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Brant may tell Brantford “no” to Johnson Tract transfer

By Jim Windle

OHSWEKEN – The Municipality of the County of Brant is tired of being treated like Brantford’s quaint country cousin, and has stood up to the political pressure of City Hall by insisting that Six Nations be included in the conversation.

Brantford’s letter of intent, which they are seeking the Municipality of the County of Brant to improve, would see 5,000 acres of the 7,000-acre Johnson Settlement Tract signed over to the city from the country for $16.3 million in compensation.

The city wants more housing and industrial development along highway #403 so as to grow the city to compete with other large urban centres, like Mississauga or Kitchener-Waterloo.

The County wants to ensure that farming remains an important part of its rural mandate and way of life.

As far as the city is concerned, Six Nations has little, if any, say in the matter. However, the county insists it hear from Six Nations, which feels it holds the underlying title to the land, as part of the 7,000 acre Johnson Tract, which is under a registered land claim. They made it clear that this must take place before it formally answers Brantford’s request.

That meeting took place Monday morning at the Six Nations Elected Council Chambers. The County Council will either accept or reject Brantford’s letter of intent during a special meeting of their council, this Thursday night at 7 pm.

Mayors Ron Eddy of Brant and Chris Friel of Brantford have been like two dogs wrestling over

County of Brant Mayor Ron Eddy and new Six Nations elected Chief Ava Hill have a casual conversation in front of a copy of the Haldimand Deed before Monday’s joint councils meeting between Six Nations and Brant councils. (Photo by Jim Windle) the same bone for several years, with no mutually acceptable resolution to date.

Six Nations former Elected Chief Bill Montour, on behalf of the Elected Band Council, made it clear in a letter to both Brant and Brantford Councils, that Six Nations must be a part of any deal regarding Johnson Tract lands. New elected Chief, Ava Hill was a part of that council and agreed.

Some Brant County Councillors oppose the transfer on those grounds and of preserving some of southwestern Ontario’s best remaining farmlands, while others on council dicker over whether they are getting proper market value for the land in question.

Monday’s Before meeting in Ohsweken, only one county councillor, Brian Coleman, said he would approve the transfer as recommended by the city, albeit reluctantly. But all seem to be equally put off by Mayor Friel and his council’s strong-arm tactics.

Unlike Brantford, Brant has been listening to its citizens, many of whom reject the proposal outright.

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council have unanimously approved their letter of intent drafted and sent to the County with the details they would like to see as part of their proposal.

Six Nations has not been a part of Brantford’s deliberations.

Until Monday, the county wasn’t meeting with Six Nations either.

But Brant Mayor Eddy and councillors John Wheat and Rob Chambers explained why that was.

“It was the Province that said that the municipality must consult with Six Nations,” said Eddy. “It was on those principles that we went into these negotiations.”

Councillor Wheat was a part of the team chosen to enter into talks with Brantford, and with what he expected to be, Six Nations.

“I was a part of that task force,” said Wheat.

“At the start of it, it was requested by the County of Brant that Six Nations would be sitting the table.

It was the provincial facilitator Paula Dill who said no, and that they, the province, would be consulting with Six Nations. That was the impression that was given to me.

“Then two meetings

in, things changed and suddenly it was up to us to consult with Six Nations,” Wheat recalls. “But it was our opinion, right from the start, that Six Nations was to be included. We also wanted to go to our people to consult, but she would not allow it.”

Brant Councillor Ron Chambers also recalls the

about face from Dill.

“Right from the get-go it was the position of the council that we wanted to include Six Nations in terms of consultation and accommodation,” he said.

“But the actual negotiation process with the facilitator was delayed for some time, a couple of weeks, where they were to consult with Six Nations. As it turned out, they didn’t do that and when we finally got to meet, it was now our responsibility. At that point, we were in with the negotiations, which were in camera, and so we could not. That is what we are trying to do today, to catch up on something we wanted to do right from the getgo.”

It was also asked by Six Nations council, what the big rush to get this done is all about.

Eddy revealed that by law, there can be no land transfers in an elec-

tion year. Since municipal elections are in 2014, if no agreement is reached by Dec. 30th, they may have to wait a full year to get back at it. But Eddy warns that the province also has the right to change that law should they choose to.

There were many other discussions and questions asked regarding the pending transfer, but as the meeting closed down, Brant County again referred to this coming Thursday’s Brant Council Meeting where the final word on acceptance of the Brantford letter of intent will get the thumbs up or down in open session.

A Two Row Times reporter was barred from a similar meeting in Brantford, while local Brantford news reporters were invited in. Assurances were given that this time, on Brant County turf, Two Row Times will be welcome.

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Grand River sweeter than ever

By Jen Mt. Pleasant

BRANTFORD - A recent study released by Environment Canada and the University of Waterloo has found high levels of artificial sweeteners in the Grand River. In some areas, scientists found higher concentration than those reported anywhere else in the world.

As part of their longterm study, scientists with Environment Canada and the University of Waterloo sampled 23 sites along the Grand River as well as municipal water from various household taps from several cities within the Grand River

water-shed. According to the report, four different artificial sweeteners were acesul-fame, detected: saccharin, cyclamate and sucralose.

The study, entitled “Artificial Sweeteners in a Large Canadian River Reflect Human Consumption in the Watershed”, by John Spoelstra, Sherry L. Schiff, and Susan J. Brown, “The maximum concentrations that we measured for sucralose (21 µg/L), cyclamate (0.88 µg/L), and saccharin (7.2 µg/L) are the highest reported concentrations of these compounds in surface waters to date anywhere in the world.”

New Credit Voting results

By Jen Mt. Pleasant Despite frigid temperatures and a severe snowstorm that was in effect for most of the day Saturday, voters of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation (MNCFN) still made their way to the New Credit Council House to fill out their ballots.

Polls were open from nine o’clock in the morning until eight o’clock at night.

Electoral Officer, Julie LaForme was on hand Saturday night to say that despite the weather, she was still seeing a steady flow of voters. Election results were ready to be published late Sunday morning. M. Bryan LaForme was re-elected as Chief, receiving 242 votes.

LaForme beat out Bill LaForme by a margin of 127 votes.

The 2013-2015 Councillors are: newly elected Sharon Bonham (LaForme) with 155 votes; re-elected Erma Ferrell (LaForme) with 216 votes; re-elected Clynt King with 160 votes; re-elected Stacey LaForme with 208 votes; re-elected Arlie LaForme with 168 votes; re-elected Cecil Sault with 174 votes and newly elected Larry Sault with 179 votes.

The MNCFN Band Council had their Swearing In of Chief and Council Representatives Ceremony Monday morning, which was held in Council Chambers. This election marks the 107th Council on the New Credit Reserve. A few historical facts were read to the small crowd before the ceremonies commenced.

One bit of history is that between 1871 and 1886, elections were held every 3 years (not 2) and Chiefs were selected by Councillors.

Those absent from the Swearing In Ceremony were Chief Bryan LaForme who was away with a family emergency and Councillors Stacey LaForme and Larry Sault.

According to the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada website, the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation (as of November 2013) has a population of 2,235 band members, 916 of whom live on-reserve.

The Two Row Times would like to congratulate the 2013-2015 Chief and Council of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and we wish them all the best of luck in their new and returning roles.

At one site, researchers calculated that the equivalent of 90,000 to 190,000 cans of diet soda were being consumed each day.

The main purpose of the study was to see how well the chemicals could be used to track where wastewater ends up. Artificial sweeteners are mostly used as sugar substitutes in diet drinks and food.

They have zero calories because they are designed to pass through the human body without breaking down into their compound parts and tend to exit the body intact. After they pass through the

digestive tract, they make their way into the sewer system. The goal of Sewage Treatment Plants is to break raw sewage down to expel harmful bacteria.

Once the sewage water is passed through the treatment plant, it is then emptied back into the river.

According to the Grand River Conservation Authority’s Communications Manager, Dave Schultz, “Some things, the sewage plant cannot break down, including sweeteners.” artificial Schultz stated that, “The study itself was done by Environment Canada and the University Waterloo, not the GRCA however, I

have read the study and it was very well written.”

Asked if he was personally concerned with the new study, Schultz said he was not and stated that he relies on Brantford city tap water every day for consumption.

At least three surrounding cities rely on the Grand River for drinking water including Six Nations, Region of Waterloo and Brantford. Brantford itself relies 100% on the river for drinking water. Schultz also said that there are 30 sewer treatment plants along the river.

