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Shooter charged in Styres death By Jayson Koblun After a week of hearing from witnesses, preliminary hearings are clueing up for the case against Peter Khill [Kah-hill], the 27-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of 29-year-old Jon Styres in February 2016. Two more court dates are set for Khill—May 31 and June 2, 2017. Khill will be committed formally to trial on June 6 with a trial date likely to be set in the summer. A publication ban is still in effect against all evidences presented in court.

The new Tim's experienced a very early morning robbery last Thursday. The police are looking for more information about this incident. PHOTO BY TIM REYNOLDS By TRT Staff

Twenty-seven-year-old Peter Khill is charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Jon Styres, 29, of Ohsweken. SUBMITTED PHOTO

OHSWEKEN — The Ohsweken Tim Hortons was robbed at approximately 1:20 a.m. Thursday, March 23. Six Nations Police say a man walked through the door and handed the employee a note which stated that "this is a robbery" and that he had a gun. The employee gave the suspect the money from the cash

register and the male left the restaurant on foot. No one was injured and no one else was threatened during the robbery despite there being other patrons inside. The suspect walked outside and was picked up by a small, silver, hatch back type vehicle which was last seen going North on Chiefswood Road. The suspect is described as a black male 5 foot 11 inches tall, approximately

210 pounds. The suspect was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt with a skull and wings on the front with the hood up, a black bandana over his face and gloves. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to please contact the Six Nations Police at 519445-2811 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or www.crimestoppers-brant.ca

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Fentanyl arrest Kawenni:io/ Gaweniyo celebrates 30th anniversary with fundraiser in Brantford

BRANTFORD — Brantford Police have confiscated $13,000 worth of fentanyl and $2000 in Crystal Meth in a suspicious vehicle investigation Tuesday morning. Two small baggies were retrieved containing a white powdery substance. During the investigation the driver resisted officers.

The vehicle was not registered to the accused and police are investigating if the plates and vehicle were stolen. James Charles Mackie, 25 of Brantford, was charged with Possession for the purposes of trafficking for both substances. He was held in custody for a bail hearing March 23.

Fall minimum wage increases TORONTO — Ontario is continuing to boost income for workers across the province by increasing the general minimum wage for the fourth consecutive year, up to $11.60 this fall. Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn made the announcement. The increase will come into ef-

fect on October 1, 2017. By October 2017, the general minimum wage will have increased by almost 70 per cent since 2004, when it stood at $6.85. Alberta has the highest minimum wage in Canada at $13.60 starting this fall.

Cannabis to be legal by summer 2018 OTTAWA — The Liberal government says they will legalize marijuana by July 1, 2018. Details of the planned announcement were released by CBC this weekend. The proposed legislation is expected to be officially announced in April, and says Ottawa will licence producers but leaves the distribution rules up to the provinces. Home growers will be

permitted to have up to four plants per household. The proposed regulation would set national minimum age restrictions at 18, but leaves room for provincial age restrictions to be increased. Critics are skeptical about the proposed regulations and say they don’t believe legalization will come into effect at all.

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NEW CREDIT – The K awenni:io/Gaweniyo Elementary School and High School celebrated their 30th Anniversary by hosting a fund-raising gala at the Missisauga of the New Credit First Nation Community Centre. The decadent gala featured a full course meal, a fun photo booth, tables loaded with silent auction items and a walk-through photo gallery full of memories from 30 years of students that attended the school. Not only does this private school provide full Mohawk or Cayuga immersion to help restore language loss in youth, but the very mandate encourages students to pursue scholastic excellence

As 2017 is the 30th Year Anniversary for the Kawenni:io/ Gaweniyo Elementary School, photos of past and current students were put together to provide a beautiful and nostalgic presentation for attendees. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN

Kawenni:io/Gaweniyo Grade 8 Students performed women's shuffle dance for those in attendance alongside their instructor Joanne Longboat. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN while also learning traditional beliefs, culture and history. It was easy to see that many support this mandate – students and staff hustled to help serve guests that were able to enjoy the flute music of Allan Emarthle, the K awenni:io/Gaweniyo Singers, a performance by Bear Fox, classical guitar by Gabriel Ayala, and music by Jim Jacobs throughout the night. As well, many alumni and other guest speakers offered their appreciation for what is to come out of achieving the new facility for the school that provides so much. The plan for the gala was to reach the

fund-raising goal of $1 million dollars to put towards finally building their very own school. As written in the “Let's Get This School Built in 2017,” section of the K/G Annual Report: “The Future goal for KGPS is to build a new school on Fourth Line of the property site of the Six Nations Polytechnic. The revised building drawings have been completed with the architectural and mechanical drawings now being completed.” The facility drawings show a wing of classrooms, computer labs, offices and a gymnasium – all of which might be taken for granted by

federally funded schools. The targeted measurement of the building is hoped to be 40,000 square feet, and will cost $10-$12 million dollars. Throughout the 30 years of the school's history, security in the sense of having a building to call their own has escaped the students, faculty and staff. This is why the hard work and dedication to building their own is facility is so important – it will offer security and a place to call a second home. If you would like to donate to help achieve the new school, please call Michelle Jimerson at (905) 768-7203, Ext. 209.

Attendees were seated at well-decorated tables with small gifts and served a full course meal while complimentary raffle draws were called and indigenous artists performed throughout the night. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN

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SNEC gives permission for firearms and ammo store By Jayson Koblun

SIX NATIONS – Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) gave a Six Nations community member permission to set up and sell non-restricted firearms and ammo on the territory. Ryan Anderson, a registered band member from Six Nations, came to SNEC’s general council meeting on Tuesday, March 28, seeking permission from council to set up his business. Receiving permission from his regional governing body is the first step he needs to take before moving forward with his business. The resolution was carried and permission was given. Anderson’s next step is to speak with the Six Nations Police. “Non-restricted firearms includes—hunting

rifles, long rifles, shotguns,” said Anderson. “High power rifles would be included. As well as .22 rifles, 12 gauge shotgun.” Anderson said he sees a need for a hunting, firearm and ammunition store on the territory because there currently is none. Councillor Terry General said it would be a good idea. “I think it’s about time,” said General. Right now there are several firearm and ammunition stores in the surrounding area. Business from Anderson’s store would be supporting the local community. Anderson would not be able to sell handguns; handguns are restricted. Anderson is seeking to sell only non-restricted firearms. He would also like to sell archery equipment.

TORONTO — Provincial police say distracted driving deaths are on the rise. OPP-investigated collisions involving an inattentive driver have claimed 11 lives so far this year. That is nearly triple last years count. OPP say officers laid more than 2,400 dis-

traction-related charges during their annual distracted driving campaign, which ran from March 13 to 19. Police are calling on the public to uphold zero tolerance toward drivers who text, talk on their cellphones, or engage in other distractions.

TORONTO — Ontario is continuing to boost income for workers across the province by increasing the general minimum wage for the fourth consecutive year, up to $11.60 this fall. Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn made the announcement. The increase will come into ef-

“That’s my passion,” said Anderson. “Archery and bow-hunting.” Councillor Audrey Powless-Bomberry asked Anderson what security measures he would take to help ensure that

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#NODAPL FOREVER EDITORIAL BY NAHNDA GARLOW Standing Rock’s Tribal Council confirmed this week that the Dakota Access Pipeline is now complete and flowing oil. Chairman Archambault stated, "While we are disappointed that our pleas to the court and current administration have thus far fallen on deaf ears, we remain committed to fighting the transmission of dirty fossil fuels through our territory and putting a stop to the flow of oil in this pipeline.” The tribe, along with the indigenous community of Cheyenne River are tied up in court to stop the flow of that oil and say they have a strong case to do so. In related news, US President Donald Trump announced the State Department issued the final permit necessary to proceed with the Keystone Pipeline. Two pipelines who for months had one thing standing in their way: indigenous resistance. However, on his second day in office, Trump took action to push these projects through to completion — backed by smiling politicians and oil billionaires. Archambault said, “Once again, the treaty lands of the Great Sioux Nation are threatened by Keystone—a perilous pipeline. President Trump has described the proposed pipeline as ‘the greatest technology known to man or woman.’ If that is the case, then I would encourage him to do some research and look at the number of oil spills we’ve experienced throughout this country, the levels of water pollution, and the science behind climate change.

