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The Haldimand Proclamation granted the Mohawks and such others of the Six Nations lands along the Grand River as compensation for lands lost when certain members of the Haudenosaunee sided with the British during the American Revolution. This photo is of the original document.
Brantford man won’t sell Haldimand Tract land By Jim Windle BRANTFORD – Mike MacDiarmid has a problem. Even though he is non-native, he respects the Haldimand Deed and will not, in good conscience, sign any form or declaration which would imply that the land he owns was never part of the Haldimand Tract or under any kind of claim. In his mind, that is a lie and he will not be a part of the continuance of land fraud by Ontario and the federal Crown. “With properties originally given to the Mohawks and such others who wished to accept the Crowns offer of lands in Canada in compensation for those lost after the American Revolution, it would have to come out of the Ontario Realty Corporations registry,” says
MacDiarmid. He began looking for answers and has yet found anything short of fraud that would allow the title to be sold. “That is why I came to the Mohawks of Kanata Village to speak with Bill Squire and others to find out what is the instrument recognized throughout Canadian history as the instruments of title conveyance over my land,” says MacDiarmid. “The Haldimand Proclamation is the instrument of conveyance as far as I see it, and I cannot, in all good conscience, sell land I do not have proper title too. I can’t sign a document that says it is not under claim because I know it is.” He has been looking into land title registration since his mother’s death
over the dispersion of her land in the Ancaster area, which was arbitrarily sold without his mother’s designated power of attorney or anyone else in family knowing about it. His portion of that sale is somewhere near $33,000 and he wonders how that could possibly happen. But while he fights that, he wants to know about his 24 acres of land on Sour Springs Road as well. He is concerned that under the present system, WWW.TWOROWTIMES.COM which he believes has become corrupted by rich lawyers and land specula-
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Mike MacDiarmid wants to sell his 24 acres on Sour Springs located just off the edge of the reserve. But in order to do so, he would have to sign a declaration that states there are no claims against that land. Therein lies the problem. He knows accepts and respects the Haldimand Deed and in his mind, making a statement like that would be both a lie and knowingly perpetuating the land fraud which has helped to reduce the original Haldimand Tract to 5% of what it once was.
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Sisters in Spirit Vigil and Potluck set Forest Theatre Pageant cancellation for this Sunday By Chezney Martin
By Chezney Martin To honour the lives of murdered and missing indigenous women and girls, communities across Canada unite to honour the lives of sisters, daughters, mothers and grandmothers with candle light vigils this Sunday, October 4. The Sisters in Spirit Vigil and Potluck is being held by the families that coordinated the Embrace Her With Love Music Concert in the hopes of raising awareness of murdered and missing indigenous women. A vigil and potluck will be held in Veterans Park at 6 p.m. with guest speakers, a video, and hopes participants will bring lawn chairs. The idea of the candle light vigil was created by the Evidence to Action Team of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC), and has been funded through the
Photos courtesy of Sisters in Spirit Vigils Site Canadian Union of Postal Workers, the National Union of Public and General Employees, and the Status of Women Canada. “It started with a daughter’s vision. Bridget Tolley was worried people were forgetting about her mother Gladys, who was killed in 2001 in Maniwaki, QC,” says the home page of the Sisters in Spirit Vigils Site. “A vigil can take many forms,” wrote the Native Women’s Association of Canada, “From
a moment of silence to a rally, to a community feast. All that is important is that you take some time on or around October 4th to mark the day. We firmly believe that the October 4th Sister in Spirit Vigils are a movement for social change, the number of SIS vigils has grown from 11 in 2006, to an impressive 216 vigils in 2014. These gatherings serve to raise awareness and to provide support to families who have lost a loved one,” they wrote.
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OHSWEKEN – On September 23, the Six Nations Forest Pageant Theatre Committee sent a notice that they would like to inform the community as to why the Annual Pageant did not present this year. The 63-year-old traditional outdoor theatre has attracted bus tours and local crowds over the years, but attendance and prowess in acting and coordination has caused attendance to dwindle to the point of
near discontinuation. Citing lack of financial resources and lack of personnel supports, the Pageant did not go through this year as planned. However, the committee would like to thank the Six Nations community for their on-going support given through the annual fund-raising efforts. “We will continue to raise funds throughout the year as expenses of the pageant grounds on Seneca Road are on-going and year-round.
Our future fund raising events will continue and requires your continued support. We look forward to seeing you at these upcoming events. The SNFPT committee welcomes any interested individuals/volunteers to join our committee. Meetings are held on Mondays at 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Calendar dates and event locations will be announced in early October via CKRZ and the two local papers,” wrote the committee.
BRANTFORD – Brantford Police were called at 12:19am to the Gentlemen’s Club on Sunday September 27th after three men were refused entry into the bar due to one male’s intoxication. Two of the males retreated to their vehicle and returned with pool cues and began hitting the door to the bar. Two
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Mohawk Chapel commemorates 230th anniversary By Jim Windle BRANTFORD – There is a new name in the historical Queen Anne bible, a gift to the Mohawks by England’s Queen Anne in 1710 when the “four kings” visited her in England. Ontario Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell was “honoured” to be asked to sign her name next to generations of English matriarchs and dignitaries who visited the Chapel, and have signed it over the past 300 years. The visit also had a somber tone. Dowdeswell was taken on a personal tour of the Mohawk Institute building in which generations of Onkwehonwe children were systematically abused and mistreated. Mohawk Chapel’s Cultural Coordinator, Jacqueline Jamieson, said she was told the tour was “quite emotional” for the Lt. Governor. Dowdeswell was
joined by several local dignitaries at the special Anglican service including: Brantford Mayor Chris Friel, County of Brant Mayor Ron Eddy, Liberal MP and Speaker of the House Dave Levac, and Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill. NDP candidate Marc Laferriere was also present as an observer. Along with Mohawk Chapel’s Chaplain Reverend Larry Brown, were National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark McDonald, Huron Diocese Bishop Terry Dance, and Father Norman Casey of Six Nations Anglican Church who jointly conducted the service. Greeting the visitors was “Mush Hole” survivor Geronimo Henry, who spent several of his formative years at the Mohawk Institute, and was instrumental in the class action lawsuit against Canada for its part in the forced assimilation of Native children and the attempted genocide of
Conducting the special service were Mohawk Chapel's Chaplain Reverend Larry Brown, National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark McDonald, Huron Diocese Bishop Terry Dance, and Father Norman Casey of Six Nations. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE Indigenous culture and language by both the Anglican Church and the federal government. Geronimo has found his own peace since his lost years at the residential school. Hymns were sung in the Mohawk language by the St. Paul’s Mohawk Choir accompanied by or-
ganist Barrie Hill. Hill is heading up the Mohawk Chapel restoration project, which includes a new roof and structural repairs on the spire. Although there have been several restoration projects over the past 230 years, the age of the structure requires much maintenance.
