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Garth Bell from Hamilton's John Howard Society came to last week's Human Services Committee Meeting to ask Elected Council to support their new program called the Restorative Justice and Conflict Mediation Program.

John Howard Society asks for SNEC’s support

By Jayson Koblun OHSWEKEN – Representatives from a notfor-profit organization based in Hamilton are asking Six Nations Elected Council if their Restorative Justice and Conflict Mediation Program (RJCMP) could be implemented into schools and social circles in the community.

Garth Bell, from the John Howard Society, presented his idea at last Wednesday’s Human Services Committee meeting and received mixed reviews from elected council and the four directors of the community’s human service departments.

“We’ve already met with Six Nations Police and they said they are committed to do our training as well,” said Bell. “We didn’t want to do anything else without council’s approval, so that’s why we came today to present our plan.” Bell said that the program recently came into some funding so he has just recently begun reaching out to communities for support.

The RJCMP would provide peer mediation to youth aged 12 to 21 using a restorative justice approach within a school setting to address conflicts and violence that impacts the school community. Some key objectives of the program are; promote and teach empathy; promote safer school communities; reduce suspensions; reduce violent behaviours; reduce truancy and school dropouts and to increase

Director of Recreation Cheryl M. Henhawk, Director of Social Services Arliss Skye, Director of Ontario Works Sharon Martin and Director of Health Services Lori Davis-Hill gave updates on the service programs at last week's Human Services Committee Meeting. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN

linkages to supports to enhance at-risk and high-risk youth’s school engagement.

Bell is a professional youth worker with more than 20 years of experience in promoting and empowering positive change for at risk youth.

He was asked whether or not he foresees any barriers or roadblocks that would make implementing the program difficult and he said he did not see any, but others in attendance weren’t so sure the transition would be so simple. “ Tr a n s p or t a t ion would be an issue,” said Councillor Lewis Staats.

“The kids still have to get to these meetings somehow and we know that transportation is a huge problem for many of the members in the community.”

Director of Ontario Works Sharon Martin said that the target

group for this program is not a good fit for the Six Nations community.

“Your target group should be at a younger age and communication

starts in the home,” said Martin. “We’re always tying to fix the adolescent, but we need to start earlier.” Martin said that the program would need to focus more on family issues and focus on solving these things from the home before a program like this is implemented into the school systems.

Councillors Melba Thomas and Hazel Johnson both said that the RJCMP sounds like a good program, but there were simply too many questions and concerns from those at the meeting to make a unanimous decision to support the delegation.

Thomas thanked Bell for coming and asked him to come back to a general council meeting in the near future where he can make his presentation to the entire elected council.

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By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – It hasn’t been all roses for the Six Nation grandmother Francine Doxtator, who goes by the name of “Flower”. So, when she got a text message out of the blue telling her she had been selected as the recipient of a state-of-theart, totally eco-friendly, Reynolds designed Earthship Biotecture home, at first she thought it was a scam or some kind of cruel joke.

It was no joke and not a scam. An Earthship Biotecture site manager came to Doxtator’s Six Nations trailer home a couple of times since then to talk to her about her life and to begin the process of building her Earthship home this coming summer. Creator Michael Reynolds himself also paid a visit to Doxtator to talk to her about the project, but all the while no one is saying how her name was even brought to Reynolds in the first place.

“I’m still full of skepticism,” she admits. “But that’s just me.”

Although she herself does not know who, she has a feeling she might know why.

She has been a vocal, front line land protector for years, including the fight for the reclamation of the former Douglas Creek Estates land in Caledonia in 2006 and beyond facing arrest several times. She likes to think

Six Nations Francine Doxtator (right), aka "Flower", has been selected to be the recipient, absolutely free, of a brand new, state of the art biosphere home built for her by Earthship Biotecture. "I'm still full of skepticism," she admits. "But that's just me." She admits to not fully believing it until they put the keys in her hand. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE that someone may have noticed her fighting for her people and protecting her land. She had become a favourite guest speaker and the face of a true woman warrior among some Toronto human rights organizations and trade unions.

She speculates that maybe one day she will discover how this entire Earthship gift happened, but today, she has no idea, although she is more than grateful.

“There are a lot of other people around this reserve that could use this and I don’t know why me,” she said humbly. “But I’ll take it.”

Around the end of June, or early July, a crew of Earthship Biotecture

builders will be sent to construct the ultra-modern in-earth home. These hands-on volunteers who work with Reynolds have actually paid $1,000 each for the opportunity to really make a difference in someone’s life and the environment.

“They said it won’t be much longer before they start sending the materials,” said Doxtator. “When the workers arrive (about 40 of them), I’ve told them to bring tents and they can sleep here on my property if they want."

The entire project is only going to take about three weeks to complete.

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Six Nations Housing, she had lost hope. She says that every time she’d call and ask about it, her name was pushed closer to the bottom of the list.

“I think I got as high as number four at one time, but next time I called I was way down near the bottom again,” she said.

“Finally, I just gave up.”

Flower’s new home will be built into a hill behind the tired old 30-year-old trailer on Sixth Line Road she lives in now. When complete, her new Earthship home will be large enough to accommodate her daughter, who is ill, and her grandchildren as well as herself.

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ly self-sustaining, biosphere, which recycles water captured from the rain, uses no fuel for heat in the winter or to cool it in the summer and it creates its own electrical energy. What’s more, it is built almost entirely with recycled old tires and bottles.

“I would like to see some of our people come and see how they are doing this and maybe even volunteer to help,” said Flower. “There should be more of these built here.”

She believes this could also be an economical and long lasting solution for more remote reserves where safe and efficient housing, sewage control, clean drinking water and lack of sufficient electric

power are chronic conditions.