This is not the way of the future.” So what is the way? What now for those who resisted these projects and felt a sense of relief after they were called off? What happens now that the US President has removed any and all restrictions and protections to permit these oil pipelines to cross indigenous territory illegally? Standing Rock says the $8 Billion-dollar Keystone pipeline was previously rejected in 2015, citing negative impacts to energy security, failure to benefit American consumers, threats to climate change, and also an utter lack of sustainable benefit to the economy. Despite the economic arguments used to propel these pipelines forward, less than 50 permanent jobs would be created. The resistance is real and those fighting against these pipelines are urging people not to lose hope. Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network stated the following:“Today, the fight to kill the Keystone XL Pipeline begins anew -- and Donald Trump should expect far greater resistance than ever before. Indigenous people are rising up and fighting like our lives, sovereignty, and climate depend on it -because they do. Over and over again, we’ve seen Trump choose the profits of his billionaire friends over our sovereign, treaty and human rights. It shows a clear disregard of our tribal rights to consent and self-determination, and it is unacceptable in this day and age. #NODAPL

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Times Up! Money for Nothing Ends for NYS from the Senecas By John Kane As the sun set on 2016, the world trembled in anticipation of what the Trump era of U.S. national politics would bring. Meanwhile at the New York State level, Governor Andrew Cuomo seems to be riding a surge in popularity in spite of on-going corruption allegations and a lack of any ethics reform, perhaps due in large part to the backlashes to Trump's run up to his inauguration and his first two months in office. But beyond the typical dirty politics, pay-to-play and general corruption, is the never-ending tensions that exist between native people and their governments, and non-native governmental officials and agencies especially at the State level. That tension between the Senecas and New York

State may start to ramp up quickly here in 2017. I say "may" because this next issue should not really be a conflict, regardless of the financial implications. With budgets being proposed by the State and the municipalities around Seneca gaming sites, it appears that a huge oversight is being made by those counting on the more than $100 million they seem to be expecting to receive from the Seneca Nation. For 14 years, the Senecas have made payments that now total more than $1.5 billion for an almost nonexistent "exclusivity" zone. And while the State's breach of that portion of the Gaming Compact between the State and the Senecas made plenty of headlines a few years ago and resulted in the State surrendering $200,000,000 in pay-

ments for that breach, little attention was paid to the future of the revenue sharing clause of the Gaming Compact. Certainly, those receiving the free money would like to ignore the terms. And while the "exclusivity" portion of the revenue sharing deal was a lesson in wordsmithing and lopsidedness, the payment side couldn't have been more clear: "In consideration of the exclusivity granted by the State…, the Nation agrees to contribute to the State a portion of the proceeds from the operation and conduct of each category of Gaming Device for which the exclusivity exists," "Years 1 to 4; 18 per cent. Years 5 to 7; 22 per cent. And years 8 to 14; 25 per cent." (Gaming Compact between the State of New

York and the Seneca Nation) Nowhere in the Compact is there even the implication of payments beyond 14 years. Even in the automatic renewal of the Compact that extends much of the agreement, there is no mention of payments continuing through the seven-year renewal period. The State cannot tax native gaming. Period. In fact, according to the federal law that binds the State, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA), any revenue sharing agreements entered into under IGRA must rely on "meaningful concessions" from the State that represent "substantial and quantifiable economic benefits for the Indian nation." The Senecas may not have known as they sat at the negotiation table with

State negotiators three administrations ago how much the State would reduce the value of their concession or how unquantifiable the economic benefit would actually be, but they knew exactly what percentages they would be giving up and for how long; the latter clearly being 14 years. In 2013, when the Seneca Nation settled the impasse over revenue sharing caused by the State's breach of the "exclusivity" clause, they knew full well that a settlement without disrupting the terms of the Gaming Compact, not only would allow for a smooth transition on to the renewal of the agreement but also would see the end of the lopsided revenue sharing clause. This part of the compact was clear. There is certainly no question regarding the

substantial and quantifiable benefit that the State gained from this "arrangement"; more than $1.5 Billion in 14 years, most of which came in the last seven years. There are, however, significant questions related to value of the "exclusivity" the State claims to have granted to the Senecas. Did the Seneca gaming enterprises really have a State granted exclusivity? Was the State held back in any capacity by the "concession" for which they were paid? Or did they compete directly with all the tools at their disposal almost from the start? Sure, the State could not open Class III gaming facilities, their laws prohibited it until recently, least of all in a market saturated by Seneca and Canadian gaming, but they

explaining the refusal of the League to hear the complaints of Deskaheh was sent to him by Stoker on March 8, 1924. Stoker wrote to Deskaheh on the 18 of December 1924, requesting payment as agreed to. He and Decker were both being paid by the Confederacy Chiefs at the same time it would appear, and there may have been others. Stoker was upset with Deskaheh and was looking for payment for his services. “I think the time has arrived for me to ask you what I am to do about my fees subsequently to you retainer and the settling in conference with yourself and Mr. Decker …” He offered to settle for a onetime, all-inclusive payment for his efforts of Six Nations behalf. Stoker complained that Six Nations had also employed the services of two other councils to work the case, besides Decker, and yet he had not been paid. This is one of more than a few times the clash of cultures, motive, personal styles and worldviews derailed, or at least

diminished, Deskaheh’s effectiveness. The weight of the beurocracy of the whiteman was too much to bear sometimes and he would bypass certain proper channels and make arbitrary decisions that at time alienated himself from those who initially supported his claims. The first League of Nations member that Decker and Deskaheh won the support of was Holland. Deskaheh targeted the Netherlands based on the Two Row Wampum agreement made between them in or around 1613, which they still honour. According to author Karl S. Hele, “On April 26, 1923, the Netherlands requested that the Iroquois petition be placed before the League of Nations Council. Following Britain and Canada's response, written largely at Duncan Campbell Scott's direction, the secretariat of the League presented the petition but failed to place it on the agenda for discussion.” Britain had tremendous influence on the new League of Nations

and they were not about to back the Iroquois petitions if it meant Canada, and therefor Britain itself, might look bad in eyes of the League. Pressure was placed on not only the Netherlands, but on several other countries that were persuaded by Deskaheh to support their claims of injustice at the League. Estonia, Persia, Ireland, Panama, and some historians say that list may have also included Cuba who all requested that the League grant Six Nations formal membership after hearing Deskaheh and Decker’s arguments for nationhood. But the support vanished after Deskaheh’s presentation was quietly slid off the agenda during the last session of the 1924 session. By the time the League of Nations gathered again, all of these states had withdrawn their support under obvious political pressure. The Remarkable Life and Times of Deskaheh continues next week.

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How England and Canada worked against Six Nations By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS – In Part No. 2 of our series, “The Remarkable Life and Times of Deskaheh” we take a closer look at Cayuga Chief Levi “Deskaheh” General. We trace correspondence through documents housed in the Archives of Canada, as well as personal letters to and from the Chief and between General and lawyer George P. Decker, while in England. There was also correspondence between Deskaheh and lawyer William Henry Stoker that reveal the fire-storm this smallish, very normal looking man was creating for then Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie-King at a time when Canada was seeking its own nationhood, apart from England. As far back as 1921, intergovernmental letters and memos were circulating about the troublemaker from Six Nations. “I feel sure that a perusal of this statement (one prepared to counter General’s claims) will sat-

isfy you that the matter is one that comes wholly within the scope of internal administration,” wrote M.P. Charles Stewart in a memo concerning Six Nations’ issues of sovereignty and its desire to be accepted as members into the brand new League of Nations. Stewart went on to write to Stoker, Deskaheh’s British lawyer, “… There does not appear to be need of any action abroad in connection with the propaganda of Mr. General.” Despite fulfilling all of the requirements needed for international recognition as a sovereign entity, England and the Crown of Britain controlled the league at that time and stonewalled Deskaheh and Decker’s efforts as Canada was at that time only recognized as a colony of Britain and did not meet these requirements, but were admitted anyhow. It would have created far too many legal challenges to allow the Iroquois into the league since Canada was already rewriting history with re-

Deskaheh. gards to its relationship with Six Nations. It would be a huge embarrassment to Mackenzie King and to Britain itself, should that be allowed to happen. The request as well as Six Nations’ many other complaints against Canada was returned to Duncan Scott to deal with by then Colonial Secretary, Winston Churchill. It was now 1924, and Deskaheh’s past three years or more were dedicated to finding justice for his people, at the expense of his own health. A letter

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HEALTHY ROOTS -- The Haudenosaunee Foods List is part of the Healthy Roots challenge. The goal? Eat as often as you can from traditional Haudenosaunee foods and note the transformation that occurs in your life. But getting familiar with some of these foods can be tricky as they are not all readily available at local grocers. So we’ll be taking a while to zoom in on the the five components of the Haudenosaunee Foods List: foods from the Garden, the Waters, the Fields, the Skies and the Woods. From the Garden Haudenosaunee people are historically renowned for being epic gardeners. Early settler accounts say the cornfields surrounding Iroquois villages to be as large as the downtown core in Toronto extending miles outside the village palisades. By the time European settlers arrived in America in the early 1600s, the Iroquois had been growing corn, beans and squash — A.K.A. The Three Sisters for over three centuries. The plants are grown together - each one contributing something to the chemistry of the growing cycle. Corn stalks lend support to the vines of the growing bean plant. Beans pull nitrogen from the air and into the soil for the benefit of all three plants. Large squash leaves shade the soil and prevent weed growth. A beautiful and natural symbiotic relationship.