Hill thanked Weston Foundation, Six Nations Community Trust, Ontario Trillium Foundation and McLean Foundation, and Six Nations Tourism for its support in the most recent round of restorations. It stands as the first Protestant Church in Canada and is the oldest
surviving church in Ontario, it was built shortly after Joseph Brant and about 1,800 others removed themselves from their traditional territory following the American Revolution, to accept from the British Crown almost 960,000 square miles of land — six miles on either side of the Grand River in exchange for the lands lost while supporting the Loyalist cause during that war. The structure still has its original 1785 wood floors, pews, bell and alter. There have been damaging fires over the years and the orientation of the church itself has changed. It was originally facing the Grand River which was used as a highway in those days before being lifted off its foundation and turned to face what is now Mohawk Street. The Chapel also holds in trust for the Six Nations people the Communion silver given to the Mohawks in 1710, long before the American Revolution.
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St. Serra the Monster Last week, Pope Francis declared 18th century California missionary Junipero Serra a saint in a move that some news outlets called ‘controversial’. On Monday, a stone idol of St. Serra, also in California, was toppled and other Catholic monuments defaced with paint. This reaction is not a big surprise for many because indigenous peoples see Serra not so much a saint, but rather as a genocidal maniac and monster. Just 200 years ago, this missionary was responsible for torture, loss of languages, imprisonment, and the deaths of thousands of indigenous peoples of California. One report stated that the Catholic church was responsible for the deaths of 600-750 thousand indigenous people in California alone. During his campaign, Serra called indigenous peoples “barbarous pagans” in accord with Catholic doctrine. Although Pope Francis has feigned remorse and regret over these historical crimes, Vatican sympathizers are defending Serra by saying he was “a man of his times” thereby justifying colonization as an inevitable part of American history. “He is as responsible for what happened to American Indians as Hitler was responsible for what happened to the Jews,” Jeannette Costo told The Chicago Tribune in 1988 when the Vatican previously attempted to canonize Serra and failed due to protests and public backlash. Imagine if today’s news outlets called Hitler “controversial” or “upsetting to some” — the double standards are real. And this is just the beginning of a much wider story. On Friday, Pope Francis was on the East Coast taking part in a memorial ceremony for 9/11 in Lower Manhattan. It was a multi-religious event and a contingent of Haudenosaunee representatives were invited to attend. Let’s just think about this for a second — press pause. Way back in 1493 the Papal Bull “Inter Caetera,” was issued by Pope Alexander VI which basically says that indigenous peoples do not have souls and therefore cannot own any lands. This papal “law” was upheld in 1823 by the American Supreme Court in the Johnson v. McIntosh
case which was presided over by Chief Justice John Marshall. Although Pope Francis has been viewed as a “progressive” he has not yet repudiated, denounced or abrogated the Doctrine of Discovery. How could he? If he did it would mean that the great majority of North American lands would lawfully return to the title holders, the true owners – the indigenous people. The powers that be would arrange a grassy knoll scenario and his Pope-mobile wouldn’t be able to save him. So on Friday, September 25th a group of Haudenosaunee — including Tadadaho Sid Hill and Oren Lyons — arrived to the “Prayers for Peace” event in New York to meet the “Cool Pope” and were immediately treated like “barbarous pagans” once again. History has repeated itself. Instead of sitting on stage with the other leaders including Jewish, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh, they had to sit in the back behind the audience and officials even confiscated Tadadaho’s traditional headdress, his Gustowah, during the ceremonies. Our Chief was basically dehorned by the Vatican. Yes, that happened right here in our homelands, right in our own house and in front of the world. Instead of being shocked by this we should acknowledge that it is only fitting. It is par for the course to be victimized and humiliated by the church hierarchy and it should be time that indigenous people everywhere recognize the Vatican for what is truly is – the enemy. Why would the Haudenosaunee even agree to attend the ceremony after the canonization and exultation of Junipero Serra the murderer? Shouldn’t we have stood in solidarity with our West coast cousins and released a condemnation of the Vatican church and an official protest of the Sainthood of Serra by refusal to attend? But no, instead they were dazzled by the branding of the event “Prayers for Peace” and subjected themselves to third-class treatment in an amazing display of embarrassment and tokenization. Next time they should send in their War Chiefs and some black wampum.
