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By Jayson Koblun BRANTFORD – A new initiative developed by the Grand Erie District School Board is helping students and teachers live out some of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action.

The initiative titled, “Living the Two Row” project kicked off on Friday, March 3 at Pauline Johnson Collegiate in Brantford with a student conference. Approximately one hundred students from Hagersville Secondary, Brantford Collegiate, North Park Collegiate, Tollgate Tech, MacKinnon Park Secondary, and Pauline Johnson participated.

“The project is the board’s way of furthering its commitment to implement the Truth and Reconciliation’s Calls to Ac-

tion,” said Jeannie Martin, indigenous support and engagement teacher. “The TRC identifies three areas that need to be included in our education programs; residential school history, impacts of colonialism, and treaty rights. This is the first step of our initiative and we’re really excited that the school board is moving forward in this way.”

The student conference took place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the students were a part of lessons taught by speakers such as; Professor Rick Monture from McMaster University, Haudenosaunee Faithkeeper Leroy “Jock” Hill, Lance Logan-Key of the Old Mush Singers, and others.

“The project includes a few more days of activities that will take place

after March Break,” said Martin. “Some students from today’s conference will participate in more in-depth learning about the community and land rights and they will then prepare a presentation that they will present to staff.

“One of the goals is to empower youth to not only learn of aboriginal land and treaty rights, but to also empower them to go out on their own and speak about it afterwards.”

Hill spoke on several topics including some of the history behind the Two Row Wampum, the Peacemaker’s journey, life before European contact and more. Hill also showed the students a Condolence Cane he carved himself.

“It took me the good part of a year to carve this

cane,” said Hill, further explaining the history of original canes and how taking the time to make something with his hands really helped him care about its history.

“Woodworking for me meant I had to do something with my hands while I was learning, and it really helped me get into what I was doing.”

Singer/songwriter and Indigenous Youth Mentor Lacey Hill was also there to spend time with the youth. The day also included a variety of interactive learning activities and Logan-Key taught the students and teachers a traditional Round Dance and had young men from the audience come on stage to sing and play along.

“We asked people to come speak at the event who we knew speak well

Haudenosaunee Faithkeeper Leroy "Jock" Hill showing some of the students that participated in the "Living the Two Row" project a Condolence Cane he carved. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN about the topic we wanted to present today,” said Martin. “We wanted speakers to talk about some treaties that really reflect our relationship with each other and our relationship with the land

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Martin said that the next few activities will include more information about local land rights concerning New Credit and Six Nations.

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By Chezney Martin BRANTFORD – The Wilfred Laurier University's Research and Academic Centre opened it's doors to those wishing to hear Director of Languages at the Woodland Cultural Centre Amos Key Jr. speak on the dark history of Canada's residential schools on Wednesday, March 1.

As Key has been an advocate for indigenous languages and a restorer of the Mohawk and Cayuga Languages for the past three decades, his words rang true and deep with emotion in regards to the lasting impact of residential schools — which hoped to strip indigenous people of their culture and language.

He offered a PowerPoint presentation of a historical time line of the residential school impact – even beefing up the information with statistical evidence. Members of the audience were given a front-row seat to what it would have been like as a child being raised in the ‘60s scoop as well, as Key's mother had instructed him on how to prevent being taken.

One of the more insightful points of the night for those that don't quite understand indigenous spirituality was when Key explained the importance

of “gen dao”, or life.

“My work right now is to create sort of a manifesto of who we are as Sanjogwehonwe, Haudenosaunee people. And I'm trying to debunk the term 'culture' when we self-identify.”

“It's such a pan-Indian term that we've accepted as Onkwehon:we people, as Anishnaabe people, as Muskegowa people in the North. And we jump to that term too, as First Peoples. We always say 'oh, that's our culture,' but it's much more. If you do a deeper dive it's much more than culture. It is the collective intellect of our people.”

“The intelligence that we have, [as an example] I have a different kind of artistic type of intelligence because I'm Onkwehon:we, I have ecological intelligence, I have psychological intelligence, I have all of my ceremonies for that. That's what helps me heal. I don't have to go to an analysis thing, or sit down on somebody's couch because we have it embedded in our civilization. Often it's celebrated with music and dance, and words to our Creator.

What a beautiful thing that is.”

His words received a loud applause, and Outreach Co-ordinator for the Woodland Cultural Centre Jessica Powless

said that the opportunity to educate people through lecture is “great”.

“Amos is the language director of the Woodland Cultural Centre, so we've worked together for the last year and a bit,” said Powless. “But being able to be here and talk to people about the [Save the Evidence Campaign] and what we are and what we do is a really, really great experience and opportunity.”

Powless explained that along with the lecture, she offers information about the Woodland Cultural Centre and the campaign to help save the former Mohawk Institute in Brantford. This particular lecture encapsulates the work of Key and the knowledge offered within the centre.

“These lecture series being people from all over, of different interests and even age groups. We get a lot of students and then we get a lot of seniors, so it's an interesting mix. But it's absolutely fantastic to be able to talk to each and every one of them to tell them about the campaign, what we're doing; especially if they've never heard of us before.”

The night was filled with Key's humour, and traditional view on matters that the people in attendance can hopefully better understand.

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By TRT Staff OHSWEKEN — On Wednesday March 1st, 2017, at 9:42 P.M., the Six Nations Police received a report of a missing youth from 35 Sunrise Court in Ohsweken.

Police spoke with an employee at the Youth Lodge who identified the male youth as Xavier Lewis, 14 years old.

Lewis had attended a day trip with other residents to the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre (HRIC) on Ottawa Street North in Hamilton, Ontario.

At approximately 6:50 P.M. Lewis told the counselor that he was walking to a nearby Tim Hortons to get a cup of

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coffee. Lewis did not return to the HRIC. The Youth Lodge employee went to the Tim Horton’s and witnesses said that they saw Lewis get on a city bus to an unknown destination.

Lewis was last seen wearing black and white sneakers, dark gray track pants, black hoodie, and a black & yellow toque. He is approximately 5'7", slim build, approximately 200lbs and has been living at the Six Nations Youth Lodge for between 1 and 2 months and has family in the city of Hamilton.

Anyone with information about this incident or this person is asked to please contact the Six Nations Police at 519-445-2811, the Hamilton Police Service at 905-546-4925 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-2228477 (TIPS) or www. crimestoppers-brant.ca.

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Six Nations toddler dies

By TRT Staff

SIX NATIONS — On Monday March 6th, 2017, at 7:22 P.M., the Six Nations Police responded to a report from Six Nations Ambulance of a 3 year old child who had no vital signs and was not breathing at 792 Mohawk Road in Ohsweken.

The child was taken to

Brantford General Hospital by ambulance where he was pronounced dead at 8:16 P.M. Six Nations Police remained at the scene overnight Monday and with the assistance of the Ontario Provincial Police Forensic Identification Unit continue to investigate this tragic incident.

Dangerous police chase through Ohsweken village OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Police entered a high speed chase through the village of Ohsweken Tuesday.

The vehicle being pursued took some dangerous turns after police saw the vehicle connected to a wanted person with outstanding arrest warrants.

The driver drove onto Bicentennial Trail, over the curb and into Iroquois Plaza and then across the

lawns of the health centre, retirement home and medical clinic.

Police said they tried to stop the driver without engaging in a chase in the interest of public safety.

The car fled the scene and was found minutes later engulfed in flames at the site of another vehicle theft in Brant County.

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EDT to invest $1.5 million in 2017

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OHSWEKEN – The Six Nations of the Grand River Economic Development Trust (EDT) announced the 2017 call for applications near the end of February. In 2017, the EDT will invest $1.5 million into the Six Nations Community.

Applications will be available starting March 6 with a deadline of April 20, 2017 by 4 p.m. Successful applicants will be notified on June 20, 2017 and will have until December 1, to fully expend the funds.

An additional call for applications is planned for August for projects taking place in 2018. Funding agreements for this phase will not begin until January 1, 2018.

“This year’s dual call for applications is intended to align the EDT’s reporting period with our funding source, Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation (SNGRDC).

Looking forward to 2018, this change will equip the EDT with sufficient time to engage applicants and recipients well in advance so that we are able to cre-

ate the greatest impact to the community,” said Rachel Martin, Chair of the EDT. “This will also provide more time for recipients to expend the community investment funds.”

The introduction of two application windows throughout the next 12 months will result in a smaller investment amount than 2016, as the fiscal surplus from SNGRDC will be split between the two application deadlines.

For the 2017 application, the EDT has set a

strict stipulation that no late or incomplete applications will be accepted or reviewed. Therefore, all applicants are highly encouraged to book a face-to-face meeting with an EDT representative to review their submission in April. These sessions are designed to ensure that applicants have included all application requirements prior to submission. Applications and a detailed application schedule will be available on March 6 at: www.sndevcorp.ca/guidelines-applications/.

which charge a bundled rate.

“The elimination of the delivery charge will assist our citizens by reducing energy poverty in our communities. It also represents recognition for the use of the land in the development and expansion of the provincial energy grid,” said Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day. “Poverty, lack of opportunity and choosing to pay for electricity over food is a reality that affects our people. [This] commitment by the Ontario government is commendable and allows a path forward for greater quality of life for First Nations in Ontario.”

The plan includes the First Nations On-Reserve Delivery Credit, a complete elimination of the delivery charge for on-reserve First Nations citizens and an overall 25% reduction of the overall bill.

Additional enhanced relief through the Rural or Remote Electricity Rate Protection, at approximately $75 a month for Hydro One R2 customers and $18 month for Hydro One R1 customers.

