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Teaching kids business in Ohsweken

By Jayson Koblun OHSWEKEN – “Tell me I’ll listen, show me I’ll see, but let me do it and I’ll remember” is something that Rachel Martin has been trying to teach kids in her Break into Business camp for the last two weeks.

Break into Business camps are week long workshops put on by the Two Rivers Community Development Centre that teach children ages nine to 12 about business. Camp members are challenged to produce a product and run a business for a day; they receive a $40 loan from Two Rivers and any money left over after they repay their loan is theirs to keep. On Thursday, July 28 the kids sold their products, which varied from items like homemade candles, cupcakes in a mug and more.

“The first day we teach the kids what being a business owner is all about,” said Martin, a local business owner and business support officer for Two Rivers. “Then we take the kids out into the community for a backstage tour of some businesses. This year we took the group to Crock a Doodle and Boston Pizza — they made their own

Josey Thomas, 11, made and sold Roman's Cupcakes at Thursday's Break into Business camp's sell day. They cost him around $2.88 to make and sold for $6, giving him more than $3 profit for every unit sold. Photo by Jayson Koblun Event organizers Clarice King, Rachel Martin and Mickenzie Martin standing with one of the camp members Lleyton Sowden. Sowden sold out of his product and wants to use what he's learned from camp in his future business ventures. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN pizzas and had to wash the dishes afterwards.

We had a camp last week with kids aged nine and 10, this week our kids were 11 to 12.

The third day is production day.

“We give the kids some ideas and they choose what they want to make. We sit down with them and discuss how much it will cost them to make each unit and ask them what they think they should sell them for to make a profit,” said Martin. “Some kids would say, ‘well it cost me $1.80 to make, so I should sell them for

$2’ and we would try and explain to them that since they worked very hard on each one that they should charge more to make sure their hard work is worth it — we try and teach them what it’s like in real life.”

Co-ordinator Mickenzie Martin, a 20-year-old science student at Western University who was a participant in the very first camp roughly 10 years ago said that the kids learn very valuable lessons.

“They [the kids] learn things like time management and how they can take what they learn

here and use it in the future,” she said. “When I took the course I made and sold painted eagle feathers, then a few months later I mass-produced more and sold them on my own at the New Credit Pow wow.”

Clarice King, 19, another event co-ordinator, said she participated in the camp before too and she likes to see all the kids having fun and making friends while learning such valuable information.

“They learn how to make change, how to have great customer service and how to be

friendly — all things that will help them in any future job,” said King, Lleyton Sowden is 11 years old and he sold handcrafted nightlights for $5. He sold out early on and plans on using what he’s learned at camp to sell lacrosse sticks and heads that he strings and dyes himself.

“This aligns with his whole business outlook,” said Lleyton’s mom, Michelle Bomberry. “He has stringed sticks for his friends and some coaches. He really looks up to NLL guys like Craig Point, Cody Jamieson, Stephen Keogh, Sid Smith and Dan Dawson.

So in case his lacrosse career doesn’t takeoff he has a business to fall

back on.”

Usually all the kids will sell out of product, or come close to selling out of their products. For any that might not have, or for those that didn’t make as much profit as they hoped, the event co-ordinators offered some advice.

“It’s like real life, what you put into it is what you’ll get out of it,” said Mickenzie.

King agreed with her colleague and said “I would tell anybody who wasn’t happy with their profits to spend more time focusing on their business models and time management skills.”

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Fran’s Earthship is now complete

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – It’s been a whirlwind for Six Nations grandmother Fran “Flower” Doxtator over the past few weeks, while around 70 volunteers help build her new, stateof the-art, self-sustaining Earthship home.

By Tuesday morning, the Earthship was done and only a few stragglers were still packing up their tents and tools and getting ready to leave.

The buzz of activity was over and Fran woke up to a relatively quiet calm.

The only sound was created by her daughter and grandchildren, while three or four volunteer workers were left to clean up.

Although smaller than she had hoped, Doxtator is grateful for the Earthship built for her by Biotecture Earthships of Taos, New Mexico.

Earthships creator Michael Reynolds, oversaw the construction and got his hands dirty too during the past two weeks. Doxtator’s new home is the first humanitarian build that Biotecture Earthships has built in Canada.

He brought with him 64 builders and added a few more locals once here.

“I don’t know how I feel right now,” she says.

“Kinda mixed emotions.”

