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The Iroquois Caucus, seen here signing a rejection of Prime Minister Harper’s First Nations Education Bill recently, also officially rejected Steven Harper’s Bill C-10 last week by releasing a resolution and official statement outlining their objections to a Bill that would criminalize those working in the Native tobacco trade and subject them to pre-determined jail terms. The Caucus included elected representatives from Kahnawà:ke, Kahnesatá:ke, Akwesáhsne, Tyendinaga, Wahta, Six Nations of the Grand River and Oneida of the Thames. Also preparing an official statement against the bill is the Association of Iroquois and Allied Nations (AIAI), which represents eight other Nations in Ontario, including Batchewana First Nation, Caldwell First Nation, the Delaware Nation, Hiawatha First Nation, Oneida Nation of the Thames, Mississaugas of the New Credit, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, and the Wahta Mohawks. PM42686517
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Elected Councils unite against C-10 By Jim Windle
SIX NATIONS – The Iroquois Caucus has come out swinging against the Government’s Harper “Contraband Tobbaco Act,” otherwise known as Bill C-10. The Caucus, which represents elected band council leaders from Akwesasne, Kahnestatake, Oneida Kahnawà:ke, Nation of the Thames, Six Nations of the Grand River, Tyendinaga and Wahta, released a resolution statement and media release Wednesday March 12th showing their united distain for, and rejection of, the Bill, which directly interferes with the economy of all Iroquois member Nations. In the strongly worded resolution, the Caucus rejects the Bill in it’s entirety, including all of its components and content. It goes on to demand that Canada immediately cease any further development, passage or implementation of the controversial, and unilaterally conceived Act, calling it, “legislation that may affect economics and trade in Iroquois territories including our right to govern, regulate, sell, manufacture and trade in tobacco and tobacco related products.” The Iroquois Caucus pledges to take “all actions necessary” to rally other First Nations outside of the Caucus’ jurisdiction to form a united
front against the Bill. “The Iroquois Caucus recognizes that Bill C-10 was developed and is being implemented without consultation and accommodation with First Nations, as required by the Duty to Consult and Accommodate, and the Honour of the Crown,” according to the resolution. But along with the strong warning, the release also leaves the door open for Harper to begin meaningful consultation and accommodation before implementing this unilateral Bill, saying that the Caucus remains open to discuss these issues in order to find “mutually acceptable solutions to ensuring our respective systems co-exist in peace and harmony.” The resolution was initially proposed by Chief Joel Abram, of the Onieda Nation of the Thames, and seconded by Six Nations’ Elected Chief Ava Hill, who has been an outspoken opponent to the Bill. “We had representatives from the industry make presentations, and it was discussed that we should create our own tobacco law for ourselves,” said Hill. It outlines 18 specific reasons why the Bill and its unilateral and heavy handed attack on Iroquois people’s right to self-determination and economic development by the majority Conservative government is both offensive and illegal
according to the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, as well as the Canadian Constitution itself. It also provides a historical accounting of the place tobacco has had and continues to have amongst Onkwehon:we people in general but Iroquois people specifically, as both a trade item and for its cultural and ceremonial significance. “We need to be standing together on this,” says Hill. “I don’t know what its going to take to get them to understand that. We are holding a community meeting March 26th, at 7 pm, at Six Nations Polytech and it would be very good if some of the Confederacy Chiefs attended that meeting.” Joel Abram, Chief of the Oneida Nation, says: “Although we haven’t yet had the chance to confer and agree on what actions we may take, I’m not ruling anything out yet including direct action and/or legal actions to defend our rights. We estimate that for Oneida up to 20% of the population is involved in a direct way with the tobacco business, and the economic ramifications go much deeper than that because the money cycles around the community through stores, restaurants, and other services and goods. That part is difficult to quantify but is most assuredly substantial. I definite-
ly feel it is an attack on our people economically. People have been able to lift themselves out of poverty through the tobacco trade and now the government wants to make them criminals when this particular product tobacco has been traded amongst us since before the Europeans came over here. This is pure colonialism at its worst. I can almost guarantee that if instead of tobacco we all made widgets that were cheaper and made us a good business, they would make our widgets illegal. It’s all about power and control through what I see as illegal monetary sanctions, and it’s really another form of oppression.” Chief Abram concludes, “We have to continue on our rights based agenda as Onkwehon:we people in this country. AANDC is spending 100 million dollars a year on legal fighting us now as it is and that’s not sustainable. If we keep pressure on, soon enough Canada will have to come to terms that it’s time to take a new look at the relationship and by new I really mean old in terms of the Two Row and how that is supposed to work. This father/child false paradigm informed by the discriminatory Doctrine of Discovery and Terra Nullius was always doomed to failure.” As of Friday, Six Nations Elected Chief Hill has not received any
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word from the Confederacy Chiefs regarding their stance on the issue. However, is was resolved at the last Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs meeting at the first of the month, that there would be a position paper forthcoming on the issue. Six Nations will be hosting the next Iroquois Caucus in two weeks where more details will be discussed and options weighed. Association of Iroquois and Allied Nations Grand Chief Gord Peters also spoke out against C-10, and stands in solidarity with the Iroquois Caucus and its action plan. The AIAI are expected to have a media release sent out soon representing Batchewana First
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Grand River Mohawks in Superior Court By Jen Mt. Pleasant TORONTO – Tensions were high last week as members of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River (MNGR), formerly known as the Mohawk Workers, were at the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto asserting their sovereignty to not only the federal court but the federal government as well. The defendant in this matter was lawyer Michael McCulloch who was representing the Department of Justice. He urged the court to strike down the motion of the representative of MNGR, lawyer, Gregory-John Bloom. The Plaintiff, Mr. Bloom, on behalf of the MNGR, referenced the British North America Act of 1867 which was later re-named the Constitution Act in 1982 in his argument. He stated, “Without consultation and contrary to placing a foreign constitution on a domestic constitution that was here long before white contact the Great Binding Law, or Kaianere’kó:wa…” The main argument of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River is that Canadian law does not apply to the Mohawk Nation because sovereignty was never surrendered. The idea, when settlers first arrived and treaties were being made, was that Onkwehon:we people would never give up their sovereignty as a people and would agree to live in peace and harmony with settler colonies so long as one nation does not try and dominate and assert authority over the other. This was the underlying principle of the Two Row Wampum or Guswhenta which was enacted with the Europeans in 1613. Yet, in 1867 Canada went ahead and asserted and assumed authority
alone, was the main argument in the Superior Court of Justice last week. But like many times before, representatives of Canada shrugged off these claims and made repeated references directed at the MNGR lawyer that this claim was ‘frivolous and vexatious,’ stating that it is a ‘waste of this courts time to proceed with this action.’ Therefore, Canada continues to lack acknowledgement of the Two Row Wampum, of the Great
over Onkwehon:we people by creating the British North America Act. Section 17 of the Act states, “There shall be One Parliament of Canada, consisting of the Queen, an Upper House styled the Senate, and the House of Commons.” This Act therefore, goes directly against the Two Row Wampum not to mention the fact that Onkwehon:we people never surrendered their autonomy and never walked away from the Great Law. This
Law of Peace and of the Mohawk Nation ‘and such others’ as listed in the Haldimand Proclamation. For, in so acknowledging the Two Row Wampum, the Great Law of Peace and the Haldimand Proclamation, they (Canada) must then acknowledge the trillions of dollars held up in the Indian Trust Fund that the Onkwehon:we have been fighting the courts to get for many years now. They would have to acknowledge as well, the racist
government policies in forms such as the Indian Act. They would also have to acknowledge the physical and cultural genocide associated with the residential school system that their political ancestors forced upon Onkwehon:we nationwide to ‘take the Indian out of the child.’ So it was no surprise that the Defendant, the federal government (aka Canada), shrugged Mr. Bloom’s claims off as ‘frivolous and vexatious,’
and refused to take any responsibility whatsoever. Even the judge seemed to get agitated the more Bloom asserted that Canada has no authority over the Mohawk Nation. “The Department of Justice is inconsistent with the Two Row Wampum and the Department of Justice is not a Nation,” declared Bloom, “Relying on the decision of the Department of Justice is relying on an assumption ...CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
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Newfoundland Premier joins Nova Scotia in call for inquiry By Jim Windle NEWFOUNDLAND Newfoundland and Labrador joined the Nova Scotia Provincial government in demanding Prime Minister Steven Harper call a national inquiry into murdered and missing Aboriginal women, Friday. Newfoundland’s two opposition parties jointly made their demands known to the PM’s office. The pressure is building, especially after the recent murder of 26-year-old St. Mary’s University student, Loretta Saunders, a Inuit from Labrador who was doing her thesis on missing and murdered Aboriginal women at the time of her disappearance. He body was found and a couple has been arrested in connection with her death. Although this case is about to be resolved, hundreds of others remain as cold cases stored in RCMP files. “Violence against aboriginal women and children is a serious problem, both in our province and across Canada,” Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tom Marshall said Friday. “We
Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tom Marshall are calling on the federal government to launch an inquiry into the tragedy of missing and murdered aboriginal women in this country, and we are prepared to work with the Government of Canada on such an inquiry.” “The recent tragic death of Loretta Saunders has made the circumstances surrounding the high numbers of missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls even more troublesome,” said Liberal leader Dwight Ball, after the House of Assembly’s passage of a unanimous resolution. “This is a crisis that must be addressed immediately.”
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Rallies and protests, including last week’s at Tyendinaga where three people were arrested, have called for an inquiry, although the Tories have shown no sign of budging on the issue. Even the United Nations has slapped Harper’s wrist for Canada’s poor record with this issue and other important Aboriginal issues. “I don’t think it would be feasible to do the 700 or 800 individual cases. You could look at it from a broader social perspective: that is to ask why so many of them are aboriginal,” said lawyer Bruce Wildsmith. It is widely believed, especially within Native communities, that not enough is being done by police to investigate and resolve these cases, especially when Aboriginal women are the victims. A study done by The Native Women’s Association of Canada on 582 cases of missing and aboriginal murdered women and girls, shows: 67% are murder cases (death as the result of homicide or negligence); 20% are cases of missing women or girls; 4% are cases of suspicious death – deaths regarded as natural or accidental by police, but considered suspicious by family or members; community and 9% are cases where the nature of the case is unknown – it is unclear whether the woman was murdered, is missing or died in suspicious circumstances. Most of these cases were reported between 2000 and 2010. Although only 3% of all the women in Canada are Aboriginal, 10% of all missing persons cases in Canada involves Aboriginal women. Harper told CBC News last May, “I remain very skeptical of commissions of inquiry generally.”