A New Affordability Fund will provide consumers up front funding for energy conservation measures such as cold climate air source heat pumps, insulation, weather stripping, energy efficient lighting, energy efficient appliances and windows.

Another enhancement is also being added to the Ontario Electricity Support Program which includes indigenous specific support of up to $113.

“We appealed to the Wynne government and they responded, not only to First Nations, but to all Ontarians. We acknowledge Premier Wynne and her cabinet for such a bold and humane decision. This demonstrates that the Wynne government is dedicated to reconciliation through meaningful action,” said Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians Grand Chief Gord Peters. “We got everything we asked for, plus. This strengthens our Political Accord with Ontario and lays a better foundation for further negotiations.”

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ed the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) to examine options for an on-reserve First Nation Energy Rate.

Through the fall of 2016, the Chiefs of Ontario in collaboration with the OEB held a series of engagement sessions with First Nations to capture feedback on current hydro rates, ultimately working towards a First Nations specific rate.

Throughout the sessions, it became clear that current hydro rates were unaffordable and creating an additional level of stress within communities dealing with several other socio-economic issues.

Participants expressed frustration that First Nation citizens were struggling to afford a service that was built upon the resources identified within their Treaties.

Based upon the outcomes of this engagement, the Chiefs recommended that the Delivery Charge be waived for First Nation citizens.

The changes are expected to be implemented by the summer of 2017.

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Hydro Plan a step towards reconciliation

By TRT Staff

TORONTO — First Nation leaders say the announcement from Premier Kathleen Wynne committing to eliminate hydro delivery charges for on-reserve citizens, among other benefits, will provide significant financial relief to First Nation communities while strengthening the Political Accord between the Province and First Nations.

“Each one of our community members will benefit from Ontario’s Fair Hydro Plan. This is a step towards reconciliation and recognition of our inherent rights as Treaty Holders,” said Six Nations of the Grand River Chief Ava Hill. “I am grateful that Premier Wynne and Minister Thibeault listened to our concerns and took action.”

Ontario's Fair Hydro Plan, announced Thursday, would lower electricity bills by 25 per cent on average for all residential consumers in the province. It will also eliminate the monthly service charge for customers of licensed distributors

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OPINION Bad statistics EDITORIAL BY JONATHAN GARLOW Editorial by Jonathan Garlow If you've been paying attention to the news on Six Nations lately it’s apparent that people are dying. Drug overdoses, car accidents, homicides, we've seen it all. It’s easy to sit on a high horse and point the finger but maybe we are all partly responsible.

It has already happened, we have all done it. If "hurt people hurt people" Six Nations is in a world of hurt. If you take an honest look at yourself, and those times that you broke someone down instead of building him or her up, you will see it. We are killing each other and ourselves.

It begins as children when an adult says, "What are ya, stupid?" We are teaching our own kids that they aren't valuable by our very actions that we learned through colonization and residential school. But in order to break the cycle we have to be aware it even exists!

Sadly, indigenous people in Canada suffer worse and with more hardship than the African-American population in the U.S., according to Maclean's. For example, our incarceration rate is 10 times the national rate, African-Americans are only three (yes, we are saying there are unfair judgments). Indigenous peoples have a life expectancy average of 72.8 years old. African-Americans’ have an average of 74.9 years old. The most alarming statistic is the 23 per cent drop out rate of indigenous population compared to their eight per cent.

For those who have lived their lives on reserve we don't need fancy numbers to tell us we've had it rough. We feel it

when we look into the casket time after time. Death after death after death. We've been in collective mourning for at least 400 years.

When all you know is pain, risk-taking behaviour can become like an addiction.

Some people just want to forget so they have to live on the edge. Other people struggle with healing and are afraid to change. Then there are others who take a totally different path.

When you visit Six Nations, please have patience with our people. We might not always be in the best mood. Probably everyone has experienced a waitress or gas pumper who was having a bad day. Well you know what? We've been having a bad century or two so give us a break.

Maybe our customer service isn't as good as Google but I can remember returning to work at Weken Electronics the day after my brother died, strictly due to financial reasons. Much respect to all of those on Six Nations working minimum wage to pay the bills. There is no such thing as "Indian money" unless you are Cayuga you get $5 every year at bread and cheese.

And all of this discussion highlights the big fat fact: most indigenous people are super cheerful and happy. To me as a community member when I think of my people I think of the raucous laughter.

Some of the gentlest people I know have been through the most trauma and heartache.

"I didn't have it that bad," they will always say — and we do.

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Reacting to the “Sixties Scoop” case

By Doug George-Kanentiio On February 14 Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba made a historic ruling by holding Canada responsible for the pain and suffering endured by more than 16,000 native children taken from their communities and placed in foster homes across the province and into the U.S. The federal government took an active role in ripping the children from their families resulting in psychological, spiritual and physical harm.

The children were placed into non-native residences and stripped of their heritage. In many instances the placements were done without background checks and often to the highest bidder.

Despite its promise to work with native governments to assure the safety and security of the children virtually no follow-up was done once they disappeared into the foster care system. Many thousands of these children were lost to their people with the result that families were shattered and the children sent into a social void.

The consequences were predictable: abnormally high rates of alcoholism, drug abuse and suicide as the children grew older without the means to resolve the deep feelings of insecurity and low self esteem.

I know this as a survivor of the foster home system, as a former 'ward’ of the federal government who had the absolute power to place me and my siblings in whatever place they deemed convenient, first in the notorious residential schools and then in a series of residences. By the time I was 17 years old I had been in 15 different foster "homes" some for as little as a weekend and others for

a school year. Each "home" received a monthly allowance for our care. We never felt a sense of affection or acceptance but knew we were sources of income and little else.

In this for-profit arrangement keeping cost low was the rule so our diets, housing and clothing were kept at the very minimum. Hunger was at the edge of our daily lives and we learned shame because of the obvious poverty in our dress.

Mistrust grew as a natural consequence as was rage and the need to strike out at anything resembling authority. We were not born bad but many of us were labelled as so because we fought back in whatever way we could.

In June of 1968 my brothers and I, along with most of the Akwesasne Mohawks (the "St. Regis Boys") were expelled from the Mohawk Institute. We were pleased to have left that terrible place behind only to be met by social workers once we were on the bus taking us from the train station in Cornwall, Ont. to our home in Kanatakon-St. Regis. This interception took my brothers and I to a foster home, which began a very tough five years. The social welfare barriers prevented us from joining our brothers and sisters despite our pleas to do so.

We were not alone in our despair as many other Akwesasne children went through the same experiences.

A decade ago a courageous woman named Marcia Brown Martel contacted the Wilson-Christen law firm in Toronto to seek redress for her suffering as one of the 16,000.

It took years but the firm worked its way through the legal system, providing clear evidence of demonstrable harm not only endured by herself but

on behalf of every native child who went through the system.

Canada waged a counter action but its defences were weak and unconvincing. The federal government enacted the laws and policies, which the provinces used to take the children under the assumption that life in a non-Native home was preferable to an aboriginal one. It also was held liable for its methods to wipe out Native identity, and at times actual band membership, in its decades long practise of cultural assimilation.

No thought was given to what the child wanted or needed. Nor were the band councils prepared to challenge federal or provincial adoption and foster care policies. Some bands felt they had no choice but to take an active, if coercive, part in removing the children over the objections of their families and often at the threat of arrest.

Ms. Martel is from the Temagami community and, against the odds, found her way back home to assume a leadership role for her people.

So devastating was the February 14 ruling that Canada gave up its right to appeal and is now pressing for a quick resolution which will include financial compensation to the foster children now called the "Sixties Scoop", a term used by Patrick Johnston in his 1983 report entitled "Native Children and the Child Welfare System".

It refers to the 1960's when the act of removal was accelerated across the nation.

It is now up to us as to what we would deem appropriate.

The amount sought by the lawyers is $1.3 billion, which Canada will apparently not contest.

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Signs of the times as told by the earth and stars

By Thohahoken The 2010 documentary

by Zach Kunuk titled, Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change catalogues a changing earth that was described by Inuit Elders — the sun rises in a different location, the daylight is longer, and the stars aren’t where they’ve supposed to be.

The CBC reported in 2016 that changes in the north forced Cape Dorset’s Inuit people from their customary food supply from hunting, “into internationally recognized artists based on their traditional crafts.” Reports worldwide speculate that melting polar ice in the Arctic and Antarctica raised water around the world, and that alone could be responsible for what Indigenous People have been seeing. Things in space like the sun and stars aren’t where they’re supposed to be.

Here’s a science-nerd view of the changes for another reason — the shift in the north and south poles.

The compass needle points to the north magnetic pole. There’s also a south magnetic pole. Scientists studied what is happening now. The north and south magnetic poles will change places, what is called the “polarity reversal”.

Scientists around the world studied these changes. In 1997 Ronald Merrill reported in Nature “A magnetic reversal record (changes to Earth’s magnetic field during reversal of polarity).” Merrill stud-

ied sediments and lava flows that produced a geological record of the effect of polarity reversals on the Earth in the past.

In 2007 Russian scientists explored pre-historic polarity reversals and their relationship to the equator — or where the northern and southern magnetic fields meet. Russian scientist A. N Kharmov reported in Physics of a Solid Earth that the way the poles move during the polarity reversal result in shifts in the earth’s crust called “convective motions.” The Earth’s crust ripples.

In 2007 John Hopkins University researcher P. Olson also reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America that the polarity reversal creates waves or ripples that increase the tilt of the equator. In early 2007 Chinese scientist W. Shen in Acta Geologica Sinica English Edition says that the geomagnetic polarity reversal occurred many times in history. The Chinese scientists describe how the Earth’s core and

enough. We have been through this before with the residential school settlements. We have also been in consultation with the Province of Ontario to seek its own reconciliation with the former students.

