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CANADAS BEST BLUES ALBUM RECORDED AT SIX NATIONS Harrison "Sweet Taste" Kennedy took home a Juno last Saturday night for the best Blues Album of the Year. The album, This is from here, was recorded at Jukasa Studios - a multi-media recording studio in Ohsweken. Kennedy, 73, is from Hamilton Ontario and has been nominated for a Juno five times; it seems like "sixth time the charm" really worked for him. Executives at Jukasa Studios say working with someone like Kennedy was a breeze and they are looking forward to collaborating on more projects with him. Full story on page 4. PHOTO BY CARAS/IPHOTO PM42686517

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OTF board member Amos Key Jr., MPP Brant Dave Levac, Six Nations Polytechnic President Rebecca Jamieson, Minister of Education Liz Sandals and Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill posed for pictures after SNP was presented with a $70,000 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

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SNP and OTF standing against language loss

By Jayson Koblun OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Polytechnic (SNP) has been approved for an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) SEED Grant worth $70,000. The grant is to help assess strategies for preserving Haudenosaunee languages.

Several prominent dignitaries came to SNP last Thursday during the Six Nations Language Conference to share the news — SNP President Rebecca Jamieson, Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill, Minister of Education Liz Sandals, MPP Brant Dave Levac and OTF board member Amos Key Jr. were all in attendance.

Each shared what the grant means to them personally and how the funds will greatly bene-

fit the community; their presence and encouraging words were enough to touch several individuals in the Grand Hall, including Brenda Thomas.

“I’m touched by the words from these ministers and other leaders,” said Thomas, a health advocacy worker at Six Nations Health Services.

“If it weren’t for the fight that they have within themselves to preserve our language, events like this [the language conference] wouldn’t be taking place.”

Thomas also commended the leaders for their efforts in garnering so much attention towards the dire condition of Haudenosaunee languages. ”My heart is heavy when I hear about our

Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill addresses a room full of guests during last week's Six Nations Language Conference held at Six Nations Polytechnic. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN language loss, but I am thankful for the few language and knowledge keepers we still do have with us,” she said. “It’s because of them and grants like this that will help our young children know their language.”

The $70,000 will be

given to SNP throughout a period of 12 months — February 2016 to February 2017 — to help create more speakers of Haudenosaunee languages in the shortest period of time. There are six Haudenosaunee languages spoken in the commu-

nity and each are critically endangered.

“This initiative will help us build an inclusive and engaged community of language educators and create even better supports for second language learners in our community,” said Jamieson.

This grant lines up with the SNP’s new threeyear Bachelor of Arts degree in Ogwehoweh Languages in Mohawk and Cayuga. The degree program makes SNP the first Indigenous institute established under First Nations authority to offer a standalone degree. Students who already completed the SNP’s diploma program were the first to begin taking the degree classes starting in January 2016.

“I want to congratulate

Polytech again on yet another grant,” said Chief Hill. She said it seems like the institute is constantly generating grants and donations due to the “fine work that the staff here at Polytech are doing.”

During the conference it was also announced that SNP released a new “Learn Cayuga” app, which allows users to interact with and test their knowledge of more than 500 of the most commonly used Cayuga words and phrases. It is a free app and available for download on the app story today. You can find the app by searching “Learn Cayuga”. The app will be available for Android devices in the coming months and it currently available on apple products.

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By Jayson Koblun SIX NATIONS — Harrison “Sweet Taste” Kennedy took home a Juno last Saturday night for the best Blues Album of the Year.

The album was recorded at Jukasa Studios in Ohsweken. PMS Black C The 73-year-old’s album, This is PMS from 186 here, earned him the prize at the 2016 Juno gala awards banquet at the Calgary Convention Centre. We sat down with Darren Magierowski, head engineer at Jukasa Studios, to learn more about the musicians’ journey to a Juno.

“Jukasa is a recording studio, so musicians contact us and ask how we can work together to develop a great album,” said Magierowski. “We’ve been hoping to work with Harrison for a long time now, it just worked out this time that we could finally collaborate.”

Kennedy, Magierowski and the rest of the team recorded the album in the summer of 2014 and released it in 2015 under Electro-fi Records — a Toronto based record label company. Magierowski said that the entire process had minimal road bumps and that working

Harrison Kennedy won Best Blues Album of 2016 which was recorded at Six Nations' Jukasa Studio. PHOTO BY CARAS/IPHOTO with Kennedy was a great experience.

“We spent a lot of time together and it was great working with him,” said Magierowski. “Harrison is one of the rare musicians that uses an ‘old school’ method of making music. He comes in, he performs, then he kills it — almost instantly.

“From the minute I

heard the first test I knew we were on to something special, I didn’t know it would win a Juno but I knew we were going to make something great,” said Magierowski. He added that being a part of a Juno winning team feels awesome but that even before the album had been nominated he was praising the albums

worth.

“One of the songs on the album, called You Me or Us, just might be my favourite,” said Magierowski. “I really like Motown, Blues and Soul music, so Harrison’s music is what I would listen to on my own — working with Harrison was great. He is a true professional.”

Kennedy is from Hamilton and can play several different musical instruments. On this album he stuck to playing the harp (better known as the harmonica in the Blues world) and singing vocals. Magierowski said that Kennedy is a really creative musician and was always suggesting different things to try out.

“There was a lot of spontaneity in the studio when we were creating,” said Magierowski. “He would come up with a lot of his ideas on the spot, whether it was trying something new with his vocals or changing a bar of music, he was not one

“Jukasa does a lot of really cool stuff. We have the complete package now,” he said. “We do studio recording, multimedia editing and mixing, education courses in our classroom and just recentlyDESIGN weFILElaunched1A our new radio station.”

Magierowski said that working at Jukasa Studios has been a fantastic experience and that working with Kennedy was perfect.

“We’ve been in talks of working together again,” he said. “We’re definitely going to.”

The Two Row Times also wants to congratulate Buffy Sainte-Marie for winning two Juno awards last week. One for Aboriginal Album of the Year and another for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year. It was a big night for her and Harrison.

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OHSWEKEN - (from left) Kaylin Parker, Kan Hill, Vanessa McNaughton, Valen Green, Heather George, Wilson-Sabo, Jordyn Doolittle, Dharma Green and Mikaela Doolittle each earned a "Tete wannonya'hkwa - We All Dance" Certificate after performing several social dances to the singing of the Old Mush Singers for elders at the Iroquois Lodge. PHOTO BY CHRISTA JONATHAN

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Everlasting Tree School holding fundraiser gala

By Jayson Koblun OHSWEKEN — Everlasting Tree School will soon be hosting its largest fundraising event yet this year and is inviting people to attend its Earth Day Gala — a black tie event to celebrate our mother, our language, our children and our culture.

Amy Bomberry, co-founder of Everlasting Tree School, said that the school runs entirely on grants, money from fundraising events and donations, so funds from the gala will go directly towards continuing the encouraging work the school is doing.

“We think what we’re doing at the school is really important for our children to keep experiencing,” she said. “Not only because of the language immersion, but because of all the hands on culture related things we do with them too.”

The school was founded in 2010 by a group of parents and teachers seeking a holistic experience in education grounded in

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Kanyen’keha (Mohawk Language), Rotinonhsonni (People of the Longhouse) culture and the principles of Waldorf Education, which inspires life-long learning using the head, heart and hands. The school provides a safe, nurturing place to experience the wonders of nature and the beauty of expression that comes from thinking, speaking and interacting in Mohawk. Most of the students are acquiring their heritage language as a second language.

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“We know there are people on the reserve and off of the reserve who want to help us and see our school continue to do well,” said Bomberry. “This gala is being held off reserve and will give those that don’t live near us a chance to see more of what we do.”

The gala is near the end of this month on April 22 at the Marquis Gardens in Ancaster. Even though the event calls for black tie attire, it isn’t going to be heavily enforced. “We want people to be comfortable

and come in clothes they feel good in,” said Bomberry. “ No one would be turned away for not wearing a tuxedo.”

Everlasting Tree School is making great strides in aligning itself with following traditional Haudenosaunee culture. From the way the children are learning the language to the types of food they are eating for lunch and snacks, it is all geared towards learning who you are and where you come from.

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The children are provided with snacks and lunches every day that are prepared with foods that you likely would have seen the Haudenosaunee eating pre-European contact. The

school does it best to explain where the food came from through stories about their history and also to show them how to prepare it themselves, really getting the children involved.

These are just a few examples of how Everlasting Tree School is working towards nurturing the spirit of every child to guide and inspire them to realize their true potential as People of the Longhouse.

The school would love to see members of the community (and people not from the community) come out and support them at the gala. Tickets for the event cost $125 per person and includes food, entertainment, a silent auction, priceless time spent embracing the culture and more.

Event organizers are still seeking silent auction donations and have advertising and sponsorship opportunities with different levels of each available.

They are hoping to fundraise $30,000 from the event.

