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Who represents me, asks Mohawk man

By Jim Windle BRANTFORD – A member of the Kanienkehaka (Mohawk Nation), living within the city of Brantford has begun a neighbourhood association. On its agenda is clearing up a number of assumptions on the part of Mayor Chris Friel and his council as well as Conservative MP Phil McColeman and Liberal MPP Dave Levac. “During the last municipal election Ward 5 councillor David Neuman came to my door and introduced himself as my representative at city hall,� recalls Benjamin Doolittle. “I said, ‘before I shake your hand, I need to ask you a question. Do you represent me as a Kanienkehaka?’�

When his answer was no, Doolittle posed the question, “How can you come here and claim that you represent me then?�

His second question is, “as Kanienkehaka, do I qualify to vote in a Canadian election?�

Doolittle has sent letters to city hall seeking an answer to these same questions but has never gotten any kind of response to date, nor even an acknowledgement of the letters being received.

According to Doolittle, “For us ‘urban and migrant’ Onkwehon:we people, it is not commonly known how we are represented, since we are not Canadians, and the Elected Band Council do not qualify to represent us. These questions if answered will show the conflict of representation. Its essential for all parties to understand the nature and the limits of any claims to representation.�

Doolittle would like to organize Brantford’s urban Native population who, like himself, are living in the city, into a recognized association to be better represented from an Onkwehon:we perspective without being assumed to be Canadian citizens. “We need to reconcile

recovered and go back to a proper representational framework.�

He believes Onkwehon:we people are in some kind of legal purgatory until they declare themselves Canadian citizens or allow Canada to assume that the all natives are somehow qualified by inviting them to participate within their political and judicial system.

Doolittle’s neighborhood association includes non-Native, Canadian citizens as well as Haudenosaunee. He describes those non-Natives as guestfriends, or peoples who have recognized the benefits of mutual coexistence under the virtues of hospitality and the principles of peace and friendship.

Benjamin Doolittle is looking for clarification from Canadian officials on “These are known whether they represent him as a Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) man living in guests and friends who Brantford.SUBMITTED PHOTO are standing with us to our political individuality ic in Brantford, and if we pressure their governwith that of others, and be agree we are not common ment to answer our quesable to organize and gov- Canadians and that these tions,� he explains. “As an ern ourselves with sta- people do not qualify to organization, we carry bility,� says Doolittle. “If represent us, the tax mon- more weight than indithat means developing an ey that may or may not be viduals, who can be easily independent demograph- taken from us should be ignored, as records will

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Doolittle published an open letter in the Two Row Times, directed towards Brantford’s City Hall and every councillor got a copy of it.

He is also concerned about when the Canadian government does its census all Onkwehon:we people being grouped together under the title of ‘Aboriginal’ and not recognizing the Kanienkehaka and other individual Nations as distinct. “The way they see it, there are no actual ‘Kanienkahaka’ living in Brantford at all, only Aboriginal Canadians,� says Doolittle. “They don’t answer my letters because they would have to admit to the possibilities of the representational conflict.�

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24-hours of lacrosse for Jada

By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS – A 24hour lacrosse marathon is planned for January 2-3, at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena with proceeds going towards the family of Teiehkwa, Jada Johnson, of Six Nations.

The family released a recent update on Jada’s progress as she follows traditional medicine and holistic treatment for Pre-B Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Jada’s case became an international, precedent setting story after McMaster University Hospital and the Children’s Aid Society locked horns in court when the 11-year-old and her family stopped chemotherapy treatments in favour of traditional natural medicines.

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A unique fundraiser is planned to help Teiehkwa, pictured above, and her family. SUBMITTED PHOTO. resume chemo treatments, which were making the girl violently ill, fearing for the life of the child. But Justice Gethan Edward, presiding over the case, ruled in favour of CAS who had refused to apprehend the child. Edward, who is Onkwehon:we, also ruled in favour of the right for Indigenous people to practice their own traditional ways, as protected under section

#35 of the Canadian Constitution Act, in this case opting for herbal medicines and a strict diet of all fresh fruits and vegetables with natural supplements.

“Less than two weeks into the (chemo) treatment we stopped it due to our strong belief in our traditional healthcare practices and the severe side effects Teiehkwa was enduring,” says the family. “Our choice to trust in a holistic treatment protocol that combines traditional medicines, ceremonies and diet targeted to strengthen the immune system has achieved normal blood counts since early October. Monitoring of her condition continues by her family doctor and the oncology department at Toronto Sick Kids Hospital.”

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Pulling together against the Northern Gateway oil pipeline

By Tim Reynolds OHSWEKEN – On Sunday, Carla’s Tea and Bannock held a fundraiser for the Pull Together group at Six Nations tourism.

The Pull Together group is trying to fund First Nations legal challenges against the Enbridge Northern gateway pipeline. Five west coast First Nations – the Heiltsuk, Kitasoo-Xai’xais, Gitxaala, Nadleh Whut’en and Nak’azdli – are launching a legal challenge because they believe that the Northern Gateway project will negatively impact their lands, water, people and their constitutionally-protected rights. They also believe that this project doesn’t just affect First Nations, which is why everyone should pull together to ϐ Ǥ ǡ has raised $296,200 of their $300,000 goal.

People from different communities, such as Toronto and Hamilton, attended and participated at the event. Carla Rob-

inson, formerly with the CBC and BCTV, opened the event by talking about how her parents’ house looks over the mouth of the Douglas Channel.

“They plan on having three oil tankers larger than the Empire State Building there at all times,” she said.

She also stated that “it was important to note that this event is on the same day as the winter solstice, and for our spiritual beliefs that is important. It’s time to rejuvenate because we have to replenish our soul in ϐ our soul believes in, as well.”

Elder Cam Stats opened with a traditional prayer, followed by a discussion about oil pipelines with Danielle Boyssoneau and Trish Mills from Hamilton.

Boyssoneau spoke about the Enbridge pipeline number nine that runs through most of Southwestern Ontario’s watershed.

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most 40-years-old and has 13,000 instances of cracks, dents and corrosion. That’s 13,000 chances of oil spilling into our water. This pipeline crosses the Grand River and Lake Ontario, directly affecting our drinking water.”

She also stated that “smaller” leaks of under 1500 litres don’t even have to be reported by Enbridge. Trish Mills told the audience that the 39-year-old 9A pipeline which runs through Six Nations territory “does not meet today’s standards.”

Wendy Hill of Six Nations spoke at the event, as well.

“It really inspires me when somebody takes it upon themselves by trying to stand up to the bullies that are still trying to capitalize at the expense of our health and our future,” she said.

Hill also made reference to who Onkwehon:we people are today.

She noted that “a lot of these companies say we are hypocrites because we drive cars, we no longer live in the homes our ancestors lived in, and we no longer grow our own gardens. Just because we drive cars and we live similar to you doesn’t mean that our knowledge and values aren’t there.

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Editorial

Where did 2014 go?

Time seems to move just a little faster for anyone in the newspaper business. At least that is how it seems.

You just get last week’s paper “put to bed” as it were, and next weeks paper is screaming for attention like a hungry hatchling.

The result is, one week blends into the next, one month into another, and before you know it, the year has passed you by and you are left standing there wondering where the year went. Then it starts all over again.

That is were we find ourselves this week at the Two Row Times.

There is nothing like a little experience to thwart even the best laid out plans and we have been through a few growing pains along the way, like any other new business.

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In the beginning, we insisted that this would be a free paper. Although that was risky, it has paid off, helping us to grow our readership weekly. But by letting our readers enjoy the TRT for free, we are dependent upon our advertisers to keep the good ship TRT afloat.

We would like to take this time to thank our growing relationships with local and area businesses who have walked with us so far in our journey as we look forward to meeting more new friends and clients.

And that isn’t even talking about the thousands of visitors daily to our website and social media sites.