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COLUMN: LUV, RESPECT & DEFIANCE
Love is like rain Dear Fam, War and Peace, male and female, left handed and right handed twins. In the spirit of the Two Row Wampum. In the duality of Creation. Too much water puts out the fire and too much fire steams the water. Our ancestors were very complex but simple. We don’t have to look too hard in nature to see simplified beauty in all its forms. The most basic of these forms in masculine and feminine and we need both powers to have a well-rounded society. Our society is matriarchal this is natural and perfect. The [Steh’s] Moms bear and nurture the babies and kids until they become increasingly more mobile. The boys start hunting squirrels and rabbits and even the girls take part – the instinct of the hunt is within them too. The sounds and smells sharpen us. We are losing this very fast. When the boys finally become young men after fourteen years of nurturing and knowledge from the people of the village and are instructed by canoe builders, corn planters and old medicine women. The young men were taken with the Roti skenna keti which means the men that carry the burden of peace. Sometimes to hold the peace there must be war. The mothers are by nature less likely to send their sons and daughters into warfare because there is noth-
ing like the closeness of children to the mothers heart. The matriarch cannot be faint of heart. Sometimes there was just no other choice. We had to fight or we wouldn’t be here today alive, we would be extinct as Haudenosaunee. The purpose of the “educational” warfare upon our grandmas and grampas of the Mohawk Institute was to create fear amongst the Iroquois through the women by bodily siege. So the women whom are closest to the kids by heart pass these unnatural vibrations to the children. I know because I would lash out in anger because anger is fear. Fear is control. Fear wrecks the clan family. This is a colonial weapon. To decolonize is to eradicate fear in the land which is what the Peacemaker sought to accomplish. By recruiting the Mohawks first then the rest of the nations was to create a United Union to eradicate fear so the coming faces of the 7 generations could blossom. A child hood without fear for children is the same as rain to the flowers in bloom. They flourish. The balance of sun energy and moon energy must be equal. Everything in creation is about balance. War is unnatural. Sometimes our mothers must call it if they have to. Love is just as much a role of the male as anything.
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It is simple. We must return to this simplicity and look to the knowledge of creation for our inspiration for vision. The saying goes a people without a vision perish. Are we flourishing as Haudenosaunee or are we perishing? The circle of life is a living circle which regenerates our spirits through thankfulness. A ceremony is a celebration of famly love and life. So we as a distinct people must cling to our distinctiveness and absorb the Orenta love energy in nature, in Sonkwai:iatison. All is a symbol of a perfect love. I’m not afraid to talk about love because my mother gave of it freely. Now I’m trying to give back and help just as freely. I am a very strong person because my mom was. This is our greatest achievement as Haudenosaunee. We must tattoo it on our souls so we’ll always remember that we are all in this together. It is a war not of our making. But never the less it’s here and we’re involved no matter what. So let us remember this in all our communications to each other whether cellular, written or verbal. Wakiro! Bubzy Cam Martin 711 Exeter Road London, Ontario NGE 1L3
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National Chief Promotes Self-Assimilation By Grand Chief Gordon Peters, Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians Perry Bellegarde, the National Chief for the Assembly of First Nations has confirmed that he will vote in the upcoming federal election. This is a drastic departure from the National Chief’s previous commitment to remain non-partisan and refrain from voting – a commitment made on the advice and guidance of his elders. There is a long-standing convention of the National Chief’s office to remain non-partisan. The role of the National Chief is to work with all parties in support of First Nations. Regardless of political stripe, the National
Chief is responsible for working diplomatically with the government of the day. Partisan attachments will complicate this work and create barriers to advancing our priorities and honouring the Treaties. In addition to this departure of convention, the National Chief’s choice to vote is a direct affront to many of our Nations that view Canada as a foreign government which they are not citizens of. Canada’s unilateral decision to extend the vote to First Nations in 1960 only served to further colonize our citizens, and separate us from our own National identities. Canada has a constitutional and legally binding responsibility to First Nations based on Trea-
ties. Treaties affirmed that Indigenous Nations were to coexist with colonial settlers. These agreements were based on the principles of mutual respect and non-interference. Treaty responsibilities are not optional, and not to be traded in promise for votes in the federal electoral process. The onus should not be on citizens of Indigenous Nations to strong arm the Canadian Government at the ballot box to hold up its Treaty responsibilities. This is a critical moment for First Nations. We need to stop legitimizing the colonial rule over First Nations and instead affirm our national identities and take our rightful place on our homelands.
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Trudeau's broken promise Dear Editor, Six weeks after promising specific new money for First Nation’s education, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau has abandoned his commitment to First Nations children – before the election is even over. “That Justin Trudeau thinks he can walk away from his promise to First Nations children mid-campaign, is disgraceful,” said NDP Aboriginal Affairs critic and Churchill--Keewatinook Aski candidate Niki Ash-
ton. “Worse yet, he thinks he can get away with it.” On August 13, Justin Trudeau promised a “total new investment of $2.6 billion for core First Nation’s education” over the next four years. Shockingly, when revealing their fiscal framework on September 26th, Liberals slashed that commitment to just $900 million – a cut of $1.7 billion dollars or 65% less than he had first promised. “An NDP government will honour all our commitments to First Nations, including fulfilling Shannen’s Dream of equality in education,”
said Brantford-Brant NDP candidate Marc Laferriere. “Liberals must explain this $1.7 billion dollar broken promise to First Nations children and their communities.” “Paul Martin was just here talking about a new relationship with First nations - while his friends in the Liberal Party were already breaking their promises,” said Laferriere. “Children, parents and educators can’t afford more Liberal double-speak.” Marc Laferriere, MSW Brantford-Brant Federal NDP Candidate
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Onkwehonwe/Anishinabek Week in Review By Danielle Boissoneau
How Well Meaning White People Made a Mess of the Inuit Written Language NUNAVUT – There are over 50 000 Inuit people who live in the Northern parts of Canada, stretching from Nunavut across to Nunavik (Quebec) over to Nunatsiavut (Labrador) and through the Northwest Territories. Across the territory there are regional dialects of a complicated, oral language that wasn’t written down until missionaries visited the area. The missionaries decided to make the oral language written so that the Inuit people may read and understand the bible. What happened was that different missionaries created different written styles of the regional dialects, making it difficult for the nations to communicate with each other and essentially, others. Currently, Canadian Inuit people are working on a strategy to create a common written language.
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Violence, suicide and children living in thirdworld conditions exist in this country yet we turn a blind eye to it. This impacts the whole health care system in Canada. We want what all people want — to raise happy, healthy children who will contribute to their families, their communities, and their country. Health matters to all of us. As the lead for the AFN Executive Committee on Health, I am going to make this a top priority. Next week we will be making an Ontario specific statement on health. At that time it will be important for both the Canadian public and federal election parties and candidates to take note. Action is needed. Enough is enough.”