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Lyed White Corn is a familiar Haudenosaunee ingredient. This plump kernel actually begins as smooth dried white corn that goes through a process called nixtamalization. The dried corn is naturally processed in an alkaline solution — commonly hardwood ashes — rinsed and then is ready to add to your favourite recipe. This is an unharmful process that improves the nutritional value of the grain — adding calcium and making the B vitamins present in the kernels more available. You can ﬁnd this ingredient in convenience stores across Six Nations for about $12 per quart bag.

There are in fact two styles of beans: pole beans, which require a pole or support to stay upright — and bush beans, which don’t need the support. Bush beans can then be broken down into three types: snap beans, green shelling beans, and dry beans. Dried beans are a healthy and inexpensive way to add a ton of nutrients to your diet. Beans are a cholesterol free complex carbohydrate with very little fat. They are a great source of B vitamins, potassium and ﬁbre as well. Research also shows dried legumes can help prevent colon cancer and reduct blood cholesterol levels.

There are so many kinds different kinds of squash and all of them originated from the Americas. But they all have one important thing in common: their natural immune-boosting ability. Squash seeds are a delicious snack and they pack a host of antiseptic, antimicrobial and anti fungal power able to protect people from ailments such as intestinal parasites. High levels of zinc, calcium and manganese also make squash an important part of your diet to support bone density — a preventative food against developing osteoporosis.

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Indigenous chefs aim to raise awareness of their traditional foods

TORONTO — Canadian cuisine might include a mix of culinary traditions, but the food of one of the country's founding groups is largely missing. An emerging group of indigenous chefs and restaurateurs is hoping to change that. Rich Francis, chef-owner of Seventh Fire Hospitality Group in Saskatoon, says he's ``cooking for reconciliation'' as he specializes in his interpretation of modern indigenous cuisine. `Èverything that's been taught in school is through a colonial lens. It's not our story. It's colonial books, so now I'm stepping into a time where we are telling our own stories through our own lens and our own vision.'' Francis, a member of the Tetlit Gwich'in and Tuscarora Nation and originally from Fort McPherson, N.W.T., was a finalist on season 4 of ``Top Chef Canada'' and is looking forward to opening a restaurant this summer. Meanwhile, he's catering and conducting events like a recent Cooking for Reconciliation dinner series in Vancouver, where he focused on local indigenous foods such as halibut, razor clams, stone fruits and sage for flavouring. He took buffalo meat with him to do a play on surf 'n' turf. `Ì've been travelling raising awareness just to go beyond what people know us for, like the Indian taco and bannock and all that. That's not truly us, who we are,'' says Francis. `Ìt was given to us in our cultural genocide and the residential school system and all that happened to us. We're starting to find our culinary identity now in the industry beyond bannock and all the colonial stuff that was designed to destroy us.'' Lenore Newman, a B.C. professor with a Canada Research Chair in food security and environment, says the

country is seeing a resurgence in indigenous food `ànd a very timely one that needs to happen.'' `Ì think there is still serious reparation to be made though,'' she adds. During field work for her recent book, ``Speaking in Cod Tongues: A Canadi-

an Culinary Journey,'' Newman found indigenous groups played a huge role in helping early settlers learn to survive. ``Then you enter this horrible period where indigenous cuisine was actively destroyed and used as a weapon. The biggest example is the clearing of the bison and how that was basically a genocide,'' says Newman, who teaches at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, B.C. ``Out here on the West Coast the potlatch was banned. In residential schools, people were taken away from their indigenous foods. They were prevented from using them or talking about them. ``We have a lot of reckoning to do and some of that is culinary. And so what that meant was for a very long time you didn't hear about indigenous cuisine except very peripherally as kind of exotic.'' Newman has eaten in indigenous

restaurants in Vancouver, Haida Gwaii, B.C., at a Songhees First Nations food truck in Victoria and at Tea-N-Bannock in Toronto. Tina Ottereyes, who manages Tea-N-Bannock, agrees First Nations food is ``very underrepresented'' in Canada's restaurant sphere and is happy more eateries are opening. ``We're starting to share more of our culture and more of our food,'' says Ottereyes, from Wemindji Cree First Nation on James Bay in Quebec. ``When I grew up we hunted and we trapped and we ﬁshed. That was my culture, that was the food that I ate.... Each tribe has a different diet accord-

ing to their area.'' The menu at Tea-N-Bannock reflects traditional dishes from different tribes. Hominy corn grown by a local farmer is the base for their Ojibwa corn soup, made through a labour-intensive process. The corn is dried after picking and the kernels removed. They're boiled for several hours in wood ash to remove the hard outer shell, allowing the inner kernel to get ``nice and cooked and plumped up,'' says Ottereyes. Wild rice comes from First Nations people in northwestern Ontario. Teas include a fruity herbal blend made by the grandmother of a staff member in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory near Belleville, Ont. Though meat like elk and bison are prepared in a traditional way, they are farmed, not wild, because the product has to be certified and inspected. Francis believes there should be some leniency when it comes to wild food. ``The regulations that are put in place by the government don't allow us to fully express ourselves.'' Elsewhere in Toronto, NishDish, a cafe focused on Anishinaabe recipes, was slated to open this month in Toronto. Pow Wow Cafe, which launched last fall, features Objibwa tacos using fried bannock instead of tortillas. A smattering of colleges also offer indigenous culinary courses. Francis, who received his chef training at Stratford Chefs School, originally learned traditional recipes in Moose Factory on James Bay and Iqaluit in Nunavut from people who still live off the land. ``You won't find any of this stuff in history books, or cookbooks for that matter.''

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OPP media liaison P/C Ken Johnston tells TRT, ``On Saturday we were conducting an investigation which was of a nature that we do not normally complete a media releases. There are some incidents that we do not prepare media releases to protect the identity of victims or witnesses or if they involve young person`s we do not always prepare a release. Also if an investigation is ongoing and charges have not been laid then we will not complete a release until an information is laid. There are also several other reasons why a media release may not be appropriate for a particular incident.`` SIX NATIONS – Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) detectives and forensics officers remove bags of evidence from a Sixth Line junkyard, located behind Finders Keepers, a business on Six Nations. The unknown evidence was then taken to the OPP Forensic Unit van. Both Six Nations Police

and the Brant OPP are being very closed-lipped about their attendance at a Six Line scrap yard all day Saturday and again Monday night. When asked for details, the Six Nations Police suggested to direct questions to the Brant OPP. After calling the Brant OPP the Two Row Times learned

that because the incident happened on the reserve, Six Nations Police were supposed to handle the release. However there has been no word from them about specific details. Provincial Police Media Relations Officer Ken Johnston wrote: “We do try our best to support our media partners

to do their jobs but there are circumstances where it is not appropriate to complete a media release and this incident that you have asked about is one of them.” Rumours are rife in the community, yet nothing has been confirmed to date. Photos by Jim Windle

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OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Police say there have been no new developments in the murder investigation of 27 year old Dustin Monture of Ohsweken. On February 22, Monture was found by local residents on the lawn of a Tuscarora Road home believed to be suffering head injuries due to an assault. Those residents transported Monture to West Haldimand General Hospital. He was then taken

by air ambulance to Hamilton General in critical condition. Police said a CT Scan taken at Hamilton General showed Monture was shot in the head. He later died as a result of that gunshot wound. Police have not yet been able to determine where the actual shooting occurred. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Six Nations Police or Crimestoppers.