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Fighting the fires on reserve Editorial by Jonathan Garlow It didn’t matter that the February weather was -42 C. Marcus Monture got the call while he was sleeping that there was a fire at a neighbours house and he ran down the road in his pajamas and ended up becoming a hero.

A terrible house fire had erupted in the northern community that Marcus had been visiting, which is located 320 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay. Because the fire truck in Mishkeegogamang was stored in an unheated building it couldn’t hold water during the winter and was completely useless. The Six Nations man had to beat back the flames by running down the side of a hill, smashing the frozen river open to bail water and running it back to the house one bucket at a time.

Marcus ran into a burning house to save people’s lives that night and even dragged one person out of the house who was unconscious. He suffered severe smoke damage to his lungs, received major skin burns and is still traumatized by the memories.

For this act of selfless sacrifice, Marcus Monture was awarded the Canadian Medal of Bravery. All this happened two years ago in 2014.

Last week a similar tragedy occurred in Pikangikum when another house fire devastated the community leaving nine people dead including two-year-old Aubree Strang and five-month-old Amber Strang.

An internal federal government report says almost half the First Nations across Canada have "little to no fire protection" and that indigenous people are 10 times more likely to die in house fires.

The quesion we ask is, "more likely than who?" We have to assume that they mean we are more likely to die than the “regular” people who aren’t affected by the racist Indian Act. If these northern nations had been properly compensated for the trillions of dollars of natural resources extracted from their land they could not only afford better living conditions but also the establishment of the official Country and Nation that

they are entitled to.

Indigenous nations across the board are getting Federal crumbs from their own table.

The problem isn’t just that Pikangikum has no running water. The problem is that they are violently being marginalized and systematically being forced off of their traditional territory by the same government that 100 years ago sought to eradicate them with residential school.

Even Six Nations the most citylike reserve in Canada receives only $25 per person for fire emergency services in comparison with the $150 per person that “regular” Canadians enjoy.

When you study the history of Canada you can see that the whole point of the Indian Act is to remove the Indian “problem” and the founding fathers of Canada decided the best way to do it was to reverse-assimilate indigenous people into their colonial European culture.

They want us to be a part of their franchise. And they almost have it.

So far, most of us have taken an English surname – we call them government names. Most of us speak the foreign language of the English immigrants. Some of us even think like they do. But not all of us.

The northern elders have realized that Canada wants them to pack up and move to the city so they can seize their land.

Sir John A. McDonald probably didn’t think they wouldn’t be able to last this long, living in some of the harshest conditions on earth. Pikangikum has been surviving on moose meat and neighbourly love for a long time.

So when indigenous people spend their entire lives in a little shack heated by an oil can stove it is the most radical kind of resistance imaginable. The nine who perished this week should be declared as martyrs against colonialism and as freedom fighters who stood their ground against the Canadian regime.

And for all those tax-paying Canadians who think they have the solution you need to study history and realize that moving to Thunder Bay isn’t the answer. We get killed there too.

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Dear Editor,

Today I read a horrible news headline which none of us should ever have to read.

Nine people dead in a house fire in Pikangikum First Nation.

Since reading this article, I have read several stories and studies about Pikangikum that were done there on health, suicides and housing conditions and it really angers me.

Most politicians are all quick to say their thoughts are with the people there when even some of those same politicians and their departments have known for a long time what the conditions were like there and have made no efforts to help because of financial reasons.

Holy hell, if it were a

non-native community living 28 hours from Toronto in these conditions there would be more action taken. I never play the race card but I truly believe this to be true. Their local MP is Robert Nault who was the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and who placed them on third party management in 2008 just when the coroner’s report on suicides there came out. Fifteen suicides in two years!

Today Robert Naults comments on the fire that claimed nine lives there last night (March 30) was that counsellors were being sent there. How the hell is that supposed to help?

Counselling is not a native way. That community will help each other with what they require emotionally.

What they do need is some

concrete help with running water, better homes and all of the things that should be a basic human right today.

I can only hope that the current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will get his ministers working together to work with this community. They don't need more counsellors every time a tragedy or a suicide happens they need concrete solutions. They need a hand up!

Pam Montour Smoothtown

Dear Pam, I'm right with you on that one! We may not pay taxes on reserve but we contributed quite a large land mass to their Kanata country and deserve to be treated with respect.

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Canadians obligated to support indigenous languages

By Amos Keye Jr. and Dr. Carrie Dyck

In Canada’s Indian Residential School system, the 53 Indigenous languages spoken in Canada were suppressed, even demonized, silencing the voices of well over seven generations of Indig-enous humanity.

In the words of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, “The intent … was to “kill the Indian in the child.” … those in charge of the schools repeatedly told the children that their language and their culture was worthless and evil.”

What is wrong with this picture?

Adequate language funding Changing its policy from active suppression to lukewarm support of Indigenous languages, Canada began to distribute $5 million per year to its 644 First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. To put this in context, “[t]he

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total [provincial] funding for [Ontario] French-language boards for the 2010 to 2011 school year was $1.24 billion…” This is a wonderful example of what adequate language funding could and should be. Can you imagine?

In 2006, the Liberal government decided to increase the $5 million budget to $172.5 million over 10 years; the Task Force on Aboriginal Languages and Cultures was established to rec-ommend how the funding should be spent. In 2005 (and $12.5 million later), the recommenda-tions in Towards a New Beginning were released. In response, the then-new Conservative gov-ernment permanently committed, wait for it — $5 million annually as of 2006.

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Intellectual heritage Indigenous languages encode the distilled wisdom of peoples who have

lived here for millennia; they provide wonderfully varied perspectives on how to get along, how to live healthily and how to develop emotional and spiritual intelligence. The following facts about Ongwehón:weh lan-guages provides some inkling of the intellectual heritage of Canada’s Indigenous civilizations:

• The word Canada derives from the Laurentian word, Kaná:ta’, meaning ‘settlement or town’.

• The Moral Code of Handsome Lake (in the Cayuga language, “Gaihwí:yo:) is a blueprint for cultivating, nurturing and maintaining a good mind, living well with others and cultivating vir-tues valued within the Ongwehón:weh. The code is steeped in emotional, social and spiritual in-telligence. Each year, the great orators go on the “Gaihwi:yo: Trail” and eloquently recite the code in the participating Longhouse communities

in New York State and Eastern Canada. It takes four full days to recite and interpret the code each time.

• With about 6,000 words and word-parts, Ongwehón:weh languages have elegant ex-pressive powers: for example, the Cayuga word for the Canadian constitution is Hodiyanehsron-ni:gó:wah, which means ‘Great Law Created by Men’; the word for parliament is Ga-nonhsowanenhgó:wah or ‘Pre-eminent Great House’.

While all of Canada’s Indigenous languages have writing systems, most of the distilled wisdom in these languages is passed on from speaker to speaker, in an oral tradition. Yet, for many Indigenous languages in Canada, the most fluent speakers are more than 60 years of age.

Right to speak As Treaty Peoples, Canadians have an obligation to support Indigenous

languages: Section 35 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and subsequent court cases recognize and protect “non-extinguished” Indigenous rights that “were integral to the distinctive culture of the spe-cific Aboriginal group” before European contact. These rights include the right to speak an Indig-enous language.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls on Canada’s Treaty Peoples and post-secondary institutions in particular, “… to create university and college degree and diploma programs in Aboriginal languages.”

As called for in the Principles of Truth and Reconciliation, we need to consult with Indigenous scholars, wisdom keepers and elders, so that we can embed new frameworks of Indigenous inclusion and Indigenous knowledge throughout our discourse and in our institutions.

Above all, we must

understand the residential school context that created language endanger-ment. We owe it to the next seven generations to support the Indigenous Peoples of Canada in their efforts to maintain their languages. Only then will we move beyond the current Third World conditions of Indigenous humanity in Canada and put into action a new epiphany of conscience, so that Canada’s Indigenous voices will be heard again.

Da:netoh! (That’s our final word.)

Dr. Carrie Dyck is associate dean, research and graduate programs, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and associate professor, Department of Linguistics.

Amos Key, Jr., was born into the Onkwehonweh Civilization of Ontario and hails from the Six Nations of the Grand River community, in Southern Ontario.

He is of Mohawk descent born into the Turtle Clan.

Emergency planning for Onkwehonwe communities:

We have the answer

By Thohahoken

The time for talking and philosophizing is over.

We're being distracted from what we are facing. It is now time to “do”.

What happens at Iroquois communities in the Great Lakes watershed in the case of an emergency?

The question was raised in the 1990s by Six Nations Against Pollution (SNAP).

At that time the threat from environmental pollution included the 1989 boycott of Six Nations asbestos and black moldfilled schools. This was followed by Oka in 1990.

In 1991 SNAP stopped the construction of the recycling plant for Toronto’s garbage that was to be built at Six Nations.

The environmental threat remains the biggest threat to our health and survival. Sometimes we get trapped in the hysteri-

cal claims that predict catastrophes. These kinds of predictions should awaken us to thinking about where we live.

The culture and teachings of the Rotinosyonni Iroquois do include many stories that could be called prophecies about a future disaster.