We have submitted to Ontario our ideas which range from a permanent archives to the construction of a healing center and the active recording of our troubled times for the benefit of those Mohawks yet unborn. We are seeking a trust fund to free the survivors so they can teach

and take a creative part in the healing process.

For those who have yet to sign up as claimants they can call the Wilson-Christen law firm at 416-3605952 or by calling Natalie Graham at 416-956-5625.

The web site thesisxtiesscoopclaim@gmail.com has more information.

We all lost something important when we were taken from our homes. It cost us our childhood and Akwesasne lost the talents and potential of those whom we call "gifts from the Creator".

NASA said that the last full polarity reversal occurred 780,000 years ago and the Earth is long overdue. The Sun and Earth travel around the center of the Milky Way in a wavy orbit that moves toward the galactic plane every 26,000 years - where we're at now.

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outer core move at a low speed. The Chinese say “geomagnetic polarity reversal” creates changes in the Earth because these cores will move at different speeds.

What happens during the change was the focus of experiments done in France by C. Narteau as reported in 2007 in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Scientists at the University of Paris describe the effect of a polarity reversal as a “cascade” when the equator creates what they describe as turbulent motions — waves in the Earth’s crust created by the polarity reversal.

The scientific studies focus on the effect of waves effect on the Earth’s crust, outer core, and inner core that currently move at the same rate.

The research says that the shifting polarity affects the motion of these three geological regions that creates waves that cascade and cause those three regions to move at different speeds. The effect creates tensions between the crust, outer core and inner core. Inertia, gravitation-

al force, and geomagnetic change present massive forces that change the tilt of the equator and eventually moves the equator.

These forces create volcanoes, earthquakes, tidal waves, and floods.

The Earth is also effected by the Sun and stars.

The Sun travels around the Milky Way galaxy in a wave. If you held your hands together it looks like the Milky Way from the side. Where your palms meet (the plane) is like the center of the galaxy. The Sun’s path reaches toward the galactic plane every 26,000 years—which is where we’re at right now.

These forces exerted on the Earth by the Sun and galaxy received attention by scientists who see an unavoidable influence by the Sun and galaxy on life on Earth. Same as our Old Ones.

In the year 2000 international scientists conducted experiments to determine the effect of “cosmic rays” on the Earth’s climate. For example, according to Jeff Kanipe’s report in Nature 2006 describes “A cosmic connection” in the cosmic

radiation that comes from the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Though scientists focus on the causes of contemporary global warming (man-made v. natural event) they know about the Sun’s 26,000 year path around galactic equinox that affects the Earth’s climate.

In 2001 NASA researchers said the Sun’s polarity reversed in late 2000. The scientists said that the solar reversal occurred during the peak in sunspot activity. In late 2000 the northern pole of the Sun shifted to the southern solar hemisphere. NASA also described the importance of the Sun to the Earth in a region of the galaxy that includes the solar system of planets orbiting the Sun. The effect of the galactic equinox on the solar polarity reversal of 2012 is complex. This scientific research describes tremendous forces exist that can affect life on Earth.

The potential for extreme solar wind to be exerted on the Earth can occur when the Sun crosses the galactic plane. The solar wind influences the oceans’ en-

ergy conveyor belt that increases climate change.

In simple terms food supplies can be affected.

Climate changes. The effect of geomagnetic and galactic forces in the extreme could alter the Earth rotation, the equator, and create catastrophes like Earthquakes, severe weather, and floods. When these events occur is impossible to predict. The effects of these events is beyond human control.

What’s it all mean?

The Earth’s changes are almost invisible except for people like the Inuit who live by the seasonal changes signaled by the Sun and stars. In the Old Days, southern Indigenous people built lodges where star movements were watched through the smoke holes.

Among our People the appearance of the Pleiades “skyworld” constellation in our old lodge observatories signaled the start of our New Year, when we did the Midwinter Ceremonies. Many other Indigenous people constructed “medicine wheels” that had spokes pointing to different places where the stars and the Sun appeared.

We don’t use this indgenous knowledge anymore.

The Inuit are watching the sky. We watch the Weather Channel.

But what we do know is this—these events happened before. Every 26,000 years.

Thohahoken Michael Doxtater is an educator from Six Nations

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By Jayson Koblun HAMILTON – From French Press to Chemex, Cold Brew to Standard Drip, there was a type or coffee for all coffee drinkers in Hamilton to enjoy at this year’s Hamilton Coffee Fair.

Hundreds of Hamiltonians and visitors came to experience the fair downtown Hamilton on Sunday, March 5 at the Spice Factory event venue to promote specialty coffee and the local independent coffee community.

The city of Hamilton is known for its local, trendy coffee scene and boasts some of the most interesting and unique shops in the area.

“I love supporting local Hamilton shops,” said Chris Merkus, a 25-yearold kindergarten teacher with the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. “I love how Hamiltonians support local.”

The venue showcased several venders from various local coffee shops in the city and guests could taste free samples

Most visitors to this year's Hamilton Coffee Festival had to wait up to one hour to get inside the free event held at the Spice Factory in downtown Hamilton. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN

A barista from one of the vendors at this year's Hamilton Coffee Festival (left) showing Coffee Enthusiast Kathleen Heidebrecht (right) how to pour her own latte art. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN of their coffee and lattes, purchase some beans and other products to take home, participate in an ‘art latte’ competition, and more.

“It’s fun to do this with friends and go out to local events in the city,” said Merkus. “It’s also great coffee and you were able to make your own lattes [too].”

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Baristas from several local coffee shops in Hamilton showed the public how to pour their own latte art.

Kathleen Heidebrecht shows off her handiwork. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN The fair opened its doors at 11 a.m. on Sunday and the line to get in extended well beyond two blocks away from the main entrance. Most visitors had to wait at least one hour to get inside the free event.

“Even though it was cold, I wanted to experience the fair and taste coffee from shops I hadn’t visited yet,” said Merkus.

“It was worth the wait.”

Seasoned baristas took time to teach and show visitors how to make

their own lattes and how to pour their own latte art. Latte art is the term coined for a method of preparing coffee created by pouring steamed milk into a shot of espresso and resulting in a pattern or design on the surface of the latte.

There were so many people in line looking to learn the basics of latte art that one of the baristas said “it’s really all just a blur now, so many people came out”.

There are so many dif-

ferent ways to prepare your morning, afternoon, or evening cup coffee in this day and age that it’s worth spending time researching and familiarizing yourself with a few of them. Several coffee connoisseurs were at the event to help guests select the perfect bean, grind, flavour or method of preparation to start newcomers on their coffee journeys.

Important Deadlines

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SIX NATIONS — On Friday March 3rd, 2017, at 6:25 A.M., the Six Nations Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident on Onondaga Road between 3rd Line Road and 4th Line Road in Ohsweken.

Responding officers observed a vehicle in the yard of 1405 Onondaga Road with extensive damage. The vehicle had been

travelling North bound when it crossed lanes and left the roadway into the West ditch. It struck a culvert, then a hydro pole and came to rest against a tree.

The driver was ejected from the vehicle during the collision and was located nearby. Paramedics transported the male driver to West Haldimand General Hospital where he was later pronounced dead.

He has been identified as 19 year old Thomas Miller of Six Nations.

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Missing, murdered women inquiry must support family participation: advocates The Canadian Press WINNIPEG — Families of missing and murdered women are still in the dark about how they can participate in the upcoming national inquiry, a coalition of Manitoba family members said Tuesday.

The long-promised inquiry is scheduled to start formal hearings in May. But coalition co-chair Hilda Anderson-Pyrz said relatives of the missing and murdered are still unsure about travel costs, as well as emotional sup-

port and other victims services.

She said the inquiry's final report is due in December 2018 but that deadline may have to be pushed back. ``We're more about doing it properly than a timeline. That's what the families want, they want it done properly, and to be inclusive of everyone who wants to tell their story to the commission. ``I don't think there should be a timeline.''

Among the unanswered questions, the co-

alition said, is how many communities the inquiry commission will visit.

For people in other communities, will there be subsidies for travel costs, therapy or emotional supports for people who face the trauma of retelling their stories, as well as access to traditional First Nation ceremonies?

Anderson-Pyrz is familiar with tragedy. Her sister, Dawn Anderson, was found dead in Leaf Rapids, Man., in November 2012. The death was ruled accidental and

caused by exposure to the cold while intoxicated, she said.

Anderson-Pyrz fought back tears as she explained why her family does not believe the death was accidental. ``She had bruising on her and her phone had been ripped off the wall in her home, and her TV had been smashed and her front door had been kicked in,'' she said. ``To me, that automatically says that something went wrong.''

A spokesperson for the

inquiry commission said it is working on keeping families better informed, and support services will be available. ``We are currently reaching out to the Manitoba organizations, as well as others across the country,'' Waneek Horn-Miller, the commission's director of community relations, said in a written statement. ``We understand the frustrations of families and survivors of violence, and we welcome the dialogue. We will provide

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TRT: When did you first open the store?

Marilyn: October 1995.

My mom, Grace VanEvery, and me opened the store.

I’ve been in the business 21 years.

TRT: How many employees have you had over the years?

Marilyn: I took in a lot of co-op students to help them get their volunteer hours in. To help students gain experience also. I had a few helpers throughout the years, like my sisterin-law and some others.

TRT: What’s your helper’s role now?

Marilyn: Shirley is my helper now. Pudge. She keeps me company and helps with the cash register or looks after the store if I need to go somewhere.