Nearly one million people live in the region

where the study was conducted, including the communities of Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, Cambridge and Brantford.

About half of those people rely on the Grand River for their drinking water.

According to the study, the effects of artificial sweeteners on fish and plant species in the Grand River and in the Great Lakes are unknown and hopefully further studies would find out the risks, if any, on aquatic life.

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Three Feathers Casino trio found ‘not guilty’

By TRT Staff

ALBANY - A verdict of Not Guilty on all counts was returned by a 12 person jury in the federal case involving the Three Feathers Casino. The decision affects three of the five defendants. Two members of the Akwesasne Reserve Men’s Council (Wolf Clan representative Rarahk-

States Attorneys prosecuting the case were Elizabeth Horsman and Miroslav Lovric. Horsman is known in Akwesasne for having served on the St. Regis Tribal Drug Court panel which deals with youthful offenders. She previously served as a US Attorney in Montana prosecuting members of the sovereign militias that reside there.

Akwesasne Men’s Council members in Albany, New York standing across the street from the federal courthouse where the Three Feathers Casino trial was held in December 2013.

Left to right those pictured are Rarahkwisere, a Men’s Council supporter, and Kanaretiio. wisere and Bear Clan representative Kanaretiio) and Joseph Hight of Georgia, a gaming equipment vendor, were present for the jury announcement.

Two other defendants from Akwesasne, Anthony Laughing Sr. and Men’s Council member Sakoieta continue to face criminal charges in the case. All five were originally accused of operating an illegal casino in Hogansburg, New York, as well as possessing gambling equipment.

The verdict was announced on December 12; the trial began in late October. The jury heard witness testimony for six weeks.

The defense rested their case after one day.

Lead defense attorney Lawrence Elmen represented Kanaretiio. Elmen was appointed by the federal court system after the previous two attorneys for the Men’s Council members were dismissed over a conflict.

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The prosecutors made comments disparaging about the Longhouses in Akwesasne throughout the trial. In opening statements, Lovric said that he had as much right to open a casino in Akwesasne as the Men’s Council did in 2011 with the Three Feathers Casino. Horsman raised the tension in the trial proceedings after she described the Longhouse as a non-functional system of the past. Senior Judge Thomas McAvoy of the federal Northern District of New York presided over the trial proceedings.

He offered several observations to the prosecutors during the trial that they were overstepping their roles in the legal process through their demeaning statements.

The perspective among Iroquois communities is divided about the meaning of the jury verdict. Some opinions have been expressed that the jury decision was not a

victory but a technicality which did not address the inherent right of self-determination among Onkwehon:we. Others argue that the Men’s Council clan should representatives never have appeared in the federal court system of the United States to begin with. One thing is sure.

The families of the Akwesasne Men’s Council who heard the jury foreperson read the decision were overjoyed that their family members would be reunited with their families again. The many weeks of the trial saw the defendants from Akwesasne leaving for long road trips to Albany in the early morning hours, only coming home on the weekends.

“This trial verdict was not a victory for the Longhouse, but rather was a failure for the federal prosecutors who tried them,” stated Onkwehon:we news commentator John Kane following the announcement. “The prosecution was out of line in their witness questioning and they should be ashamed of their official conduct as public servants of the United States government” Kane said. “I would even be surprised if these prosecutors remained on this case,” Kane noted, speculating on courtroom observers who saw the Assistant U.S. Attorneys apparently losing control of a legal process that they had deliberately embarked upon in targeting the Longhouse as an apparent criminal organization, and not as a legitimate functioning government.

Kane is supporting fundraising efforts to purchase the trial court transcripts. The cost of the transcribed records is ex-

pected to exceed $12,000.

Without these records being purchased, an important part of Two Row (Kaswentha) Wampum relations will be obscured and will not be available for study by Longhouse researchers.

Not much media coverage took place during the trial or even after the verdict. Most of the articles were observant of the prosecution side of the story and did not bother to seek an opposing view. Media inquiries to the Akwesasne Men’s Council defendants following their acquittals focused on the likelihood of the re-opening of the shuttered electronic bingo facility. “It is like they want to see the blood of the Longhouse on the street, if you look at what they are doing by asking that question,” John Kane observed.

“There is no genuine effort at any level to go back to the stolen land in the Hogansburg Triangle and prosecute those thieves.

Instead, the focus is on jailing the victims, the Onkwehon:we who live there,” Kane concluded.

The Three Feathers Casino project was initiated in 2008 when the Kanienkehaka Kaianerehkowa Kanonhsesne in Akwesasne commissioned the Men’s Council to embark upon economic development efforts to put their people to work. The involvement of mainstream legal opinions to justify the electronic gaming operation was a necessary step in working with outside equipment vendors. The threat of equipment forfeiture required the gaming vendor lawyers to look over the gaming opinions for legality. That point was raised by defense attor-

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Testimony by the St.

Regis Tribal Gaming Commision Executive Director on the witness stand that everything that could be done to close the Three Feathers Casino was done was refuted under cross examination. Ten “cease and desist” letters were dropped off at the bingo hall in December 2011 and then nothing else followed that correspondence up.

Additionally, the penalty fine process by the two gaming commissions was never started, as is usually done in cases like these previously.

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Controversy over Thorold Blackhawks logo

By Jen Mt. Pleasant Over the last several years a number of different sports teams using stereotypical imagery of Indigenous people as their logos and mascots have been generating a lot of negative media attention.

The NHL team, the Chicago Blackhawks have been under the spotlight in the past few years. Although the team name itself wasn’t named directly after Indigenous warrior Black Hawk, the name came from team founder Frederic McLaughlin to honour his battalion from World War One, which was nicknamed ‘Black Hawk’. Most disturbing however is their team logo, which has often been described as the ‘cigar store Indian’: the red faced ‘warrior’ decked out in war paint and feathers in his hair.

Black Hawk was a great warrior of the Sauk Tribe in what is now known as America. Although he was not a hereditary civil chief, he gained his status by leading war parties, fighting mostly against encroaching European settlers.

The Chicago Blackhawks are not the only sports team to inherit the ‘Blackhawk’ name and the stereotypical image of an Indigenous ‘warrior’.

The Thorold Blackhawks have been pushed into the spotlight lately, not so much because of the name itself, but because of a logo which many indigenous people find offensive and derogatory.

Mitch Baird, is a Mohawk man and Program Development Coordinator with the Southern Ontario Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative and also sits on the Board of Directors at the Niagara Regional Native Centre. Baird has been making media headlines in Thorold in the past few months. Last October, Baird took it upon himself to speak out publicly against the offensive Thorold Blackhawks logo.

Using social media, Baird garnered a lot of support from the indigenous as well as non-indigenous population.

Baird also contacted Thorold City Mayor, Ted

Luciani, as well as Thorold Blackhawks owners to express his concerns.

A meeting was held in late November in which those present included Baird, Mayor Luciani, and Blackhawk owners Tony Gigliotti and Ralph Sacco.

Baird educated those present on the harmful psychological effects of sports mascots that use negative imagery of Indigenous peoples and explained the reasons why Indigenous people find this logo offensive. Baird then requested the logo be changed and suggested that, “it could be phased out within the next couple of years”, something that Mayor Luciani fully supports.

Owners for the Thorold Blackhawks argued that they did not find the demeaning ‘caricature’ or disrespectful and offered a few suggestions of their own. One suggestion directed to Baird was to, “do those ceremonies that you guys do”, at future venues where Baird would be allowed to tell the spectators the, “story of your ancestors”. Baird was then told to “get over it” by one of the owners of the Thorold Blackhawks.

Although the meeting was facilitated by Mayor Luciani, he explained that, “the city of Thorold has no jurisdiction over the caricature issue itself since it is not a formal council issue.” However, Mayor Luciani stated, “if Thorold Blackhawks

owners continue to refuse to change their team caricature, it will eventually make its way into council chambers.” Mayor Luciani fully supports Baird’s campaign to change the caricature of the Thorold Blackhawks. Even though a deal wasn’t reached at the meeting, all parties agreed to come back to the table at a date which has yet to be set. Thorold Blackhawk owners Tony Gigliotti and Ralph Sacco were contacted for this story but they did not return the Two Row Times calls.

Baird explained two main reasons that motivated him to speak out against the Thorold Blackhawks logo. “The first is the local angle which is media attention over negative imagery of indigenous people in relation to sports teams and mascots in Ontario.”