So, on this, occasion we wish our readers, supporters and advertisers a safe and rewarding holiday time with friends and family. It has been a good year.

Thank you, Nia:wen for a great year, from the ownership and staff of the Two Row Times: the Spirit of all Nations.

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Op-Ed Black lives matter

By Brandy Morris I’ve kept my mouth shut for a long time.

I didn’t dare publicly acknowledge the lives and deaths of people like Kenneth Chamberlain Sr, Trayvon Martin, John Crawford III, Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice and so many others.

Why? I was always taught to not be the Angry Black Woman. To not “pull the race card.” To fly under the radar.

I’ve been taught to not have a voice and quite frankly, my tongue is bleeding.

I know this because yesterday I went against my strong better judgment and got myself into a good, old fashioned internet fight (Wow, B, really?).

I saw the cops with the “I can breathe” t-shirts, had Facebook friends posting “all lives matter” as their status,

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and saw tweets and memes asking, “Where’s the outrage now?” and I just couldn’t shut up for one second longer.

So if I’m going to use my voice, I feel writing this here is a better outlet.

Before we go any further, I’d like to make this abundantly clear: yesterday’s murder-suicide was beyond tragic. One young woman, two police officers, and the man who killed them, all died yesterday. It is true, ALL lives matter and this is in no way meant to overlook or minimize the loss of those lives. It’s the response to those events that has me writing here today.

Rewriting #blacklivesmatter as “ALL lives matter” is akin to asking why there’s no White Entertainment Television.

The idea that white lives matter was established loooooooong ago. Everyone knows that already. #black livesmat ter became a thing because it has been proven again and again that this fact is still not a generally accepted idea. It’s needed because the narrative of the past forever has been that black people are more dangerous, less educated and not as human.

It’s much more subtle now. Which seems to be scarier. When it’s so much

less accepted to be blatantly racist, it’s so much easier to call cries for equality “race baiting.”

Fifty some odd years after the civil rights movement, racism is not over – it’s just so ingrained in society it’s become invisible to most. #blacklivesmatter is a cry to end the constant dehumanization. To have police look for evidence of criminal behaviour instead of seeing skin colour as a strong indication of something wrong.

To have the media stop portraying all black men as gangsters, thugs and drug dealers. It’s asking for black lives to matter as much as white lives.

It’s not about saying other lives don’t matter.

It’s not suggesting there aren’t other important causes.

It’s not a secret attempt at black supremacy.

It’s truly a desperate plea for change.

Which brings me to my next point...

There aren’t protests for the loss of police lives because protests are generally a way for the little guy to have their voice heard by the powers that be.

Protests are a means to speak out against The Man. And, even with Barack Obama as presi-

dent, “The Man” is still a bunch of rich white guys.

Police, regardless of their skin tone, work for and represent The Man. The system already works in this case.

If the killer was alive he would be caught and taken to jail (or gunned down), his life will still be vilified from beginning to end (yes, I agree he ended his life with some vile shit but if he were white there would be stories from shocked teachers who thought he was “such a good boy”).

In short, there is no question in cases like these that justice will be served. “No indictment” isn’t even on the table.

What you’re talking about is not a protest, it’s a vigil. That will happen, I’m sure – as it should.

3. I am an angry black woman but I’m not mad at YOU. I’m mad at a system of oppression that we can’t seem to get ourselves out of. I’m mad that there is so much evidence that “innocent until proven guilty” doesn’t count for black people. I’m mad that I am worried about writing this because of how I might be viewed.

Thanks for hearing me out.

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Ojibway man’s native rights asserted

By Fernando Arce The U.S. government has recommended the dismissal of charges of possessing wildlife without a licence against an Ojibway man from the Nippissing First Nation residing in the Town of Attica, New York.

On Feb. 10, 2014, nine Department of Environmental Conservation officers and one Fish and Wildlife Services agent raided John Volpe’s home and confiscated 105 baby snapping turtles and dozens of stuffed birds.

They also took down Eagle feathers considered sacred from his sweat lodge and tossed around a 300-year-old wooden pipe “like it was a baseball,” he said in a phone interview.

Volpe, 62, was charged with 190 state and seven federal violations of the Environmental Conservation Law. However, on Dec. 19, the federal government recommended for the courts to dismiss the federal charges on the grounds that his Native American descent gives him the right to have those animals in his possession.

“It’s a recognition on the part of the U.S. attorney’s office that John is a practicing Native American with Native American blood coursing through his veins,” said George Muscato, Volpe’s lawyer.

Volpe’s ancestry had been in question because he had failed to produce a licence showing he’s from a federally-recognized tribe on the day of the raid.

“They did ask me for an Indian card, and at the time I asked them to show me their own nationality card,” he recalled. “I said, ‘Why are we always the only ones who have to show a card? Why should I have to show you what I am? Why don’t you carry a card?’”

Nevertheless, Volpe showed them his Métis National Council card, but they told them it wasn’t recognized in the U.S. They went on to charge him for allegedly illegally holding animal parts including Eagle Feathers, which the police desecrated by callously throwing them on the ground, said Volpe.

“I think they were trying to get me....ticked off so they could just throw me right into jail,” he said. “Because they were so disrespectful to all of the native things that I have, to all of the medicines.”

Volpe’s next court date is on Jan. 13 in Attica, when he and his lawyer will argue that the scope of the DEC (state’s) statute is “unconstitutionally broad.”

“It’s unconstitutional because it deprives him of his right to practice a religion or tradition,” said

Muscato. “He is a Native American who is an adherent of the orthodox values of Native Americans. While he possesses these (animals), he did it strictly as a practicing Native American.”

Volpe was born in Barry, Ontario and has owned a sweat lodge in Attica for more than 15 years. He’s also practiced taxidermy as well as traditional animal medicine for more than 30 years, and he heals wounded animals which people from surrounding reserves bring to him. He’s even cooperated with the DEC in the past by providing them documented samples of contaminated water and diseased animals with deformities.

But in 2005, the DEC began constantly visiting his sweat lodge and interrupting his ceremonies, demanding he show his licence. Finally in 2006, hoping to stop their unwelcomed visits, Volpe took and passed the state’s Wildlife Rehabilitation Exam, the first step to acquiring a licence. But when he took that to the DEC, he was blocked.

“The (DEC) guy said for him to give me my rehab licence I have to get a federal permit,” he recalled. “And I said I already talked to (the feds), and they said they can’t give me a permit until I get my rehab licence.”

Officials from the DEC did not respond to

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ing pH meter. David Crisp, director of business and development at O-At-Ka, said they worked closely with the DEC to ensure all of these requirements were met.

However, Volpe said the letter did not go back far enough, despite there being ample documentation showing spills going back to at least 2008.

Volpe has also found discoloured fish missing their slime and scales, others blinded and many with non-functioning gills; he’s found beavers and water snakes with tumours causing them to suffer from ‘telescoping’ – a condition, caused by blockage, where the small intestine is sucked into the bigger one.

He said these are all results of high levels of hydrogen peroxide and sodium hydroxide which continue to be dumped into the water by O-At-Ka Milk Products, and added that there’s no evidence as of yet that any action, fines or penalties have been taken against the company.

“Nothing’s changed,” he said, referring to the fact that the pH levels continue to register at around 9.0, which sits at the extreme end of the ‘normal’ scale.

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As of Dec. 17, Volpe recorded the water temperature at 67 degrees Fahrenheit, though the normal for this time of the year should be at around 30, he explained.

“Which means that turtles, frogs and snakes do not hibernate. So... they use up all their fat reserves and usually end up dying through the winter because the water never freezes.”

Chris Krtanik, Volpe’s life-long friend, said Volpe has constantly helped the DEC and has worked hard to care for wounded wildlife.