Michael Reynolds is a former architect who, about 30 years ago, began experimenting with unconventional building materials and technologies creating dozens of prototypes throughout the USA as he perfected the technique with a small band of forward thinking environmentalists in the 1970s.

He and his core group, most of whom live in the bio homes they built together in an off the grid community in the desert of New Mexico, have been through many exciting ups and depressing bureaucratic downs while trying to find an answer to affordable, self-sustaining bio-homes and systems. His unconventional building style has made following standard building codes to the letter, in many cases both expensive and unnecessary. In other cases, downright impossible.

Over years of experiment and frustration Reynolds eventually lost his architectural license because he refused to go with the status quo when he knew a better way.

For much more on Reynolds and his revolution of simplicity and environmental self-sufficiency while living free and off the grid, go to YouTube “Michael Reynolds Earthship”.

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Community gets a look at brand new fire hall

By Jayson Koblun OHSWEKEN – The ribbon has been cut — Six Nations' new Fire Hall No. 1 officially opened last Thursday in Ohsweken.

Community members and several media outlets witnessed the building's grand opening on April 7; Six Nations Fire and Emergency Services, members of the Elected Council, Grand River Enterprises (GRE), KL Martin and LANCA were there to give thanks for everybody's hard work and determination to see this project through to completion.

"It took a little longer than we planned, but it's worth it," said Elected Chief Ava Hill. "This new building looks amazing.”

Elected Chief Hill said the grand opening took place just shy of one year from when the first shovel broke ground on April 23, 2015. Initially the project was planned to be completed in Dec. of 2015, but several delays pushed it back until now.

“We can all be proud of our team of firefighters, who work tirelessly to keep our families and community safe,” said Hill. “While most people run out of a building during a fire, our firefighters are the first to run towards it. They deserve to have the proper facility for operations and the invaluable services they provide.”

Dave Hill, elected councillor, spoke for a few minutes of the circumstances that made the project possible, also thanking GRE for

the $2 million contribution that was given to help fund the state-ofthe-art facility.

Several others took turns speaking about the new hall. Afterwards, attendees of the event were invited outside the headquarters

to witness the ribbon cutting and unveiling of a plaque that has been set up in honour of GRE’s contribution.

The fire hall was open for guided tours when the ceremony was finished. The Two Row Times tagged along

A student from J.C. Hill School in the Intermediate Multi-Level Grade 7 and 8 class introducing himself to Sparky, the fire hall's dalmatian mascot. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN

with a group of students from the intermediate multi-level Grade 7 and 8 class from J.C. Hill School to see all that the new fire hall has to offer.

“Part of our life skills program is to introduce students to the community,” said Mrs. Mc-

Naughton, a teacher at J.C. Hill. “So we brought the students here because this new fire hall is something special to our people and to our reserve. The students need to know what kinds of things are accessible to them within

Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill is seen in the background of the picture ad-dressing community members and officials during the grand opening of Six Nations' new Fire Hall No. 1. She thanked all who were involved in the project and the community for their support.

Fire Chief Matthew Miller and Elected Chief Ava Hill posing for a picture beside one of the original Six Nation's fire Department trucks. The fire hall was completed almost exact-ly one year apart from the initial start date. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN

the community and how to access them.”

McNaughton was accompanied by two teachers aides — Mrs. T. Johnson and Mrs. J. Johnson, they said that they came out to the grand opening for a day of learning and to have a little bit of fun with their students. During the tour, Captain Josh Isaacs let several of the students try on some real firefighter’s gear and he showed them many of the different safety features on their fire trucks.

“A fire truck like one of ours can easily cost more than $2 million,” said Isaacs as he showed the students a spreader, more commonly known as the jaws-of-life.

With 52 active firefighting personnel, Six Nations Fire and Emergency Services are committed to working with the Elected Council to prevent and fight fires, improving community safety.

“This new headquarters is going to allow us to strengthen the foundation of Six Nations’ fire services and provide us with the opportunity to grow as a department. This is an incredible time. What we’re going to be able to do with this facility, moving forward, will not only provide a safer community for Six Nations but for every family that lives within it,” said Six Nations Fire Chief Matthew Miller.

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Why not Earthships?

Editorial by Jim Windle

Is it time to start thinking outside the box when it comes to easing the load from the shoulders of Onkwehonwe families living in isolation in the northern regions especially? Here is a relatively inexpensive and long-term solution to many of the problems facing reserves today.

Why not build whole communities of self-sufficient, long lasting Earthships?

The government’s traditional method of throwing up a few poorly constructed basic wooden frame homes, wipe off their hands and wait for the crisis to return in another dozen years isn’t working. Here are just some of the advantages of an Earthship solution.

If Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s $8.4 billion of new money into reserve infrastructures is to be best spent, communities of Earthships make the most sense of any.

Local unskilled labour can be trained in about half an hour, according to Michael Reynolds, creator of Earthship homes. Each home would take about three weeks to complete. One such home was built in 1970 and is still up and running efficiently 45 years later. The latest in simple eco-technology that recycles rainwater for drinking, cleaning, cooking and even flush toilets, creates enough wind power electricity to operate the home, disposes of waste water in the most ecological way, allows for a small family inside a garden to grow produce, requires no fossil fuel to heat or cool each home and is almost impervious to bad weather.

What’s more, a homeowner can live completely off the grid. An earthship will also last many years longer than a cheaply build conventional wood frame house.

According to the Earthship Biotecture website, “An important part of the Six Nations project, will be the knowledge transfer that the team will be providing to members of the Six Nations community that will be participating in the build to acquire the skills to then be able to replicate the building in the future.”

In fact, what about building an Earthship community at Kononhstaton? As building materials goes, there is never a shortage of old tires no one seems to know what to do with, as well as aluminum cans and plastic bottles.

