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Pharmacist Shaab Syed and Ancestral Voices Owner Gail Whitlow pose in the newly renovated area that they hope to become the lobby of the Medical Centre. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN

Traditional in the front, western in the back:

New medical centre may be coming to Six Nations

By Chezney Martin

OHSWEKEN – Located at the back of Ancestral Voices, the proposed Six Nations Medical Centre in the Ohsweken Plaza hopes to be up and running soon.

A private opening ceremony took place last Monday evening, where owners were present to answer questions from guests.

The opinions surrounding the centre are focused mainly on the idea that the centre will offer methadone and suboxone, both of which are used in helping battle drug addiction.

But, the private opening ceremony brought light to

the other side of the centre.

Licensed Pharmacist and co-owner of the Medical Centre, Shaab Syed explained that this partnership is not monetarily based, and will offer traditional medicines as well as Western medicines in one spot.

“It took a long time to build this relationship, as well as the planning and creating the long-term future for this medical centre to service the needs of the people,” said Syed. “I don't think Gail or I could have did this ourselves; Gail's team and my team, have put in long hours and

really pulled through, as you can see, it looks great,” he said as he motioned around the newly renovated clinic lobby. “So, hopefully it meets the standards of the community,” he said.

“We're going to be open during regular business hours for our medical services, we do plan in the future to have after hour service, but it may be until nine or ten o'clock at the latest,” he said, as he explained a scenario of a child with pneumonia or a cut needing stitches.

“Instead of driving to Caledonia or Brantford or to a hospital and wait to see

a doctor for 30 seconds, we will be able to provide those services here,” he said.

“We will be providing six key disciplines here, methadone is only one of the six services,” he said, explaining that the methadone will only be available for about a half a day.

“We're going to be having urgent care, general care, counselling service, we're going to be having the pharmacy service as well as the traditional services from Gail's side,” he said.

“It's kind of like traditional in the front, and Western in the back.”

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that it took “months and months and months” to get this far in regards to the centre.

“First of all, I've had years of clients with the main concern being pain management,” she said.

“After listening to all sides, I wanted to come up with a solution that was going to be able to deal with all of these concerns,” she said.

The medical centre’s final proposal will be presented to Six Nations Band Council later this month.

But, Whitlow explained that in regards to the speculations being made surrounding the methadone part of the centre, a lot of

the speculations are made out of misinformation.

“You can't practice anywhere without following the strict guidelines. Caledonia opened and they were going through the same controversy, but they've had no problems,” she said, explaining that problems only come when the guidelines aren't followed.

“Any questions that the community has, we have a little (inquiries) box. So, if they want to ask, they can come put their question in the box and we will put the answers up on our website,” she said.

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Six Nations family stands up to racism

By Nahnda Garlow BRANTFORD — A Six Nations family took some very brave steps last week, speaking out against racist comments they witnessed during a visit to a Brantford paediatric dental office.

Whitney Hill brought her eight year old daughter to Peachtree Kids Dental in Brantford for a procedure that required general anaesthesia. While they were waiting for the child to wake up, Hill said she overheard the anesthesiologist treating her child and Peachtree Kids Dental office receptionist making racist generalizations about their First Nations patients.

Hill shared in a post on her Facebook timeline, “I over heard the receptionist and anesthesiologist having a conversation about how they don’t like to treat First Nations people, how we don’t have to pay for anything and that news papers write so that it looks like ‘oh the poor natives this and the poor natives that’.”

Hill said that when she initially made contact with Peachtree Kids Dental about the incident, through a post to their official Facebook page, it was immediately deleted by management. That was when Hill shared the experience on her personal Facebook.

That post went viral, being shared across the province over 1000 times in just 24 hours.

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Peachtree Kids Dental in Brantford has come under fire lately for allowing racist hate speech in their offices. GOOGLE MAPS PHOTO went wrong with Abigail’s procedure because I don’t feel like they would do everything possible to save my child’s life,” Hill wrote.

Hill told the Two Row Times she arrived early for her appointment but was left waiting for two hours in the waiting room because of an unforeseen delay with the patient scheduled before her daughter.

During that time in the waiting room Hill said she witnessed a second conversation between two clinic guests in the waiting room, making racist generalizations about First Nations people.

Hill said, “The guy in the waiting room was talking to another girl, pointed right at my dad and said ‘You don’t have to go up north to see an Indian inhaling paint fumes,

just go to the reservation around here’ and then the girl just laughed.”

Hill was sitting in the reception area with her father, Steve Hill, who is a teacher in Brant County, said that the problem is not only having racist opinions, but facilitating an environment that permits racism to be spoken out loud without protocol to stop it.

Hill said the office receptionist called him and offered an apology, explaining that she felt obligated to support the anesthesiologist in his conversation because he held a higher position.

Hill told Two Row Times, “If you’re going to run a professional office, your staff should never feel obligated to follow a hierarchical system if it is

saying racist things. That is facilitating institutional racism.”

Dr. Bobak Mehdi, owner of Peachtree Kids Dental, also spoke with Two Row Times and said he established his business in Brantford with a specific initiative of serving the Six Nations and urban indigenous community’s paediatric dental needs.

Mehdi said in a written statement about the incident, “It is also a very clear policy with my staff that we will treat all patients the same way. As an immigrant to Canada myself, I understand the pain associated with discrimination and I have zero tolerance for it in my own business.”

Mehdi said the anes-

thesiologist is an independent contractor with his own sleep dentistry practise in London, Ontario and not a direct employee of Peachtree Kids Dental.

Since the incident was reported, Mehdi said he has apologized to both Hill and her father, and has terminated his relationship with the anesthesiologist.

Although initially Mehdi said the receptionist would also be terminated, Hill said she was informed Tuesday night that was not the case.

Mehdi announced via the company’s Facebook page he asked Steve Hill to facilitate sensitivity training with their staff. “We believe this is a critical component of any diversity initiative, such as our plan to build and sustain a workplace culture that is empowered by differences. Ultimately, we hope to bring awareness, knowledge and action to this adverse epidemic.”

It was not known at press time if Hill has accepted the invitation.

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What would you do?

Editorial by Jonathan Garlow Peachtree Kids Dental in Brantford has been getting lots of attention lately — although all the wrong kind. Some racist comments were overheard in their office by a patient and her family and instead of making a confrontation in the office, they took to social media to find justice.

And justice they did find. The story received 1000 shares on Facebook, and then a local TV news network picked up on the lead. It’s good that the owner of Peachtree Dental, who identifies as a person of colour, took some action and seemed apologetic – but apparently one of the offending parties, the receptionist, still works there.

An overwhelming number of indigenous people have responded with stories of similar types of abuse at other medical institutions. They told stories that did not have a nice ending. Unless Canadians moved to North Korea, they might not ever know the terrifying experience of undergoing anesthesia and having a procedure done by someone who might possibly hate you.

The racist comments themselves were not that special, it was typical run of the mill ignorance. Our people have dealt with these attitudes for hundreds of years and always managed to find a way to keep our positive outlook.

But the most troubling part of this whole ordeal is that everyone who was in the dental office at the time just let it happen. And because there was a huge amount of complacency it gave confidence to a racist man in the waiting area to join in and say that people of Six Nations are all paint huffers and he even directly pointed at the native woman, the little child and the grandpa.

Kudos to the Onondaga Hill family who quietly and calmly endured this embarrassing verbal harassment and left with their dignity intact. Editorials are supposed to be an opinion piece on behalf of the entire news organization, but if I was in that waiting room my Mohawk side would have flared up and Hulkmania would have run wild.

Where were all of our “allies" in this moment? Why didn’t anyone step up and say that the conversation was unacceptable and unprofessional? Dr. Bobak Mehdi, the Peachtree Dental owner said that because the anesthesiologist was in a position of authority the rest of the dental staff felt threatened by his credentials and were too intimidated to correct him.