“He’s honest in what he’s doing. He lives what he is and there’s nothing that he’s done that jeopardizes the law,” he said, adding that he suspects the feds were scared of losing a case that could set an important precedent.

“I think they were fearful of losing the case [because] that would’ve strengthened the next person’s case,” he said.

“And they probably realized John could’ve won with a jury trial.”

If Volpe is convicted, he faces up to 30 days in jail and a fine of up to $250 for each violation.

“But I can’t imagine that the judge would not dismiss the charges,” said Muscato.

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In 2008, Volpe began documenting a series of spills from O-At-Ka Milk Products onto Chapin Lagoon, in Batavia, a town about 20 minutes north of Attica. He presented the DEC with reports of higher than normal pH levels in the water, which reduce its quality, high water temperatures which interrupted animals’ hibernation cycles, causing them to die, and even photographs of 144 fish and over 60 turtles found dead as a result of the various spills, which have been documented on the DEC database.

In April of this year the DEC sent a notice of violation to O-At-Ka, advising them they were in violation of the DEC’s State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit and three environmental conservation laws. The letter covers “repeated spills of milk and cleaning solution” which have caused a “contravention of water quality standards for pH” on “at least six separate occasions” as well as “fish kill of over 100 fish of various species.”

The company was asked to complete a facility review, to submit a copy of its best management practices and list of responses and corrective action plans by May 2014.

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New perspectives on old traditions

By Nahnda Garlow I had a really great visit with a woman from my community earlier this month. She told me that she doesn’t do Christmas.

“What?!” I asked her.

I was shocked. She is mother to plenty of children, a traditional family, yet not having Christmas just seemed unthinkable to me. I was having trouble wrapping my mind around it.

She explained, “At first my friends said, ‘You can’t do that! It’s not fair!

What about your kids?’

But I just told them that my kids was the reason I am doing this. That actually got me thinking, you know? I wonder what the reaction in the communi-

ty was like the first time someone put up a Christmas tree?”

When she said that my brain just kind of halted for a moment. Talk about food for thought! I sat there and tried to really embrace that: what would it have been like the first time the Haudenosaunee people celebrated a Christian Christmas?

As I drove home later that night I realized that my heart wasn’t really into Christmas this year. To be honest I didn’t even want to put up a tree which is odd in my home.

Normally we’re all about Christmas from the time we put away our Remembrance Day poppies. This year I just didn’t have any

Christmas Spirit at all.

Perhaps it is because I read too much. Day in and day out my social media newsfeed is filled with sad stories about loss, grief, and struggle that my indigenous ‘cousins’ have to walk through.

Every single day I am faced with stories about people’s heartache and pain: the loss of the families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls, the people of Barriere Lake being starved out by the Conservative Financial Transparency Act, and people living in Nunavut who can’t afford to drink twenty dollar liquid milk – let alone stocking stuffers.

These stories are starkly contrasted by the

graphic consumerism and holiday nostalgia that is force fed down my throat every day until December 25th. Perhaps even more so this year. Between the protests in NYC and across the US regarding the criminalization of being a black human being, and the idiocy that is Stephen Harper saying that indigenous women and girls aren’t “on the radar” – I began to realize that spiritual waters in North America are quickly becoming a vast and raging sea. We’re all getting spiritually seasick in the back and forth-ness of it all and as a result this Christmas I feel like vomiting tinsel and holly all over the place.

I honestly tried to muster some holiday warm fuzzies by watching ‘White Christmas’ but not even Rosemary Clooney’s bright smile and black sequined dress was enough to distract my heart from the rampant inequalities we are all traveling through at

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the present time. In fact, all White Christmas did was give me a million more parables on white privilege.

Then somewhere along my travels I heard a song come over the loudspeaker while I was getting groceries. It was about Jesus’ birth and the lyrics went like this; “Mary, did you know that your baby boy has come to make you new? That this Child that you delivered would soon deliver you?”

In the midst of all the bad renditions of Christmas carols that were being played that day, this song made it through to me just at the right time, and reminded me about the story of Jesus. Not the romanticized story of his birth in a manger, but the later tale of his suffering.

For a moment I was reminded of Jesus’ persecution, and the suffering of the Hebrew nation, and I remembered why we do anything at all as a society on Christmas.

Later that day I found a Christmas tree of my very own and put it up in my living room, not to bow to the social pressures of participating in a North American standard, but in honor of the birth of a man in history who suffered greatly for love of his people – a man who was born to a people who suffered and endured great oppression for love of their Creator.

I wonder if that is what my ancestors were thinking when they put up their first Christmas tree? What was it about the story of Christ that the Haudenosaunee people connected with in the first place? And when they did put up that first tree – were they bowing to the social pressure of Christmas in a spirit of sameness only? Or was it something more? I’m not sure, but it’s something I’ll be thinking about Christmas Eve as I gaze at the twinkling lights on my very own Christmas tree.

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Dec 15 - Dec 22 US allows marijuana sales on reserves WASHINGTON, D.C. – The US Justice Department announced on Dec. 11 that it will advise all state attorneys to allow all federally-recognized reservations to grow and sell marijuana inside their respective reservations, despite any state laws prohibiting it.

Those reservations opposed to legalization will have the chance to go through the normal legal channels if they so wish, reports High Times Magazine.

Indeed, though the selling of marijuana – like native cigarettes and casinos – may present a lucrative outlet for struggling indigenous economies, many tribes have shown ambivalence, citing a long history of issues relating to alcohol and drug abuse among their peoples.

For those who want to take advantage of the new laws, they will have to follow eight guidelines, reports the L.A. Times, including not selling to minors or transporting it to areas that prohibit it.

Nevertheless, John Walsh, U.S. attorney for Colorado, emphasized that all states and reservations allowing the selling of marijuana must have robust regulatory systems in place. Where they find it lacking, federal attorneys reserve the right to take broader enforcement actions.

Cree youth march against uranium

MONTREAL – A group of 20 Cree youths marched 850 kilometres from Mistissini to Montreal, in temperatures as low as minus-28 C, to protest uranium mining in northern Quebec.

Though the hearing held by the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE) on uranium mining wrapped

up on Dec. 15, the day the youth arrived, their protest was meant to highlight the dangers of uranium mining in general, which they said can contaminate the land and water and encroach on trap lines, the Montreal Gazette reported.

The Cree Nation Youth Council said banning uranium exploration would also benefit all Quebequers and foreigners who come to the region to hunt and fish.

There has been a moratorium on all uranium projects in the province since 2013, which may or may not be lifted depending on the outcome of the BAPE hearing, which will produce its final report on the social acceptability and environmental impact of uranium mining by May 2015.

Quoted in the Gazette, Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come said that, “After following the first two phases of the BAPE process, the Cree Nation is convinced, now more than ever, of the significant long-term risks that uranium development would bring to our land.”

Native man gunned down by police

RAPID CITY, SD – A day after more than 100 people attended a #NativeLivesMatter Anti-Police Brutality march in downtown Rapid City, South Dakota, a 30-year-old Native American man was shot and killed by a Rapid City police officer.

In a statement released on Sunday, Dec. 21, Allen Locke’s family thanked the Native American community for the prayer vigils and ceremony circles held in Locke’s memory.

“Allen was a Sun Dancer and we want all prayer families, medicine men, spiritual leaders and sundancers to come and pray for our family and to keep Allen and his loved ones in your prayers,” reads the statement.

Locke was killed

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by police officer Anthony Meirose in the Lakota Community Homes neighbourhood Saturday evening. Meirose was responding to reports of an unwanted person inside 541 Paha Sapa Road, and shot Locke up to five times after he allegedly charged at him with a knife, reported Kota Territory News.

Locke’s family said in their statement that Locke was a “son, brother, father, partner, grandson, uncle and loved one.”

They also urged people to remain calm and to provide the family with the

rations projects in the province will be allowed to continue operating as long as they don’t use fracking.