How about that? Clean up the environment and build efficient, energy saving homes completely off the grid. Genius!

Maybe it’s time for a complete paradigm shift when it comes to homebuilding and energy collection. It’s not as crazy as it may look. We can’t go on doing things the way we are used to doing them.

But here’s the rub. Because of the unconventional building materials used in Earthships and structural design, getting a standard building permit would be impossible if the building restrictions and standards laws in place today remain unchanged.

Is that really a big deal for a large family living in a unacceptable conditions? Desperate times, as they say, create desperate measures and maybe lightening up on the building code in some cases would be the wisest and most efficient thing to do in the long run.

Regarding the home being built for Francine Doxtator and her family, there will be $20,000 in hard costs, which is to be covered through donations and fundraisers.

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Dear editor,

Saw your piece on the Internet regarding the fatal fire in Pikangikum. While there are many layers of socio-economic aspects related to the fire — I wanted to pass this on.

Take a look below — this is a very successful and low cost solution used in Alaska in their remote areas with similar economic and social demographics. They call it "Project Code Red" also known as "Fire Department In A Box”.

The Government provides fully self-contained foam firefighting units (little water required) that can be pulled by people, Jeep, Ski-Doo or vehicle (no fire truck needed!) and does a great job on fire attack. They deliver these by helicopter in remote areas along with two connectable shipping containers that becomes the community "fire station" filled with equipment and then basic fire training is provided to everyone. I envision that this could have perhaps saved some lives last week — take a look!

Notice the many similarities to Pikangikum.

Take care, Billy Goldfeder

Billy Goldfelder, E.F.O. is the Deputy Chief at Loveland-Symmes Fire Department in Loveland Ohio. He is also a member of the following Board of Directors — International Association of Fire Chiefs; National Fallen Firefighters Foundation; September 11th Families Association; National Firefighter Near-Miss Reporting System. He is also a contributing/associate editor to Fire Engineer, and Fire and Rescue Firehouse Magazines.

The Alaska rural fire solution Alaska has consistently had high per-capita fire death and fire loss rates over the past 10 years. This, according to the Alaska State Fire Marshal's Office, is a dismal record shared equally among cities and towns along Alaska's road system and hundreds of remote villages scattered across the landscape.

Bush villages in Alaska share many challenges to developing effective fire prevention. One is the great distance between most villages. Aircraft yearround, snow machines in winter, and boats in the summer are usually the only means of inter-village travel.

In 2001, with fire losses mounting again in Alaska, a federal grant was awarded to help the state develop a program to equip villages with appropriate firefighting tools and give residents training.

“Fire department in a box”

Thanks to a federal grant provided through the U.S. Department of the Interior and a partnership formed between a nonprofit organization and the state, the situation in "bush" Alaska may be getting better.

Project Code Red, a program developed to provide equipment and training to rural Alaskans for fire protection and education, is now in its second year.

Officially called Micro-Rural Fire Departments, village fire departments have become known as "Fire Departments in a Box”. The name refers to the shipping container that houses the villages' firefighting equip-

ment.

Since many villages lacked roads, the equipment had to be light and portable so it could be moved by hand or with all-terrain vehicles. The equipment had to be as maintenance free as possible, and the system had to be rechargeable at minimal cost and quickly. Finally, all extinguishing agents needed to be environmentally safe.

The equipment includes four cartridge-type 20-pound fire extinguishers, two compressed-air cartridge three-gallon compressed-air foam extinguishers, a 30-gallon compressed-air foam extinguisher, a portable pump, a gated-wye, and 400 feet of 11/2-inch hose. The equipment also includes an ice auger for drilling into lake ice for water, hard suction, and a strainer.

Foam concentrate, dry-chemical powder, nozzles, fire helmets, rechargeable flashlights, and gloves complete the equipment list.

The equipment is carried on two enclosed trailers that can be easily pulled by hand, snow machines, or ATVs. The trailers can be equipped with skis during winter. Alaska Fire Service Training carries out the training. Initial training consists of 30 hours of classroom and hands-on training designed to give students the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively operate the equipment.

Approximately 20 villages have already been given the Micro-Rural Fire equipment and training; 55 have Project Code Red equipment, and they are simply finishing their paperwork before beginning their training.

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Ontario Chief calls for immediate intervention to health crisis in north TORONTO – Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day is calling the Attawapiskat suicide state of emergency a tipping point for the First Nation health care crisis in Canada.

“Until we deal with the social determinants for First Nation health, these emergency declarations and crises will continue,” said Ontario Regional Chief Day. “There must be a combined and coordinated effort from all levels on all aspects of First Nation health in order to repair this broken system. Tomorrow is the 140th anniversary of the Indian Act, which created these Third World social conditions that have led to health and suicide emergencies like this.”

Attawapiskat First Nation community leaders unanimously decided to declare a state of emergency after 11 people tried to take their own lives on Saturday alone.

Chief Bruce Shisheesh said there are suicide attempts just about every night calling it a “crisis mode.”

The remote northern Ontario community of some 2,000 people has seen more than 100 suicide attempts in the past seven months; one person has died. The youngest person to attempt suicide was 11 years old, while the oldest was 71.

“The cycle of pover-

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ty, poor health, suicides, violence will continue for another generation if determinants of health are not addressed immediately. These are Third World living conditions and these emergency declarations are the result. Not one average Canadian would let their children live in such conditions. This should be our tipping point as a people, as a nation and as a country. Canada must invest billions of dollars now on both clean water and adequate housing to begin with.”

Since last fall, the Chiefs of Ontario had presented five key areas that must be immediately addressed by the federal government: 1. Ending the First Nation health crisis, which can only be addressed by fixing the water crisis, ensuring access to health services, and fixing health benefits for First Nations.