Caribou Legs Runs Across Canada in Action Over Conservative's Refusal to Protect Water OTTAWA – It took Caribou Legs, a man from the Gwich’in nation from the Northwest Territories, three months and 22 days to run from Vancouver to Ottawa. He decided to take action after
the Conservative government passed the 2012 Omnibus budget bill that amended the Navigable Waters Protection Act. Resource extraction companies no longer have to prove that new projects would not damage navigable waters. The amended act now provides federal protection only for Canada’s busiest rivers, lakes and oceans. Caribou Legs ran an average of 50 – 75 kilometres per day, along the TransCanada Highway. Upon arrival in Ottawa, on September 21, Caribou Legs handed a petition, with 15 000 signatures to Ottawa Centre NDP MP Paul Dewar, among others.
Manitoba First Nation's Children's Advocate Fasting to Raise Awareness of Broken System WINNIPEG – Cora Morgan, an advocate for First Nations children, along with five other wom-
en, will be fasting for 5 days to bring attention to the broken child welfare system in Manitoba. They will fast in large tipis on the Manitoba Legislature’s front yard to draw attention to the province’s broken child welfare system. Manitoba has more than 10 000 children in care and the vast majority of them are Indigenous. The province seizes an average of one newborn baby a day. Manitoba’s Child and Family Services (CFS) has been under scrutiny for years for housing children in hotels and for allowing teens to languish in jail because of a shortage of appropriate foster care spots. Family Services Minister Kerri Irvin Ross sat down with the group on Monday evening to “listen to their concerns.” She insists that the government is bolstering prevention programs to reduce the number of apprehensions. One of the fasters argues that the government is putting more resources into housing than in keeping families together.
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Debriefing Elsipogtog: The Anatomy of a Struggle By Danielle Boissoneau On September 16, investigative journalist and author Miles Howe alongside Mi’kmaq land defender, Annie Clair, visited Hamilton, Ontario to promote Howe’s new book: Debriefing Elsipogtog: the Anatomy of a Struggle. The book provides insight into the crisis in Elsipogtog in 2013 when Texas based corporation South Western Energy (SWN) began their industrial incursion in Mi’kma’ki, otherwise known as Eastern Canada. Howe recounts the struggle in Elsipogtog with mannerisms that show the trauma he faced as an investigative journalist behind enemy lines during a raid by the RCMP. He simultaneously attempts to understand the lived realities of Indigenous resistance to resource extraction and continued attempts
Journalist Miles Howe was in the thick of the action during the RCMP raid of the Elsipogtog camp October 17, 2013. He took this photo and has also released a book about his experiences. PHOTO BY MILES HOWE at genocide. Annie Clair sits softly beside Howe, her strength shining
through her upright posture and unwavering gaze. Both of these peo-
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2013, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), with Elsipogtog’s band
council’s full knowledge, mounted an early morning raid against the Mi’kmaq Warrior’s Society. We are thus reminded of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP)’s actions that transpired at Sterling Ave in 2006 when the Haudenosaunee confronted development in their own territory. The discussion unfolds with Howe and Clair sharing their experiences of passionate land defense, integrity based journalism and the alliances that grew out of common needs and solidarity. RCMP’s early morning raid in Elsipogtog saw more than 40 violent arrests of elders, women and men. Within hours, nationwide actions in solidarity with the Mi’kmaq people popped up across the country. On October 17, 2013, the people of Six Nations shut down Highway 6 as a gesture of solidarity. CONTINUED ON PAGE 25
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HEALTHY ROOTS - So here you are — you have decided to preserve some of your healthy harvest. Where to begin? You have collected your tools, you have the food, found your recipe and now what? I saw a great phrase once that canning is just one step beyond cooking. This seems to take away some of the anxious feelings about canning food. Let’s figure out what will help this to be an activity that is not just about food sustainability and good nutrition but also about pleasure. I find it’s really helpful to focus on the process of every aspect of preserving food. First, you want it to be as nutritious and delicious as possible. No sense putting food into jars if it’s not something you will eat. Choosing foods to preserve that are peak and plentiful is also important as cost is also a factor.
It is also important to create a time to do the canning so you are not feeling rushed and overwhelmed. For example, it takes about 3 hours to cook and blend all the good flavours of the tomatoes, onions, peppers and spices that go in chili sauce. Preparation of the veggies for the sauce can take an hour or more as well. So knowing your time requirements, it’s best to start early on a day when you have plenty of time. It is important to look at your recipe and to collect everything together before you start even chopping veggies. Some recipes have separate steps so read the recipe through two times to get it clear in your mind. It’s best to set up your water bath canner and have it starting to heat the water as this will take some time. It will be ready when you are. You will get your jars ready at this time too. Wash rinse and sterilize the jars,
lids and rings. The lids must be in boiling water to heat the red rubber attached to the lid. This ensures a tight seal. Put the lids in a small saucepan with water and put it on the stove. They will be ready to turn on and heat up when you are ready for them. The jars can be sterilized in boiling water or in a pan in the oven with a little water at 225 degrees for 20 minutes. Keep the jars hot until you are ready for them. Now we are ready to chop veggies or fruit and prepare the food. Have separate containers on hand for the food and the peelings — that way you are not trying to tidy up as you do the steps in the recipe. Once you have cooked the fruit/veggies according to your recipe you can fill your jars. Do one jar at a time. Fill each jar to within 1/4 to 1/2 inch from the top (depending on what you are canning). Remove air bubbles by running a small spatula or a chopDear Kitty, I have the September list of things for doing in my garden — is there a new list of chores for October? Or do I carry on with the same things to do? Signed, Loving the Garden Directions Dear Loving, I am so glad you are enjoying the chores in your garden as autumn approaches. While some things are continual there are some things to add for October! We need not lament the passing of garden season just yet, it’s time to put in icicle pansies to replace any annuals that
stick around the inside edge of the whole jar. This is important because air bubbles can alter canning effectiveness. Wipe any food from the rim of your jar, centre your lid, and then twist on the ring until finger tight. If it is too tight, air will not escape when water bathing the jars; but it also must be tight enough to stop food or juices from escaping. Place the jars in your water bath canner filled with boiling water. The water will stop boiling momentarily, bring it back to a boil and start timing. Water bath your jars according to recipe directions. When the time is up wait a moment, remove the jars and place them in a draft-free spot. I put a towel over them to avoid cool air hitting them and cracking a jar. Let the jars cool completely, then put the canned food away until the first snowfall.
