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Six Nations Job Fair a GREAT success for many By Jim Windle
OHSWEKEN – Last Friday the Six Nations Community Hall became a meeting place for people looking for work and those with career and job openings. The Grand River Employment and Training (GREAT) Job Fair attracted 43 employers with a wide array of opportunities for job hunters on Six Nations and surrounding areas to look into. Some of the businesses present were CHCH TV, Jukasa Radio, CKRZ Radio, law enforcement, correctional facilities, and more. “It started at 11 [in the morning] and over 65 people come through many with resumes in hand,” says event co-ordinator Cathy Smith. The flow of people was steady throughout the day as people wandered
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through the rows of employers, each looking for fresh faces to fill vacancies or expand their current staff. “There is a wide diversity of ages and skills represent here,” Smith said. “It’s not just trades but services as well.” Smith had a very detailed pamphlet printed that walked a visitor through the steps in making contact with various employers when they arrived at the job fair. Included was a step-by-step guide on how to make the
best of a job interview, hints on how to make that all important first impression, note taking and following up. There was even a resume workshop on site to help interested job hunters put their best foot forward when seeking employment. Iris Wright, explains that this job fair in particular was unlike others in that it was designed to bring employer ready job seekers and employment opportunities together. GREAT’s mandate is to
get job seekers ready to begin their job search in any one of several fields of endeavor, but Wright explained why this fair was oriented differently. “We wanted to take a step further,” she says. “It’s taken a long time but we are at a place in time where we have a large pool of people who are job ready, so we thought, why not bring them together in one place with a number of employers, hopefully to speed up the process of finding a job.” One of the programs GREAT offers is for anyone living in Ontario, native or non, with some form of government funding is also eligible to enter any of the GREAT programs they offer. The success of Friday’s fair shows Wright that this kind of meeting place is something that will be done more often.
One thing that became clear during Friday's GREAT Job Fair was the improving job opportunities available to job seekers in the Six Nations area. Forty-three potential employers took part in the Job Fair, most of whom were seeking immediate help. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE Among those receiving information of job readiness was Carmen Thomas who was there gathering information from potential employees to assess any further needs within the community that could help with the employment rate. The target age group for his survey was ages 16 to 30.
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Fentanyl laced cocaine suspected in death and overdose By TRT Staff OHSWEKEN – Six Nations Police responded to two calls at a Fourth Line residence last Wednesday, to find a 39 year-old man deceased at noon, and later a 33 year-old man unconscious at 6 p.m. at the same residence. Both are believed to have been affected by drug overdoses from cocaine laced with fentanyl. Fentanyl is an odourless and tasteless drug
commonly used in issued amounts by doctors for patients in severe pain – fentanyl is up to 100 times stronger than other opioids including morphine. A mere two milligrams of the drug can be a lethal dose and overdose symptoms include: sleepiness, trouble breathing, no recognition of pain, and under speculation these symptoms could be worse when mixed with other opioids. The results of the
scheduled autopsy for the 39 year-old on Thursday, February 9, has yet to be released. But Police learned that the deceased had been ingesting cocaine and drinking until the early morning of Wednesday, and was later found lying on the floor by residents. Residents believed he was sleeping, but later found him unresponsive and called 911. Police say that the 33 year-old found some remaining white substance
– believed to be the same substance his friend had taken – and ingested it, only to convulse and collapse minutes later. Paramedics then injected him with naloxone (antidote to fentanyl) lto treat his overdose, and when he regained consciousness he was sent to the hospital. Since trafficked drugs are not monitored, emergency responders within Six Nations are now carrying opioid antidotes.
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@ Six Nations Commmunity Hall One of the greatest risks to Six Nations is the loss of a community member to drugs. We cannot expect to go unharmed when this drug is so harmful. Drugs in the hands of innocent people is an even greater loss to the community. You could be in an environment where Fentanyl has been used or in the presence of a person who has used. Precautions need to be taken. We cannot take substance use lightly and the Addiction Services Program cannot do this alone. The whole community needs to help put a stop to substance abuse. Call New Directions Group for more information 519-445-2947
In the past two years Brantford Police suspected fentanyl overdoses in four deaths in August of 2015, while on October 16, 2016, the Ottawa Police found fentanyl mixed in seized cocaine, and Delta Police issued a warning after two people were treated in hospital for inadvertently overdosing on fentanyl laced
cocaine last December. In many cases, misuse of unregulated fentanyl can be fatal. Anyone with any information about either of these incidents – especially the origin of the suspected cocaine – is asked to contact the Six Nations Police Service at 519-445-4191.
Fentanyl is a powerful opiod that can cause death if misused.
Brightening the Spirit-Breaking the Silence Suicide Awareness Committee is sponsoring a series of weekly sharing sessions entitled …
‘Creative Pathways to Healing from Loss & Grief of Suicide’. Weekly sessions are focused on healing strategies to help one recover, regain, or restore their well-being and quality of life. Weekly sharing sessions run for five (5) consecutive weeks, with culturally relevant workshops added to enhance individual coping skills.
Dates: Monday evenings starting February 27th and ending on April 10,2017. Time: 7 – 9 PM Do you know what’s in your drugs?
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Fentanyl: 50 to 100 times more toxic than morphine By TRT staff SIX NATIONS – Fentanyl is a synthetic opiate narcotic most commonly prescribed to cancer patients in a lot of pain and was designed for a specific purpose. For the past number of years Ontario has seen a rise in fentanyl related injuries and deaths. It is a drug that is very difficult to see, smell or taste, and other drugs can be easily ‘cut’ with fentanyl, in powder, pill, or liquid form. When a drug has been cut with something else it means that another substance has been added to make the volume higher, so more of the product can be sold or distributed. More-or-less, cutting is another way to say ‘filler’ has been added. When an individual is prescribed fentanyl it is often administered intravenously and only to patients in extreme pain who have a tolerance for
opiate use. Heroin, cocaine, oxycodone, and other drugs can all be cut with other narcotics like fentanyl. When a drug user attains their drug of choice, there is a possibility that the drug has been cut with fentanyl. Making the already dangerous drug ever more threatening. Not knowing what may or may not be inside and since cutting is often not a monitored process, an overdose is likely. A fentanyl high is very similar to heroin, providing: reduced feelings of pain, euphoria, and relaxation. Drugabuse.com states that those seeking the effects previously mentioned will often abuse fentanyl by taking it without a prescription. Using high doses, or mixing it with other drugs can turn all of these situations fatal. Side effects of the drug include: nausea, vomiting, constipation, altered heart rate, slowed
Male teen arrested and charged for arson By TRT Staff HALDIMAND — OPP have charged a male youth with arson after a fire in a shipping container in Haldimand County. The fire broke out along Highway 6 on Friday. Haldimand County Fire Services quickly extinguished the fire and confirmed there were no injuries. A male youth was lo-
cated near the scene and arrested by police. OPP continue to investigate the involvement of a second male youth. Police determined the youth was also responsible for additional acts of arson in the area dating back to November 2016. His identity is protected under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He will appear in court to face the charges at a later date.
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breathing rate, confusion, hallucinations, weakness, sweating, itchy skin, seizures and constricted pupils. Taking an excess amount of fentanyl can lead to a life-threatening overdose. Signs of an overdose include: difficulty swallowing, extreme fatigue, dizziness and fainting, difficulty breathing, cardiac arrest, non-responsiveness, and severe confusion. The likelihood of a drug overdose varies between individuals. Different factors like age, weight, previous drug use, opioid tolerance levels, and more are all factors in the chances of an overdose. Unmonitored recreational drug use can lead to overdoses, dependencies, and death. The safest option is for an individual to follow the directions prescribed by doctor.
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Tom Porter, Elder Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community WHAT IS TRADITION? Cultural Workshop What does it mean for your future? What does it mean to you?