And this leads us to the root problem. Sometimes Canadians just don't have the ammo to combat anti-native racism.

Good and well-meaning Canadians don’t have the information to deal with the widespread ignorance that even officials and health care providers are infected with. All someone needed to say to defuse this situation would be something like this: “Well, according to the government of Canada, they traded 10 million square kilometres in exchange for free healthcare, seems like they got a pretty rotten deal.”

And that’s not even our perspective. We say that we leased small tracts of land and the rest was stolen under the auspices of the Doctrine of Discovery. The much touted “Surrender” of 1841 was completely fraudulent according to our historians and academics – the Chiefs of that time immediately denounced the surrender only days after it was signed when they learned what the agreement actually said.

We are counting on regular Canadians to speak up when you hear others spewing racist rhetoric and misinformation. If we want reconciliation in this country it needs to start around the dinner table, at the local bar and even in dentist offices.

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FEATURE COLUMN:

Sconedogs & Seed Beads

Why racist comments are a big deal

By Nahnda Garlow This week a Six Nations family was subjected to not one, but two instances of public humiliation when they overheard several racist remarks at a local dentist office.

These are the kinds of stories that go viral, and in fact this one did. Over 1000 shares in just 24 hours on Facebook. CH News covered the issue as well. Racism exposed.

But somewhere inside the hearts of every indigenous person who knows about this or other stories like this, there is a bittersweet sense of victory.

Sweet because racism is being acknowledged for racism and called out as an unjust and unacceptable act in 2016; yet bitter because somewhere in a dark room far far away this story is still propagating racism.

It’s so obvious in my psyche I can almost hear it. “Another news story framing the ‘poor me’ angle the news takes with Indians.’ Or maybe even, “Well if they wouldn’t skip appointments all the time than we wouldn’t have anything racist to say.”

Etc, etc, etc…

Perhaps a majority of the stories in news media these days are telling upsetting stories about the suf-

fering of indigenous people. And it’s about time. It’s about time our voices and our experiences are shared.

And social media gets the word out there fast; just one share button click away from wildfire in this case.

It’s not surprising.

After all every single one of us who’ve grown up indigenous have experienced something similar from a doctor’s office, cashier, or other institution. It’s that horrible eyeball roll or passive-aggressive card snatch from your hand every time you bring out your status card. The exasperated sighs of people standing behind you in line at Wal-Mart when you’re filling out the tax exemption form.

The glares you get when you are driving a car that’s a bit too nice or too expensive for an Indian to be driving. Automatically you’re associated with “the illegal tobacco trade”. We’ve all been through something.

I’ll never ever forget the first time I ever consciously realized racism would be a part of my life forever.

We were all just little kids and my mom went to a local grocery store in Brantford to pick up groceries. At the cash register my mother paid with a

cheque, as many others did back in those days. When she presented the cheque to the cashier she called out to the store manager to come and approve. He asked what the address was on the cheque they both noted it was a reservation address. My mother, with her groceries all rung in and several people in line behind her, was informed her money was no good at that store and that they no longer accepted cheques from “that address” anymore.

When my mom returned home that night she was crying and shouting about the story as she grappled with being refused by a business simply because of association with the rez. I don’t remember what we ate for dinner that night but I will never ever forget the look of heartbreak on my parents faces as they looked back at all us kids struggling to answer why the guy at the grocery store didn’t want us to have food.

By no fault of my own, or my parents — shame was planted in my heart that day. Shame that my address surely meant financial uncertainty or irresponsibility.

Something that is not true at all.

A few months ago

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another viral post went around Facebook. It was the story of a black woman, much like my mothers story, of a black woman’s cheque being refused while a white woman who paid moments before paid by cheque with no problems. Only in this story, the white woman spoke up and intervened with the cashier and store manager, demanding the black woman be treated fairly and her form of payment accepted without issue.

This story had a happy ending for two reasons. First, the issue was resolved and everyone happily got their groceries and their food. But second, and perhaps more importantly, the people surrounding the act of racism stood up and spoke out — refusing to allow the situation to go unresolved.

Perhaps if we take example from that, and promise from now on to speak out when we witness racism towards indigenous people instead of staying silent, even promising to take your business elsewhere, we can plant dignity in the hearts of all our children instead of shame and truly make a society we are all proud to be a part of.

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G.R.A.N.D Pen Pal Project commences

By Chezney Martin

SIX NATIONS – In anticipation of the tenth Annual Pen Pal Gathering, the Pen Pal committee invited young artists from Grade 4 to Grade 8 to participate in the Grand River Arts: Neighbourhood Dialogue Project (G.R.A.N.D), on Saturday, January 31 at the Six Nations Tourism Building.

The project will continue every other Saturday and each art lesson will not only enhance the young artists’ abilities and incorporate Haudenosaunee culture, but will be taught collaboratively by several volunteers, guest artists, and high school youth alumni that were once Pen Pals themselves.

Former Teacher at Emily C. General Elementary School, Suzie Miller, actually started the Pen Pal initiative out of her wanting to change the divide between children in their respective communities.

“Today went very well for the first session,” said Miller, explaining that the GRAND Project stems from the Pen Pal Initiative. “I was a teacher in Grade three [and] four, at Emily C. General and during the land reclamation, my two communities of Caledonia and Six Nations were in conflict, so I was really concerned for the kids,” she said, explaining that this is why she reached out through a Pen Pal Initiative.

“This year there's about 2 500 kids participating as pen pals,” she said. “We put a real push on this for year 10, and we've been building these relationships along the Grand River and people are paying attention.

We've come a long way in 10 years,” she said with a smile.

Miller further explained that the final piece of art the children involved in the project will have to create, is a piece that recognizes the Two Row Wampum and how it correlates to peace.

Artist Evelisa Genova, one of the volunteers for the art session, explained that the entire project was something that took

Onondaga Chief Arnold Jacobs shows pen pal participants some of his pieces that depict Haudenosaunee culture. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN a lot of collaborative power.

“The kids were really engaged the whole time and I think it went really well today,” said Genova.

“I wanted to work with Suzie to figure out how we can really use art to celebrate the 10 year [anniversary] of Pen Pals,” she said.

“There's a lot of amazing talent here along the Grand River, and we wanted something that would answer 'how can we get that talent here to help young artists develop their technique,'” she said, as she further explained that she and Miller talked to several different artists and advisors.

“We have about 20 spaces for kids, so there's a lot more space and actually, there's a lot of kids that are interested, but we're just figuring out transportation,” she explained. “I think it was important to have a good first session, so even though there were more adults than kids, that helps to spread the word,” she said.

Assisting with the learning portion of the art session was Onondaga Chiefs Toby Williams and Arnold Jacobs. Jacobs brought several art pieces that told stories to the youth and children that participated, while adding a great flair of talent, even going so far as to extend an invitation to his art gallery on Highway 54.

The event ended after each participant followed a step-by-step instruction of portraiture, and a Cayuga closing by Garret Smith; allowing each individual to leave with more knowledge and more artistic skill.

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report recognizes sports as a healer

By Jim Windle OTTAWA – The following excerpts are directly from the recently released Truth and Reconciliation Committee report (TRC) and hint that sports were a lifesaver for some students who went to the few residential schools that had sports programs.

The Commission heard from several survivors that the opportunity to play sports at residential school made their lives more bearable and gave them a sense of identity, accomplishment, and pride.

“These woolen baseball pants carry a story of their own,” said survivor Theodore (Ted) Fontaine.

Fontaine told the TRC, “These are the baseball pants that I wore in 1957 to 58, as a 15-year-old incarcerated boy at the Fort Alexander Residential School.”

To youngsters under the extreme stress from being separated from family and community, language and culture and whose day-to-day lives

were at times unbearable, sports provided one of the few escapes from that reality.