have finished for the year. These little beauties will bloom till covered with snow! But if possible you should cover them with mulch late in the fall. They should pop back up in the spring. October is garlic planting time. Put your cloves in nice soil with lots of compost. They should be about a hand width apart and 3-4 inches deep. Mulch the garlic cloves with about 4 inches of leaves. Over your garlic cloves is a good place to put the leaves that are starting to fall off the trees now. Planting early in October will provide you with garlic ready to
harvest in July. A second planting late in the month will give you a second later harvest. If you grow roses now is the time to protect their roots. A good triple mix hilled up around the base of the plant about a foot deep will protect them through the winter. If you want to have tulips and crocuses in the spring, it’s time to plant them about mid-October. Beware the wily squirrels! They will watch for the telltale signs of bulb planting and dig them up for their own winter storage. To avoid helping the squirrels, after planting your bulbs flood the
ground where the bulbs are and cover with leaves and branches. Clean the area up in the spring and you will have won the squirrel vs. bulbs game. As the plants in your garden finish for the season remove them until your garden is finally done and is clear except for perennials. Autumn is lovely and while it is not the season of joyous planting and seeing the seeds sprout, the beauty of your garden resting and waiting for you until next year has a beauty and charm all its own. Happy October, Kitty
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SEED SAVING SERIES - Heirloom, Organic and Other Fancy Seed Names PART FOUR By Kitty R. Lynn HEALTHY ROOTS - Okay, I admit I have never spent a lot of time defining my seeds. If it is a seed I want to plant and I don’t have it, I choose organic. That seemed like enough, but I chose to investigate this fabulous area of gardening, partly for myself and partly to be able to give clearer answers to others who ask. Let’s define some of the key words first: Organic is really a discussion about the way a plant/seed is grown. Heirloom is the heritage of the plant/ seed. So heritage is also heirloom. Hybrids are a whole other story best left for now, but you can hybrid your own plants easy enough by encouraging a cross between two family members of plants in your own garden. But like I said — another time perhaps.
Organic seeds must be certified organic to be labelled that way. The farmer must not use synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or fresh manure. The seeds or materials the plants grow in cannot be genetically engineered in any way. The farmer must have inspections done and then be certified
by an inspection agency. Seeds can be harvested from Grandma’s garden where she does everything organically but they are considered seeds from organic practice, not or-
ganic. I believe Grandma’s garden is the best way to get organic seeds but let’s save that discussion for another day. Heirlooms I have always considered to be seeds with a story. Turns out I was on the right track. Heirloom seeds are not so clear to define and many are considered or-
ganic by the way they are grown. The heirloom part is about the time period they were grown in. As a gardener you play a big part in preserving heirloom/heritage seeds and
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RECIPE: Caramelized Fennel Ingredients • 1 large fennel bulb • 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoon olive oil, divided • 1 pound of broccolini with tough ends trimmed off • 2 medium carrots, peeled into thick ribbons with a vegetable peeler • 2 cloves garlic, 1 sliced thin and 1 minced and divided • 1 medium shallot, minced (1 green onion could be used) • 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes • 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil • 2 teaspoons low sodium soy sauce • 1 teaspoon raw organic honey • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
Directions Step one: Cut stems, root end and core from fennel and slice bulb very thin. Coat bottom of a large straight-sided pan over medium-high heat with 1 tbsp olive oil. When
oil is hot, add fennel and saute for 5 minutes, until it begins to brown. Step two: Add 1/2 cup water, broccolini, carrots and sliced garlic to fennel and cover pan. Reduce heat to medium and let vegetables steam for 20 minutes, until broccolini is tender. Remove lid, increase heat to medium-high and continue to cook until nearly all liquid at the bottom of the pan has evaporated. Step three: While vegetables cook, make Chile Soy Drizzle: Add remaining 2 tsp olive oil to a small sauce pot over medium heat. Add minced garlic and shallot and sweat them for 2 minutes. Stir in pepper flakes, sesame oil, soy sauce, honey and vinegar. Simmer for 10 minutes. Step four: Transfer vegetables to a serving platter, pour drizzle over top and serve.