February 22, 2017 10 am – 3pm (lunch included) Six Nations Community Hall, Ohsweken, ON Open to community members who are unsure of their career direction with a focus on youth Must pre–register; space is limited Please call GREAT @ 519.445.2222 Ext. 3112 or marjorie@greatsn.com
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Justice Murray Sinclair, leading the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, challenged Canada and Canadians with 94 calls to action in efforts to foster reconciliation with the thousands of survivors and victims of colonization. “We have described for you a mountain. We have shown you the path to the top. We call upon you to do the climbing,” he said after the commission published the report in December 2015. Time has passed yet not much seems changed. We’ve heard the word reconciliation with our ears but rarely do we feel it in our hearts. Where is reconciliation when we are asserting our rights? Where is reconciliation when we need it the most? To be fair sometimes we have found it when we weren't even looking for it. There has always been those super chill people who “get it” and who have always “gotten it” and whose children will most definitely “have it” — they know their identity. You’ve run across them, they are the guys who are so familiar with the tax exemption process they fill out all the forms for you and all you have to do is sign. These sophisticated European-Canadians are what we can call the illuminated. They know their history; they know their place and are the ones that may “ruin the fun” with their "political correctness" when you and your buddies just want to go to the game dressed in face paint and feathers. I can personally think of many Canadians who have treated me with equality and respect for my true nationality, and that was before all this reconciliation business. And to all of you, nia weh, thank you. On the other side of the fence is Grand Emperor Trump and his precious little knowledge about major events that happened in the past.
Trump had the audacity to say that today’s “Indians” are not the same “Indians” like Sitting Bull and Crazyhorse were, as if he gets to judge the quality of our indigeneity. That is that privileged ignorance gone wild. That attitude is what we are fighting against. So that's why it takes a Federal judge to step in to stand up against these powerful types of bullies — because who else could do it? The Queen? The Pope? God? Good Justice Murray had to come in and say, ‘Listen up Canada, you are at fault and to make things right here are 94 steps that need to be taken’. First on the agenda is recognizing that the Canadian education system has been wrong. This is how it was in 2015: – Only 69 per cent of secondary and 39 per cent of elementary schools offer Aboriginal education opportunities. – Though 96 per cent of Ontario secondary schools and 92 per cent of elementary schools have FNMI (First Nations, Metis, Indigenous) students enrolled, only 31 per cent of secondary and 13 per cent of elementary schools offer cultural support programs. It’s not just a problem with student programs, funding and curriculum either; there’s a fundamental problem with some Canadian teachers not willing to change or not having the proper resources to empower themselves. – Despite an identified gap in teachers’ knowledge and confidence teaching First Nations, Métis and Inuit subject matter, only 29 per cent of elementary schools and 47 per cent of secondary schools offer professional development on aboriginal issues. These actions are a necessary first step to set the stage for something big. We have been spending millions at yours stores, so shopping at Six Nations businesses would really help to foster reconcilation too.
Bullied A poem by Brandi Jonathan
You can hit me, you can hurt me You can call me nasty names and such But why would you do those mean things When you don’t even know me very much? The worthlessness and the self-doubt Why does everyone hate me so much? I’m reminded everyday, my skin is fair and my eyes are blue. I’m sorry I’m so different because I don’t look like you I only want to fit in and just feel like I belong. I just want to make some new friends How can that be so wrong? You think you’re better then everyone… just because of your dad… Stupid little white girl…this ain’t your home Why don’t you just go back to where you came from? Everyday I wished I couId, just like those kids had said I didn’t feel like I belonged, if only I could just leave instead I started to believe those nasty words And I didn’t even really know why I guess over time, I started to believe they were right I didn’t fit in, this wasn’t my home and now this girl, she wants fight I didn’t want to but I was so full of anger — just bring it on The way you’re treating me is wrong! I grew very angry and resentful especially towards my own kind I became hateful and mean just like them A nasty web I just couldn’t seem to unwind I hate myself, I hate myself but I hated the other kids even more If I could die my hair and change my skin I could finally feel like I fit in a little more I felt myself changing deep down inside And I really didn’t understand why Yes, those words cut me like a knife All I really wanted — was to just die All this bullying — it killed my spirit It killed any of the kindness I had inside I hated this world, just like I did those kids Who just couldn’t accept my blue-eyes… The constant bullying had taken its toll I learned to hate others and loss control I learned to fight among other things I became a bully for the protection it brings.
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I look back now and it was the worst time ever. To hate everyone and feel like being alone forever. Are you all happy now and scared of me? Because if you not, you certainly should be I would kick your ass Cause I didn’t care anymore You killed my spirit, right to the core Kids were really mean then And perhaps still today But think of these words And what I’m about to say People who bully are hurting inside They have low self-esteem and are trying to hide. Hide the feelings of their own hurt and pain. Perhaps even like me and the feelings of shame Trust me I know I lived this way a long time I couldn’t accept myself due to others’ and this vicious crime I know it’s wrong, I’ve been on both sides The victim, the bully, so confused inside The hurt and the pain seemed too much to bare. Along with feeling like nobody cared I was never alone, I just couldn’t see it then I should’ve ask for help But I couldn’t way back when When you’re afraid of being hurt You don’t let others in You keep everyone away, far away Afraid of being hurt again Don’t be like me It was such a lonely place to be I am healing now — and I have a long way to go. But I am stronger because now I know. It is not wrong to be different For the Creator made it that way I am a beautiful, strong person And I am thankful for each and everyday I wanted to share this story Because if you can relate There is help out there, like there was for me. And don’t ever, ever think it’s too late
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The Canadian Invasion of Haudenosaunee Territory By Grace Li Xiu Woo Charles Stewart, the new Superintendent of Indian Affairs under the MacKenzie King administration, does not seem to have understood the political complexity of the office he was charged with at first. What happened next illustrates the illusory nature of representative government in Canada at the time, as well as the need for a neutral arbiter when there is a serious power imbalance between the parties. On December 4, 1922, Stewart, accompanied by Scott, travelled to Brantford to negotiate the appointment of a tribunal to settle Canada's differences with the Six Nations. After meeting all day at the local YMCA the Department of Indian Affairs made an offer to negotiate their differences with the 'Six Nations'. Haudenosaunee law and custom requires ratification of important decisions by the people and, after discussing what had been offered, the Confederacy council decided to accept. They also appointed seven
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constables to co-operate with Ontario police on the question of liquor control, which had been a topic of concern at the Brantford meeting. However, before they could send in their letter confirming acceptance of the terms Canada had offered, their Grand River territory was subjected to a three-day raid by the newly created Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The RCMP were accompanied by Inland Revenue Officers and claimed to be looking for illicit alcohol. The home of Deskaheh, who was characterized by Canadian authorities as the main troublemaker, was searched although he was a notorious tea-totaler. All that was found on the whole reserve was one still (which may have been planted), a small bottle of moonshine and some mash and, despite rumours inspired by popular stories of Indian wars, the only shots that were fired were those of the police. There are no records to show who gave the order for this raid that undermined Stewart's pub-
lic efforts; but the RCMP, whose future was in question, were looking for a role for themselves and they were routinely forwarding reports on the Six Nations to Scott.