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Mohawk story from page 3 against the relationship of the Haudenosaunee. It is inconsistent with the Haudenosaunee and the Crown, and inconsistent with the Two Row to pull another into his ship.” Bloom explained to the court that any nation of the Six Nations are allies to the British Crown, ‘not subjects and not subject to rules and regulations of the Department of Justice,’ and, stated that ‘the Department of Justice cannot extinguish Aboriginal rights.’ Bloom argued that treaties are a relationship between the sovereign (such as the Mohawk nation) and the Crown and that the onus of establishing strict proof of extinguishment of treaty lies strictly upon the Crown, something that the Crown says it has documentation on but continuously
fails to provide. Bloom further argued that the province has no jurisdiction over North American Indians and neither does the federal government but that the federal government does have a fiduciary obligation to North American Indians. Bloom asked “How is it possible to place a foreign constitution [the British North America Act] on top of a domestic constitution that was already in place,” said Bloom. The judge was quick to show his authority by saying, ‘the reason I am up here Mr. Bloom is that I don’t have to answer questions!’ He then suggested Mr. Bloom take his argument to the International Criminal Court in The Hague where, ‘this should be dealt with.’ The point Mr. Bloom
clearly made was that it was wrong for Canada to place their own constitution on top of an original constitution, which was also unlawful because Onkwehon:we people have never surrendered their sovereignty. The judge overseeing the case has yet to make his decision and whether or not he decides in favour of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River does not matter. The whole point of taking this matter before the federal court was to assert that the Five Nations and the Tuscarora have their own Constitution, and their own law: the Kaianere’kó:wa. Canada has continuously failed to produce any documentation stating that the Five Nations and the Tuscarora surrendered their sovereignty.
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Missing Eagle lands in Ohsweken Health Foundation By Nahnda Garlow OHSWEKEN - Last weekend a bald eagle literally stopped traffic in the village of Ohsweken. The eagle landed in the middle of Fourth Line in front of Village Cafe and the Ohsweken Baptist Church to snack on a grey squirrel. Huxah, the name of this mischievous creature, is a 20 year old rescued bird owned by a falconer in the Simcoe area. The bird has been reported missing for about two weeks and has reportedly been on an adventure of sorts, showing up in photos across the Facebook feeds of people from all across Southern Ontario; once caught stealing fish from ice fisherman at Deer Point Lake and snacking on grey squirrels near Vittoria. Huxah was rescued from a forest fire by the Cree Nation of Manitoba when he was just an
eaglet. When the forest was ablaze members of that nation saw Huxah’s parents flee. In an attempt to preserve his life some members climbed to his nest, rescued him and raised him. As a result Huxah, which means ‘little boy’ in Cree, was imprinted on humans. When Huxah grew larger than the Cree Nation could handle he was transferred into the care of Ulrich Waterman, a falconer with experience caring for rescued birds. Because Huxah was
imprinted on humans he identifies his ‘person’ as his mate. A few weeks ago Waterman suffered a stroke. His daughter, Rita Waterman, believes this caused Huxah anxiety. It is mating season, so it is her belief that Huxah has literally ‘flown the coop’ to search for his ‘mate’. Waterman’s daughter has been following tips on Huxah’s whereabouts. Although the bird is tame she advises that it is not safe to try to call him in without experience as his talons
are razor sharp. Huxah is wearing leather anklets and jusses, standard wear for an eagle in care. If you see Huxah, please feel free to share your pictures with us on our Facebook page and share this story widely in hopes we can help locate this beloved eagle and help him get home. If found you can contact us via email info@tworowtimes.com or leave a message on our Facebook page and we’ll forward it along to his family.
to host Elders Gala By Jen Mt. Pleasant SIX NATIONS - This coming Saturday, the Six Nations Health Foundation will be hosting its Annual Gala: Teaching of the Elders & Silent Auction. The event will take place at the Six Nations Community Hall from 1-5pm and will include presentations from various local Elders and a dinner. Admission cost is $25 for adults and youth (14 yrs+) and $10 for children (6-13). President of Six Nations Health Foundation, Ruby Jacobs, told the Two Row Times that it is, ‘the Haudenosaunee way to take as little from this Earth as possible,’ and feels that there are many problems that plague First Nations youth in our community today. As many youth do not have ‘Gramas’ or ‘Grampas’ anymore, Jacobs feels this Gala will provide traditional teachings and guidance to
the youth of Six Nations who may be struggling with issues. “We’re trying to help young folks out. A lot of the younger ones are struggling. Our youth don’t need material things, they need perseverance,” stated Jacobs. “What is it that we can share with the younger folks,” is what Jacobs’ asked herself when trying to find a way to help out the youth of Six Nations. “We just all want our youth to have a decent life and to be healthy, and that’s all that matters.” Proceeds of the event will go towards the Six Nations Health Patients & White Pines Complex. You can also tune in to CKRZ every morning this week for a chance to win tickets to the Health Foundation Gala. For further information, contact Ruby Jacobs at 905-768-3601 or Melba Thomas at 905-7656278.
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Island at the center of the storm – Kawehno:ke By Charles Kader AKWESASNE – Many visitors to this historic Onkwehon:we community are just passing through an international transit point, either heading north or south. Yet the majority of crossings between Massena, New York and Cornwall, Ontario actually often head east or west due to local traffic, onto the different parts of Kawehno:ke, also known as Cornwall Island. Also increasingly, the political frontlines of Akwesasne have again been dominated by this small island some say is at the center of an international storm. Administered by the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (MCA), Kawehno:ke was the site of the 2009 Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) port of inspection relocation. The Akwesasne Peoples Fire took modern shape there, as community members from all walks of life came together under a common banner. Essentially, this simmering drama is still unfolding, through the follow-up CBSA actions. Confiscating vehicles traveling entirely within Akwesasne is likely to continue to strain relations between locals and the beleaguered security agency. Most recently, Stacey Boots, a local Kawehno:ke resident, has announced an action to reclaim the abandoned CBSA office at noon on March 22nd (see “Akwesasne customs house facing repossession” in last week’s Two Row Times). The anticipated announcement of the CBSA secondary inspection area remains looming. Community petitions circulated in Akwesasne seemed to show a division as to where the preferred location actually was. Most would have signed yet another petition to remove the border entirely, according to members of the Akwesasne Men’s Council. “Cornwall and Cornwall Island are still both parts of Akwesasne. Kanien’keha:ka people helped British loyalists on the run from the Mohawk Valley
in 1784 after the Ameri- vated security networks Center in Washington, Terror.” In published re- the symbolic wooden can Revolution. This was and criminal fines laid D.C. Kana:takon District ports, he stated that Ak- statue located on Kawehwhen the City of Cornwall on offenders, resulting Chief Steve Thomas was wesasne leaders are not no:ke to Kana:takon. The was then known as New in as much as a 95% drop quoted as saying “This is included in the develop- reason for the relocation Johnstown. How short in alien trafficking near a police state. There are ment of law and policy of immortalized Akwetheir memories are,” de- Akwesasne, according cameras on every road until right before the ink sasne freedom martyr clared Kanaretiio, the to published reports. His leading out of this (Ak- is dry. He said “ It’s only Jake “Ice” Fire was that Bear Clan Representa- comments included men- wesasne) territory.” at that point that the au- he was originally from tive. a thorities come to us and Kana:takon. While this David, Brian tioning how his agency Recent efforts to re- works with tribal enti- Kawehno:ke District ask, what do you think particular reminder of form a previously-cen- ties… across the board. representing about this? What does it the past may be uprootChief tralized band council on MCA chiefs in at- the MCA also attend- matter? Ninety-five per- ed, the politics of KawehKawehno:ke, apart from tendance brought their ed the conference, en- cent of the work is done no:ke will remain both the MCA governance own opinions out fol- titled “Smuggling on (then).” compelling and immedistructure have been met lowing the conference the U.S-Canada Border: Recently the MCA ate to Akwesasne resiwith mostly deaf ears. at the Woodrow Wilson Contraband, Crime, and publicized plans to move dents. Community organizers of the reformed Cornwall Island band council proposal in fact have reported a backlash to their efforts by some elements. community With rising seasonal air temperatures, 2014 may again see a long political season ripened by a hot F OR IM M EDIATE R EL EASE F OR IM M EDIATE R EL EASE summer. M AR CH 14 , 2 014 The recent closing M AR CH 14 , 2 014 of the high span interTerm Sheets f or tw o w ind energy projects approv ed by Six Nations Elected Council v ia Six Nations community national bridge, coupled Termprocess Sheets f or tw o w ind energy projects approv ed by Six Nations Elected Council engagement with the controversy of v ia Six Nations community engagement process chemical storage tanks Six Nations of G rand R iver Territory – Six Nations E lected Council is pleased to announce the approval of two (2 ) along the Cornwall waproposedSix wind projects: Hill Wind Farm andNations Port R yerse Wind Project. Nations of G Gunn’s rand R iver Territory – Six E lected Council is pleased to announce the terways it shares with approval of two (2 ) proposed wind projects: G unn’ s Hill Wind F arm and Port R yerse Wind Project. the Akwesasne commuGunn’s Hill Wind Farm is anticipated to generate up to 2 5 megawatts in renewable energy which will be sold to the nity have changed the enOntario Power Authority under the F eed in Tariff (F I T) Program. This project will be owned and operated by Gunn’s Hill G unn’ s Hill Wind F arm is anticipated to generate up to 2 5 megawatts in renewable energy which will vironment visually. PolitWindfarm I nc. and will be located in the Township of Norwich, Oxford County. The proposed benefits include a be sold to the Ontario Power Authority under the F eed in Tariff (F I T) Program. This project will be ical tensions between the potential 10% eq uity investment in the project which is estimated to generate revenue in excess of $ 3 million over 2 0 owned and operated by G unn’ s Hill Windfarm I nc. and will be located in the Township of Norwich, MCA leadership and the years, or a default royalty payment of $ 1,000 per M W/ year for the 2 0 year term of the F I T Contract ($ 36 0,000). I n County.isThe proposed potential 10% equity investment the project CBSA over the high cost the F I T 0 year term ofwhich annualapost-secondary bursaries for the 2 in ) $ 4 ,000include offering two (2 benefits addition, Oxford the developer is estimated to generate revenue in excess of $ 3 million over 2 0 years, or a default royalty payment of the car seizures have contract. of $ 1,000 per M W/ year for the 2 0 year term of the F I T Contract ($ 36 0,000). I n addition, the developer reached a point of exasis offering (2 ) $ is4 ,000 annual post-secondary forin therenewable 2 0 year term of the F I T contract. peration. Meetings dienergy which will be sold to the megawatts anticipated to generate 10 bursaries Project Wind two Port R yerse rectly between the MCA Ontario Power Authority under the F I T program. This project will be owned and operated by Port R yerse Wind F arm Port R yerseand Wind Project is anticipated megawatts energy which will be project and the United States Norfolk County. The proposed of Port R yerseininrenewable will be located east of to thegenerate hamlet 10 L imited Partnership sold to the Ontario Power Authority under the F I T program. This project will be owned and operated government have also benefits include a R oyalty Payment of $ 750/ M W/ year for 2 0 years ($ 150,000); mentorship of an on-reserve Small F I T by Port R yerse Wind F arm L J imited and will be east of the hamlet of Port R energy yerse projects been the center of attenfuture non-contracted renewable enture development of located proposed oint V Partnership solar development and a in Norfolk County. Thepotentially proposed own project a Royalty Payment of $750/MW/year for 20 tion regionally, concernproject. each contemplated Six Nations could up benefits to 15% ininclude within which years ($ 150,000); mentorship of an on-reserve Small F I T solar development and a proposed Jo int ing border security. Also, th th V entureengagement development of future renewable energy which Sixmeetings Nations were to F ebruary 14 projects , 2 014 ; within the community The community process rannon-contracted from J anuary 13 plans to proliferate Akrd st th could up to 15% in each project. , F ebruary 1 and 12 . contemplated The community meetings provided further information and included scheduled for J potentially anuary 2 3 own wesasne business modthe opportunity for community members to have one-on-one discussions with staff. els for tobacco and fuel The community