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TRT: Have you been busy lately?

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TRT: If you had all the time and money in the world to use towards your business, how would you change it?

Marilyn: I’d expand.

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TRT: Can you share a funny or interesting memory with us from the early years of your business?

Marilyn: I don’t know if I should say this … but one time a guy came in to get work done by me and my sister-in-law and he said he had a tattoo he wanted to show us on his back. It was a tattoo of a bear. So he lifted his shirt to show us and his back was all hairy. So hairy that the tattoo of the bear looked actually furry, like a bear!

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Leenie & Lulu

TRT: As women in business, what does this mean to you?

Leenie: Women up until just recently didn’t make much impact in locally owned business. It’s encouraging to see so many these days.

Lulu: It’s kind of new to me. I don’t keep up with ‘days’ like this and so knowing about it now I feel kind of honoured. I believe behind every successful business, there’s a woman somewhere.

TRT: If you had all the time and money in the world, what is something you would like to do to benefit the youth and younger generation of Six Nations?

Lulu: I think the youth of our community really suffer from drug and alcohol use. I don’t know how much, or to what extent the help is here on Six Nations, but I don’t see it as much as it should be. I would love to do a huge rehab type of centre.

To help them get on their way.

Leenie: I would open a camp for children and youth. We don’t have our own camp here. We used to go to one as kids but we had to go off the reserve for that. I would build a camp so they had a place for kids to be kids and have fun while learning things on their own. We want something where all kids can participate.

TRT: If you could be someone famous for a day, who would it be?

Leenie: OK — Oprah.

She seems to be pretty inspiring, powerful. She kind of came from nothing and started from the bottom. Worked hard. Seems like she’s helped so many people.

My sister and I aren’t here to get rich, we like helping people too. We both donate and help a lot in the community.

TRT: What are some of your interests when not at work?

Leenie: Just started travelling, I like to read, I’m writing a book. It’s about my daughter who passed away and it’ll be about some of my life here and there too.

Kind of like an autobiography.

Lulu: I just play bingo.

No, just joking. I’m Lulu: Margaret Thatch- really into landscaper. She was intense, ing and spending stuck to her guns. She time with my family.

TRT: Do you was known for saying “cleanliness is next to play any instrugodliness”. I liked her ments? sternness and how she fought for what she beLulu: I play the baglieved in. No time for pipes. Just kidding wishy-washy. neither of us play an instrument.

But TRT: Would you we can both hire you sister? sing really well.

Leenie: Oh yea. She’s Leenie: Yea we both artistic too and a peo- are just naturally ple person.

Great good singers. We got with customers. that from our mom, Lulu: No (laughs). Yea Betty “Sister” Hill.

I would. Seriously I would. She knows the business too. She’s good with people.

TRT: Can you share some advice for new business owners?

Leenie: I would say location is a very big part for your success. It’s not everything, but it’s a very big part. Being a people person definitely helps and means more than most people might think.

Lulu: Don’t think you’re going to go in there, run your business and become a millionaire in two years. It doesn’t work that way. My advice is; hard work pays off.

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Islanders join Indigenous Women’s Summit By pmnationtalk Island Indigenous women are joining 300 delegates from across Canada this week in Toronto to discuss empowering Indigenous women.

The Prince Edward Island delegation to the National Indigenous Women’s Summit March 6 to 8 includes Chief Matilda Ramjattan of Lennox Island First Nation, Nancy MacLean of Native Council PEI, and Samantha Lewis of the Aboriginal Women’s Association, joining Transportation, Infrastructure and Energy Minister Paula Biggar, who is the minister responsible for Status of Women. Also attending the summit from the Island will be Elder Judy Clark — president of the PEI Aboriginal Women’s Association – representing the Native Women’s Association of Canada, and Wanda Lyall of the Native Council of Prince Edward Island, who will be represent the Congress of Aboriginal Peo-

ples.

“Island women will add an important perspective to the discussion on initiatives that will empower Indigenous women,” Minister Biggar said. “With our counterparts from across Canada, we will – in the spirit of reconciliation – discuss issues of importance to Indigenous women to our country.”

The summit brings together delegates from across Canada to discuss issues related to the theme “Empowering Indigenous Women Now and Into the Future.” It is an opportunity for Indigenous women, youth,

elders, and grassroots community representatives to gather with National Indigenous Organization leaders and ministers from provinces, territories, and the federal government to shape a response to the issues that affect their lives.

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TRT: What did you dream of becoming as a child?

Florence: I dreamt of being a teacher or airline stewardess as a teenager, but I remember when I was younger I used to pretend I had a store and would set up displays selling my stuff.

TRT: What is your greatest strength as a woman?

Florence: I care about people and value our differences and find that interesting.

TRT: If you could be anyone for one day who would it be and why?

Florence: I’d rather be me but I would love to spend the day with Dolly Parton. I admire

her she’s always herself and hasn’t put any limitations on herself and has accomplished so much in her life.

TRT: What advice do you have for women who want to own their own business?

Florence: My advice is to set yourself apart in your services or what you offer. Always treat your customers like a visitor that you want to keep seeing again and again. Try to set goals on how big you want your business to become and plan for it.

TRT: Who in your life has influenced you the most and why?

Florence: My parents.

They always worked hard and made use of

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SIX NATIONS – As a traveller from outside of Six Nations you might wish to pick up something to remember your time here.

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Well known within Six Nations as one of the best places to scoop up a pair of moccasins, this craft shop is headed by Marion Martin, the co-ordinator for the Red Barn Summer Craft Camp and long-time crafter.

“I think [my daughter] Cindy was about five years old and she always like beads,” said Martin. “So Virginia Beaver showed me how to do beadwork, and in the process of her showing me how to do beadwork she also showed me how to sew our traditional clothes.”

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“Later on in life, Bob and Eva Williams had a moccasin class, so I went to their moccasin class and I learned how to make moccasins,” she said, mentioning that she also learned how to make leather jackets from Deanna Skye.

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regalia and moccasins in various sizes just waiting to be picked up and loved by a new owner. In regards to prices, Martin said she tries to keep in the same range as other crafters.

Martin said that as people have been forthcoming with their knowledge, she has also shared her expertise in classes at different universities and even close to home at locations such as the Woodland Cultural Centre. She has especially shared with her loved ones.

“The people that I've taught in the past are doing it for their own families now,” she said. “And I'm happy that my immediate family will be taking over.

I've set that up quite well, and Dani does an awesome job.”

Among Martin's daughters Cindy and the late Colleen Martin, granddaughters Mallory and Madison Johns and Danielle Jonathan have contributed to the inventory within the shop.

Jonathan explained that when she was younger she

didn't see the importance of crafting, but now she does.

“Now that I'm getting older I'm finding that it has to be carried on,” said Jonathan. “A lot of the stuff is time consuming, but it's important that it gets carried on.”

On top of it's importance, Jonathan said that helping her grandmother suits her well because of her own passion.

“I'm really passionate about art, so [these crafts] are our art and that's why I like it,” she said.

From porcupine quill earrings to green leather moccasins, Jonathan explained that her grandmother has taught her “everything she knows”.

But when Jonathan learns something new, she'll also share it with her grandmother so that they can learn as a team.

“Sometimes I'll learn something and I'll come over and we'll do it together,” she said.

Martin explained that just recently one of her

younger grandsons came to ask her to learn how to make moccasins because his older sisters learned.

It is safe to say that Martin's Craft Shop is a great example of how familial knowledge is preserved, and a great example of the traditional art community within Six Nations.

Martin offers thanks to Eva and Bob Williams (moccasins), Virginia Beaver (beadwork), Sam Thomas (raised beadwork) and Deanna Skye (buckskin coats) for all of their knowledge.

“With their knowledge I've been able to instruct everything they've taught me,” she said, adding that she's thankful to be able to share what she's learned.

If you would like to make an order call 519-445-2558 or visit her shop the address is 937 Third Line Road, Six Nations. Martin will also be hosting a sale in upcoming April.

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Smoking pot as a medicine raises questions for doctors about side effects The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER — Not all medicinal marijuana is created equal. That's what some experts are saying as they warn about the health risks and curtailed effectiveness associated with smoking medicine.

As medical pot becomes increasingly mainstream and Canada moves toward legalizing the substance, health experts are emphasizing the need for doctors and patients to consider the sometimes serious side effects linked to the various ways of consuming the drug.

Paul Farnan, an addictions specialist at the University of British Columbia, likened a recommendation to smoke medicinal marijuana to a doctor handing out a prescription to light up an opium pipe. ``We know there's something in opium that helps pain, and we're able to pharmaceutically develop morphine and other analgesics, but we wouldn't say to people, 'You have pain? Why don't you smoke opium?' '' he said. ``We're kind of saying to people, 'We think there's some stuff that cannabinoids will be helpful for. Why don't you just smoke cannabis?' First of all, cannabis is actually a really dangerous thing for your lungs.''

Mikhail Kogan, medical director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., said he sees no reason for people to smoke marijuana medically anymore.

It's difficult to absorb enough of the drug through the lungs, and gastric acids interfere when someone eats it, he said, adding that it's more effective to take the drug

by other means, such as under the tongue. ``Rectally is actually a lot more preferred because of the volume of absorption. You can put a lot more and it gets absorbed a lot better, but not everybody is open to this way of administration,'' Kogan said. ``We have so many other products now, so many modes of delivery, that smoking in my opinion is very archaic and has very little clinical applicability,'' he added. ``Having said that, I think that probably the majority of people still smoke because it's the most available method.''

