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Two Row on the Grand: sharing responsibility By Jayson Koblun GRAND RIVER – In honour of the Two Row Wampum and what it still stands for, a group of Onkwehon:weh and settler allies are in the middle of a Haudenosaunee healing paddle down the Grand River to re-polish the chain of friendship. The “Two Row on the Grand” canoe paddle is a symbolic renewal of the Two Row Wampum— the original peace-treaty between First Nation and settler communities. This is the second canoe paddle, the first took place in 2013 on the 400 year anniversary of the Two Row Wampum and Ellie Joseph, who is a part of the event’s steering committee wants everyone involved to enjoy the celebrations. “The trip in 2013 and this year’s event is a great opportunity for people who don’t know a lot about the Haudenosaunee to come and be a part of something historic,” said Joseph. “We’re going to honour the Two Row and amongst ourselves make sure that we remember to respect the earth and honour the treaties.” The event kicked off last week on Canada Day
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Friends and allies Buffy Curtis and Liseli Haines are paddlers and supporters of this year's event. They were a part of the 2013 canoe paddle and Haines said that whenever she sees someone who she did the trip with before she feels as if they are family now. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN the message is and what it’s about that is so important,” said Curtis. “It’s not like this is a supposed to be a tourist event — it’s the idea that we are raising awareness of the water and the treaties. It’s also so incredibly important that we raise awareness of the partnership between natives and allies and we as allies have taken that on as our responsibility. We have to be responsible for our own part. “The idea isn't that one takes over the other. The whole principle of the Two Row is that the two vessels are to go down the river of life side-by-side. Understanding and being in common care of the earth, the water and each other,” said Curtis. The event is not necessarily intended to become an annual event, but future paddles in different locations are in the works to continuing raising awareness of the treaties.
“What we’re kind of envisioning from this is maybe paddling different rivers and increasing awareness on different tributaries,” said Joseph. “We had a great turn out this year and everyone is having a lot of fun getting to know each other and spending so much time together.” The number of paddlers can change every day depending on who is joining up halfway, or those that can only have time to paddle for one afternoon or other with similar reasons, but in total the group organizers are guessing that there would have been close to one hundred paddlers in this years event. A young couple from New York State only had time to complete the first three days of the paddle, but still loved the time they spent with everyone. “It’s been a great experience and a lot of fun learning the culture,”
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By Jayson Koblun FORT WILLIAM – Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation and Two Row Times partnered last week in hosting a food drive blitz near Thunder Bay; donations were given to the women’s shelters in Thunder Bay and on Fort William First Nation Territory. On June 29 and 30, several booths were set up outside gas and convenience stores on the territory and during the week prior to the blitz, signs and radio advertisements were set up announcing what was going on. When the food drive ended on the afternoon of June 30th, the team was busy organizing and boxing up hundreds of dollars’ worth of product for the shelters. “A lot of time when people hear food drive they only bring food — but because this is for the local women’s shelters we would love to see people donate things other than just food; like women’s hygienic products; shampoo; deodorant. Anything that a women’s shelter could benefit from having and have a hard time getting,” said Jennifer Rowe from Grand River Enterprises (GRE). “We even got boxes of hair dye,” said Rowe. “What a great idea.” The blitz was a big success and that success may have had a lot to do with the advertising leading up the big day. “There’s signs nearby and we had a radio advertisement playing for the last little bit trying to garner more attention towards the food drive,” Rowe. She said last year’s blitz was a big success and she hoped this year’s would be too. Community members who came to donate a food item or those that purchased a GRE brand smoking product could stop by the booths and collect a prize by spinning a wheel and collecting whatever it landed on and also enjoy a free hotdog and drink prepared by Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation.
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Wild weeds of the field Editorial by Jonathan Garlow It has been said on Six Nations that there is no such thing as a field of weeds, those are fields of medicines. It’s all a matter of perspective. Learn what those plants are for, they say. So when Canadians see indigenous people maybe they don’t really know what they are looking at. They don’t know who we are yet. Instead their leaders such as John A. MacDonald and Duncan Campbell Scott keep mowing us down like weeds of the field — and not treating us like the medicine we are. Thinking and rethinking about the after effects of colonization makes us examine instilled values such as keeping a finely manicured lawn. Everyone has a neighbour who sacrifices everything to have a perfectly landscaped area. It has been written that the east coast Indians kept beautiful orchards and maintained the forests such that horses could gallop through the trees. We kept the forests by doing yearly micro-burns — busy year round keeping balance in nature. These days everyone has a lawn mower and we just cut our grass as part of our routine, just like we cut our hair. We have a treasured and rare Carolinian forest, but we let it grow crazy and wild — some of the trees are dying and no one cares (actually there was a guy doing micro-burns and tending to a section of forest on Six Nations, but anyway). Imagine if together as a nation we took a yearlong break from colonial grass maintenance and instead let all our yards grow out as a community. Then together we learn about the medicines we have been collectively killing for the last 100 years. Lawns were originally for European aristocracy. So maybe our mowed lawns in Six Nations is a declaration of sovereignty in some way. Maybe yards are for practical reasons like keeping all the snakes and the wood ticks away. We could look at maintaining our yards as an imported colonial custom, or a culturally adapted practice — it’s just a matter of perspective. As a people we are tired of being cut down over and over again. It’s time for the Queen to fulfill her responsibilities and tell these Canadians that the Six Nations people are her equals not her subjects. And she better do it fast too, because she’s getting pretty old.
Chiefs Council Observations Dear Editor, I have been “home” since 2002. I am the first in my family to attend Longhouse and do my best to follow the Great Law. It is a struggle to do your best, but I have raised my children with the knowledge I have learned since I returned. I was at Confederacy Council in May 2016 and on Saturday July 2, 2016. I listened as Mr. Allen McNaughton said how women are to be respected and advised the men on the decisions to be made. I have heard him speak previously when he stated how long he has been in his position and was raised in the longhouse, since he was four years old, I believe. During both of these council sessions, a woman spoke and was spoken to harshly by titleholders. In May, Karen McNaughton wanted to ask a question and was hollered at by Ms. Ruby Williams, a clan mother.