2. Eliminating abject poverty through investments in housing, healthy affordable food, infrastructure, education and training.

3. Immediately implementing mental health and addiction services to address the youth suicide crisis, prescription drug abuse, and mental wellness.

4. Recognizing First Nation authority over

land and resources, as recognized within our Treaties.

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Martin said that it was “such a nice experience,” as she was asked to share some information about herself and her quest to the pageant, as well as answer impromptu questions and perform her traditional talent.

“I know a lot of our people — including myself — live in solid nuclear families, so we oftentimes lose our connection to the wisest and most patient people we have, the elders,” said Martin. “So, to be able to visit them and enter a space where they want to help me in my journey to the pageant was really important to me, especially since within my talent presentation I speak highly of learning from the elders,” she said.

Martin explained that not only are the elders incorporated in her talent presentation, but both the Haudenosaunee confederacy and the importance of decision making within the Haudenosaunee are as well.

“I wanted to make my presentation unique from all other Haudenosaunee contestants in the past and present, so I didn't want to dance, or sing or tell a story — I wanted to

leave an impact on the audience,” she said. “I chose to incorporate lacrosse as a form of decision making and I basically set the stage to be able to offer encouragement to those watching my presentation to always think of their people when they make decisions,” she said. “'Should I learn the language, should I learn the songs, should I learn the traditional beliefs,' are all decisions that impact people and communities and I wanted to put a spotlight on how the Haudenosaunee have always understood the importance of putting the people first,” she said.

“But most of all, I wanted the audience to feel the urgency in my presentation, and inspire them to act when it comes to decisions involving their culture and who they are.

I can't thank the Iroquois Lodge enough for allowing me to present as practise.”

Martin then explained that even though she will be leaving for the pageant in roughly 10 days, the support from the Iroquois Lodge was well appreciated.

“It's really nice to be asked to do things in the community that offer practise for the pageant, but it's even better when support is offered as well,” said Martin. “Some of the elders bought tickets and the co-ordinator that asked me to visit,

Dawn Russel, took 30 tickets to sell herself. And on top of all of that, every single person there was kind and encouraging,” she said.

With help from family, friends and kind hearted individuals Martin has sold more than the minimum 500 Miss Indian World tickets.

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So, now we're aiming for one thousand,” she said.

“But, last Friday there was a really kind elderly gentleman that drove all the way from Paris to my work at Two Row, to buy one hundred tickets himself,” she said. “I was in shock and I just kept saying 'thank you,' but as soon as he left I started to cry because it was probably one of the nicest surprises I've gotten in a long time,” she said. “It's so wonderful to get support like this and to know that there are a lot of kind people in and around our community.”

Martin filled out all of the one hundred tickets for the gentleman and will be mailing the tickets numbers to him. She also hopes to revisit the Iroquois Lodge after the pageant to talk about how it went.

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“Don’t forget who you are” – Chief Arnold General A memorial from Jim Windle This story is too close for me to write as a non-bias reporter. It’s far too personal. Onondaga Chief Arnold General was this reporter’s first friend when I started to work at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, in 2001. It was sad to hear of his passing Sunday April 10th. Arnie was 84 years old.

On the behalf of the Two Row Times I'd like to send condolences to Arnie's family and friends.

Arnie's funeral took place April 12th at Sour Springs Longhouse.

Chief General was always at the lacrosse games I was covering and I immediately recognized the respect being afforded him by seniors, elders and young people, especially young children.

It wasn’t until 2002 that I began to understand why there was a certain power that walked with him. It was at the Red Hill Valley Expressway protests in Hamilton.

He and Norman Jacobs

The re-occurring theme of almost every speech he ever made especially to children and young adults was, "Don't forget who you are." I caught this picture at a lacrosse game when a young man came to him and they talked together for a long time. Chief Arnie always had time for kids.

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were assigned by the Confederacy to try to save what was one of Hamilton’s only substantial green space to make room for a highway.

With known native habitation living on this same stretch of land for thousands of years, it was

felt that negotiation with the closest original nation, that being Six Nations, was appropriate.

After the sudden death of Jacobs, General took on the whole role and fought with then Hamilton Mayor Larry Di Ianni to protect the obvious grave sites,

although archaeologist hired by the city of Hamilton found nothing but arrow heads and pottery.

The next vivid memory I have of Arnie, as his friends were used to calling him, was a predawn phone call the morning of April 20, 2006. The Feb-

ruary occupation of the Douglas Creek Estates had been heating up despite negotiations to de-escalate the growing tension between the townsfolk of Caledonia and “land protectors” of the Six Nations.

When I answered the call, it was Arnie. He didn’t

say “hi”, or “good morning” or “sorry for getting you up so early” all he said was, “them bastards are going in.” I knew what he meant immediately.

My son’s Grade 5 class was learning about Six Nations and he asked if Chief Arnie would come and talk to the class. He agreed immediately and the kids, 100 per cent non-Native, were thrilled and said they learned a lot.

In more recent years, our meetings were at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena where we would sit in that familiar chair, right in front of another great man in Chief Pete Skye. Now both are gone.

With his full knowledge and approval, I did a couple of interviews with Chief General about his life and his hopes and visions for the future generations.

The agreement was that it would not be published until after he crosses over so he could be even more blunt and honest as he usually was. Watch next week’s Two Row Times for that interview.

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By Jayson Koblun OHSWEKEN — Almost one year later, Bryan Farmer, is still unable to let his customers use their valid gas cards at his business and is not sure when that might change.