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ing this event will go into the memory of our people. Bring it back to us again.” Nearly the entire game had fans on the edge of their seats as in the first two quarters each goal was returned by the Iroquois Nationals. Jeff Shattler and Randy Staats scored singles, while Johnny Powless, and Miles, Lyle and Jerome Thompson scored two each throughout the game. Fighting hard for the ball and making smart moves in re–possession held the Nationals in the game, as the first goal by Team Canada was returned with two. By the end of the second quar-
ter; Randy Staats nearly tied up the game again to make the score 6–5. However, the beginning of the fourth quarter had massive upheaval in the stands as a referee called an “in the crease” call on a goal by the Nationals, with video footage on a mega screen showing a Canadian play-
er in the crease. A call said to have been made by the same referee that called back another goal in the Nationals previous bout against Team Canada. Coach Rick Kilgour said the call was “questionable.” “We’re not supposed to say anything bad about the refs,” said Kilgour,
“It went in, they looked around, called it a goal, then one refs came running in, I don’t know what he saw and why he made that call. It was a big call, I don’t know if it was the right call.” Kilgour explained that the loss was “a tough one.” “I’m disappointed. I’m definitely not disappointed in us, I’m just disappointed that we came up a goal or two short. I really think we had the team to do it this year, but you have to give Canada credit. They’re a great team and they beat us in a really good lacrosse game,” he said. During the press conference Team Cana-
da seemed to admire the Iroquois Nationals Team; as many Canadian players have played with or against some of the Nationals players in the NLL. “With this Iroquois Team we knew we were going to have our hands full,” said Canadian Coach Eddie Comeau, as the Canadian Team said the Iroquois Nationals were an “excellent team,” and appreciated the gift of lacrosse from the Haudenosaunee people. At half–time and for the closing ceremonies, Haudenosaunee dancers and singers in full regalia brought life to the floor with colour and showed how alive Haudenosaunee culture continues to be. Top: The Iroquois Nationals salute friends and family in the stands, seeming to give off a glow of accomplishment having made it to the championship game. Middle: The first face off of the game gave Canada possession for their first goal, but the Iroquois Nationals returned with two in the first quarter. Bottom: Haudenosaunee dancers and singers perform as awards and medals are given to the championship teams. PHOTOS BY CHEZNEY MARTIN
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Corvairs hungry for a third Sutherland Cup By Jim Windle CALEDONIA - The twotime Sutherland Cup winning Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs are the only Jr. B team to retain a 7–0 record so far in the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League, after shutting out the Thorold Black Hawks 3–0, the Pelham Panthers 7–4 and trashing the Fort Erie Meteors 12–1 on Monday night. The Corvairs decided the game quite early, easily racking up a 7–0 first period lead and coasted through the rest of the game which seemed an eternity for Fort Erie fans. Caledonia took a 3–0 first period lead over the visiting Thorold Black Hawks on Saturday night at the Haldimand Centre Arena, where some of the new Corvairs showed fans what to expect from them as they target their third straight Sutherland Cup this coming spring. Blake Luscombe continued his hot streak scoring two and assisting
an another while Corey Pawley scored two and assisted on two, which lead the Pro–Fit Corvairs to a 7–4 win to keep their early season a perfect 6–0. Pawley has amassed 17 points with seven goals and 10 assists,
while Luscombe has 11 points on four goals and seven assists after Saturday’s game. The 2015–16 Pelham Panthers Jr. B (bottom dwellers from last season) very nearly shocked the Caledonia Corvairs Friday night in Pelham,
taking the Corvairs into OT to finally take a 6–5 win. Caledonia seems to have taken the night off expecting a walkover, but it didn’t happen that way at all, thanks to the heroics of Panthers goalie Corey Foster who faced 68
shots, 28 of them in the second period alone. Pelham took a 2–0 lead after the first period despite being outshot 15–6. Meanwhile newcomer Bobby Dugan was not having a good outing in his first start in a Caledonia uniform. He was
eventually replaced with veteran Marc Sinclair who took over early in the second period. The Corvairs finally found the key to Foster less than a minute into the period when Cory Patton connected on the first of a 28 shot period. Pelham’s Jesse Burger chased Dugan from the net at 1:17. The move ignited the Caledonia offence with Matthews Hore scoring twice, and Mackenzie MacSorley adding another to end the second frame with Caledonia leading 5–4. Foster was remarkable in the third, stopping all 22 Caledonia shots while his teammate Brandon MacKinnon tied the game and sent it into OT where Corey Pawley ended it, 54 seconds in. Although the total shots indicate the Corvairs offense is in good shape, the goals against them indicate there is still some defensive work to be done.
Blake Luscome will be another name that will be heard many times over the arena PA this year. He and fellow newcomer Corey Pawley lead the 2015 Corvairs so far in this young season. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE.
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Lacrosse catching on in the Middle East By Jim Windle Bursting onto the world stage this year is a new lacrosse power immerging from the Middle East. The Israelis sent a surprisingly good U-19 team to the World Indoor U-19 Challenge hosted at Six Nations earlier this summer, and a men’s team that
made it to the medal round in its first appearance in the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in Syracuse last week. Adam Colbertson, who coached the Israel team in U-19s, explains how his nation has been getting ready for its im-
pressive world debut. “Since about 2010 the sport has really caught on with Israeli communities,” says Colbertson. “Scott Neeson is the director of lacrosse in Israel and has been working hard at getting the youth involved with the sport.” Representing at the World Indoor U-19 Lacrosse Challenge at the ILA, and the World Men’s Indoor Lacrosse championships just completed in Syracuse, are some players living in North America (still Israeli citizens) augmented with Israeli national citizens who made the trip for both tournaments. “Scott Neeson played pro-lacrosse here in North America and around 2010 he realized it’s a great opportunity with him being a dual Jewish and American citizen to bring lacrosse to Israel,” says Colbertson. Neeson met with the Israeli government and everyone else he could in order to establish a competitive team.
“Since we are such a young organization, we wanted to engage ourselves with the best competition in the world,” says Colbertson. “We thought we’d bring our best players over here and go up against the best in the world and see how we are doing.” What an introduction it was as the U-19 team showed a lot of potential
in the games at the ILA, and to find themselves playing for a medal in their very first appearance at the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships in Syracuse. It would seem Israel has certainly exploded onto the world lacrosse map. At the WILC hosted on Haudenosaunee Territory for the first time ever, they
surprised a lot of people. After three hard fought round-robin games, the Israeli men took top spot Green Division with a 2–1 record, beating Serbia and Ireland but losing to Germany to earn a berth in the playoff round. In the playoff round, Israel defeated Finland 14–4, to get into the quarterfinals. There they de-
feated Ireland 12–7 in a seeding game, taking No. 5 seed of a field of 13 teams. After defeating the Czech Republic, they found themselves playing against the USA for the Bronze Medal in their very first appearance. Although they lost the game, they won the admiration and support of many lacrosse fans in North America and abroad. According to The Jerusalem Post, most of Israel’s players are active IDF soldiers and participate in the Israel Premier Lacrosse League (IPLL), the highest level of lacrosse in the Middle East, with teams in Ashkelon, Haifa, Netanya and Tel Aviv stocked with active NCAA athletes competing in a summer season.