Here’s a partial list: 1. At the end our leaders’ heads will be rolling around in the road and they’ll be throwing ashes on each other.

2. The races of the earth will be fighting over a black serpent called crude-oil.

3. The People gather and decide who they want speaking for them, what is important, and sort out their clans.

4. After the rebirth of the Indigenous People, when take our rightful place as an international people, an astronomical

event takes place where our Older Brother the Sun kicks the Earth.

This period in our history when the People get it back together is called Kakaratsikowa—the Great Swamp Elm. As the Old Ones said our development has four stages. The first is called “ K a nonwer at on sher a” where Creation is honoured. Following the Dark Times the second era is called “Kayaneresherakowa” or The Great Law. After a great collapse caused by the American Revolution, the era of “Kariwhiyo” teaches survival. Finally, the Kakaratsikowa fourth era precedes a global calamity.

Why are these stories memory rather than prophecy?

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Call for volunteers to help conduct PiT surveys Six Nations first responders

By Chezney Martin BRANTFORD — Jen Mt. Pleasant, the Aboriginal engagement co-ordinator at Brantford Native Housing is working with Pointin-Time (PiT) co-ordinator Annalise Clarkson to bring PiT Count Surveys to the Brantford area this month.

The surveys will be conducted on April 13 and be used to collect information on the homeless within Brantford, with hopes of generated funding to help.

In an interview, Clarkson explained exactly what PiT Survey is.

“The PiT Count is just the short form for Point-inTime,” said Clarkson. “So, it's basically a census of individuals experiencing homelessness at a single point in time, the night of the count,” said Clarkson.

“A Point-in-Time Count is also referred to as 'Snapshot Count' so we can get a picture or a snapshot of homelessness within the area at the time. Once we have those numbers, we're hoping that they will help with resource allocations as well as funding.

So, we can see who needs services, are they getting those services, we can check to see if there's gaps in the services and then we can also, with the numbers, apply for some funding,” she said.

Clarkson then explained that homelessness is a serious problem in Brantford.

“There are eight or nine shelters that we have in town that are going to be participating in the PiT Count,” she said. “There's a community needs assessment done in 2011 and I think that was the last time we actually did a good needs assessment and this [PiT Count] will add to it.”

Mt.Pleasant, Clarkson’s

business partner, shared in an email some statistics that show more than a quarter of the homeless within Brantford are indeed First Nations.

“According to statistics gathered by homelesshub. ca/community-profiles/ ontario/brantford, in 2007 there were 316 people living on the streets in Brantford. Of the entire homeless population in Brantford, 26 per cent identify as First Nations.

Many of those who identify as First Nations, are from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory,” stated Mt. Pleasant.

“In collaboration with the Government of Canada, Point-in-Time Counts

(which is essentially a way to conduct surveys) will be conducted in 30 communities across Canada.

The goal of doing a Pointin-Time Count is to have all participating communities conduct their surveys at a specific time of year.

From January through April 2016, these surveys will be conducted. Some of the communities include: Hamilton, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Vancouver and Winnipeg.”

The surveys within Brantford are being conducted on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. Roughly 100 to 150 volunteers are needed. Volunteers will be provided with a free meal and given a free Tim Hortons gift card for their help.

Remember, the information collected will be used to help receive funding to benefit those that are homeless in the Brantford area.

If you are in need of community hours, or simply want to help, please contact Annalise Clarkson at aclarkson@brantfordnativehousing.com or at 519-756-2205.

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Talking change with National Chief Bellegarde

By Jayson Koblun WATERLOO – First Nations' National Chief Perry Bellegarde gave a unifying lecture last week at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo.

He presented the lecture that he called "Closing the Gap: A new era for First Nations in Canada", on Friday, April 1.

He addressed the need to eliminate educational and employment gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.

“The gap represents housing conditions, the gap represents the number of Indigenous people in jail, the gap represents the number of our children in childcare,” said Chief Bellegarde. His list of issues that are causing the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada to grow went on to include the 132 boil water advisories across Canada and the cost of Indigenous

Friends Carolyn King, Former Chief of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and Perry Bellegarde, First Nations' National Chief, posed for pictures with a mentor of Bellegarde's after the lecture.

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post-secondary education.

Chief Bellegarde commented on the recently released federal budget’s decision to allocate $8.4 million to First Nations across Canada.

“It’s a historic invest-

ment,” he said. “When you invest in human capitol, only good things can come from it.”

The auditorium was filled with people of different races and backgrounds — the impression that the Chief’s

lecture gave was one of unification and bringing people together.

“Making the call to work together, deal with our differences and try to work with the mainstream world is a good thing,” said Carolyn King,

community organizer and former Chief of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. “I agree with the things he [Chief Bellegarde] said in regards to closing the gap.”

It’s no longer a secret, thanks to things like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that there are obvious inequalities between Indigenous people and settler Canadians. Student at Laurier, Corinne Araujo, sees the gap too.

“I absolutely see a gap in equality and it’s not fair,” she said. “The turning point for me and what really made me see it was when I took a course at the school called Intro-

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Araujo said that she wants to see the gap closed quickly because there is a growing concern in the country that enough is enough. She wants to see change and she wants to see change that lasts.

“Coming here and being a part of this lecture has filled me with so much respect for Indigenous people. Being welcomed in and invited to be a part the opening songs and thanksgivings is such an honour,” said Araujo. “I wasn’t given the opportunity to grow up with that — I wish I did.”

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The Indigenous Idol Spring to Summer Tour

By Chezney Martin Are you an indigenous music artist?

The search is on for indigenous music artists across Turtle Island whom will be given the chance to earn the title of Indigenous Idol, $2,000, a recording contract with Stressed Street Entertainment, marketing and promotions by SAMAYA Entertainment — all you have to do is try.

With Joey Stylez and Suzette Amaya, wellknown for her appearance on Big Brother in 2013, the duo hope to bring a talent show case to Toronto.

Stylez is an award winning singer-songwriter, rapper, First Nations activist, visual artist and fashion designer. Amaya is a radio host, entrepreneur and a reality star.

“For so many years both of us have been travelling and touring, being on centre stages. But, we wanted to flip that and make sure that each com-

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“To help them build confidence and self-esteem through work shops that we'll hold. And spending quality time with people, rather than coming into communities and doing a show or performance or work shop, but actually spend time with them one on one as a group. To kind of help them through any needs that the community may have at the time,” she explained.

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Appeals Court restores survivors’ rights

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – Many of those who gave testimony during the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) work, where their personal experiences were told and recorded, were unhappy with the court’s first decision that the material gathered regarding personal residential school testimonies was to be destroyed after 15 years.

But on Monday, the Court of Appeals in Toronto overturned that decision and ruled that residential school survivors, should they wish, have the right to archive their stories for posterity.

Thirty-thousand residential school survivors opened the secret parts of their hearts in horrifying detail about cultural genocide, philological, physical, sexual, and spiritual abuses.

According to the Court of Appeal decision, those who have received com-

pensation did not surrender control of their stories.

The Canadian Press reports that “Residential school survivors are free to disclose (or not) their own experiences, despite any claims that others may make with respect to confidentiality and privacy.”

Both the federal government and the TRC were against the information being destroyed, but the Catholic Church argued in favour of its destruction after 15 years.

“This is a once and for all determination of the rights of all parties relating to this issue,” wrote Chief Justice George Strathy in his report on behalf of the Appellate Court.

But unless survivors register for the archiving, the information will be destroyed after 15 years.

It leaves it up to the individual to decide if they wish their story to be accessible to future generations, or not.

It was argued that the documents were government records, however the court flatly rejected that idea.

“It is critical to understand that the independent assessment process was not a federal government program,” ruled the court, and that the notification process is the responsibility of the chief adjudicator of the claims process.

Justice Robert Sharpe said that it was an “important moment in Canadian history when all Canadians, aboriginal and non-aboriginal, confront the shocking treatment of generations of aboriginal children in the residential school system and searches for ways to repair the damage done.

If the documents are destroyed, we obliterate an important part of our effort to deal with a very dark moment in our history.”

By leaving the decision up to the survivor, he or

she can rest easy that some day the intimate details of their experience will not be revealed sometime in the future unless they want it to stand as a record for all time of the past abuses against aboriginal people in Canada.

The material collected by the TRC is being held outside of government or church’s hands. It is housed at the National Research Centre at the University of Manitoba.

“This is wonderful,” says Six Nations’ Ida Martin.

Martin has been instrumental along with others from Six Nations in advocating for “mushhole” survivors. She ended up quitting her day job as a clinical workers to advocate full time, taking a job with the “Children of Shingwauk,” movement.

She has also been at the forefront of helping Six Nations survivors and continues to do so.

“When they were hav-

ing statement gathering sessions where survivors could record their stories, they were each asked at that time if they wanted these records closed and destroyed or open to future generations,” she says.

According to Martin’s knowledge, no one said they wanted the information closed or to be destroyed.