Study examines gun accidents and assault TORONTO — Firearms injure a child or youth almost every day in Ontario, say researchers, who analyzed hospital records to determine which groups of young people are most at risk for gun-related accidents or violent assault. Their study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found there were 355 firearm injuries an average each year among children and youth, about one quarter of which re-

sulted in death. Researchers found Canadian-born male youth had the highest rates of unintentional firearm injury _ 12 per 100,000 people. The study, which examined health records for millions of Ontario children, teens and young adults between 2008 and 2012, found immigrants from Africa and Central America accounted for almost 70 per cent of assault-related gun injuries.

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National Water Day continued from page 10 “We can recognize how unique this planet is and recognize that the essential building blocks for life are in our water. So, I don't understand how other people can't see that,” said McDonald. She explained the descent of Sky Woman in the Haudenosaunee Creation Story draws the connection to the fact that she came to an earth covered in water. “The teachings around water is vested in the woman,” she said. “'Cause life doesn't happen unless we carry it.” She explained that the proposed idea for the youth to monitor the environment and water quality is an idea she agrees with—students in her home reserve of Akwesasne won an award for restoring the wetlands in their community. “I think working with the youth is essential because our babies can't be born without water,” she said. “Our women can't hold babies unless they have water in their systems.” “I think the basic ele-

ment of life has to be at the forefront of every issue,” she said. “I know those teachings transcend from our knowledge not just of the earth but of the constellations. And I know that there's knowledge within our people that talks about how the constellations position themselves to determine how much rain we're gonna get.” She explained that the word 'iokenoron' (yo-gehno-lo) refers to how valuable water is as the base word 'kanoron” (ga-no-lo) is a measure of sacredness. “So, for me and the teachings that I do for the young people we talk about women as water, and men as fire,” she said. “But they have to compliment and work together to keep the essential elements to life.” But she said that the Haudenosaunee are not alone in linking women to water. “In our ceremonial practices, it's a given that water is a part of it,” she said. “In many indigenous stories across not just the

Advocates for water preservation and long-term ecosystem sustainability gathered to experience the many presenters within the G.R.E.A.T. Boardroom-from the value of life and water to protecting individual rights to clean water. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN Americas, but in the Hawaiian Islands and in New Zealand a lot of their deities are women from the sea, or women from the ocean.” McDonald explained that the puberty rites of passage in Ohero:kon takes youth through the river journey; symbolically linked to the tasks of Sky Woman. The young women and men have to develop a respectful re-

lationship with the water as well as hold reverence to it. “With our young men— if you can't respect the river, you can't respect a woman because they're one of the same.” “I think it's timely. It was prophesized a long time ago that the last big war that will be fought on this planet will be over water. So, we're now heading to those water

wars. There was a time when I grew up and that was many moons ago, it was unthinkable to see water in plastic bottles. It was—go to the river, go to the well, carry the water in and there was an appreciation for having to go through a physical act to retrieve that water and the old people that I grew up with would say 'there will be a day when that water will be so precious'.

And we're there, we've arrived and I never thought I'd see it in my lifetime but here we are. “But you go to any community and water is so essential and important.” It is hoped for in the future that youth from Six Nations will monitor the wetlands and the waterways within the community—as well as help to maintain healthy ecosystems.

Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation (SNGRDC) has partnered with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to generate 44 MW of clean and renewable solar energy. The Nanticoke Solar Farm will be located on and adjacent to the coal yard of the formal Nanticoke Generating Station in Haldimand County. SNGRDC would like to encourage all Six Nations members to attend an Information Session and/or submit written comments regarding the Nanticoke Solar Project.

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Canada Reads 2017 underway this week By TRT staff

What is the one book Canadians need to read? That's the question behind the CBC’s annual “battle of the books” competition Canada Reads, which kicked off on Monday. The competition pits five novels written by Ca-

nadian authors against one another during a weeklong debate from March 27 to March 30. Each book is defended by a ‘champion’ deemed worthy to uphold the values and relevance of the book. A book is voted out on by one by the public until one winner remains. The CBC’s website says:

Chantal Kreviazuk defends The Right to Be Cold by Sheila Watt-Cloutier. Platinum-selling singer/ songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 2014. In 2016, she released Hard Sail, her first album in seven years. The Right to Be Cold

tells the personal story of acclaimed Inuk activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier. The book explores the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture. Sheila Watt-Cloutier is one of the world's most recognized environmental, cultural and human rights activ-

ists. She was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, and has served as both Canadian president and international chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council. Measha Brueggergosman defends Company Town by Madeline Ashby. Brueggergosman is a so-

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Family still waiting for answers one year after in-custody death By TRT Staff

KENORA – An April 17 vigil has been announced for Azraya Ackabee-Kokopenace, a 12-year old-girl from Grassy Narrows First Nation who disappeared from police custody at a Kenora hospital last year and was found dead two days later. Azraya had been apprehended from her home in Grassy Narrows and was living in the care of Child Protection Services at the time of her disappearance. Despite a requirement for a mandatory coroner’s inquest in any case involving an in-custody death, Azraya’s parents and her community have received no information from any government agency about when, or if there will be an inquest into their daughter’s death, despite repeated public calls from elected

and grassroots leaders. The wait continues to compound damage in the community. “Her community of Grassy Narrows First Nation has not only shared in the ravages of the legacy of residential schools as articulated in the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission but has also faced incredible hardship from mercury poisoning of its water and lands,” says Provincial Youth Advocate Irwin Elman. “The death of Azraya is yet another blow,” says Elman in a letter addressed to Chief Coroner, Dr. Michael Stewart two months ago, on January 19. “Ontario has made a commitment to reconciliation with First Nations people in the province,” the Youth Advocate’s letter stresses.

“Considering the requests for an Inquest from Azraya’s family, Grand Council Treaty 3, the Chief and Council of Grassy Narrows First Nation, and the Grassy Narrows Youth Organization, I ask [the Chief Coroner] to call an Inquest into the death of Azraya Ackabee Kokopenace and that the family and community be notified of this decision as quickly as possible,” says Elman. There has been no response from the coroner or any of the provincial ministers previously contacted about Azraya’s case. However, Azraya’s death is not just an issue for the provincial government, says MP Charlie Angus. “The senseless death of young Azraya Ackabee-Kopenance should have been a wake-up call to Canada,” says Angus in light of this

week’s upcoming Canadian Human Rights Tribunal hearing into federal discrimination against Indigenous Youth in Canada’s Child Welfare system. Angus, MP for Timmins—James Bay, who has championed Azraya’s case in parliament, says that the neglect faced by Azraya is an important example of how Canada is failing Indigenous youth. “The system failed her. Our nation failed her,” says the federal NDP leadership candidate. “And yet, a year later no lessons have been learned by the federal government.” “Young people continue to fall through the cracks,” says Angus. "We have lost too many beautiful young people like Azraya,” says Angus. “It is time to end the systemic underfunding that has left

so many Indigenous youth at risk.” “It is time to honour Azraya by making sure that every child gets the opportunity for hope, health and a future of opportunity,”

Angus concludes. Details for the April 17 vigil have yet to be announced, but a Facebook page hosted by the Grassy Narrows Youth Organization is active.

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Woodland opens the Voices Yet to Come By Chezney Martin BRANTFORD – Four members of the art group The Group of Six came to the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford to present personal stories alongside Visual Artist Elizabeth Doxtater and Playwrite Falen Johnson on Saturday, March 25. Young Artists Kendall Jacobs, Kaya Hill, Imani Mitten and Frankie Warner told individual stories about their experiences in the Group of Six, and performed something unique to themselves—including some of their own personal stories outside of the group. Johnson explained that her sister Naomi Johnson came up with the idea for Voices Yet to Come, and the duo worked together to make it a reality. “The motivation came from my sister,” she said. “She was the one that came up with the idea for the evening. She's a big fan of story telling and story-telling podcasts and I am too. She knew that and she knows I'm a writer too so we started talking about that and what we can do.” Johnson said that her and her sister brainstormed as to who they would like to work with

Beautiful examples of the Group of Six`s art work. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN and being “big fans” of Doxtater, they decided to ask her. “So, we talked to 'Betts' and she said she had this group of kids that she had been working with and that they might be interested, so she approached them,” she said. Four of the six artists agreed and the night unfolded into both an emotional and beautiful presentation. “Some of the kids wanted to tell longer stories, some wanted to tell shorter stories and some wanted to express through different mediums, and so, we just had to be open to letting them