The sudden contrast of

Fran "Flower" Doxtator relaxes with a quiet morning coffee in the doorway of her brand new Earthship built for her by Michael Reynolds and Biotecture Earthships out of Taos New Mexico, using a crew of around 70 volunteer workers throughout the past two weeks. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

the bee-hive of activity to nothing will take some time to adjust too, by her own admission.

“It’s been an eye opening experience I think, just to see that if you really, really had to, you can

Lauren Jamieson of Sarnia, (standing) and Justice Deschamps of Hamilton were among the last of the volunteers to leave the site of Fran Doxtator's Earthship home, Tuesday morning. The majority left Sunday and Monday after the build was complete. "This was my first build said Jamieson. I learned a lot and the people here were just great." PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

live off the grid.”

There will be a learning curve for her to learn how to maintain an Earthship to keep its energy saving technology working properly.

Before the last of the workers leaves, Fran will get a last lesson on how to maintain an Earthship.

“Well, I know that there will be help not far away, at Biotecture’s Canadian office in Toronto if I run into trouble,” she says. “I can always call somebody.”

Part of her adjustment is going to be missing some of the people she has made friends with during the build from all over the world.

“I’m really going to miss them,” she says.

“We’ve had a mini-Woodstock here for two weeks.”

Fran was taken aback

at the generosity and sharing the people of Six Nations offered the guest builders during that time.

“Janie [Jamieson] and Oka [Ron Gibson] brought over a ton of fresh fish we fried up,” says Doxtator.

“Others brought a truck full of watermelons, water, corn and all kinds of stuff. Some people I don’t even know brought stuff for them. It made me very proud of my community.”

It was also an opportunity to teach the volunteers, most of whom have never been on an Indian reserve before, about Six Nations’ culture and beliefs.

“They were quite surprised at how life of the rez works, and they were quite surprised and they all had good experiences and were treated well by pretty much everybody,” she says. “We may

not have a lot to share but what we do have we share. They went away with good memories and good feelings about Six Nations which I am glad about.”

Doxtator plans on taking a few days just laying low and relaxing before she actually moves into her new Earthship.

Due to the small size of the new facility, Fran intends to keep the old trailer, do some renovations to it, and use it for additional living space or storage.

“It might be just a place to lay my head for a while,” she says. “We’ll see. But I am more than grateful for what I have and I thank Mr. Reynolds and everyone who helped make it happen.”

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Carolinian old growth forests in danger

By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS – Six Nations of the Grand River reserve #40, contains the largest stand of Carolinian forest in Ontario. But does anybody care? If not, they should, PMS because what Black C we take for granted today, may be gone tomorrow.

PMS 186 This is a fact born witness to by Google Earth images of the southwestern Ontario region, which shows a distinctive green parch in the middle of a landscape of farmers’ fields along the meandering path of the Grand River. That patch is Six Nations.

What is a Carolinian forest anyway and why are they so important to nourish and preserve?

As many of us know, all life is interconnected and carefully balanced by the Creator — or natural selection, depending on your worldview.

The Carolinian forests of Six Nations are in crisis. STOCK PHOTO But for Indigenous people, like indigenous species of plant life, encroachment from outside environments and imported life forms and the

diseases they bring have decimated the indigenous and exterminated countless life forms that have existed in this place since the beginning of time.

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In 1859, J.G. Cooper used the term Carolinian to describe a forest region running in a strip along the Atlantic coast from southern Long Island to Georgia.

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“Carolinian forest is characterized by a predominance of deciduous, or broad-leafed, tree species. Although only approximately one per cent of Canada falls within the Carolinian Life Zone, more species of plants and animals are found here than anywhere else in Canada. Over 2200 species of plants are found within the Carolinian zone in Canada,” According to Ruthvan Park Nature Blog.

Long ago most of this richly forested area was turned into farmland or, in the last half-century, housing especially since Ontario got away with its non-consulted, and strangely uncontest-

ed, “Places to Grow Act”, which sent developers to this very area to clear-cut and build more, and more, along the Haldimand Tract, in the Grand River Valley.

Less than 15 per cent DESIGN FILE 1A of the Carolinian's former extent from Carolina to Toronto, remains, and most of that is here at Six Nations, that little green postage stamp on the google map.

If there is not a practical reason to save and preserve the indigenous plant life, there should be a deeper, more spiritual reason to do so.