Health Canada officially recommends against smoking marijuana. ``Many of the chemicals found in tobacco smoke are also found in cannabis smoke,'' reads its website.

The Canadian Medical Association has no formal position on the consumption of medicinal pot, but it officially opposes the inhalation of any burned plant material.

Association spokesman Jeff Blackmer added that many physicians are reluctant to prescribe medical marijuana because of the absence of peer-reviewed research into whether the drug is medically effective, its possible side effects, appropriate dosage and more.

A ``strong majority'' of doctors would prefer not to be involved as so-called gatekeepers, Blackmer added. ``Most of them hate it,'' he said. ``This is something that was imposed on us by the government and the majority of physicians do not want to have anything to do with it.''

Debra Lynkowski, head of the Canadian Lung Association, urged patients and doctors to take lung

health into consideration when discussing medicinal marijuana. ``When you burn something, that combustion releases toxins and carcinogens, and they're released regardless of what the source is,'' she said. ``Our primary concern with regard to that is just to be considering any kind of lung health implications.''

Colette Rivet, head of the association that represents licensed cannabis producers in Canada, said that while the industry is against smoking medical marijuana, ultimately it can't restrict what patients do. ``We know that there's an issue with smoking.

However, we can't control it at the patient level,'' Rivet said. ``We're trying to develop new product forms so they would be more inclined to go away from that.''

Each licensed producer has its own unique document that physicians fill out when prescribing medical marijuana, which includes a minimum amount of information required by Health Canada, Rivet said.

Beyond that, some companies ask whether a patient would prefer dried marijuana or oil, while others don't, she added.

A Health Canada spokesman confirmed that patients are in charge of requesting the form of medical marijuana they prefer, whether dry leaf or oil, and they are not restricted in how they wish to consume it.

The sale of edibles is banned, but a June 2015 decision from the Supreme Court of Canada ruled medicinal marijuana patients have the right to prepare their medication however they want, including cooking it.

TORONTO — Ontario is focusing on tackling anti-black and anti-indigenous discrimination as well as Islamophobia in its newly released three-year strategy to combat systemic racism.

The plan includes collecting race-based data in the child welfare, justice and health sectors, as well as in education from kindergarten to Grade 12.

It will also create an ``assessment framework'' to help remove unconscious bias in certain programs,

starting in the child welfare, justice and education sectors this spring.

A specific Black Youth Action Plan comes with a four-year funding commitment of $47 million aimed at increasing opportunities for black children and youth.

In the strategy the government says the need to address Islamophobia is ``urgent'' and it will roll out a public education campaign and look at collecting and publishing police data on reported incidents of Islamophobia and other forms of racial prejudice.

The Liberal government intends to introduce legislation to give it authority to mandate race data collection. ``This plan is our commitment to change how we do things,'' said Michael Coteau, the minister responsible for anti-racism. ``It's our pledge to black youth who come into contact with the law, indigenous youth who are overrepresented in children's aid services, and other racialized communities who experience disproportionate outcomes.''

termined by a status card that confirms the player's Indigenous community of origin.

He says Josiah Wilson will now be able to represent Bella Bella's Heiltsuk Nation Wolfpack at the 2018 tournament in Prince Rupert.

The 22-year-old was adopted as a child by an aboriginal family, but was denied entry in the tournament for the past two years because he didn't

meet rules for family-line origins that trace back to grandparents.

Haugan says Wilson's case was set to be heard by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, but the hearing has been cancelled.

Jennifer Rice, Prince Rupert's New Democrat member of the B.C. legislature, says the tournament is a massive cultural and economic event and she's pleased the player eligibility issue is resolved.

Basketball Tournament drops 'blood' rules for players The Canadian Press

VICTORIA — A First Nations basketball tournament in British Columbia has dropped its strict blood-relation player policy that prevented a Haitian-born man from competing with his village team.

Peter Haugan, the director of Prince Rupert's All-Native Basketball Tournament, says player eligibility will now be de-

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HEALTHY ROOTS — The purpose of the Healthy Roots initiative is to increase community and individual wellbeing by encouraging people to incorporate traditional Haudenosaunee foods and activities into their daily lives.

Healthy Roots envisions a more sustainable, self- sufficient community like that of our ancestors, who enjoyed a communal, cooperative lifestyle.

The Haudenosaunee origin of food begins with the Creation story and Yethinistenha Tsi Ohwentsya:te — Our Mother the Earth. The centrality of food to traditional Haudenosaunee society is evidenced in the many art forms and activities that extend from the agricultural lifestyle and cycle of ceremonies, including dancing, singing, oration, pottery and basketmaking, corn pounding, social organization and storytelling. We seek to find a balance between ancient wisdom and its practical application to life in a modern world Healthy Roots was launched by the Two Row Times as an initiative of the Dreamcatcher Charitable Fund. Community experts were brought in as facilitators and advisors from Six Nations Health Services, the Our Sustenance Greenhouse and Market as well as the input of Kakhwa’on:we/Real People Eat Real Food in an incredible collaboration of heart and health to

hone a pathway between our Haudenosaunee historical and current relationships with food and each other.

Our hope for Healthy Roots is to get everyone thinking about how they can incorporate traditional foods into their daily menus – so if you’re interested in making some positive changes, we are sharing the Haudenosaunee Food Guide as well as other tips and tricks for the next 8 weeks in our exclusive Healthy Roots Indigenous Wellness specials.

“Prior to colonization, the Haudenosaunee had an agricultural lifestyle that depended upon the sharing of labor and the sharing of the harvest. They were self-sufficient in that they had to produce all that they needed (houses, utensils, tools, clothing and ritual items), all from the natural resources found in their area. Teamwork was an essential part of their life.

The natural resources were held in common. Food and medicine were shared, not hoarded. Therefore, they had a communal economy through shared labor and shared bene ts, which allowed all to live a good life. No one would go hungry.”

-Quote from Rick Hill Tuscarora Beaver Clan Haudenosaunee historian

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Haudenosaunee Foods List FROM THE GARDEN...

Beans Bush Beans Wampum Beans Purple Kidney White Kidney Marrowfat String Beans Cornstalk Beans Cranberry Beans Chestnut Lima Beans Hummingbird Beans White Beans White Navy Beans Wild Pea Bean Vines Pole Beans Squash Crooked Neck Hubbard Squash Bush Buttercup Scalloped Squash Winter Squash Hard Pumpkin Melons Water Melons Cucumbers Musk Melons Zucchini Summer Squash Corn Soft Corns Tuscarora White Corn Short Eared Tuscarora Purple Soft Corn Red Soft Corn Flint Corns Hominy Or Flint Long Eared Hominy Calico (It Is Spotted) Yellow Sweet Corns Sweet (Puckered Corn) Black Sweet (Black Pluckers) Pod (Husk) Corns Red Pop Corn White Pop Corn FROM THE WATERS...

Salmon Lake Trout Sturgeon Walleye Common Carp Rainbow Trout Northern Pike Lake Whitefish Pickerel Brook Trout Brown Trout

Yellow Perch Sunfish Long Perch White Suckers Channel Catfish Rainbow Smelt Fantail Largemouth Bass Black Crappie White Bass Smallmouth Bass Muskellunge Oysters Clams Mussels Pike Eel Turtle Wild Rice

Gooseberries Grapes Honey Huckleberries Partridgeberry Juneberries Leeks Mulberries Mushrooms Mustard Milkweed Nannyberries Wild Celery Spring Greens Partridge Vine Pigweed Pokeberry Plant Rabbit

Cranberries Pond Lillies Cattail Roots Beaver Muskrat Frogs Eggs From Fish

Red Raspberries Sorrel Spicebush Sumac Berries Sumac Sprouts Sunflower Seeds Wild Asparagus Wild Onion Wild Leeks Wild Garlic Potato Jerusalem Artichoke Indian Turnips Skunk Cabbage Wild Rhubarb Wild Carrot Wild Peas Wild Strawberries

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Wintergreen Yellowdock FROM THE WOODS...

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Amplifying the frequency of love

By Chezney Martin SIX NATIONS – Six Nations Artist Lacey Hill held a showing of old and new songs from her latest album titled, M at the Grand River Employment and Training Centre (GREAT) theatre.

Friends, family and fans were able to support her as she played songs with deep meaning and soul backed by two guitarists at the event on Sunday, March 5.

Hill said she really feels “good about this album”.

“I feel like it's a little ball of fire just waiting to catch wind,” said Hill. “[All of the songs] are meaningful, and I've asked other people 'which one is your favourite song?' And each person will tell me a different one, so that tells me the whole album is good.”

From “Wind-N-Feather” to “Had Me @ Hello”, Hill's songs offer a selection of feel good melodies, but there is much more beneath the surface.

“This CD came out and it's my second album; 528, Volume 2 and it's called M,'” said Hill. “It's dedicated to my partner M, who passed away not too long ago.”

Hill explained that 528 is the measured frequency emitted by love, and the feather on the cover of her album was designed by her younger sister to help

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Lacey Hill is known for having an amazing voice but she also has fire songwriting abilities as well. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN her never forget her partner “M”.

“I wrote these songs as kind of like a demonstration of our relationship

pretty much, like when we fell in love, when we were deeply finding each other and really connecting,” she said. “We were togeth-

Lacey has a music video for her first single "Each Other", featuring the beautiful and talented Santee Smith available on her website.

er for six years.”

Out of the loss of her partner, Hill explained that she found the message for her work in this album.

“I feel like [this album] is a closing to a chapter,” said Hill. “It's been a lot of processing and a lot of writing and a lot of figuring out; even when it comes to transitions in the song and what I want to have my message to be.”