Baird cited Ian Campeau who is Anishinabe, as his main influence. Campeau filed an Ontario Human Rights complaint against the junior football team, Napean Redskins, who quickly changed their name and logo. Baird’s second influence was the Oneida Nation and how they spoke out against the offensiveness of the Redskins Washington name and mascot.

Baird strongly feels that, “it is hard for Indigenous people to be a positive part of the overall community when so much negative stereotyping is

going on towards indigenous people, such as racist and insulting sports team names, logos, and mascots. And when members of the non-indigenous community say things like, ‘Get over it’, it definitely does not help the situation.”

Also supporting a caricature change of the Thorold Blackhawks are Ashley Lamothe and Dawn Zinga who both represent the Aboriginal Education Council at Brock University. In a joint statement to Thorold City Council, they stated, “In light that many Brock University students reside in Thorold during their studies, including those of (indigenous) descent, we feel it would be for the betterment of the community for the logo to be changed to something less offensive.”

Baird also feels that, “in order for us to be a part of the overall community, people have to have a positive perception of what it means to be an indigenous person in today’s society, ie. Sports teams, logos and mascots have to be culturally appropriate.” Baird hopes that this strive for change is just a small step in changing the negative perceptions and attitudes of indigenous people by members of society and after Thorold Blackhawks change their logo, hopefully other teams in similar circumstances will take it upon themselves to follow suit.

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EDITORIAL: Dignity We have seen many instances in which someone has been given the opportunity to act graciously and with dignity only to rebuff the courtesy with open irreverence. An example of such disrespect can be seen in the manner in which Canada has dealt with Onkwehon:we people. We need only to look at Harper’s treatment of the Native Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO). In April of 2012, the government of Stephen Harper dropped this bombshell in relation to a posting on the NAHO website: “NAHO funding has been cut by Health Canada. It is with sadness that NAHO will wind down operations by June 30, 2012.” When governments make a decision that is stupid, embarrassing, or risks causing an outcry, they tend to do so late in the day and late in the week, preferably on the eve of a holiday long weekend, when citizens - and journalists - aren’t paying much attention.

So what was the Native Aboriginal Health NAHO Organization? was founded in 2000 as an overseer of research and outreach programs in such fields as suicide prevention, tobacco cessation, housing and

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midwifery. The Organization also collected a series of audio and video interviews with elders recounting traditional tales and knowledge.

The Journal of Aboriginal Health was a magazine published by this group and was home to one of the best collections of aboriginal health research in the world. NAHO also recognized the political and policy differences prevalent within aboriginal communities and managed to bring them together, in many instances to sit at one table, with a common purpose. The purpose being the improvement of the health of the unhealthiest, most disenfranchised people in the country. Difficult and at times trying, but the NAHO managed to accomplish this feat in many communities. This asset is being destroyed for what purpose?

We believe the answer to this question lays in Harper’s Manifesto: Erasing Canada’s Indigenous communities. Policy concerning the welfare of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples was put in place to achieve two main goals: acquire Indigenous lands and resources and reduce financial responsibility to Indigenous peoples. To

quote Dr. Pam Palmater, professor at Ryerson University, “The primary way in which these two objectives were to be achieved was through the physical, legal, social and spiritual elimination of Indigenous peoples.” Support for Palmater’s statement is evidenced in the information brought forth in a Globe and Mail article by Andre Picard: Life expectancy: Aboriginals can expect to live, on average, a decade less than other Canadians; Disability: Native people have higher rates

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OP-ED: The myth of the untaxed Indians

By Thohahoken

OHSWEKEN – Canadian media portrays us as greedy, lazy, crooked, thugs that are a burden on the poor Canadian taxpayers. Sun Media, the National Post, the Hamilton Spectator, the Brantford Expositor, CKCO, and CHCH are all owned by corporations with interests in terminating Indian rights – by forcing taxation on Indian people and turning us into municipalities. That is what the 1969 White Paper, 2013 bill C-45, First Nations Education Act (FNEA), and amendments and getting rid of the Indian Act are all about.

That message is repeated constantly to an ignorant Canadian public who have turned hostile to Indigenous peoples’ calls for international justice.

Media spin is funny that way.

In fact the opposite is true. We are good na-

tured, hard working people, trying to look after ourselves.

And we are doing this with our own money.

Over the past 50 years local services increased but these increases are tied to our economic impact. Years ago when our workforce included domestic workers, farm workers, construction workers, and teachers we were funded for a road grader, cutting weeds, and catching stray dogs.

The local band administration was run by nine public servants.

In the era of Indian self-government we began to diversify our workforce and our economic impact increased – and so too did the funding. The on-reserve population’s role in the money game is now complicated by our impact in the white community.

I rarely worked on-reserve over my career. Like the 80 per cent

Letter to the Editors On the RBG deer hunt

Dear Editors, A recent Facebook page set up by animal rights activists opposed to the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) deer hunt, referred to the hunt as an inhumane “slaughter.” The page states, “It’s imperative that we show we do not agree with or condone this slaughter. They have closed the hunt to all but the Haudenosaune Nation, who will be employing crossbows.”

Some of the comments include, “Starting December 16 the RBG will be closed to the public and open to the same killers from Short Hills.” There was an incident in Short Hill where some hunters injured a doe who eventually wandered into the backyard of a local resident. The doe lay injured for thirty minutes, was shot by the MNR and then given back to the hunters to make use of the deer.

Many in this Facebook group are angry about this and are labelling

crossbow hunters and specifically the Haudenosaunee Natives participating in the hunt at the RBG as “killers”.

Royal Botanical Gardens believes that the deer population within its borders has moved from a natural diet and instead are eating RBG collection material that are not native to Ontario. It is apparent by RBG comments that although the prized Lilac collection is a major concern, so too is the balance and welfare of all fauna and flora.

The new relationship with the RBG is an encouraging one given the respect of Haudenosaune culture and traditions. It would be a shame to see this damaged by a small group of animal rights activists who label this event as a “horrific slaughter”.

An unfounded and prejudicial belief is being spread by these animal rights activists and a small group of protestors that claim that coyotes are eating the deer left injured. City of Hamilton Officials state that the coy-

The first attempt to terminate Indigenous rights was through the 1969 White Paper. who work off-reserve I paid tax. I also lived away from home while working and like nearly 12,000 Ohswekenron:nen today spent my money with the settlers.

Estimates published

by Six Nation’s business agencies suggests that along with the reported $250-million in excise taxes collected from the tobacco industry, another $500-million is collected through direct and indirect taxation as well as Six Nation’s spending off

reserve.

By 2013 the government and non-government workforce on-reserve numbers around 700 public servants who get to spend between $60-$70 million to run the reserve – all paid for

by Six Nations’ taxpayers.

Here’s how it works.

Former senior federal government bureaucrat from Six Nations, the late Russ Moses reported that it cost various levels of government 90 cents to deliver 10 cents on

otes are hungry because they have lost their natural habitat and are coming into cities and other areas where there is food.

It is a problem, but not one caused by the Haudenosaunee or any other First Nations group.

There were plans from concerned community members in Hamilton and surrounding areas to have an Urban Ojibway Elder conduct a ceremony asking the deer to leave the territory for their safety. Many First Nations believe that if we are not thankful for our food and ask it to leave, then when it is needed the food will be gone. An elder explained to me the way we talk to our food and the poor way we have treated it is the reason why our sacred food medicine is leaving us.

The Thanksgiving address in the Haudenosaunee culture is a perfect example of the attitude we must have for all things given to us. This hunt is no exception. We will be giving thanks for the food and provision provided by the deer and asking

them to stay. As in the medicine wheel teachings we are to keep things in balance and support the importance in harvesting to maintain balance in a respectful and traditional manner taught to us by our Elders.

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each dollar for services that actually reached our people. Simple arithmetic – $60-70 million is sent back to Six Nations to run education, employment and training, health care, social services, public works, and policing.

That works out to ten per cent dollar of the $700-million dollars generated by Six Nations people.

The estimate for “aboriginal” spending is between $5-billion and $10-billion annually from 1990 to 2000, of which 10 cents on the dollar actually reached the Indigenous peoples or between $500-million and $1-billion. The revenue raised directly from indigenous peoples’ economic impacts was estimated by the Canadian Alliance in Solidarity with Nation Peoples (CASNP) in 1991 at $11.5-billion annually.

This does not include a staggering treaty debt.