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to discuss this matter with him, as is the protocol. This woman also admitted that there were two meetings by the Cayuga Nation and she only attended one and did not know of the outcome of the second meeting. This woman was asking the Confederacy to “reinstate” her title and she wanted the return of her beads. In the Great Law, matters of a nation stay with that nation to come to a resolution. The other nations do not have the authority to dictate to other nations any rules or laws. It remains within that nation to resolve its issues. During this council, the Mohawks, Senecas, and Onondagas determined that the woman was the “titleholder” and the beads should be returned to her. The Chief was not present, nor did anyone have a discussion with him during this process. After this decision was made, I could no longer remain in the Longhouse as this decision went against our laws. If one nation is making decisions for another nation, then we are no longer following the Great Law or any protocols. I mentioned the aspect of the role of women for a point. During this process of discussion by the Chiefs, I went over to ask a question from a Cayuga clan mother. While I walked across the floor Mr. Aaron Detlor and Mr. Butch Thomas made a comment about me while I walked across the floor which was heard by people on that bench. “Large and in charge” — this is men demonstrating their respect for women. On this bench excessive use of profanity is used and derogatory comments about women are also heard with no regard. After the decision was made without the presence of the Cayuga Chief, I left and went outside. I was talking to the women and men to process what had just happened, feeling very sad and
confused, Polly came up to one of the women I was talking to. Polly was loud and said to a young woman, “you have no business being upset as you are non-native!” I could not believe I was hearing this from a person who was in the longhouse. We are told when you enter the longhouse you are to have a good mind. In the great law you are not to cause a person to anger, but Polly was loud, angry, and attacking this young woman and her family. I thought we were only defined this way by the Indian Act. We just heard in council Mr. McNaughton speaking of protocol and a woman comes out with this attitude. My child was witness to these actions of the men being derogatory against the women and now we witnessed a woman coming out and attacking a young woman. This is the reason my young people do not want to attend council. My young people see and hear for themselves the actions of the titleholders and the people in the longhouse. How are we supposed to have the children, the future, believe the Confederacy and the Longhouse, is a good safe place? It is so disheartening. Many young people believe the Confederacy and the Longhouse are just as corrupt as any other form of government and religion. The titleholders and the people do not adhere to any rules or seem to have a good mind. It is shown by their words and actions towards the people. It will be interesting to hear the teachings of the Great Law Recital in our community in August and to see who the speakers will be. It is with peace, love, and understanding I must share these words and hope for the best going forward.
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Cars and weather By Gary Farmer Traffic deaths surged last year as drivers racked up more miles behind the wheel than ever before, a result of an improved economy and lower gas prices, according to preliminary government data released Friday here in the U.S. That was the leading sentence in a LA Times story this week. I just drove across the continent for my latest trip home from Santa Fe, New Mexico to the Six Nations along the Grand River. A trip of some 5,000 miles. Now that was a lot of emissions! It was also the year in which Americans drove 3.1 trillion miles. More than ever be-
fore. We love our “war ponies”, says Philbert when referring to his beaten down 66’ Buick Wildcat in the Native American film classic, Powwow Highway. Of course, we had no problem with the transition of horse to car — we just didn’t know what to do with ‘em after we was done with ‘em, so we just left ‘em in the yard — like a pony. In fact, here in North America many cities were built around the notion of cars. No bigger car cities than Los Angeles, CA or Phoenix, AZ, where if you don’t drive 20 mph over the speed limit you’re harassed by drivers, horns blowing as they race past with middle fingers raised like old glory. The world is faster paced than ever before. I was born at the end of the American industrial age. A post World War II time of prosperity that soon became the beginning of endless wars. I didn’t have a choice in the
matter to be born into this laborious struggle to survive. In 1950 being a soldier was how you got your start in life; you could learn a trade. Indians were the migrant workers of this industrial age. My father and my father’s father built America — as did all the immigrant families that flowed to North America. You could say that children today are born into the age of global communication. IBM and Mac computers with software for every notion. Social media at nausea: FB, twitter, snapchat, war games galore — instant gratification. The commodification and consumption of your own personal life. I would say this creates a throw away life. But from the ‘50s on so much of what we helped to create is a problem today in the staggering amount of pollution — all the cancer in our bodies is from this age of industrial debauchery. The damming of waterways and flood-
ing of land, the quest for wealth in minerals, coal, oil, diamonds and rare earth elements used in the manufacture of computer components has enormous impact on all our lives. But as long as we had the latest model car or any moving vehicle that gave us some feeling of freedom everything was alright. Everybody was smoking and drinking like there was no tomorrow. Well tomorrow is now. Now we recognize these health risks. We always learn about the health implications after the fact. Like we won’t know the impact of the age of communication till 20 plus years down the road. “Yeah, she had a cellphone to her ear her whole life!” or, “He never went outside, only on that computer, he just lost touch with the natural world”. This is disease. The automobile, a 20th century invention — the ultimate industrial age product with the gas/diesel combustion engine is one the many problems. Recently in England they began attempting to outlaw any cars 1995 or older. So if you are driving a car 1995 or older you
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are breaking the law and you’ll be fined. Imagine that law on Six Nations today? That’d be half of us — we still leave our cars idling while we go visit or drop off the kids. Leave the pony idling and leak CO2 into the atmosphere. A large and impressive group of scientists signed a letter to U.S. Congress recently. This included the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), whose CEO, Rush Holt, is a former congressman from New Jersey and a physicist by training, as well as the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and American Chemical Society and 15 other organizations including meteorologists — the weatherman. "Climate change is real and happening now, and the United States urgently needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions," Holt said in a statement. "We must not delay, ignore the evidence, or be fearful of the challenge. America has provided global leadership to successfully confront many environmental problems, from acid rain to the ozone hole, and we can do it again. We owe no less to
future generations." Cars that lack such systems will be targeted for being lawless — and unsafe. Since it will be economically and otherwise unfeasible to retrofit older cars with this stuff — just like modern anti-pollution equipment — the result will be a very effective indirect ban on older cars. It’s inevitable. Naturally, there is not too much political will to do this — it’d be worse than trying to take people’s guns away cause they’re shooting each other too much. But it’s becoming obvious that we are going have to change in the near future as world citizens, as individuals, or we’ll simply die off. We need to become the change that is needed and that’s hard to imagine living on the economic fault line of no job, no car, no phone in your ear, no food to eat unless we learn to self sustain. It’s individual leadership not government that’s going to protect us when we are so addicted to profit and bottom line mentality to stop. It’s going to be up to us to make it all better. What are each of us prepared to do?
