateful that I have found some escape from all this bad news through my regular meditation of listening to music. In particular, I am thankful that my friend John Elliott has finally produced his album of instrumental music titled

‘Soaring’. His long awaited musical work is like an antidote for me to the worry of all this talk of war.

I have known John for many years and I was welcomed into his family of musicians when I first came to live away from my home community.

I was surprised to find myself around the piano with his parents Rita and Everett and his brother Donald singing songs at Christmas and other festive occasions. Donald is also an accomplished musician.

John is an incredible pianist and keyboard player who has worked with Native musicians like my cousin Ron Kataquapit. John provided all the keyboard work on Ron’s album called ‘Spirit Of The Wolf’.

I have been fortunate to have had private performances over the years from John where he lives with his wife Colleen near London, Ontario. I, like many of his family and friends, have been wait-

ing for him to produce an album. His masterpiece ‘Soaring’, really is meditative music and like the title suggests, it can lift your spirits.

John is a northerner from Iroquois Falls, Ontario and you can hear his Irish and Scottish roots in ‘Soaring’. You can also hear songs that have a jazz fusion feel and calming melodies.

Through the magic of modern technology John has managed to produce this album from his own studio. The quality of this production is amazing and I have witnessed his knowledge in terms of putting together all of the necessary electronics, sound, music production and promotion. I have always been amazed every time I have seen him sit at a piano or keyboard where he effortlessly pours all kinds of wonderful melodies from his instrument. I have learned over the years how to play some guitar and I can identify with what it is like to feel

the music you produce whether it be sad, happy, angry or in love.

My favourite song on his new album ‘Soaring’ is ‘Just For Fun’. This tune reminds me of Europe and Paris in particular and its upbeat melody takes me back to the streets of that incredible city. John is what I would describe as a big picture thinker and I see his interest in physics, the stars, the universe and beyond in songs like ‘Soaring’, ‘Space Walk’ and ‘13 Lightyears’.

What really excites me is the fact that all of this wonderful music can be purchased for less than the price of a sandwich online. You can get your very own copy of ‘Soaring’ by just going to w w w. c db aby. c om/c d/ johnelliott1 or by searching for ‘Soaring by John Elliott’ on itunes. You can also visit his website for more information at johnelliottproductions. com Here is an opportunity for people to support a Canadian musician. At

the same time you can find that antidote to worry that I have discovered in his soaring melodies.

Perhaps if we had the artists and the most creative people on our planet leading us we would not be in the current world crisis at the brink of nuclear war.

It seems that we have given up on finding and putting good people in power that promise to make a better world for future generations. It is difficult to find a way to change

this game of war but maybe and just maybe saner minds will prevail and humanity will avoid another close call in the nuclear age. Perhaps it will be the artists and musicians that will provide us with enough strength and hope to make a change for real peace.

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From the City to the Land: A COOK’S JOURNEY

Food and education

By Joe Farrell

The conversation about food is an important one to consider when preparing to send your children back to school. In a world full of dietary restrictions, limitations in individuals and schools the conversation can quickly become confusing. Not to mention the pro-health consumerist pressures that exist around feeding young people healthy food. Those pressures are detrimental to our psyche and will not advance any real change in how we eat.

Not being a parent, I’ve learned from others that they want the best food possible for their children. There are many challenges and barriers that exist in providing whole or real foods to families with the ever-in-

creasing cost of foods, let alone those labeled organic. These foods should be accessible to everyone, not just the wealthy and privileged.

Simply buying organic will not build a strong relationship to the land through food. Yes it is a positive approach to food but voting with your dollar is not an option for everyone. It does not represent a holistic approach to problems plaguing diet and food systems. To say, “Simple, grow your own food,” is not being aware of the fact that not everyone has the luxury of time, space and energy to do so. It is about building a positive relationship with food through actions and education, not the outlay of dollars and cents.

Empowerment through experiential learning and knowledge sharing is a

fundamental way that I see to start on the path of a positive relationship with food and land.