The Haudenosaunee Quest for Intervention by the League of Nations Though the Haudenosaunee had some awareness of Canada's internal confusion over who was in control, they did not consider it their business and, as their previous appeals to British authorities had demonstrated, they had no means of addressing it in any event. However, Canada had just been accorded a seat at the League of Nations, having overcome exclusion from the International Labour Organization which had initially proposed that 'No member, together with its Dominions and Colonies, whether self-governing or not, shall be entitled to nominate more than one member'. In the wake of World War I, international relations were closely followed by the Canadian
public and developments received detailed coverage on the front page of the Brantford Expositor. The Haudenosaunee expected the new institutions to be functional. They responded to Canada's invasive action by addressing a petition to the Queen of the Netherlands, delivered within days to the Dutch Chargé d'Affaires in Washington D.C. They were already familiar with the League's rules. They knew they needed a sponsor in order to appeal to the League. The Netherlands was the first European power with which they had established diplomatic relations back in the early 1600s and HA van Karnebeek, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, had been President of the League Assembly in 1921. Their petition stated that the 'Six Nations' were an 'organized self-governing people' in need of protection from 'this aggression of our Canadian neighbours'. Both the Haudenosaunee and the Netherlands appear to have interpreted the wording of the League of Nations' Cov-
The media (even some native media) describe us as ‘Native Canadian’ or ‘Canadian First Nations’. We are neither. This Canadian adjective can cause confusion, but can be explained using treaties. Treaties can only be made between nations. Native vs. Canadian disagreements are not ‘domestic’, rather, they are international. Native nations in North America have a solid claim to nationhood as we meet the five criteria for nationhood status: 1. Belief 2. Culture 3. Government 4. Land base 5. Language. Multiculturalism does not facilitate a (1.) common belief nor does it represent a (2.) common culture. The Crown is formally the head of the
Canadian State, therefore Canada is not a (3.) sovereign nation. The land base occupied by Canada is located on (4.) Native lands. Finally, Canada tried to eradicate our (5.) Indigenous languages through their residential school system all while knowing that there is no ‘Canadian’ language. Since before Confederation, Canada has continuously tried to forcibly assimilate Native people into their forged ‘mainstream Canadian’ society. Sir John A. MacDonald stated in 1879: “When the school is on the reserve, the child lives with its parents, who are savages, and though he may learn to read and write, his habits and training mode of thought are Indian. He is simply a savage who can read and write. It has been strongly impressed
upon myself, as head of the Department, that Indian children should be withdrawn as much as possible from the parental influence, and the only way to do that would be to put them in central training industrial schools where they will acquire the habits and modes of thought of white men.” In 1907 Dr. Peter Bryce released a report on residential schools that detailed the unbelievably high number of deaths and called the system ‘a national disgrace’. In 1920 Duncan Campbell Scott said: “I want to get rid of the Indian problem. Our object is to continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada that has not been absorbed. They are a weird and waning race…ready to break out CONTINUED ON PAGE 12
ment when the Haudenosaunee were trying to defend their autonomy, Mackenzie King was involved in his own quest for Canadian self-determination, attempting to wrest permission from Britain to sign the Halibut Treaty with the United States. Though Britain continued to be very much involved in Canadian diplomatic negotiations, a precedent was finally set on March 23, 1923 when this treaty took effect without Britain's signature. That very same month Canada, on advice from the department of Indian Affairs, turned the screws a notch tighter on the Haudenosaunee by unilaterally appointing Colonel Andrew C. Thompson as a one-man commission to investigate the complaints that the Haudenosaunee had been making so insistently against Dominion interference with their business. This, after months, years even, spent attempting to establish a neutral and mutually acceptable arbitration panel. As far as the CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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enant literally, expecting the new organization to resolve the issues involved openly and in accord with the principles of international law. Canada's reaction was scattered and contradictory in keeping with the ambiguity of its status at the time. As a 'dominion' the country was still a colony according to British law. Though it had won a seat at the I.L.O. and the League of Nations, it did not have its own diplomatic representation in other states, not even in Washington D.C. and despite the prominent role of Canadian men and resources in World War I, Canada did not have the right to sign the Treaty of Versailles that ended the war. As leader of the Liberal Party, Prime Minister Mackenzie King was attempting to maintain a delicate political balance between Ontario Tories who were proud of their Imperial ties and a general wariness, especially in Quebec, about being dragged into Britain's over-seas conflicts. At the particular mo-
By Thohahoken True colours begin to shine through Last week, Justin Trudeau’s government tried to stop Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba from issuing a ruling promised for February 15, 2017 on the liability of Canada for Ontario Indigenous children’s loss of cultural identity during the Sixties Scoop. The Sixties Scoop era from 1965 to1984 placed 16,000 indigenous children from Indian-reserves in Settler foster homes. Plaintiffs in the $1.3 billion lawsuit claims that the Settler government’s foster care policy harmed children’s identity. In response, the federal Justice Department letter last week to Justice Belo-
baba said Canada “would like to address the timing of the release of your decision on the summary judgment motion, given the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada’s stated intent to launch negotiations towards an agreement in principle to all Sixties Scoop litigation and the potential benefits to the negotiations that an abeyance of your decision might have.” The Trudeau government’s Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett Carolyn offered to negotiate an out-of-court settlement process for the Sixties Scoop she called a “dark and painful” chapter in Canada’s history. In other words, please don’t throw the colour-oflaw at something Canada can keep hidden in the dark — as painful as that chapter might be in the history of Canada’s treatment of indigenous children. In December 2016
Trudeau’s government claimed that determinants of aboriginal culture or identity were too vague to render any protection obligation on the part of Canada legally enforceable. Canada admitted in government arguments that at-risk children likely suffered harm from loss of their indigenous identities. However, the government argued against their complicity in harming children’s identity because it had no “duty of care” toward indigenous children. Provincial confidentiality provisions prevented disclosure of the identities of a child’s biological parents who were usually Status Indians under federal authority. In the context of the Sixties Scoop legal and social norms were still evolving and that the consequences of “transracial” adoptions CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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Canadian invasion continued from page 7 Haudenosaunee application at the League was concerned, Mackenzie King was content to let Britain flex its muscles on Canada's behalf. Despite his on-going struggle to establish Dominion autonomy, Canada was, after all, still a part of the British Empire. The Foreign Office in London pressured the Netherlands to discourage
presentation of the Six Nation's petition. With Sir Eric Drummond, a British diplomat, serving as the League's Secretary General, procedural formalities were improvised. Ignoring the right to file a writ, which had long been a long-established part of the British system of justice, Drummond insisted that Canada should have the right to reply before the
Haudenosaunee complaint was formally registered. At that time Mackenzie King was attempting to handle international matters on his own and he thought so little of External Affairs that staff inherited from the previous Conservative administration was still in place. The task of drafting Canada's response fell to Sir Joseph Pope, described as
a 'thorough-going colonial with no use for equality of status and such like nonsense' (Stacey, 1981, p 6). Needless to say, Pope's principal adviser was Duncan Campbell Scott. His indignant response created such a diplomatic embarrassment that the Netherlands decided to withdraw from the situation despite its belief in the merits of a formal legal treatment of the issues. The Haudenosaunee were not even given a copy of
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Canada's reply. They had to rely on unofficial communications to keep track of the progress of their case. With the Netherlands removed from the scene, the League's secretariat hoped that no country would ask to place the 'Six Nations' appeal on the agenda. However, Deskaheh and Decker soon arrived in Geneva to file a formal request for League membership. Since the secretariat would not accept their petition, they
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circulated copies under the title The Redman's Appeal for Justice to all of the members. Many states were annoyed by Canada's attempt to delete Article 10 from the League's Covenant requiring members to protect each other from external aggression and this may have inspired the support the Haudenosaunee eventually received. On September 27, 1923, delegates representing Estonia, Ireland, Panama and Persia signed a letter asking for communication of the Six Nations' petition to the League's assembly. When informed that the matter could not be dealt with because the assembly's session was almost over, the Persian delegate sent a telegram asking for consideration by the League's council. This time the request was rejected on the grounds that there was no Canadian delegate present and the matter was put over for another year on the basis of arguments put forward, not by the members, but rather by the British dominated administration. Britain used the break to bring diplomatic pressure to bear on the countries that had supported the Six Nations. One by one over the following months their governments devised excuses, suggesting that their representatives at the League had acted without proper instructions.
The Deposition of the Haudenosaunee Government Back in Canada, the final steps needed to depose the traditional government of the Six Nations Haudenosaunee were quietly and carefully put into place. Duncan Campbell Scott prepared a response to The Redman's Appeal for Justice even though it had never been formally accepted at the League. In February 1924, the secretariat distributed Scott's defence of Canada's policies to the members of the League's council, despite the fact that filing of the petition it was responding to had never been allowed. Once again a copy was not sent to the Six Nations themselves and they were given no opportunity to reply to the official critique of their unregistered complaints. Back at Grand River, the Haudenosaunee continued with business as usual. There is no indication that they knew the end was near. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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Canadian invasion continued from page 8 In August 1924, the report of the 'Thompson Commission', which had been boycotted by most of the people on the reserve, was released to the Canadian public with its recommendations in favour of the department of Indian Affairs. A bewildered RCMP. was asked to provide reinforcements to police the Six Nations at this time; but their reports indicate that everything was 'quiet and orderly' as usual. Despite the Confederacy's indignant protests over this unauthorized police presence, they do not seem to have realized what was about to occur. Prime Minister Mackenzie King and Governor-General Lord Byng of Vimy had quietly signed Order in Council dated September 17, 1924 mandating the replacement of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council with a band council elected under Canada's Indian Act. The local Indian Agent kept the order under wraps at first, but when the Haudenosaunee Council learned of it, they cabled Deskaheh in Geneva in alarm. The League received a copy of the telegram, but did nothing. Scott was free to proceed with his plan. On 21 October 1924, the very same day that ratifications of the Halibut Treaty were exchanged, Canada's Department of Indian Affairs proceeded to hold elections on the Six Nations reserve. The event was boycotted by the majority of the people on the electoral list. Only 26 ballots were cast. The traditional council had more than 30 regular members and though it continued to meet, it was unable to conduct business as usual because Canada had control of their trust funds. With no access to the money needed to pay for road tenders, school repairs and other community business, management was wrested from their hands and placed under Canada's control. And though the Six Nations people continue their protest in various ways to this day their dispute with Canada has never been resolved. The majority of the people continue to boycott both band council and Canadian elections. Traditionalists continue to insist that they are independent. And Canada has never paid compensation for unauthorized investments made with Six
Nations trust funds, though even Colonel Thompson acknowledged that there had been injustice on this count. And so, it was that the first steps in the decolonization of Canada were accompanied by the final colonization of the Haudenosaunee people. It was not until 1931 with the Statute of Westminster that Canada and the other dominions achieved parity with Britain in the British Empire — a level of independence somewhat inferior to that claimed by the Haudenosaunee in relation to Britain throughout the post-contact centuries.