Many feel that with the stress load of living as an Indigenous young person today, sports can still provides those same healing qualities.

“When we were little boys at Fort Alexander Residential School, our only chance to play hockey literally did save our lives,” says Fontaine.

“A lot of people here will attest to that. Later, playing with the Sagkeeng Old-Timers it saved me again. I came back 20 years later and started playing with an old-timers hockey team in Fort Alexander.” In 1983, they ended up being the first Indigenous team to win the World Cup. In 1967, 10 teenage First Nations boys, ran with the 1967 Pan Am Games torch, from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Winnipeg, a distance of 800 kilometres. But the young men who delivered that torch to the stadium were turned away at the door and were not allowed in.

They were not allowed to run that last 400 metres and were sent back to the residential school.

In 1999, Winnipeg hosted the Pan Am Games again and when the organizers heard of this slight, they tracked down the original runners, apologized, and 32 years later those runners finished that 400 metres and brought the torch into the stadium.

Sport is a place that we speak a universal language — a language of shared passion for moving our bodies through time and space, with strength and skill.

The TRC Report also challenges all levels of government to take action to ensure long-term Aboriginal athlete development and growth, and continued support for the North American Indigenous Games, including funding to host the games and for provincial and territorial team preparation and travel.

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“They lack opportunities to pursue excellence in sports. There is little access to culturally relevant traditional sports activities that strengthen Aboriginal identity and instill a sense of pride and self-confidence. A lack of resources, sports facilities, and equipment limits their ability to play sports. Racism remains an issue.”

Justice Murray Sinclair, who chaired the TRC Commission, stated that, “Aboriginal girls face the extra barrier of gender discrimination. Despite the many achievements of individual Indigenous athletes, too many Aboriginal youth remain excluded from community-based sports activities and the pursuit of excellence in sport.

Six Nations is very fortunate in having several wealthy residents who understand the importance of sports to a growing child and inject tens of thousands of dol-

lars into the community through the Dreamcatcher Foundation, for one, and Arrows Express Sports organization for another. Individuals have also stepped up to the plate time and time again to help sponsor teams, leagues and individuals to achieve a genuine sense of pride and accomplishment, even if they never get to the world stage.

The TRC’s Call to action #90, reads: “We call upon the federal government to ensure that national sports policies, programs, and initiatives are inclusive of Aboriginal peoples, including, but not limited to, establishing:

i. In collaboration with provincial and territorial governments, stable funding for, and access to, community sports programs that reflect the diverse cultures and traditional sporting activities of Aboriginal peoples.

ii. An elite athlete development program for Aboriginal athletes. iii. Programs for coaches, trainers and sports officials that are culturally relevant for Aboriginal peoples. iv. Anti-racism awareness and training programs.

TRC Call to action #91 adds: “We call upon the officials and host countries of international sporting events such as the Olympics, Pan Am, and Commonwealth games to ensure that Indigenous peoples’ territorial protocols are respected, and local Indigenous communities are engaged in all aspects of planning and participating in such events.”

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OPP warn Iroquois Caucus opposes Energy East oil pipeline of fraud scheme

By TRT Staff

Eastern Canada, crossing some 180 First Nations territories. If approved the pipeline will be the longest oil pipeline in North America, carrying over 1 million barrels of crude oil per day.

In a press release, the Caucus declared they are “unanimous in their op-

position to the Energy East oil pipeline project in order to safeguard [our] territories, peoples and cultures from the major threats posed by this dangerous project. Notwithstanding the economic benefits, we have serious concerns with respect to the devastating effects

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HALDIMAND COUNTY â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Haldimand County detachment is investigating a fraud that occurred on Thursday January 28, 2016.

A Haldimand County resident contacted Police to advise that she had been the victim of a fraud. The unknown(s) advised they were a bank employee investigating a fraud on the call recipientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bank account. The caller directed them to a website where they were shown personal information, including bank account information and balances. The caller then directed the resident to attend specific locations and wire money transfers to a specific individual, in order to assist the bank in apprehending the fraudster in the act. As further requests for more overseas transactions occurred, the resident became suspicious, and contacted their bank and police â&#x20AC;&#x201D; however, not before transferring an amount of money.

The OPP want to ensure that if anyone has received this type of phone call and has provided any money or personal or financial information to take proactive steps in order to prevent them from becoming targets of identity theft.

If you have provided your personal or financial information and suspect that it has been used and misappropriated to commit fraud or theft, take action immediately and keep a record of your conversations and correspondence.

The following basic actions are appropriate in almost every case.

File a report with your local police. Start a log of dates, person(s) that you spoke with and exactly what they said. Contact the fraud departments of each of the two major credit bureaus, Equifax at (800) 465-7166 and Trans Union at (800) 663-998. Request that a "Fraud Alert" be placed in your files. At the same time order copies of your credit reports.

OTTAWA - The Iroquois Caucus released a collective statement last week unanimously opposing the Energy East oil pipeline.

The caucus is made up of elected leadership from Akwesasne, Kahnawa:ke,

Kanesatake, Oneida Nation of the Thames, Six Nations of the Grand River, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and Wahta Mohawks.

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By Danielle Boissoneau

Indigenous peoples in Winnipeg welcome Syrian refugees Syria is a country torn by war. A crisis has emerged since the land is nearly unrecognizable by people who have lived there their entire lives. Having to leave their homelands to ensure survival, Syrian refugees are seeking safety in Canada. Prime Minister Trudeau has welcomed 25 000 refugees into Canadian borders and many groups of Indigenous peoples are welcoming them with open arms.

Gary Maclean, president of the Winnipeg Friendship Centre, says that it is important that we learn about each other, “In order to dispel misconceptions, Syrians and Aboriginal Canadians need to learn about each other in a good way.”

Other groups seem to agree. In December, two separate events took place to welcome the refugees to Turtle Island.

The Blackfoot Nation held a welcoming ceremony which featured a smudge passed around to the people and several songs were sung to honour the people and their struggle. A Blackfoot el-

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der spoke to the group and highlighted the similar circumstances that brought both nations of people to where they were today.

Another event in Winnipeg welcomed refugees off the plane. Keewatin Otchitchak, a drum group, welcomed the refugees into Treaty One territory with songs and were accompanied by volunteers, airport staff and even an MP. Khadija Daas, one of the arriving children told the drummers, “The smile on your faces, it brings hope.”

$2 billion required to fix dilapidated homes in Manitoba

The cost to eliminate mould and chronic overcrowding in Manitoba is 13 times more than the $150 million that the federal government has budgeted for the year.

Reports from Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) obtained by the Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act, say that the housing situation in Manitoba has worsened as infrastructure funding has been moved to other areas.

“As a result, Manitoba First Nations continue to face further deterioration in infrastructure,” says the report dated January

2015.

29 per cent of Indigenous peoples in Manitoba are living in inadequate housing. Key challenges outlined in the report include: affordability, low income and high social assistance rates.

With 25 per cent of existing homes on reserve needing to be repaired or replaced, the situation is dire. Suicide epidemics are sweeping through reserves, the people are suffering, and sometimes two bedroom bungalows house 23 people.

“We need to find a proper, sustainable solution, what is realistic in terms of how we can begin to even make a dent in this huge backlog,” says Chief David McDougall of St. Theresa Point in northern Manitoba.

INAC Minister Carolyn Bennett says that housing on first nations is a priority. Ottawa has been previously warned in a 2011 internal assessment of on-reserve housing, which said that communities do not have the means to maintain the homes that they live in which often require “aggressive maintenance.”

Alberta's Regional Chief Craig Mackinaw says that this “needs to be addressed because it's not getting better.”

MMIW inquiry must target systemic racism, symposium told

Indigenous women are saying that it is going to take more than apologies to create reconciliation between Indigenous nations and the Canadian government.