engagement process ran from Ja nuary 13th to F ebruary 14 th, 2 014 ; the community within the City of Cornmeetings were scheduled for Jaindicates nuary 2 that 3rd, there F ebruary 1st and support 12 th. The meetings forcommunity the projects, although community I nput gathered throughout the process is generally wall itself have remained provided further information and included the opportunity for community members to have one-on- and for a members would like to see a greater commitment in future projects to sustainable employment opportunities on the tip of some entrehigher commitment to education and training initiatives. one discussions with staff. preneurs tongues since 2009, egging on the indeI nput gathered throughout the process indicates to that there isthe generally support for the projects, Six Nations community about the financial, The community engagement process has been designed educate pendent MCA initiatives. although community members would like to see a greater commitment future projects and provides ain community wide to mechanism to gather impact associated with the project, economic, and environmental In fact, the differing guide the Six Nations E lected Council nowcommitment and in the future. feedbacksustainable that will helpemployment opportunities and for a higher to education and training opinions concerning borinitiatives. der security conditions Community members can visit www.sixnationsfuture.com to get more information about the projects, and to review the at Akwesasne have come The community report. engagement process has been designed to educate the Six Nations community community engagement out between the MCA about the financial, economic, and environmental impact associated with the project, and provides a and U.S. Department of community wide mechanism to gather feedback that will help guide the Six Nations E lected Council Homeland Security offiF or morenow information please and in the future.contact: cials during recent meetings. Special Agent Matt Community members can visit www.sixnationsfuture.com to get more information about the projects, L onny B omberry King, who is a deputy andL to review community engagement report. Six Nations ands andthe R esources assistant secretary of the 519-753-06 6 5 Department of Homeland www.sixnationsfuture.com F or more information please contact: Security’s Office of International Affairs, testified L onny B omberry that human smuggling Six Nations L ands and R esources has dropped significantly 519-753-06 6 5 along the northern borwww.sixnationsfuture.com der of the United States. He attributed this to ele-
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Chief Arnie General celebrates his 81st By Jim Windle
BRANTFORD – Onondaga Chief Arnie General celebrated his 81st birthday at the Red Lobster in Brantford with a small group of friends and family and had a ball. While enjoying his shrimp dinner, and wearing a silly birthday head dress without complaint, Chief General talked with the Two Row Times about his 81 years as an Onkwehon:we man and his role as a traditional Chief for the past 50 years. Chief General’s traditional name is “Segohsya wahs,” which means “a shaker of people.” When he became an Onondaga Chief he took on the title of “Dehadohgahdohs,” handed down to him. General recalls very well the day he was named by this Grandmother as her new Chief. “It was about 50 years ago, when my Grandmother’s Chief Eli Yellow died,” says General. “He was an Onondaga Chief. I was living with my Grandmother then and the oth-
er Onondaga Chiefs came down to the house one day. I had just come back from work. I was wondering what they were doing. But they came in and said to my Grandmother, in the Cayuga language, ‘your Chief’s seat is getting cold’. What are you going to do about it? “They asked if she had someone in mind to stand up, and she said yes and there he sits. I was just sitting there reading the paper and I heard that because I speak the Cayuga language. I turned and
Onondaga Chief Arnie General celebrates his 81st birthday with friends and family Monday night at the Red Lobster in Brantford. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE
looked at the other guys and they were all looking at me. I said wait a minute, I’m not ready for that. But one of the elder Chiefs said, ‘shut up’. When your Grandmother speaks, that’s that. That’s the law.” General lived with his Grandmother after his mother died and after spending four years living with his step-father.
During those days he sat and listened to the elders and the Chiefs discuss issues and learned a great deal from their wisdom. “Many of the guys I knew and listened to have passed on,” General says. “I have had conversations with all the old Chiefs and discussed the issues and political stuff, and it was the same things then. We can’t seem to get through to the Canadian governments to listen to us in any sense. They are constantly whittling away our territorial rights and legal rights and it is very frustrating, and it was pretty well the same fight then as it is now.” He believes, as an individual and only one voice of the traditional Council, that Bill C-10 which criminalizes the Nation tobacco trade, is an issue that all Haudenosaunee people, whether Band Council supporters or traditionalist, should stand shoulder to shoulder against, because “it’s the right of all our people and I think that all the people should be standing shoulder to
shoulder against that.” “You gotta consider these people that work at these cigarette shops on reserve,” he goes on. “They are making cigarettes on the reserve and selling them on the reserve and the people have a choice to buy their smokes on or off reserve. How come they are depriving the people of buying it on the reserve, which helps our economy and supply jobs for the people that are working there so they can provide food and shelter and clothing for their families? Basically, they are depriving our people the right to provide for their families and the government is saying, no, you can’t do that. “So, if they take all the people out of working in those cigarette factories and smoke shops and put them on welfare, what would the government say then? They’d call us a bunch of lazy people who don’t work, and stuff like that. I can’t understand that.” He also welcomes non-Native allied voices in the fight against Bill C-10.
“I think it’s important to have other voices too,” he says. “The government is going against them as well as against the Native people. It’s better to have more voices together than it is separately. I have a lot of non-Native friends out there who are backing us up.” On a lighter note, General remembers what life was like at Six Nations when he was a child. “When I was young the rez was a beautiful place,” he recalls. “It seemed like a hard life but it was serene and quiet. There was no rough stuff. We lived and worked on a farm, hunting and trapping because there was a lot of wild game around here then and lots of fish in the crick too, and they were good fish. We used to just drink the water from the crick. Not like it is now.” “If you follow our way of life, the serenity the Creator gave us, there is nothing wrong with it. It’s the mentality of greed in humanity today that is destroying everything.”
In 1959, when the Six Nations revolted against to elected system and tried to take back the old council house in downtown Ohsweken, General served as an I.P. (Indian Police) who took over law enforcement during the revolt. He was not on site when the RCMP came in and over ran the Haudenosaunee patriots. He didn’t even hear about it until the next day. General served in the 52nd Field Regiment out of Brantford in the occupying force in Germany for a short time following WWII. All-in-all, Chief General is satisfied with his life so far. “I’ve had a very good life,” said finishing his last shrimp. “I can’t complain. I’ve been to the east coast, the west coast, the south, and Europe.” His message to the next generation would be, “be honest and work hard, stay out of trouble, look after the elders, and above all, and don’t forget who you are.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ROXANNE MILLER Let me tell you about Roxanne Jamie…my youngest child…born on Mar. 20, 1973…weighed 6 lbs. 4ozs… Roxanne wasn’t supposed to be…3 years previous my doctor told me I couldn’t have any more children…one day woke up feeling nauseas and nine months later Roxanne was born…doctor’s called her my miracle baby…Roxanne was born on her Uncle Yog’s birthday…on way to the hospital all I could think was “Oh no, she’s going to be born on Yog’s birthday!”…longstanding joke between us…spoiling rights go to her Gram & Uncle John…Roxanne is very independent and always has been…when she was 3 she travelled by herself with Uncle Vic to Bear Lake and stayed for 4 days…Roxanne was 5 when she met Rob Davis (Kenny & Donna Davis’s son)…he was operating the ferry & it was love at first sight…Roxanne said she was going to marry him…on her 6th birthday I invited Rob as a surprise…I’ll never forget the look on her face when he walked in…she was 7 when she decided to try driving…looked out the window & saw my car heading toward the road…thank God she turned the wheel and ran into the fence… Roxanne used to walk in her sleep & do some pretty crazy things…from an early age Roxanne was independent & self-assured…wasn’t afraid to try anything new…won the
local speech competitions from Kindergarten to Grade 8…excelled in school & sports especially cross country… figure skated and danced… always participated in school activities through elementary and high school…her report cards were excellent…Roxanne & her brother Josh made history at Caledonia High School by being awarded the first-ever annual female & male Sportsmanship Award… wasn’t much on cleaning her room though…she was 12 when she decided she wanted a change so she sprayed her hair blue…wore lots of bangles & beads…fit right into the hippy culture…she did a lot of volunteer work…took care of her Great-Great Aunt Nora at the nursing home… Roxanne was always in a hurry to grow up & do what she wanted…Roxanne graduated Grade 12 and then earned Developmental Services Worker diploma from Fanshawe College…she worked at Special Services for Special People for a while before deciding to further her education…she got a BA from McMaster University & went on to earn a Master’s Degree in Occupational Therapy…while completing her Masters Roxanne also coordinated McMasters’ Aboriginal Health Science program…we never really grasped how hard it was for Roxanne to work on her Master’s degree and work at the same time because she always made whatever she did
look so easy…after graduating she pioneered Six Nations Health Services’ Occupational Therapy Program & helped pioneer Six Nations Therapy Services…Currently Roxanne works for Six Nations Mental Health & teaches at Six Nations Polytechnic…she is an avid fisherman & likes to play golf…she looks forward to Bear Lake every year…Roxanne has had much adversity in her life…overcoming the adversity is what helped mold her into the person she is today…she always tries to see the positive side…she has no use for gossip & rumor mongering…Roxanne has two beautiful daughters Felecia 20 & Mallory 14 & Felecia’s boyfriend Josh…she raised her daughters to be independent, kind, considerate and respectful of others…they have a Boxer Rocky who sleeps with Roxanne every night…She is always there for me if needed…our family call her “mini me”…recently Roxanne & her girls were devastated by the sudden death of her beloved fiancé Jamie…they continue to struggle through the grieving process… Love Mom (Helen Miller) P.S. Happy 33rd Birthday to my grandson Bill (Mar.15), the Big 50 to my son Charlie (Mar. 29) & Happy 21st Birthday to my granddaughter Felecia (Apr. 7). I love all of you very much.
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EDITORIAL
Know your enemy It appears that a “perfect storm” is brewing over the PM’s office on Parliament Hill as Haudenosaunee and Anishinabek organizations are pushing back against Bill C-10. If these gathering clouds intersect at the same time, Prime Minister Steven Harper will be forced to either back down or push his own agenda ahead in the face of a rapidly growing opposition. His shortsighted and assumptions ignorant have gone too far al-
ready and if he is aware at all of what he is doing to the economy of Onkwehon:we communities across Ontario and Quebec, he doesn’t seem to care about it. But then again, maybe he does know and sees the opportunity to drag, kicking and screaming, Onkwehon:we nations under the big red Maple Leaf no matter what the cost. Harper may find the cost is more than he anticipates, even with the American style su-
Letter to the Editors Dear Editors,
I just wanted to thank everybody that played a part in continuing the long journey that will lead to restoring the balance and strength in our communities. When I started to do that I realized that I could not possibly express my gratitude enough. What follows is something I just want to remember. A lot has happened this past week and I just thought it would be prudent to have a record. If I have missed anybody, please accept my apologies. The Story of Our Community: the March 15th Rally at Montebello Park to support an inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous woman and girls. The bile was still stinging in our throats about the Federal government believing they had done enough to address to the tragedy of the disproportionate rates of violence inflicting itself on our First Nations communities. When Jamie Bugg McGean called me last Saturday and said
per prisons to contain Aboriginal “dissidents” and “terrorists” his regime has been building. Thanks to the Internet and social media, what may have worked for the Canadian regime even 25 years ago, will not work in today’s communication driven world, and a growing number of voting Canadians are also questioning Harper’s motive through all of this. As a wide variety of groups here at Six Nations, and many other communities link arms against a common foe, they are building a unity that everyone sees as necessary.