Left: Team Israel's U-19 coach Adam Colbertson is part of the immerging Israeli lacrosse program, which has exploded onto the world stage as a future force to watch. Center: Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the world as evidenced at both the World U-19 Challenge and the men's WILC in Syracuse. PHOTOS BY JIM WINDLE
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Regional Sports Update By TRT Staff
99'ers Surprising Opponents BRANTFORD — After a positively brutal 9–39 inaugural season last year, the Brantford 99’ers have turned the ship in the right direction for 2015–16 and are 4–2–1 in the early going. It was a goalkeeper’s duel Sunday at the Dan Snyder Memorial Arena
in Elmira as Brantford’s Will Rawski and Elmira’s Liam Conway put on a clinic, between them turning away a total of 71 shots over three regulation time periods and two OT periods. The final was a 1-1 tie game with both goals in the third period. The 99’ers only goal came from Christian Polillo while Elmira’s Zac Coulter countered. But that was all either goalie was going to give up and after two extra periods with no scoring, the game went down as a 1-1 tie. The 99’ers play in the Jr. B Golden Horseshoe Conference, and play out of the Wayne Gretzky Arena in Brantford’s north end. The 99’ers next game is Thursday, Oct.
1st, against the Stratford Collations.
Hagersville Hawks shut out Niagara
HAGERSVILLE — The Hagersville Hawks of the Niagara District Jr. C Hockey League have two wins and a loss in the early going after Saturday’s 3-0 win over Niagara. Dan Medeiros, Michael Arch and Travis Bell scored for the Hawks, who are the Jr. C affiliate to the Caledonia Corvairs Jr. B’s. Hawks next action is Friday Oct. 2nd in Dunnville, and Saturday, Oct .3rd, at home, against the Simcoe Storm.
The 14th Annual Redmen Co-Ed 3-Pitch Tournament was played over the past weekend at the Gaylord Powless Arena Ball Diamonds. Fun was the name of the game as teams with monikers like the Red Dawgs, Hawks, Bad Ass Mohawks, Bush Monkeys, Team Awesome, Selects, Salcats, Red Stix, Carnigans, Smoothridge, FNA, Read Redmen, and We Got the Runs, went against each other for two days. It all boiled down to a final battle between the Bad Ass Mohawks and Smoothridge. The Bad Ass Mohawks won it 3-2. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE.
Six Nations still feeding the NLL in 2015 Entry Draft By TRT Staff TORONTO – As expected, first choice overall in the 2016 National Lacrosse League Entry Draft, from the University of Albany, was Lyle Thompson who was selected by the Georgia Swarm. He will join his brother Miles already with the Swarm. Randy Staats from University of Syracuse went 6th overall and will also be going to Georgia. Adam Bomberry was selected from Onondaga by the Rochester Knighthawks, in the second round, 16th overall. Kellen Leclair and Jordan Durston were selected from the Six Nations Arrows. Durston, by the Vancouver Stealth and Leclair to the Calgary Roughnecks. Honosawi (Greg) Longboat went 38th overall and was selected by Rochester. Keegan Letourneau went to Vancouver as the 46th pick. He played at Six Nations last season.
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Daniel David Moses will be the opening keynote speaker at the Arts of Community coming up this Thursday.
SN to host Gathering of Indigenous Literary Studies Association Please join us as we begin new conversations about the role of community in Indigenous literatures and other arts.
For registration and conference schedule, see http://indigenousliterarystudies.org/.
All events at Six Nations Polytechnic, By Lindsay Monture see us move forward,”2160 around them and us,ON. so Community Based Schol- land Cultural Centre, place to start.” Keynote Addresses bytoDaniel David Moses, 4th Line, Ohsweken Monture, The Arts of ComJeannette Armstrongsays andRick Joseph Boyden.co-or- that’s why the title of the arship in Practice, The where a closing dinner SIX NATIONS - This ganizer with the ILSA, andSix event is Community called the art of Publication Nations members are welcomeof Series and will take place with a munity is made possible Thursday a delegation of Director of Indigenousto attend community.” Anthologies, Respect, performance of “The Pad- with support by the ILSA, free of charge. indigenous literary artists Studies at McMaster UniDaniel David Moses, Relevance, Reciprocity, dle Song” by Cheri Mara- McMaster University, and scholars from across versity. Six Nations playwright, Responsibility: Academic cle”We want to open it Six Nations Polytechnic, Canada, along with the Six The ILSA was founded poet and keynote speaker Research Acknowledging up to the community, it’s Chiefswood National Nations community, will in 2013 in the Musqueam expressed his excitement Unceded Coast Salish Ter- free to drop in anytime.” Historical Site, and the gather for the Arts of Com- territory of Vancouver for the homecoming event. ritory, and From Six Na- Monture urges. “We want Woodland Cultural Cenmunity: Inaugural Gather- by Monture and 8 other “This is a historic tions to Squamish: Build- to promote the communi- tre. More information ing of the Indigenous Liter- artists in indigenous lit- event as far as the study of ing from Here to There. cation between what ac- can be found at www.inary Studies Association at erature in Canada. He sug- aboriginal literatures goes There will also be ademics do and what the digenousliterarystudies. Six Nations Polytechnic. gested they host their first because it’s the first time tours of the Chiefswood community is interest- org. The 3 day confer- conference in Six Nations all those professors and Museum and the Wood- ed in, and this is just the ence will include key- because of the connection students who study native note addresses by Daniel to Pauline Johnson. literature have gathered David Moses, Jeanette “The beginning of and focused on literature Armstrong and Joseph indigenous people writ- in Canada. It’s people from Boyden, as well as pan- ing our experience was in right across the country, els, presentations, social her lifetime in the 1800s which is very exciting.” gatherings and tours of the and she’s such a pivotal, Moses was one of the Chiefswood Museum and intriguing figure not just editors for the Oxford AnWoodland Cultural Centre within our community, but thology of Native Canadian for guests. across the country.” Literature in English, and “The whole idea is to Monture says they an avid supporter of the bring together academics aimed to step away from growing literary arts in Six and community to have university atmospheres to Nations. He will be sharing a dialogue and to set re- involve more native com- his insights as the opening search agendas for the fu- munities. keynote speaker and parture, like what’s most use“If we’re writing and ticipant in the roundtable ful for indigenous people, talking about literature The Publication of Series what do community peo- about native people, we and Anthologies. ple think about the schol- want to make sure the The conference will arship that is produced community is aware and kick off Thursday evening about our people and how is able to participate in the with a welcome reception, our community would like discussion that revolves opening keynote address by Daniel David Moses and a social. Friday will include a keynote address by Jeannette Armstrong called Story: Creating Community, and the roundtables Please join us as we begin new conversations For registration and conference schedule, Haudenosaunee Material about the role of community in Indigenous see http://indigenousliterarystudies.org/. and Embodied Culture, literatures and other arts. All events at Six Nations Polytechnic, Theorizing Position ComKeynote Addresses by Daniel David Moses, 2160 4th Line, Ohsweken ON. paratively, Pauline JohnJeannette Armstrong and Joseph Boyden. son and Haudenosaunee Six Nations Community members are welcome Traditions, Hip Hop and to attend free of charge. Spoken Word, Orality, Community, Poetics, Decolonizing the Digital, Kinships and Communities, and Storying Lives. The evening will round off with Authors, Communities, Responsibilities: a Conversation with Joseph ILSA Boyden. Saturday will include the two-part panel