And though the Six Nations had a defined territory, a population, a government and a proven, centuries-old history of diplomatic relations with other nations, it was another decade before the nature of a state was defined in international law. By then the department of Indian Affairs was able to point comfortably at its self-imposed band council to claim that the traditional Haudenosaunee Confederacy council, which still continued to meet, did not represent the Six Nations people.
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McMaster University invites applications for the Director of the McMaster Indigenous Research Institute (MIRI). The institute was officially launched on 1 July 2016 (*details are available in Note 1). The Director will have an interna-tionally distinguished program of research and teaching record in any area of Indigenous Research. S/he will be ap-pointed (tenure track or tenured) at the Associate Professor or Professor level to one or more of the six faculties at McMaster University (DeGroote School of Business, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Social Sciences). The appointment as Director will be for a five year, re-newable term. The Director is expected to raise awareness, attract substantial research support, educate and advance Indigenous research methodologies. S/he will emphasize and support community capacity building and research priorities, pro-mote and foster innovation, collaboration and partnership, enhance existing research infrastructure at McMaster and build sustainable Indigenous research infrastructure. S/he will also be very active in the recruitment, mentorship and training of undergraduates, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, and work to build greater research capacity and strength in Indigenous research across all faculties at McMaster University - * Terms of Reference are availa-ble in Note 2. McMaster has a geographic proximity to Six Nations of the Grand River, the largest First Nation in Canada, along with a quarter century of collaborative work developing Indigenous educational and research programs. President Patrick Deane’s principles and priorities articulated in his “Forward with Integrity” open letter (*Note 3) to the Universi-ty community include: cultivating human potential; adopting a multi-disciplinary perspective; and engaging our local, national, and international communities. Furthermore, he has given our researchers the mandate to “build on the work that has already begun to strengthen and support Indigenous learners and Indigenous scholarship”. Additionally, McMaster University is ranked in the top 100 of both the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Academic Rank-ing of World Universities and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. A medium-sized university, it nonetheless has the sixth-largest research income in Canada. It has a large, attractive campus, the interior of which is open only to pedestrians and cyclists, and is at the western end of Lake Ontario. The University is minutes from downtown Hamilton and the activities that a major city has to offer. Hamilton has been ranked among the top cities in Canada to do business and to invest. McMaster University has a strong commitment to achieving diversity among faculty and staff that reflects the multi-cultural makeup of our student body. The successful candidate will be committed to inclusion and excellence and the Search Committee is especially interested in candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching and/or service, to the diversity of the academic community. Women and applicants from traditionally underrepre-sented populations are strongly encouraged to apply. Gender diversity is being addressed at McMaster University through our policies and actions. One recent action in this area was the completion of a gender pay equity study and a resultant base salary adjustment applied to all female faculty members in July 2015. Faculty members at McMaster University enjoy a number of both personal and professional benefits. University employees are offered an excellent benefits package which includes, but is not limited to, extended health care benefits, dental care, group life, long term disability, worldwide travel assistance, and retirement plan. Progressive policies are in place to assist faculty men and women who become parents or are needed to care for family members. Applications must consist of a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a research dossier that includes a statement of research interests and plans, and a teaching dossier that includes a teaching philosophy and evidence of teaching experience and effectiveness. Applicants should also arrange for four letters of reference to be submitted directly to Dr. Robert Baker, Vice-President, Research, McMaster University, including two letters that speak to academic and research performance, one that speaks to community engagement and one (in either written or oral form) from an Indigenous elder, community leader or Indigenous organization that you are affiliated with. Mail reference letters to Dr. Robert Baker, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Gilmour Hall-208, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4K1; or e-mail to research@mcmaster.ca. Complete applications must be made online at www.workingatmcmaster.ca/careers (Faculty Postings, Job #12404) to the attention of Dr. Robert Baker, Vice-President, Research, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Gilmour Hall-208, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8S 4K1. Complete applications that are received by 31 March 2017 will receive full consideration. Review of applications will continue until the position is filled. The effective date of appointment is negotiable but 1 July 2017 is preferred. All applicants will receive an on-line confirmation of receipt of their application; however, only short-listed applicants will be contacted for interviews. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. McMaster University is strongly committed to employment equity within its community and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates including women, persons with disabilities, First Nations, Metis and Inuit persons, members of racialized communities and LGBTQ-identified persons. McMaster recognizes the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and In keeping with the spirit of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, we welcome applications from Indigenous candidates from across Turtle Island. 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J.C. Hill Elementary school takes stage at halftime By Chezney Martin HAMILTON – To give Grade 8 students from J.C. Hill Elementary the opportunity to learn more about athletic opportunities close to home last Saturday, the students participated in inter-squad scrimmages during the half-times of both the McMaster Marauders women's and men's basketball games, and took tours of the facilities. The 16 students were accompanied by Associate Director for Indigenous Student Services James Lamouch, and were guided through the many diverse buildings, fields and facilities provided by McMaster for athletics students throughout the day. Troy Hill, Grade 8 Teacher, Basketball Coach and former vice principal of J.C. Hill explained the motive behind the trip. “This was to experience life as a student athlete,” said Hill. “To show the kids what it would be like if they were in athletics and what they could do in
As can be seen above, 16 J.C. Hill Elementary students were able to visit McMaster to experience first-hand what it would be like to be close to their homes on Six Nations, and follow the path of athletics into post-secondary. They were also given a tour of the athletic facilities to show them the potential. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN post-secondary education. ondary education. But so I want them to see the our people is that if you're This was so that they could Hill picked up on just how options out there.” living on the reserve it's see it, and view it as more many were focusing solely But, leaving home is a hard to see what's out achievable.” on lacrosse as a path into big step for most looking there, aside from Syracuse, Offering students op- the future. forward to post-secondary and aside the other uniportunities such as this “I wanted to focus more education. Hill explained versities that they seem to help build their futures on the athletic facilities that he also wanted the to gravitate toward for early on is probably one because we have so many students to experience the lacrosse. They also got to of the most beneficial, as lacrosse players,” he said. sense of family McMaster see an actual basketball by 2020, 60 per cent of all “We're just developing University offers. program.” jobs will require post-sec- basketball on Six Nations, “That's the part about “It was important for
them to see indigenous studies and let them be a part of it, so when they come off of the reserve and they come to a big university, they'll have a place to call home and that's a big aspect of it.” After playing the first of two sets of basketball scrimmages, Isaac Squire, one of the Grade 8 students from J.C. Hill said that that experience was “really good”. “They wanted to show us around and show us what they have to offer and stuff like that,” he said. “My favourite part was probably playing basketball, but we also got to eat here and they made Indian tacos and strawberry juice. Although dubbing basketball a hobby of his, Squire said that he and the group were also shown the facilities; including the many alternate fields for the McMaster field lacrosse program. “They talked about the opportunities and stuff too,” he said.
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under the guise of reconciliation. However, it is hard to reconcile with someone when the other party is not aware of, continues to benefit from, and inevitably does not care about the outcomes of their actions. Many Indigenous peoples are still grieving, healing, recovering from, remembering, and now reminding mainstream about their history — imposed on Indigenous peoples to form their country. They will celebrate what they (historically) have done; continue to do with little to no pause for conscience or humility or regret or truth. Currently there is some discussion as to whether Native artists will participate in art shows that commemorate Canada’s 150th birthday. The 150-year timespan doesn’t mean anything to us. Our people have been here since time immemorial. But I will celebrate 150 years of Indigenous resistance and survival, despite so many attempts to assimilate, or eradicate. A line from a strange little song explains the reason they have been so adamant to assimilate us, and why they pretend that we don’t exist as sovereign nations. No matter what they do, “This land is our land!”