Over the weekend at the University of Ottawa, a symposium that involved Indigenous women's groups and international human rights experts gathered to begin processes on how to make the inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls feasible and effective.

One of the main concerns heard over the weekend was the need to make police and their institutions accountable for their inaction and the racism inherent in their structures.

Dawn Lavell-Harvard, president of the Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) said, “It is clear from families of MMIW who have come forward that systemic racism exists within police forces nationally, not just the RCMP.” In December, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson admitted that there is racism in his force and that he must confront it, but the symposium is asserting that it is more

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than a few “bad apples.”

“We can't simply apologize and move forward.

There has to be a change in practice and we need to do things differently from policing, all the way up to the top leadership…when it has become systemic, it needs to be addressed in a proactive way,” says the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (CFAIA).

The inquiry must look at the failed police responses to violence against Indigenous women and girls, including why some cases were never investigated or were delayed. The inquiry must also address the failure of the Canadian government to deal with the “extreme social and economic marginalization of women, which makes them more vulnerable to the violence and less likely to be able to escape it,” said Shiela Day of CFAIA. The symposium has been deemed a historic event because it is the first occasion that an important group of international experts have gathered to discuss the pressing issue of respecting Indigenous women's rights.

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal condemns Canada As reported last week, the

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) demands sweeping changes to management of on­ reserve funding of child welfare services. The complaint was lodged by Cindy Blackstock, alongside the Assembly of First Nations, in 2007. After 72 days of hearings, from February 2013 to October 2014, the Tribunal issued a ruling that noted the inequality in child and family services.

The foundation of Ottawa's on­ reserve child welfare programs needs an overhaul because it is about to collapse. The Tribunal also ordered Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) to “immediately implement the full meaning and scope of Jordan's Principle,” which was established to ensure First Nation children got the care they need before Ottawa and the provinces settle whose jurisdictional duty it is to pay.

Now, Blackstock, Ottawa and the Assembly of First Nations have three weeks to figure out a process with the Tribunal to figure out how to implement the ordered changes and how to settle the issue of compensation.

The Child and Family Caring Society compensation of $20, 000 for each First Nations child taken into care since 2006. The money is to be put into a fund that would support healing programs.

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By TRT Staff TORONTO â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The coronerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inquest into the deaths of seven First Nations youth in Thunder Bay continues this week with 12 days of experts offering context to the case.

Kyle Morriseau, Paul Panacheese, Curran Strang, Jordan Wabasse, Jethro Anderson, Reggie Bushie and Robyn Harper all came from northern First Nation communities to Thunder Bay to attend high school.

F a m i ly and friends of the deceased youth previously shared they did not believe their loved ones were suicidal. However, part of the inquest is seeking to determine cause of deaths in each death as either suicide, homicide, accidental or undetermined.

Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day said in a writ-

ten statement he hopes the start of this second phase will be the beginning of answers and solutions for First Nations communities all too familiar with losing youth too soon.

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OUR CHANGING RELATIONSHIP TO FOODS: PART FOUR

By Rick Hill, Deyohahá:ge:, Six Nations Polytechnic For the next few weeks, Rick Hill of Deyohahá:ge: gives us an overview of the origin of our seeds. In Part Four, we hear about the War Against Corn. If you missed Parts One through Three, they are available on our website www. tworowtimes.com.

War against corn HEALTHY ROOTS - In the 17th century, some of our ancestral communities experienced an entirely new kind of warfare. The French colonists introduced the concept of total war — a scorched earth strategy — intent on destroying the supply of food in order to bring people into submission.

Unfortunately, our-old style longhouse villages and surrounding fields of crops were very susceptible to this kind of war against corn. Tree pole palisades, bark-covered longhouses and dried corn in the field did not offer much defence against the French torches.

In 1687, the French destroyed a great cache of corn at the Seneca village of Ganondagan, near present-day Victor, New York.

It was reported that they set fire to half a million bushels of corn. For a village of 5,000 occupants, that is 100 bushels of corn per person. The amount of corn that the women were able to cultivate is staggering, all without horses

and ploughs.

The French found that the Senecas already had some pigs and chickens, as well as vast fruit orchards, raising European apples, pears, plums and peaches.

The French employed this same strategy several other times, setting the torch to Mohawk (in 1693) and Onondaga (in 1696) corn fields. However, their strategy failed.

Our ancestors knew how to survive off the land, even without corn. Plus, there were plenty of other villages left unscathed to provide corn to those who were attacked.

A century later, the American army tried the same approach — attacking Seneca, Cayuga and Onondaga villages in 1779 — setting fire to homes, crops and orchards. Their goal was to retaliate and stop the attacks that Joseph Brant and his followers were making on American frontier settlements.

Aided by Oneida scouts, the Americans discovered and destroyed more than 40 settlements and many single dwellings.

The soldiers journaled about what they did, often marveling at the vast amount of crops they burned, and the long hours required to set just one field on fire because it was so extensive. At the Seneca village called Newtown, soldiers burned about 150 acres of what one noted was “the best corn ever I saw.” The time taken to destroy the corn in Newtown employed the army

for nearly two days, and there appeared a probability that the destruction of all the crops might take a much, greater length of time than what was first apprehended. Altogether the Americans destroyed at least 160,000 bushels of corn. That did not match the amount of corn in just

soldiers spent two days destroying the crops.

Among the Cayugas was one settlement where they “destroyed two hundred acres of excellent corn with a number of orchards, one of which had in it 1,500 fruit trees.”

At Cayuga Castle, about 110 acres of corn was de-

one Seneca village a century earlier.

At Kendaia, about 20 houses were torched and the army spent nearly a day destroying corn and fruit trees of which there was great abundance.

“Many of the trees appeared to be of great age,” wrote one soldier, attesting to the fact that the Seneca had adapted the keeping of fruit orchards for quite some time previous.

At Kanandaque, the

stroyed. Another Cayuga settlement had “apples, peaches, potatoes, turnips, onions, pumpkins and squashes, and vegetables of various kinds in Great Plenty.” Other villages also had peas, cucumbers, watermelons, parsnips, muskmelons, cabbage, and even large piles of hay for the livestock.

This war on corn was more successful, as it made refugees of about 4,000 Haudenosaunee cit-

izens, most of who sought shelter among the British at Fort Niagara, only to face a harsh winter, disease and death. The British did not have enough food stuffs to feed that many people.

Eventually many of those Seneca, Cayuga and Onondaga people resettled at the newly formed community at Buffalo Creek and were able to replant. However, when they built their new settlements they abandoned the old clan-based village with extensive fields of crops. They began to live as individual families, more scattered across the landscape, each tending to their own garden.

In some way this was a response to the devastating war on corn. Never again would they be susceptible to such an attack, by scattering their homesteads and reducing the scale of their gardens.

This signaled a change to the white man’s style of frontier life. Both the British and American governments advocated for this change – family farm with Euro-American livestock.

It was not long afterwards that beef replaced venison, pork replaced bear meat, chicken replaced grouse, ducks, wild turkey and wild geese.

Milled wheat and refined sugar along with cow’s milk were introduced to nearly every Haudenosaunee household. Certainly planting corn, beans and squash continued, but European vegetables could also be found.

This “reservation” era

reduced dependency on hunting, limited access to fishing spots, and increased dependency upon the trading posts to provide stables, as well as rum. The people fell into a very depressing lifestyle, often forgetting the ceremonies, not being very thankful for what they had, and alcohol abuse and domestic abuse was on the rise. Was this directly attributable to the colonized foods they were eating? No one can say for sure, but this era was a major change downward for our people.