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Hoyane Sam General says he will not be dehorned By TRT Staff SIX NATIONS – A controversial move by the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) at the July Confederacy meeting on Saturday to re-instate a former Cayuga clan mother has a lot of people in the community rattled and wondering what is going on. In wanting to know more on this story, Two Row Times reached out to Cayuga Wolf Chief Sam General to hear his perspective of what happened. Upon going to speak with General, he was found sitting under a tree beside a house of old plywood working a piece of soapstone that was in the shape of a sleeping wolf. With large slabs of soapstone placed near his feet, perched on a makeshift table, he asked what was wanted as he dipped the wolf carving in and out of a pail of water. This was the start of an interview that truly proved there are two sides to every story. “So, it's true that they're trying to get rid of me because I'm a thorn in their side,” said General.
“I'm not a ‘yes’ man, I'm the kind of guy that grew up in the old ways and I gotta question things. I'm not a guy that's gonna sit there because they throw a paper and want me to sign it like I gotta sign it right away. Which is what you see within council,” he said. General then explained that he wasn't even in attendance at the council meeting due to a death on Thursday of last week. Normally, a death within the community calls for confederacy council, socials, and even ceremonies to be postponed out of respect for the mourning family. “When I found out, I told the other Cayuga Chief that I was gonna leave because that's disrespectful,” he said. General said he was friends with the person who passed. “[He and I] used to play ball against each other, I wanted to show respect for him.” But without General present, and against showing respect for a mourning family, HCCC proceeded and first on the agenda was a Cayuga Wolf matter. Normally issues within a specific clan are that
clan family’s business. It is unclear as to why this particular matter was brought to the entire council to have a voice on. The council heard that titleholder beads for the Cayuga Wolf clan mother had been taken back to the clan family and away from former clan mother Gloria “Em” Skye nearly 10 years ago. General said that Skye is originally a Wyandot and she was 'borrowed' to hold the title of Cayuga Wolf Clanmother for a time. The council heard a request from Skye to have her title reinstated. Mohawk Turtle Chief Allan McNaughton said he believed the beads should return to previous Clanmother Gloria “Em” Skye. This was seconded by Howard Elijah and accepted by Onondaga Beaver Chief Cleveland Thomas. HCCC Secretary Jock Hill then stood to explain saying, “It has been decided by the Chiefs that Gloria is still the Clan mother, and those horns will be with her. It was the council that placed them there,” and then Jock suggested she could
change title then, effectively removing (dehorning) Sam General as a chief. Hill said Skye could also wait until a later date. General said the council making a top-down decision like that was against traditional protocol. “It was wrong for them to do that, because she (Skye) was released a long time ago,” he said. “Why all of a sudden after all of these years they want her back in there? We (Cayuga Wolfs) already have a person that's going to take that spot, because we're trying to do it the right way.” General says the council did not follow protocol or the 'right way' and he disagrees with what transpired in his absence on Saturday. “The clan that I represent doesn’t agree with what happened,” he said. “I told some of my brothers and they didn't agree, they said that it was wrong for them to do all of that.” When asked by the Two Row Times if he will be dehorned he said, “It ain’t gonna happen, I didn’t do nothing wrong.
My family says I did nothing wrong.” General is, by virtue of being a traditional chief title holder, one of the fifty shareholders in all business conducted by HDI on behalf of the HCCC and the people of the Confederacy. He said many of the questions he has raised about HDI, lawyer Aaron Detlor and the business they are conducting on behalf of the people of Six Nations of the Grand River have not been answered. “I've asked different questions about this and that, like why do they [the Haudenosaunee Development Institute or HDI] want to incorporate us? There was no answer for that. I asked Detlor that one time the same thing and there was no answer,” he said. Many are concerned about the latest actions taken by the Chiefs at Council to re-instate former clan mother Skye and the suggestion that she remove General from a position of authori-ty in the council. A number of additional clan families from Six Nations and Oneida have stated publicly that they do not support or en-
dorse HDI doing business on their behalf, confirming the HCCC and HDI do not have the required full consensus of the Confederacy. Minutes from May’s council meeting were distributed indicating that both Sam General and Shirley Hill, a Mohawk clan mother, said HDI lawyer Aaron Detlor was not to proceed with business on behalf of the Confederacy. However, HDI requested to the Confederacy that two letters be drafted by HCCC Secre-tary Hohahes Jock Hill for Monday, July 4. One stating that the HCCC “still owns a 10% interest in Grand Valley 2 Limited Partnership” — and the second “verifying that HDI is still functioning and has the full support of this council.” HCCC did not achieve consensus to write those letters and heard verbal opposition from clan mothers to writing the letters on the grounds that HDI no longer has full support of the Confederacy or the people of Six Nations of the Grand River.
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Province adds $17 million in area school infrastructure funding By Jim Windle BRANTFORD – Former education minister and current president of the Ontario Treasury Board, Liz Sandals, was in Brantford along with Liberal MPP Dave Levac and representatives from both the Grand Erie School board and the Catholic School Board to announce an additional $17 million in infrastructure of schools in Brant, Brantford, Norfolk and Haldimand. Sandals listed the schools within Brant and Brantford that are considered “newer” schools that are between 50 and 60 years old and in need of a facelift and newer technology. Roof repairs are always an issue in this age of schools as well as heating and cooling system upgrades. Then she made the announcement of the new money. This comes on top of an already announced $30 million for this purpose, to top it off at $47 million. “Making sure schools across the province are in
a state of good repair is an essential part of supporting student achievement,” said Education Minister Mitsie Hunter in a written statement. Of that extra $17 million, $14 million will go to the Grand Erie School Board and the Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk District Catholic Boards will share $3 million in in-
creased funding. Because on-reserve schools are not funded by the province, there will be no extra funding for them. However, many Six Nations and New Credit students attend off-reserve schools that this funding will help improve for their sakes as well.