Farmer, owner of Lee’s Variety and Shell Gas in Ohsweken, was surprised when he received a government letter in April last year saying he was being audited. He was asked to provide receipts for the last four years regarding the taxes and methods of how the use of gas cards was being conducted at his business.

“After the audit, I was told that the government would not be letting me keep the money I was owed from gas card taxes and that I owed the government all of the gas card taxes from the last four years,” said Farmer. “They told me that if I keep accepting gas cards that they will take that money from me before I even see it.”

Farmer said that the amount he apparently owes is well above a reasonable amount expected to pay back. “They denied me my money and now they want it back,” he said. “It’s like I am owing them double.”

To make sure he doesn’t find himself in an even worse situation, he decided to stop accepting gas cards altogether back in July of 2015. But what he doesn’t understand is why he owes taxes on valid gas card transactions to begin with.

“As far as I know I have done nothing wrong when it comes to accepting gas cards here on the reserve,” said Farmer. “If someone shows me what looks like a valid, unexpired gas card, I give them the native price — it’s as simple as that.”

Section 87 of Canada’s Indian Act makes it very clear that on-reserve income is non-taxable, but the Ministry of Finance’s approach to gas tax exemption is less obvious.

Farmer said that in

Indigenous peoples are exempt from Canadian taxes because their nations predate the State which some believe to be 149 years old. his few dealings with the government since the audit it has been very difficult to get information out of them and the information he does get is contradicting at times.

“First they looked at my receipts and noticed that not all of them have the customers' license

numbers recorded and said that that was a big problem,” he said. “Then they came back and told me that the license plates were never an issue — so I’m left with a lot of backand-forth information that just doesn’t make sense. I don’t really know what to say.”

Another thing that Farmer is left shaking his head about is the fact that the government has already decided to withhold the tax money from him before anything has been presented in court.

There is no court date set up as far as he knows and he doesn’t understand why the government can act before anything is decided.

“I know I’m going to have to fight for my business in court, I just don’t know when that will be because since the audit there hasn’t been any court date or further meetings scheduled,” he said.

“This, and other recent stuff in the news about native taxes makes me think that the previous Prime Minister Stephen Harper put in a motion to go after the Indians in any way they can,” he said. “All of this is the fallout of those years with him in command.”

Farmer said that he was recently made aware of a government document

that states that there are stipulations on how much tax an indigenous person can save when buying gas from a retailer, which affects him as the business owner and he said he didn’t know about that until it was too late.

“There’s a lot of information that I guess I didn’t know. But even what I do know now I think is still faulty,” he said. “My guess is that most business owners here don’t know everything that is going on within the government.”

Farmer told us that Six Nations Elected Council is going to meet with the Ontario Ministry this week to discuss issues similar to this. Farmer will be there to find out more about his current situation.

“I want to say sorry to my customers that hold valid gas cards,” he said.

“I want to accept them but until things are worked out here I just can’t.”

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AFN National Chief calls for immediate action in Attawapiskat

By TRT Staff OTTAWA — Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde today called for immediate action and long-term support for community based prevention strategies in response to the state of emergency declared by the leadership of Attawapiskat First Nation to address the overwhelming number of suicide attempts in the northern Ontario First Nations community.

“The situation facing the people of Attawapiskat is a national tragedy that demands immediate action and I have reached out to Chief Bruce Shisheesh to offer our full support,” said AFN National Chief Bellegarde. “I have spoken with Federal Health Minister Philpott and Ontario

Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins to request immediate resources to deal with this crisis – both on the short and long term.

Both Ministers reassured me that they are moving swiftly to work with the community in the wake of this weekend’s terrible events.”

“The situation in Attawapiskat is sadly felt by far too many First Nations across the country,” said National Chief Bellegarde. “We need a First Nations directed national strategy to address First Nations suicide rates and ensure our people are safe and thriving. We need a sustained commitment to address long-standing issues that lead to hopelessness among our peoples, particularly the youth. And, we need to see investments from the federal budget on the ground in

our communities immediately – to support our families to enjoy safe and thriving communities that foster hope.”

On Saturday, Attawapiskat First Nation leadership declared a state of emergency in response to a number of suicide attempts. Reports indicate 11 people attempted suicide on April 9, and further reports have indicated 101 suicide attempts since September of this year. Last month, Pimicikamak Cree Nation (Cross Lake) in Manitoba declared a state of emergency due to youth suicide.

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thank everyone for keeping the people of Pikangikum in their thoughts and prayers.”

Donations to the “Pikangikum Emergency Relief Fund” can be made at Scotiabank, Account Number 717870024813.

Donations will also be accepted at the NAN Administrative Office, 710 Victoria Avenue East in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

The community is struggling to recover after a devastating residential fire on March 29 claimed the lives of nine people.

Ontario Provincial Police have identified the victims as: Dean Strang, 51; Annette Strang, 49; Gilbert Strang, 31; Sylvia Peters, 41; Dietrich Peters, 35; Faith Strang, 24; Ireland Peters, 4; Aubree

Strang, 2; Amber Strang, 5 months.

“There are no words to express the grief experienced by the families and the entire Pikangikum community but our thoughts and prayers are with them throughout during this difficult time,” said Fiddler. “I am heartened by the faith, strength and resolve of the families I was able to meet with during our visit over the weekend and I have assured Chief and Council that all services and supports are made available. I am impressed with the tremendous response and the way community members, crisis workers and other volunteers have pulled together to support the community and each other.”

this inherent Indigenous right.

The two councils said operations, like the recent MYGALE project, often lump the legal manufacturing and trade of tobacco by Indigenous people with organized crime activities.

They say this is not only incorrect, but highly misleading.

Both Kahnawà:ke and Six Nations have deemed organized crime and criminal activities to be illegal within their Territories.