The other conditions include a plan for wastewater disposal and credible information about the impacts fracking has on health, water and the environment.

Meanwhile, throughout the country, indigenous groups such as the Wet’suwet’en Peoples (Unist’ot’en Camp) are opposing all fracking and pipeline projects on their lands, despite federal or provincial approval.

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they will be “reviewing... everything that’s going on and pushing back as much as we can. We are going to cause as much problems as we can on this,” according to the Globe and Mail.

The First Nation has launched judicial reviews in federal and provincial courts, and has been joined by Dog River First Nation, Prophet River First Nation and the McLeod Lake Indian Band, as well as farmers and ranchers affected by the project.

Part of the legal defence will include invoking rights established under Treaty 8, which guarantees indigenous peoples the right to continue their traditional practices in the northwest part of Canada, including in the Peace River.

Book predicts indigenous uprising

Sun Dancer Allen Locke was gunned down by a Rapid City police officer the day after he participated in a #nativelivesmatter protest against police killings. PHOTO BY AIM PEJI WAHUTA privacy needed to “send (their) loved one off and to give (their) children an appropriate holiday’s memory.”

New Brunswick fracking moratorium

FREDERICTON, NB – New Brunswick’s government is placing a moratorium on all fracking projects until five conditions are met, including a proper consultation process with First Nations.

This is yet another addition to the list of provinces that have placed moratoriums on fracking including Nova Scotia, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador.

N.B. Premier Brian Gallant said that all current shale gas explo-

First Nation vows resistance to mine PEACE RIVER, BC – The West Moberly First Nation has pledged to stand in the way of all mining and exploration projects, and has said they will go to court over the province’s controversial approval of Site C. The dam would flood “5,000 hectares...of traditional hunting and fishing sites, burial grounds and places where medicinal plants are gathered,” reported the Globe and Mail.

Premier Christy Clark approved the $8.8 billion project on Dec.16 despite massive opposition by surrounding First Nations and land owners, so Chief Roland Willson promised

With controversial mining and extraction projects and the constant disrespect and violation of indigenous rights by all levels of government leading to ongoing protests, the conditions for an indigenous uprising are ripe, according to a new book titled Time Bomb.

Doug Bland, former chair of Defence Management, writes that decades of abuse and neglect by successive governments have pushed native people to the brink. He adds that critical transportation links like the CN Railway, for instance, “are vulnerable to protests that could shut them down and cost the economy millions.”

This comes amidst deepening frustrations with Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, including the many contentious mining projects, Canada’s opting out of the latest U.N. indigenous rights declaration, and the Prime Minister’s callous remarks acknowledging that an inquiry into the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women “isn’t really high on our radar.”

Bland argues that non-natives should not dismiss the growing grassroots movements by indigenous people such as Idle No More and the many road blocks and protests around pipelines.

In his book, he also writes that more and more indigenous people are supporting the idea of a “unified First Nations strategy for coherent civil action,” reported WC Native News.

Judge says Ottawa wrong in passing Omnibus Bills EDMONTON – Justice Roger Hughes ruled this week that Ottawa had a constitutional duty to consult the Mikisew Cree First Nation prior to passing Omnibus Bills C-45 and C-38 in 2012.

Onkwehonwe opposition to those bills helped to kickstart the Idle No More movement.

Chief Steve Courtoreille and the MCFN filed the case against the Governor General, the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Minister of Finance, Minister of the Environment, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Minister of Transport and the Minister of Natural Resources.

In his ruling, Hughes wrote that the Crown had “a duty to consult with the Misikew at the time that each of the Omnibus Bills was introduced into Parliament”. He also wrote that part of that duty was to give notice to the MCFN what portion of the bill could have impacted the people of the Treaty 8 territory in order that they have a “reasonable opportunity to make submissions.”

Hughes said that since the Omnibus bills are already law that his ruling would not change those decisions, but that his declaration “may have an effect on the future respecting continuing obligations to the Misikew.”

Ottawa has 30 days to submit an appeal.

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By Nahnda Garlow For nearly three years Caledonia resident Shelby MacNeil has been suffering the debilitating effects of late stage chronic Lyme Disease.

After suddenly falling ill with a myriad of symptoms MacNeil and her doctors had no idea what was wrong with her. Her symptoms were complex and included issues such as: chronic fatigue, ringing in the ears, vision loss, memory loss, balance issues, migraines, heart palpitations, joint pain and more.

MacNeil, who prior to her illness was always busy, says she went from living an active life of working three jobs as a hairdresser, to being completely bedridden and unable to walk. She went from doctor to doctor, consistently coming out with no conslusive answers as to what was happening to her body. Finally, in January of 2014 MacNeil was officially diagnosed with Lyme disease and other complicating co-infections.

After exhausting all avenues in Canada to find treatment for her illness, MacNeil came up empty

handed. MacNeil told the Two Row Times, “I’ve tried every kind of treatment and nothing seems to be working. I’ve tried both anti-biotics and naturopathic medicine.”

She says in the last month her illness has taken a turn for the worse, “Everyday I wake up scared. This disease takes everything that is in you.

My life is bedridden because I haven’t been walking for a year.”

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ing positive and taking pleasure in the little things like going outside for a walk with her boyfriend. “You appreciate all the little things about your health,” she said. “You never know what tomorrow will bring.”

MacNeil has met with others suffering from Lyme Disease who found success at the Sponaugle Wellness Institute. Unfortunately, treatments for Lyme Disease are not covered by OHIP so MacNeil has to pay for all her treatments out of pocket.

Now the communities of Six Nations and Caledonia are coming together in a spirit of unity to raise money for her treatment and give Shelby the gift of hope this year. A number of local businesses have all

set their sights on raising the $80,000 necessary for Lyme specific treatments through the Florida clinic as a way to pay it forward and give MacNeil a second chance.

“I can’t believe how amazing the community has been,” said MacNeil.

In spite of her own illness, MacNeil says she is determined to walk back into wellness and raise awareness about Lyme Disease so others in the Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk area will not have to go through what she has.

“In this area, ticks are everywhere,” she says. “At the least I hope that my story getting out will help people to learn about how serious this disease is and how or where they can begin to get help. When I get

better it’s going to be all about giving back.”

An online fundraising campaign called “Lyme Can Tick Off” has been launched on www.youcaring.com where MacNeil shares her story. She wrote, “My family and I have learned that doctors in Canada are not educated enough about this disease.

I have tried natural treatments and western medicine but my body has come to a plateau and is declining rapidly. My family and I have run out of options at this time. After doing a lot of research, we came across a place called the Sponaugle Wellness Institute which specializes in Lyme disease. Dr. Sponaugle continuously improves his treatment protocols for Lyme disease and for healing the brain and nervous system. His success rate is phenomenal and people like me are getting the specialized treatment they need and are getting their lives back.”

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On Six Nations the Grand River Spa is donating 50% of the proceeds for every manicure and pedicure until January 31st. Pro-fit Health Club is donating 50% of the proceeds from the Juicebar, Pro-Shop and all One Day passes sold. The Caledonia Corvairs are also in; selling calendars and bracelets to raise money. Bracelets will be available at select locations including the Whey Smooth Juice Bar on Argyle St. N. in Caledonia.

A number of Caledonia businesses are also helping raise funds; Body Waves Fitness, Arbonne representatives, a number of local churches and the Argyle St. Grill are all pitching in to get MacNeil to the $80,000 mark.

Donations can also be made online at the website www.youcaring.com under the campaign name Lyme Can Tick Off. You can also look for the yellow bracelets at select locations around the community to contribute a $5.00 donation.

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Opinion Maybe we need to stop crying silently

By Paula Hill At what time will the voices of First Nations victims begin to matter in this country; or in this community? It would seem that at least once a week, we read of yet another Native woman or child going missing, or being murdered or sexually assaulted. The majority of violent offences committed in our community often go unreported in the media. It is commonly understood that most domestics or sexually violent offences do not get reported to the police at all.