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Groups marched on their way to the intersection while chanting a positive mantra. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN
Fourth Annual Walk 4 Change a success By Chezney Martin OHSWEKEN - The 4th Annual Walk 4 Change 6 Nay held by Ganohkwa’sra Family Assault Support Services commenced on Saturday, bringing awareness to domestic violence. Walkers began their marches from the four directions; groups starting at the SN Community Hall, Baptist Church, Jamieson Elementary and Ganohkwasra all congregated at the main intersection beside Veterans Park in the morning. After a balloon release at the heart of the intersection, groups came together within Veterans Park to enjoy a free barbecue, visit information booths, free draws, free t-shirts and listen to speakers and singers. “I’m absolutely honoured to work with the staff that you see here, I know I say that every year but I really mean that from the bottom of my heart. I wanna thank everybody for coming out and walking with us, it’s been wonderful to see some new
faces,” said Executive Director Sandra Montour. “I think what we do is so powerful,” said Montour. “Walking in from all four directions, and waking up that energy and wanting love and peace in our families and in our lives, rather than violence. We’re wanting to be the change.” Speaker Darren Thomas also included a demonstration as to how positive thinking changes responses to negative actions. In his demonstration, he held his arm out and had a volunteer try to push it down while he thought both negative and positive thoughts. His demonstration proved that it was easier to withstand the push if he though positively. “So what’s that teaching there? In our work places, in our school, in our families, if we have all of that negative and we’re focusing on that negative what’s happening? That’s where you get into that lateral violence, and all of that hurt and all of that grief and pain where we
try our best to hurt one another,” said Thomas. “But instead, if we just focus on the Creator’s words and the Creators way, focus on the power and the energy that we have, that we have been blessed with, to bring that love, that caring, that compassion back to our families, back to our community, you’ll see it spill out into our schools, into our workplaces and we will all be the changers to make this world a better place.” Shortly thereafter, Old Mush Singers performed social songs, including the New Woman’s Shuffle Dance and Round Dance. Singers explained the group began in 1992 with at least 60 singers, but their last practice had only 14. They explained that as a community singing group, the money they raise, they raise for the community to help, especially if there is a case of tragedy. The singers attracted many dancers and the event seemed to glow with success.
The Old Mush Singers performed New Women's Shuffle Dance and Round Dance for participants.PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN
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Continued from Page 9 According to documents that Howe obtained under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, the RCMP were worried that the country was, “going sideways.” The impact of solidarity actions, when front line land defenders are faced with repression, did not go unnoticed. The unified reactions of Indigenous, and non-native people, alike, across the country created waves of power in solidarity. Annie Clair encourages more actions of solidarity, however this time as an exercise of sovereignty. She looks forward to that, “one day, [when] we’ll be self-sufficient and we don’t have to depend on the government. We have to help each other and build better communities for ourselves.” During a phone interview, Clair talks about how Indigenous communities who are resisting development are often divided by money.
The Mi’kmaq land defender, who was arrested on suspicion of mischief in relation to an action against resource extraction, goes on to express the hope she has for Indigenous nationhood, that despite colonization, we can work together for positive outcomes. “Don’t keep secrets. We have to be more honest and truthful with each other.” When asked about the seemingly unlikely alliances built between the Mi’kmaq people and the neighboring Acadian communities, Howe shares how these relationships do not fit “textbook cases.” Despite structural advantages such as race, this particular alliance was one built on the need to protect the land, water and essentially, all of us. Acadians would defer to Mi’kmaq leadership and participate as supporters. This unique relationship, as well as a more solid and analytical retelling of the
events in Elsipogtog, is available in book form through Fernwood Publishing. Above Right: A land defender stands in defiance of the armed RCMP sent to enforce the injuction against Elsipogtog activists back in 2013.
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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, it may seem like everyone is hanging on every word you say this week. Don’t worry about performing, just continue to do what gravitates people toward you. VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, although you’re not a big fan of the spotlight, this week you will be asked to handle a situation on center stage. You just may enjoy the situation, so don’t fret about it.
LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, share your long-term goals with colleagues and you may find some unexpected allies. Support can only help your efforts even further.
SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, set personal feelings aside when dealing with professional matters. Allowing emotion to get in the way of your goals will only end up affecting you. SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, this is a great time to try something new. Whether it’s a new food or a new experience you’ve been looking to try, dive right in and enjoy the excitement. CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, expect to be excited by a budding relationship in the weeks ahead. Open up to friends or family members so you can share this positive development with loved ones.
AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Waiting patiently this week will not get the job done, Aquarius. You may have to be more assertive to get things done. Others will understand and prove helpful.
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