Brant, Brantford, Haldimand and Norfolk school boards will receive and added 17 million to the already announced $30 million for school upgrades. Former education minister and current president of the Ontario Treasury Board, Liz Sandals, was at North Park Secondary School Thursday to make the announcement, along with MPP Dave Levac. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE
AFN congratulates Indigenous in Cana- Province to hold pubFirst Nations appeals da three times more lic meetings to comcourt pipeline ruling likely to be victims bat systemic racism By Nahnda Garlow
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OTTAWA – AFN National Chief Perry Bellegarde congratulated the eight first nations involved in the Federal Court of Appeal decision to overturn approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline Bellegarde said the decision reinforces that First Nations have constitutional rights in Canada that must be respected by the federal cabinet. Last Thursday the Court of Appeal decided that the Canadian Government failed in its duty to consult with First Nations on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway pipeline project. Bellegarde said the path forward will only be successful if First Nations are fully involved in making decisions that affect their lives.
TORONTO – A new report says indigenous people are three times more likely to experience sexual assault than non-indigenous people in Canada. The report analyzed the victimization of indigenous people in Canada. Studies showed indigenous people experienced spousal abuse nearly double the rate of non-indigenous Canadians. First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde said Canadians must begin to see indigenous women and girls as people of worth and not as people available to be exploited.
TORONTO – The province will host community meetings with organizations and the public to address systemic racism and how to eliminating barriers for indigenous and racialized communities. Michael Coteau, Minister Responsible for Anti-Racism, will host nine public community meetings for feedback from people in Ontario about how to address systemic racism and implement change. The community meetings will identify priority areas to address in developing anti-racism policies, programs and services. The first meeting will take place in Toronto on July 14.
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Philpott fulfills pot promise By Jim Windle
OTTAWA – Legislation to legalize marijuana in Canada will be introduced in the spring of 2017, said Federal Health Minister, Jane Philpott, last Wednesday in a media conference. Minister Philpott made the announcement while in New York where she is leading the Canadian delegation to the United Nations General Assembly special session on drugs. "I am proud to stand up for our drug policy that is informed by solid scientific evidence and uses a lens of public health to maximize education and minimize harm," she said. "As a doctor, who has worked both in Canada and sub-Saharan Africa, I have seen too many people suffer the devastating consequences of drugs, drug-related crime and ill-conceived drug policy. Fortunately, solutions are within our grasp." Although that will put Canada at odds with a few current international agreements on drugs, who are vigorously fighting legalizing marijuana, Philpott believes Canada’s approach is reasonable and fair and Canada’s government is convinced it is the best way to protect the youth and enhance public safety. Studies have shown that rather than being what used to be treated as a “gateway drug” leading to much more dangerous street drugs and prescription drugs, legalizing pot could serve to prevent young people especially from becoming involved with the illegal, hard drug trade. Philpott talked of the heartbreak of a mother who lost her daughter due to substance abuse. "She described watching her daughter slip away as she struggled to access the treatment and services that should have been available to save
a beautiful, fragile life," Philpott said. "Stories like this are far too commonplace. Countless lives are cut short due to overdoses of licit and illicit substances. Today, I stand before you as Canada's minister of health to acknowledge that we must do better for our citizens." Arresting people and putting them in jail has been past practice in Canada and elsewhere, but close studies of the social impact of legalized marijuana, including in the states of Colorado and Washington, have indicated the many of the fears associated with legalized pot just did not occur and fewer people are going to jail and getting a police record for marijuana use. Ironically, or maybe not, the date of April 20, the annual day of celebration for cannabis users, also known as 4-20 was chosen as the target date for Ottawa’s 2017 announcement. "I would like to see a quicker route of action, but I'm pleased to hear of any news really that means we will be getting to a better place for all with respect to cannabis prohibition," said David-George Oldham, the founder of a medicinal marijuana advocacy group. "We can have regulations that finally make sense for once." Getting ready for that announcement will include putting important
regulations and checks and balances in place, but Canada is determined under Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, to decriminalize the plant and embrace its medical benefits instead. A task force will be led by Liberal MP and former Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair to look into designing such a system. A Health Canada secretariat will support the group. Canada is not the only country in the world changing its stance on pot. In 2001, Portugal, became one of the first countries to decriminalize marijuana. Their law reads: The personal consumption of cannabis is limited in the range of 0.5 grams hashish, 2.5 grams marijuana, and 0.25 of hash oil per day. An individual is not allowed to possess more than 10 daily doses; any excess is treated as trafficking. The cultivation of cannabis or possession of seeds is completely illegal. Uruguay presently stands as the most open country to marijuana legalization. In that possession, sale, transport, and growing are all legal with few restrictions. The Uruguayan law and governments do not treat the user or consumer as the problem and consumption of cannabis is legal and not criminalized under laws of the land. However, traffic, distribution, and production of cannabis are prohibited.
Canada will legalize marijuana in the spring of 2017 according to Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott. FILE PHOTO
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Pen-Pals creator leaves a lasting legacy By Jim Windle
CALEDONIA/SIX NATIONS — Ten years ago, Six Nations elementary school teacher Suzie Miller was watching the emotional stand-off between citizens of Caledonia and Six Nations land protectors play out on Argyle Street, but from a different perspective. Although of Six Nations blood, she and her husband Scott are also Caledonia residents and could see the trauma growing on the faces of children from both communities. In the face of this racism and misunderstanding brewing in the streets, Miller began a Pen-Pals program where her students wrote to a student they did not know from a corresponding Caledonia elementary class. Sometimes the sim-
2,500 students and parents of kids in the 2016 Pen-Pals program, dressed in various coloured T-shirts, created a huge logo which was photographed from high above. It was the 10th anniversary of the program. The live art was directed and photographed by visual artist Daniel Dancer from Art For the Sky, who arranged the kids to form a logo designed by Six Nations artist and traditional chief Arnold Jacobs of Two Turtles Gallery in the Middleport Plaza. SUBMITTED PHOTO plest ideas are the best ones, and in the following 10-years lasting friendships have devel-
oped between some of these pen-pals, and others got to know and understand that kids are
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must admit I was a bit apprehensive,” says Miller. “I didn’t know if it would work or stir up more tensions with the parents. I did have second thoughts about it.” The Pen-Pals program has since expanded to several schools in a number of area municipalities involving hundreds of area and Six Nations students. At the 10th anniversary celebration held at Chiefswood Park recently, pen-pals past and present, gathered for their yearend meeting when the children get to meet their pen-pals face to face. After a decade of making a difference, the Millers have begun the process of handing elements of the still growing program over to others to carry out as it is becoming so big, but the 10th anniversary was a proud moment for sure.