Hill explained that the main meaning behind her album is addressing grief, and how out of grief can also come positivity.

“There's always a positive thing that can come out of that, and it's about finding our way to that positive piece of it and it just so happens that it's this album for me,” she said. “I'm able to use [music] as a coping mechanism to help me move forward in my life.”

“Even though that is a bad time for me, I'm still here and unfortunately she's not, but that's why I have to live a little harder because I have that opportunity and it's a blessing.”

Surrounded by support within the theatre, she sold copies of her album after her showing and received a good response.

She explained that she believes the message behind her album is something that should be more openly discussed as well.

“To perform it, to get these messages out and talk about it, and to discuss and not be afraid to discuss these things because they're really deep; I feel like our community needs to just talk about those things.”

If you missed out on her live showings, Hill is hoping to perform in Toronto in the near future, just keep posted by finding her on Facebook. If you would like to hear her new album; it is available on iTunes, Google Play and Spotify.

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BRIEFS

By Gary Farmer

Saturday, March 18, 2017 marks the second season, 13 week long premiere of Derek Miller’s GFZ Guilt Free Zone on APTN. GFZ runs on the national broadcaster till mid June this year. “30 minutes of shut out the stresses of the day and just enjoy some quality time” Derek says of his revolving door of guests and performances every Saturday night at 11:30 pm till summer.

Tune into 99.1 FM on CBC Radio at the scheduled times and you’ll find Unreserved with host Rosanna Deerchild — the first CBC Radio show produced and hosted by an indigenous team. Unreserved is the radio space for indigenous community, culture, and conversation. More information can be found at CBC’s website www.cbc. ca/radio/unreserved. Deerchild takes you straight into indigenous Canada, from Halifax to Haida Gwaii, from Shamattawa to Ottawa, introducing listeners to the storytellers, culture makers and community shakers from across the country. The Unreserved team offers real talk from the people behind the headlines, with a soundtrack from the best in indigenous music. If you go to the website you can find a wonderful archive of past stories to listen to, produced by Kim Wheeler.

Actor Evan Adams is best known for his iconic role of Thomas Builds-the-Fire in the film “Smoke Signals” opposite Adam Beach. His alter ego Dr. Evan Adams is B.C.’s deputy provincial health officer responsible for indigenous health. The actor-turned-doctor has not given up the entertainment spotlight altogether though. In fact, he is combining his show business know-how with his medical training. Adams is hosting a pilot called The Dr. E Show.

The Adam Beach Film Institute (ABFI) is pleased to announce an exciting and rewarding opportunity for Indigenous Youth in the Media Arts Industry. The program ABFI Skills Link Project will help prepare students for a career in the media industry. Designed to meet the needs of employers the program will combine Media Theory and Job Placement Experience for all participants. The ABFI Skills Link Project is a unique, socially innovative program that will reflect indigenous culture while giving students the skill set to succeed in the media industry. In partnership with Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource Development, please mail or drop off your applications for this program at CAHRD, 304-181 Higgins Avenue, Winnipeg, M.B. R3B 3G1. Classes begin March 6. Long time journalist, host and producer Jim Compton heads up the Adam Beach Film Institute.

UnReZerved debuted last week at the Woodland Cultural Centre and runs through May 2, 2017. Kevin Lamure of the Algonquin nation has curated a dialogue through the selection of different art styles to engage the public in forward thinking, to allow a better understanding and a respectful opportunity for a cultural sharing of knowledge.

Artistic Director Peter Muir and Brant Theatre Workshops is looking for participants for Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Dajoh Youth and Elder Centre in the Tuscarora Room, Ohsweken. Generations, a new play is being improvised, written and rehearsed till performances at Yogi’s Barn, May 19 to 21 and Woodland Cultural Centre, May 26 to 28, 2017 — all ages are involved. Get your actor chops worked out twice a week, for more information contact Cheyenne Williams at 519-774-3843.

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Get to know Santee

By Jayson Koblun

BRANTFORD – Get upclose and personal with Santee Smith in Brantford next week.

A mother, performer, producer, choreographer and designer from Six Nations, Smith is going to be a speaker at the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts’ “Artist Speaker Series” in Brantford on Tuesday, March 14. The series gives people an opportunity to get up-close and personal with distinguished artists on Turtle Island.

“I do a fair bit of artist talks and guest speaking,” said Smith. “It’s about connecting with people, to share insight about life as an artist, about the process of creation, or simply to offer my perspective on a topic.

Every performance I create and produce has its own journey and so do I as an individual; talks allow me to offer a context for both. It’s also great to hear people’s questions

and thoughts and get a dialogue happening.”

The evening will include Smith telling the story of her career with the use of video, still photos, readings and/or an interview segment with host, Cameron Smillie. It will feature an extra element such as sharing a personal memento or a musical surprise. Smith said to find out what her surprise will be you will have to attend the show.

Tickets sell for $25.

“I’m bringing some videos of past and upcoming performances, photos, pottery, costumes and some other memorabilia from over the years. People will have to come out and see what that surprise might be. No spoilers,” she said.

Smith has always been a dancer, yet her first choreographic job was in 1995. Dance has been a gift of hers since a very young age.

“At one point I thought I wasn’t going to be a dancer for a "career" and

tried to put it aside. What happened was that since I wasn't following my passion and honouring my gifts I became sick and disillusioned; only after dance returned to my life did I regain my reason for being. During that uncertain time, I thought about being a physiotherapist, then a psychologist.

Luckily for everyone else, I would've made a horrible physio and probably a depressive psych,” said Smith.

Smith has travelled the world as a performer and choreographer and the impact of her travels shows in her work.

“Being able to collaborate with other Indigenous artists from around the world definitely has a huge impact on my work.

One of the greatest parts of my job is to build these connections to other Indigenous performing artists and companies to share and learn from each other. Also just getting to travel and be exposed to different lands,

Santee Smith is a multifaceted artist, and is soon to be a speaker in an upcoming series at the Sanderson Centre, Brantford. SUBMITTED PHOTOS sites and people has been a tremendous gift,” said Smith.

Guests can participate in an open-floor question period where they can ask Smith more about her

life, career and experiences.

“I'm most alive when I am dancing, so the actual performance has always been the big passion.

Aside from performing,

I enjoy the process of exploring movement,” she said.

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Little Native Hockey League 204 teams and still growing

By Jim Windle MISSISSAUGA – ‘Lil NHL 2017 is returning to Mississauga next week from March 12 to 16 when 204 teams from Tyke to Midget get together in the world’s largest all-native minor hockey tournament. There will be 35 girls team competing this year as well, the highest number to date.

It’s not only a time of competition and community pride, the ‘lil NHL is equally about meeting new friends and greeting old ones as generation of ‘lil NHL’ers celebrate culture and athleticism.

The grand opening ceremonies, and we do mean grand, will be at the Hershey Centre, Sunday March 12, beginning at 7 p.m. There will also be ample opportunity to get an autograph from hockey greats, Fred Sasaka-

moose, from Ataakahkoop Indian Reserve in Saskatchewan. He was a residential school survivor and the first Onkwenonwe to make it to the NHL. The Sasakamoose story was told on a CBC news special a few years ago.

In 1949, Catholic Priest Father Roussale spoke with his parents about sending him to hockey training camp in Moose Jaw. “That’s when I started crying,” he remembers.

“I said ‘mom, I’m not going to leave you again' … [but she] wanted me to be somebody.”

Sasakamoose reluctantly agreed, moving in with George Bogon, the general manager of the Moose Jaw Canucks. He remembers being the only non-white kid at the training camp.

“I sat in the corner... I was ashamed to be an Indian — nobody talked to me.”

After two weeks, Sasakamoose decided to return home, going so far as to pack his bag and start walking.

“I knew I was going north, but how far? A car pulled up, it was George [Bogon]. ‘Where were you going Freddy?’... I said

‘two weeks is here, I gotta go back home.’ He said ‘Freddy you’re going to make that team.’”

Four years later and in his final year of junior hockey, 19-year-old Sasakamoose’s team made it to post-season but lost in the playoffs.

“I still had that dream that I wanted to play in the big times,” he said, “and then we got taken out in the playoffs in Moose Jaw. I walked into my room — I knew that my career in hockey was over.”

Moments later, though, the team’s manager walked in with a telegraph in hand.

“Fred Sasakamoose, please report immediately to the Chicago Blackhawks. You’ll be playing in Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens Saturday in Hockey Night in Canada,” Sasakamoose recalls. “And then the room just went still.

Quiet.”

“I looked at my teammates and kind of just shed a tear. And I said ‘why me?’”

Also on hand for autographs will be Six Nations own Stan Jonathan, the great Reggie Leach, Ted Nolan and San Jose Shark, Jordan Tootoo.

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Snipers hunt down Outlaws at ILA

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS — The Arena Lacrosse League (ALL) standings are beginning to separating the chaff from the wheat, as they say, as the new ALL Sr. men’s league continues to gain fans in its inaugural season.

There were two ALL games, hosted at the ILA in Six Nations on Saturday afternoon, and another in Paris later that night.

The Paris RiverWolves downed the visiting Toronto Monarchs 17-13, at the Syl Apps Arena in Paris.

Saturday afternoon at the ILA, at 1 p.m., the St. Catharines ShockWave spotted Peterborough three first quarter goals and one more to open the second to take a 4-0 lead before St. Catharines woke up. When they did, Marvin Curry and Josh Becker cut the deficit in half. The Wave went on to close out the half down by just one goal at 6-5.

The Timbermen took the momentum in the third quarter to put some space between themselves and the ShockWave by outscoring them 6-3 in the quarter and 12-8 with 15 minutes remaining.