Some survivors were glad the statements they

gave would be available for the family to view sometime in the future, if they have never told their families about what they had been through and are still not comfortable enough to tell them in person.

“I know it was some the churches that wanted this information destroyed, but I am very glad to hear of Monday’s decision,” she told Two Row Times.

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Tobacco “raids” as announced by the Sûreté du Québec misleading

By Nahnda Garlow SIX NATIONS – The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake and Six Nations Police are refuting information released by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) this morning, claiming up to 60 arrests in “Aboriginal organized crime” on their territories.

SQ officials originally stated in a press release

that Jason Hill, 38, of Ohsweken was arrested on warrant and charged with “Offences benefitting a criminal organization”, and “conspiracy to fraud”.

However a later statement from the SQ said that Hill was not in custody and is still being sought by police.

According to a press release by the SQ, others from Kahnawake ar-

rested on warrant and also charged with organized crime and fraud are: Todd Beauchamp, 48; Derek White, 45; and Hunter Montour, 45, all of Kahnawake Territory.

Members of the SQ told Two Row Times that the remaining names will be released after they appear in court.

In total, 56 individuals were arrested and 21 people were inter-

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viewed by investigators.

SQ said there were 700 officers involved in the international operation, labelled “Project MYGALE”, executed simultaneously on three continents; South America, North America and Europe.

Tobacco, cash and drugs seized The SQ stated significant tobacco seizures were made including more than 52,800 kg of tobacco; totalling $13.5 million.

Officers also seized cash they say are the profits of organized crime; totalling more than $1.5 million CDN and $3 million US. Drug seizures were made as well: 836 kg of cocaine; 21 kg of methamphetamine; 100 g of fentanyl and 35 pounds of cannabis.

According to the SQ “documentary evidence” says between 2014-2016 the persons involved imported 2,085,600 kg of tobacco into Canada at Fort Erie, which they say was done illegally.

SQ said this importation “represents a fraud of more than $530 million for the two levels of government”.

SQ could not confirm if these transfers of to-

bacco were done by indigenous people using traditional tobacco trade routes.

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Misleading raids continued...

Six Nations are in the late stages of developing their own tobacco trade laws. In theory, regulations would be in place to protect community members of those nations from these kinds of charges — however neither community’s law or infrastructures for compliancy are in place at this time.

A statement from the SQ on the arrests said all suspects were linked to “outlaw motorcycle gangs” and “organized crime Aboriginal”.

Despite the label "Aboriginal organized crime", thus far only four of the 70 suspects have been identified as indigenous people.

In addition to the arrests, SQ said “Seventy searches took place in residences and shops, mainly located in the greater Montreal, the Laurentians, Lanaudière, Montérégie and on the Kahnawake and Six Nations, Ontario.”

SQ could not confirm to Two Row Times which homes or shops were raided, if they were from Haudenosaunee communities, or how many of the remaining arrests came from Kahnawake and Six Nations.

Six Nations Police officer Rocky Smith spoke with Two Row Times on the claim made by the SQ and clarified that there have been “no arrests, no raids, no nothing” on Six Nations of the Grand River.

Kahnawake Peacekeepers issued a statement saying that, “NO searches or arrests took place on the Territory of Kahnawà:ke in relation to the SQ MYGALE tobacco investigation this morning.”

SQ later said via Twitter that suspects in Kahnawake surrendered voluntarily “through collaboration Peacekeepers” and that there was no searches done in the community.

Taxation the real issue Chief Gina Deer of Kahnawake spoke to Kahnawake Television reporters in a video posted to YouTube about the arrests and said this is a matter of taxation and not organized crime.

Deer said Canada views the indigenous tobacco trade as lost revenue but stated that First Nations communities do not collect taxes for foreign governments.

The day following the SQ announcement of an international organized crime bust on “illegal tobacco”, a report for the MacDonald-Laurier

Institute was released saying the indigenous tobacco trade funds global terrorism.

According to the report’s author, Christian Leuprecht, “The networks used by tobacco smugglers can move everything from marijuana to human beings, and the proceeds go right back into these dangerous operations. Globally, money from contraband tobacco has found its

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way to the likes of ISIS, al Qaeda and Hezbollah.”

Leuprecht also said, “Contraband has a more pervasive impact on public safety on Canada, Canadians and Canadian interests than terrorism has ever had.

It has drawn hardened Mafioso and criminal bikers into native communities and coaxed legitimate farmers into diverting crops to the illicit market.”

One of the accused, Derek White, spoke with Kahnawake’s Eastern Door newspaper about the alleged link between global terrorism, drug trafficking and the indigenous tobacco trade and said all his charges were tobacco related.

White told the Eastern Door, “I have nothing to do with drugs, or ISIS or terrorism…I have nothing to do with that shit, absolutely zero.

They want their tax money, that’s all.”

White told Eastern Door he has no links to the drug trade.

White said to the Eastern Door, “All it has to do with is with tobacco, it has nothing to do with any of the other stuff they’re making up.”

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Family of 9 die in Pikangikum house fire

By Nahnda Garlow PIKANGIKUM – A house fire on Pikangikum First Nation has killed six adults and three children.

The three bedroom house was reported to be in flames after 11 p.m. on Tuesday.

All nine victims were related.

Police have identified the deceased as Dean and Annette Strang, their son Gilbert Strang and his partner, their daughter Faith Strang and her partner and their three children.

Niishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler issued a statement saying this tragedy is just one side of the public health crisis going on in their territory.

“We are shocked by this tragedy and our prayers are with the victims, their families and the entire community as they struggle to come to grips with this devastating loss,” said Fiddler.

“The community is still in shock, but we have assured Chief and Council that we will do everything possible to ensure that all required services and supports are made available.”

Pikangikum is one of several northern ontario reserve communities

that does not have firefighting services.

This, Fiddler says, combined with overcrowding in homes on remote northern reserves has proven tragic all too often.

A federal study on fire safety on reserves in 2010 found that people living on First Nation reserves are 10 times more likely to die in a house fire than people in the rest of Canada.

The chronic lack of firefighting services and substandard housing in NAN First Nations is a deadly combination that has claimed far too many lives. There are no firefighting services in Pikangikum and 95 per cent of homes do not even have running water.

Federal and Provincial health ministers met with Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day, promising to do what needs to be done to end the health crisis across NAN territory.

Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott and Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins met with NAN leadership and Chiefs of Ontario leaders along with Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennet.

The meeting came after two public health crisis situations in NAN

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territory got national attention across mainstream and social media — highlighting a lack of health services in the northern communities.

The Health ministers vowed to implement measures to resolve the public health state of emergency in the northern reserve communities. Both Ministers said the inequities experienced by First Nations people in the north should not exist in a country as wealthy as Canada.

In a written statement Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day said, “This week’s tragic and fatal fire in Pikangikum, which claimed three generations of one family, along with the ongoing skin rashes suffered by children in Kashechewan, only serve to underscore the poor health determinants — from housing to water — that have plagued our peoples for decades. While more nurses, doctors and suicide crisis workers are part of the immediate solution, the long term goal — as voiced

by Grand Chief Jonathan Solomon at yesterday’s meeting — is to build happy, healthy communities for his children and grandchildren.”

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emergency was declared

by NAN Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler in February of this year for the northern communities.

In a joint statement on the crisis, Health Ministers Philpott and Hoskins said the federal budget allowed $8.4 billion in funding, of which NAN will see dollars for health infrastructure to resolve the critical situation across their territory.

The province has committed to adding additional physician days, nurse practitioners and additional mental health support workers in NAN territory.

The ministers said Ontario will also implement the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority Wellness model, to examine what help is needed in NAN. The Ministers wrote, “We directed our officials to begin working with the Nishnawbe Aski Nation leadership to assemble a joint action table to begin work immediately on the issues raised in our meetings .

The precise membership and terms of reference for this table are yet to be established with our First Nations partners.

We expect this group to begin work within the next two weeks.”

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tradition actually retells memories of events that happen every 26,000 years on Earth—the polarity reversal of the earth and sun, the solar storms that all happen in 2012, and the Sun's 26,000 year cycle to lineup with the centre of the Milky Way galaxy that causes the super solar flare to kick the Earth.

Secondly, these memories provide a basis for a rich heritage of Indigenous arts and sciences that are at the basis of our belief in our ancestors, and the knowledge they gave to us their Children.

Thirdly, we are also pragmatic enough to know that we possess enough Indigenous Knowledge for surviving without gas and hydro in many of our own lifetimes.

We can look at the recent events as a time to promote an Indigenous lifestyle. In fact we could become Indigenous people in practice rather than just existing as a theory of ourselves.

We need to put the theory of ourselves into practice.

This review of forecasts and predictions intends to attract discussion and instigate a conversation among the Indigenous Peoples. Pam Colorado wrote about the Maya in similar terms to the description I pose here. The Eagle people live in the Land of Winds (Amerikua) and met every six years and shared their knowledge at the headwaters of the Mississippi near Rugby, North Dakota, the geographic centre of North America.