She was very busy that day, but with a great volunteer staff Miller had a chance to reflect some over the past decade. But she also has a vision for the future of the Pen Pals program. She is talking about expanding the program into the Northern territories as well, so that kids from here can open up dialogue with kids from Attawapiskat and other reserves in the far north. The Two Row Times wishes to thank Suzie Miller for seeing through the fog of war, as it were, and seeing the next generation of both Caledonia and Six Nations being affected by the Douglas Creek, Kanonhstaton conflict, and doing something about it.
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Child drowns in backyard pool By Nahnda Garlow OTTAWA – Condolences were being offered across social media this weekend after Six Nations Police reported a toddler drowned in a backyard pool on Six Nations. Emergency officials said the three-year-old boy was airlifted to Mc-
Master Children’s Hospital, Saturday. Police said the child was with family at a barbecue and was noticed to be missing. Upon searching the premises the child was discovered at the bottom of the pool. Funeral services for the child were held on Tuesday.
Province changes Child support By Nahnda Garlow
TORONTO – Ontario announced parents who receive social assistance will not suffer a clawback if they receive child support payments. The changes will take effect next year. The province says child support payments made to Ontario parents will be
fully exempt from social assistance benefit calculations to increase income for families receiving support. The full exempt will increase the monthly income of almost 19,000 families, most of whom are single parent households. The changes take effect on New Year’s Day 2017.
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Northern Gateway dealt another blow By TRT staff ALBERTA – The Northern Gateway pipeline promoted heavily by the Stephen Harper Conservatives has hit yet another roadblock. A joint appeal was launched in October 2015, which was heard by the appeal court in October by eight First Nations, four environmental groups and one labour union. June 30, the federal Court of Appeals ruled that the Canadian government under Harper, failed in its duty to consult with First Nations before approving the much embattled pipeline from the Alberta Oil Sands to northern British Columbian coast for international shipping abroad. The $7.9 billion project went ahead with the federal stamp of approval
amidst citizen and First Nations’ complaints, protests, road blocks and legal challenges. According to APTN, the judgment stated that the government neglected to discuss subjects of critical importance to First Nations by ignoring many of the project’s impacts and offering only a “brief, hurried and inadequate” opportunity for consultation. “The inadequacies — more than just a handful and more than mere imperfections — left entire subjects of central interest to the affected First Nations, sometimes subjects affecting their subsistence and well-being, entirely ignored,” the decision reads. “It would have taken Canada little time and little organizational effort
to engage in meaningful dialogue on these and other subjects of prime importance to Aboriginal Peoples. But this did not happen.” APTN reports that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau committed during last year’s election campaign to formalize a ban on tanker traffic on the north coast, which critics say will kill the project. Trudeau has also voiced his opposition to a crude oil pipeline through the Great Bear rainforest, through which Northern Gateway would traverse. “Today is a good day for the B.C. coast, climate and salmon rivers,” Sierra Club spokeswoman Caitlyn Vernon said following the decision. The Sierra Club helped raise money to fund First Nations involved in the legal chal-
lenge. “By overturning federal approval of Northern Gateway, the courts have put yet another nail in the coffin of this pipeline and tankers project.” Although stalled, the project is still breathing. Liberal PM, Justin Trudeau is to give his final approval decision this December, however, this court ruling will play heavily in his decision along with what, if any, efforts are made to play catch-up with the consultation process. Trudeau has been focusing more on renewable, clean energy projects for Canada. The public is also invited to fill out an online survey and submit written comments directly to the panel by email.
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Enbridge pipeline project Gender descriptions dropped Free legal advice to survivors axed by courts from identification of sexual assault for Ontario By Nahnda Garlow TORONTO – The federal court of appeal has squashed approval for Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline, saying Ottawa failed its duty to consult with indigenous people. The project has been in development since 2005. It was previously approved in 2014 by the
federal government. That decision was appealed by eight First Nations at the court of appeal last October. The judgement said governments failed to consult with First Nations who would have been affected by the project and offered only brief, hurried and inadequate consultation.
By Nahnda Garlow TORONTO – Provincial identification cards are now dropping the gender information portion of health cards and driver’s licences. Ontario says the change is to ensure equitable treatment of people with trans and non-binary gender identity. Minister of Health Dr.
Trudeau first PM to march in gay pride parade By Nahnda Garlow TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made history over the weekend as the first Prime Minister of Canada to take part in Toronto’s Pride parade. Trudeau was accompanied by Ontario Premiere
Kathleen Wynne, Toronto Mayor John Tory, Green Party leader Elizabeth May and interim leader of the conservatives Rona Ambrose. Activists from the Black Lives Matter movement briefly halted the parade with a sit-in.
In response to the sit-in pride officials committed to ban police floats in the parade and a promise to hire more black and indigenous representatives for the yearly event.
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Eric Hoskins said the purpose of health cards is to show eligibility for health care and not to identify gender. Hoskins said ensuring all people in Ontario feel safe in a health care setting is important — and removing sex designation from health cards is a step towards that.