The courts have been compelled to consider the background circumstances of Aboriginal offenders since the Supreme Court of Canada decision of R. v. Gladue [1999] 1 S.C.R. 688. In Gladue it was recognized that the over-representation of Native people in the jails and penitentiaries across the country had a lot to do with the systemic racism that exists within the justice system.

There was acknowledgement that our people do not rehabilitate from mainstream programming, so now there is an attempt by the courts to look at culturally appropriate rehabilitative programs, and this can potentially be used as an alternative to incarceration in some cases. Effort is made in some, not all, court jurisdictions to try to “understand the unique perspective of the Aboriginal offender” when he/she stands before a sentencing or bail judge and to review alternative options for rehabilitative programming.

Sadly, little effort if any has been made to ensure that the victims are given the same consideration.

A current dilemma in prosecuting sexual offences is the issue of credibility. Arguably, this issue prevails in family court and in dealings with CAS. When the facts to be reviewed are “he said/she said” the victim is scrutinized for every detail of their life.

If there are any challenges to the victim’s credibility the judge can-

not convict. Heaven forbid should the victim be an addict, or be appearing before the court after having already been failed by this system in a separate violation.

The court views “multiple” allegations as a sign of a manipulative behaviour. It seems to rarely occur to the judiciary that their own mainstream, scientifically gathered data will indicate that most Native women have been horrendously violated several times in their lives.

Cases where a child is the victim tend to focus on the mother’s credibility. If the perpetrator is the child’s father, child support arrears tend to be used to discredit the mother and therefore the child. It is assumed that the mother is trying to “manipulate the system” to hurt the father because he will not provide for his child.

It is surprising and disappointing how often Native victims have their credibility measured against a mainstream ruler, scrutinized through a Eurocentric lens. Is it not possible that a sexual predator might also be unreliable in paying child support? Why is it automatically assumed that the mother is conniving?

The judiciary may feel educated and informed about our people because they have read about the residential school era and the 60’s scoop. They might even know that we have made some claims to the land.

But reading it and living it are two different things. The concept of intergenerational trauma is real. Not because one somehow feels the pain that their grandparent endured as a child, 50 years before the person was born. But because the hundreds of years of oppressive and genocidal policies inflicted on our people; of having everything that was important to us torn from our hands in the most repugnant, inhumane ways has always been very real; it has always been “legal” and it has been constant.

The generations of this type of treatment

have had a cumulative impact on our people. We are raised knowing that we cannot trust the court system; we must fear the police, we will get raped, mistreated, denied housing, followed around by security, denied jobs, denied opportunities and our babies will get stolen

if we do not hide them.

This is not a story of generations ago. It remains current and consistent. Courts need to recognize that our people are unlikely to willfully or without excruciating fear engage in their legal processes. We do not tend to put ourselves under

the scrutiny of agencies such as CAS with the expectation that we will be successful in manipulating a desired outcome.

Our history with CAS and the justice system is but one of the many painful, horrendous scars.

In the manner that Aboriginal offenders

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have their “unique perspective” sought out and articulated for the courts in a Gladue proceeding, this same type of consideration must be granted to bring forward the Aboriginal families and victim’s perspective.

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Expanding the Circle: Aboriginal People with Disabilities Focus on Rights Project highlights the rights of and difficulties faced by Aboriginal people with disabilities Toronto- Can you imagine a world where we are all equal? A world where you can actively participate in and give back to your community as a First Nations/Aboriginal person with a disability? A world free from discrimination and barriers?

The Expanding the Circle Project would like to invite First Nations/ Aboriginal people with disabilities to share their stories. This project, run by Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI) is guided by a steering committee of First Nations/Aboriginal people and their allies.

Its aim is to increase human rights training and awareness among First Nations/Aboriginal people with disabilities, and to collect and share their stories so that we can better understand and address the barriers they face.

Through this project, participants and their communities may learn about resources available for disability rights support, and they may learn about ways that other communities support people with disabilities. In addition, the results of this research will be shared with all communities and will be used to develop human rights education resources and tools that could support First Nations/ Aboriginal people with disabilities in monitoring their own rights and in taking an active role to impact social policy.

If you are a First Nations /Aboriginal person with a disability your voice is important. It’s time to talk. Share your story with Expanding the Circle. The First Nations /Aboriginal people with disabilities who are already involved in the project say “Let’s speak out against inequality, Now’s the time to share your story.”

Call: Melanie Moore at 416 599-2458 Extension #222 Tty: 416-599-5077 E-mail: melanie.moore@cilt.ca Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ExpandingTheCircleAboriginalPeopleWithDisabilities

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By Tom Keefer OHSWEKEN – Students from Emily C. General elementary school got a chance to role play their future lives last Wednesday. The Student Reality Store is a simulation program developed by educator Erinn Monture-Drysdale that gives school children a glimpse into what their future might hold for them.

Based on their actual grade point average, students are given a list of careers and incomes that they can choose from and which are correlated to their marks.

A combination of chance and student choices determine if they get married or stay single, how many kids they have, what kind of vehicle they drive and whether or not they live on reserve. The students then go between

some 20 different “stores” staffed by community volunteers where they purchase goods and services based upon their lifestyle and income bracket.

According to Monture-Drysdale, the simulation blends real life skills and knowledge gained at school. “When they’re doing math they don’t even know they’re doing it. They start thinking about their careers and understand that they have choices. When they can’t afford things they can get a second job. If they going to buy Hummers they’re going to go and take them back halfway through in the simulation because they can’t afford the payments.”

Teacher James Martin noted that “the game helps them to think ahead a bit. They are at an age where they’re not really thinking about these

things, but it gets the ball rolling and they start thinking about more adult decisions down the road.

You can see some of the students get the realization that their grades now aren’t going to get them where they want to be in life, so something has to change between now and when they graduate”.

Student participant Samuel Beaver added “I think it’s pretty cool, I like it, it seems pretty realistic and I think it’s pretty fun when you have enough money”.

The Student Reality Store program has been recommended by the Ontario Ministry of Education, and Monture-Drysdale is working hard to bring the program to schools throughout the province.

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A Traditional Eating & Living Challenge The Two Row times in partnership with the Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation, Six Nations Health Services, Tyendinaga Community Wellbeing Centre, and De Dwa Da Dehs Nye’s are proud to announce a new campaign for 2015. Healthy Roots is a 12 week program sponsored by The Dreamcatcher Foundation that examines the affect that a traditional way of life - including diet and regular physical activity - have on our overall well-being as Indigenous peoples.

4 participants will eat from a traditional foods list, commit themselves to daily exercise, and attend a goal tracking meeting weekly with a local check-in person.Their progress will be published in weekly print and online issues of the Two Row Times as a major component of a traditionalhealth and wellness program.

Other exciting parts of this campaign will include monthly giveaways and community events.Be sure to pick up issues of the Two Row Times beginning December 31 to read more about Healthy Roots - including how to win prizes, where in the community you can find us, and how to follow our wellness program at home.

From our team to yours – Merry Christmas! We can’t wait to make some healthy changes along with you in 2015.

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Six Nations Alcohol Community Engagement - Week 6 WHO IS JIM BRICKMAN? Six Nations has been approached by IPA Enterprises Inc. to create a brewery at the Oneida Business Park. Jim Brickman is one of the owners of IPA Enterprises Inc. IPA Enterprises and Six Nations Economic Development began talking about the proposed Brewery Project because of the space available in the warehouse at the Oneida Business Park.