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Teen charged after hate crime against indigenous woman THUNDER BAY — Thunder Bay police have charged a teenager with what is believed to be a hate crime against an indigenous woman. Investigators say the woman was walking with her sister when someone threw a trailer hitch from a passing car. She was hospitalized with internal injuries
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COLUMN: The Six Line continued from page 7 were not well understood — the “we-didn’t-know” argument used by Canada’s lawyers. Plaintiff, Marcia Brown Martel, said Canada knew about the emotional trauma that was happening to the children placed with non-indigenous families. A member of the Temagami First Nation near Kirkland Lake, Ont., 53-year-old Brown Martel was adopted at the age of nine in 1972 by a non-indigenous couple. She claims that she discovered the Canadian government had declared her original Indigenous identity dead. The connection between trauma and foster care is not new. In the documentary, No Turning Back (NFB 1996), the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples heard testimony from Indigenous inmates that foster care brutality criminalized them — something that didn’t happen when they were in foster care with native families where cultural identity was supported. Foster care “killed the Indian in the child” in ways similar to Indian
Residential School (IRS) system. Clearly, the Sixties Scoop is a legacy of Canada’s IRS policy that former Prime Minister Stephen Harper admitted in the 2008 Statement of Apology to former students of Indian Residential Schools, on behalf of the Government of Canada was used “to kill the Indian in the child”. So, there are two prime ministers in a row that admitted Canadian complicity in cultural genocide that began with the IRS policy, leads to the Sixties Scoop policy, and even continues today in current problems in Ontario’s foster care system. Recent actions by Canada undermines Trudeau’s stated commitment to partnering with indigenous peoples to respond to the serious problems created by Canada’s IRS policy. The challenge was issued through the 94 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) “Calls to Action” released in December 2015. "We need nothing less than a total renewal of
the relationship between Canada and indigenous peoples," said a teary-eyed Trudeau December 15, 2015. "I give you my word that we will renew and respect that relationship." The TRC seven-volume 3,766 page-report connected provincial and federal complicity in cultural genocide when the “Call to Action” urged that all child-welfare decision makers consider the impact of the residential school experience on children and their caregivers — another statement of the Sixties Scoop legacy. In particular Trudeau accepted the TRC’s recommendation for the requirement that “temporary and permanent care be culturally appropriate” for indigenous children. As well the TRC recommended “the right of Aboriginal governments to establish and maintain their own child-welfare agencies” in partnership with provincial and federal governments — a finding of the TRC but also heard in Belobaba’s court that was missing during the Sixties Scoop.
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Constable - Contract Position
Applications for a contract position for Constable with the Six Nations Police are now being called for. The term of the contract position will be from May 3, 2017 to May 3, 2018. All applicants must fill out a standard application form available at the Six Nations Police Station. CRITERIA for applicants are as follows: • grade 12 graduate (able to provide proof of successful completion of high school or equivalency test for grade 12 from a recognized educational institution), education documents must be forwarded with the application form and must clearly state that a grade 12 level of education has been attained; • 19 years of age or over and able to provide an official birth certificate or proof of age; • certified by a physician to be fit for duty as a front line Six Nations Police Constable and able to pass physical tests which are required in the recruiting process • of good moral character, with no criminal record; •in possession of driver’s licence with adequate driving experience and a good driving record (able to provide a valid driver’s licence upon request) Desirable Qualifications: • Six Nations Band member preferred Assets: • Previous policing related experience • Law and security courses, etc. Closing Date: Applications must be received by 3:00 p.m. Monday, February 21, 2017. Applications in complete form are to be mailed or hand delivered to: Six Nations Police P.O. Box 758 2112 4th Line Road Ohsweken, Ontario N0A 1M0 Attention: Policing Administrator Applicants will undergo a preliminary background check upon receipt of application. For further information, please contact the Policing Administrator at 445-4191.
The TRC called on “the federal government to acknowledge that Aboriginal rights include Aboriginal language rights” under an aboriginal entitlement to self-govern protected as an “inherent right” under section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. “Aboriginal self-government” over Indigenous identity and culture was accepted by Trudeau as rooted in Indigenous language. Plaintiffs in the Sixties Scoop lawsuit make the claim that they were forcibly governed under foster care laws that was the basis of the harm to their lost cultural identities. Interference by the federal Justice Department in the administration of Belobaba’s court should raise flags for indigenous peoples. Canada claimed to affirm Indigenous peoples’ inherent right to aboriginal self-government when Bennett announced that Canada adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) in May 2016. UNDRIP supports consultation between Settler governments and Indigenous peoples to
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protect rights like land, culture, and intellectual properties. However, indigenous government policy remains in the jurisdiction of the Government of Canada. Telling a judge what to do reinforces the government desire for governing by policy, rather ruling by law. In the case of the Sixties Scoop, Canada finds it desirable to keep Indigenous rights away from the law. Canada is in a bind. UNDRIP protects the inherent right of Indigenous People to “their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources.” Identified historically as the era from
1965 to 1984, the Sixties Scoop ended after the Constitution Act of 1982 made the aboriginal inherent right to self-government law in Canada. The right to govern over the transmission of “their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources” existed before the arrival of the Settler populations. Canada can’t claim they weren’t liable for harm to our children’s cultural identity caused by foster care through the Sixties Scoop.
Thohahoken Michael Doxtater is an educator from Six Nations.
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Inuit sign historic agreement OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau and leaders of the Inuit Nations signed a historic agreement creating the Inuit-Crown Partnership Committee. The declaration lays
out common goals for creating growth in Inuit communities to improve living conditions for the Inuit people in Canada. The committee will implemement Inuit
land claim agreements, social development and lead out on reconcilliation between the Inuit and the Government of Canada.
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HAUDENOSAUNEE RECLAMATION AT GRAND RIVER Theresa McCarthy BOOK LAUNCH
February 24, 2017 | 7 - 9 PM Woodland Cultural Centre 184 Mohawk St., Brantford
In February 2006, the Six Nations occupation of a 132-acre construction site in Caledonia, Ontario, reignited a 200-year long struggle to reclaim land and rights in the Grand River region. Framed by this ongoing reclamation, In Divided Unity explores intersecting themes of knowledge production, political resurgence, and the contributions of Haudenosaunee women, and provides a model for critical Indigenous studies research that remains grounded in communitybased actions and concerns.
DAPL protests calling for worldwide action STANDING ROCK SIOUX NATION — Water protectors are calling for people across the world in a “last stand” protest against the Dakota Access pipeline. Over fifty events across 23 states were organized by Wednesday evening.