There are two ways I feel are an important start the journey towards positive food relationships. The first involves basic discussion of the food being eaten, to raise the general knowledge level and familiarity with ingredients (you may learn something as well). Simply talking about food as medicine is one way to connect to the land. Secondly, involving youth in the cooking process is a perfect way to build confidence and capacity in the kitchen. It connects them to the process work that goes into food and how it gets to their plate.

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Three Fires Homecoming Pow Wow this weekend The 28th annual Three Fires Homecoming Pow Wow and traditional gathering will take place this weekend from August 23rd to 24th. According to Faith Rivers, Chair of the New Credit Cultural Committee, “The annual event has taken place since August of 1987, and has become an integral part of the MNCFN community, as it showcases the culture, history and heritage of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation (MNCFN). STORY BY TRT STAFF In addition, the event aims to bring together all native and non-native attendees to celebrate the sacred traditions and culture of First Nations people. According to the MNCFN Three Fires Pow Wow website, “There is a word in the Indian language “Missisakis” meaning “many river mouths.”

By the mid nineteenth century the Mississaugas believed they had obtained their name from the mouths of the Trent, Moira, Shannon, Napanee, Kingston, and Gananoque rivers.

“The term New Credit is in recognition of the fact that the Mississaugas traded goods along the shore of the Credit River prior to the move to their new location in 1847. The First Nation was once a mighty and respected trading nation with the Europeans in and around an area, which included Port Credit and the city now known as Toronto.

“The city of Mississauga owes its name to the Mississaugas of the New Credit. The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation is located

on some 6,100 acres, 25 miles south of Hamilton, Ontario. There are approximately 2,050 listed Anishinabe members with one third living on reserve.”

The theme for the pow wow this year is, “Our Story… Continues.”

The MNCFC are celebrating their heritage though their community mural which is located next to the pow wow at the Lloyd Sk. King elementary school’s library.

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Bodies pulled from a Winnipeg river

By Jen Mt. Pleasant

Two bodies recently pulled from the same river were that of a First Nations man and girl. Last Sunday, Faron Hall, age unknown, and Tina Fontaine, 15, were pulled from the Red River that runs through Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is unknown if the victims knew each other but police are saying both incidents are unrelated. Even though Indigenous people make up approximately 3% of the overall population in Canada, they have one of the highest rates of homicide. According to Statistics Canada, Indigenous women alone are 3 times more likely to become victims of (sexual) violence.

According to Amnesty International’s No More Stolen Sisters, they are 5-7 times more likely to die as a result of that violence.

Studies also show that the western provinces have higher incident rates of First Nations homicide then anywhere else in Canada. Big cities like Vancouver, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton and Winnipeg all have high populations of Indigenous people. As many First Nations communities in the Prairie

Provinces are often isolated and lack employment and recreational opportunities, many Indigenous people often leave reserves for the city, in the hope that more opportunities will be available to them. But this is often not the case and lack of opportunities can lead to addictions, gang affiliations, depression, homelessness and for young girls, vulnerability and being lured into the sex trade.

Faron Hall, a member of the Dakota Tipi First Nation, spent his childhood in foster care, as many First Nations children do. He worked as a teaching assistant until addictions took over his life. His mother was murdered in Winnipeg about 10 years ago and his sister was the victim of a vicious attack 3 years ago. Hall became known as the ‘homeless hero’ when in May 2009, he jumped into the frigid waters of the Red River to save a 19 year old man. In September 2009, Hall was a hero again when he jumped into the same river to try and save two friends who couldn’t swim. He managed to save a 19 year old woman but a 32 year old man had went under the water and

drowned.

Even though he received several awards for his heroic deeds, including the mayor’s Medal of Valor, he continued to struggle with addictions and remained homeless. Hall leaves behind 5 children.

Tina Fontaine’s story is equally as tragic. Fontaine, an Anishinabe girl, grew up on the Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba but in her past few years, spent time running in and out of foster care in Alexander, Manitoba. RCMP labeled Fontaine as ‘at-risk’, after going missing on several different occasions, although she was eventually found safe.