The teams evenly shared four fourth quarter goals for the 14-10 final in Peterborough’s favour.

The 4 p.m. premier game at the ILA had the

Six Nations Snipers taking down the league leading Oshawa Outlaws 20-6.

Roger Vyse, Luke Laszkiewicz, and Haodais Maracle powered the Snipers win with three goals and three assists each.

Layne Smith wasn’t far behind with three goals and two assists and Craig Point dumped in three as with an assist for a four pointer.

Oshawa didn’t look quite right, right off the opening faceoff. After a five-minute feeling out process by both teams, the goals began.

Haodais Maracle scored two, Layne Smith and Craig Point put the Snipers up 4-0 with relative ease and by the half it was 6-2 with Snipers’ Luke Laszkiewicz and Tom Montour adding two more. Mike Triolo and Josh Miller scored for Oshawa.

It got worse for Oshawa as the afternoon went on. It was 14-3 after three quarters with six more to come for the 20-6 final.

In the 8 p.m. game in Paris, the RiverWolves vaulted into a tie for second with Oshawa. In fourth place, with a 4-6-00 record for eight points, is the Toronto Monarchs, followed by the St. Catharines ShockWave with a 4-6-0-0 record, tied for the last place spot with the Peterborough Timbermen who are 3-6-0-0.

After the Toronto

Six Nations Snipers leapfrogged the Oshawa Outlaws into first place in the Arena Lacrosse League with a 20-6 massacre at the ILA Saturday afternoon. The Six Nations win left a strong message to the Outlaws and the league that the Snipers are gelling into a championship team. Shane Adams scored one and assisted on two in the Six Nations win. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE Monarchs surprised the RiverWolves early with two quick goals, Saturday night, in Paris, Paris came back with a 6-4 first quarter lead on goals scored by Wolves’ Mike Melnychenko with two, Brenden Thenhaus, Mike Burke, and Andy Campbell with two first period goals. Tyler Ferreira, Jordan Dance and Jordan Critch, tallied for Toronto.

The Monarchs gathered themselves between quarters and produced

much better results, outscoring the hosts 5-3 and to even the score at 9-9 at the half.

Toronto continued to press in the to take a 1311 third quarter lead. But the Monarchs went into hibernation in the fourth quarter and the RiverWolves took complete advantage to a put up six unanswered goals to take the 17-13 win and build team confidence.

Leading the RiverWolves offence were

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The schedule continues this coming Saturday when Oshawa travels to the Toronto Rock Athletic Centre at 2 p.m. to play the Monarchs, the Peterborough Timbermen visit the ILA at 4 p.m. to face

the Snipers and the St. Catharines ShockWave take on the RiverWolves in Paris at 8 p.m.

Coming into this weekend’s games, the Six Nations Snipers are in first place after nine games have been played so far this season. The Snipers now carry a record of 6-3-0-0 for 12 points, two ahead of second place Oshawa although the Outlaws have a game in hand over Six Nations.

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Knighthawks’ almost comeback in rough Buff'

By Craig Rybczynski ROCHESTER – The Rochester Knighthawks fell 13-9 in the first game of the home-and-home series against their East Division rival Buffalo Bandits at KeyBank Center in Buffalo Friday night.

Rochester was led by a seven-point performance from Dan Dawson (3+4).

Kyle Jackson put up a pair of goals and added three assists, while Joe Resetarits, Cory Vitarelli, Jarrett Davis and Dan Lomas each chipped in a goal apiece.

“The positive thing about it is that we’re only halfway through our year and you can turn it around,” Dawson said.

“We’ve got a lot of guys in this room that care and that’s a great thing. We’ve got to have urgency and execution going forward.”

Goalie Matt Vinc made 46 saves to surpass the 4,000 saves mark as a Knighthawk. The contest also put him at a tie with

Hall of Famer Jeremy Hollenbeck for ninth place on the team’s all-time games played list.

“He’s been our best player all year and we’ve got to give him a little help on the front end,” Dawson said about Vinc.

The first half of the game proved to be a backand-forth affair with neither team leading by more than two goals by then end of the second.

Rochester took its first lead after Resetarits fired a bullet from the outside that beat Bandits goaltender Anthony Cosmo. Davis opened the scoring in the second quarter, which was followed by two Buffalo goals. Dawson halted a Bandits’ run but another pair of goals from the Bandits ended the half with Rochester trailing 6-4.

In the second half, the Knighthawks came close, trailing by just two goals with just over five minutes to play, but the Bandits scored two quick

ones in the final minutes to close out the game.

Rochester and Buffalo will face off again tomorrow afternoon at Connors & Ferris Field at The Blue Cross Arena. Game time is at 1:00 p.m.

“The good thing is that we have another oppor-

Fri: Buffalo – 9 Rochester – 8

Calgary – 18 Georgia – 11

Saskatchewan – 9 Vancouver – 13

and assisted on five for a seven pointer. Brad Self went 3G,3A in the Buffalo win on the first leg of a home and home series which continued back in Rochester Saturday night.

Mitch de Snoo played the goat, taking a late game penalty for holding the stick of an opponent at 13:31. On the ensuing powerplay Josh Currier scored from Graeme Hossack to send the game into OT where Dan Dawson scored the game winner at 1:02.

Defenseman Brier Jonathan assisted on one in his first game with the Bandits for his first NLL point, Saturday night.

Despite another nota-

ble contribution to the Georgia Swarm organization by the Thompson brothers, Georgia lost to Calgary 18-11, Saturday night. Lyle Thompson scored two and assisted on three, Miles assisted on three and Jerome scored one and assisted on two in the Swarm loss. Johnny Powless also added a goal and an assist. But Calgary’s Dane Dobbie was having one of those career nights for the Roughnecks scoring seven and assisting on four for an 11-point game.

Friday night at the Pepsi Centre in Colorado, Colorado doubled up on Calgary 18-9.

In other NLL lacrosse action Friday night, New

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Tues: Gm No. 8 – Iceland No. 4 – 12:15 pm – Six Nations Blackhawks vs Moose Cree Scrappers

Bantam Competitive: Mon: Gm No. 1 – Iceland No. 1 – 1 pm – Six Nations Ironmen vs Delaware Mon: Gm No. 2 – Iceland No. 1 – 2 pm – Six Nations Blackhawks vs Moose Cree Tues: Gm No. 1 – Iceland No. 1 – 10 am – Six Nations Ironmen vs Batchewana Attack Tues: Gm No. 5 – Iceland No. 1 – 11 am – Six Nations Blackhawks vs Delaware Rochester lost that first game. SUBMITTED PHOTO tunity tomorrow. It’s a quick turnaround and we have to have a short memory,” said Dawson. “Going forward it’s going to come down to execution. Every time we get a chance, we’ve got to bury it.”

Sat: Buffalo – 13 Rochester – 9

Midget Competitive: Mon: Gm No. 1 – Iceland No. 1 – 11 am – Six Nations Blackhawks vs Akwesasne Mon: Gm No. 4 – Iceland No. 1 – 5 pm – Six Nations Blackhawks vs Aamjiwnaang Hitmen Tues: Gm. No. 11 – Iceland No. 1 – 2 pm – Six Nations Blackhawks vs Sagamok Eagles Tues: Game No. 16 – Iceland No. 1 – 8 pm – Six Nations Blackhawks vs Wiikwemkoong Prospects Playoff schedules are to be determined.

New England – 10 Toronto – 9

Colorado – 18 Calgary – 9

National Lacrosse League wrap up

By Jim Windle ROCHESTER – It seems half of the NLL teams in play last Friday night couldn’t get past 9 goals as the Buffalo Bandits defeated Rochester 13-9, New England overtook Toronto 10-9 and Colorado downed Calgary 18-9.

Saturday, Rochester got revenge against the Bandits 9-8 but went to OT to do it. In Calgary, the Roughnecks fended off the Georgia Swarm 18-11 and out west, Vancouver slashed the Saskatchewan Rush, 19-9.

In Buffalo, Friday night, Alex Kedoh Hill scored two and assisted on four for the Bandits.

Dhane Smith scored two

Photo by Micheline Veluvolu England defeated the Toronto Rock 10-9 in OT, and on Saturday night, in the west, Vancouver bested the Saskatchewan

Rush 13-9.

This coming weekend in the NLL, Calgary is in Toronto Saturday night, March 11, and Colorado

is in Saskatchewan. Sunday, Georgia is in New England and Vancouver is in Colorado.

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Six Nations Jr. B Rebels finds new coach and staff

By Jim Windle

The 2017 Six Nations Jr. B Rebels will be under the tutelage of Miles General and a new coaching staff when the season begins.

General has been through a few wars of his own in recent years and months; however, he is a changed man and has a new focus and passion for life and the game he grew up playing.

When asked by the Two Row Times where he has been lately, General answered quickly and unashamedly, saying, “I’ve been in jail”.

General admits to having a serious alcohol addiction, which ruined his marriage and sent his life spiralling out of control.

“I realized I had an addiction to alcohol and

was getting help but I still had outstanding driving charges I had to face,” he explains. “I was fortunate enough to do my 14-month sentence at the Ontario Correctional Institute where they help you with your problems, mine being alcohol.”

He considers his rehabilitation as essential in his life.

“It may have been 14 months away from my community and family but it probably added years to my life,” he says.

“I finished my sentence at Native Horizons and they were amazing. It’s so good to be Miles again.”

General was concerned about how the community would accept him once he got out of jail and rehab, but says people have been warm and accepting

since coming back.

He now does motivational speaking.