Both Iroquois communities co-operate with neighbouring law enforcement bodies on investigations relating to illegal activities occurring

within their Nations or involving their community members but continue to assert that tobacco is not an illegal activity.

Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill said it's disheartening to read statements attempting to criminalize the local tobacco industry.

Hill said tobacco is a historical trade that supports the growth and economic prosperity of Haudenosaunee communities.

Hill said as sovereign Nations, the federal and provincial governments have no jurisdictional right to tax and regulate tobacco on our territories.

across most of the country, census representatives will visit households in First Nations communities in April to complete census questionnaires.

Statistics Canada said census information is vital for planning services such as housing, employment, education,

health care and other initiatives related to the well-being of residents in First Nations communities.

The census questions have been translated into 11 Aboriginal languages, allowing respondents to read them in their own language.

Elected councils assert tobacco rights

By Nahnda Garlow SIX NATIONS/ KAHNAWA:KE – The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke and the Elected Council of Six Nations of the Grand River are speaking out about false statements recently issued by the Sûreté du Québec.

The two councils said in a joint statement that as First Nations they uphold the legal right to produce, distribute and trade tobacco.

The councils said any attempt to regulate or restrict a First Nation from manufacturing and participating in inter-Nation trade within the tobacco industry is an attack on

Census coming to reserves in April

By Nahnda Garlow OTTAWA – Statistics Canada will be travelling to First Nations communities across Canada this month to help indigenous residents participate in the 2016 census.

Although the census begins in May 2016

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Sunday morning fire destroys Six SN arsonist may be back in action Nations warehouse

By Jim Windle

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – Early Sunday morning at 4:01, four Six Nations Fire units were initially dispatched to a large structural fire of a warehouse located at 1342 Chiefswood Road in Six Nations.

Six Nations Fire Chief Matthew Miller reports, by 4:05 a.m. the first pumper arrived on site top find visible flame

and smoke engulfing the entire south side of the structure. Arcs of electricity were also seen jumping in the southwest corner of the structure.

Water Tankers were brought in from surrounding fire stations to assist with the operation. A total of 14 fire trucks from Six Nations Fire Brant County Fire and Haldimand Fire with a total of 50 firefighters

working in harmony to knock down the blaze, but not before the entire warehouse collapsed in on itself.

By 6:18 a.m., the fire was declared extinguished and some Six Nations units remained to mop up and cool down the remains and to begin to investigate the cause of the fire, with the help of the Ontario Fire Marshall.

SIX NATIONS — Six Nations Fire Services personal were stretched to the limit following two large structural fires.

The first was a former cigarette factory warehouse on Chiefswood Road and a few hours later, they received another call at 7 p.m. regarding a structural fire at 548 Third Line Road, not far from the first fire. The fire was brought down within 90 minutes.

An Ontario Fire Marshall’s office investigator determined from the information gathered at the scene was that the Third Line fire in an abandoned house was an act of arson. There has been no determination of arson at this point in the Chiefswood Road Fire. There have been several suspicious fires at Six Nations in recent months, many of which have been determined as the work of an arsonist.

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A trench had to be cut through a berm to allow fire fighters and equipment access to a large warehouse fire at 1342 Chiefswood Road in Six Nations, early Sunday morning. The call came in at 4:01 and first truck arrived on scene at 4:05 a.m. dispatched from the new fire hall only a short distance away. The warehouse could not be saved. It is not know at this time if the building was in use and what the estimated damage will be. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

Mental health workers dispatched to Attawapiskat

By Jim Windle TORONTO – Liberal speaker of the house, Dave Levac, has agreed to allow an emergency debate on the suicide crisis at Attawapiskat reserve in Northern Ontario. The debate was called for by NDP indigenous affairs critic Charlie Angus, who is of Aboriginal blood.

The state of emergency was called following 11 suicide attempts so far in the month of April and 28 recorded attempts in March.

“These nightmares and tragedies should serve as

wake-up calls that there isn’t time to wait,” Angus said in a letter requesting the debate.

“An emergency debate is required in order to allow parliamentarians to address this crisis and show that as parliamentarians we are willing to work together because the days of shrugging off the tragedies or tinkering with Band-Aid solutions are over.”

Mental health workers had arrived in the community of about 2,000 people. On Monday, Health Minister Jane Philpott announced that five

mental health workers have been dispatched to Attawapiskat.

“This is one of the most serious and pressing tragedies that our nation is facing,” she said.

“I am devastated by the situation that is taking place in Attawapiskat.

I am working with my colleague, the minister of indigenous and northern affairs to respond to this tragedy.

"We are responding to both the immediate needs and long-term needs of this community.”

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Six ways you can make Earth Day everyday

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Switch to flourescent lightbulbs Keep tires on your car inflated adequately.

Check them monthly.

Dry your clothes on the line instead of using your dryer

The earth is our mother the earth is our home Let us be grateful for everything she provides Everyday

Install low flow water appliances Drive 10 kilometres less each week Buy only what you need.

Up to 40% of what we buy ends up in landfill

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FINALE DINNER

Earth Day April 22, 2016 The second Healthy Roots Wellness Challenge Finale was celebrated with a free community dinner last Thursday.

Participants shared their experiences and talked about the journey eating an all indigenous diet and getting daily exercise for three months.

Thank you to the Dreamcatcher Charitable Foundation for their constant support to help improve the health of the people of Six Nations through the Healthy Roots campaign.

Thanks also to our partners at Six Nations Health Services, Our Sustenance Farmer’s Market and Kakhwa’on:we for bringing your minds together to develop the program and carry out workshops for the participants.

Thank you to our nine participants for sharing your lives with us for these weeks.

And thank you to the community of Six Nations and New Credit for being awesome and following along with us.