At their last meeting in the 1480s our Mayan relatives said they built a nine-terraced pyramid at Chitchen Itza that was carefully coded. The pyramid has nine terraces.

Each face of the four-sided pyramid has 13 steps for a total of 52 per terrace. The arithmetic is simple. The total number of steps on the pyramid totals 468.

They said: "Our lost white brother returns, but we think he has become corrupted so be careful with your knowledge. This pyramid calculates what will hap-

pen.

“Our children will live through nine hells. But at the end of these nine hells our children will revive our old knowledge and help those for what will come next. Some will listen. Some will not. A serpent will descend from the sky and strike the earth.

“When this occurs the earth will be changed. After a long winter the real human beings will emerge into the era of 13 heavens.

"After the era of the nine hells the pyramid forecasts the return of a Sky Serpent that will strike the earth.After this happens the Old Ones said their Children would dig up the old knowledge to survive into the time of the 13 heavens. Do the math— 468 (years) and 1492 (since Columbus) equals 1960. The generations born around 1960 live through Kakaratsikowa.

At this time the Old Ones say the big man comes from the East and kicks the earth. People in the Alberta say a fiery serpent descends from the sky and carries 1,000 mph winds. The southwestern Sac and Fox say the fiery serpent brings 500 mph winds. There will be a great change in the earth and once the violence has ended peace shall return to the earth. That is the era of the 13 heavens.

What preparations will be made? Who carries knowledge for survival? What Indigenous Knowledge will we need to survive the long winter? What happens when the current civilization descends into chaos? Did we learn anything since 1492? Many more questions than those listed here need to be asked— and answered.

Here’s one answer.

We need to find out who knows Indigenous arts and sciences in areas of Indigenous lodge construction, agriculture, food pit construction, mound construction, water supply, herbal gardens, wasase, pottery, kiln construction, and language education.

If something happens we’re ready. If nothing happens at least we’re Indigenous People again.

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The New Credit Community Hall 659-4 New Credit Road On April 7 & April 8, 2016 9am—4pm

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First spelling bee for First Nations kids held in Saskatchewan On April 8, 2016, 148 Indigenous students from 21 First Nations across Saskatchewan will be attending the first provincial spelling bee. Pauline Favel, teacher from Chief Poundmaker Cree First Nation said, “It's been lots of hard work and fundraising but it is worth it!” The children have already been improving their spelling, comprehension and communication skills. Not only that, but their self esteem and confidence are increasing as well. “If you look at socially disadvantaged backgrounds — some of our youth live with their grandparents, some may be in care — this is a time when they are going to shine,” continued Favel. The winning students will receive cash prizes and the opportunity to travel to Toronto for the national spelling bee competition on May 15, 2016. “We are doing something that's positive for First Nations kids, positive for First Nations schools and we appreciate the support we are getting,” Favel said.

Inuit runners compete in Hawaiian marathon A group of young adults from Salluit, Quebec have returned from a great experience in Hilo, Hawaii. One of the runners, Luke Amamatuak, said, “I trained for like two months before the marathon, I just wanted to make my parents proud ... I want to be a healthy young adult.” Amamatuak is 18 years old and is fluent in Inuktitut, English and French. They trained in temperatures ranging from -40 C to -20 C. “Sometimes there were blizzards, sometimes there were sunny days.

It didn't matter to me because I wanted to do good in the marathon in Hawaii,” said fellow runner Larry Thomassiah. He travels and speaks to kids about how to eat healthy, the importance of stay-

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ing active and not doing drugs. So far, they have run three half marathons, with their next goal being to run a full marathon.

For the Salluit Running Club, training is important. They run four times a week up hills and around the village. They say that they are not afraid of running into polar bears on their runs because they rarely come near the village. “If I ever did, I think I would be fast enough to run away from him,” said Thomassiah.

Buffy Sainte Marie cleans up at pre-broadcast Juno Gala Iconic singer and songwriter Buffy Sainte Marie won two of the three Juno awards that she was nominated for on April 3 in Calgary, Alberta. She won Aboriginal Album of the Year and Contemporary Roots Album of the Year for last year's Polaris Prize winning album Power in the Blood.

When asked if she had advice for aspiring artists, Buffy said that she didn't get where she is today but pretending to be anyone other than who she is.

“Embrace who and what you are, no matter where from 'the boonies' you are in Canada. Just copying whatever is popular at the moment doesn't get you anywhere. I always tell people: 'Try a different chord. Go out and listen to a different style of music.' I always tell people to dig into their own originality, whatever it's about, wherever it comes from. That's what excites me most.”

For many years, Buffy Sainte Marie has written, sung and spoke about political and environmental issues. This year wasn't any different. She called out the Canadian musical industry for the lack of female nominees. “Where are the women? Hello?

There aren't a whole lot of women there,” Sainte Marie said of the 2016 Juno awards. “The industry awards aren't what the public thinks they are. They're kind of the

record companies giving each other awards and making shows that everyone loves. I'm not putting it down but you shouldn't expect it to be fair, or free of influence.”

Roman Catholic Diocese wants to shut down Culture Camp in North West Territories For eight years, the Deninu K'ue First Nation in the North West Territories have been building and using a Culture Camp on Mission Island to help revitalize their culture.

Over the Easter weekend, some parishioners from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie-Fort William attended the island to find cabins and smokehouses on the land which purportedly “belongs” to them. During the age of reconciliation, the church dug out old property records and when they saw that they “owned” the land, they sent letters to the territorial governments and the Deninu K'ue First Nation band office demanding that the community terminate all further development.

“I'm a little bit disturbed that the bishop has come forth and said that this is diocese land,” said Deninu K'ue First Nation Chief Louis Balsillie. “We're trying to bring [the culture] back and every year, we have these functions on the island.” With help from funders, they built seven cabins and a smokehouse that they use for healing, wellness and revitalization. There they learn the importance of food sovereignty and their ways of living. The Culture Camp hosts over 200 people a day and has won the 2014 Minister's Choice Award for it's work in cultural revitalization. Chief Balsillie says there's no way that he's going to stop building and running this camp. “We're going to move on and finish what we started,” said Chief Balsillie.

APRIL 6TH, 2016

NO MORE WAIT LINES!

NOTICE Six Nations Animal Control Services is

changing up the old Pet Wellness Day to

Monthly Clinics

May will be the kickoff month with 3 Clinics & then Monthly Clinics that will run till October.

This new format will be by APPOINTMENTS ONLY so please call to set up an appointment

Dates: May 7th, 2016, May 14th, 2016 & May 28, 2016 Location of the once-a-month clinics will be held at New Directions Group 1769 Chiefswood Road (behind the Ohsweken Pharmasave)

Same services available at these monthly clinics that we offered at the previous Pet Wellness Days: for $10.00 you will receive; Heartworm Test Rabies Vaccine Microchip Full Veterinarian Consultation Just like the OLD Pet Wellness Day you can consult with a veterinarian for all your pet’s health and well-being at the Monthly Clinic.

There will be additional vaccines & flea/tick/heartworm medications for sale at an additional cost.

Call the Six Nations Animal Control Services @ 519-445-2947 for more information.

Six Nations band members only

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Keesic’s Trading Post brings back the traditional bartering system to Toronto

By Lindsay Monture Arts & Culture Mnjikaning First Nations artist Keesic Douglas wants to trade with you.

Setting up shop at Artscape Gibraltar Point on Toronto Island, Keesic’s Trading Post is a throwback to the old tradition of bartering goods and services. In exchange for food, songs, poems, pottery, stories, coffee beans, dark chocolate, blankets and other cool things, Keesic offers to shoot your portraits, headshots, music videos, audition tapes and mini doc about your arts practice. It’s quite a generous bargain for those who can book his time.

“I have been researching and making art about trade for the past eight years. My Masters of Fine Art project focused on the Hudson’s Bay Point Blanket and the impact of the fur trade on Indigenous People. I thought about being on Toronto Island, constantly checking my social media and wanting to instead make some real connections,”

said Keesic. “I figured the best way to have people come and visit me while I made art was to bribe them! I thought that I would need supplies because the island doesn’t have a store, so I decided to get people to bring me stuff. The trade model had been utilized

by Indigenous people since time immemorial, so it just made sense.”

Keesic specializes in video and photography that shares his unique perspective based on his Indigenous heritage. He graduated with a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2008 and completed his Masters at the University of British Columbia in 2010. Since then, Keesic’s work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally.

Some career highlights include; solo exhibitions New Landscapes at Toronto Free Gallery in 2012 and Trade Me at the Urban Shaman Gallery in Winnipeg, 2011. He was a part of the group exhibition Anishnaabe: Artists of the Great Lakes

that showed in New York City in 2013 and Toronto in 2014. Keesic was also part of a two-person show with a Mexican photographer for Sacred Passages, with shows in Sudbury and Chiapas, Mexico. His video work has been exhibited at Dawson City International Short Film Festival, Culture Shock in Florida, Berlin International Film Festival, Red Eye — a First Nations Perspective in Calgary, and the Alaskan Indigenous Work Film Festival, among many others. His work has been exhibited numerously at imagineNATIVE Film Festival throughout his career.