Things got so bad that the Creator had to send a reminder in 1799. Four Sky Dwellers visited Seneca Chief Sganyadái:yo (Handsome Lake) and took him on a journey in the sky to be able to see the conduct of the people and contemplate changes necessary to restore our heritage. For some reason they said that it was OK for the people to have a modest house, to plant and garden and have some domesticated animals.

They did not advocate for a return to the communal longhouses of the past.

People began to sober up, treat each other better, and turned to their agricultural heritage to feed their families. Our lives would never be the same as that of our ancestors.

Check the Healthy Roots section of the Two Row Times next week when we continue with Part Five of the Our Changing Relationship to Foods series.

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Dear Kitty,

ASK KITTY

I caught the gardening bug this past summer and I can’t wait to have a garden again.

I said to my children, “Let’s plan our garden for this coming summer!” My son said, “Mom, ask Kitty what we can grow now.”

So here’s the question — what can we grow now?

Thanks, New family of growers

Dear New family of growers, Great question! Thank you to your son for thinking of asking me. Here, my new growers, is the answer:

Let’s do a little winter gardening, inside!

Here’s what you will need: • good potting soil • containers (can even be empty cans or jars) • seeds • a sunny spot in your house

The sunny spot is best in a south facing window, but any window that gets at least six hours of sunlight per day will work.

Here’s my suggestions for what to grow: • Lettuce: Easy to grow and will sprout in about a week.

• Kale: Make sure to leave space for them to grow in the containers. One plant per container is best.

• Arugula: A spicy, easyto-grow salad green that can be clipped close to the ground and it will keep coming back like your lettuce.

• Beans: Easiest to grow and they can be a lovely house plant while you wait for it to bloom and get beans. You will need string or small sticks for the bean plants as they tend to get leggy (tall and thin) when grown indoors.

• Tomatoes: They come up fast but grow a little slower. Choose a seed that is an early harvest variety — Early Girl, Early Roma, and Tiny Tims are all good choices.

• Spring or green onions: These grow pretty fast and are great for cutting and putting in your salad or on potatoes.

• Herbs: They do take a while to come up. They love to grow indoors. I suggest basil, cilantro, and chives.

The list is small but you can add other things if you have space, such as green peppers or early head cabbage. These are the fastest and easiest to grow. My new family of growers, I wish you lots of fun and much success as you take on the joy of indoor winter gardening!

Happy growing, Kitty

HEALTHY ROOTS: REFLECTING ON THE HALFWAY POINT HEALTHY ROOTS - 6 weeks in, and Healthy Roots is officially at the halfway point. So far we’ve witnessed nine people — and a whole community of others who are following along from home — as they’ve committed to the challenge at varying levels.

In just a short time we’ve seen victories both big and small — for some participants that means losing half of the weight they had hoped to shed through Healthy Roots, for others it means trying a squash for the first time.

Each of these successes are equally important as they draw participants nearer to the foods their ancestors ate.

At the heart of Healthy Roots is a desire to see health restored in our community, through eating traditional Haudenosaunee foods and committing to regular physical

activity. This is reflected in our motto, “Esa:do:gwe”, or “You Will Be Healthy Again”. We see this slogan as a promise of good things to come when we work towards a diet of whole foods in their original form.

As the road to success looks more like a winding road than a straight path, we don’t expect that participants will commit to the Healthy Roots list without trouble or needing to make the occasional substitution. In fact, one of the most asked questions we receive as a committee are, “If this is

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Are they still following the Healthy Roots diet?”

The conventional concept of a diet is to stick to

as a committee that reconciling ourselves with our original foods is a process.

And because we are all so different, so too is our approach to health.

We have participants

a restricted list of foods with the end goal of losing weight. Since Healthy Roots is so much more than that, we acknowledge

who stick to the Healthy Roots foods list exactly as it is. We have participants whose end goal is to slowly incorporate Healthy

Roots foods into their repertoire until at the end of this challenge, their entire diet is comprised of traditional foods. We have some participants who have trouble with exercise, and then others who can’t wait to get outside for a hike, some ice fishing or hunting.

Though our participants are a group of complex, diverse people, there’s a single thread that connects them all, and it’s their desire for good health. So rather than look at these past few weeks as a diet, or even a challenge as it’s been called, we conscious-

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ly are choosing to see it as a process which these 9 community members are working through with good intention and to the best of their ability.

We invite the community to join them as they either work their way towards the list or commit to it full on. If Healthy Roots is something that intimidated you before, why not choose just one thing from that list that can make a difference in your health today? Or you might find that staying true to the list is more your style, and you’re ready to make that change now. It’s not too late. Join us on Facebook at Healthy Roots, and connect with a community of people who are working towards their best health —mind, body and spirit.

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HEALTHY ROOTS PARTICIPANTS Q & A HEALTHY ROOTS - Congratulations on reaching the halfway point!

Any stories you’d like to share on what you’ve experienced in these 6 weeks?

Lori: Thanks. It has been a learning experience for sure. As a family, we have been very strict as to what we use for our meals. The kids often look for something more familiar, and sometimes it leads to two versions of meals being prepared. My blood sugar is consistently below seven without any medication which is a huge accomplishment for me. I have lost a few pounds and my clothes are fitting differently. I know also that we have inspired others to try the foods and be supportive by not offering items that are not on the list.

Doug: Cutting up a deer for the first time with my nephew Blake. Gives you more appreciation for the food you eat and where it comes from.

Kenzie: I don’t have any stories because I’m a plain and boring person in general. I really want some wild strawberries.

Michele: Partridge soup. It took an entire afternoon to make. I invited my mother for supper and she talked about how her father hunted and her mother cleaned and cooked the animals. Partridge soup was one of the things my grandmother made well. Everyone liked the meal that night. It felt like a bridge to the past was built while sharing stories over a bowl of soup.

Kitty: I am so glad to be able to say I have made it halfway. I just want to share the appreciation I have for eating regular meals. It took only a few weeks for my body to want breakfast (something I never ate) and to look forward to meals that are filling not just to my body but also my soul. I have slowed down and sit down to eat, chat and enjoy the people sharing a meal with me.

Rick: The biggest challenge was to overcome the stress of doing this: What

am I going to eat? Where do we find these foods?

Will I crave the colonized foods? However, once I got my mind wrapped around it, I experienced a deep sense of optimism. I can now see that it is possible to truly change my relationship to food, focusing on the foods that the Creator provided to our ancestors, and enjoy the diverse flavours of these foods.

We used to hear that food tastes better because of the love that the cook puts into it. That is very true in this challenge.

Lindsay: This period of my life has been especially challenging due to unforeseen circumstances that were rather overwhelming. I had no idea if even participating in this challenge was going to be possible as stress and anxiety affect my health much more acutely then it does those who are not chronically ill.

In learning about who I am in the midst of obstacles and almost insurmountable challenges, I find I’ve learned to love myself in ways I’ve never known before. To keep present in this challenge, I had to reach out to supports, create a plan for self-care, and build a sense of community. For me this became about much more then food, it became about what sharing, receiving and nourishing look like while aligning oneself with “tradition”. Food is a medicine and it is spiritual, it has connecting power that we see across the spectrum of our ceremonies and prayers.

I feel nourished, supported, beautiful even! I am at a point in the challenge where I can join the other participants in creating lovely (and at times experimental) meals while also reconnecting with my body in healthful ways.

Kylee: Thanks! One of the best things about doing this challenge while working at Everlasting Tree School is the kids are intrigued about it. They are wanting to learn more about why it’s so important for us to eat nutritious

food. We had a talk the other day about heart health because different family members of theirs have had heart attacks in the past. Seeing their thirst for knowledge and wanting to take care of their own heart at five years old is really encouraging.

Jenyka: I don’t have any stories to share yet.

For those following at home, do you have any advice or tips on what has helped you through these first few weeks of the Healthy Roots plan?