He believes that a part of coaching teens and 20 year-olds is being there for them on and off the floor. That is one of the things that attracted the Rebels management towards General.

“I want them to feel free to talk to me about anything, not just as a coach, but as a friend,” he says. “It’s a very delicate time for these guys at that age.”

But his primary job this summer is going to be restoring the once great Rebels dynasty of 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 when they won an unprecedented four Founders Cups in a row.

The past two seasons have not produced that

same magic for one reason or another, but General is determined to follow his father’s footsteps and coach a Rebels team to another Founders Cup, as his dad, Dave General did in 1993. Miles was a part of that team as well.

“It’s not about me,” he says. “It’s about the players, their work ethic and their dedication.”

This past January 28th weekend, the try outs began for the 2017 Six Nations Rebels squad with more than 60 would-be Rebels all seeking a spot on the roster.

“Everyone had a chance to show what he had, with a guaranteed three practices,” he says, “but that number was trimmed down to around 29 cream players to choose from.”

Some will be trying out

Blast shut down by McCoys

By Jim Windle

BRANTFORD – The season came to an abrupt end for the Allan Cup League Brantford Blast with back-to-back Dundas Real McCoy’s wins in the first round of playoffs.

The Blast closed the month of February with a 7-6 overtime loss against the McCoys which was followed the next night in Dundas where the Blast was pummeled 7-3 in the short best of three series, ending their 2017 campaign.

Although disappointed with the on-ice results the Blast brass has to be pleased with the fan support they have generated over the past 15 season.

Team owner Peter Ham expressed his year-end comments on the Blast website where he thanked the fans and everyone in the Blast organization.

“A great, big Blast shout out to our sponsors for their continued, loyal support,” posted Ham. “We couldn't do it without you.

Thanks to you we were second overall in OHA average attendance out of 118 teams. We would like to thank the mighty Blast players for a truly hard fought season and for giv-

ing our fans so much joy throughout the year.

We would also like to thank the fans themselves. The support the Blast have received this year has been greatly appreciated. We have the most passionate fans in the league.

We would also like to congratulate The Dundas Real McCoys on their victory as they move forward. We wish them as well as the Generals, the Dunlops and the Athletics all the best in their quest for the Robertson Cup. Although this was not the result we were hoping for, it was an enjoyable year and we have plenty to look forward to for next season.”

New Credit’s Cameron Sault finished his fifth season with the Blast with a steady paced six goals and 23 assists in 24 games, for 29 points, more than a point a game.

The McCoys move on to face the Stoney Creek Generals in the semi-finals while Whitby and the St. Catharines Athletics are matched up in the other series. The winner of each will play for the Robertson Cup and qualify to represent the OHL for the Mann Cup later this spring.

for the Arrows Jr. As and some will no doubt make it, but a goodly number of others will return from last season as well.

General admits to some between seasons internal squabbles but believes everything will be worked out soon. The Rebels executive meeting is coming up soon where this year’s Rebels top brass will be chosen.

Communication will be a hallmark of General’s Rebels who encourages open and frank discussions.

“Nothing can be fixed and a problem can’t be know unless it is heard,” says General. “And it cannot be heard unless it is voiced. Then we can work on it.”

For now, General is distancing himself from any

internal tensions and is staying focused on what he was hired to do. Coach the Six Nations Rebels to another Founders Cup.

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New Credit`s journeyman Sr. hockey player Cam Sault has had a good stay in Brantford as a member of the Brantford Blast since retiring from professional hockey five seasons ago. In 108 regular games in Brantford over that time he has been as dependable as a rock scoring 35 goals and assisting on 95 for a points total of 130, more than a point a game. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

MISSISSAUGA – Six Nations Minor Hockey will be well represented again at this year’s ‘lil NHL Hockey Tournament which is set to start March 12, at a number of arenas in Mississauga, Ont. Jonathan Cheechoo of Moose Cree First Nation is an honorary chairperson for the event and is alumni of the tournament.

“As a ‘lil NHL alumni, it was always exciting for me as a child to have this tournament and be able to represent my community,” said Jonathan Cheechoo of Moose Cree First Nation. “I can recall the days counting down riding on the train and driving down to the tournament with my friends

and family to play in the tournament.”

“Through the years I participated, I’d come to learn and appreciate the four pillars that the ‘lil NHL stands for; respect, education, citizenship and sportsmanship and I carried these values with me as I moved along in my professional career as a player of hockey and more importantly, in my life as a whole.”

“I encourage all of you to strive towards these goals in all areas of your life. Have fun in the game and reach out and make new friends. I wish you all success in your efforts and hopefully I can see you in March 2017, in Mississauga.”

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Thomas Andrew Miller, June 08, 1997 –March 03, 2017 Suddenly as the result of an accident, Thomas was called home to the Creator.

Thomas was the beloved son of Rebecca Logan, and his father was Rod Miller. Thomas will be deeply missed and mourned by his brother, Warren (Shawnee), sisters, Kylee, Manny and Aubrey; grandparents, Cindy Maracle, Brad Logan and Patty Smoke and Judy Miller. Thomas was a beloved uncle of Zyana, Myla and Lex. Thomas was an avid Lacrosse player and a good friend to everyone who met him. He will be deeply missed by numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. He was pre-decreased by his uncles Tom and James, grandmother Janice Williams and grandfather, Manfred Miller. He will rest at home at 3318 2nd Line after 6 pm Saturday, March 04, 2017. Funeral service and burial Monday, March 06, 2017, at Sour Springs Longhouse at 11 am.www.rhbanderson. com

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MARR: Lois Agnes Peacefully passed away at the Buffalo General Hospital surrounded by family on Tuesday, February 28, 2017 at the age of 82 years. Loving mother of Joy Marr, Guy Thomas (Rosie), and Tracy Lowry.

Dear grandmother of Brande, J.R. (Liz), Ashley (Stephen), Erica, Dusty (Linda), John Paul (Cheryl), and Mike (Alanna). Dearest great grandmother of Alyssa, Rainie, Dameon, Savannah, Kyce, Austin, Taylor, Hunter, Aubrey, and Aiden. Sister of Wendy (late Clifford), Gary (Carol), Dale, Debbie, Darryl (Pat), Terry (Debbie), and Ronnie (Sheila). Sisterin-law of Val. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by parents Ernie & Helen (Maracle) Marr; sisters, Beverly (John), and Gail (Taff); brothers, Wayne and Bobby (Elaine). Resting at Styres Funeral Home, 1798 4th Line Rd., Ohsweken after 2 pm. Friday. Evening service 7 pm. Friday. Funeral Service will be held in the chapel on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 11 am. Interment Stumphall Cemetery. www. rhbanderson.com

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Fall down 5. Walmart founder Walton 8. Los Angeles time zone 11. Gallantry 13. Early Supreme Court justice Bartlett 14. One-time governor of Maryland 15. Act of imitating 16. Popular basketballer Jeremy 17. Round Dutch cheese 18. S. American rodents 20. Comic opera “Princess __” 21. Commodities buyers and sellers (slang) 22. Hovers 25. Having had one’s head cut off 30. One-time monetary unit of Greece 31. Not no 32. Beloved Cubs third baseman Ron 33. Shapes 38. Giants signal caller Manning 41. Moves all the way around 43. Babe Ruth retired as one 45. Relinquishing 48. Native religion in China 49. Not well 50. Fill with high spirits 55. In bed 56. Type of pet 57. Somewhere to go 59. Smaller quantity 60. Ingested 61. Singer and Jacobs are two 62. Anger 63. British rockers __ Zeppelin 64. Like CLUES DOWN 1. Polyvinyl acetate 2. Canadian folk musician 3. Evergreen trees and shrubs 4. Meat from a pig (French) 5. Secretion 6. Quality of yielding nothing of value 7. Aquatic mammal

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 You may find yourself teetering between responsibilities to work, friends and even family.

It’s possible you will need to set aside some time to play catch-up in the coming days.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Listen before you make assumptions, Taurus.

Resist any temptation to wildly post or chat about personal information. You might regret it later on.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Finances are your main priority this week, Gemini. Whether you have a lot in savings or are floundering paycheck to paycheck, it is time to reassess your financial situation.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, if things are stressful at home, it may be necessary to step away for some breathing room.

Book a vacation so everyone can unwind and recharge.

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Answers for Mar. 8, 2017 Crossword Puzzle

southeast 39. Makes sense 40. A way to single out 41. Criminal (slang) 42. Former Tigers third baseman Brandon 44. Wobbled 45. Singapore’s second highest peak 46. Grossly overweight 47. Radioactivity units 48. Famed Spanish painter 51. Internet router algorithm 52. Expression of sorrow or pity 53. Druidic mother goddess 54. Electronic countercountermeasures 58. Midway between east and southeast

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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Take a deep breath and try to relax, Leo. You have been operating on overdrive for some time now and you’re just about out of gas. Book that vacation, pronto.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 A promising collaboration may be on the horizon, Virgo. This could prove interesting and also propel a hobby or your career a bit further than you had anticipated.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, newfound success earns you the recognition you deserve. It could mean a promotion to a corner office or even the opportunity to enjoy a new, more lucrative job elsewhere.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 A dream or a passion project you have been working on for several months may finally come to fruition, Scorpio. Make changes gradually and success will follow.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, there’s no wiggle room left for apprehension or ambivalence. Take action this week and it could be a turning point in your life.

Seal the deal however you choose.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, the key to landing on your feet is to always expect the curveballs that will be thrown your way. This way you are always on your toes and can adapt quickly.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Now is a good time to declutter your life, Aquarius.

Start sorting through your belongings, then move on to any emotional baggage you’ve been carrying.

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