If there was ever a time and ever a purpose to fight, it is now, but not against each other. Know where the enemy is and focus on that. Non-Native readers of the Two Row Times also need to stand against Bill C-10, if nothing else, on principle alone. Canada is not a democracy anymore; under Harper it has rapidly become a corporate state, declaring who is worthy of justice and who isn’t. Ottawa is more than ever a front for money laundering, extortion, and heavy handed and politically motivated Jack-boot policing, and most of all, a bastion for
corporate greed. What Harper is trying to do with the Native economy is like 1924 all over again; it’s like Iraqi tanks rolling into Kuwait; it’s like Constantine arbitrarily declaring all of the Roman Empire to be Christian. More and more non-Natives are beginning to understand this and are forming alliances with Onkwehon:we people, because they understand that Native people are actually in a better place to fight this abusive power structure than they are. And that is not a bad thing. There was a common enemy during the American Revolution,
and the War of 1812, that brought the two allied Nations together then, and there is one today too. Non-Natives have their own reasons to mistrust Harper, and whatever he is doing to Native people, will soon be done to Canadians as well – and some would say it is already happening when it comes to Harper’s mindless addiction to absolute power and corporate money. Now is not a time to be sniping across the Two Row Wampum at each other. We have a common enemy, so lets not lose sight of that.
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Shawn Brant and some supporters had been arrested for trying to defend the woman, I was with my nephew Mark David Hupkowicz. We talked to Jeffrey B Hill, Justin Vigneux-Dockstader, Dylan Powell, Philip Davis, Ngo-madaas Paradis, Mitch Baird, and other community members right away. We knew we had to get something going quick and we knew we needed the wisdom communities of our women. We immediately reached out to Kanato’ha Dockstader, Mkwa Kwe, Zhoonge De Kwe Shawana, Leigh Ann Hill, Sherry Emmerson, Char VanEvery, Jennifer Brant, Fiona McMurran, Natalie Blue Raven Rubyhill, Valerie Moses, Elizabeth Chitty, Patty Wbk, Audra Sewell Maloney, Marie Louise B,Cooper Melanie, Sarah McGean and others for guidance. Within hours we all reached consensus that something needed to be done. We needed to support the women. In less than a week we planned a rally, and gathered support from across the
province. Fresh in the minds of reporters who had just witnessed the governments inaction on this matter, the media picked up the story. This was led by our own peoples media through the emerging voice of the people and Tom Keefer the GM of the peoples news, The Two Row Times, helped us get our word into print. The young men and women trying to better themselves professionally at NPAAMB like Terry Whitlow, LJ Jamieson, working under the guidance of emerging media artist Michael Summers recorded some of the thoughts of ours while we raced to get this event together and to spread the word. Like a snowball tumbling down a hill Vic Mucciarone, Daniel Nardone, and more young leaders from Brock were quick to offer guidance and support. Wendy Sturgeon, the ED of the Niagara Chapter of Native Woman and Jaynane Burning Fields, the ED of the Niagara Regional Native Centre were rapid in their supportive efforts to en-
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courage this community initiative. Sympathetic community leaders like Karen Head offered words of encouragement. Letters from the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres, and the Ontario Native Women’s Association were populating our inboxes. Doctors and Reverends alike were inquiring, wanting to know what to do to help. The day of the event the bitter cold wind and overcast skies seemed to mirror the attitude of Rick Dykstra, who the day previous had made it clear that he was not interested in taking part in a “protest” that was supporting the “wrong approach.” Despite swirling cold winds, and bitter cold attitudes from those opposed to an inquiry our event was brought to life by our combined efforts. The sage medicine burning for the Eagle Staff burned like a fireball as speaker after speaker gave rousing accounts of what needed to be done to help our woman who have gone for decades without being
helped. The government wasn’t doing it right, and we were here to tell them how exactly to do it. ranging Speakers from Niagara MP Malcolm Allen on the settler side of the Two Row Wampum to Allan Jamieson Sr, clearly on the Haudenosaunee side of the Two Row Wampum, spoke up. Our speakers included the likes of Elisabeth Zimmerman, ED of the YWCA, and many of our women and men who wanted to offer words and support to fan the flame of unity and the decisive path to the long journey of righting a very harmful wrong. Well over a hundred people, including reporters from CHCH, and the St Catharines Standard, and politicians including Dan Fortier, Cindy Forster, and Laura Ep, attended. By the time we had rallied and marched, our sense of satisfaction was bittersweet. As our spirits became nourished by the beautiful drum beat of the women’s hand drum group that played the crowd out of the park, our minds realized
that this was no epilogue. It was part of the prologue of the lifelong story of what people need to do in an effort to try to help other people. The unsolved cases, the gruesome crimes, the rape, the incest, the fear, the horrors that haunt the lives of all women and girls who are so at risk to be victims deserve our continued attention. I hope that when I tell my granddaughters this story that it is unfathomable to them that there was time when life was like this for Aboriginal woman and girls. I hope they don’t have to know how hard those of us that are being supportive have had to work. I hope they don’t know the fear, the racism, the apathy, the government inaction that these women today know. The only thing I hope they know is this: women are sacred, special and gifted and every woman deserves our love, respect and attention. Tkaké Tohse Dockstader
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Telescope may deface sacred mountain By Tim Reynolds At the Anishnabek Educational Institute on Muncey Delaware Territory I met up with a Hawiian woman named Waimakalani Iona. She described a scenario all too familiar to Onkwehon:we people: the encroachment of her lands, a disregard for environmental issues and an ethnocentric and dismissive attitude towards her cultural beliefs. The most sacred place in all of Hawaii is a mountain named Mauna Kea. It is the peoples Kupuna meaning something that is alive and fully interconnected to their lives. A place where you must approach the Ahu (Sacred Altar) to make an
offering to Wakea (Skyfather) to show respect and ask permission before approaching Mauna Kea. It is considered to be the birthplace of Hawaii and where the first rainstorm (Wakea) and first sunlight came to be. High atop of the mountain is Lake Wai’au where each family has a particular place for their childrens Piko (umbilical cord that falls off the childs belly button) to be placed in the lake. Piko is also the name of the summit Mauna Kea which connects all to their creation and ancestors. There are also ancient burial grounds on Mauna Kea. It is a rare place where Papahanaumoku (The mother goddess who gave birth to
the islands), Mo’oinanea (the water spirit), and Wakea (The skyfather) meet as one. In 1961 Mauna Kea was declared a protected place for its watersheds, ecological significance, culturally sacred value. Lake Wai’au is the only glacially formed lake in the mid-pacific. What is pending now is a clear destruction of all of the above. Canada, France, and the University of Hawaii are planning a $1.3 Billion, 10 year construction project of an 18 floor, 30 meter telescope on 5 acres of land on Mauna Kea. Now the Ku Ching, Kalani Flores and 4 other families have pettioned the Board of Land and Natural Resources to
County. Despite low community turnout, SNED recommended to Band Council that they, ‘develop a definitive agreement with ProWind and that Chief and Council pass the motion.’ For those Councillors present, 8 were for this motion while 3 were opposed. According to an article in the Brantford Expositor on March 13, 2014, Six Nations elected council said they are building a community engagement process to keep band members informed about investments made in economic development projects and the trust fund that will collect the proceeds. Lickers told the Brantford Expositor, that Six Nations is getting involved in so-called green energy projects on properties and with parties in the Haldimand Tract and in the larger Nanfan Treaty of 1701. According to Lickers, Six Nations council is negotiating for $1.8 million financing for its 10% equity partnership in Gunn’s Hill Windfarm Inc.’s Feed-In-Tariff 25 megawatt contract which will generate $3 million over 20 years.
Some groups and individuals are concerned that SNED’s plans ignore any potential health risks or the damages these projects are doing to not only the people who have to live with these wind turbines in their backyard but also the animal and bird species who live in these areas as well. One opposition group that expressed their concerns to Six Nations is the East Oxford Community Alliance. Six Nations will be putting up wind turbines in their neighborhood. Their main concerns included, the ‘unsightliness of the turbines and sound pollution from the turbines,’ in what one resident described as ‘the Wind Ghettos.’ One concern is the adverse health effects of IWT’s. Two Row Times took a drive to the shores of Nanticoke via Sandusk Road. From Highway 6 to the end of Sandusk Road, at least 100 Industrial Wind Turbines (IWT)were counted along the way. Flocks of migratory birds were also seen zig-zagging through these turbines, disrupting their flock formations and coming horribly close to the moving blades.
the fullest extent and all bureaucratic steps have been taken to stop this potential desecration and genocidal act. Waimakalani Iona said “Its like an orange talking to an apple about who we are and what we believe in. The TMT (thirty meter telescope group) group didn’t
even ask our permission to build this telescope.” The TMT claim it will not interfere in cultural practices; but other telescopes throughout Hawaii have interfered either from noise or physical placement. Since 2010 Lake Wai’au has been disap-
pearing drastically. It was 10 feet deep now it is 1 foot deep. Waimakalani Iona said the lake is saddened at what is going on and the lack of respect for what is proposed at the summit, which is named Ho’ohokukalani (where the children descend and return to the stars). Many concessions have been made throughout Hawaii with other telescopes but she, Mauna Kea, is saying no to this one. For more information and to support the preservation Mauna Kea and stop cultural genocide please go to You Tube, look for “Poli’ahu l ke kapu - Hāwane” or “Sacred Mountain-Mauna Kea, Hawaii.”
What you’re not being told about wind turbines By Jen Mt. Pleasant
SIX NATIONS - Six Nations Economic Development (SNED) was before Band Council once again last week to give an update on the two wind turbine projects that Six Nations Elected Council is planning to invest in. SNED are planning to be partners in two wind turbine projects: Gunn’s Hill and Port Ryerse Wind Projects. Back in January and February, the department held two community engagement sessions which had a low turnout. According to Six Nations Community Planner, Amy Lickers, 27 community members turned out to both sessions. Despite this, SNED representatives told Council, the community is supportive of the wind projects and that, ‘we should take advantage of the economy.’ District Councillor Bob Johnson told SNED that he was concerned with the low community response. According to SNED, the Gunn’s Hill project will be operated by a company called ProWind and would see 10 wind turbines constructed in Norwich and Oxford
One flock of migratory birds were seen coming dangerously close to the rotating blades of industrial wind turbines along Sandusk Road. PHOTO BY JEN MTPLEASANT
IWT are also placed in close proximity to homes, some people who live or work in close proximity to IWT claim to have experienced symptoms that include decreased quality of life, annoyance, stress, sleep disturbance, headache, anxiety, depression, and cognitive dysfunction. Some have also felt anger, grief, or an increased sense of injustice. Suggested causes of symptoms include a combination of wind turbine noise, infrasound, dirty electricity, ground current, and shad-
ow flicker. IWT also have a huge impact on bird species. Back in 2009 a bald eagle, an animal on the endangered species list that has been making a steady comeback to Ontario, was killed by the blades of an IWT in Norfolk County. Many bald eagles live along the shores of Lake Erie. According to the Ministry of Natural Resources, “Thirty years ago, the Ontario bald eagle population was down to two pairs – and they weren’t
reproducing – due to widespread pollution that had poisoned the food chain. Since then, conservation efforts have helped the bird’s numbers rebound. Back in 2010, there were 48 nests in southern Ontario. But in the past few years, green energy efforts have seen dozens of turbines with large rotating propellers go up near the Elgin-Norfolk border where the eagles live and hunt for fish.” And in January of 2013, a rare eagle nest was found near the site of a planned wind turbine in Fisherville. Leading expert on bald eagles, Jody Allair, at the time, told bureaucrats to protect the nest and move the turbine, but they did the opposite. Allair heads the Southern Ontario Bald Eagle Monitoring Program for Bird Studies Canada. A permit was issued behind closed doors which allowed the wind turbine company to remove the nest. Other birds have been adversely affected by IWT’s as well including but not limited to geese who are starting to migrate back to southern Ontario as the weather gets milder out.