Lori: One of the things that we did was to stay firmly within the allowable items for our meal preparation. This will allow us to see what being strict does for our health and wellbeing. Then, once we know, we can experiment later, once the challenge is done as to what the more familiar foods do to how we feel. One struggle we have faced is to figure out where to access the items on the list, how to prepare them and creative ways of increasing the flavours. I think to make this more accessible to the community members following along – this should be shared openly. I think my best advice is to be clear in your own reasons for taking on a challenge and understand that you are only accountable to yourself. Everyone must take the responsibility for their own health and wellness in all ways – physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual and social. But together we can help support each other through it.

Doug: With the food it’s just trial and error, and I think people already know what is good for you. And I know it’s hard in the beginning to change how you eat and think. If I can do it, anybody can.

Kenzie: My advice is to start with strawberries because strawberries are awesome.

Michele: I’m so glad we’re taking on “The Challenge” as a family. I imagine it would be hard to get through it alone in the

midst of family members obsessed with pork, pizzas, and pockys. To anyone with the courage to take on the challenge, I say take it on as a family or with a dedicated circle of friends.

Challenges are easier when you’re surrounded by support.

Kitty: For all you folks following along at home — BRAVO! I want to share this with you: talk to everyone about recipes and new ways to prepare your food. That will keep you from getting in a rut of eating the same thing over and over again. Also, ask the folks doing the challenge what they are preparing and how. Support each other and please post on the Healthy Roots page what you are doing to join in. Tell everyone what you changed because small changes are impactful too. Did you add a new veggie, eat breakfast every day, went without sugar one day a week? All of those changes help you to become a better healthier you and might inspire someone else!

Rick: This requires some reasonable substitutes as we work towards a traditional Haudenosaunee diet. Not all the foods on the list are readily available. I haven’t hunted, fished or gathered all the foods in advance of the challenge. Next season, I would plan ahead and make sure that we have a wider variety of traditional foods stored, dried or canned without preservatives. Collection of fiddleheads, wild onions, wild leeks and edible mushrooms would have helped.

We also could have used more help from our hunters and fishermen willing to share their bounty.

Lindsay: We all have our own set of micro-challenges when changing our lifestyles! My advice would be to embrace these challenges, don’t feel lesser for having them! We are all doing the best with what we have and it feels awesome to just accept yourself for everything you are without shaming yourself for not doing

“good enough”. Start from where you are now and know that every movement forward is moving forward regardless of how big or small it is.

Kylee: One thing that has helped me these past few weeks has been meal planning. I noticed on the days I have everything planned out, it is much easier to stick with the challenge than the days I throw things together.

Jenyka: I have been packing my lunches the night before. I also had some help from the dietitian with what to cook and how to cook from the Healthy Roots list. Attending some cooking classes in the community could help with figuring out what to cook.

Are your goals still the same as when you started? Has anything changed or been added to what you’d like to accomplish?

Lori: My goal from the start was to take on the challenge as a role model and to show everyone it is possible to stop drinking soft drinks and stop eating the five white gifts. I have had health benefits from the changes to my daily intake and people are starting to notice and mention the changes, which is encouraging.

Doug: My goal was to improve my way of thinking. There is less commotion in my brain. I can think of one thought and not be distracted by other thoughts. The many voices have stopped (ha, ha).

Many aches and pains have gone away as well.

Kenzie: My goal was to lose weight and feel better and I have lost weight and do feel better! I have added a new goal to walk at least 5 000 steps a day.

Michele: My goal is still pretty much the same, to eat Haudenosaunee foods and be more active to see just how my body and mind react to the change.

A new goal to be added in February is to practise dancing once a day. My sister sent me a jingle dress

not too long ago and it’s about time I stop neglecting it. Another is to catch a small game animal this month to clean, prep, and cook all on my own. Can’t get any fresher than that.

Kitty: My goals were esoteric — to be healthier, live longer and be fit.

I have narrowed them down more, to be overall healthier, mind, body and spirit. Enjoy the connections made while preparing, eating and enjoying food. I find meals to be more social now. I’m not just eating because I need to, but because I am looking forward to it. Especially breakfast — starting my day being grateful and thankful for all that I have.

Rick: My goals have remained unchanged: meeting the challenge as faithfully as I can; change my thinking around food; and reducing my medications for diabetes, high-blood pressure and cholesterol.

My fourth goal was to lose 20 pounds and I’m half way there.

Lindsay: My goals haven’t changed per say but they have been refined!

Rather than clinically managing chronic illness with food alone (because with all my research and knowledge on food and chronic disease, until now I was fixated on “health concepts” with food), I’m realizing how incredible the mind is. What does having a “good mind” really mean? It’s a deep lifelong exploration of who you really are, loving all your perceived flaws, expanding that love to all around you and using that good mind to heal yourself.

Kylee: My goal of overall health has remained the same, the only change is that I want to focus more on my mental and emotional well-being.

Jenyka: I have almost achieved one of my goals.

My biggest goal was to be better at meal preparing and it has been a lot better.

I think for the rest of the challenge is to really get into trying different meat.

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A MODERN TWIST ON TRADITIONAL INGREDIENTS AT THE HEALTHY ROOTS DINNER IN NEW CREDIT

By Jayson Koblun NEW CREDIT – Before the meal was served at the Healthy Roots dinner last Saturday it was important to take time and give thanks for all that surrounds us — food, water, the earth, air and sky.

The three-course meal prepared by Chef Rich Francis and hosted by the Healthy Roots committee (Six Nations Health Services, The Two Row Times, Our Sustenance Greenhouse, and Kakhwa’on:we) was a great success. A time for friends and family to spend time together at the New Credit Community Hall and enjoy some of the different ways that Haudenosaunee foods can be treated.

“I think if the rest of Canada could experience food like this, they would absolutely love it,” said New Credit Chief R. Stacey LaForme. “A lot of people don’t know about all the different foods you can eat that are so local and good

for you.”

Chef Francis of Six Nations did his best to cook food from the same menu that the participants in the 12-week Healthy Roots challenge must follow. The challenge requires participants to eat food that was only available before European contact.

“I wish I could say I would be able to follow the diet, but I don’t think I could,” said LaForme. “It would definitely be a real challenge to give up so much of the food I’m used to eating now.”

Chef Francis kicked off the meal with a duck breast salad dressed in a maple sap vinaigrette, followed by a main course of bison brisket that was cooked for 48-hours with oven-roasted cabbage.

“I’ve been on this kick lately of taking very humble ingredients and making them spectacular,” said Chef Francis. “It was a lot of fun designing this menu.”

The meal was finished off with a dessert of pressed

apple with white corn tamales, apple spiced granite and hemp seed granola.

This dinner was an opportunity for people to join in with the challenge participants and experience some of the foods that they have been cooking at home. Michele General, Kenzie General and Doug Henhawk make up Team GenHawk and they were at the dinner.

Michele and Doug take turns cooking at home and they do a really good job following the challenge, but when it came to the meal prepared by Chef Francis, Michele jokingly said that “it blows Doug’s cooking out of the water”.

Dinner guests were entertained by local musician Logan Staats and his music helped set the mood of the dinner — comfortable, warm and relaxed.

“It was a delicious meal and having an opportunity to showcase such great local talent is fantastic,” said Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill. “I would love to be

Kelly Gordon, dietitian with SN Health Services, preparing to serve the second dish, a slow roasted bison brisket served on top of oven-roasted cabbage. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN able to incorporate more of these foods into my diet.”

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Spirit & Intent: An independent publishing company

By Lindsay Monture Six Nations sisters Sara and Megan (Alyssa) General have grown up with a rich, artistic background.

The daughters of sculptor and First Nations art advocate David General, have both linked their love of arts and culture in their own career paths.

They have been working together on book projects for more than a decade now.

“Writing is my passion.

I've always known I wanted to be a writer. I love stories and I love books.