In 1986 the treaty debt was calculated by

Canadian government senior policy analyst Walter Rudnicky at $11.5-trillion from 1763 to 1986 in his “Treaty Implementation Plan”. Rudnicki, who broadcast his research in 1991 on the local radio station, based his calculations on unlicensed resources, taxes collected

by Canada and the provinces on land, and land use across the continent.

“They owe you people around $2-and-half-trillion for the land between Montreal and Windsor,” he told local listeners.

Not one cent of white money pays for Six Nations. We pay our own way. And we always have.

And as taxpayers we have a voice in how that money is spent. The Six Nations public service is accountable to the Ohswekenron:nen.

der was present to divide us. We were the voices for the future children that are yet to come, grow and have a chance at life.

We were the voices of our “Mother” the earth.

In honor and recognition of that beautiful time we are holding a gathering on January 5th at 12pm on both sides of the “international borderlines” in Fort Erie, Ontario at the Fort Erie Peace Bridge and in Buffalo, New York. This will be a peaceful event, as an agreement and respectful relationship has been established with Canada and US Customs.

This gathering is calling warriors from all walks of life from all nat ion s/t r e at ies/t r ibes/ humans who are willing to unite to remind the world that we have been peacefully waiting a year to observe and await a response at the federal levels of government. This is to honor the unborn children yet to come, “those whose faces are still in the ground” and to be the voices for the animals, water, air, of the Mother Earth.

We are asking you to join us on this day, or to send representation from your respective communities. Send flags so that your nation, may be represented at this event to demonstrate our unity.

The power lies within the people. We together can make that change, we can initiate the difference that will guarantee a healthy future for our mother and her unborn children.

We are hoping that rep from your respected nation/tribe/treaty/persons may come prepared to share some words as a representative to the media or in case if you are able to hold your own event synchronously that’s even better! Please if you can speak to others and IF you can not make please send a flag so there representations there :). We would love to hear feedback or how you are able to contribute :) This is a people’s movement for the people by the people.

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Thohahoken Michael Doxtater is a former McGill University professor living at Six Nations.

Send your letters to tworowtimes@gmail.com. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. The opinions expressed in the letters or submitted opinion pieces are not necessarily that of the Two Row Times.

Honoring Idle No More

Dear Editors, Last year on January 5th nations all over Turtle Island held events in support of the “Idle No More” movement.

We proved to the world that we as human beings have recognized the struggles and hardships we share. We focused on our commonalities, and supported each other.

United we stand, divided we fall. There may have been a time where critical judgments of each other stopped us from taking action together but on that day we acted in unity as “One mind, One Spirit, One Nation, and the Rainbow Nation.” Neither race, ethnicity, nor age or gen-

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Toward the end of the campaign, participating staff make recommendations to management regarding what on-reserve organization/agency they feel would benefit from their contribution. Past recipients have been SN Christmas Baskets, the Iroquois Lodge, Agape, and

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FEATURE COLUMN: LET'S TALK NATIVE WITH JOHN KANE

There is no victory for us in their courts

The embarrassing failure of the U.S. prosecutor in the Three Feathers Casino trial is not a win. It’s not even a draw! Surviving the persecution and prosecution of their law enforcement agents, lawyers, judges and juries is a good thing, but it is not justice. It is not justice when someone jams a stick in each of your eyes and his system forces him to pull one out.

Kaneratiio and Rarahkwisere did not win in U.S. Federal Court last week with their acquittal in the Three Feathers Casino trial. They didn’t get their year back. Kaneratiio doesn’t get back the freedom that was restricted. Rarahkwisere doesn’t get back the 11 months he was forced to sit in jail. Sakioetha doesn’t get back the year he spent away from his home avoiding the same fate. Nor has the stick been pulled from his eye.

Their courts are for “them.” Their courts are for those who are part of their system – for those who vote, who fly their flags and pledge allegiance to it. The courts are for the people who come to America with hopes and dreams of striking it rich or escaping homelands gone terribly wrong.

These courts are not for us – people that have lived free and independent lives for thousands of years before a White man, his church and his laws washed up on our shores. They are not for a people that never con-

sented to subjugation or incorporation to them or with them.

Neither the U.S. nor Canada can cite the date or the event that our sovereignty was transferred to them. They both claim jurisdiction over us but can’t seem to come up with how or when they got it. Oh sure, they can cite a law or a ruling, but they can never quite explain how their lawmakers and judges obtain the authority to strip the sovereignty from a people outside their legal authority. Is it “might makes right”? Well, what happened to their “rule of law” claims then or those “unalienable rights” they declared?

It’s all a house of cards. These claims to ownership of our lands and lives are simply false.

When all is said and done, all the lands and freedoms of Indigenous peoples were claimed under the banner of “Manifest Destiny” and the “Doctrine of Christian Discovery,” the latter a racist concept put forth by the Catholic Church and clung to by all European “Christian” nations as justification for half a millennium of crime – crimes that continue today.

The U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples affirms “that all doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and social-

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ly unjust.”

Yet the U.S. and Canada claim supremacy over us on what the entire world knows to be a premise that is racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally condemnable and socially unjust.

So the question isn’t, does the U.S. and Canada have jurisdiction over us? That would be an unequivocal NO! The question is, what happens when they jam their authority down our throats, forcing it at gunpoint or with bars and chains?

Most of the time their courts have their way with us while the people of the world who know it is invalid, condemnable and unjust sit quietly in the corner hoping not to be called upon. And we survive another indignity and affront to who and what we are.

But sometimes they fail. Sometimes all their power and resources, all

their false accusation and claims, and all their high paid lawyers and judges fail to complete another exercise in persecution through prosecution.

The Three Feathers Casino trial is one of those failures. But it is their failure – not our victory. We can be happy and even celebrate their failure, but ending the commission of a crime before it is complete is still a crime. Surviving an attempted murder or rape does not mean that a crime was not committed. and Kaneratiio Rarakwisere did not win a contest. They foiled a crime. The fact is that the U.S. Attorney’s office attempted a crime and that, too, is a crime, a crime to which they will never answer. There is no justice when the Justice Department is committing the crime, even when a jury of their peers rules

against them.

So congratulate our guys for standing up and for surviving the targeted assault against them and the Kanienkehaka Kaianerehkowa Kanonhsesne – our Longhouse.

But until we stop the criminal assaults against our people there is no victory.

John Karhiio Kane, Mohawk, a national expert commentator on Native American issues, hosts “Let’s Talk Native…with John Kane,” ESPN-AM 1520 in Buffalo, Sundays, 9-11 p.m. Eastern Time.

He is a frequent guest on WGRZ-TV’s (NBC/Buffalo) “2 Sides” and “The Capitol Pressroom with Susan Arbetter” in Albany. John’s “Native Pride” blog can be found at www.letstalknativepride.blogspot .com.

He also has a very active “Let’s Talk Native...with John Kane” group page on Facebook.

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FEATURE COLUMN: SCONEDOGS & SEED BEADS

Love, hope, courage There is a coin I keep in my wallet. It’s one of those inspirational tokens you can pick up in the hospital gift shop.

On one side it reads ‘Survivor’ and on the other ‘Love, Hope, Courage’.

I pulled it out the other day while I was sitting in the waiting room at Oil Changers.

The radio was playing Bing Crosby, snow was softly falling outside and I sat in the warmth of the waiting room staring at that word; Survivor.

All of a sudden I drifted away and began going through memories of my cancer ordeal one at a time; the pain after surgery, the first time I took off my bandages, and walking around the city with tubes coming out of my body trying to hide them as best I could.

I snapped back into reality for a moment and flipped the coin over:

‘Love, Hope, Courage.’

The words looked almost like foreign symbols etched into a coin from a land far, far away. For some reason at that moment I couldn’t take my eyes off the word ‘Hope’.

After my initial diagnosis with early stage breast cancer I felt totally alone. It was as if I was hanging in limbo drifting above the rest of the world. I needed grounding, so I went to a support group hoping to get some insight.

During one specific session, the facilitator told us we had to embrace the present moment, and let go of the future. I’ll never forget what he told me, he said... “Nahnda, there is no hope... there is no future... there is only now.”

I was shocked! Everything in my whole being rejected what he’d said. I felt a surge of

adrenaline kick in and I wanted to fight him, but I bit my tongue and opted for mutual respect instead. At any rate I quit going to the group after that. Perhaps letting hope go and clinging to the present moment is empowering for some, but what if the present moment sucks? For me, seeking the Creator’s guidance and holding onto hope that He had a better future for me than the present moment is what kept me going.