Clear-cutting large sprawls of indigenous trees should be more closely monitored, especially when it takes place at Six Nations. It should be much harder to cut down large stands of trees, even if they are determined to be “scrub” trees and not “money trees”, as they say.

That does not mean that every tree currently growing here comes from indigenous stock.

Regrowths of non-indigenous trees and plants have filled in areas removed by earlier generations for the building of Six Nations and Ohsweken. There was also the pilfered stands of trees cut and hauled away from Six Nations for white man’s purpose, without compensation of care.

Either way, gone is still gone, but what is left should be protected like the treasures they are.

Planting indigenous flora and fauna wherever you can in landscaping would help preserve the natural balance.

When it comes to the natural habitat of both indigenous plants and people, both should be firmly and actively protected and preserved for future generations to enjoy.

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Changes to election code

By Nahnda Garlow OHSWEKEN — Community consultations are being held across Six Nations to discuss proposed changes to the elections code for Six Nations

Elected Council.

The three sessions will determine if community members wish to maintain voting in band councillors by district of residency or instead elect the top twelve candidates to

fill the positions.

The next community discussion on proposed changes to the code will be held Thursday evening at the Six Nations Community Hall.

Traffic will be blocked this Wednesday, August 3 on Cayuga Road, between Sixth Line and Seventh Line and Thursday, August 4 on Tuscarora Road, between Fourth Line and Fifth Line.

Roads will be com-

pletely closed between the hours of 8am-6pm in these areas.

The closures are part of some much needed road upgrades taking place across the territory this summer.

Act determining who can pass Indian Status down to descendants violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Conservatives appealed the ruling but the Liberal government withdrew the appeal in February.

The federal govern-

ment says they will amend gender discrimination latent in the Indian Act with the direct involvement of indigenous leaders.

They have until February 2017 to make those ammendments.

itats on Six Nations.

The statement was in response to a woman who tied herself to a tree in protest of five older trees being cut down in the village.

The trees were positioned outside of the new Tim Hortons franchise

being built on Chiefswood Road.

Elected Council said the trees were cut down in relation to ongoing road construction and not to accommodate the Tim Hortons location.

1953. The bylaw only applies to those that are 17 years old or younger and does not reference whether it applied to native or non-native individuals.

Passed at Special Council at Ohsweken on the 10th day of September A.D. 1953 (a) No boy or girl on the Six Nations Indian Reserve actually or apparently under 17 years of age, shall loiter any place within the Six Nations Indian Reserve after nine

o’clock in the afternoon. (b) No boy or girl on the Six Nations Indian Reserve actually or apparently under 17 years of age, shall be in any place of entertainment, street, lane, by-way or common within the said reserve after the hour of nine o’clock in the afternoon unless accompanied by his or her parent or an adult appointed by a parent to accompany such child.

Road closures for down below

By Nahnda Garlow SIX NATIONS — Six Nations Roads Department will be replacing some road crossing culverts within the community meaning more temporary road closures.

Indian Act to remove gender discrimination

By Nahnda Garlow OTTAWA — The federal government of Canada is working to change the Indian Act to remove rules that discriminate based on a person’s gender.

Last year the Quebec Superior Court ruled certain sections of the Indian

Trees removed in Ohsweken raises concerns

By Nahnda Garlow OHSWEKEN — Six Nations Elected Council released a statement to the community this weekend stating they prioritize community safety and are committed to respecting the natural hab-

Tourism article: bylaw update

By Jayson Koblun

In last week’s article Tourists always welcome on Six Nations, we mentioned that there was an old bylaw which stated that non-native individuals couldn’t be on Six Nations Territory after dark without being accompanied by a band member.

Six Nations Band Council has since reached out and has shown the actual resolution that was passed in September

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Aliens Editorial by Jonathan Garlow The aliens have landed. It’s been three years since we’ve signed an intergalactic peace treaty with them, but something is wrong.

More and more of them are arriving and taking refuge on earth.

Although their advanced technology is much greater than ours, they cannot stop the spread of a cosmic plague they brought from their home planet that is infecting and killing humankind. All of the gifts they gave to us were laced with deadly microbes.

Scientists have estimated three quarters of the global population are gone. There are reports on the news that people are going missing near the massive alien colony that has displaced millions of honest, hardworking citizens.

This could be the fall of human civilization, but we have one hope — we are sending some of our children survivors to the aliens’ mothership that is docked near the sun. There they will receive a better education and when they return home they will be able to help earth recover from this horrible disaster.