TORONTO – Free legal advice is now being offered to survivors of sexual assault in the cities of Toronto, Ottawa and Thunder Bay. The program was launched by the province of Ontario last Tuesday and is expected to run until 2018. Both female and male clients are eligible for
up to four hours of free legal advice from a lawyer over the phone or in person. Minister for Women’s Issues Tracy MacCharles said that although navigating the justice system can be difficult for survivors of sexual assault, access to free legal advice helps them know their rights, providing critical support in the pursuit of justice.
Chief upset Manitoba not fully committed to MMIW inquiry By Nahnda Garlow WINNIPEG – A Manitoba chief is calling for the province’s full involvement in the upcoming National inquiry into the problem of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Canada.
Regional Chief for Manitoba, Kevin Hart, called on the province to fully support the national inquiry after Manitoba’s justice minister said there are concerns about the inquiry’s terms of reference. Hart said he was deeply offended the govern-
ment would be resistant to co-operating with the inquiry. Hart said the indigenous stolen sisters deserve justice and the full participation of all provincial and territorial bodies.
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Mohawk Institute to become educational centre Reconciliation has become one of the biggest buzzwords of 2016. Last year, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report (TRC) was released after years of testimony from survivors of residential school. The term “intergenerational trauma” was given relevancy and priority by the incoming Liberal government. With $1.4 million from Ottawa, $220,000 from Six Nations and matching funds from the City of Brantford and local groups, the Mohawk Institute, also known as the Mushhole, will become a place of education, in order to take steps towards reconciliation between Canada and Indigenous peoples. “This place needs to be kept so people know what happened,” said former student Dawn Hill, one of the Mushhole’s survivors. The Woodland Cultural Centre has been hosting tours and talks by survivors. It has also been leading a fundraising campaign called Save the Evidence. “Some wanted the school torn down,” said Six Nations Chief Ava Hill, “but we need to save the evidence so we can remember what happened to First Nations peoples for more than a hundred years, so it will never happen again.” Survivors want to plant a memorial garden. “It would help to balance out all the negative that went on. We’ll put Indigenous plants and maybe some local art to help tell the story,” said Dawn Hill. The funds raised will contribute to enriching the educational experience already happening at the Mohawk Institute. With more than 10,000 visitors a year, including
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principals and teachers from both the Catholic and public school boards from the Greater Toronto area, the interpretive centre will help to retell the story of cultural genocide in Canada. MPP David Zimmer, Ontario Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation said that, “It’s presence will always be a reminder of colonization and the racism of the residential school system, one of the darkest chapters on Canadian history.” An advisory committee has been formed to help design the new centre.
M'chigeeng First Nation is working to create a bilingual community
After drafting and signing a Constitution, the Chiefs of M’Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island now have the ability to alter its school curriculum to teach children Anishnaabemowin. The community is also working to ensure all services and schools become fully bilingual by the year 2030. The constitution gives Chiefs the power to overrule the requirements of the Ontario curriculum so they can expand their traditional language programs. “We have the right to present and to teach whatever we want in our schools,” said Glen Hare, Deputy Grand Chief of the Union of Ontario Indians and former Chief of M’Chigeeng First Nation. “That is the given right under our constitution.” Many challenges present themselves in the quest to decolonize Indigenous education on reserve. Acquiring resources that are culturally appropriate presents itself as one of the main challenges. “When you start reading in English, you start reading things like Dr. Seuss and
all these other readers,” explained Alan Corbiere, Language Revival Co-ordinator at Lakeview Elementary School in M’Chigeeng. “But in Ojibwe we don’t actually have those types of resources in the necessary quantities at this point.” Another big challenge is to convince the people that Anishnaabe language revitalization is important enough to break the stigma that European education practices are the best learning practices for Indigenous peoples. Classroom learning is not enough. “If you actually have a co-ordinated and innovative community language plan then your language will hopefully last a bit longer and you’ll instill a bit more pride in speaking that language,” said Corbiere. Anishnaabe language education is mandatory until Grade 8 at Lakeview Elementary School.
hosted by the Assembly of First Nations. Then Chief Robert Merasty approached Habitat for Humanity about a partnership. The first step was to build a wheelchair accessible 10-unit elder’s lodge. The second step was to retrofit the homes that the elder’s vacated for young families. Two women from the community are leading the commitment to retrofit these homes. The elders are happy. “Not only the elders are delighted, so are their immediate family members because imagine to be able to do things on your own without looking for someone to help all the time,” said Thakar. “It’s all about taking leadership. The first one has taken the lead, other First Nations are going to see this. The trust has been built between First Nations and Habitat and the partnerships are being forged.”
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walking and in Calgary, A.B. for an unpaid C Train ticket. Caribou Legs is running in traditional regalia and carries a hand drum. With his face painted, he also speaks along the way to communities and schools about the importance of consent. Firth’s sister died last summer, so the issues are important to him. Firth’s running career began as a homeless drug addict on the streets of Vancouver. “I used to get chased by the Vancouver city police, and it was put to me by one of the police officers, ‘you have a gift.’” Since then Firth has become a top marathon runner. He credits running with turning his life around and placing him on the path to recovery.
Enbridge's Northern Gateway pipeline approval overGwich'in runFirst Habitat for ner Caribou Legs turned by Federal Humanity Home stopped by Alberta Court of Appeal In a landmark decision, opens on Flying RCMP the Federal Court of Appeal finds that Canada Dust First Nation failed to consult with More than 5,000 hours were donated by Flying Dust First Nation community members and allies to build a 10-unit Elder’s Lodge. “It’s beautiful,” said Jayshree Thakar, manager of Habitat for Humanity Canada’s indigenous housing program. The lodge has been named “Kikinaw” which translates to “Our Home” in the Cree language and is located near Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan which is about 300 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon. The project has helped to provide skill based training for Indigenous youth and women. The idea for a two step project was borne out of a First Nation Housing and Infrastructure Symposium
Caribou Legs is a long distance runner that has crossed Canada five times in the past few years. Each time, he has undertaken the responsibility of running for important causes like the protection of watersheds. This year, he is running from Vancouver, B.C. to St. John’s, N.L. to raise awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW). Police received reports that “there was a crazy Indian running along the highway waving a gun.” Although he wasn’t charged, Caribou Legs, also known as Brad Firth, is no stranger to confrontations with police along his journeys. “I’m kind of used to it. It’s just a lot of people don’t know much about what I’m doing,” he said. He was also stopped in Edmonton, A.B. for jay-
First Nations on pipeline projects. “We find that Canada offered only a brief, hurried and inadequate opportunity … to exchange and discuss information and to dialogue,” the ruling said. “It would have taken Canada little time and little organizational effort to engage in meaningful dialogue on these and other subjects of prime importance to Aboriginal peoples. But this did not happen.” The decision was signed by two of three judges on the Appeal Court Panel. “At every turn, you’re going to see nails in the coffin of the Enbridge project,” said Peter Lantin, president of the Council of the Haida Nation, one of the parties that appealed the approval.