I love to imagine things.

It fuels everything else that I do,” says Sara, who credits Megan for being a big part of her writing journey by adding the illustrations to her stories.

“Some of [the writings] were terrible but she still found something she liked about them because she's great at seeing the possibility in everything.”

Starting their own publishing company had been a long-time dream of theirs — self-publishing allows the sisters to be the ones to share their work while maintaining artistic freedom and ownership. That dream had slowly grown throughout the years as

both women spent time honing their craft and researching what it takes to start a publishing company.

Megan focused on developing her art, poetry and Mohawk language, while Sara focused on developing the company by researching publishing, copyright, book formatting, copy editing and proofreading, distribution and setting up their website.

“It was an exciting but lengthy process. We’re lucky that there are a lot of independent publishers out there who are willing to share their experiences,” says Sara.

“One challenge I definitely found that might be a bit different from their experiences though—is how colonized the process of publishing is.

For example, if you sell books in the U.S. through a company like Amazon, you have to cite the Tax Treaty between Canada and the U.S. to avoid being taxed twice on things like royalties. There is basically no acknowledgement whatsoever of Indigenous People’s sovereignty in this regard,” she says. “It’s something you have to do to conduct business, but at the

same time, it’s strange, because you know this is Turtle Island and yet the frameworks you have to work within simply do not acknowledge it yet.

So it’s been interesting to observe and think about that.”

Recently, the sisters’ dream had become a reality as they published three books under their new company, Spirit & Intent. The company’s name is also the title of the first book they had finished together — a collection of short stories and other writings.

Spirit & Intent was inspired by research Sara was doing about Niagara Falls and Jikonsaseh, the woman from the Great Law. In February 2014 they received an Ontario Arts Council grant for the project.

Their second book is a children’s book called Treaty Baby, inspired by what the sisters had learned about Treaties and their importance.

The third book is called The Vampire Skeleton — a novel loosely-based on old Haudenosaunee folklore and explores what vampires might be like in a First Nations context.

“It's a fast moving Young Adult story with

Sara and Megan (Alyssa) General have been publishing their own books independently as Spirit & Intent Publishing. PHOTOS BY LINDSAY MONTURE

hints of romance and a lot of magic. Most of my stories have magic in them. I like a lot of different kinds of books, but the ones with magic have always been my favourite. I'm really excited about the stories I'm writing now and I'm incredibly excited about Alyssa's art,” says Sara. “It's very beautiful and very unique. Plus, Alyssa's an amazing writer in her own right. She's definitely got stories to tell.”

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The sisters look forward to releasing more books this year, including works in Kanyen’kéha, and one day publishing for other writers.

“It definitely requires more research about author contracts and likely more resources—especially because one thing that’s important to me is protecting another writer’s copyright,” says Sara.

“It makes so much sense for people to publish independently because no

matter what happens, you will always own your work. You can make it available electronically or through print-on-demand. That’s something we can help people with right away and would be happy to.”

The books are available on Sara’s website: www.sarageneral.com The books plus Megan's art prints are available on www.spiritandintent.com.

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Saturday night in Thorold, Ont., Sault added two goals and two assists to his statistics in the Blast’s 6–2 win over the Athletics.

The Blast are on a seven game winning streak after weekend wins.

As the ACH regular season draws to a close, Sault has 8 goals and 21 assists for 29 points in 20 games played. Brantford is 14–5– 1 for 41 points, with four games remaining in the regular season.

Dustin Alcock converted a Sault and Derek Mederios set-up to score only 38 seconds into the game against the Thorold Blackhawks. Then at 5:36, Sault scored his first goal of the game from Mederios and Alcock to end the period with the Blast leading 2–0.

Chris Risi cut the Brantford lead in half at 7:49 of the second. Mederios restored the two goal edge and Alcock delivered a short-hander, unassisted,

CALEDONIA ‑ The Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs shut out the Thorold Black Hawks 3-0 Saturday night at the Haldimand Centre Arena in Caledonia, out shooting the guests by an incredible 46-16. Mark Sinclair wasn’t too terribly busy but was good on all shots he faced. Despite the loss, Thorold goalie Josh

New Credit's Cam Sault had a prosperous weekend with the Brantford Blast of the ACH Sr. AAA scoring two and assisting on five Brantford goals against the Thorold Blackhawks to help Brantford take both legs of a home and home series. PHOTOS BY LYNPHOTOGRAPHY to make it 4–1 for Brantford.

Thorold added its second goal before Sault popped in his second of the night from newcomer Mike Charbonneau, for his first point as a Blast with less than a minute remaining in the period.

Mederios scored the only goal of the third period, set up nicely by Sault and Dave Russell for the 6–2 final score.

Friday night, the same

Astorino had a sensational night sopping 43 of 46 Corvair shots.

Jake Brown cashed in on a first period powerplay from Matthew Hore and Corey Pawley.

The shot differential was 20-4 in the second period but only Austin Brown and Tyler Hill where able to beat Astorino, to end 40 minutes of play with Caledonia leading 3-0 where it

would end. There was no scoring in the third.

The second place St. Catharines Falcons are but a dot in the rearview mirror with 58 points compared to the Corvairs’ 77, with 9 games remaining in the regular season. The Falcons are at home to the Corvairs this Friday night before returning home to host the Pelham Panthers Saturday night at 7:30.

two teams met, but in Thorold where it took Dustin Alcock’s OT goal, assisted by Sault and Russell, to secure the win 1:47 into the extra frame. Sault was in on three of the Brantford goals.

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By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS ‑ It started last year at Six Nations resident, Ryan Burnham’s place as a memorial Boot Hockey game dedicated to friend Denver Henhawk who was killed in a car crash two years ago.

Players had so much fun that they decided to do it again this year with the Caledonia Corvairs.

They call their team the Beavers Corners Jets, a team of pick-up hockey friends.

“I know Denver would have loved to be here,” said Corvairs general manager Brian Rizzetto. “This is just a little way to bond together before the playoffs.”

The score really didn’t matter as both teams appeared to have a lot of fun playing under the lights as the evening went on. It was followed up with loads of chicken wings and beverages.

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Demons come alive in fourth quarter

By Jim Windle

Special guest Emanuel Lewis, TV's Webster, did the opening ceremonial face-off at the second annual Denver Henhawk Winter Classic under the stars at the hone og Ryan Burnham last Wednesday. Who won? Everybody as there were as many laughs as there were goals. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

SIX NATIONS – Five games into the Canadian Lacrosse League schedule, the Ohsweken Demons find themselves in fourth place in the five-team league, while having played one more game than the rest of the teams.

Friday night at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in Six Nations, the Demons improved their record to two wins and three losses, by defeating the visiting firstplace holders, the Durham Turfdogs, 14–12.

Dylan Goddard led the Dogs out of the gate, 2:18 into the first quarter, but Vaughn Harris took it back from Ian Martin. Durham went ahead 2–1 before the quarter ended tied at 4–4.

This season’s Demons captain Tommy Montour led by example, scoring two goals and adding an assist in the second quarter.

Durham took the lead back with Thomas Hoggarth doing the honours at 2:51.

Wenster Green tallied from

Ian Thomas and Chancy Johnson to even the score at 5–5.

The Dogs once again took a narrow one-goal lead but the Demons were not going to let that stand as Wayne Hill and Martin put goals in within the last minute of the third quarter, to wrestle the one goal lead back.

The final quarter produced adrenaline rushes for both teams and their fans as they traded goals back and forth in a wild final 15 minutes.

Ohsweken’s Vaughn Harris scored three times in the final quarter with Chris Attwood, Green and Montour adding singles to keep the Demons ahead 14–12 for the win. Jake Lazore recorded the win for the Demons.