In hindsight maybe I did get the support I needed from that facilitator after all, he reminded me I already found strength in hope. Hopes are different than wishes.

A wish is simply a want, like a person’s Christmas wish list. Hope rather, is something you want and expect with confidence.

I hope (and expect with confidence) they end

shale gas exploration on First Nations territory.

I hope (and expect with confidence) the FNEA doesn’t go through. I hope (with confidence) that I am making sense!

I have many hopes.

I hope all my descendants will be wiser, more brave, and more beautiful than me.

I hope that I can pay off my credit card after Christmas.

I hope that someday I will have a house of my very own.

I hope the Harper government doesn’t destroy Canada.

I hope I remain cancer-free forever.

I hope I can be a part of growing a healthier Six Nations.

I hope I get time to bead so I can have a new outfit for pow wow season.

I don’t know all pain, but I do know that some-

times when the struggle takes over hope is all you got. Hope is not worthless, it is greater than wishes, and sometimes putting hope in the right

place can give you the strength to keep moving forward. Strength so you can seek out truth and ultimately find the victory we are all looking for.

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Kindess is not weakness

By Giibwanisi I have been blessed with knowing many great teachers and Elders over the years. Truth is, I would not be the person I am today without the direction and leadership I sought from the Elders.

I have not been the kindest person throughout my life. As a matter of fact, the torment I endured led me to be anything but kind. I grew up resentful, hateful, and pissed off. I was mainly pissed off at all the terrible things that had happened to me. I had a “hate on”, for the world.

During this period of my great sickness; I would deliberately mess with

people’s lives because I thought they deserved it. All of this was, and is, directly related to settler colonialism.

We are kind people.

The very fact we did not outright kill every European that washed up on our shore is a testament to this. Actually, when they washed up on our shores, they were sick, diseased and dying of scurvy. Our medicine people and healers knew how to heal them and because we are a kind people, we treated their illnesses.

Without consciously being aware of it, I now act out of kindness. I do many many things out of kindness. I give of myself, do service work for the people, all without expecting anything. I

have wondered if is this a learned behavior, or is this something that is inherent to Anishin a b e k /O n k w e h o n : w e people. Allow me to share a quick anecdote.

I grew up with my father; who drank heavily and often. He grew up in the 60’s and 70’s and did not have a nurturing childhood. The eras of my father’s childhood were redolent with blatant racist attitudes and actions. As a result, he grew up hating non-natives. He would scold me if I made white friends or helped white people.

Much to his dismay, I did it anyway. I recall a particular time; for it is the first time I had an awareness of my showing kindness and feeling good about it.

There was a restaurant at Bloor and Spadina on the Northeast corner. (Where the current Pizza Pizza is). My Dad drank there, along with many other Indians. In this restaurant, there was a blind man of a foreign nation. I’m guessing, but I would say this man was of Middle Eastern or Asian descent. Every time, and I mean every time that I saw this man come in, I would watch him eat his food. I would see that he had difficulty finding his cutlery. I would often think, “How does he know what food he is eating?” So one day, I went over to him and asked if I could sit with him. He was obliging.

I asked if I could help him by cutting up his

food, and feeding it to him. The first few times my dad saw this, he told me not to do it. I think some of my aunties and uncles, told him to just let me be. So I would do this. I would cut up his steaks and pour gravy on his potatoes, butter his bread, pour his water, etc. I did this because I saw something that needed to be done.

My father grew up learning to be hateful and resentful, but he wasn’t always that way.

My father has since passed on. The people who knew him best tell me what a great man he was when he was sober.

How does this relate to today’s day and age?

Well, I am a firm believer that our ancestral teachings are inherent

in our blood and DNA. No matter how horrible the environment is that we grow up in, our ancestors are alive in us.

With the connectedness of social media in the world, the Kardashians, the music telling youth to hurt themselves, the Soap Operas where everyone is cheating on their partners, etc.; it is very easy to fall prey to the oppressor’s traps. Easy for us to be everything they want us to be.

But if we can remain true to ourselves, recognize our 7 Grandfather teachings are as real in us as the blood that flows through our veins than we will remember we are kind. Be kind cuzzins, that is who we are.

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Conflict over deer hunt in Botanical gardens

by Nahnda Garlow

HAMILTON - The Haudenosaunee Wildlife and Habitat Authority will be harvesting deer this week as part of a controlled hunt at the Royal Botanical Gardens Arboretum.

From December 1620 trails will be closed to the public as the HWHA helps the park control deer populations within its borders.

In a press release earlier this week the RBG stated that it is “one of Canada’s most important botanical gardens, distinguished by a first class horticultural collection”. This distinction has become threatened by what the RBG says is an out of balance population of deer in the park.

The press release also states the “...health and well-being of RBG collections is threatened. It is well documented that the White-

Animal rights activists gather outside Short Hills park to protest Haudenosaunee hunt (Photo by Dan Wilson, niagaraatlarge.com) tailed deer population in the region is well above the provincial average density. A segment of the regional deer population has moved from natural food plants to collections material in the arboretum resulting in significant damage from browse and antler rubbing--in many cases causing death of the plants.” For this purpose the park has sought the

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assistance of the Haudenosaune, inviting the hunters to collect deer for one week.

Royal Botanical Gardens also stated in the release that they “...approached the Haudenosaunee Wildlife and Habitat Authority (HWHA), representatives of the Hadenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council, because of their relationship with Dundas Valley

and Ontario Parks (Short Hills). The HWHA has instituting experience deer harvests that may help manage deer populations.”

However the deer hunt is being opposed by an online collective under the Facebook group ‘Protest against Royal Botanical Gardens Deer Hunt’. The group has organized a social media campaign via Facebook and Twitter to express their opposition. Many group members participated in a campaign, using social media to offer bad reviews of the RBG online in relation to the hunt. This organized effort resulted in a barrage of anti-hunting comments left on the park’s Facebook site and a ratings loss, bringing the park down to 4 out of 5 stars.

Group members are taking to Twitter, using the hashtags #RBand GCanadaDeerKill

#deeroverlilacs in hopes these will be start to trend on Twitter, bringing social media attention to the voice of opposition.

The group lists contact information for Ministry officials and MP’s to voice their opposition.

There will be an on-site protest of the hunt at the gates to the park for the week.

The Hamilton Police Services have been contacted to ensure public safety for all throughout the week.

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Blast get blasted 10-2 by McCoys

By Jim Windle

BRANTFORD – The Brantford Blast never do anything small, even when they lose. Friday night, they were creamed by the visiting Dundas Real McCoys, 10-2 at the Brantford and District Civic Centre.

The McCoys chased the Blast all over the ice all night forcing numerous turn overs, some of which Brantford paid a heavy price for.

The McCoys came at the Blast right from the opening face-off and didn’t let up. TJ Sakaluk opened the scoring at 1:39 of the first period

and Cam Watson added another for the McCoys at 3:39.

Jerry Galway, Nick Smith and Scott Mifsud each added a goal for Dundas before the 5-0 first period ended.

It went from bad to worse in the second period, as the Blast seemed demoralized and defeated long before the game was over. Ryan Christie made it 6-0, before Brantford broke the zero with Joel Prpic scoring at 10:56 from Jeff Caister and Mark Taylor.

Dundas poured in two more goals to end the second period 8-1 in favour of the McCoys.

With all the momentum going in Dundas’ favour, Scott Mifsud scored early in the third period to make it a 9-1 game, from Darryl Smith and Ryan Crane. Smith then turned it into double digits from Cam Wilson at 14:32.

Jamie Brantford’s Williams put in the Blast’s second goal of a very long night at 15:42, from Joe Iannino and Mike Burgoyne, which is where the game would end, at 10-2.

Iannino saw his first action as a Blaster and picked up his first goal in the loss.

who whipped a hard wrister, high stick side on Ancaster’s Blake Richards, assisted by Connor Murphy and Matt Quilty.

Spencer Gourlay provided the Corvairs with the only goal of the middle frame with assists going to Quilty and Murphy, at 3:34.

Connor Patton made it 3-0 at 4:18 of the third period with an unassisted effort, while Colin Furlong was holding the fort at the other end of the ice. shut-out Furlong’s was ruined by Max Balin-

son at 18:33, but the Corvairs added another win to their impressive 25-1-1 resumé.

Tuesday, Dec. 17th, the Corvairs shuffle off to Buffalo for a date with the league bottom dwellers, the Regals. Then on the weekend, the Forts Erie Meteors visit the Haldimand Arena Friday night, and offer their fans a second night at home Saturday when Thorold are in town, both games are a 7:30 start.