The federal government gave the go ahead to the Northern Gateway project after the National Energy Board joint review panel gave its approval, which was subject to 209 conditions. However, the Canadian government is still obligated to meet its constitutional requirements of consulting with Indigenous peoples. The Northern Gateway pipeline project would significantly impact the territory of Gitxaala, Haisla, Gitga’at Kitasoo, Xai’Xais, Heitsuk, Haida Nation, Nadleh Whut’wen and Nak’azdli Whut’en. The ruling noted that Aboriginal groups availed themselves to Joint Review Panel hearings, submitting both oral and written testimony to the National Energy Board. Judges found that reasonable effort to inform and consult was not undertaken by the Canadian government. “The inadequacies — more than just a handful and more than more imperfections — left entire subjects of central interest to the affected First Nations, sometimes subjects affecting their subsistence and well being, entirely ignored. Many impacts of the project, some identified in the Joint Review Panel, some not — were left undisclosed, undiscussed and unconsidered.” The ruling goes on to say that the government can reconsider submissions already on public record. The court found that the government is entitled to come to a decision by balancing economic, cultural and environmental considerations affecting the project. Once the process is completed, approval of the project will go back to the federal government.
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OHL Jr. A Arrows finish first, in first By Jim Windle
SIX NATIONS – The first OHL Jr. A team to complete its 2016 regular season schedule was the Six Nations Arrows, who also finished in first place in the standings with a season record of 18 wins, two defeats and no ties for 36 points and a perfect 10-0 in home wins. The Arrows fended off a valiant charge by the Orangeville Northmen backed by a hometown crowd in Orangeville Friday night, but it took OT to do it as the Arrows pulled out the 15-12 win. Although the game did not factor in on the season final standings, both teams wanted to prove to the other that they were ready for the upcoming post season. The Arrows are defending Minto Cup winners for 2014 and 2015 and aim at making it three in a row. The Northmen showed a strong first period outscoring the Arrows 4-2 after 20 minutes. Jake McNabb and Nolan Apers accounted for the Arrows goals. The Arrows knew
Maybe Arrows defender Oran Horn doesn't get his name said a lot on the ILA PA system for his goal scoring, but he has prevented a lot of visiting players from hearing their names too. Horn has shown himself to be a solid defender who knows his role and performs it well. As well as having the best offence in the league, scoring 246 regular season goals, the Arrows also have the best defence and goaltending in the league with Doug Jamieson taking the lions share of this year's work and with a near impenetrable defence allowing a scant 126 goals. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE they were in a fight after Orangeville’s Adam Charalambides made it 5-2 early in the second period. But them Tahoka Nanticoke kick-started the Arrows offence with a powerplay goal from
Chris Cloutier at 4:34. Brenden Bomberry, Austin Staats, and Cloutier quickly followed to turn the tide in Six Nations favour. Orangeville has a determined team as well and fought back late in
the period with three unanswered goals to end the second period with Orangeville still clinging to a two goal lead at 8-6. The goals came often and in bunches in an exciting third period that saw 10 goals scored, and
Six Nations claw back to tie the game at the en of regulation time. Nanticoke caught Orangeville napping at 41 seconds of the third and Austin Staats netted the tying and the go-ahead 9-8 goal a little over a minute apart. The hard working Northmen really wanted that win to close in on the Arrows for first place as the end of the regular season draws near. They regained the lead at 10-9. Brenden Bomberry tied it again and Cloutier brought the 11-10 lead back to Six Nations. Lucus Ducharme tied it at 11-11 before Cloutier broke the tie at 14:31. Charalambides scored his fourth of the night for the Orangemen at 16:41, unassisted to send the game into an extra 10 minute period. Recognizing the opportunity the Arrows had to put victory from the jaws of defeat, Six Nations found enough left in the tank to pull off the comeback with OT goals scored by Bomberry, his third of the game, at 30 seconds, Nolan Apers at 1:56, and Karson
Tarbell into an empty net for the hard battled win. Thursday night the Arrows had an easier time with the St.Catharines Jr. A Athletics, defeating them 15-7 at the ILA. The Arrows more than doubled the A’s in shots on goal 62-30, along the way. The teams played to a 3-3 tie in the first period but the Arrows began picking up momentum in the second scoring the final four goals of a five goal second period before blowing the doors off the A’s in the third. Leading the Arrows offence once again was Austin Staats with an eight pointer on four goals and four assists. Chris Cloutier added seven points to his stats with three goals and four assists. Zach Miller was good for a pair of goals and three assists, Tehoka Nanticoke scored three and assisted on one. Tyson Bomberry and Nolan Apers, and Matt Kim netted one each. Goalie Briley Miller earned the win and added three assists for his stats as well.