On August 9, Fontaine was reported missing again. Her body was positively identified last Sunday after she was found deceased, wrapped in a bag and floating in the Red River in Winnipeg. Police have now opened up a homicide investigation into Fontaine’s death and have evidence that she was being sexually exploited and taken advantage of, as so many young First Nations girls are in the city.

According to the Winnipeg Police Service, Fontaine she was last seen

alive in downtown Winnipeg on August 9th and that she was being sexually exploited. She was also in the care of Child & Family Services when she went missing and had only been in Winnipeg about a month before she was murdered.

It is not known exactly how she died, police did confirm she was found wrapped in a bag, in “a condition she couldn’t have put herself in,” stated Sergeant John O’Donovan of the Winnipeg Police Service.

According to some experts, human trafficking of First Nations girls in Canada is a huge yet underreported problem.

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charged with the murder of three First Nations women in Winnipeg: Tanya Nepinak, 31; Carolyn Sinclair, 25; and Lorna Blacksmith, 18. Police suspect Lamb is involved in more murders but were never able to prove it. Both Sinclair and Blacksmith’s bodies were reportedly wrapped in plastic and dumped near garbage bins in the inner city and Nepinak’s body has not yet been recovered.

Sinclair was also pregnant at the time of her death.

Police say Fontaine’s body was discovered while police were looking for another person, Hall, Police are not treating Hall’s death as suspicious.

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in the western provinces, but they are targeted by pedophiles, serial rapists, serial killers, and human trafficking rings.

“It’s really underground and that’s the main reason why we still to this day cannot get at numbers [of victims],” Diane Redsky told CBC News in March 2014. Redsky is the project director for the Canadian Women’s Foundation National Taskforce on Human Trafficking which is made up of 23 experts. Many frontline workers in Manitoba, who work with the exploited women estimate that at least 90 per cent (of sexually exploited girls) are Indigenous.

In 2012, Shawn Cameron Lamb, now 54, was

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So choose 2 or 3, We a s k i f yo u a r e participating on your day, please register with Rhonda Johns at Nations Uniting at 519-445-2424 by August 19 to book your session. Nations Uniting will be providing a light lunch for our survivors.

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The Rivermen pose for their team shot following their Game #4 win over the Ennismore James Gang Sunday night.

Ennismore finished the regular season in first place while the Rivermen finished in third place. They now play for the Presidents Cup in Coquitlam B.C. beginning August 25th. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

Rivermen are Presidents Cup bound

By Jim Windle

The Six Nations Rivermen made it three national title appearances for Six Nations lacrosse teams this summer as they punched their ticket to the President’s Cup on Sunday night at the Gaylord Powless Arena with a convincing 11-5 Game 4 win over the Ennismore James Gang. The night before, they had taken out the James Gang in Game #3 of the best-of-five finals by a score of 11-4 in Ennismore.

“Getting a shot at the Presidents Cup? This is awesome,” said Rivermen captain Cory Bomberry following the game.

“With the Arrows at the Minto and the Rebels at the Founders Cup, that’s three tickets to show for our community.”

Although the Rivermen have chosen to play their games on the hard floor of the venerable Gaylord Powless Arena, Bomberry points to the building of the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena by Curt Styres and Delby Powless Sr. providing a yearround, world class, indoor lacrosse facility as a key to the success of Six Nations being a hub for lacrosse champions at every level of the game.

“Some of these guys

key, the James Gang start-

Murray.

Dean Hill scores to open the floodgates in the first period of Sunday night's 11-5 win over the Ennismore James Gang to win the OLA Sr. B title and a trip to Coquitlam to compete for the Presidents Cup. Photo by Jim Windle. PHOTO

BY JIM WINDLE

have been playing there, like Jacob Bomberry, since he’s been a young player, and it’s all year round,” he says. “It shows in our minor system along with everything else we are doing with the Senior and Junior teams and the caliber of lacrosse we are playing with National Championships.”