Photos posted to social media by water protectors at the opposition camps showed DAPL workers preparing to drill beneath the river after the US Army Corp of Engineers announcement they were granting permission for Energy Transfer Partners to complete
the pipeline and cancelling the Environmental Impact Study. A March on Washington to oppose the Trump Administrations actions on the Dakota pipeline is scheduled for March 8th. “Theresa McCarthy takes the reader behind the barricades to understand the deep-rooted ideas informing the Grand River community’s oftenmisunderstood decision to reclaim contested lands in 2006. Integrating a trenchant critique of academic representations of Haudenosaunee traditional culture with first-person insights and unparalleled access to community-produced sources, she provides a crucial new perspective on an intensely debated event.” - Jon Parmenter, Cornell University
Theresa McCarthy (Six Nations Onondaga, Beaver clan) grew up in Caledonia, Ontario. She is an Associate Professor in Native American Studies at the University of Buffalo. Refreshments | Books available
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Judge sides with '60s Scoop survivors; damages now to be decided The Canadian Press TORONTO — Canada failed to take reasonable steps to prevent thousands of on-reserve children who were placed with non-native families from losing their indigenous heritage during the '60s Scoop, an Ontario judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling in the long-running and bitterly fought class action paves the way for an assessment of damages the government will now have to pay. In siding with the plaintiffs, Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba found Canada had breached its ``duty of care'' to the children. The lawsuit launched eight years ago sought
$1.3 billion on behalf of about 16,000 indigenous children in Ontario who claimed they were harmed by being placed in non-aboriginal homes from 1965 to 1984 under terms of a federal-provincial agreement. The plaintiffs argued — and Belobaba agreed — that Ottawa breached part of the agreement that required consultation with Indian bands about the child welfare program. Belobaba was scathing in commenting on the government's contention that consultation with the bands would have made any difference to the children. ``This is an odd and, frankly, insulting submission,'' Belobaba
wrote. ``Canada appears to be saying that even if the extension of child welfare services to their reserves had been fully explained to the Indian bands and, if each band had been genuinely consulted about their concerns in this regard, that no meaningful advice or ideas would have been forthcoming.'' Belobaba also took issue with the government's argument that the 1960s were different times and that it acted with good intentions in line with prevailing standards. As a result, the government had tried to argue, it could not have known the harm that might have been done to the children. ``Canada's submission
still present in sediment and fish, causing ongoing health and economic impacts in the community. Researchers have reported that more than 90 per cent of the people in Grassy Narrows and the Wabaseemoong (White Dog) First Nation show signs of mercury poisoning. The Ontario government previously conducted testing near the mill, when a former worker came forward to say he had buried more than 50 barrels of mercury and salt in a pit in 1972. No barrels were found, but volunteers with the environmental group Earthroots later found high levels of mercury in soil samples. After those results were made public, the government said their tests had been conducted in a different area, so it is now testing the entire mill site. ``We are completely committed to work-
ing with all partners to identify all potentially contaminated sites, and to creating and implementing a comprehensive remediation action plan for the English Wabigoon River,'' Ontario Environment Minister Glen Murray and Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Minister David Zimmer said in a statement. ``We need to be sure unequivocally if the site is an ongoing source of mercury, and if it is, then we need to work with partners to take all measures to stop further mercury from entering the river.'' Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and the province's environment minister met Friday with the chief of Grassy Narrows and environmentalist David Suzuki. Judy Da Silva, the environmental health co-ordinator for Grassy Narrows and a member of its mercury working group,
Ontario to do more mercury tests to address contamination plaguing First Nation The Canadian Press TORONTO —The Ontario government is conducting expanded mercury testing around the site of an old paper mill in the province's northwest in the hopes of cleaning up an area that has left a First Nation plagued with mercury poisoning for more than 50 years. The commitment follows testing done by volunteers with an environmental group last year that found high levels of mercury in soil samples taken near the mill in Dryden, Ont. The Grassy Narrows community, near the Manitoba border, has dealt with mercury poisoning since the mill dumped 9,000 kilograms of the substance into the Wabigoon and English River systems during the 1960s. But mercury concentrations haven't decreased in 30 years and dangerous levels are
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misses the point,'' Belobaba said. ``The issue is not what was known in the 1960s about the harm of trans-racial adoption or the risk of abuse in the foster home.'' Instead, the justice said, there can be ``no doubt'' that what was well known even then was the importance to First Nations peoples of protecting and preserving their distinctive cultures and traditions, including their concept of the extended family. The lead plaintiff in the Ontario action, Marcia Brown Martel, 53, is a member of the Temagami First Nation near Kirkland Lake, Ont. She was adopted by a non-aboriginal couple in 1972 at age nine and later discovered
the Canadian government had declared her original identity dead. ``I feel like a great weight has been lifted from my heart,'' Brown Martel said in a statement. ``Our voices were finally heard and listened to. Our pain was acknowledged.'' The government did not immediately comment on the decision. Belobaba said that while the 1965 agreement, strictly speaking, applied to the Indian bands and not the children, he hoped the government would not now try to make such a ``formalistic argument'' given the First Nations context. The Liberal government indicated last week it was going to try to
block Belobaba from releasing his ruling after Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett announced an intention to negotiate with '60s Scoop survivors across the country. The government relented amid outrage by the plaintiffs and critics, who called the attempt to stop the ruling an unprecedented political interference. Similar legal actions in several provinces other than Ontario are pending but none has been certified.
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List all the things you are good at doing. What is a favourite memory about your grandparents? What is your happiest memory from five years ago? What songs do you love to listen to and why? Tell about something a friend did for you lately that you appreciated and why. Ever done a random act of kindness for someone? Write what happened. What is a basic necessity that you are grateful for? What would life be like without that basic necessity? List the best thing to happen to you this month. Write down how you overcame the biggest challenge you’ve faced. What do you like best about the way you look? Tell the beautiful things about where you live.
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basically means having a grateful attitude. In Haudenosaunee culture giving thanks is done daily to acknowledge all the blessings we are thankful for. This practise is one way you can help develop a ‘good mind’ and it helps keep the focus on what is good and true in your life. Some people find that practising positivity can help balance out the negative experiences of being bullied. By reminding yourself of what you are truly thankful for you can become centred, and reinforce the self-esteem you need to carry on when bullies are acting out. ACTIVITY - Gratitude Journalling Grow your Good Mind! Write down all the things you are grateful for. Can’t think of things off the top of your head? Check out these journalling prompts to help get your mind remembering all of the great reasons you have to give thanks.
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Northern Cree moving forward after Grammy-nod By Chezney Martin
Taking their seventh nomination in the category of Best Regional Roots Album, Northern Cree lost their Grammy to Hawaiian Artist Kalani Pe'a, but still left much more than a lasting impression during their pre-show performance. Not only did indigenous people show support from across North America; some took to Twitter to say that the performance is a step in the right direction to recognize indigenous musicians, or that the group's stellar performance should have warranted them a slot during the televised event. But the group themselves seemed to be happy with the opportunity
Northern Cree made a big impression on the Grammy audience. itself. “We are honoured and proud to represent all First Nations people at this historic event,” states the Northern Cree Facebook page. “From the plains of Turtle Island to the Grammy Stage, Cree style round dance music
reverberated through the Microsoft Theatre for the first time.” For a drum group that focuses on Cree culture and travels to powwows across North America, their work doesn't just use indigenous cultural derivatives, their work is a cul-
tural derivative. But this isn't just seen in their performance, it can also be seen in pieces of their post to Facebook afterward on Monday: “Memories we will cherish for the rest of our lives and beyond,” wrote the group. “The emotion,
the intensity, the spiritual presence one could feel from the get go of the performance. It was like millions of our ancestors were there, and we are sure they were. And all of our people back in their communities, their presence and emotions were also felt. Winning the award would have been nice, but the sheer joy and pride felt by First Nations people across Turtle Island at seeing our music/ culture on that world stage for the first time was absolutely priceless.” “All our brothers and sister in the group are very proud of having the opportunity to represent you all, and if we did anything that may have offended you in any way, that was not our inten-
tion. There will be another time, maybe for us or maybe someone else, but that door has been opened to bigger and better things for generations to come.” “Now for the time being, cherish this moment with us and let's get on to the next one. See you at the next round dance or powwow. For us that's this coming weekend in Whiteshield N.D.” If you sift through comments on their videos, articles and photos – the common word found to describe Northern Cree is “powerful.” The fact that cultural music from the Cree can be related to by non-Native people as powerful, is enough incentive for indigenous people to maintain that power and own it.
The MISSISSAUGAS OF THE NEW CREDIT FIRST NATION is accepting applications for two (2) permanent positions of
“Custodian” Closing Date: February 23rd/2017 at 12:00pm
The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation “Ganawenjigejik Niibi Bemaadiziwin” Committee
Is seeking applications for a Traditional Knowledge Keeper to join the “Ganawenjigejik Niibi Bemaadiziwin” Committee. Committee Purpose
The Ganawenjigejik Niibi Bemaadiziwin Committee seeks to promote the wise use of water; in a manner reflective of the values of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation (MNCFN), that limits risks posed to the waters within MNCFN Territory and contributes to the long term sustainability of the Territory by improving the environmental, social, cultural and economic well-being of our people and the region.