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express themselves however they wanted to.” Several of the artists had no previous public speaking experience but told their stories eloquently, Doxtater explained the way she likes to think about speaking in public. “I have a little thing that I think of when I have to speak in English, because I don't have the language,” said Doxtater. “If you get bit by a snake, a venomous snake, they take that same venom and turn it into the cure. “So, I started thinking about that and somehow it related to the fact that some of us don't have the

(from left) Frankie Warner, Elizabeth Doxtater, Kaya Hill, Imani Mitten, Kendall Jacobs and Falen Johnson pose shortly after the Group of Six presented their own personal stories of how they came together and some anecdotes of their lives. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN

language, we only have English. And a lot of times that was really violently forced on our families, and if we don't have our own indigenous language, how can we heal from that? How can we heal in English? So, I use that as a metaphor. The opportunity to take that same language that was forced upon our people and try to help turn it into the cure.” Doxtater also drew the connection between the fact that the students were using their voices to tell their stories near the Mohawk Institute, the very institution set to take indigenous voices away. “We called it The Voices Yet to Come and what I think is really important, and I think it's really critical that we acknowledge where we are,” she said, motioning to the Mohawk Institute Building. “To create that opportunity for young people with The Voices Yet to Come, to share their stories and have everyone celebrate their stories, I think it's just completely—I don't even have an English word for it. But it's like the cure, healing.” The young artists were also each given a CONTINUED ON PAGE 28

From directors Josh Fox, James Spione and Myron Dewey and executive produced by Shailene Woodley comes “Awake, A Dream from Standing Rock”. The film opens on April 22, 2017 at the Tribeca Film Festival, NYC and everywhere online. “Like the Standing Rock direct actions, our distribution model will be in direct service to the fight”, Woodley says. Rather than charging for the film in a traditional way, audiences will be able to donate any amount they want (between $1 to $100) to stream the film online from April 22 to May 6. All proceeds will go to an Indigenous Media Fund and a Pipeline Fighters Fund supervised by the film’s creators and a council of indigenous leaders to support direct actions and indigenous filmmakers and journalists. For more information visit www.awakethefilm.org. In 2016, actor Shailene Woodley (The Divergent series, The Descendants) protested against the Dakota Access Pipeline, a $3.87 billion USD underground petroleum transport pipeline being built by Dakota Access LLC. The project is more than 87 per cent complete in the State of North Dakota and 99 per cent complete overall. On October 10, 2016 she was arrested for criminal trespassing in Saint Anthony, North Dakota. Inuit singing sensation, “Tanya Tagaq’s voice fiercely engages her audience and uniquely stands out within Canada’s musical landscape. She performed before a sold-out crowd in Winnipeg last Saturday. Her band improvised through a series of unpredictable soundscapes that included politically-charged themes which appear on her latest album, Retribution”, writes David McLeod (NCI-Fm) on his Facebook page. Tanya says, “The reason I like improvising so much is how it will never happen in the exact same way again. There is a lack of control; we don’t control what is going to happen. We just let it be and see where it goes. And I think we spend a lot of time trying to control time and life and death. We waste a lot of time trying to control.” The major theme within Tanya's fourth album, Retribution, is destruction, in relation to the abuse and mistreatment of traditional lands, of children and women. The album has received a four-star rating from Rolling Stone Magazine and is dedicated “to those we’ve lost to suicide”. Do not miss the world premiere of "The Road Forward” at Hot Docs Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Sunday, April 30 at 9:30 p.m. at TIFF Lightbox 2. This genre-defying musical feature documentary about six generations of First Nations voice, spirit and activism in Canada, was written and directed by Marie Clements (The Unnatural and Accidental Women) for the National Film Board of Canada. It was produced by Shirley Vercruysse, with beautiful cinematography by Mike McKinlay, and features a brilliant cast of First Nations musicians, performers and activists including Six Nations own, Cheri Maracle and Murray Porter. “The Road Forward is a musical documentary like no other, says Hot Doc programmers. “It bends and pushes the boundaries of what we expect of Indigenous cinema, the music video genre and Western documentary traditions.” Additional Screenings: Monday, May 1 at 12:45 p.m. at ScotiaBank Theatre 3 and Saturday, May 6 at 8:45 p.m. at ScotiaBank Theatre 7 in Toronto. The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival is North America's largest documentary film festival, conference and market, held annually in Toronto.

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Mill Pond Monsters win Bush League Championship By Jim Windle OHSWEKEN – It was the climax of the 2016 to 2017 Six Nations Men’s Hockey, A.K.A. Bush League, season Saturday with the Six Nations Spirits and the Mill Pond Monsters. The Sprits were down three games to none and had their backs against the wall. They needed a win to stay alive. But when the referees took the ice to start the game, there was only one team that followed them onto the ice. While the Mill Pond Monsters were warming up their goalie, there was three Spirits skating at their end of the Gaylord Powless Arena. Maybe the rest of the team was there in spirit, but the bodies were not. Finally, a goalie and five skaters were mustered to pull on the jerseys for Game No. 4. Eventually two more spirits entered the game, a little late but providing relief for the Spirits’ aching legs and lungs. “It really pisses me off,” said league convener Peewee Green. “But we’re going to play this game anyhow.” Green was responding to how the Spirits could not scare up more players for a pivotal game. It turned into a pretty

good game, at least for two periods. Despite the empty Spirits’ players bench, the game was tied at 1-1 after the first period. Jesse Sault scored for the Spirits and Mitch Green for the Monsters. Surprisingly, the Spirits were still very much in the game after the second period but the Monsters were beginning to rise, leading 4-3. It’s hard to win when you have two spares on the bench when the team you are playing has a full roster, and loads of talent, and the Spirits began to fade in the third period. John Monture began the barrage two and a half minutes into the period to make it 5-3 and followed with another at 11:19. Jesse Johnson and Keelan Green piled on to make it 7-3. Fresh off his great season with the Brantford Blast of the Allan Cup League, Cam Sault made it 7-4 from Marty Hill and Heath Hill. Oakley Thomas answered for the Monsters from Keeton Green, and Ian Martin scored The Monster’s 12th goal to win the game, and the Championship Cup for the 2016 to 2017 season. Mitch Green won MVP honours for the Monsters scoring five goals and assisting on another. Spir-

The 2016 to 2017 Six Nations Bush League Champions are the Millpond Monsters who defeated the Six Nations Spirits in four straight games. The Monsters are, in no particular order: Andrew Davis, Ian Martin, Mitch Green, Keelan Green, Oakley Thomas, Branden Hill, Quinn Powless, Tim Johnson, Jesse Johnson, John Monture, Wenster Green, and Brier Jonathan. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE its MVP was Cameron Sault with two goals and two assists. He could also have won the Iron Lungs award if there were such a thing. He spent almost all game on the ice, end to end. Green was his usual smooth skating self with a deadly accurate shot. BOTTOM: Six Nations Spirits goalie Chris Henhawk gets his helmet removed by Ian Martin in close during the Six Nations Men's Hockey League playoff game at the ILA, Sunday afternoon. The short benched Spirits put up a great effort but in the end the Mill Pond Monsters took the game 12-5 and with it, this year's Men's Hockey, A.K.A. Bush Hockey, Championship. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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Corvairs and Falcons poised for conference playoffs

By Jim Windle CALEDONIA – After coming off a first round “bye”, the Caledonia ProFit Corvairs found themselves waiting again after eliminating the Ancaster Avalanche in four straight games. St. Catharines Falcons took six games to eliminate the Niagara Falls Canucks in the other divisional round and will open the Conference Championship round, Thursday night, March 29, at 7:30 p.m., in Caledonia against the red hot Corvairs. The Corvairs offence will be led by league scoring leader Brandon Lindberg who finished the regular season with an amazing 109 points by way of 42 goals and 67 assists in 44 games. Adam Craievich is not far behind with 46 goals and 47 assists for 95 points. But in between are St. Catharines’ top guns Lucas Smilsky and Zach Main, both with 95 points and a significant threat. It could turn out to be a goaltenders duel. Caledonia goalie Daniel Chenard finished the regular season, tops in the league with a 1.77 goalsagainst average while Falcons’ Owen Savory finished second with a GPA of 1.99. Chenard’s backup, Bradley Van Schubert was given playoff icetime and won all three of his starts against Ancaster. “Everybody is relatively healthy,” says Corvairs’ general manager Brian Rizzetto. “There a few nagging aches and pains but we should be alright moving forward.” Game No. 2 is set for the Jack Gatecliff Rink for Friday, Mar. 31 at 7

Fierce rivals, the Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs and the St. Catharines Jr. B Falcons will begin the Conference playoffs Thursday night, March, 29 at the Haldimand Centre Arena in Caledonia at 7:30 p.m. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE. p.m. Game No. 3 is back in Caledonia, Sunday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m., and Game No. 4 is back in the Falcons barn Tues. April 4. A possible Game No.5, if necessary, is April 5, in Caledonia. Game No. 6, if necessary, is in St. Kitts Friday April 7, at 7 p.m., an a possible Game No. 7 will be back in Caledonia Saturday, April 8, if necessary. Meanwhile, the London Nationals and the Leamington Flyers are matched up in the B series, which will also begin Wednesday, at the Western Fair Grounds. Caledonia will have to watch out for the Falcons’ potent powerplay. They led the league in powerplay goal at 24.78 per cent, with a penalty kill percentage of 89.39 per cent. Caledonia was eighth in powerplay success with 20.26 per cent in the regular season, and a penalty kill percentage of 85.76 per cent. This gives the Falcons a slight edge in special teams.