Although the Rivermen were not in any kind of trouble throughout the game, a rash of penalties in the third period made the final score flattering for the James Gang who were not in it right from the start.

In a pivotal game where goaltending was

er Cole Murray was not on his game at all giving up six goals in the first period before being replaced

by Ryan Masters. By that point the Rivermen could smell the victory and were not about to miss the opportunity to finish off the Gang at home.

On top of that, Warren Hill was right in the pocket and playing playoff-caliber lacrosse at the Six Nations end of the floor.

Ennismore’s Justin Kulla scored first at 1:50 but the celebration didn’t last long. The Rivermen shook that off and notched the next seven goals, six on starter Cole

Dean Hill started the parade followed by Torry Gardener, Wayne VanEvery, Jacob Crans, Jacob Bomberry, called up from the Jr. B Rebels, and two

by Holden Vyse.

Jacob Bomberry then opened the second period with his second of the night, and Chancy Johnson made it 9-1 before the

Gang scored their second goal at 13:20. Cory Bomberry drilled one past Ryan Masters who took over for Murray in the Emmismore net. Gavin Barrie put the Gang’s third goal in with three seconds left after receiving a perfect floor-length pass, standing on the edge of the crease with no Rivermen back.

Heading into the third, leading 10-3, the Rivermen ran into penalty issues, which broke the flow, but they had built up such a lead, that it would have been a miracle if the James Gang were able to come back. They did score two more in the final frame, before Jacob Crans put the game away with 1:45 remaining.

“We wanted to slowly start reaching the pinnacle, we didn’t want to peak at the wrong moment,” said head-coach Stew Monture. “We started to gain momentum just before the St. Catha-

rines series and we wanted to keep that going and follow us through to this series.

The Rivermen lost Game #1 of the series with a short bench because some of their main guys could not get away from work and other commitments to make the trip on such short notice.

“Once we get to the dressing room, the first thing I want to tell the guys is how proud we are of them,” said Monture while his team celebrated the win on the floor.

“Penalties have always been an issue with us, but if we stay out of the penalty box we win. We did for the first two periods, but in the third we kinda lost our edge in the game with penalties.”

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Arrows dig themselves a Chiefs in tough against Lakers hole at Minto Cup

By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS – After the Sr. B Rivermen won their series with the Ennismore James Gang this week, the defending Mann Cup Champion Six Nations Chiefs represent the only major Six Nations OLA franchise without an OLA Championship secured to date or a trip to “the show”.

They are locked in a final showdown with the Peterborough Lakers with the winner advancing to the Mann Cup, to be played in the East this year at the home arena of the winner, either in Peterborough or Six Na-

By Jim Windle

night and will miss deadline with results.

Josh Johnson makes his way past a Coquitlam Adanacs' defender at the Minto Cup Championships in Langley BC. The Arrows are down 2-0 in the best of seven series heading into Tuesday night's Game #3. PHOTO FROM BCJLA WEBSITE remaining from Brendan Bomberry and Johnny Powless. But it was far too little and much too late to build on, as the Adanacs scored the death stroke with 37 seconds remaining for the 11-6, Game #2 win.

The Arrow Express suffered a loss in Game #1, Saturday night against the Western Champion, Coquitlam Adanacs by a 7-6 score.

Six Nations let a 6-4 third period lead slip away as the Adanacs pulled Game #1 out of the fire to take a 1-0 series lead.

After Coquitlam tied the game up at 6-6 in the third period, a Six Nations penalty cost them the game as Wes Berg scored the winner on a powerplay at 9:09. The Arrows had their chances late in the game, but Peter Dubenski held the line for the Adanacs for win.

Six Nations outshot the Adanacs 49-46. Penalties killed the Arrows’ momentum time after time while the Adanacs capitalized with two powerplay

goals, including the game winner.