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Six Nations Chiefs wake up to win over Brampton By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – After 10 games into the season, there are four points separating the first four teams in the six team Sr. A league. The Peterborough Lakers are in first with 16 points with the Six Nations Chiefs two points behind. Brooklin is only one point back of the Chiefs and the Oakville Titans are one point behind them. Tuesday, June 28th, at the ILA the Chiefs went up against the last place Brampton Excelsiors and although the Chiefs got the two points, it was much harder to get than
The Major Series Six Nations Chiefs almost slept through last Tuesday's game against the last place Brampton Excelsiors. Surprised to find themselves behind 8-7 after two periods, the Chiefs pulled it together with four un answered third period goals for the win. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE
they expected. If not for a 4-0 third period, the Chiefs could have gifted the Excelsiors with their second win of the season. Brampton thought they were dreaming when they looked at the scoreboard to find themselves leading 8-7 after two periods of play. The Chiefs couldn’t believe it either and pulled together a huge and decisive third period where Steven Keogh, Quinn Powless, Jordan Durston and Cody Jamieson scored to take the game 11-8. Jamieson scored two and assisted on four while Johnny Powless
assisted on seven Chiefs goals. Vaughn Harris and Jordan Durston scored three and an assist each, with Keogh scoring two and assisting on two for the Chiefs. Dillan Ward got the start in goal and recorded he win. Tuesday. July 5th, the Chiefs hosted the Brooklin Redmen at the ILA before a Friday Night clash with the Titans in Oakville.
Six Nations Rebels finish the Spartans By Chezney Martin
What started out as a promisingly exciting playoff bout versus the St. Catharines Spartans turned into a quick success for the Rebels, who finished the bout with three game wins after their home victory 12-10 on Friday, July 1. In the first period, the Rebels let St. Catharines dictate the pace of the game, as in the course of six minutes the Spartans had a three point lead. But, Jeremy Bomberry, Travis Longboat and Danton Miller were able to connect with the back of the net on Spartan Goalie David Herkimer, reaching a tie game. For the remaining minutes the Rebels let the Spartans take the lead once again, even allowing an unassisted goal to trickle in for the Spartans. The Rebels kicked it into high gear for the second period; however, as Longboat buried his second, and Miller buried two more for a hat trick. Wild card Lyle Hill took advantage of a shot opportunity for a picked corner, just before Brandon Peter scored unassisted with a break away. This ended the second period with the Rebels in the lead 9-6. For the third period,
Although a majorly defensive player, when locking down a pick, not many defenders can stop Ceaton Smoke from rolling to the net. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN the Spartans came out with a lot of energy on offence, likely looking to tie the game up. But they left holes in their defence and three minutes in, Chayton King scored with a far-out shot down the pipe. But, still seeming determined the Spartans returned the goal and then another making the game 10-8 in a quick sweep. Over the course of the last 10 minutes, penalties racked up on both sides and allowed the Spartans a power play goal. How-
ever, the Rebels Kevin Owen Hill and Daylen Hill scored one a piece, just as
the Spartans scored one more lucky goal. This ended the game
After two goals, Danton Miller makes Spartan Goalie David Herkimer dance as he fakes to sink the ball for his hattrick goal. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN
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of joy. “To be on our homeland, Six Nations, is really inspiring,” she said. “It brings such a connection from the land and will help the creativity flow. We will be having some of the lessons and creative teachings outside to really get us connected to our surroundings and where we are.” The teachers and trainers and coming mostly from central and western Canada — but a few are also coming from New Zealand. “I’ve collaborated with indigenous creators from New Zealand since 2006, and there’s just this natural global, indigenous connection I feel when I work with people on an international level,” said Smith, who worked with artists from New Zealand on another project of hers titled, Re-Quickening. “We share so much of the same history and emotions that the connection is so natural.” The cost of the Creation Lab is $600 for the entire two weeks. To join
the lab, students have to submit a proposal to the dance theatre to explain and show that they have at least a base knowledge and interest in any aspects of theatre, dance and anything related. “We’re not looking for professionals and perfect dancers or award-winning screenplay writers, we just need to know beforehand that the students signing up have a genuine interest for the content we will cover and can commit to attending all the classes,” said Smith. “And remember — it’s not just dancers we are looking for. Sure there will be a lot of dance focused exercises and the body is definitely the main instrument we will be utilizing, but students don’t need to be super-fit to join — just super adaptable and willing to try new things.” Smith said that the whole purpose of the lab is to help up-and-coming artists of any kind learn, through creativity how to express themselves creatively and embrace their
culture, history and connections to themselves. “We want to think about the box; really bust it open and create something beautiful from all of our embodied practices,” said Smith. On June 30th, the last
day of the lab, the group is going to organize and produce a showcase of the things learned during the courses. “It’s going to be an opportunity for community members to see and experience some of what
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Peacefully after a short courageous battle with cancer at Iroquois Lodge on June 30, 2016. Predeceased by his parents Isaac and Anne (General) Green, brothers Barney, Elwood (Doad), Ben/Bonnie, and Sisters, Marion, Anne (Toots)/ Wilfred Logan, Patricia/Robert Claus, survived by Brother Jesse/ Cheryl Green. Gene was also a member of The 2nd Battalion Princess Pat Queens Own Light Infantry. Survived by his wife of 45 years Carol (Kick), his son Gene/Jolene, his daughter Kristal/Michael, his 7grandchildren Tori, Cissa, Quentin, Joey, Stajan, Kadri, Michael and his Great Grandson Harlow. Gene will be missed by many, many Nieces, Nephews, Great Nieces, Nephews and even Great, Great Nieces and Nephews. Rested at his home 2625 Oneida Rd after Noon on Friday July 1st, 2016 with funeral being held at Onondaga Longhouse @ 11am on Sunday July 3, 2016. Honor Guard was held at 9:30 am also Sunday. Our Heartfelt Thanks to Dr. Montour and all The Staff at the Iroquois Lodge for their care of Gene during his time there, we all appreciate Everything you all have done. www.rhbanderson.com
July 14, 2012 - July 2, 2016 Brian will be sadly missed and cherished and loved forever by his parents, Brian Powless (Mandy King), and Cassie Jacobs; siblings, Kaylin, Tyeller, Sebastian, Kendall, Zachery, and Libby and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and Friends. Predeceased by brother, Nash; grandparents, Deborah Powl e s s - H e n r y, Van Henry, and Lieiza Crawford; great grandparents, Jessie Powless, Josephine Sandy, and Daniel M. Sandy. We will all miss Brian Jr’s smiling face which made so many smile and their day brighter. Rested at his father’s home 1482 6th Line, Six Nations after 12 noon Monday. Funeral Service and burial was held at the Lower Cayuga Longhouse on Tuesday July 5, 2016 at 11 a.m. www.rhbanderson.com
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