Ashlee Laforme saves the day with shutout By Jim Windle

OHSWEKEN – Backed up by solid goaltending supplied by Ashlee Laforme, the Six Nations Peewee Blackhawks shut out the visiting Twin Centre Peewees 5-0 at the Gaylord Powless Arena Sunday afternoon. Davin Jamieson scored a hat trick by the

end of the second period. Kahner Sowden and Ryan Hess added third period goals. The game was closer than the score might indicate. Laforme made several great saves especially in the third, and worked hard for her shutout. ``We needed to win this one and we did it,`` she said after the game.

Six Nations Peewee Blackhawks shut out the visiting Twin Centre Peewees 5-0 at the Gaylord Powless Arena Sunday afternoon. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

Ashlee Laforme. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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They love him in Anaheim A feature article on Six Nations’ Brandon Montour appeared in last week’s Orange Country Register, titled Ducks’ Brandon Montour – first rate in his second-best Sport, written by columnist Jeff Miller. Republished with permission.

ANAHEIM – Seven weeks ago, he wasn't even in the picture. But Tuesday, Brandon Montour was in the photo, the team photo, standing right there with Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry and the rest as the Ducks formally captured their 2016-17 squad. The rookie defenseman didn’t make his NHL debut until late December and didn’t stick with the Ducks until early February. Now, he’s averaging 17 minutes of ice time per game, has scored once in regulation and once in a shootout and, according to Coach Randy Carlyle, “has taken a huge step forward in his development.” It has become quite a story, a whirlwind bromance between a team and a 2014 second-round draft pick many people still don’t consider to be the Ducks’ top defensive prospect. Now, just imagine if Montour’s best sport was hockey. Back home, in Brantford, Ontario, there are folks who, to this day, believe he was better at lacrosse. “For me, I felt like I was about even in both,” Montour says. “But I was definitely successful in that sport.” He won a national championship, in fact, the 2014 Minto Cup, which you’ve probably never heard of but that’s only because you’re likely not Canadian and have no appreciation for how highly lacrosse is regarded there. That’s especially true where Montour comes from, Brantford just a few minutes from the Six Nations of the Grand River, a reservation on which Montour lived for three years before leav-

Brandon Montour. FILE PHOTO

ing to begin his hockey career. His father, Cam, is a Native American, Montour paying tribute to his family and its roots with an elaborate tattoo on his left arm, one that includes feathers and a headdress and is still not completed. There are places in the United States where we love to say certain sports are a religion, like football in Texas. But, for the residents of Six Nations, lacrosse is genuinely as spiritual an experience as anything involving a higher power. “I played the sport because I loved it,” Montour, 22, says. “But a lot of those Native kids really take lacrosse not just as a sport but as something more meaningful. It’s everything to them. “They say they come out of the womb carrying a lacrosse stick, and it’s true. I have friends who have kids now. They’re 1 year old and carrying a lacrosse stick around.” So consider the impact Montour and his teammates had when they won the Minto Cup as members of the Six Nations Arrows.

The Minto Cup dates to 1901, which is 14 years before the NHL officially began handing out the Stanley Cup. Similar to Lord Stanley, there was a Lord Minto, although, because of its construction, it is, unlike the Stanley Cup, impossible to fill the Minto Cup with Jell-O shots. “Back home, if you asked anybody who the best lacrosse players are, they’d look at the reservation first for sure,” Montour says. “Hockey is big there in the winter. But the real sport is lacrosse.” This is the part of the world that gave the NHL Stan Jonathan, a forward who played with Boston and Pittsburgh in a career that ended in the early 1980s. Montour is the first local to make it to the NHL since. Many of his former teammates, however, are now playing in the National Lacrosse League. The difference between the NHL and NLL is much more significant than just a single letter. For example, the average salary in the NLL is reportedly about $20,000;

Montour’s salary in the NHL: $925,000. Carlyle says confidence has had a lot to do with Montour’s success with the Ducks, noting that “he’s not going to be overwhelmed by any situation you put him in.” That includes being an example for those coming after him, an assignment some athletes in the past have famously refused or—even more famously—completely blown. “Six Nations is a tightknit community,” Montour says. “Everybody says ‘hello’ walking down the street, stuff like that. It’s good for those kids to have somebody to look up to who has reached this level.” Now, maybe you’re thinking it’s ridiculous to suggest hockey could be only Montour’s second-best sport. The percentage of athletes who reach the pros in their first-best sport is small enough, right? But how ridiculous is it that Montour more than once played in lacrosse tournaments against Nick Ritchie, his current Ducks teammate? That’s right. These two NHL players who today locker within a few feet of each other at Honda Center were competitors thousands of miles and an entire sport from here. Ritchie’s brother, Brett, a member of the Dallas Stars, also participated in a few of those tournaments, meaning these were lacrosse games that featured three future NHL players. So, maybe nothing about this story can be considered ridiculous. “That’s quite a big swing, obviously,” Ritchie says. “To be on the same team later on and in a different sport is pretty cool.” It is pretty cool, the whole story, from Montour’s interesting background to his promising foreground, the unlikely scene worthy of a picture, just like the one they took Tuesday. Contact the writer: jmiller@scng.com

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Jr. B Lacrosse showcases begin By TRT staff SIX NATIONS – The Six Nations Rebels are gearing up for the Jr. B Lacrosse Showcase Tournament beginning April 1 at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. There is still a little fine-tuning to do between now and then, but generally speaking, team president and General Manager Scott Maracle says he is happy with what he has seen so far. “As general manager, all I do is sign the players and things like that,” says Maracle who will be wearing both hats this year. “It’s up to the coaches to work with them and make a team out of it.” Head coach Miles General; along with defensive coach “Bear” Hill and offensive coach Nick Skye have been busy doing just that. “We’ll be making four or five cuts after this showcase but doing our final cuts after next week’s showcase in St. Catharines,” says coach General. General says he will be keeping an eye on some of the players that may not even make this year’s squad, but could be called up if and when needed. The tournament will see London take on Hamilton in the first game at 9 a.m., April 1, followed by Newmarket versus the Rebels at 10 a.m. St. Catharines goes against Halton Hills at 11 a.m., and at noon, Windsor will face Seneca. In the afternoon, Hamilton and Newmarket faceoff at 1 p.m., London takes on St. Catharines at 2 p.m., before the Rebels play Windsor at 3 p.m. Halton Hills and Seneca go at it at 4 p.m., Newmarket will play London at 5 p.m., and Halton Hills against Hamilton at 7 p.m. The new 2017 edition of the Rebels face Seneca in the final game of the day at 8 p.m. The tournament was established for teams and players to participate in prior to the opening of the regular season. The tournament provides an opportunity for coaches and management to evaluate prospective players under game situations. It also provides an excellent chance for the players to showcase their talent and skills to impress coaches and management, with the hopes of being considered for a spot on their chosen team.

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Knighthawks rally again to beat Buffalo By Craig Rybczynski The Rochester Knighthawks used a dominating fourth quarter to defeat the East Division rival Buffalo Bandits 11-10 on Saturday night at Connors & Ferris Field at The Blue Cross Arena. The two teams put on an entertaining show for the special guests in attendance as they celebrated Military Appreciation night and honored the 10year anniversary of the 2007 championship team prior to the game. “That’s how we’ve got to be,” said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen, who played on the 2007 Knighthawks. “We’ve got to grind these games out. The games against Buffalo are great games and we’ve played our best lacrosse against them the past two games. We’ve just got to keep going.” Kyle Jackson had a stellar night, putting up a team-high eight points

PHOTO OF JOE RESETARITS BY MICHELINE VELUVOLU.