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FEATURE COLUMN: LET'S TALK NATIVE WITH JOHN KANE
Although I cannot embrace the rape of the planet and obscene support for the rich lords of capitalism that seems bound to Republican DNA, there is no question that some of the worst actions and most aggressive policies our people have seen toward our trade and commerce has come from a Democrat as Governor of New York State and a Democrat as President of the United States. Racism and the arrogant ignorance behind it seem to know no bounds. Neither race nor political party affiliation affects the moral compass or the conscience of elected officials in the American system. It was under David Paterson, Democrat and New York State’s first black governor that the State pushed through enough of its legal hurdles to shut off its State-licensed wholesalers from selling tobacco products to Native retailers. This plan was put into motion by Governor Mario Cuomo almost 20 years
Republican-Democrats, Liberal-Conservatives…What’s the Difference? earlier and seemed to be upheld by his successor, Governor Republican George Pataki. Now don’t get me wrong, we also clashed with Pataki. But this guy changed his stance on attacking our commerce and got elected two more times in spite of it. In other words, caving in to those his predecessor planned to attack militarily under “Operation Gallant Piper” cost him nothing in political capital. But after 10 years of relative peace and even a huge growth of Native tobacco retail due to remote sales (Internet and mail order), back came the socially responsible Democrats. Democrat Eliot Spitzer got elected as the tough “Sheriff of Wall Street” with every intention of shutting us down but resigned in disgrace after a prostitution scandal. So that’s how New York ends up with its first black (un-elected) governor at the same time the U.S. gets its first black president. Now, one would think that Democrats with even
some personal insight on racial discrimination would be “sensitive” to Native issues. Not a chance. Obama killed that retail growth of which I spoke by signing into law the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act (PACT Act), outlawing our remote sales and killing 3,000 jobs in the process. No one said a word about the job losses. No one said a word about killing the revenue flow into Western New York or the wiping out of the Master Settlement Act payments that the State was getting from our sales. The PACT Act was pushed through as an anti-terrorism bill and that sealed the deal. Paterson tried to choke off supply by pushing through the dormant work of Mario Cuomo and then handed it off to the next his successor, Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo “The Younger” came into office with more than just the normal dismissive attitude toward Native issues. He came in with a chip on his shoulder. He proved that the only thing worse than two
Democrats named Obama and Paterson were Democrats named Obama and Cuomo. nationally, While, many Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) recognized tribal leaders were falling at the feet of the first President “of color” every chance they got and a fair number made sweetheart deals with New York State’s “Prince Andrew” over gaming dollars and land claims, record numbers of armed raids by federal agents and seizures by state authorities piled up under this Democrat rule. Law suits, indictments, tax assessments and even a multi-million dollar federal sting operation over tobacco; not guns, not drugs, not funding terrorism but tobacco, has been the hallmark the Obama/Cuomo era. As I said from the start, I am certainly no fan of the Republican right. I’ll never understand how middle class (and below) white Americans can support these guys under the ridiculous belief that they
stand for freedom. Freedom to subject an entire nation of people to the prison of consumerism that destroys the planet and only makes the rich richer is not freedom. But the Democrats are right there in defense of American capitalism, too. I have come to the conclusion that American political party affiliation is all just window dressing. So whether the Republicans want to play the arrogant, know-it-all, abusive dad under the cloak of conservatism or the Democrats want dress up as the whining, let-me-take-care-of-you, incompetent mom in her liberal house coat, we aren’t playing. We aren’t your children, your wards or your subjects. As more and more Americans and Canadians see the mess of things their government officials have made and continue to make, the colonial powers may be in for trouble with their own people. The “Great Experiment” in democracy is failing as is the free market and the global
economy. While many patriotic Canadians and Americans talk about government resisting abuse, we have been doing it for 500 years. Politicians come and go, as do empires and wealth. We have lived here for tens of thousands of years. You should never start a fight you can’t finish.
John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk, a national expert commentator on Native American issues, hosts two weekly radio programs — “Let’s Talk Native…with John Kane,” ESPN Sports Radio WWKB-AM 1520 in Buffalo, N.Y., Sundays, 9-11 p.m. EST and “First Voices Indigenous Radio,” WBAIFM 99.5 in New York City, Thursdays, 9-10 a.m. EST. John is a frequent guest on WGRZ-TV’s (NBC/Buffalo) “2 Sides” and “The Capitol Pressroom with Susan Arbetter” in Albany. John’s “Native Pride” blog can be found at www.letstalknativepride.blogspot .com. He also has a very active “Let’s Talk Native...with John Kane” group page on Facebook.
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FEATURE COLUMN: SCONEDOGS & SEED BEADS
Another day to live excellently By Nahnda Garlow Two years ago my husband and our kids moved in with family. In one of those moments that can only be described as “divine intervention” a month later I was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer called ‘DCIS’. The move had to have been the Creator helping me out from above. Thankfully, “He Who Created Our Bodies” guided my medical team to remove the growing cells from my body and I am now cancer free. I didn’t need radiation, I didn’t need chemotherapy, and I did not require hormone pills. Nonetheless, my cancer experience was world changing, draining and one of the most difficult things I have faced in my life. Now two years later I am almost fully recovered; my reconstructive surgery is complete and a success, my emotional self has nearly become reconciled to my experience and I have a dream job; writing and sharing my heart with my people whom I love – the Haudenosaune. In the midst of the trauma I felt hopeless at times, but now – I feel like I am walking on sunshine. Happiness doesn’t even really begin to explain my feelings on survivorship. Everything is different. That was articulated this week when our family finally moved into our own house again. The Garlows endured through a devastating series of emotional blows to the heart for about five years. Each one made getting up out of bed every day a challenge. Truth be told, sometimes we didn’t. And it wasn’t just my illness either; there was a string of sudden deaths and illnesses that just absolutely brought my husband and I to our knees, begging for help from above. I remember going
to church about three months after my brotherin-law Jeremy was killed. The people were praying and all I can remember is finally feeling safe enough to let it all go. Literally I screamed out loud and collapsed onto the floor into a puddle of tears. A group of women came around me and held me, praying the entire time and carrying my spirit through that release. While I was still going through breast reconstruction there were days I felt like an ugly Frankenstein. The scars and disfigurement I was enduring absolutely assaulted any sense of femininity I had. That was when my friends from White Pine Dancers invited me out to dance and drum, taking my rightful place even in my illness within the circle. I felt like a princess every time. It was these expressions of support, loving kindness that said “you matter to me” without using words that carried me all along the way. Our story is sacred. It is now a holy place in my heart that has given me strength. However as is life, there is a spirit out there who would love to see the Garlows crumble and fall. Whether it comes in the form of attacking our friends, family or business through online bullying, or by other means, it seems there is always a force working in opposition to us keeping our Ganigohiyo. To that I say; ‘Oh well.’ You see because my ancestors survived through residential school I have learned that you should never try to control what other people do, say, think or feel. Because I have walked through grief I learned that you never know why other people are frowning. Because I walked through illness and constant pain you never can tell why other people are grouchy and because I have walked through my own humiliation I have learned that no matter what anyone throws at me the sun will rise and
set, and the Creator will carry me through another day. It is my choice what I am going to do with my time here in the world and when the time eventually comes that ‘He Who Created Our Bodies’ carries me home - then I will answer to Him what I did with my days. It is my goal that He then tells me “Well Done.”
This weekend as I walked into our new home and carried boxes of our things into their new place I realized that the sun was shining and I have every reason to be happy because I am loved by many and the Creator has given me a fresh start and another day to live excellently.
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O Gwa deni:deo “Taking Care of Our Own” Call for Commission Members Six Nations is in the process of establishing our own child welfare program, “Taking Care of Our Own” under the direction, currently, of the Six Nations Child Welfare Designation Working Group. The Designation Working Group has now reached the point in the child welfare designation process at which it is necessary to establish the twelve member “Community Commission” that will assume responsibility for negotiation of the designation and for the implementation and on-going operation of the Program. The Taking Care of Our Own Community Commission shall sit, on behalf of the children/youth and their families resident on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and on behalf of Six Nations’ and other native children/youth and their families resident in Brant County as the ultimate authority for Taking Care of Our Own.
Anyone who meets the following criteria can apply to be an initial member of the Commission: • • •
18 years of age or older • Able to enter into contracts. Able to pass a Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) and Vulnerable Sector Searches. Have an interest in and a reasonable knowledge of the delivery of human services.
We are looking for community members who have abilities/experience in one or more of the following areas: • •
finance • personnel • child/youth services • domestic violence • health mental health • addictions • law enforcement • ability to represent Six Nations’ traditional social structure and cultural heritage.
Anyone interested in serving on the Commission is asked to submit a letter stating their interest and a current resume by March 28, 2014 to:
Barbara General, Project Coordinator Six Nations Child Welfare Designation P.O. 5001 Ohsweken, Ontario N0A 1M0 Office #: 226-227-2168 or Email: barbgeneral@sixnations.ca
**You may also contact the coordinator to pick up a copy of the Community Commission’s initial terms of reference, as well as copies of the draft operating policies and procedures.