Artscape is a not-forprofit urban development organization that makes space for creativity and transforms communities. For the duration of his residency, Keesic will be keeping board at Artscape’s Gibraltar Point, one of the spaces they offer in the city to host artistic residencies; both self-directed and programmed

by Artscape. By adopting

Master photographer Keesic Douglas is trying something a little different by opening a studio that accepts trade and barter on Toronto Island. SUBMITTED PHOTO the bartering system to share his art, Keesic is both honouring his ancestors while staying true to Artscape’s mandate.

“What I like about the idea of trade is that it gives everyone an opportunity to utilize my services. I want to help empower Indigenous People especially,” said Keesic. “Having professional head shots or a

music video or even a mini documentary about themselves might help elevate their careers or at least their self esteem!

We all need to help each other. This is one way that I can do that.”

Six Nations musician Lacey Hill is one of the artists that are looking forward to visiting Keesic’s Trading Post.

“It’s a great opportunity to connect not only with

new people but to share our unique and amazing gifts with one another,” said Lacey of the benefits of utilizing the trade system. “Acting like our ancestors in a way of trading our gifts and skills with a good mind; coming together like this creates more than just a simple ‘trade’ I believe it creates a bond. It nourishes relationships and it’s something that everyone can participate in because everyone has something special to give! I’m so thrilled to be a part of it and I think it should be happening more often.”

Keesic will be trading with anyone until all of his time slots fill up over his stay at Artscape from April 12 to April 18. If you are interested in trading with Keesic, he can be contacted by email at keesic@keesic. com. To find out more about Keesic’s work visit www.keesic.com.

SIX NATIONS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS New Directions Group and Six Nations Mental Health are partnering to create the Six Nations Community Engagement Survey for Mental Health and Addictions. The survey will aim to gather community feedback on the development of Mental Health and Addiction programs and how they can better serve community members. Some themes included in the survey are awareness and accessibility of programs, effectiveness of services, enhancing community partnerships, and identifying culturally appropriate services.

The survey will be conducted within the comfort of your home from May 2016 to July 2016 during the day and evenings. The survey will be performed through face-to-face interviews. Trained Surveyors will be randomly selecting homes by blue number to ask for your participation in a survey. We are targeting participants ages 16 and up. Participation is completely voluntary and the right to refuse or withdraw will be upheld. All information given in the survey will be confidential and all participants will remain anonymous.

Upon completion of the survey, the findings will be compiled into a report and sent to The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to aid on Phase 2 of the Mental Health and Addictions Strategy. The report will also be sent to Six Nations Council, Six Nations Health Services and made available for all Six Nations community members.

For more information please contact: Cody Thomas, Community Engagement Coordinator at (519) 445-2947 or Email: codythomas222@gmail.com

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By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS — The scores didn’t matter much, but that didn’t diminish the importance of the Rebels hosted, OLA Jr. B Showcase Tournament, Saturday at the ILA. It is a time when all franchises are weeding through their young hopefuls to fill vacancies left by players going overage, not only in the Jr. B ranks, but also for future reference by Jr. A general managers.

Clipboards were the accessory of the day for GMs, scouts and coaches as they analyzed and kept notes on their young hopefuls.

It was a daylong feast of lacrosse that was well attended by always hungry Six Nations junior lacrosse fans. Also represented in the Showcase were the Hamilton Bengals, St. Catharines Spartans, London Blue Devils, New Market Saints, Halton Hills Bulldogs and Windsor Clippers.

All teams participating brought their prospects and rotated them into the lineup for a look as each team played three games, except the host Rebels who played four.

“Today is just an op-

A drink of water and a little rest between periods at Saturday's all day Jr. B Showcase at the ILA. The rookie Rebels won all four of their games easily showing high levels of ball handing and crisp passing. Photo by Jim Windle portunity to find a place on the 2016 roster,” says second year Rebel, Chayton King. “It’s a chance to show everybody what we got. There are some who are already on the team, but they know what they gotta do and how they gotta play to stay there, but then there’s the rook-

ies who have to show what they have too.”

At this time almost every year, the cultural aspect of the Creator’s game coupled with the pride of being Onkwehonwe, along with the Rebels amazing dynasty of winning the Founders Cup six of the last nine seasons, losing a

heart breaker last year to the Akwesasne Indians, have created an expectancy as the new season begins. Having one of the finest year round, lacrosse only, arenas in the country doesn’t hurt either.

The young Rebels looked hungry knowing how hard it will be to

crack the Rebels roster and there are several very good young guns coming up. Some will be going to the Jr. C Warriors camp to mature while a few may even find opportunities with the Jr. A Arrows Express.

Saturday, ball handling was the most obvious

difference between the Rebels and all comers as the opponents seemed to be concentrating more on not making mistakes than showing off what they have to offer. The Rebels looked confident, fast and skilled as they easily won all four games.

“You gotta go all out if you wanna make this team,” says King. “This [showcase] is going to decide who is going to be on the team.”

The 2016 season opens in earnest Friday, April 15, when the Owen Sound North Stars visit the ILA, but there is still a lot of work to do to pare down some 50 Rebels hopefuls, including veterans, to a more manageable number as the pre-season continues. Then comes the cohesion of a winning team from what is left.

Judging from all early signs, the Rebels will remain a force to be reckoned with for many more years to come.

TOP PHOTO: Six Nations Rebels hopefuls showed a tremendous level of skills although not a lot of size. But as they say, ya can't hit what ya can't catch. The 2016 season opens in earnest Friday, April 15, when the Owen Sound North Stars visit the ILA. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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Pro-Fit Corvairs continue to steamroll the league

By Jim Windle CALEDONIA — The ProFit Corvairs’ steamroller continues to wreak havoc in the GOJHL Jr. B playoffs. After sweeping Pelham and Niagara, they have added the St. Catharines Falcons to that list, after the Conference final.

Once again, as has been throughout the playoffs, the Corvairs grossly outshot the Flacons, 41-26 on their way to a 4-1, Game #4 victory.

The Corvairs methodical pressure wore down Falcons as wave after wave of power came off the Caledonia bench.

Jordan Brown put the Corvairs on the path to the winner’s circle on a powerplay for a 1-0 first period lead.

Matthew Hore made it 2-0 in the second before

Tyler Hill of Six Nations celebrates a goal against the St. Catharines Falcons which Caledonia swept in four straight games. They now await the winners of the Wild-card matchups still going.

PHOTO BY PHIL ARMISHAW

Falcons’ Broderick Kelly scored, what would prove to be St. Catharines’ last goal of the season.

Matt McCartney answered for Caledonia putting Caledonia ahead 3-1 with 20 minutes to play.

Nick Zotti finished the Falcons off at eight minutes of the third period.

Game #3 was a game the St. Catharines Falcons really needed to win Saturday night in Caledonia, if not to stay alive, to build some kind of momentum after dropping Games #1 and #2 by the scores of 6-2 and an OT 5-4 loss to the Sutherland Cup Champion Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs.

The Corvairs outshot the Falcons 15-7 in the first period, but it was St. Catharines leading 2-1 by the first intermis-

sion. Jake Brown scored the first of the game before St. Kitts took the lead with a powerplay and a shorthanded goal.

Broderick Kelly made it 3-1 for St Catharines on a powerplay at the 13 minute mark, but 20 seconds later, Jordan Brown scored assisted by Jacob Bianchi and Tyler Hill ending the second period with Caledonia trailing 3-2.

Not wishing to show weakness in front of the Haldimand Centre fans, Caledonia put the coals to the fire in the third scoring the last four goals of the game with Fitzmorris scoring two, and Tyler Hill and Ryan Punkari piling on with one each for the 6-3 come from behind final.

The Corvairs amassed 49 shots to St.Catharines’ 15.

In the other confer-

ence final series, the Midwestern Conference Stratford Cullitons and the Waterloo Siskins are in a dog-fight that should go six or seven games. In the Western Conference, the Leamington Flyers and London Nationals are in battle with no runaway leaders in sight to date.

As Golden Horseshoe Champions already, the Corvairs will await the wild-card series winners between these four teams. Statistics then play into the mix. The season’s wins loss records in the regular season and playoffs will be considered in selecting the Corvairs’ opponents.

If still tied, it will be judges on goals for and against.

Either way, the OHA semi-finals will likely begin Wednesday night in Caledonia.

Arrows restocking the quiver for another Minto Hunt

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – Restocking the quiver after winning the Minto Cup last season is both a bless-ing and a curse.

The blessing is, what quality junior lacrosse player wouldn’t want to play on a winning franchise? But at the same time it makes for some very difficult decisions when there is so much to choose from.

The defending Minto Cup Champion Six Nations Arrows Express is in the third week of training camp and although head coach Patrick Merrill admits to a relatively low turnout to camp, he un-derstands why that might be and although the Arrows

lost 13 of last year’s Cup winning squad, he is not terribly concerned.

“It’s pretty early but I think we are off to a good start,” said Merrill.