Brantford’s Kyle Spurr goes one-on-one against Dundas Real McCoys’ #21 Frank Grandits, Friday night at the Brantford and District Civic Centre. The Blast was blown out of the rink, 10-2. (Photo by Jim Windle)

Corvairs take 3-1 win over Ancaster

By Jim Windle

CALEDONIA – Scoring one goal a period is kind of a drought to the kind of offensive power the Caledonia Corvairs are used to mustering, but that is all it took to defeat the Ancaster Avalanche Friday night at the Haldimand Arena.

The win put Caledonia three points ahead of the second place St. Catharines Falcons.

Caledonia’s first period goal was scored at 13:44 by Jayme Forslund,

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Knighthawks begin quest for the three-peat

By Jim Windle ROCHESTER – The backto-back Champions Cup winners, the Rochester Knighthawks believe in the old adage that if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, and, December 28th, will look almost exactly the way they did when they came from behind to defeat the Edmonton Rush 9-6, on May 19th at the Blue Crosse Arena, and claim their second championship in a row.

All but two Knighthawks have returned to the nest for the challenge of a possible three-peat.

The only newbee’s in the dressing room are Mac Allen and goaltender Mikey Thompson. But even Thompson is no stranger and will know his way around the Blue Cross Arena. He served for the K-hawks in 2009 and 2010 before ending up in

Buffalo where he retired at the end of the 2012 season. The veteran will be coming back as a backup to 2013 goaltender of the year, Matt Vinc.

Defenceman Mac Allen, a restricted free agent, was acquired through the Colorado Mammoth.

Knighthawks The didn’t have to look hard to satisfy their quest for the best, as Six Nations’ Sid Smith will again wear the captains “C” with fellow “bushmate” Cody Jamieson and Mike Kirk wearing the “A”.

Both Smith and Jamieson’s dressing room cubicles are secure for many years to come.

Smith signed a seven-year deal with the Knighthawks in the off-season and Jamieson is returning to a 10-year contract.

Another up and coming Six Nations future star is Wenster Green who has

signed a two year deal to be at the ready to fill in at a moments notice as a member of the team’s practice squad.

The 2014 season begins Dec. 28th, at 7:30 p.m. at the Blue Cross Arena against the Minnesota Swarm.

Their last warm up game of the preseason was played at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena, Sunday morning, before the Dec. 16th deadline for final cuts. Calgary came out on top with a 15-9 win over the Knighthawks.

The 2014 Rochester Knighthawks are, forwards: Dan Dawson, Cody Jamieson, Stephen Keogh, Craig Point, Johnny Powless, Cory Vitarelli and Joe Walters; Transition: Joel McCready and Brad Self; Defensemen: Mac Allen, Tyler Burton, Scott Campbell, Paul Dawson, Dylan Evans, Mike Kirk,

Editorial continued from page 6 lack of running water and inadequate sewage are the norm in many native communities; Environment: The contaminants that stalk some communities are Mercury, frightening: PCB’S, toxaphene, and pesticide levels are all higher in the bodies of aboriginals than non-aboriginals; The mission statement of NAHO was, “the advancement and promotion of health and well-being of all First Nations, Inuit and Metis individuals, families and communities.” Well, we think there is a huge disparity between that mission statement and the actual reality of the conditions under which Aboriginal peoples are living. Harper can afford to spend $25 billion on fighter jet contracts (and the number is rising) but he can’t afford the paltry sum of $4.9 million on the health and wellbeing of the First Peoples of this continent. So let’s sum this up.

Harper ‘historically’, apologizes to the Aboriginal people for the institution of Residen-

tial Schools which forcibly separated children from their families and knowingly created conditions that led to the mass deaths of the indigenous children who attended. Figures show that upwards of 40% never made it out alive. “But this alone does not justify a change in the policy of this Department, which is geared towards the final solution of our Indian problem.”(SI Indian Affairs, Duncan Campbell Scott) Is this dignity?

Harper then offers residential school survivors a one-time compensation of $2,000 pendant on documentation. Seriously?

But let’s add something positive to this dismal picture, even though the reach is focused to the West. The University of British Columbia has approved a Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health. The new Centre is set to open in January of 2014 and replaces the Institute for Aboriginal Health, which sadly lacked funding in recent years. The goal of the Centre is to preserve programs from the former institute as well as creat-

ing an intersection for aboriginal health programs across a wider range of health disciplines. We believe this to be a positive step that hopefully can expand across the nation to other communities, universities and be of assistance to the Aboriginal population.

When we, Onkwehon:we, bring out our silver covenant chain and polish it we are reminding the Queen and her subsidiaries (Canada) of our policy of peace, friendship and respect. All of our treaties and policies are established with the purpose of keeping the peace and being mindful of respecting the other’s differences. We have sat down at the table with Harper’s representatives and been openly disrespected when we have shown nothing but kindness and reverence. To the point of our explaining from our viewpoint the course that discussion must take to be met with a rolling of the eyes. We are not in a schoolyard.

We are talking about people’s lives, our lives. We need to be treated with Dignity.

Rochester Knighthawks’ Alex Kedoh Hill and Cody Jamieson celebrate with the Champions Cup. They are back-to-back National Lacrosse League champs and begin their quest for three in a row Dec, 28th at the Blue Cross Arena in Rochester. All but two of the squad are returning for the 2014 season. (Photo by Jim Windle) Ian Llord, Scott Self and Sid Smith; Goaltenders

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Neil Young ‘honours the treaties’ with tour

By Jen Mt. Pleasant Last August, Canadian-born rock-n-roll legend Neil Young, along with actress Darryl Hannah, hit the road in Young’s ethanol-fueled ’59 Lincoln. During the spring, a friend of Young’s contacted him about the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) in Alberta and their struggle to keep the XL Keystone pipeline off of their traditional territories.

Collectively, this is known as Treaty 8. Young is not only famous for his vocal cords but also for his politically-charged messages. Messages against governments and groups

who seek to destroy the environment and the Indigenous people. Indigenous people whose very existence depends upon that environment.

Treaty 8 was the last and largest agreement between various First Nations of Alberta and Queen Victoria that covers over 840,000 square kilometres. Ever since the signing of the agreement, the federal government is claiming that Treaty 8 – which is made up of mostly Cree, Dene and Metis nations – have surrendered any claim or title to all but the lands set aside for reserves.

Furthermore, the federal government gave Shell

Canada permission to expand its 7,500 hectare Jackpine oil sand mine to 13,000 hectares. Disturbing the environment’s delicate ecosystem will have devastating, if not lethal, effects on the area’s land, water and its people and animals.

When Young reached Fort McMurray, Alberta last summer he was shocked at what he saw.

Young declared, “The fact is, Fort McMurray looks like Hiroshima. Fort McMurray is a wasteland.

The Native peoples there are dying. The fumes (are) everywhere – you can smell it when you get to town. The closest place to Fort McMurray that is do-

ing the tar sands work is 25 or 30 miles out of town and you can taste it when you get to Fort McMurray.

People are sick. People are dying of cancer because of this. All the First Nations people up there are threatened by this.”

In 2002, Young published his autobiography titled, ‘Waging Heavy Peace’. According to his website, neilyoung.com, he directly criticizes Stephen Harper and the Canadian government by stating, “Harper’s Conservatives now compete with Australia’s pro-coal government for the worst climate record in the industrialized world.”

Darryl Hannah had

the 400th year of the Two Row Wampum Agreement between the Haudenosaunee and the Dutch.

Juno Award winning singer-songwriter, poet, musician and social activist Pura Fe was just one of many artists featured that night who donated their time and talents on this snowy and stormy night. Pura Fe, the founding member of “Ulali” an acapella trio comprised of Native American women, flew all the way from North Carolina to support the Indigenous Women’s Initiative. She delivered a breath taking perfor-

mance which she is world renowned and respected for.

According to concert goer Lela George from Fort Erie, “it was such a good feeling seeing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people come together to raise awareness for such a good cause. Pura Fe was my favourite performance. I just got lost in the sound of her voice it was truly an amazing experience. All the performers were great and brought something different to the stage. Especially a young performer named Daygot Leeyos. I

was excited to see a fellow Oneida from across the border share her talent and message with us.”