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MARCH 19TH, 2014
Black Hawks turn it up for Caledonia By Jim Windle CALEDONIA – After tripping over the starting gate in the GOJHL semi-finals by dropping Game #1, 3-2, in Caledonia on Tuesday March 11th, and requiring overtime to win Game #2, 2-1, the Pro-Fit Corvairs began looking more like the team they have been all season on Sunday night in Caledonia. By Sunday, the Corvairs knew they were not facing the same Thorold Black Hawks they saw earlier this season. This is now a team that cannot be given an inch. They are skating hard, working hard along the boards and not giving up on plays, and are suddenly the stiffest competition the Corvairs have faced so far. Sunday night, in Thorold, the Corvairs were more ready for the Black Hawks than in Games #1 and #2. Thorold’s Kevin La-
voie threw a further scare into Corvairs fans with the only goal of the period, although Colin Furlong held his ground against 28 Black Hawk shots, making 27 saves in the first period alone. everything But turned around in the second with captain Matt Quilty leading the way by scoring the tying goal scored at 4:57 from Connor Murphy and Todd Ratchford. Mitch Brown chipped in at 6:49 to take the Corvairs’ lead. Chance MacDonald and Kyler Nixon assisted. But Owen Sobchak cashed in on a Thorold powerplay at 12:59. Quilty scored his second of the second period with less than a minute remaining, assisted by Murphy and Cody Brown. Murphy grabbed a powerplay goal, from Cody Brown and Nixon, at 3:23 to begin the third period, but Joe Mitchell
Jeffrey Malott cruises in front of the Thorold Black Hawks' goal in last week's thrilling 2-1 OT win before a large crowd at the Haldimand Arena. The Black Hawks are giving the Corvairs a run for their money. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE
responded with a powerplay marker of his own at 7:20. Fontana Cosimo scored the final goal of the game at 17:46 to end it with Caledonia winning 5-3, and leading the series 2-1. Saturday night it only took 15 seconds of O.T. to decide the hard fought and fast skating game. Thorold scored first after the puck hopped
over Cody Brown’s stick at the blue line and sent two Black Hawks in on Furlong with one man back. Kevin Lavoie tied the game at 14:49 of the second period. Furlong may have made the game preserving save with about three minutes remaining in the second period. Thorold’s Joe Mitchell picked a path through the Caledonia defense and turned on the
speed. He got in tight on Furlong but the Caledonia netminder stoned him. Then, with 55 seconds remaining in the period, Caledonia thought they had the go ahead goal, but it was disallowed because the whistle had blown the play down a nanosecond before the puck went in. That meant an extra, sudden death period. It took 15 seconds for Connor Murphy to decide the
his fighter may have won but the close decision automatically went to the hometown Gold Medalist. “We already had a rematch scheduled before the fight,” says Armour. That rematch was fought this past Saturday at the Gidians Gym in Scarborough, and this
time Obediah-Blasdell won the split decisions. By her own admission, Obediah-Blasdell was not feeling on top of her game going into the first fight and was not training as hard as she should have been before it. But after being in the
ring with Trenholme, she knew she could beat her and was much more prepared the second time around. Armour is working on getting her into the Silver Gloves Tournament at the end of March, which is a qualifier to the Provincials later this year.
2-1 winner, assisted by Quilty and Cody Brown. The series opened in Caledonia Tuesday night, March 11th, and the Corvairs did not look ready. Matt Quilty scored the lone first period goal from Jeffrey Malott and Connor Murphy at 10:15, But Thorold shocked the Corvairs with three unanswered second period goals scored by Owen Sobchak (2) and Zach McQuade. The Corvairs flooded the Thorold zone in the third period with 23 shots, but could only get one of them past Polasek, that being scored by Fontana from Mitch Brown and Jordan Peacock as the Black Hawks held on for the confidence building 3-2 win. Game #5 will be played Wednesday, March 19th, in Caledonia.
Six Nations boxer faces challenging opponent By Jim Windle BRANTFORD – Six Nations woman boxer and National Bronze Medalist, Cher Obediah Blasdell, faced her most challenging opponent twice this month. Saturday, March 8th, in the main event at
the Stockyards Boxing Club in Toronto, Obediah-Blasdell met Canadian National Gold Medalist, Caitlyn Trenholme, from the Huff Gym in Toronto in a four- round amateur bout. Although she lost a split decision, her coach Jackie Armour, believes
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When you walk thru the front doors of Nancy’s Variety it becomes obvious that this is a special place. The main floor of the new store is beautifully finished, spacious and well stocked with a wide variety of products and groceries. Looking out the window at the full service gas bar and watching the staff in action it quickly grabs your attention as they wash windows, check oil and share friendly conversation with the customers. Full service actually means what it says at this gas bar, something
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Blast flattens Dunlops - bring on the McCoys By Jim Windle BRANTFORD – A strong third period ended a seesaw battle at the Brantford and District Civic Centre, Friday night in Game 6 of the Allan Cup Hockey league semi-finals. It also ended the series as Brantford poured it on with three third period goals, one into an empty net, for the 8-5 final score. Waiting in the wings are the Dundas Real McCoys who swept the Stoney Creek Generals in four games straight. The matchup in the final round for the Robertson Cup, as Ontario’s top Sr. AAA hockey club will be a barn burning series, which is the usual between these two teams. The series begins Friday March 21st, in Dundas at 7:30 PM. Game #2
is Sunday March 23rd in Brantford at 2:00 PM and Game #3 is set for Friday March 28th back in Dundas at 7:30 PM. Game #4 is Sunday March 30th in Brantford at 2:00 PM. Chris Leveille, Joel Prpic and Mike Burgoyne build a 3-0 lead by the halfway mark of the first period, but the Whitby Dunlops weren’t ready to throw in the towel and fought back with goals by Adam Van Dam and Brett McConnache. The Blast restored a two goal margin when Cam Sault poked the puck off of a Whitby player’s stick and sent Chris Rebernik in alone on goal at 16:32 to make it 4-2. Once again the Dunlops dug deep and came up with the final two goals of the period scored by Kyle Musselman and David Ross, who tied things up at 4-4 heading into the second frame.
The teams traded goals in the second to remain tied at 5-5 with 20 minutes left to play. Brett Leggat, who played an average first two periods was unbeatable in the third as the Blast power offense took over. Jon Jankus scored what would turn out to be the game winner at 2:03. Whitby poured it on throughout the rest of the period but could not beat Leggat. Then, with 3 minutes remaining, Rebernik was set up by Sault with a perfect cross ice pass which Rebernik buried behind Ryan Gibb in the Dunlops goal. The icing was put on the cake with Prpic’s empty netter, shorthanded. Leggat moved the puck up to Chadd Spurr who went in on the empty net with Prpic on his left wing. Spurr could easily have scored it himself,
but instead dished it off to Prpic for his hat trick goal with 15 seconds remaining. Throughout the second half of the season and especially in the playoffs Six Nations’ Cameron Sault has been the Blast’s most consistent forward making things happen every shift, every game. He has been averaging a point a game in the playoffs and capped the Whitby series off with two assists, and several very good scoring opportunities. “That’s hockey at its finest,” said Sault after
the tense and hard-hitting game. “In the playoffs everybody has to give that extra push.” Sault missed the first part of the season recovering from knee surgery, but once he got his legs back under him, he has just gotten better every game, and Friday night he saw a lot of ice in the win. “The knee’s feeling good, I’m feeling good,” he says. “I’m now on the powerplay and I’m getting a lot of ice-time.” He centres the line of Rebernik and Leveille, which accounted for three of the Blast’s goals.
The Brantford Blast eliminated the Whitby Dunlops Friday night at the Brantford and District Civic Centre and will face the Dundas Real McCoys for the Robertson Cup. Six Nations' Cam Sault has had a great playoff season so far with an average of more than a point a game. Friday night he assisted on two and very nearly netted a goal. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE
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“I’ve played with and against both of those guys before and we are having nothing but success,” said Sault, who is anticipating a very tough series against their 403 rivals from Dundas. “Especially when we were down two games last year and came back to win it,” he said. “It’s going to be a hell of a battle this time.” Joel Prpic led the Blast with three goals and three assists, while the Sault line accumulated eight points in the Brantford win.
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Blizzard spoil Demons’ perfect season By Jim Windle
SIX NATIONS - The Barrie Blizzard spoiled the Ohsweken Demons’ perfect season in their last game before the playoffs at the ILA Saturday night in a surprising 16-14 win over the first place Demons. Jake Lazore was in the Demons net and didn’t have a particularly great game while the Blizzard gave every drop through all four quarters, and, in a nutshell, that was the
game. Tom Montour thought he had opened the scoring with a goal that fully celebrated until it was called back being scored on a delayed Ohsweken penalty. That was how the ball seemed to be bouncing for the Demons all game. Barrie was the official first goal with a shot off a defender behind Lazore. Barrie scored again before the end of the first quarter to end it 2-1 in Barrie’s favour. It was a seesaw bat-
tle all night. Every time the Demons seemed to be gaining some momentum, the Blizzard answered the threat almost right away. The trend continued to the half, which ended 5-4 for the visitors. Ohsweken could not get any sustained traction against the blizzard in the second half either, as the third quarter ended 1010. As in the last Demons’ home game, there seemed to be a lot of confusion with the referees about
the rules, specific to C-Lax game, Chris Attwood scored the 11-10 goal for the demons to open the Forth Quarter, but on the same play, Murray Porter was called for a moving pick before the goal went in. Blizzard’s Caleb Wiles was awarded a penalty shot which he netted for the tying 11-11 goal. Under C-Lax rules, there is no stacking of penalties. If there are two men already in the penalty box, any subsequent penalties are
awarded a penalty shot. Wiles scored again at 12:46 to once again give the Blizzard the lead. And once again the Demons answered with Roger Vyse blasting an outside shot to the top corner of the net to tie it at 12-12. Whittaker Martin and Chris Attwood traded goals to make it 13-13. Jonas Derks scored his third of the game for the 14-13 score but this time, the Demons could not respond. With three minutes
left Whittaker scored again to open a two goal lead, then with a minute left Whittaker did it again and it was 16-13. Ken Aaron scored the Demons last goal with 34 seconds remaining, but that would be all for the Ohsweken Demons. The loss may serve to be a playoff wake up call for the Demons who, until Saturday, night didn’t feel the sting of a loss. Playoffs begin Sunday March 30th. Schedules to come.
traded goals back and forth until the quarter ended just like it began, with two Toronto goals scored by Hellyer and Doyle. Garret Billings made it 7-3 for Toronto, 18 seconds into the second quarter, before Cory Vitarelli scored Rochester’s 4th goal. Toronto responded at 4:35 with Doyle’s third of the game and another by Josh Sanderson. Brad Self closed out the half for Rochester at 14:03 with the Rock still leading 9-5. Cody Jamieson then went on a scoring binge to begin the third period and spark the Knighthawks rally, netting four in a row, at 0:49, 3:13, 4:20, and 5:16. When Toronto’s defensive squad finally put
a blanket on Jamieson, Steve Keogh, Joe Walkers and Johnny Powless took over the lead role, creating a 12-9 lead out of the first half deficit. Late quarter goals by Toronto’s Billings and Knighthawks’ Joel McCready, ended the third quarter with the Knighthawks leading 13-10. The Rochester power surge continued into the 4th quarter with another string of four goals, scored by Joe Walters, Stephen Keogh, and a pair by Cory Vitarelli to make it 17-10. Toronto netted two late game goals, which were inconsequential to the outcome. Jamieson recorded another stellar night with his four goals and seven assists, for an 11-point
game, and credited the K-hawks’ coaching staff for the halftime motivational chat in the dressing room that inspired the huge second half. Following the Toronto game, the K-hawks boarded a plane to Philly to take on the Wings and came out with an 11-7 win. Six Nations Craig Point dressed for the Knighthawks and made his presence felt with four goals
and an assist, while Cody Jamieson scored once and assisted on five. That gave Jamieson five goals and 12 assists in two nights for 17 points. Rochester had control of the game right from the opening faceoff and are now 9-3 on the season. Following weekend games, the Buffalo Bandits and the Knighthawks share the top spot in the East, with the Toronto
Rock four games back followed by Philadelphia and Minnesota. In the West, the Edmonton Rush is 4.5 games ahead of the second place Calgary Roughnecks. The Colorado Mammoth is next, followed by the Vancouver Stealth. The Knighthawks are down now until March 29th when they host the visiting Edmonton Rush at 7:30pm in Rochester.