“The numbers are pretty low, but the young guys we have brought in look pretty good so far. They’re a little step

ahead of where we were last year at this time.”

Merrill believes that even though there is a lot of turn over, that only gives a lot more opportuni-ties for young guys who were just on the cusp of playing with the Arrows last year. He is also ex-cited about some of his returning veterans developing into team leaders this year.

“We had a lot of young guys who played a big role for us last year,” said Merrill. “Even though they are pretty young, there is some good leadership and experience gained last year and the year before.”

He speaks of vets like last year’s captain Adam Bomberry, Doug Jamieson, who won pretty well

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“But everyone will have to earn everything again. It’s a new season, but I think it’s important

for them to know that they’re going to be relied on,” Merrill qualifies.

Loyalty goes both ways with him and he does tip his hand a little in adding, “We’re going to re-spect the guys who were here last year and their spot on the team,

so there aren’t going to be a whole lot of spots up for grabs.”

There is also the possibility of getting a few guys from the Rebels.

There may be a few Founders Cup ring bearers wanting to add a Minto Cup to the collection.

And that isn’t even talking about their draft choices.

“That’s the great benefit of being a part of this organization,” Merrill said. “It is the depth of talent in the community here. And, what more could you ask for with a year round lacrosse facility like the ILA?” This is always an exiting time of the year said Merrill. All clean slates and it’s a fresh start.

“That is the way we want to approach it this year,” he said. “We did really well last year, but last year was last year.”

This year begins in May but no official schedule has been drawn up to date.

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Squire named to coach 2016 women’s box lacrosse entry

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – With so many national and provincial champions in men’s Box Lacrosse, Darrel Squire thought, why not a women box lacrosse champion?

He will get his chance to make that happen this summer in Calgary.

“I’ve just been asked to serve as head coach for the first all Haudenosaunee box lacrosse team we ever have had from here to play for the National Women’s Box Lacrosse team,” Squire said with pride. “That a real honour.”

The tournament will be held in Calgary Women’s Sr. Box Lacrosse, July 18 to 24.

“It will be more or less like the President’s Cup or the Iroquois Nationals but for Women,” he explains. “There will also be teams from most of the

provinces competing for the National Title.”

July isn’t that far away and from now until tryouts he will be personally asking some of his former woman players he has coached in the past to come out.

“We have to start some fundraising right away and the try-outs start May 8,” said Squire. Selections and team practices will continue until they leave for Calgary.

The OLA is co-operating by shutting down their women’s league schedules during the tournament so the best women players in Ontario can participate. Squire has been quite successful coaching women’s lacrosse both field and box leading Six Nations teams to several Ontario Lacrosse titles.

The seemingly ageless Squire retired from playing at a competitive level

only about three years ago and despite advancing years he remains in amazing physical shape.

“This appointment has given me a new spark,” he admits. “I’m looking forward to coaching a team who will play old time, two way lacrosse.”

There is going to be no shortage of high-level women players from here and other Haudenosaunee communities to select from and he has already groomed many of them at various levels of the game so it won’t be

like starting from scratch for him.

He was instrumental in attempts to begin a women’s box lacrosse program here at Six Nations which ran for a few years in the early 2000s and before.

The name Squire and lacrosse are synonymous around Six Nations and has been for years.

Darrel never played minor lacrosse per-say, but certainly grew up with a lacrosse stick in his hand. His natural talent and excellent cardio along with perhaps a lit-

tle help from his Squire gene pool, allowed him to go straight into Jr. with no formal background.

He played for Six Nations first Jr. team, at that time it was Jr. C, with his father Joe Squire and uncle Mel Squire at the helm.

He went on to play for the Majors Series Six Nations Warriors on a team that played out of Brantford, which included his cousins Bill and Jim Squire in the 1980s.

More recently, he also had some success coaching the Can/Am Six Na-

tions Wolves.

Squire played on the Six Nations President’s Cup winning Sr. B’s. before last season’s Rivermen repeated as Six Nations Can/Am Champs, 20 years apart.

More details about the women’s Sr. team including tryout schedules are to come.

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General Manager Duane Jacobs has announced a free agent camp for those players who think they have what it takes to pull on a Chiefs jersey.

"We are excited to offer a free agent camp for those undrafted and free agent players in Ontario,” Jacobs said. “Every year there are over 200 players going overage in Ontario. The landscape in Major Series Lacrosse is ever changing and this year is no different, with the overlap of the NLL season and the yearround demand on players. We feel it's necessary to hold this camp as we

will need players short and long term. We are always looking for talent and having this open camp allows us to leave no stone unturned.”

Camp dates at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena are Saturday April 9, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, April 10, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Saturday, April 16, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Cost per player is $25.

To be eligible players must be free agents and not the property of an MSL team. The Chiefs top brass hope look over around 40 runners and six goalie for the camp as they assemble a powerful 2016 team ready to take back the Mann Cup they lost to the Victoria Shamrocks last season after the Chiefs won backto-back Cups in 2013 and 2014.

Go to the Six Nations Pro-Fit Chiefs website for an application form and info on how to register.

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This late into the National Lacrosse League season, every game, every shot and every shift becomes increasingly important and this past Saturday’s full slate of games brought that home to all teams still in contention for post season play.

The New England Black Wolves missed an opportunity to inch up on the first place Buffalo Bandits losing 12-10 at home against the Colorado Mammoth. As a result of the loss and the Bandits win against the Georgia Swarm, they sit 1.5 games back heading into this week’s games.

In a high scoring affair in Georgia, the Bandits outlasted the Swarm 1814. The teams were tied after the first quarter,

3-3, and 6-1 at the half with Georgia taking a narrow 10-9 lead after three quarters.

But Buffalo exploded with nine fourth quarter goals to the victory and keep the Wolves at bay.

Dhane Smith lead the Bandits with five goals and two assists and Ryan Benesch had a nine pointer with three goals and six assists. Six Nations’ Alex Kedoh Hill contributed two goals and two assists.

For the Swarm, Randy Staats scored twice and assisted on five for a seven-point night. Johnny Powless scored one and assisted on five and Shane Jackson scored four and assisted on one.

Miles Thompson scored once while Lyle Thompson scored two and added an assist. Newly acquired Jerome Thompson did

not dress for this week’s games.

Meanwhile, the Saskatchewan Rush defeated the Calgary Roughnecks 11-9 and Toronto earned its fourth win of a dismal season by downing Vancouver 13-11 on the west coast.

The Georgia Swarm have traded Joe Joe 'Haodais' Maracle and Josh Gillam to the Rochester Knighthawks in exchange for their third round selection in the 2016 Entry Draft and their second round selection in the 2018 Entry Draft.

Week 15 will see Saskatchewan at New England, Friday April 8, New England versus Toronto, Rochester versus Buffalo in Buffalo and Vancouver in Calgary, Saturday April 9.

Last week, the Rochester Knighthawks acquired forward Joe (Haodais) Maracle from the Swarm in exchange for the Knighthawks' second-round selection in the 2018 NLL Draft along with Rochester's highest third-round selection in the 2016 NLL Draft. For his part, Maracle is pleased to be playing a little closer to home. PHOTO COURTESTY OF NLL

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Photo by Bill Wippert.

From GeorgiaSwarm. com The Buffalo Bandits and Georgia Swarm announced a trade with the Swarm acquiring forward Jerome Thompson from the Bandits in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2016 NLL Draft.

Thompson will now be reunited with his younger brothers, Lyle and Miles Thompson on the Swarm’s roster. The NLL’s trade deadline passed at 3 p.m. ET on Tuesday afternoon.

Thompson, 27, has tallied five assists in two games thus far in 2016.

During his rookie season in 2015, the 5-foot-11, 195-pound lefty posted 24 points (10G, 14A) and collected 35 loose balls.

Thompson tallied a career-high four goals against the Swarm in 2015 when the Bandits won at home on Jan. 30,

15-12.

“We had an opportunity with two players who weren’t frontline guys on our roster to pick up some draft picks for the future and open up some space for other guys to get into the lineup,” Swarm Owner and General Manager John Arlotta said. “Jerome has played some great games against us in the past and we’re happy to now have him on the Swarm team.”

“It’s very exciting; this is something we’ve looked forward to doing our whole lives and have always wanted to do,” Thompson said in regards to joining his brothers, Lyle and Miles, on the same team at the professional level.

Thompson also played with Swarm forwards Johnny Powless and Randy Staats during junior ball with the Six Nations Arrows. In addition, the Thompson Brothers all

played together with Powless and Staats on the Iroquois National team this past summer that earned silver in the 2015 World Indoor Lacrosse Championships.

“It’s exciting to see people that you played with growing up; to have that chemistry, I think it can go a long way,” Thompson added.

Georgia (4-8) faces Thompson’s former squad, the Buffalo Bandits (8-4), this Saturday night for a 7:05 p.m. showdown at Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Field at Infinite Energy Arena.

Both teams won on the road during the first two meetings this season, and Saturday marks the series finale.