Mr. Brickman is credited as the pioneer of the present day beer renaissance in Canada. In 1984, he founded Brick Brewery in Waterloo, Ontario, the first of its kind in many decades, which went on to receive many awards and accolades. Mr. Brickman, well respected in his community, was instrumental in founding the Ontario Small Brewers Association (1991) and the Small Brewers Association of Canada (2000). Now retired, Jim acts as Chairman and Director for the Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organization, a non-profit environmental group and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Niagara College Brewmaster Program in which he helped initiate in 2006.

In 2009, Mr. Brickman (retired at the time) was blindsided with a lawsuit from his former company who alleged that he had misused company resources. In 2010, the Company withdrew their suit and all allegations were dropped and settled out of court in favor of Mr. Brickman.

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. If the regulation is not passed, the project will not move ahead.

ALCOHOL REGULATION The decision regarding the Six Nations Alcohol Regulation will be determined through referendum set for January 17, 2015 at the community hall. The advance poll date will take place January 10, 2015 at Six Nations Polytech.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DATES

NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Tourism Building

11:00am-4:00pm

Tuesday, December 30, 2014 Tourism Assembly Room

Information Session 11:00- 4pm

Monday, January 12, 2015 Six Nations Polytech

Final Community Meeting 6:00-9:00pm

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 IL Thomas

Information Session 5:00-8:00pm

Saturday, January 17, 2015 Community Hall

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

Saturday, January 10, 2015 Six Nations Polytech

Advanced Polls 10:00am-5:00pm

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Ohsweken Demons general manager Vince Hill talks with his new crop of talent at the Demons training camp Saturday at the ILA. The Demons, under new head coach Ron Henry and returning assistant coach Roger Chrysler hope to recapture the Creators Cup this year after losing it to the Niagara Lock Monsters in 2014.

PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

Demons confident with new hopefuls

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – Vince Hill, general manager of the Ohsweken Demons, watched closely as coaches Roger Chrysler and Ron “Mouse” Henry put around two dozen 2015 CLax Demons hopefuls through the paces Saturday afternoon at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena.

“It’s picked up every practice,” said Hill.

“There’s a few more guys coming out every practice. We also still have a number of guys at NLL camps.”

The NLL prospects were released Friday and some have found their way – or are on their way – to Canadian Lacrosse League teams, including the Demons. A similar training camp was held Saturday at the Syl Apps Arena in Paris hosted by the Southwest Cyclops, who will be playing this season in Paris.

“We have a roster to put in by the 23rd, with 34 runners, so we have

some immediate decisions to make,” said Hill as he sat with his coaches going over notes on players.

Among the new faces at camp was Founders Cup Six Nations Rebels graduate goaltender Chase Martin.

Another new player in camp is runner Lee Nanticoke of the Onondaga Red Hawks in the CanAm League. Nanticoke put together a 37-point campaign in 10 games last season, helping the Red Hawks capture the 2014 Presidents’ Cup. Henry returns to CLax, where he spent the 2013 season coaching the Iroquois Ironmen to the Creator’s Cup. “Ron has a wealth of experience, along with assistant coach Roger Chrysler. Mouser has experience with both the National Team as well as the box game, and he’s very good at disseminating that knowledge, and applying it to the style that we play here.”

Hill added, “We’re very pleased with both of them, they’re both winners.”

The professional league, now entering its fourth season, has already proven its worth as a developmental league of very high quality. This year alone, 28 CLax players from last year have been named to NLL rosters for the 2015 campaign.

The Demons have lost the services of Alex Kedoh Hill, who was picked up by the Buffalo Bandits, Joe Maracle, who got the call from the Minnesota Swarm, Quinn Powless, who will trade his Demons sweater for the New England Black Wolves along with Josh Johnson, who is named to the practice squad. Chris Attwood will play for the Rochester Knighthawks this season, as well.

CLax Commissioner and former Toronto Rock star Jim Veltman is proud of the contribution CLax is making to professional

lacrosse.

“We would like to congratulate all of these players in achieving their goal of playing in the National Lacrosse League,” he says. “This is a great testament of the skill level that exists in our league and the great opportunity that CLax provides in allowing players to continue to develop their game.”

Mouse Henry does not run an easy practice and knows how to evaluate talent and desire.

He was pleased with the level of skill his new crop of hopefuls brings to the organization.

“I’m looking for hungry and hard workers,” he said. “I know what it takes to win in this league.”

Unlike the NLL and the OLA Jr. system, CLax plays a two way game, both offense and defense, rather than specialized “O” and “D” lines rotating.

This makes player conditioning paramount.

Following some intense drills that left many

experienced players sucking wind, there was some scrimmage time as well.

“I see a lot of talent here,” says Henry. “We have some defensive players we have to teach some ‘O’ to and some offensive guys that need to learn some ‘D.’ That means double shifting.”

On any given occasion, each team can only dress 16 runners and two goalies. Henry likes to rotate in players from the secondary lineup as well.

“Sure, there is a final roster that comes up on a game, but if there are some guys who have really worked hard and come to practice, I have to look at the pecking order and make some game by game decisions,” says Henry.

Another chore for the GM and coaches is to balance the available talent.

“Right now we have a lot of left-hand shooters and we’re a little shy on righties,” he says.

Two of the new players Henry is very high on

for this year are Dallas John and Mike Miller.

“We also have Rodd Squire out from the Chiefs,” he says. “Roger Vyse is healthy and is coming out as well.”

Needless to say, Henry is very pleased and excited with his roster and is determined to get the Creator’s Cup back on Six Nations Territory.

Among the talent in front of him are two Presidents Cup winners, two Mann Cup winners, NLL Champions, and a Creators Cup winner, plus several returning Demons.

Goaltenders Jake Henhawk, Chase Martin and Brandon Styres are at camp as well, with a couple of other unnamed possibilities.

“Goaltending is the backbone of your team, so I’m pretty confident with these guys,” says Henry.

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Corvairs honour fallen teammate Tyler Norrie

By Jim Windle CALEDONIA – Former Golden Eagle and Caledonia Corvair, Tyler Norrie, who died suddenly on June 3rd, 2014, was honoured at Saturday’s Caledonia Corvairs game by his former teammates and staff.

For three seasons, Norrie was a big part of the former Golden Eagles and the Corvairs after they moved to Caledonia.

After graduating from the Jr. ranks, Norrie went to the University of Waterloo and played with the Warriors hockey team.

He died unexpectedly at a Simcoe gym while getting ready for his second season with the Warriors. It was later determined that he had an undiagnosed heart condition neither he nor his

family were aware off. He was 22-years-old.

“Tyler was exactly the type of person that coaches look for,” said Warriors coach Brian Bourque, at the time of his death. “He was loved by his teammates. He showed up every day with a hard-working positive attitude. His hockey sense was great and he was determined to have a positive impact on the team.”

Corvairs general manager, Brian Rizzetto, is still reeling at the loss of the young man he scouted and guided through his junior hockey career.

“We were lucky enough to have him for three years and those kinds of things leave you wondering why, but he will be one of the all-time great kids to ever play

Former Golden Eagle and Caledonia Corvair, Tyler Norrie was honoured before Saturday night's Corvairs game at the Haldimand Centre Arena. Norrie died suddenly last June while working out at a Simcoe gym in preparation for his second season with the University of Waterloo Warriors. FILE PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

for our organization,” he said.

Before the game, the Corvairs organization

raised a banner in the arena honouring Norrie and retired his #22 Corvairs jersey number, meaning that no one else in their organization will ever again wear that uniform number.

The team also had a special Sutherland Cup Championship Ring made for Tyler, which was presented to his sister, Lynsey, along with a framed Tyler Norrie game jersey, which was presented to Norrie’s parents, Duncan and Karen.

In Tyler’s honour, assistant coach Mark Johnson wore #22 when he played this past summer on the Canadian National Fastball Team. He presented that sweater to the family as well.