Jamieson sparks Rochester wins with 17 points in 2 games By Jim Windle
TORONTO – Powered by an 11 point outburst by Cody Jamieson, the Rochester Knighthawks slipped by the Toronto Rock, 17-12, in a comefrom-behind thriller at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Saturday night, to keep the third place Rock at bay. The next day, in Philadelphia, they moved into a first place tie with the Buffalo Bandits with an 11-7 win over the Wings. Saturday night at the ACC, there was plenty of scoring in the first period as the Rock took a 2-0 lead by the 3:22 mark with goals by Rob Hellyer and Colin Doyle. Dan Dawson cut that lead in half at 3:51 as they
SIX NATIONS CHILD WELFARE PROGRAM O GWADENI:DEO - TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN JOB POSTING POSITION: SUPPORT TEAM LEADER
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP The Support Team eaders report to and work under the direction of the
anager of Services.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE POSITION Each Support Team eader is responsible for assigning, coordinating, supervising, monitoring and evaluating a team of approximately front line staff engaged in the several processes of initial intake, response to reports that a child youth may be in need of protection, interventions with families in crisis to ensure the safety of children youth, providing support to individuals and families found eligible for Gwadeni deo services, supporting those families whose children youth are admitted to or taken into alternative care, providing support to children youth admitted into alternative care, facilitating permanency care arrangements when appropriate, and for the performance of other related duties as determined by the anager of Services. BRIEF OUTLINE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ü Ensures that children youth and their families seeking or referred by others for Gwadeni deo services are adequately interviewed and that their needs are adequately assessed and determines that a case file be opened if and as it is determined that Gwadeni deo can be of assistance either directly or through referral and coordination of services provided by other programs agencies. ü rovides day to day clinical direction and support to team members, including post intervention debriefing and support as required. ü articipates in the development of the annual budget and expenditure plan based on the identification of team support and programming requirements. ü aintains regular communications with other community based and external service providers pertinent to sharing general information, sharing ideas about effective protective interventions and service delivery and encouraging maximum coordination of program services. uali cations - The successful applicant ü ust have a minimum of a college diploma in social services worker or related field. ü ust have a minimum of years progressive experience in the field of child and family services. ü ust have a valid class G driver’s license. ü ust pass a criminal record check. ü Will be native in preference to other applicants. ü ust be willing to work flexible hours. losing ate March 31, 2014 SUBMIT RESUME WITH A COVER LETTER AND THREE REFERENCES TO THE FOLLOWING:
Six Nations star Cody Jamieson really is "all-that" and more, as he showed this past weekend. In Toronto's 17-12 win over the Toronto Rock, at the Air Canada Centre, Saturday, Jamieson scored four goals and assisted on seven for an 11-point game. The next afternoon, in Philly, he added another goal and five assists for 17 points within 24 hours. The K-hawks won 11-7 over the Wings PHOTO BY NLL
Attention: Six Nations Child Welfare Designation Hiring Committee Grand River Employment and Training P.O. Box 69, 16 Sunrise Court, Ohsweken, Ontario NOA 1MO A detailed job description is provided on GREAT website! Any questions, please call Barbara General, Special Projects Coordinator @ 226-227-2168
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SIX NATIONS CHILD WELFARE PROGRAM O GWADENI:DEO - TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN
SIX NATIONS CHILD WELFARE PROGRAM O GWADENI:DEO - TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN
JOB POSTING POSITION: ALTERNATIVE CARE RESOURCE TEAM LEADER
JOB POSTING POSITION: EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP The lternative are esource Team eader reports to and works under the direction of the Services.
anager of
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE POSITION The lternative are esource Team eader is responsible for assigning, coordinating, supervising, monitoring and evaluating a team engaged in the several processes of developing and supporting alternative care homes, the identification and monitoring evaluation of other care resources, coordinating, supervising and monitoring response to adoption disclosure inquiries, the direct supervision of approximately staff and for the performance of other related duties as determined by the anager of Services. BRIEF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: ü Ensures that applications to provide alternative care are adequately reviewed, that applicants are interviewed, that home studies are conducted and that selected applicants are invited to participate in training. ü Ensures that an lternative are Team member assists the Support Teams with the selection of an appropriate placement for a child youth in need of alternative care, with the provision of necessary information to the alternative care provider and with the development of the plan of care. ü onducts an annual review of the content of the lternative are esource Development Team ember position description and recommends any needed changes to anager of Services. ü Ensures that recruitment information packages are developed and that the need for alternative care homes is advertised through the media radio, newspaper, flyers, posters, etc. QUALIFICATIONS - The successful candidate: ust have a SW from a recogni ed school of Social Work. ust have a minimum of years progressive experience in the field of child and family services and in particular, the development of support of alternative care resources. ü ust have a valid class G driver’s license. ü ust be willing to work flexible hours. ü ust pass a criminal record check. ü ü
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP eports to and works under the direction and supervision of the
Gwadeni deo Director.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE POSITION The Executive dministrator supports the Director and anager of Services in executing her his overall responsibility for the day to day organi ation, planning, direction and operation of Gwadeni deo including policy and program development, program management and administration, service planning, community relations, supervising the receptionist and clerical support staff, and carries out any other duties that may be assigned by the Director. BRIEF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ü Supervises the receptionist and clerical staff other than the finance and personnel clerk including completion of performance appraisals and annual review and updating of the respective position descriptions. ü ssists as directed in arranging for the provision of services by legal counsel as required. ü ssists as directed in ensuring that there is on going monitoring review and evaluation of the Gwadeni deo programs in terms of quality assurance and continuous quality improvement . ü ssists as directed in establishing and maintaining regular communications with other service providers pertinent to sharing general information, sharing ideas about effective protective interventions and service delivery and encouraging maximum coordination of program services. ü Ensures the effective implementation of other duties as determined by the Director. uali cations The successful applicant ü ust have a degree in business or public administration, and a minimum of years progressively responsible administrative support experience. ü ust have a valid class G driver’s license. ü ust pass criminal record check. ü ust be willing to work flexible hours. ü Will be in native in preference to other applicants.
Closing Date: March 31, 2014 SUBMIT RESUME WITH A COVER LETTER AND THREE REFERENCES TO THE FOLLOWING:
losing ate March 31, 2014 SUBMIT RESUME WITH A COVER LETTER AND THREE REFERENCES TO THE FOLLOWING:
Attention: Six Nations Child Welfare Designation Hiring Committee Grand River Employment and Training P.O. Box 69, 16 Sunrise Court, Ohsweken, Ontario NOA 1MO A detailed job description is provided on GREAT Website! Any questions, please call Barbara General, Special Projects Coordinator @ 226-227-2168
Attention: Six Nations Child Welfare Designation Hiring Committee Grand River Employment and Training P.O. Box 69, 16 Sunrise Court, Ohsweken, Ontario NOA 1MO A detailed job description is provided on GREAT website! Any questions, please call Barbara General, Special Projects Coordinator @ 226-227-2168
SIX NATIONS CHILD WELFARE PROGRAM O GWADENI:DEO - TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN
SIX NATIONS CHILD WELFARE PROGRAM O GWADENI:DEO - TAKING CARE OF OUR OWN
JOB POSTING POSITION: MANAGER, FINANCE AND PERSONNEL
JOB POSTING POSITION: MANAGER OF SERVICES
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP The anager, inance and ersonnel reports to and works under the direction of the
Gwadeni deo Director.
PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE POSITION The anager, inance and ersonnel has responsibility for the development, implementation and updating of inancial management and personnel policies, procedures and standards, for the preparation of annual expenditure plans, for the preparation of reports as required by the Director, for the supervision of staff charged with responsibility for the components of the finance and personnel functions and for any other duties that may be assigned by the Director. BRIEF OUTLINE OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ü Sets up hart of ccounts and implements spending commitment controls. ü Ensures the establishment, implementation and ongoing maintenance of the paper and electronic financial record keeping systems required to maintain full and accurate accounting records that are in compliance with Gwadeni deo financial management policies and procedures, and the terms of funding agreements. ü Exercises direct supervisory responsibility for and Human esource lerks. ü resents monthly and year to date financials with accompanying analysis of results for the director and commissioners. ü rranges, facilitates and assists with the annual audit process. ü ssists the director in the development of a standardi ed approach to recruitment, selection appraisal of staff. ü anages the Health Safety function, including the establishment of a Health Safety ommittee. uali cations - The successful applicant ü ust have a , G or designation or a university degree with a ma or in accounting and personnel management. ü ust have a minimum of years progressively responsible experience in financial and personnel management, preferably in a social services se ng. ü ust pass a criminal record check. ü ust be willing to work flexible hours. ü Will be native in preference to other applicants.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP The anager of Services reports to and works under the direction of the
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PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE POSITION The manager of services has responsibility for assisting with the development, implementation, monitoring and updating of service delivery and care home policies and procedures, for assisting with the preparation of the annual service plan, for assisting with the preparation of reports as required by the Gwadeni deo director and board, for the supervision of the team leaders, and for any other duties that may be assigned by the director. BRIEF OUTLINE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ü ssists the Director in ensuring that staff case recording is complete and timely as per standards set out in operational policies of procedures. ü ssists the Director in ensuring that there is on going monitoring review and evaluation of the Gwadeni deo program in terms of quality assurance and continuous quality improvement . ssists the Director in the coordination of a child and youth protection activity of the highest quality. ü Exercises direct supervisory responsibility for the Support Team eaders and the are esource Development Team eader including annual and end of probation staff and position description evaluations. ü ssists the Director in ensuring full and e cient coordination between the service delivery teams. ü ssists the Director in establishing and maintaining regular communications with other service providers pertinent to sharing general information, sharing ideas about effective protective interventions and service delivery and encouraging maximum coordination of program services. ü ssists the Director with approving service expenditures within the limits of the approved annual budget and with ensuring that required ommission approval is obtained for expenditures beyond that limit. ü ssists the Director with ensuring that agreements are in place regarding any required payments for purchased services caregiver, legal, client assessment, management consulting, etc. and that payments, per agreements, are made in a timely fashion. uali cations - The successful applicant ü ust have a SW from a recogni ed school of Social Work. ü ust a minimum of years front line experience in the field of child and family services and at least year of supervisory experience. ü ust have a valid class G driver’s license. ü ust pass a criminal reference check. ü ust be willing to work flexible hours. ü Will be native in preference to other applicants.