(3+5). Dan Dawson posted a pair of goals and added four helpers on the night. Joe Resetarits had three goals and two assists to finish with five points and reach the 200-point plateau in his career. Dan Lomas had three points (1+3), while Cory Vitarelli and Brad Gillies each

pitched in a goal. Gillies’ marker with 2:55 left in the game was the eventual game-winner for the purple and teal. “It was a great character win for our team and it was a win we desperately needed,” said Jackson. “It was nice to see some big guys step up in some big

moments. The fans here are unbelievable and that last five minutes or so the crowd was as loud as it’s ever been. It really helped us rally back and get the win.” The Knighthawks took an early with Resetarits firing it past Buffalo goaltender Anthony Cosmo

less than a minute into the game. Dawson was up next to get the team ahead by two but the Bandits went on a run of their own to close out the first half with a 6-3 lead over Rochester. “Right now we’re playing for our playoff lives,” Resetarits said. “We knew this was going to be a dog fight. It always is when we’re playing Buffalo. We said this wasn’t going to be easy but we played a whole 60 minutes. We stuck to our game plan and kept battling.” The two teams traded goals throughout the third, but the Knighthawks rallied in the fourth with six goals to complete the comeback. The turning point of the game was early in the fourth when Rochester scored three goals in just 59 seconds to tie the game at eight. After Buffalo tied it, Jackson scored back-to-back goals to give the Knighthawks a 10-9 lead with4:01 to play.

Following another Buffalo tally, Gillies scored in transition to make it 1110. “Everyone had a game today and that’s what we needed,” Jackson said. “We needed to win and I was glad to see that everyone stepped up.” Rochester now holds the tiebreaker between the two teams and sits one half game behind Buffalo for fourth place. “This is a game where it’s a matter of swings and a matter of seconds,” Resetarits said. “We knew (being down) three goals going into the fourth was nothing. Tonight was huge and we’ve got to build off of it.” “Every time we step on the floor it is a must-win game from here on out,” Hasen said. “Tonight was another great effort from top to bottom.” The Knighthawks will be home again on Saturday, April 1 to take on Calgary at 7:30 p.m.

Six Nations Snipers drop one to Outlaws By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS –The Six Nations Snipers and the Oshawa Outlaws are tied after last weekend’s Arena Lacrosse League schedule. The Snipers and Outlaws went nose-to-nose Saturday at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena (ILA) at Six Nations in a game that may be much more important that either team knows as the new league gets ready for its first playoff season. Oshawa got on the scoreboard first at 3:44 with Mike Triolo scoring for the Outlaws. Pat Corbett evened the score for Six Nations from Shayne Adams and Torrey VanEvery. The Outlaws got that back but Point evened the score again, at 2-2. Adams and Outlaws’ Wes Whitlow scored before the

quarter ended to go into the second quarter tied at 3-3. Oshawa exploded with five, second quarter goals to Six Nations’ one to take an 8-4 lead into the second half. Six Nations’ goal was scored by Layne Smith from Danton Miller and Craig Point. It was 11-6 after three quarters and 14-10 for Oshawa at the final buzzer. Adams had a big game for Six Nations with three goals and three assists for a six-point outing, while Point scored two and assisted on four for his six pointer. Outlaws’ Dylan Goddard and Mike Triolo each cashed in three goals and two assists while the Snipers seemed to be a step behind the Outlaws all game. This coming week’s games include Peterbor-

The Arena Lacrosse League, in its inaugural year is attracting lacrosse fans and the attention of the lacrosse world. This past weekend the Six Nations Snipers (in red) lost to the visiting Oshawa Outlaws at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE ough at Oshawa, Thursday, Oshawa versus St Catharines ShockWave, played at 5 p.m. at the Syl Apps Arena in Paris. The game precedes the Six

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We want to hear what you have to say! COMPLETE the

Six Nations Police Community Survey

The Six Nations of the Grand River Economic Development Trust (EDT) will invest

The Survey can be found on the Six Nations Police website @ www.snpolice.ca

into the Six Nations Community in 2017

OR a hard copy can be picked up @ Front Reception, Six Nations Police, #2112 4th Line Road.

April 5 & 6, 2017 9AM - 4PM (by appointment only)

Face-to-Face Sessions

Sit with a representative to review your application and ensure you have all required documentation.

Email trust@sndevcorp.ca or call 519-753-1950 to book an appointment.

The survey is ANONOYMOUS with a focus on:

Please COMPLETE & SUBMIT by:

Crime in our Community

THURSDAY MARCH 30th

Application available: March 6, 2017 | Deadline for submission: April 20, 2017 by 4PM Successful applicants will be notified: June 20, 2017

Mental Health Issues

@ midnight (electronic) OR

Please Note: Absolutely no late or incomplete applications will be accepted.

Victim Services

4:00 p.m. (hard copy) to Six Nations Police, Front Reception.

Application & Guidelines are available at:

For further information or any questions please contact: Ashly Monture, Community Service Coordinator, Six Nations Police at: (519) 445.2811 or amonture@snpolice.ca

Six Nations Community Safety Through Community Collaboration in Action Project

Important Deadlines

www.sndevcorp.ca/guidelines-applications

The EDT is the mechanism, in which profits generated by the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation (SNGRDC) are invested into the Six Nations community for the collective benefit of its members.

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PUBLIC WORKS NOTICE

WATER RATES In order to continue providing the community of Six Nations with a reliable supply of potable water and to properly collect and treat communal wastewater, effective April 1, 2017 water rates will be increasing from $1.45 to $1.65 per cubic meter Questions? Contact Six Nations Public Works at

519.445.4242 www.sixnations.ca

Bill 89, Supporting Children, Youth and Families Act, 2017 The Standing Committee on Justice Policy will meet to consider Bill 89, An Act to enact the Child, Youth and Family Services Act, 2016, to amend and repeal the Child and Family Services Act and to make related amendments to other Acts. The Committee intends to hold public hearings in Toronto on Wednesday, March 29, 2017; Thursday, March 30, 2017 and Thursday, April 6, 2017. Interested people who wish to be considered to make an oral presentation on Bill 89 on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 or Thursday, March 30, 2017 should provide their contact name, mailing address, phone number, and email address to the Clerk of the Committee by 11:00 a.m. on Monday, March 27, 2017. Interested people who wish to be considered to make an oral presentation on Bill 89 on Thursday, April 6, 2017 should provide their contact name, mailing address, phone number, and email address to the Clerk of the Committee by 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 3, 2017. Those who do not wish to make an oral presentation but wish to comment on the Bill may send a written submission to the Clerk of the Committee at the address below by 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, 2017. An electronic version of the Bill is available on the Legislative Assembly website at: www.ontla.on.ca. Shafiq Qaadri, MPP, Chair Christopher Tyrell, Clerk Telephone: (416) 325-3883 Facsimile: (416) 325-3505 TTY: (416) 325-3538 E-mail: ctyrell@ola.org Room 1405, Whitney Block, Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Park, Toronto, ON M7A 1A2 Collect calls will be accepted. Ces renseignements sont disponibles en franĂ§ais sur demande.