A $10,000 Foundation was established in Norrie’s name by team

ownership and will be awarded annually to a member of the Corvairs for their education, as selected by the Norrie family. Blue Corvairs T-shirts were printed up with the now retired #22 on the back along with the name, Norrie.

A number of ex-Eagles and Corvairs alumni players were on hand for the game, many of whom had the pleasure of playing with him.

Fans and former teammates were given a chance to video tape a personal message to Tyler which will be edited into a YouTube video.

“It was still not enough,” said Rizzetto.

“Tyler was such a wonderful young man, a great leader and a fine player.”

Corvairs close 2014 on top

By Jim Windle

CALEDONIA – The Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs will enter the Christmas break on top of the GOJHL standings with a record of 29 wins, 3 losses and an OT loss for 59 points.

Monday night the Corvairs closed out the 2014 portion of the season with a 2-1 win over the Ancaster Avalanche at the Haldimand Arena.

It was scoreless after the first period, but Matthew Hore and Jordan Peacock provided all the scoring necessary for the win in the second period, with assists going to Tyler Lapore, Jake Brown, Cosimo Fontana and Mitch Purdie.

They would need those goals due to the stellar goaltending they faced in Ancaster’s Blake Richard, who was besieged with 16 shots. Ancaster only managed five shots in the period but one of them got past Marc Sinclair in the Corvairs net.

After taking down the Canucks 3-1, in Niagara Falls Friday night, the

Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs dropped a 3-2 decision at home Saturday night.

The Falcons began to fly at the one-minute mark when Paolo De Sousa put St. Catharines up 1-0. Tyler Lepore scored his 13th goal of the season at the six minute mark from Jordan Peacock and Matthew Hore to make it 1-1. St. Catharines’ Manny Manns put the Falcons ahead 2-1 by the end of the first period.

Connor Bramwell scored the only goal of the second period to even the score at 2-2 with 20 minutes left to play. Mitch Purdie and Kyle Tanev assisted.

Nicholas Dozzi scored what would eventually be the game winner at 14:23 from Cam Blakely and Broderick Kelly. It was only Caledonia’s third loss of the year.

The Pro-Fit Corvairs will be back in action Saturday, January 3rd, when the Plenham Panthers come to the Haldimand Centre arena for a 7:30 p.m. start.

Monday Dec. 29th and Tuesday Dec. 30th at the ILA The opening ceremonies will be taking place at noon on the 29th, and closing ceremonies at 4:30pm the 30th.

Pro-Fit Corvairs' Cosimo Fontana cuts in behind the St. Catharines net, catching Falcons defenders going the wrong way in Saturday night's 3-2 loss at the Haldimand Arena. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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Hagersville Hawks sink to 6th

By Jim Windle HAGERSVILLE – The Hagersville Hawks were looking for a win to put under the tree in the last Jr. C game before Christmas on Sunday evening at 5:30, in Glanbrook. Santa left them a 3-2 lump of coal instead.

The Hawks are one point above .500, falling back to sixth place heading into the short Christmas break with a 14-14-10 record.

Sunday, Hagersville’s Jason Soloman scored first with 3:37 remaining in the first period, assisted by Bailey Fletcher and Jacob Brown. Glanbrook’s Curtis Edward scored at 4:20 of the second, which Derek Friesen answered at 7:56 with a short-handed effort. Jacob Comley scored the tying goal before the second period ended.

Hagersville outshot Glanbrook in the third, but it was the Rangers’ Garnet Batrynchuk who put the only goal up, which stood as the game winner at 15:04.

The Hagersville Hawks inched past Niagara into 5th place after defeating the third place Dundas Blues 6-4 at the Hagersville Arena Saturday night. The

Hawks rode on a solid 3-0 first period where Mitch Green, Derek Friesen and Jonathan Pace all scored, and goalie Jonah Capriotti kept the Blues off the score board towards the final victory.

Green made Dundas pay with a powerplay goal after a warm-up violation put the Blues down a man as the game began. Dan Mederios and Cole Martin assisted at 1:56. Matt Rimac, John Montour and Lucas Rimav also earned first period assists.

Mederios struck early in the second period to add to the Hagersville lead at the 48 second mark. Dan Pugliese was tossed after a head checking major and automatic game misconduct. On the ensuing Dundas Powerplay, the Blues were on the board. Cam McConnell made it 4-2 after 40 minutes of play.

Dundas drew within striking distance at 2:50 of the third but Green answered to preserve the two-goal edge. Kevin Jackson took advantage of a Hagersville miscue to made it a one goal game again and pulled in the last minute to gamble on the extra man. It failed, as Friesen capped it off with an empty net goal with one second remaining.

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Santa Claus was live at the Hagersville Arena Saturday during the Hagersville Hawks Jr. C game against the Dundas Blues. The fans got candy canes and the Hawks got two points with a 6-4 win. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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ILA to host Tournament for Veterans

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – There will be lots to do around Six Nations over the Christmas holiday. The Ontario Lacrosse Association and the Wounded Warrior Project have teamed up for a two-day exhibition tournament hosted at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Six Nations.

The inaugural Wounded Warrior Jr. A pre-season lacrosse tournament kicks off Monday Dec. 29th and runs through to Dec. 30th at the ILA. Opening ceremonies begin at noon on the 29th, and closing ceremonies begin at 4:30 p.m. on the 30th. The games will begin at 9 a.m. on Monday.

“The purpose of this event is to benefit our proud veterans of the Canadian Military through the great sport of the ‘Little brother of War’: Canada’s national summer game of lacrosse,” says event organizer Todd Stewart.

Admission to the event will be free, and donations to Wounded Warrior will be available at a booth set up inside the arena, along with a raffle for an assortment of lacrosse equipment (proceeds of which will go towards the charity).

Of course, any and all donations are encouraged.

Jr. A teams competing include the Barrie Lakeshores, Burlington Chiefs, Mimico Mountaineers, Orangeville Northmen, St Catharines Athletics and Six Nations Arrows Express in what is hoped to be an annual event to help Canada’s war vets injured in battle and to honour their sacrifice.

Game #1 will begin Monday at 9 a.m., featuring St. Catharines versus Mimico, followed at 10:10

by Burlington versus Six Nations. Barrie will play Orangeville at 11:20, setting up for the Opening Ceremonies at noon.

Monday afternoon at 1 p.m. Burlington will face Barrie before Six Na-

tions and St. Catharines face-off at 2:10. At 3:20, St. Kitts and Orangeville go at it. After the supper break, the Arrows Express will play Barrie beginning at 5 p.m., while Mimico takes on Burlington at 6:10. Day #1 closes with St. Catharines facing Orangeville at 7:20 p.m.

On Tuesday, Dec 30th, the day will begin with Barrie and St. Kitts at 9 a.m., followed by Orangeville versus Burlington at 10:10. The Arrows take on Mimico at 11:20.

The afternoon games begin at 1 p.m. with the Arrows versus Orangeville.

St Catharines and Burlington will lock horns at 2:10 and Mimico will play Barrie at 3:20 with closing ceremonies following.

For more information about the Wounded Warrior project go to their website at http:// www.woundedwarriorproject.org

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I Can Mash-Potato... and do the Twist

By Joe Farrell Making good mashed potatoes, a seemingly simple preparation, can be tricky. As with any preparation, using accessible real ingredients is what makes great food. The cook’s job is to respect the ingredients and help them taste as amazing as nature intended.

The best mashed potatoes I have ever made were admittedly more of a suspension of potato in butter and cream. They were delicious, but that is not always an accessible or healthy way to make them.

When I make mashed potatoes I like to use starchy or medium starchy potatoes like russet or yukon gold. I prefer to use the largest ones possible. The larger ones are quicker and easier to peel.

I peel, rinse and cut potatoes into quarters.

Keep them large so they do not get waterlogged when they cook. Waterlogged potatoes don’t mash or fluff up nicely and are better suited for use in a soup.