Roles and Responsibilities
The Ganawenjigejik Niibi Bemaadiziwin Committee (the “Committee”) is a sub-committee of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation - Treaty and Aboriginal Rights Committee (TARC) which has been delegated the responsibility to advise TARC on the stewardly management of water, beds of water, and floodplains within the Territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation for the benefit of the MNCFN. Meetings are usually held on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM with special meetings held as required. An honorarium of $150 will be provided per meeting. Applicants must be a Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation member. Please submit a letter outlining: -Status as a MNCFN band member -Body of traditional knowledge held -Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation involvement Applications should be submitted before noon on February 17, 2017. Please email applications to Darin.Wybenga@newcreditfirstnation or mail to: Department of Consultation and Accommodation, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, Unit #1, 468 New Credit Road, RR#6 Hagersville, ON N0A 1H0
Job Summary: The Custodian cares for the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nations buildings and equipment to ensure the health, safety and security of the public and staff by performing custodial duties, minor maintenance and other miscellaneous duties in order to ensure that the Mississaugas of the New Credit buildings and facilities are maintained in a healthy, safe and sanitary manner. Educational Qualifications/Minimum Requirements Grade 12 education plus 2 years’ direct experience in custodial, janitorial or related field
Certified in WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System)
Other Requirements Results of a current criminal reference check including the vulnerable sector screening Assets
Team building Decision making skills and problem solving skills Effective verbal and listening communications skills Time management skills Ability to work with little or no supervision CPR and First Aid Certification Ability to lift up to 50lbs
Salary: $19,520.80 - $28,864.50, based on a 25 hour (split shift) work week Please submit your cover letter, resume, proof of educational qualifications and three (3) current references, with two (2) being work related if possible to: The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Attention: Personnel Committee 2789 Mississauga Road RR#6 Hagersville, ON N0A 1H0 Applications will also be accepted by fax at 905-768-1225 or via email at the address listed below. A detailed job description is available at the New Credit Admin Building or by email at Kerri.King@newcreditfirstnation.com Miigwech to all who apply, only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
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Corvairs get a “free-pass” in Thorold By Jim Windle CALEDONIA – Welland goalie Blair Coffin kept it a close game for two and a half periods but he couldn’t do it all and that made the difference in the Caledonia Corvairs’ 4-2 win over the Welland Canadians, Saturday night at the Haldimand Centre Arena in Caledonia. Outshot 47-18 in the game, the Canadians and Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs were tied at 4-4 at the end of the second period where it stayed until Ryan Punkari broke through Coffin’s wall from Trent Mallette and Jamey Lauzon at 14:26. Mallette added an empty netter to salt the game, 6-4. Daniel Chenard was on light duty facing only three shots in the third period. Brandon Lindberg kept his scoring machine running with a goal and two assists and Adam Craievich punched in two goals. Zach Core scored as well for the win. Welland goals were tallied to the accounts of Drew Nesbitt (2G), Bradley Boudreau, and Nicholas Boehmer. Outshooting opponents by massive numbers is the M.O. for the Corvairs and has been for several years under the hand of coach Mike Bullard and general manager Brian Rizzetto, including their unprecedented three Sutherland Cups in succession. Sometimes this season it has appeared that all
Blasting overtime By Jim Windle
Christian Polillo slides in between Welland defenders in front of the Canadians crease in Saturday night`s 4-2 win. The Pro-Fit Corvairs are firmly in first place divisionally with four games remaining in the regular season. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE the Corvairs had to do was to show up and pull on a jersey for the win, and that is exactly what happened Thursday night in Thorold when, for the second game in a row, and third time this season they could not ice a minimum number of players due to sickness and suspensions. The Corvairs were awarded the twopoint forfeit win. Friday night, the Welland Canadians were also gifted two points by the Blackhawks inability to play. Thorold has already
qualified for the playoffs as seventh seed in a field of eight in the nine-team conference and is lobbying the league to have these games rescheduled. The Blackhawks carry a very light bench to start with and with four players out, could not seem to manage even with AP call-ups. Owners of the team insist they will be OK when everyone gets back, but there may be league disciplinary action in store. For the Corvairs, they are now 45-1-0 good for
first place with 81 points. Tuesday night the Corvairs face the hapless Buffalo Regals who have one win in 45 starts this season. Saturday Feb. 18th, Caledonia visits Fort Erie. The Pro-fit Corvairs will close the regular season at home with games Monday, Feb. 20th against Ancaster before hosting the Pelman Panthers next Saturday, Feb. 25th, that is if the league does not grant Thorold the rescheduled games they forfeited.
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BRANTFORD – Even though the Hamilton Steelhawks are still at the bottom of the Allan Cup Hockey standings, they are no longer alone in the basement after game results from this past weekend. The Steelhawks very nearly shocked the Brantford Blast Friday night in Brantford taken the fourth-place holders to OT before winning 6-5 in a shootout. The regulation tie earned the Blast a point and Hamilton two to draw even with the Dundas Real McCoys who are having a disastrous season so far at five wins, 15 losses and one OT point for 16 points in 21 games. The Thorold Athletics came up with the 3-2 shootout winner Friday night in Brantford while the Hamilton Steelhawks took the Blast to a 6-5 OT Blast win Saturday, giving the Blast a threepoint weekend. On Friday, after a 0-0 first period, the Athletics
took a 2-0 lead with goals from Kenneth Bradford and Spencer Turcotte. The Blast regrouped and erased the A’s lead late in the third period. Joel Prpic and Branden Roberts made it a new game to be settled in OT. There was no scoring so the teams went to the shootout. Brantford shooters Charlie Stephens and Dustin Alcock failed to get one by Colin Dunne in the As goal. Meanwhile, J.J. Martin and Chris Risi scored on Brett Legget. The next night the last place Hamilton Steelhawks battled Brantford to a 5-5 regulation time tie which Derek Medeiros ended in Brantford’s favour, assisted by Joel Prpic at 3:58. Goalie Anthony Marshall recorded the win. Heading into this week’s games, the Blast get another kick at the Steelhawks, Friday Feb. 17, at the Brantford and District Civic Centre before a Saturday night visit to Whitby to face the first place Dunlops.
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The Six Nations Blackhawks Midgets earned Tournament Silver at the Millbrook Midget Midwinter Classic in Millbrook last weekend. They are: Coaching Staff: Chubb Smith, Jason Martin, Lyle Jonathan, Steve Montour. Players left to right are Brady Smith, Riley Martin, Braeden Elijah, Kendrew Jacobs, Sandy Porter, Reid Bomberry, Cecil Montour, Vaughn Montour, Rycol Davis, Briley Miller, Kenny Davis, Tanner Jonathan, and Jakes Smith. Absent for picture was Matts Miller. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Midgets go silver in Millbrook By Jim Windle MILLBROOK – Six Nations Midgets returned from the Hillbrook Midwinter Classic Hockey Tournament with a silver medal finish from among 24 teams from throughout Ontario. The tournament was held Feb. 10 to Feb. 12 and included a skills competition which Six Nations three of the five
skills competed for from three members of each participating teams. The Six Nations Blackhawks opened the tournament with a 5-3 win over Cumberland which was followed by a 6-0 win over Grafton. Saturday’s games began with the Blackhawks winning 3-0 over Toronto. The afternoon was set aside for the skills competitions. Six Na-
Hagersville Hawks in play off battle By Jim Windle HAGERSVILLE – The Dunnville Jr. C Mudcats came back from a 2-0 games deficit against the Hagersville Hawks with a 3-2 win before a large crowd at the Hagersville Arena, Saturday night. Clinton Millard opened the scoring for the Hawks at 2:51, but discipline, or lack thereof, turned the game sideways allowing two powerplay goals before the period ended, scored by Riley Quesnelle and Luke Rowe.
Another Dunnville powerplay goal at the halfway mark of the second period gave Dunnville a 3-1 two period lead. Zach Carr scored late for Hagersville to bring it close, but Mudcats hung on to take the win and close the series gap to 2-1 in the best-of-seven. They got back at it Monday, Feb. 13, in Dunnville and Tuesday night, back in Hagersville. If necessary, Game No. 6 will be in Dunnville Fri. Feb. 17 and Game No. 7 in Hagersville the next night.
tions’ Riley Martin won for shooting accuracy, Sandy Porter won puck handling and Vaughn Montour won for goalie skills. Sunday they were back on the ice at 8 a.m. when they defeated Dorchester 3-1 and at 12:30 p.m. they made it to the gold medal game with a 5-3 win over Newcastle. In their third game of the day, Six Nations lost
a close 4-2 decision to Cumberland to earn the silver. “It was a tough loss but a combination of getting a little gassed and penalties hurt us, says coach Steve Montour. “We played most of third period shorthanded.” Riley Martin, Sandy Porter and Rycol Davis each notched hatricks over tournament.
Despite playing their best half of lacrosse of the season, the Rochester Knighthawks fell 21-12 to the Saskatchewan Rush Saturday night at Connors & Ferris Field at The Blue Cross Arena. Rochester was led offensively by Josh Currier who had a career-high four goals, including three in the first half as the Knighthawks led 8-7 after 30 minutes. Kyle Jackson also put up a four-point night with a pair of goals and two assists. The first half was highlighted by four goals by defensemen as Scott Campbell, John Rae, Andrew Suitor and Graeme Hossack all scored. Campbell tied the game at two early in the first quarter on a breakaway followed shortly after by Currier’s second of the night to get the Knighthawks their first lead. Cory Vitarelli also notched a goal and an assist in his first home game of the 2017 season. “It was probably our best first half of the year,” said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. “Defensively, we were doing what we wanted to do, getting in lanes and disrupting them a little bit. We had a lot of energy getting on and off the floor, especially in the second quarter.