The Arrows took a 2-0 lead in the first period with goals scored by Brandon Montour, assisted by Quinn Powless, and Josh Johnson, assisted by Quinn Powless and Johnny Powless. Coquitlam stormed back with two to even the score at 2-0 at the end of the first period.

Six Nations opened the second period with two goals from Shane Simpson and Quinn Powless, but the Adanacs answered with two of their own to keep the score even. But Haodais Maracle and Johnny Powless pulled the Arrows out front 6-4 heading into the third. Coquitlam scored all three third period goals for the win.

Remaining games are scheduled for Tuesday Aug. 19th, with Game #4, if necessary on Wednesday Aug. 20, Game #5 set for Thursday Aug. 21, Game #6 Saturday Aug. 23 and Game #7 Sunday Aug. 24th.

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LANGLEY, BC – Game #2 was supposed to be the game to erase the memory of a third period collapse, which cost the Arrows Game #1 at the Minto Cup Championships at the Langley Events Centre in Langley. It wasn’t. Instead, Game #2 was a disaster and the Arrows were crushed 11-6 to fall two games behind in the bestof-seven series. The third game of the series was played Tuesday night in B.C. and missed our deadline for results.

In Game #2, the Arrows found themselves down 3-1 after the first period. Even that was a victory of sorts, since they were outshot 22-8 by the Adanacs, who knew they dodged a bullet in game #1.

Haodais Maracle scored the lone Six Nations goal assisted by Johnny Powless and Brandon Montour.

The Arrows faired a little better in the second, but still came out second best as Coquitlam kept the pressure on and built a 5-1 lead in the second, before Quinn Powless connected from Stewart Martin at 3:41 to make it 5-2. Coquitlam added another, which Josh Johnson answered before the end of the second period, which ended with the Adanacs out front, 6-3.

Powless and Maracle opened the second period to close the gap to 6-5, but they could not keep the momentum going. A rash of eight third period penalties made a Six Nations comeback impossible, as the Adanacs scored the next four goals.

Suddenly, they were down 10-5 before Shane Simpson scored with 3:51

tions.

The Lakers took Game #1 of the series, 9-7 last Thursday, in Peterborough with John Grant leading the way with 3 goals and 4 assists, and goalies Matt Vinc making 49 saves to hold off the Chiefs attack enough for the win.

Vaugh Harris scored three for the Chiefs and Cody Jamieson scored two and assisted on two.

It was 4-3, Peterborough, heading into the first intermission, and 6-5 after the second.

Evin Kirk opened the series in goal.

Game #2 of the series is set for Tuesday

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Lax Hall of Fame to induct Dave General

By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS – Yet another Six Nations lacrosse legend is being inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame. Six Nations artist and former Elected Chief Dave General is being recognized in the Builders category for being at the helm of National and Provincial Championship teams all the way from Peewee to the Mann Cup three-peating Major Series Chiefs of the early 1990’s, coaching hundreds of Six Nations kids, some of them all that way throughout his 16 years as a successful lacrosse coach.

“I got involved with lacrosse in the early 1980’s” recalls General, “That first year we took a young team to the Peewee Nationals in Burnaby B.C. and won a Bronze Medal.”

His young team became the toast of the town while they were out there.

General remembers tournament organizers telling him that people were calling the arena asking when the little Indian boys were

playing.

“These guys had amazing stick skills and a good sense of the game, but lacked conditioning and discipline as a team,” he says.

The next year they worked on those things and in 1983 General took the Peewees to a Peewee “A” Provincial title.

In 1985 he moved up the ranks with his young prodigies to coach the Six Nations Bantam A’s to the National title, played that year in Kitchener. Then came a Midget Provincial “A” Championship in 1987 with many of the same players.

“Once a player graduates from Midget, they usually go into Intermediate or Jr., but here at Six Nations, there wasn’t a strong intermediate team or a Jr. A team. A bunch of us left the territory and joined what they called the Bay Area, which was a combination of the Hamilton and Burlington Minor Lacrosse organizations to play Jr. A,” General recalls.