“I had a great time in Buffalo, great fans,” Thompson said. “It’s a quick turnaround playing them right away the first weekend that I get traded.”

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No Canadian teams in NHL playoffs?

By Jim Windle There is something wrong in professional hockey. Out of eight Canadian based NHL franchises, not one Canadian team will see post season. That has not happened since 1970, when there were far fewer teams in the running.

Last Wednesday night, the Ottawa Senators became the last of the Canadian franchises to be eliminated from the playoffs. Although they won the game against the already eliminated Winni-peg Jets, the Sens needed a little help from the Washington Capitals if they were to stay alive.

That help didn’t come as the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Caps 2-1 in

overtime.

It will seem strange when all Canada stands to the side to watch the American entries play for “our cup” as it were.

With Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Toronto all sitting out, hockey fans in Canada are as one, eating crow and vowing to change the hockey world next year.

Us diehard Toronto Maple leafs fans are somewhat used to having a shorter hockey season than most but there has always, at least since 1970, been a faint hope that Canada with somehow defend its reputation as the birthplace of the game.

Fortunately, the summer season of lacrosse is about to begin where fans can follow their hometown heroes to

National titles in several levels and divisions.

To put perspective on Canada being shut out of the Stanley Cup playoffs, that would be like the Jr. C Warriors, the Jr. B Re-bels, the Jr. A Arrows Express, the Can/Am Slash, the Sr. B Rivermen and the Major Series all missing the lacrosse playoffs the same year.

The CLax Demons gave us an exciting season right to the final game and, for a while anyhow, the National Lacrosse League which boast many Haudenosaunee stars, is still a viable option. We around Six Nations are so lacrosse spoiled that we go into a deep, community wide depres-sion if a Six Nations teams doesn’t win the National Championship. Imagine no one even making the playoffs, if that has ever

happened in recent history.

Let’s put that nightmare as far from our minds as possible as we get set for the OLA and Can/Am season to begin. And let’s also not forget the Haudenosaunee Women’s National Box Lacrosse team Darrel Squire is putting together this year.

That’s not even talking about field lacrosse where Six Nations women have done very well in.

One thing is for sure, however. This summer is going to be filled with thrills, some spills and dis-appointments but one thing to put your money on as well is that there will be championships along the way and even if there isn’t, Six Nations will be in the thick of it right to the end.

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The Warriors of Jr. C lacrosse

By TRT staff SIX NATIONS/BRANTFORD — The Jr. C ranks of the Ontario Lacrosse Association may be a bit confusing this coming 2016 season with the entrée of a new Brantford Franchise who will be known as the Warriors.

The problem is, there are already two Warriors franchises including the Six Nations Jr. C Warriors and the Whitby Jr. C Warriors.

It seems the league does not have an issue with this and all three Warriors will compete this coming Jr. C season.

The season begins April 30 with Six Nations Warriors home opener set for the Gaylord Powless Arena May 1 at 2 p.m..

The Six Nations Warriors face the Brantford Warriors May 5 at the Brant-

ford and District Civic Centre.

Jr. C has a third team that will be called the Warriors now that the Brantford franchise has also been named the Warriors.

CLax announces 2016 all-star teams ST. CATHARINES – The Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) announced its First and Second All-Star Teams this week with Niagara and Southwest leading the way in representation with both having three players making the cut.

First Team All-Stars: Corey Fowler—Niagara Lock Monsters Fowler had a massive year for the Niagara Lock Monsters, leading the team in points with 45 and leading the league with 29 assists in 10 games. The crafty forward was a huge part of the Lock Monsters offence this season, earning him the 2016 CLax Most Outstanding Player and Top Offensive Player Awards.

Tom Montour—Ohsweken Demons The Ohsweken captain was an important presence for the Demons this year, finishing with 30 points (15 goals, 15 assists) in 10 games. Montour is one of CLax’s most prominent two-way forwards and was a finalist

for the 2016 Top Transition Player Award.

Dan Keane—Southwest Cyclops The Southwest Cyclops may not have had the season they hoped for in 2016 but there were plenty of bright spots and one of those was Dan Keane. The Elora native was an important cog in the Cyclops system, leading the team in scoring with 43 points (20 goals, 23 assists) in 10 games and finishing second in league scoring. His season was reflected in nominations for the 2016 MVP and Most Outstanding Player Awards.

Mitch Dumont—Niagara Lock Monsters The Lock Monsters were defensive dynamos in 2016 and Mitch Dumont was a huge contributing factor. The Niagara captain was the model shutdown defensemen, limiting the opposition’s chances and protecting his side of the turf. Dumont also chipped in offensively, netting 16 points (3 goals, 13 assists)

in 11 games; it’s no wonder the Welland, Ont. native took home the 2016 Top Defensive Player Award earlier this month.

Thomas Hoggarth— Durham Turfdogs The Durham Turfdogs boasted an embarrassment of riches in 2016 which is why they took home the 2016 Creator’s Cup trophy. Thomas Hoggarth was a huge part of the Turfdogs’ successful season, finishing third on team scoring with 33 points (22 goals, 11 assists) and landing in the top 10 in league scoring.

Hoggarth is a great twoway forward, taking home the 2016 Top Transition Player Award.

J. Preece—Niagara Lock Monsters Niagara goaltender J. Preece was Mr. Everything for the Lock Monsters this year, collecting six wins, two losses and finishing with a league-leading .819 SV% and 8.36 GAA. Preece gave his team a chance to win every game he played

in and rarely made mistakes in net. It’s no surprise the six foot three inch tall stopper took home CLax’s MVP and Top Goaltender honours.

Second Team All-Stars: Dylan Goddard— Durham Turfdogs The 2016 CLax MVP Finalist was the straw that stirred the Turfdogs’ drink this past season, leading the team with 52 points (27 goals, 25 assists) in 12 games; numbers that were good enough for the league lead in total points. Goddard was a huge contributing factor to Durham’s playoff success, collecting 11 points in two games and earning the Creator’s Cup MVP.

Vaughn Harris— Ohsweken Demons Players like Vaughn Harris don’t come around very often. The 23-year-old rookie suited up for all 12 Demons games this season and led the team in scoring with 45 points. Harris also finished third in playoff scoring with nine

points and his five goals in two games landed him at the top of the postseason goals list. Harris’ remarkable season was capped off with the 2016 Rookie of the Year Award.

Shane Scott—Barrie Blizzard Scott had a successful 2016 CLax season, finishing with 40 points (25 goals, 15 assists) in 11 games, good enough for second in team scoring. The six foot tall Brampton native was a catalyst for the Blizzard offence and was a finalist for the 2016 Top Offensive Player Award.

Jake Crans—Southwest Cyclops When it comes to defensemen, not hearing much about them during a game usually means they’re doing all the right things and that definitely applies to Jake Crans. The dependable Cyclops d-man may have only put up a modest four points in 2016 but he was a stud on the backend and made life miserable for the opposition. Crans was

a finalist for the 2016 Top Defensive Player Award.

Matt Spanger—Southwest Cyclops Much like his teammate, Jake Crans, Matt Spanger is a force on Southwest’s defence corps. He uses all of his six foot four inch frame to lean on opposing players and limit their time and space. Spanger is also capable of contributing offensively as he put up nine points in nine games and was a finalist for the 2016 Top Transition Player Award.

Angus Dineley—Barrie Blizzard Dineley had a strong 2016 campaign, especially in the second half. Dineley finished the season with four wins and four losses and was stellar most nights in net for the Blizzard. The six foot one inch tall netminder was a finalist for the 2016 Top Goaltender Award.

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you are ready to get moving and have a lot of momentum behind you. This is an ideal time to reach your goals. Don’t let your confidence waver.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, this week it is better to trust your heart instead of your head. Sometimes you have to let your emotions guide your actions, and your gut could be telling you something.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you have good news to share and you are eager to reconnect with some friends or coworkers.

Just complete prior commitments before you begin making plans to socialize.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, things in your life seem to be growing more challenging by the day. Make a list and tackle things as they come up so you don’t start to feel overwhelmed.

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LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, someone close to you isn’t on board with your point of view. You can’t please everyone all of the time. Stay the course if you feel it is right.

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SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you are having a lot of fun now that you made it through a rather extensive to-do list.

You can finally rest and breathe a little easier. Make some time for yourself.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, a busy schedule is proving problematic because so many people are demanding some face time and you want to help them all. However, you will have to pick and choose.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Your amicable nature and willingness to let go of your own personal agenda makes it relatively easy for you to interact with a lot of people this week, Aquarius.

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All Stock Selling Fast!! Still a HUGE Selection.

100’s of Sofa’s Priced to Clear!

FU RT RE P D R H U IC ER CT E IO N S!

Solid Wood Bedroom Suites SAVE $1,000 to $2,000

Over 500

Chairs in Stock!

Selection.....No Problem!

Solid Wood Dining Sets

Save 1,100

$

Power Lift Chairs

Save $500 Plus NO HST!

Everything is on Sale, with Wall-to-Wall Savings

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