We were pushing the ball well. Offensively, we kept them spread out which is what we wanted to do. This is a learning curve.” Currier now leads the Knighthawks in goals (10) and is tied with Joe Resetarits for second in points with 20. “He’s quick. He’s constantly moving in the middle, getting outside and he has a great shot,” Hasen said. “He’s changing his shot every time he shoots it so it tougher for the other team to read him and he’s doing a lot of the little things right.” After playing three games since being activated for the Knighthawks, Hasen was impressed with the strides Suitor is making with the team, being a solid veteran presence for the younger players. “He played with lots of energy,” Hasen said. “He was a force out there. He’s getting up the floor and was rewarded with that goal` Just 14 seconds into the third quarter, Ian Llord gave the Knighthawks a two-goal lead, but the Rush came firing back to gain a lead they would not relinquish. The Knighthawks will be home again on Saturday, Feb. 18 to take on the Toronto Rock. Faceoff is set for 7:30 p.m.
Hagersville Hawks` #22 Derek Friesen battles his way through Dunnville Mudcats` defenders in Saturday`s 3-2 Hagersville loss at the Hagersville Arena. Friesen leads the Hawks in scoring. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE
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Rochester Knighthawks activate Adam Bomberry Craig Rybczynski
ROCHESTER – The Rochester Knighthawks announced today that they have activated defenseman/transition man Adam Bomberry from the physically unable to perform (PUP) list. The second-year pro is expected to play on Saturday, as the Knighthawks host the Saskatchewan Rush at 7:30 p.m. at Connors & Ferris Field at The Blue Cross Arena. “It will feel pretty good,” he said. “I have been hanging around with the boys for the last couple of weeks. It will feel great to throw the jersey on again.” Bomberry was activated after Rochester placed defenseman Sid Smith on the injured reserve list. The 22-year-old now enters the season after a stellar rookie campaign in which he posted one goal, two assists and 33 loose balls in eight
The NLL season finally started for Rochester Knighthawks` defender Adam Bomberry who has sat out the season so far recovering from an injury. He was pressed back into action after fellow Six Nations defensive stalwart Six Smith went down with an injury last week. Earlier, it was announced that Six Nations star attacker Cody Jamieson is out for the rest of the 2017 campaign. SUBMITTED PHOTO
games. The Six Nations product was Rochester’s second-round selection (16th overall) in the 2015
NLL Entry Draft. “We expect him to be better this season after getting eight games of ex-
perience last year,” said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. “He has taken his time coming
back and getting himself physically ready. Now he is prepared to jump back into the lineup.” Bomberry was drafted after completing two impressive seasons at Onondaga Community College (OCC). In 2015, he ranked fourth on the team with 57 ground balls and was named All-Conference by the Mid-State Athletic Conference, First Team All-Region and First-Team All-American by the NJCAA. Playing at OCC from 2014-15, he helped the Lazers to a 35-0 record, two National Championships, two Regional Championships, and two Conference titles. In 2015, Bomberry was a member of the Iroquois Nationals team that took home the silver medal at the FIL World Indoor Lacrosse Championship. It was on the international stage that he raised his draft value, as he played against some
of the top players in the world from the United States and Canada. If his resume wasn’t impressive enough, Bomberry won back-toback Minto Cups with the Six Nations Arrows (2014-15) and a Founders’ Cup with Akwesasne (2015). He also captured a bronze medal with the Iroquois Nationals at the 2014 FIL World Field Lacrosse Championship. After missing the first five games of the 2017 season, Bomberry is ready to get back in the lineup and take another shot at a championship. “I have been wanting to get back out there for a couple of weeks now. To finally get that chance is going to be pretty awesome,” he said. “There are a lot of new faces this year, but I think we are building some chemistry. I think we have a pretty good squad.”
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Grassy Narrows poisoned continued from page 19 was skeptical but hopeful that the new commitment would lead to action. ``With elections getting close for the province of Ontario I'm kind of wary of anything actually happening and I guess I'll believe it when I see it,'' she said. ``To me, when I hear full assessment of the entire mill site and commit-
ting to identify and remediation plans, to me it all sounds like words...I'm hoping I'll live to see the day it is cleaned up.'' Ontario NDP critic Michael Mantha said the people of the Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong First Nations have waited far too long for the government to act.
``The NDP caucus will be watching closely to ensure there's follow through on these commitments, and my colleagues and I will continue to press the Liberal government on this promise until the fish are safe to eat,'' he said.
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The family of Allan Crawford would like to thank family and his friends. For the words of kindness, flowers and donations of food. Special thanks to Dr. Wasserman and Nurse Mugs from the Walker Cancer Clinic in St. Catherine’s. Dr. Sheaar and all the palliative care nurses at Douglas Memorial. Deena Klodt, Donna Cook and Cathryn Pummel for the guidance they gave Allan. Thank you Dean Thomas + family, Lyda Thomas, aunt Shirley Thomas, and Amber Hess. Thank you Derek Crawford, Korde Hill, Steve Styres, Bird Hess, Jordan Hill and Justin LaForme for carrying him to his final resting place. Thank you Susan, Cora and Allans niece Lacey for doing the things I couldn’t. Special thank you to RBH Anderson Funeral Home for the final care he needed. - Allan Crawford’s family
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Happy 36th Wedding Anniversary to my sister Val, and her dear husband, Tom Longboat. Married Feb.14/81 I celebrate your love and commitment to one another. You both are the only one’s in our family that stayed together. I applaud you’s and your marriage and the only true love that I have seen between two couples that has truly touched my heart. have never witnessed a love between a couple as I have yours. Congratulations and much love to you both, God Bless Your Special day. Love from your sister Pamela
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Happy Birthday to my Mom who turned 79 yrs. young on Feb.10/17: She is a mother with a tender heart She is a mother who listens and who is smart She is a mother who is kind She is a mother who makes everything alright, when in your life, skies are grey But most of all, a mother full of Love If there’s medals for mothers. Momma you win everyone. That’s the mother I have and I am very blessed. Thank you mom, for all you do. I am blessed for a mother like you. Love: from your daughter Pamela
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Expect some great luck and happiness in the days ahead, Aries. If you plan on taking a trip, travel will most likely be to a warm-climate destination to soak up the sun.
TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you have a reputation of being a great financial strategist. It’s time to look over your personal finances and see where you might be able to tighten the reins here and there.
GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 A partner in your life has become very vocal lately and is not easy to persuade on any topic, Gemini. You have to find a way to reach this person so the relationship can develop.
CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 You have been working very hard, Cancer, and what you need most right now is an escape. This will happen in time, so don’t lose hope. You just need to meet a few deadlines. 7. Confused 8. Where you go at night 9. Canadian flyers 10. Type of birch tree 11. Beloved Welsh princess 12. Coated 13. Smooth substance of crushed fruit 15. Improves intellectually 18. A sign of assent 21. Island-based Italians 24. Pragmatic 26. Peter’s last name 27. A bag-like structure in a plant or animal 30. Mexican city 32. Sir Samuel __, Brit. statesman 35. Summer Olympics were just here 37. Fiddler crabs
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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Children, involvement in creative projects, or other personal, private life affairs will fill several days, Leo. Serious decisions can be put off for the time being. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, your home and family are on the top of your mind as you enter the week, Virgo. Perhaps you have party details to oversee or travel arrangements to make.
LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 You always are thinking of others, Libra, but now it’s time to think of yourself. Rest if that is what you desire, or plan a move if you need a change of pace.
SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, this should be a happy week for you with a lot of social interaction among friends. A number of nights out dot your calendar, and you’re not apt to miss any.
SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 As the week opens you could be reassessing everything in your life, from your job to your relationship to your goals. This can be a good time to put any plans into motion, Sagittarius.
CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 There is a chance you may be in touch with medical personnel this week, Capricorn. It will not have to do directly to you, but maybe a call for a friend or family member.
AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, it’s hard to mistake your allure right now. If you are single, others will really notice you this week. If you’re attached, you will get more attention from your partner.
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