Waterlogging is the result of over-cooked potatoes. It also happens if they are cooked aggressively. One other factor that contributes to waterlogging is if you leave the potatoes in the water

after they are cooked. As a safety net, I prefer to cut mine in large pieces. Even if they are slightly overcooked they should be ok.

This is because there is more potato for the water to penetrate. I also find the potatoes are fluffier when cut in large pieces.

Once they are cut I fill my pot up with cold water to ensure the potatoes are completely covered so they do not oxidize. I then season the water well with salt, so you can just taste the salt in the water.

Ideally, I will not have to season the potatoes after they are cooked. A former chef I worked for would always bug me if I had to add more salt after they were mashed. I also flavour my water with bay leaves and sometimes whole cloves of garlic.

The pot is brought to a boil and the heat is reduced to a simmer until they are just tender.

The potatoes are drained immediately and the potato water if desired is reserved for soups, stews or sauces.

It is of paramount importance that as much

water as possible has drained off. The potatoes are returned to the pot and put over very low heat for the stove to get any bit of moisture that may be remaining. If I really want to make sure the potatoes are very dry, I put them on a baking sheet and dry them out in the oven on low heat until the moisture level is where I want it.

In a small pot I warm up whole milk or cream and make sure I have my unsalted butter at room temperature. If it is not I will warm it up with my milk or cream.

The potatoes are then mashed with a wire potato masher or put through a ricer or food mill ensuring there are no lumps.

Then the butter and milk is added it to the potatoes. I prefer using a whisk to blend it in smoothly. When I’m doing this I use the whisk like a potato masher moving up and down in the pot adding volume to the potatoes. Then finish with a circular motion moving around the pot to make sure everything is incor-

porated evenly. I work the potatoes as little as possible. When overworked, the starches in the potatoes are activated and will make your potatoes a gluey, gummy mess. I always try to avoid using any mechanical devices in the process. If it is absolutely necessary I will use them for the shortest amount of time.

The end result will be fluffy, smooth, decadent mashed potatoes.

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Quick Recap

D Choose a starchy or medium starchy potato - russet or yukon gold D Peel, wash and cut in large, equal pieces D Fill a pot with well salted, cold water D Add a bay leaf or two D Cover and bring to a boil D Reduce heat and simmer until potatoes are cooked just tender D Drain well D Make sure to minimize any water remaining

D Make sure butter is at room temperature D Warm up cream or milk. Do not boil.

D Mash well D Add cream and butter D Whip with a whisk D Do not overwork your potatoes D If you need to use a mechanical device use it for the shortest amount of time

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He rooms with two foreign-born students from different religious and cultural backgrounds.

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His identity and values as an Iroquois person are contrasted with the values of the privileged students who attend the school. But lacrosse is the one thing that connects them and when tragedy strikes the lacrosse coach, Jake draws on the strength and teachings of his culture.

The true meaning of lacrosse is presented in a culturally-appropriate situation and Jake finds the courage to take action.

Bruchac has produced a well-balanced story that is fast-paced and successfully weaves Iroquoian cultural content into the storyline. Readers from a variety of backgrounds can identify with teenage issues and enjoy a great sports story at the same time.

Knowledgeable readers can find interesting lacrosse and Six Nations Iroquois cultural references throughout this realistic fiction novel. Because the book’s publisher is an American company, the story refers to Jake’s identity as Iroquois, creating an obvious glitch in this otherwise engaging novel. Ideal for students in grades 4 to 6.

Lacrosse: The Ancient Game is a 95-page coffee-table style book written by Jim Calder, Ron Fletcher, and Delmor Jacobs with illustrations by David Craig and Arnold Jacobs.

The book is organized into three sections, with the first section explaining the historical and cultural teachings of the game by

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Throughout this first section of the book there are several full-page colour illustrations by renowned artist Arnold Jacobs.

The remaining sections detail the history and development of the game of lacrosse in North America. The final section, called “the Stickmaker.” recounts a story about a man who creates lacrosse sticks and his relationship with the lacrosse player.

Throughout the book there are archival photo-

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LaForme: Bessie Mae At the West Haldimand Hospital, Hagersville on December 22, 2014. Bessie (Hill) LaForme age 86 years, wife of the late Ward LaForme Sr., mother of Joan, Erma & Brent, Dale, Ward Jr., & the late Irvin, Martin & Virginia, grandmother of Tracey, Shawn, Mark, Tammy, Jason & Amy, great grandmother of Andrew, Tashina, Alexander, Jessica, Nicholas, Taylor, Theda-Joan, Aurora, Randi, great great grandmother of Kayden, Jackson & Gracie, sister of Shirley & Gary, Marion & Alf, Frank (Hoodie) & Marge, Robert & Hilda. Bessie was a member of United Church Women’s Auxiliary. The Family will honour Bessie’s life with a visitation after 2pm Wednesday December 24.

Funeral Service in the Chapel on Friday December 26 at 11am. Interment New Credit Cemetery. Evening prayers 7pm Wednesday. www.rhbanderson.com

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Hill, Frank (Hood) In Memory of a loving Husband, Father, Grandfather and Great Grandfather, who left us 3 yrs. Ago December 27th, 2011.

Your memory is a keepsake With which we will never part.

God has you in his keeping We have you in our hearts.

Always remembered and never forgotten.

Wife Marge, Daughter Dianne, son-in-law Gunner and families

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LaForme, Harold The family of the Late Harold LaForme wish to express our sincere appreciation to the Ohsweken Baptist Church, friends, and relatives for the many acts of kindness shown in providing food and assistance at our home for floral arrangements, cards and donations to the Ohsweken Baptist Church. A special thanks to Pastor Phil Sault for conducting the services. Thank you to nephew Stacey LaForme and niece Julie LaForme for the beautiful eulogies, the beautiful singing of his sister Joan and niece Jody. Much appreciation is extended to the Juravinski Cancer Centre for their care and support. Many thanks to Deena Klodt, Aboriginal Patient Navigator who was a great help all while we were there at Juravinski. I would like to thank the Pallbearers who were all our nephews.

A special thank you to Jennifer LaForme and Julie LaForme who helped me organize everything. Thank you to Marlene Bomberry and her staff for providing transportation. Thank you to Doctor Meade, Doctor Amy Montour and her staff, and First Nations Nursing who came to our home everyday to care for Harold. Thanks to Betty Jonathan and Fawn Hill for staying at the hose and preparing the meals for everyone. And many thanks to Bill Lofthouse and the staff of R.H.B. Anderson Funeral Homes Hagersville for their compassionate care. Thank you also for my children Jason & Deb and grandson Kyle for their help.

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TWO ROW TIMES

DECEMBER 24TH, 2014

TWO ROW TIMES

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2014

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 It may seem that you have your head Aries. But you know that you have ev control. Disregard the critics and away.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, look inside yourself for the solution to a problem that has puzzled you. You understand the situation better than anyone else, so bear down and find the solution.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 There is no easy way out of the work you have to get done, Gemini. Just hunker down and accept that these tasks have to be completed before you can move on.

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But don’t allow that pressure to distract you from the tasks at hand. You will get things done on time.

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VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you have been stuck on a problem but the solution is right around the corner. Perhaps you should change your perspective and go about it in a new way.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Focus on the positives of a new venture even if you’re nervous about the outcome, Libra. If you let negative thoughts slide in you can quickly be overwhelmed.

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SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 It will take some energy to referee a situation at home, Sagittarius. Strong personalities can clash at times, but you have a way of working through the obstacles.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Don’t try to hide your emotions this week, Capricorn.

If others know just how you are feeling they will be more likely to offer a helping hand and some valuable advice.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 You have an infectious amount of energy this week, Aquarius. That will serve you well because many things are piling up on your to-do list. You’re ready to meet tasks head-on.

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