Meanwhile fellow Hall

of Famer Cap Bomberry and others were working hard to establish a Six Nations A caliber team, and in 1990, the Six Nations Arrows franchise was born, and General along with some of the Six Nations A caliber players returned to Six Nations to be a part of that organization.

That first year was not a great success on the floor, but it was instrumental in setting down roots for lacrosse at a higher level of the game.

“In 1991, we made the playoffs,” says General. “We played against a formidable St. Catharines team, and played our best but did not win the Eastern title that year.”

General was named OLA Jr. A Coach of the year in 1990 and 1991, and in 1992 he coached the Six Nations Arrows to their first Minto Cup National Championship as the best Jr. “A” lacrosse team in Canada, and probably the world.

The Arrows finished in second place in 1992, and with 12 veterans on

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the team, came back from a tough 3-1 semi-final series deficit against Brampton to win the Eastern title. They then went to Coquitlam for the Minto Cup, in a series General calls as “an eye-opener” referring to the ill treatment he felt his team and his players suffered with the refereeing in B.C., which was different from the East.

“It was something we just had to deal with, and that’s again where the discipline comes in,” he says.

“No matter what they are doing, don’t let ‘em get into your head and distract your focus.”

The Minto series went to Game #7 after several close games.

“Our guys played amazing,” General still beams. “Everything we had been working on, all came together that night.”

He recalls the support

they got from the BC Native community especially, who came with their drums to cheer the Arrows on.

“The support we got from the First Nations of the Lower Mainland was absolutely superb,” he says.

After following and shaping the career of many future NLL stars since peewee, it saddened him that there was nowhere at the time for a Six Nations lacrosse play to go after his Jr. eligibility expired, except off-reserve.

“We were fortunate enough to have the late Earl Hill excited about the Arrows and he set out to establish the Major Series Sr. A Chiefs,” says General.

The first two seasons, the fledgling Chiefs never made the playoffs, but in 1994, General was a part of the coaching staff

of the resurging Six Nations Chiefs along with the late Les Wakeling, later to coach the Toronto Rock of the National Lacrosse League. General was offensive coach behind the bench along with Jack Hill and powerplay coach Claude Sault of the three-peating Mann Cup Champion dynasty in 1994, 1995 and 1996.

In 2001 General was inducted into the Ontario Lacrosse Hall of Fame in the Builders category, and in 2008 he was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame along with the 1994, ‘95, and ’96 Six Nations Chiefs.

He will be officially inducted in November at the brand new Hall of Fame building in New Westminster B.C. “I am truly honoured,” says General.

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A big thank you to everyone for making the spaghetti dinner fundraiser a huge success. $800 in total was raised and will go directly to Marlene Bird who was the victim of vicious attack back in June. Thanks to all who donated to the raffle draw: Darlene Butler, Joslyn Jamieson, Aileen Joseph, Leenie, Sheena Joseph, Celeste Sowden. Thanks to the singers: Jason Shawana, Lacey Hill and Alternative Roots. Thanks to those who donated food: Larry Mt. Pleasant, Darlene Butler, Celeste Sowden, Tanya & Dan Montour, the ladies at Ganohkwasra.

Thanks to the Readers: Kelly Frantastic and Karen Barclay. Thanks to the kitchen helpers and those who delivered meals: Leann Blackbird, Toni Leigh Martin, Ransom Doxtator and Jai, Patrick, Raini, Mya and Miranda King-Green. Nya:weh and megwetch again to all who donated, helped out, volunteered, cooked and purchased meals.

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The Two Row Times is the largest circulation native weekly newspaper in North America. Based out of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory we distribute our paper at over 600 locations throughout the dish with one spoon area (throughout the great lakes region).

We are currently looking to hire one part-time journalist and a number of correspondents.

In particular, we are looking for a part-time writer in the Brantford / Six Nations area, as well as correspondents in Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, and London who can cover indigenous issues arising in those areas.

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