The Indigenous Women’s Initiative (IWI) focuses on the empowerment of Indigenous women, their families and nations. The group builds leadership capacities and supports projects that encourage sustainable life ways. The IWI gave tribute and recognition to the two row paddlers, gifting those volunteers in attendance a canoe shaped medallion.

Water was also at the forefront of awareness as Maria Maybee and Agnes Williams shared their stories about the West Valley Action Network and the Water Walk for Nuclear Free Cattaraugus Creek that will be held April 26, 2014. The West Valley Waste Watch is the result of astonishing neglect of nuclear waste management that calls for real time water monitoring.

“Growing up we played in the “creek” as we called it, not knowing that the waste we would see came from a poorly established nuclear waste site” said Marie Maybee. This issue is one of many that IWI plays a role in creating awareness and support.

Dancing as the full moon rises

By Kani Ka Tsis Ta My neck and back were stiff after dancing the night away to the blues/jazz rhythms of Freightrain & Friends, Table Top Three, and the Dosyo:we;h Singers last Thursday at the Full Moon Rising concert in Buffalo NY. The event’s line up was jam packed with various styles of culture, music and artists.

The hall was filled with love, laughter, great food, vendors & community.

The gathering was held in celebration of Indigenous Human Rights Day and

The Dosyo:we:h singers gather for a group photo at Full Moon Rising Concert Dance Fundraiser. (photo by Kani Ka Tsis Ta)

this to say, “My stance against the boondoggle that is the Keystone XL pipeline has been a stand to protect us from exacerbating the effects of the climate crisis. We are already experiencing its force, in the form of killer floods, droughts, massive fires and super storm catastrophes.”

Upon speaking with various members of the Chipewyan Athabasca First Nation, Young decided to help them in their legal struggles fighting the government and the oil companies.

Recently, Young announced that he will be performing four benefit concerts with all funds

going towards the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Legal Defense Fund. The concert tour is called “Honor the Treaties”. There will also be performances by talented Canadian jazz artist Diana Krall.

Concerts will be held at Toronto’s Massey Hall on Jan. 12, Winnipeg’s Centennial Concert Hall on Jan. 16, Regina’s Conexus Arts Centre on Jan. 17 and Calgary’s Jack Singer Concert Hall on Jan. 19.

Tickets go on sale Friday, Dec.13 and can be purchased through Ticketmaster. Seats range from $55 to $250.

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University of Waterloo student goes viral A local video that was published December 7, 2013 is going viral. University of Waterloo students Zaid Tahir and Mickey Areibi have made a hilarious prank video showing Tahir starting pillow fights on campus. The video is light-hearted and fun with willing participants smiling as they accept the challenge and pillow violence ensues. It is equally funny when students ignore Tahir and do not accept the challenge by walking away. The pair decided to create this video to help relieve stress on campus during exams and also to

see if they could make a viral video.

At press time the video had received 1,286,520 views on YouTube and is being shared regularly on Facebook.

The video ends by Tahir challenging a Police Officer to a pillow fight and then being handcuffed and arrested.

Despite the professional seriousness of the officer in the video, Tahir said that the Waterloo Regional Police officer was actually a good sport and let him off with just a warning. See it on YouTube: http://bit.ly/1fjUYVi

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ARTIST PROFILE: Skawennati Tricia Fragnito Kahnawake Mohawk In our generation, Mohawk artist Skawennati has arguably been the most instrumental Haudenosaunee person bringing an Indigenous perspective to the forefront of multimedia and popular culture.

“Since 1997 I have been interested in the internet and how Native people can use it to work together; to learn more about each other and to organize, to be activists.” said Skawennati.

One of the first projects was an online network called ‘Cyber Pow-Wow’, a specific territory in cyberspace determined by Indigenous people, for Indigenous people. Skawennati said, “Through that project I met my partner Jason Edward Lewis and together we came up with the idea to develop aboriginally defined territories in cyberspace. Not just to have them there but to make sure that we Native people were definite participants in this new territory. Unlike other technologies where we came in a little bit behind, or a lot behind non-Native people, we want to take part in the discussion on the look and feel, on how its being built up.”

After developing the Cyber Pow-Wow, all arrows began to point toward entering the realm of video games. Skawennati said, “All the pieces were coming together to say that maybe we should be teaching youth how to make video games.”

The artist and her partner then took their work to the next level, organizing with Concordia University and the community of Kahnawake to hold workshops on video game development. The workshops, ‘Skins: Storytelling in Cyber Space’, have run for four years under a collective of multi-media artists, educators and game designers called AbTec. The third game, Skahiòn:hati - Rise of the

Kanien’kenhá:ka Legends was presented at the 2013 imagiNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival this October and was awarded Best New Media. The game is described on the company’s website as a “four-level game in which we meet Skahiòn:hati as a brash youth, itching to get out of his village. He is sent on a mission to fight the fearsome Stone Giant.

Later, as a seasoned hunter, he must overcome the zombie-like Tree People before he can use the information from an elder’s story to beat the terrifying Flying Head.”

The collective eventually wants to take these video game design workshops to other Haudenosaunee communities. “We started with Kahnawake, we had a dream we would go out to all the Mohawk communities, then Six Nations, then all the Haudenosaunee communities.

But it’s a big dream,” said Skawennati.

The Mohawk artist also presented the final three parts of her nine episode machinima, Timetraveller™ during imagiNATIVE this fall. The series follows a Haudenosaunee man from the future on a journey across time, where he engages in historical events relative to Onkwehon:we people around the world. It is presented in tandem with a website www.timetravellertm.com for the fictitious glasses that enable the time travel. The series is entertaining and addictive, definitely worth taking the time to watch all episodes, which can be found on the Timetraveller website.

For more information on all the artists’ works check out her website http:// www.skawennati.com

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FROM THE CITY TO THE LAND: A COOKS JOURNEY

Deer friends of the Two Row Times

By Joe Farrell Since I started doing work at the Edge of the Woods Farm back in August, on two separate occasions a different friend at the Two Row Times has given me gifts of deer meat. The first was a shank from Jonathan Garlow the paper’s founder and the second a roast from my distribution partner Brenda.

I feel truly honoured and humbled by these acts of generosity.

My interactions with hunters around Six Nations in discussing the preparation of deer meat have led me to the conclusion that the tougher cuts of meat such as the neck, shanks, brisket, flank of deer are usually turned into pepperettes or hamburg meat. Now don’t get me wrong I love pepperettes and hamburgers.

However, with an adventurous spirit and some planning ahead you can explore some different cooking that will deepen your appreciation for the animal and will enable you to expand your cooking repertoire and appreciation of the many delightful ways that deer meat can nourish you and your loved ones.

Generally, the concepts of cooking tough cuts of meat are simple: let it cook low and slow to break down the connective tissues, or tenderize the meat by grinding it into mince meat or pounding it into thin slices. This tip applies not only to deer meat preparation, but also to cuts of meat where more active muscle groups are located on the animal you are working with.

Cooking Six Nations deer has been an incredibly joyous experience.

Most of the “game” meats I have prepared in Toronto have come from game parks. The tradition, respect, patience and skills

that go into the hunt are lost given the manufactured existence of these animals raised for profit.

In the Toronto restaurant context deer meat has become a luxury item only available to the wealthy.

The commodification process obscures the diners and cooks understanding of the animal’s sacrifice. Curiously, farm raised deer is often referred to as “venison” on city menus. Oddly enough the term venison stems from the Latin word venatus meaning to hunt.

What I have learned is that being present on the land and listening to Mother Earth is paramount whether or not you will be returning with a meal. This realization came to me on a hunting and wild ginger gathering adventure that I embarked on with Jonathan Garlow on his land at Six Nations. When the day comes when one of Mother Earth’s creatures is sacrificed in my presence on a hunt, I will be very thankful. I look forward to honouring its life through a meal with those I care for.

How-to braise guide: Tough Cuts to Tender Meat • Please use this as a basic guide for braising any tough piece of meat. The following is how I prepared the aforementioned shank. I used an oven; though a slow cooker will work too.

• In terms of flavour profiles, meat is a great flavour carrier, but I mostly enjoy tasting the diet of the animal by seasoning simply with salt and pepper.

• Braising is a moist heat method of cooking and the moisture can come from any liquid you choose, plain water is always an option. I typically rub, marinate or brine my braising

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meats with non-intrusive flavours of the season before cooking.

Rub meat generously with salt and pepper.

Make sure hood fan is on high (if you don’t have one open a window or two) Bring a pan up to high heat and add cooking oil Place the meat in the pan until a nice golden brown color on all sides appears. Be sure not to burn it, adjusting the heat on the stove accordingly.