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Times Up! continued from page 7 certainly built facilities out of their racetracks, called them casinos and filled them with slot machines that looked and played every bit like the electronic games the Senecas shared their revenue from. And they did so clearly within the "exclusivity zone" the Senecas paid so dutifully for. The State also used their relationship with "Indian Gaming" and their own presence in gaming to push through a constitutional amendment that would finally allow Class III gaming to expand the State's gaming beyond the lottery and racetrack casinos. The State's campaign for gaming expansion and a constitutional amendment made the case to their constituency that they were already in the gaming industry. Clearly they were. And some of it ran along that blurry line of legality. An argument definitely could be made that the revenue sharing agreement with Seneca gaming existed in violation of IGRA especially since the value of the State's concession may be neither "substantial" or "quantifiable". New York State was not just in their own gaming enterprises. They were in native gaming as well. They had become both the regulators of native gaming and the chief competition to it at the same time. This raises an ethical and moral question to another area of payments to the State: regulatory payments. It wasn't just $200,000,000 in revenue sharing the State gave up for the breach of the Seneca Gaming Compact. There were also millions of dollars of un-itemized

billing that the State had been submitting to the Senecas. The settlement from 2013 erased $90 million of those fees and required the State to itemize their bills going forward. To this day, no such details are provided with the State billing and as such, the Senecas are holding back on those payments. But beyond the billing, the fact that the State has had unfettered access to Native gaming throughout the State even as they were increasing their presence in direct competition and pursuing Class III gaming as well would be unheard of in any other industry, yet this is still where the debate still rages on where the rights for Native gaming come from. The Feds will say IGRA. The States will say from their "compacts." Native people still insist it comes from their sovereignty. So, as money for nothing terms out in the State/Seneca Gaming Compact even as the State ignores the end of the gravy train, the question is be how will this shortfall and apparent "news to them" be dealt with. It certainly isn't the first time this governor has written fake money into a state budget. In 2011, as Andrew Cuomo boldly charged into his first 100 days, he produced a state budget that included $130,000,000 that he claimed would come from taxing native tobacco sales. That surely didn't happen. But the State still wages a war against native commerce with fines, arrests, seizures and law suits, although they stopped counting money they will never see from

those businesses. The question is will someone from the State do that simple reading of the Gaming Compact and realize just how fortunate the State is to have been made a billion and a half dollars richer for nothing over the last fourteen years rather than fighting the Seneca people over an ill-conceived entitlement going forward. For the Senecas, the end of these payments couldn't have come at a better time. With the State opening up more gaming sites and saturating an ever-shrinking gaming market, the Senecas will need that once free gift to the State to stay competitive and to allow their margins to create the exclusivity zone the State never saw fit to honour. It's now up to the local municipalities to stop treating Seneca gaming revenue as an entitlement and look for the opportunities to forge new and more meaningful relationships with the Senecas, not soiled by the State and out of the region agendas. They say, all politics is local. We'll see if the local politicians see it that way. John Karhiio Kane is a Mohawk. He is a national commentator on native issues and a freelance writer. He hosts two radio shows; "Let's Talk Nativeâ&#x20AC;Ś" on the Unity Stream Network from the Cattaraugus Territory of the Seneca Nation and "Let's Talk with John Kane" on WBAI FM 99.5 in New York City. He appears in print, on radio and television and as a public speaker on native issues, history and events.

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Group of Six artwork continued from page 20 certificate of recognition by Chief Ava Hill, who watched their presentations with MPP Dave Levac, who also made contributions to the group. As well, family members, friends and supporters enjoyed the young artists presentations and were informed that they may purchase some of the groups art at an upcoming art show in May.

Although very shy, Imani Mitten poses with one of his art pieces depicting a lady smoke-dancer. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN

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Rummage and Bake Sale St. Luke’s Church Smoothtown (1246 Onondaga Rd near 3rd Line) Saturday April 8, 2017 9:00am – 2:00 pm Lunch Corn Soup, Ham and Scone, Hot Dogs, Drinks

LaForme: Cecil Peacefully at home on Thursday March 23, 2017 at the age of 70 years. Beloved husband of 51 years to Judy (Herod) LaForme. Loving father of Chris (Roberta), Sam, and the late Brian. Dear Papa of Morgan (Beau), Hillary, Aaron (Jackie), and three great grandchildren. Son of the late Harold & Marie (Carpenter) LaForme. Brother of Marvin (Sandy), Joan (Mikey), Margie (Philip), and the late Ralph (Annie), Harold Jr., Gary, Irene, and Darlene. Brotherin-law of Carolyn, Nancy, Lawrence, Floyd, Donna (Doug), Connie (John), Pat (David), Pete (Joanie), and Joan (Dave). Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Cecil will also be sadly missed by his loving dogs Archie, Miss Daisy and Buddy. The family will honour his life with visitation at the Hyde & Mott Chapel, R.H.B. Anderson Funeral Homes, 60 Main Street, South, Hagersville on Saturday from 7-9 p.m. and on Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Evening Services on Saturday and Sunday at 7 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in the chapel on Monday March 27, 2017 at 11 a.m. Interment New Credit Cemetery. www.rhbanderson.com

Fundraiser Social

CAKE WALK SOCIAL

& $50/50 DRAW FRIDAY, MARCH 31st ONONDAGA LONGHOUSE 7pm - ??

All Proceeds towards Elders Gathering with First Language Onondaga Speakers

Fundraiser Breakfast

Thank you to Dreamcatchers fund for helping me with my karate at Don Warreners Martial Arts Academy.

Vacation Properties

Golfers! Myrtle Beach Oceanside Condos Mid-April to mid-May. 2 bdrm and 3 bdrm, $629.00 and $709.00 Cdn. per week. No tax. Please call Mike 1-877-765-5445

Hill’s Snack Bar

Come and enjoy the excellent food that Hill’s Snack Bar is famous for!

ALL DAY BREAKFAST Offering Smoking and Non-Smoking Rooms

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All You Can Eat Breakfast Sunday, April 9th 2017 From 7:30am - 11:30am At The ONONDAGA LONGHOUSE Eat In or Take Out Available Adults - $10.00 Sr and Kids 5-12yrs $8.00. 4 yrs and under FREE. 50/50 Draw Scratch Board Draw Easter Basket Draw Proceeds to upkeep of the Longhouse

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HSS REUNION

Saturday May 20, 2017 Celebrating the 125th anniversary of high school education in Hagersville, and the 50th anniversary of Hagersville Secondary School.

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Meet your former teachers Join us for dinner in the cafeteria Dance to Mark LaForme in the Main Gym Check out the memorabilia in the Decades Room Enjoy wine and cheese and reminiscences throughout the day, with DJ Frank Vecero

We need more people to help our activity leaders get the job done, and to help on May 20th (1-hour shifts). Volunteer at hss125@rogers.com. For more information: 

Visit the Reunion Website at https://www.hssreunion.ca

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Has more guipure 7. Tiny round mark 10. Went before 12. Radioactivity units 13. A complex 14. Impressario Sol 15. 18th Hebrew letter (var.) 16. Used as a culture medium 17. 21st Greek letter 18. Canadian flyers 19. Government agents 21. Supplement with difficulty 22. Holy war warrior 27. Thallium 28. Graduation sermon 33. A public promotion 34. Visual perception of a region 36. Fiddler crabs 37. 87571 NM 38. Obeahs 39. Former coin in Austria (abbr.) 40. Yucatan Indian 41. Shinto temple gateway 44. Chances 45. Make believe 47. SW English spa city 48. Trained horse maneuvers 49. Goddess of the dawn 50. Nasal divider CLUES DOWN 1. Queen of Sparta 2. Sour 3. Center for Energy Policy & Economics 4. Actress Lupino 5. Snakelike fish 6. Rural delivery 7. Elastance unit 8. Aroma

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, if you have been working too much, you have to find time to relax or you will not be able to grow. Your brain and body need recharging to work at their optimal levels.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, be sure to follow through on any promises you made to others and yourself. Set aside some extra time to address each of these commitments.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, work on honing your flirting skills. Whether you are attached or looking for new romance, think about the subtleties that will draw others close to you.

9. Expression of disappointment 10. Plant used for food or seasoning 11. Remainders 12. Stomach lining folds 14. Dander 17. Beginning military rank 18. Reminiscent fashion 20. Salem MA college 23. Shittah trees 24. Mamas partners 25. Chicago railway 26. Quick light knock 29. Ancient Sumerian city 30. Exactly suitable

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31. Playful harassment 32. Ruin environment 35. Thyrotropin 36. Extinct Caucasian language 38. Hop kilns 40. Hmong 41. Examination 42. Southern Honshu city 43. Enlarge hole 44. Relative biological effectiveness (abbr.) 45. Pakistani rupee 46. Sales ___ 48. Buttons & Bows singer’s initials

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CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, prioritizing goals and maintaining some flexibility are the keys to managing what life has in store for you this week. With the right mindset, you can handle a busy week.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, there is a time for buckling down and a time for having fun, and this is a great week to let loose. Plan an excursion with friends or go on a solo holiday for pure enjoyment. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Do not underestimate other people, Virgo. There may be more to them than meets the eye, and you don’t want to be at a disadvantage in a relationship. Learn all the facts first. LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Be mindful of what you say and with whom you chat for a little while, Libra. While it’s good to be friendly, you may be sharing too much personal information right now.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Stop focusing on what you could have done differently in the recent past, Scorpio. Looking back is not going to change anything now. It’s better to focus on the future. SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, share more details of an important situation with others. They will need more than just bits and pieces as they try to help you figure out your next move.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, although life has been a bit hectic lately, you have managed to hold things together quite well. Others may even remark on how calm you have been.

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