losing ate March 31, 2014 SUBMIT RESUME WITH A COVER LETTER AND THREE REFERENCES TO THE FOLLOWING:
losing ate March 31, 2014 SUBMIT RESUME WITH A COVER LETTER AND THREE REFERENCES TO THE FOLLOWING:
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ARTS CULTURE ENTERTAINMENT Kaha:wi Dance Theatre, Artistic Director Santee Smith; Photo by Cylla Von Tiedemann
Aqsarniit joins Tafelmusik By Millie Knapp TORONTO – Sylvia Cloutier and Beatrice Deer, Inuit throat singers with Aqsarniit, and the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra performed together at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on March 11. Wen Zhao from Beijing, and Aruna Narayan Kalle from Mumbai, joined the programme to create a modern rendition of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: A Cycle of the Sun. The world musicians combined four traditional ways of making music to create something new. The performance’s concept was to use instruments played during the Baroque composer’s time. Antonio Vivaldi lived during the 18th-Century in Venice. Tafelmusik, one of the world’s top baroque orchestras, showcased Vivaldi’s seasonal music in a contemporary way with its global collaborators, Zhao, Kalle, and Aqsarniit. Zhao played the Chinese pipa, a four-stringed, pear-shaped instrument with Tafelmusik’s virtuoso violinists for the concerto Spring. Kalle appeared with the orchestra for Summer on the Indian sarangi, a bowed instrument that has been played
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in India for centuries. Greenish lights danced around the hall to resemble the northern lights as Cloutier and Deer emerged on stage in the programme’s second half. The seasons affect all of our lives in so many ways. The dim lights conveyed a notion of what it’s like to live in the Arctic with long winter nights. Cloutier and Deer are part of Aqsarniit, an Inuit performing group. Aqsarniit means northern lights in Inuktitut. They create traditional and modern forms of dance, music, and theatre inspired by their history and culture based on throat singing and drum dancing. The ensemble from across Canada’s Arctic: Nunavut and Nunavik, and from Greenland work to preserve and promote Inuit culture through performance. On stage, Cloutier drummed while they both sang. In Inuktuit, the drum is called qilautik. The drum Cloutier played is made of wood and nylon. Traditionally, drums were made out of caribou rawhide and driftwood. At centre stage, they
stopped. The lights came up as they turned to the audience. Cloutier explained how throat singing began during winter’s long dark days when women sang to pass the time and amuse themselves while the men were away hunting. Cloutier and Deer turned to face each other and grasped the other’s arms. They sang their ancient songs until they broke into laughter. The ancient practice of throat singing, or katajjaq, is like a musical game played by pairs of women. It is a performance that imitates the seasonal sounds of the environment. The songs are meant to mimic outdoor sounds like the wind, barking dogs or birds. Before each song, Cloutier explained its history as she knew it. They performed a song about birds: the Canada goose, the snow goose and the seagull. In eighteenth-century Venice, Vivaldi experimented by imitating storms, bird songs, and other sounds that described life in the Italian countryside. The publication of The Four Seasons’
four sonnets in 1725 presented the story of each concerto. Poem lines were inserted over appropriate music measures to help performers note the effects they should be imitating. For another song, Cloutier and Deer sang about cooking food and Cloutier hoped the audience wouldn’t get hungry while they sang. Cloutier played with the audience using amma, one of the sounds she sings during the performance. She instructed one side of the George Weston Recital Hall audience to sing amma and then she instructed the other to start. Each side competed with the other until all broke into laughter. Cloutier mentioned, “We don’t know how old our songs are.” The Inuit didn’t record time so she explained that they can’t know how old their traditions and songs are. A song like Poor Little Dog is “so old that we don’t even know how old it is.” All the musicians came together on stage for the grand finale Winter orchestrated by Mychael Danna, the Canadian
film composer who wrote the Oscar-winning 2013 score for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. Danna’s film credits are lengthy including Capote, Little Miss Sunshine, Being Julia, and Girl, Interrupted. Cloutier worked with Tafelmusik 12 years ago on its first performance of Four Seasons in 2002. She worked with Danna to create a new version of Winter by incorporating Inuit throat singing into Vivaldi’s work. Throat singing was the last piece added to the series of concertos. In 2005, Media Headquarters, a Toronto film company, travelled with the musicians back to Nunavut, India, and China to record reunions with their mentors. The Four Seasons Mosaic documentary highlights the teacher/student relationships. Cloutier and Deer are from Nunavik which is the homeland of the Inuit in northern Quebec where music, song, and dance reflect the Inuit way of life. Cloutier’s explanation to the Toronto Centre’s audience of how Inuit mothers, sisters, and aunts taught each other and sang together illus-
trates ways traditions are passed on. Today, teacher and friend, Evie Mark, taught Deer to sing. Deer grew up in Quaqtaq where Inuktitut is the main language. She started practicing throat singing 12 years ago. She first performed in 2010. An accomplished singer and songwriter, she has released several albums. Deer first sang with Cloutier and Aqsarniit four years ago. They sing together when the timing is right. They both perform with other throat singers. Cloutier produced a show Tulugak or Raven Legends in which Deer sang in Nuuk, Greenland. Cloutier and Deer wore boots or kamiks on stage. Deer’s were made by her aunt, Louisa Kulula. The boots are made with sealskin from Quaqtaq. A seamstress, Deer fashioned the top she wore on stage. She takes traditional styles and adds contemporary flares. Deer, 31, has lived in Montreal for more than 6 years now where she performs with the Beatrice Deer Band. She has a 14-year-old daughter and a 12-year-old son. The multi-talented Cloutier is the daughter of Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier, nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Cloutier has travelled the world as a throat singer and drum dancer. She is an arts administrator, director, actor, writer, and TV producer. There was a standing ovation for the March 11th Tafelmusik performance directed by Jeanne Lamon. Got a Story? Email millie.tworowtimes@gmail. com about Arts & Culture events in Toronto.
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FOOD & RESTAURANTS FROM THE CITY TO THE LAND: A COOK'S JOURNEY
Corn After the Harvest By Joe Farrell This past weekend the Woodland Cultural Centre hosted a workshop on preparing corn for bread and soup at the Ohsweken community hall. The 15 participants were taught a great deal about the many things you can do with corn after it is harvested. We learned how to lye the corn, grind flour for bread, make the bread, how to use derivatives of each preparation and how to make corn husk dolls. The incredibly knowledgeable Bonnie Skye, whose corn products can be found all over
Six Nations, facilitated the event. The wisdom, teachings, and passion of multiple generations of family were brought forward though Bonnie’s humble words and explanations to those in the room. The workshop experience was enhanced with the help from one of Bonnie’s daughters. Their love for one another and their desire to share the knowledge of those who have come before them enriched the collective learning experience of those in attendance. Having worked in many professional kitchens I have been introduced to some incredible
foods that are not always accessible due to rarity, cost, and or technique needed for preparation. The most basic staple foods are sometimes overlooked and their potential not fully explored. By participating in the workshop, my appreciation for the time, energy and love that goes into bringing corn to the table has been deepened. I have a newfound appreciation and respect for the corn plant that is one of the three sisters. After being in the presence of so many wonderful minds, I feel inspired and obliged to continue to take part in
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White Corn Polenta Ingredients: • 1 cup coarse ground corn (regular cornmeal will work as well) • 4 cups water • 1 cup grated hard cheese (I prefer pecorino romano) • 4 Tbsp unsalted butter • salt Method: Season your water generously and bring to the boil, turn off heat, whisk in ground corn or cornmeal, turn heat back on to high, bring back to the boil and cover, cook on medium heat for 15 minutes. The purpose of this is to form a golden brown crust on the bottom of the pot so as to give the polenta a nutty, toasted flavour. Turn heat down to low and cook for at least 45 minutes adding more water if needed. When you have reached your desired consistency (I prefer mine like mashed potatoes), stir in butter and cheese right before serving. If you have any left, spread it on a baking tray, chill it and fry sliced pieces the next day.
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BUSINESS G & M Sportswear has anything you need By Jen Mt. Pleasant Owner and founder of G&M Sportswear, Marilyn Frank (nee VanEvery) first opened her doors in October of 1995. Located at 583 Mohawk Road, between First and Second Line, G&M Sportswear has anything you need: from work wear, work boots, to team shirts, team shorts and embroidery and digitizing items. Digitizing items include various logos, which can be put on such products as memory sticks. G&M Sportswear is tax-free and has a lot of clothing items and footwear you can find at bigger chain stores like Mark’s Work Warehouse. Open for 19 years now, G&M Sportswear has customers from all over, from as far East as Quebec and as far south as Wisconsin. Asked what she sells the most, Frank explained, “Mostly promotional items, such as bracelets, key chains, water bottles, embroidered scarves, things like that.” Frank does her own sewing of some items and also has her own embroidery machine right in her store.
She has done a lot of promotional items for the Oneida Nation Museum in Wisconsin, ‘mostly toques, hats, scarves and golf shirts,’ said Frank. Frank also sews for custom orders. “No order is too big or too small,” explained Frank. You can also find her at Pow Wows, and some sporting events. Frank spoke a bit of why she decided to own her own business. “It was really my mom’s dream,” said Frank, “but she passed away four months before the store opened.” Despite this tragedy, Frank persevered and opened the store in honour of her mom and has worked extremely hard admitting, “It’s been a struggle ever since,” in keeping the store open while having suffered numerous other losses since then. “Some people get consumed in negative things like drugs or alcohol as a means to cope with the loss of a loved one,” explained Frank, “but I got consumed in sewing. It’s all I did after my mom and brothers passed away.” Yet Frank stayed determined to keep her business open
and was proud to say she now has her loan paid off, even if it meant, ‘coming in at 6 am and not leaving the shop until 10 pm.’ When G&M Sportswear first opened back in 1995, Frank went from sewing tank tops, t-shirts, baby outfits and eventually graduated to embroidering such items as hats and baby blankets. “People would come in and want to have their baby embroidered blankets with the babies name and birth weight, so that was a big selling item,” said Frank. G&M’s is located at 583 Mohawk Road and you can also reach them for more information at 519-445-0215.
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At Steadman Community Hospice, Brantford on March 14, 2014 Dayna “Jamieson” Hill age 63 years, mother of Jason Hill, & Angele & Ryan McNeil, grandmother of Everley, Jaxen & Spencer McNeil, daughter of the late Robert & Berenice Jamieson, sister of Mark, Kim & Vickie, Lauren & Grant Tinney, Jim & the late Lynne Bradley, Patricia Jamieson, & Lyle Jamieson also will be greatly missed by her nieces & nephews. A Memorial Service was held at the Grand River United Church, Six Nations on Monday March 17 at 3pm. Burial of cremated remains to follow. As an expression of your sympathy donations may be made to the Steadman Community Hospice. www.rhbanderson.com
On behalf of myself and my family, I’d like to say a big Nya:weh/Miigwetch/ Thank You to everyone who attended the Graduation Round Dance on Sat. Feb. 15th. We worked hard to fundraise and bring this ceremony to Six Nations for the first time. I’d like to acknowledge the following people for their time, cooking, knowledge and guidance, songs, and donations: Vydel & Gordon Sands, Ascension Harjo, Gary Parker, Gabe Gaudet, Matt Isaac, Elijah Stevens and all singers who came; Ganohkwasra, Deb & Joe, Jodi Powless, Naomi Recollet, Sara Loft, Mom Joanne, Uncle Mark & Family, Aunt Jackie & Family, Shayz-Tinz Smoke Shop, KT Tobacco, Jamieson Racing, Community Donation Fund, Red Eye Supply, Weken Electronics and Aileen Joseph; My Dad, Aunt Betty, Aunt NancyB, Kole, Foodland Hagersville and Family Traditions; And lastly my family for supporting me and helping to make the round dance a success. It was an amazing time and I’m so grateful to have been able to give back to the people and community for their support during my educational accomplishments.
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GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Seeing a happy couple together inspires thoughts of a romantic nature, Gemini. Consider taking a budding relationship to a new level.
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LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Love, romance and marriage are on your mind, Leo. Work on strengthening an existing relationship or heighten your efforts to find a special someone.
VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you may have an unexpected visitor to contend with this week. This could mean a complete overhaul of your schedule and living space. It’s time to get to work.
LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Your mindset is intense this week, Libra. Others will find it very difficult to change your opinion on certain things, but that does not mean you should not listen to their ideas.
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