(If the heat is too low

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the meat will sweat and you will end up boiling the meat.)

Take the meat out of the pan and into a deep baking dish.

Turn the pan off and deglaze it with water to get all those delicious flavour bits off the bottom of the pan.

Put an assortment of woody herbs, mainly rosemary and thyme, a small onion, a couple garlic cloves, and black peppercorns in a baking dish with enough water to cover the meat half way.

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Cover the dish with a lid or tinfoil.

Cook at 325F in the oven until the meat is tender to the fork.

(Any oven temperature between 225 and 325 will work depending on the time available to you.)

Take the meat out of the dish and reduce the liquid to a nice sauce consistency and enjoy with some mashed potatoes and or roasted root vegetables.

You could also use neck meat. Cook as above. Shred it and

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put it on a bun with your favourite fixings for a nice pulled deer sandwich.

This time of year spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice, juniper berries, or star anise speak to me especially when served with a roasted squash recipe of your choice.

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O Gwa deni:deo “Taking Care of Our Own” Call for Commission Members Six Nations is in the process of establishing our own child welfare program, “Taking Care of Our Own” under the direction, currently, of the Six Nations Child Welfare Designation Working Group. The Designation Working Group has now reached the point in the child welfare designation process at which it is necessary to establish the twelve member “Community Commission” that will assume responsibility for negotiation of the designation and for the implementation and on-going operation of the Program.

The Taking Care of Our Own Community Commission shall sit, on behalf of the children/ youth and their families resident on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and on behalf of Six Nations’ and other native children/youth and their families resident in Brant County as the ultimate authority for Taking Care of Our Own. Anyone who meets the following criteria can apply to be an initial member of the Commission:

• 18 years of age or older • ble to enter into contracts.

• ble to pass a anadian olice nformation entre and ulnerable ector Searches.

• ave an interest in and a reasonable no ledge of the delivery of human services.

We are looking for community members who have abilities/experience in one or more of the following areas: • finance • personnel • child/youth services • domestic violence • health • mental health • addictions • la enforcement • ability to represent ix ations traditional social structure and cultural heritage.

Anyone interested in serving on the Commission is asked to submit a letter stating their interest and a current resume by anuary 6 2 1 to: Barbara General, Project Coordinator Six Nations Child Welfare Designation .O. 1 Ohs e en Ontario 1 Office #: 226-227-2168 or Email: barbgeneral@sixnations.ca

**You may also contact the coordinator to pick up a copy of the Community Commission’s initial terms of reference, as well as copies of the draft operating policies and procedures.

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36. Parts per thousand (abbr.)

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, handle some unfinished business and establish clear priorities. Otherwise, you may turn what could be a productive week into something frustrating.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, when you wear your heart on your sleeve for everyone to see, you cannot be shy about expressing your emotions. Friends may be skeptical of you though.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, don’t be shy about sharing uni ue plans with your loved ones. The support of friends and family members will only restore your confidence in this new direction.

10. Crust covering a wound 1 . Assail repeatedly 13. Samoyedic (alt. sp.)

16. Damascus is the capital 1 . Peeps (Scot.)

0. Transaction . Touchdown . Associated press 6. An opening between things . Increasing 9. Cologne 31. Ethiopia (abbr.)

3 . A -hour period 36. itty sound 3 . Prefatory discourse

Answers for December 18, 2013 Edition Crossword Puzzle

3 . -frutti 0. iblical Sumerian city 3. Critici e harshly . th state . Comedian Carvey 0. A wild disturbance 1. Pueblo American Indians 3. 9-banded armadillo . Arbitrageurs . Thai language of hammouane . Atomic 10 . 1st weekday (abbr.)

9. Fleur-de61. The th tone

SUDOKU

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Expect your ideas to take shape over the next couple of days, Cancer. Concrete plans will materiali e as you begin to pull thoughts from your imagination. The results will be uni ue.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 You probably are not interested in inching along this week, eo. Though it’s good to attack a project with gusto, don’t rush so much that you make mistakes.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you are uite comfortable sharing your thoughts now that you have gotten some things worked out. It’s now much easier to talk about future possibilities.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Decoding all of the mixed signals coming your way won’t be easy, ibra. The only thing you can do for the moment is to take each signal one at a time.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you are not in the mood to play games, so you will want to push your romantic relationship to the next level. You will have no problem leading the way.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Opportunities to address your physical wellbeing present themselves this week, Sagittarius.

Make the most of these opportunities to make a significant change.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you will ride a creative wave for the next several days. Inspiration will strike when you least expect it. You should have some time for play.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 A uarius, expect some support from family members and close friends. Receive their generosity as warmly as you can, even if you’re feeling a bit smothered.

PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, it can be easy to get swept away by other people’s agendas when you attempt to lend a helping hand. Do your best to pitch in.

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Obituaries

Obituaries JOSEPH: FRANK

At the St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton on Tuesday December 10, 2013 at the age of 69 years. Beloved and adored companion of Linda. Predeceased by his wife Shirley and parents Earl and Ellen. Loving brother of James and Aileen, Gerald and Judy, Janet (deceased), Isabel, Pat (Bud), Eleanor, Richard, David (deceased) and Robin, and Mary (deceased). Frank will also be missed by his step-children and his nieces and nephews. He was a member of the Iron Workers Local 736, Hamilton.

Cremation has taken place. A service to celebrate his life was held at the Styres Funeral Home, 1798 4th Line, Ohsweken on Friday December 13, 2013 at 1 p.m. Burial of cremated remains followed at the Medina Baptist Cemetery. www.rhbanderson.com

In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Jeremy Garlow October 6, 1981-December 18, 2009 Son of Andy Garlow and the late Eleanor Garlow Never Forgotten Some words are so, very true, For “part of me died” along with you, My heart’s in pain and will always be, Because I lost a huge part of me.

You left us in the wink of an eye, And instantly your soul went on high, Your family here on earth will go on, With a large piece of our everyday gone.

You were a kind and loving son, We couldn’t wish for a finer one.

A prayer at night will hold your name, But without you, things are not the same.

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Coming Events

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Due to the Christmas and New Year’s Holiday our paper will be distributed on; Tuesday December 24th and Tuesday December 31st.

Deadline for all ads for these editions is Friday Dec. 20 and Friday Dec. 27. By 4:00 p.m.

Our office will be closed on December 24, 25 26, and December 31st , January 1st.

Christmas Open Jam

At Chiefswood Christian Fellowship 506 4th Line. 7km west of Ohsweken, Six Nations.

Saturday December 21, 2pm till?????

Country, Gospel, Bluegrass, Karaoke, etc.

Bring your instrument and a friend and enjoy the finest in local talent.

Door prizes, 50/50 Draw, refreshments.

INFO: Phil Sault 905-768-5442 www.chiefswoodchristianfellowship.com Free Christmas Skating Show & Bake sale

Monday December 23, starting at 6:30 pm At Gaylord Powless Arena All skaters will perform to Christmas music Santa will be here

Horse Club

Horse Club

GREAT CHRISTMAS GIFT: Horse Club for Girls (ages 11 – 14) Everything you need to know about caring for a horse including leg raps first aid fancy mane/ tail braiding, teaching horses tricks. Every Friday night beginning January 3, 2014 from 6:00 to 9:00. $90 for 6 weeks. Limited spots. (519) 717-5427

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All our memories will bring you home, In our hearts you’ll never be alone.

Loss of the young brings such deep pain, But you’re here in spirit until we meet again.

741 Sour Springs Rd. (2nd Line) Tel: 519-445-9252

Love you Jeremy Dad & Brother Jonathan

Holiday Hours: Dec 24 8am-5pm, 25th 10am-3pm, 26th 8am-10pm, Dec 31 8am-5pm, Jan 1 10am-3pm

In loving memory of John Wayne Peters July 2, 1938- December 10, 2000 Gone are the days we used to share, In our hearts you’re always there, The gates of memory will never close, We miss you more than anyone knows.

With tender love and deep regret, We who love you never forget.

Loving you always, Pam, Magan, John, Brian, Haylee, Al and Timmy.

Ms Shelby White Arbonne Independent Consultant District Manager DID#110093503 PO Box 403, 35 Moccasin Trail Ohsweken, ON N0A 1M0 519.445.2983 C 519.761.7199 F 519.445.4208 shelby-white@hotmail.com www.arbonne.ca

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