Stay tuned to Two Row Times this coming June for our Healthy Roots Planting Season programming.

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By Chezney Martin SIX NATIONS – There's no lacrosse like lacrosse in season.

As Minor Lacrosse Teams fill the ILA, preparing for seasonal games and tournaments soon to start – a team working together and growing together is something special saved solely for coaches, family and fans to see.

From paperweight to intermediate, Six Nations Minor Lacrosse has carried faces entering or playing in the NLL such as Johnny Powless, Wenster Green, Don Alton and Haodais Maracle, who have turned their experience to coaching.

“Sometimes I like coaching better than playing, because it gives kind of the same feeling,” said Powless, who is serving as the Midget 1 head coach. “I'm pretty excited and kind of just waiting for the season to start,” he said. “I think it's fun with the kids because you build a bond and you see these guys playing junior or whatever so you feel pretty proud of yourself and really happy for them,” he said.

Alongside Powless

Seasoned NLL Players and NLL Prospects Wenster Green, Johnny Powless, Don Alton and Haodais Maracle have found an opportune way to give back to the community by turning to coaching. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN

as Assistant Captain is Green, who is also on the practice roster for the former Minnesota, now Georgia Swarm.

“I coached last year, me, Johnny and Donny did. But this year we have

Haodais Maracle as well,” said Green. “This year as coaches I think we've matured a bit and I think there's a few things that we learned throughout the course of last year that is going to help us out

this year in translating our strategy and such,” he said, explaining that the Midget 1's qualified for provincials last year.

In regards to how he feels about being able to give back to the commu-

nity through coaching, Green agreed that “it's a great feeling”.

“We get to teach the [players] as they progress,” said Green. “It's very fortunate to have this opportunity and I think that it's going to be good not only just for the kids, but for the community to have that kind of culture within the minor systems,” he said.

Soon to play for the Brampton Senior 'A', Don Alton has played in the SNMLA starting in Bantam division, and is now helping to coach as well.

“They're a great bunch of guys, I mean I've played with Johnny, Wenster and 'Dice' when I was younger and they were all really welcoming and I got to see what good coaching can do to somebody,” he said.

In regards to their methods of coaching, Alton explained that age and size in Minor Lacrosse does matter.

“I think this is a very tender group because when they're 15 or 16 years old, I think it's vital that they be taught how to be smart. Especially when they're making the jump to junior lacrosse and they're play-

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ing against 22 year old’s,” he said. “They would just kind of have to learn on the spot, whereas now we kind ourselves situated now so that when we see them in two or three years they don't have any problems dealing with someone who has six inches on them and is much bigger than them,” he said.

Alton also explained the coaching ethic is something that isn't just focused on the coaches alone.

“We want to teach them first – and if they have questions they can also come to us – but we also want them to be able to be taught by their teammates as well,” said Alton.

It's safe to say that the Six Nations community has developed a system whereby the successful teach the talented and this system guarantees more lacrosse talent from the SNMLA to shine in the future.

TOP PHOTO: Coached by Steve Monture and Darcy Powless, the Midget 2's are just one of over 10 Minor Lacrosse teams that wear the "Six Nations Warriors" purple black and white.

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Corvairs start last hurdle to Sutherland Cup playoffs

By Jim Windle CALEDONIA – The Profit Caledonia Corvairs face the fourth seed Waterloo Siskins on the OHA, Jr. B, GOJHL semi-finals, which began Wednesday night, April 13, at the Haldimand Centre Arena in Caledonia.

Stratford Cullitons are up against the London Nationals in the other semi-final series after Waterloo won the wild card berth. The winners of these two series will play for the Sutherland Cup. “We have been working

hard all season, we deserve this,” said general manager Brian Rizzetto, who is not surprised at the power his team has shown all year, but especially through the playoffs.

The Corvairs have swept away the Pelham Panthers, Niagara Falls Canucks and St. Catharines Falcons, with very little trouble at all. But there is still another hurdle to get to the Sutherland Cup playoffs. They must defeat the Waterloo Siskins who are having a fine playoff season themselves and have momentum coming into the semi-final round.

As a team, the fourth seeded Siskins have been overachieving as of late and when a team is doing that, anything is possible.

Is that of anything concern for the Corvairs?

“We just have to give them the same respect we

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would anyone at this time of the year,” said Rizzetto.

“They got to the final four and beat Kitchener, the top team in the regular season, to get there.”

Last year, the Pro-Fit Caledonia Corvairs defeated Waterloo in the

"We just need to give Waterloo the same respect we would give anyone at this time of the year," said Corvairs General manager Brian Rizzetto. He has been bringing in some of the top Jr. B hockey players in the province to ensure the Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs' history making third consecutive Sutherland Cup. PHOTO BY PHIL ARMISHAW

2015 semi-finals, going on to win their second consecutive Cup. Corvairs fans hope to see history repeat itself this year.

Around the NLL this week

By Jim Windle

NLL — Every game is important from here on in and this week’s National Lacrosse League report shows some very close games as the playoffs loom on the horizon.

Sunday afternoon, the Georgia Swarm, loaded with Six Nations talent like the Thompson boys, Lyle, Miles and Jerome, from Onondaga Nation, NY, and Randy Staats and Johnny Powless, from Grand River Territory, stung the Colorado Mammoth 17-10.

And taking care of business for the Swarm were Randy Staats (3G,4A), Johnny Powless (3G,1A), Lyle Thompson (3G,1A), and Miles Thompson (2G).

Saturday saw a busy slate of games on the schedule including Buffalo’s 14-12 win over the Rochester Knighthawks who are now four games behind the Bandits. The Bandits were led by Dhane Smith who scored five times for the winners. Alex-Kedoh Hill

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When it comes to success at the turnstiles it's all about marketing, and the Georgia Swarm have created a marketing gold mine by reuniting Thompsons on the same team. But it's no gimmick. These guys can fill the net in baskets. scored one and assisted on two.