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Five point lead for the Six Nations Atoms

By Chezney Martin OHSWEKEN - After losing three games to other opponents earlier this month, the Six Nations Atoms came back on fire in their game against the Twin Centre Stars on Sunday Jan. 31, winning 6–1.

Looking like a com-

pletely different team in the first period, the Atoms defence performed a lot of quick retrievals on wayward pucks, while offence maintained puck possession for shot opportunities that left an imprint for the rest of the game.

Making the first period look like a warm up, the

Atoms continued to steal the puck from the Stars and run plays in the second. But, the focus on offence left the Atoms weak on defence, as the defenders lost sight of the puck in the jumble of skates and sticks in front of the net. A little tap caused the puck to sneak just inside of the

net, giving the Stars their first and final goal.

This gave the Stars a lot of confidence, but also lit a fire in the Atoms. Averee Sault received a nice pass and flicked it into the Stars net, while shortly to follow was a timely penalty on the Stars. Taking advantage of the player deficit, Sault scored again.

Entering the third period, the Stars immediately swarmed Sault as soon as he received the puck, but this didn't stop his teammates from fighting to get ahead of the one point lead. With the solid support of their goalie, the Atoms rung in three more unanswered goals.

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Early Learning Facilitator Maintenance Worker Community Support Worker School Caretaker Cole Powless scores the second goal of the game, as Nolan Jonathan gave him a congratulatory hug. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN a little too obvious, and landed Cole Powless and Blair Green in the penalty box.

With two in the penalty box, the performance of Peewee Goalie Marlee Montour started to shine, as she snatched the puck from the air and blocked several other shots with her glove and body.

Unsatisfied with the one goal lead in the third, Powless received a pass

from Jonathan and took the puck to the net. After a short break away, Powless brought the puck to the right and shot to the left, leaving Edge Goalie Russ Sorren flat on his stomach and the puck in the net.

Nearing the end of the game, the Edge offence desperately shot from just past the red line. The Peewees simply deflected shot attempts and played with the puck until the buzzer went.

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Allan Oakley Dwight Hill

July 25th, 2015 @ 9:11am 10 lbs 2oz Born in the “West Room” at the Birthing Centre Son of Alicia (Dee) & Brandon Hill 5th and final sibling to Ash, Brooklyn, Kailyn & Marvy.

Shayna Malaiha Katherine Hill

Dec 28th, 2015 5lbs, 14 oz Proud little sister to Drailyn, Damion and Delahvae.

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September 15th @ 3:33pm 8lbs 4oz - 20 1/4 inches Son of Cheyenne Williams.

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December 14th, 2015 @ 8:52am 9lbs 9oz - 21.5 inches Son of Brent Peltier & Courtney Jonathan.

Evan Anthony Von (right) & Sky Shauna Blake (left) July 26th, 2015 Brantford General Hospital Evan was born at 12:27am 5lbs 2ozs Sky was born at 12:58am 5lbs 4ozs Parents are Heather Bomberry & Carl Maracle.

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Natalie Velma Smoke

August 11th, 2015 @ 7:41am 7lbs 13oz - 21 â&#x20AC;&#x153; long.

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July 18th, 2015 Baby brother to Xzavior and Cara.

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November 15th, 2015 9lbs 6oz Little sister to Mia & Mahalia.

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Rekindling Our Fires would like to extend a Tres Nya:weh (Big Thank-You) to the community and businesses of Six Nations for all their generosity, enthusiasm and heartfelt support of Community Dinner and Christmas Eve Celebration. Their investment and commitment to help provide a safe and fun environment for the families has made this event a success.

Nia:wen Kowah to the following who donated their time, monies, gifts and food making a big difference in the lives for over 125 people that attended our event on December 24, 2015: Volunteers for Setting Up, Kitchen, Cooking, Supplies, Games & Craft Tables: Karen Davis, Karen Longboat, Trina Henhawk, Ally Brown, Hayley Doxtador, Tanis Hill, Brianne Martin, Fran Davis, Jane Burning, Janace Henry, McKenzie General, Miss Six Nations – Makelita Emarthle, Miss Pre-Teen Six Nations – Shauntay Longboat Donors of Cash: Laura Butler, Bob Glass, Roland Martin, Conner Johns, Jeannie Skye, Kevin Sandy, Suzie Miller, Sherry-Lyn Hill, Andy Garlow, ITC Holdings, Ken Hill & Jerry Montour, Redrum – Six Nations, Doug Doolittle, MacMaster Student Indigenous Association Donors of Food, Gifts, Door Prizes: Winnie Thomas, Dorothy Russell, Nick Petruzzella, Albert Green, Sam Smith, Donald Porter, Joy McNaughton, Jukasa Studios, Vision Artworks, Pro-Fit Health Club, Sugar Dandy Echo Bowl, Grand River Spa, FreshCo., Nicol Florist, Foodland – Hagersville, Zehrs – Caledonia, Sooth Esthetics, McDonalds – Caledonia, Whey Smoothy Juice Bar, Earl Lambert, No Frills, Michaels – Brantford, Food Basics – Brantford, Healing Hugs, Mrs. Powless Sr. K Class at OM Smith, Brantford Cineplex Movie Passes, Our Sustenance Farmer’s Market, SN Child Care Services – Sherry Lickers-Earl

Finally, we want to thank Kelly Frantastic Davis, Michelle General & Doug Henhawk, Artie Martin, Lisa Green, Miss Six Nations and Miss Pre-Teen Six Nations, Bonnie Whitlow, Crystal Bomberry and Sherry Sandy for their participation in Family Fun Activities as part of the day’s celebration. Once again our deepest Thanks to everyone who helped in any way to make this day a big success.

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, it’s a good time to be thinking about family.

Consider delving more deeply into your genealogy.

Research your roots, and you may be surprised at what you discover.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 All that hard work you have been putting in will finally start to pay off, Taurus. It’s quite possible you will receive some good news soon. Don’t forget to go out and celebrate.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, major changes could be coming your way and they likely involve your home life. Get ready for a big move or some major renovations to your home.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 This week your thinking could be even sharper than ever. It’s a good time to make plans that affect your future, including those pertaining to education or employment.

10. A nautical unit of depth 12. Most populous Native Am. people 14. Genus Capricornis 17. Universally mounted spinning wheel 18. Spanish shawl 25. Macaws 27. No (Scottish) 28. Takes dictation 29. Spanish appetizers 30. The Muse of lyric and love poetry 31. Romaine lettuce 32. Alias 33. A way to beat 36. Son of Jacob and Zilpah 37. Amount of time

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39. Most guileful 40. Younger US political party 43. Electrical resistance unit 45. Side way 47. Milton’s Cormus composer Henry 48. Sheep up to age one 49. Green algae 50. Capital of Morocco 52. S.E. French city on the Rhone 53. Asian nation 54. Great No. Am. RV Rally 57. Culture medium and a foodgelling agent 58. Inflamed lymph node swelling 59. Native of Edinburgh 63. Belonging to a thing

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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 If you let your imagination take over, you just may find others are more receptive to this creative way of expressing yourself, Leo. Use every trick to your advantage.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, a recent project of yours could bring about some deserved recognition. It doesn’t matter if it is at work or home, being honored can feel good.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, if you feel inspired to express yourself in creative ways this week, go for it. Others may appreciate your sense of humor and may commend you for making them feel better.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, a new visitor or someone from your past may put you in touch with another who could make a difference in your life right now. Changes will spring up rapidly.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Your thoughts may shift to more positive horizons, and your resulting optimism will prove attractive to others. Spread good cheer to as many people as you can.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Listen closely during all conversations, Capricorn.

You can always jot down notes later if you really need to remember something in particular. Paying attention this week is crucial.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, the hectic pace you have been keeping may be catching up with you. It will be difficult to keep this up for much longer, so start to pare down your responsibilities.

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