Cody Jamieson helped lead the Knighthawks offence with three goals and two assists, while Dan Dawson recorded two goals and five assists.

The New England Black Wolves took down the Toronto Rock Saturday night at the Air Canada Centre, 14-10 to take both weekend games.

Saturday night, in the West, it was the Calgary

Roughnecks over the Vancouver Stealth 16-12.

Friday night in New England, the Black Wolves move to within one game behind the Division leading Buffalo Bandits with a gigantic come from behind 14-13 win over the visiting Saskatchewan Rush. The Wolves were down 6-1 after the first quarter and 8-4 at the half. It was 11-8 for the Rush with 15 minutes left in regulation time when

New England thrilled their hometown fans with a 6-2 last quarter to overtake the Rush, 14-13.

Shawn Evans recorded the game winner at 11:54.

Next games include New England at Georgia, Buffalo at Toronto, Saskatchewan at Colorado, Friday April 15th. The next day it will be Toronto at Buffalo, Georgia at Rochester, Colorado at Saskatchewan, and Calgary at Vancouver.

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OHSWEKEN – Repeating as the Presidents Cup, Sr. B Champions is central in the mind of Six Nations Rivermen coach, Stew Montour as the OLA Sr. B season is just around the corner.

To that end, he is busy going over his options for this year’s squad but there may be very few changes. After all, why fix what is not broken. However, as is the case every new season, there are some who retire, some who move onto Sr. AAA, and others who what to try their hand in a different environment.

These spots will be quickly gobbled up following try-outs, which begin Sunday, April 17, from 8 p.m. until 9:30 p.m., at the Gaylord Powless Arena. There will also be opportunities April 20 and April 27 at 8 p.m. at the Hagersville Arena before the Rivermen Home Opener set for 8 p.m., April 30, at the GPA.

“We will have the bulk of last years team returning,” predicts Montour.

“And with St. Catharines folding, there are players whose Sr. B Rights have been acquired through the dispersal draft.”

The Rivermen have selected some very good talent in Goalie Grant Crawly, Travis Hill, Mike Attwood, John Rea and Ian Llord. According to Montour, some of these players might be moved to other teams before the season starts.

“There will be no shortage of talent to choose from,” says Montour. “There are also a good number of overage juniors from the Rebels and the Arrows to consider.”

Behind the bench with Montour will be Jeff Powless and Neil Bomberry.

“I’m very excited about defending the cup this year,” says Montour. “If anything, I think we are going to be very defensively tougher this year.”

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GENERAL: ARNOLD JOSEPH. Chief of the Onondaga Beaver Clan died peacefully at the St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hamilton on Sunday April 10, 2016 in his 84th year. Loving Hanih of Kim (Tim), Tammy, Brian (Susan), and Amy (Donavan).

Cherished Papa to 16 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. Dear brother of Myrna, and Jill (Phil). Special friend to Welby, Shana, Mary (Jim), and Crystal LaForme (Beaver Clan Mother). Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Arnie was a Dedicated Lacrosse Fan and an avid spokesman for his community and all people. He will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by his family and friends. Predeceased by his mother Vera Isaac; sister, Leona (Tuffy) Martin; brother, Arthur; uncle, Hulsie and aunts Betty and Edith. Resting at his home 1692 Sour Springs Road after 2 p.m. Monday. Funeral Service and burial will be held at the Sour Springs Longhouse on Tuesday April 12, 2016 at 11 a.m. www.rhbanderson.com

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Changes at work may prove lucrative for you, Aries.

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TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you may experience a burst of creativity that has you dabbling in a project or dreaming up plans for one. Ask friends or colleagues for some feedback.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, some revealing conversations with friends may have you second-guessing just who you can trust. Exercise caution when sharing private thoughts.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Expect some noticeable changes in your neighborhood, Cancer. You may be caught off guard this when familiar surroundings begin to look different.

8. Inhabited 9. Midway between south and southeast 10. Semitic fertility god 11. __ Clapton, musician 12. Lawman 13. City 3000 B.C. 21. They hold valuables 23. Department of Defense 25. Begetter 26. Check 27. Early union leader 28. Lawmaker 29. About Sun 32. Negligible amounts 33. Roll 35. Just a little bit 36. Small, spotted cubes 37. Founder of Babism 38. Father

Answers for April 13, 2016 Crossword Puzzle

40. Blue Hen State 41. Satisfies 43. Police officer 44. Digital audiotape 46. Covers most of Earth 47. Inflorescence 49. Find this on hot days 50. Fanatical 51. Absorption unit 52. Sitcom “My Two __” 53. Phil __, former CIA 54. Partially burn 57. __ farewell 58. Ancient Greek City 59. A way to derive 61. Women’s social organization 62. Female sibling

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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, past efforts to advance your career may have not worked out, but that doesn’t mean you should give up trying. Try to broaden your network again in the days ahead.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, if an opportunity to travel comes your way this week, take advantage of it. You do not know when you will get another chance in the near future.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, your instincts are highly attuned and you can do a good job of sizing people up this week. You can be so good at it that others look to you for personal advice.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, expect a few invitations to social gatherings to soon arrive in the mail or your in your inbox. This is a great chance to let others see a different side of you.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, your physical and mental energy is very high. Channel it into a productive endeavor and use your energy to get others motivated.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, the optimism bug has overtaken you and you are filled with energy and enthusiasm. Move on with some creative ideas and encourage others to follow suit.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, when you are feeling motivated, all others will follow your lead. It’s all or nothing for you this week. You have the motivation to plow through any task.

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