The aliens have assured the United Nations that the human children will receive the best of care and that parents can visit them once every year. We are sending all of our children because we want them to be safe and have the best opportunities in the future.

These aliens also claim that they know the universe and have actually travelled the stars all the way to heaven. They say that our religious books are incomplete and that they have a greater knowledge of truth than us.

We have told them we have our own spirituality but the aliens will not hear it. Our children will learn alien religion as part of their education.

We have assurances from the Queen of their galaxy that we will not be harmed. We signed a treaty with the Queen through her ambassadors so it means that we are equals, she would not make treaties with her subjects. Complete autonomy has been retained.

There have been small outbreaks and clashes but it seems that they are keeping in line with the peace treaty. If their leadership should declare war on us we could be completely annihilated and destroyed.

They are dealing with the United Nations, they must respect our authority here on our home planet. It would be a shame if we were rounded up like animals and put onto small patches of land.

Our future is in the hands of our visitors.

When all this was trees…

By Chezney Martin The most noticeable feature at the development of the new Tim Hortons in Ohsweken is the absence of trees.

There now lays strewn, chopped and cut logs of the trees that once offered shade to walkers on the

side of the road. But, just beyond the logs is a single tree that has been under the protection of a woman; this woman has been preventing the trees demise by connecting herself to it.

She has been commended for her heroism and her willingness to do something that most wouldn't find reasonable, as they do not see the benefit of trees.

So, I would like to offer several points on the benefits of trees.

Not only do they offer shade and shelter from the elements; a single tree offers a day's oxygen for four people, they offer benefits to surrounding ecosystems and even become a part of certain ecosystems, they reduce the "greenhouse effect" caused by carbon dioxide, they have a cooling impact on the surrounding environment and also leave a lasting impression on visitors to a community.

The Six Nations community has long boasted the beautiful thick forest in our backyards which, has now become known as the "largest chunk of Car-

olinian forest in Southern Ontario". We take pride in how well the forest has been preserved, but what if we continue to develop and continue to cut trees down?

We won't have any beautiful forest to brag about and we certainly wouldn't have fulfilled our duties as Haudenosaunee people.

The duty to protect this earth isn't solely a spiritual duty, it is one that is intertwined within our belief systems and stories.

We are told that we are made from this earth and thus equal to everything living upon it. I commend that woman for protecting that tree because she's doing exactly what should be done without a second glance as Haudenosaunee people.

Let's all take a moment to recognize that those trees were disturbed to build a side walk.

A side walk that could have been made without touching the trees; trees that could have had benches underneath them to be enjoyed by the community.

But, a side walk will now

be built right where all of that awesome traffic will be when the Tim Hortons opens.

So, until someone rationalizes with me as to why there couldn't have been a more thoughtful procedure, I will continue to believe that cutting those trees down was unnecessary.

Look at the photo — how many rings can you count on that spliced tree branch? And that wasn't even the trunk. So, let's just say this big beautiful tree was 30 years old — it only took a few workers 30 minutes to cut it down.

I hope in the future developers will be more thoughtful and mindful of their environmental impacts; not just for the sake of being a tree-hugging Haudenosaunee, but for the sake of future generations to come.

The last thing I want to tell my children is "I remember when all this was trees."

BRANTFORD – The Two Row Times family morns the loss of one of our own.

Sales rep, Bob Bradley passed away this week after losing his battle with cancer.

From September 2004 to January 2005, Bob was an assistant coach along with his friend Walter Gretzky for the University of Pittsburgh inline hockey team.

Bob was always happy and uplifting while in our employ and respected TRT very well. We will miss him and also would like to thank him for helping us reach our third anniversary and grow this paper into what it is today. Nya:weh to Bob from all of us at the Two Row Times and our deepest condolences to his family and friends.

Saying goodbye to Bob Bradley

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If you can take the mind you can take the body Kahehtí:io iontatiats Rotiskaré:wake I will present the knowledges accumulated during my journey to retrace my identity as rotinonhsón:ni.

My initial intention to embark on this journey has always remained the same, one of comprehension of our inherent birthright beneath the tree of the great peace. This is an act of self-preservation both mentally and physically. I reason that to best protect oneself and one's family is to seek total liberation from the Crown and its influence both on our bodies and on our minds. To do so one must first understand what differentiates the Crown and its subjects from onkwehón:we.

I will draw conclusions while offering supporting arguments asserting that onkwehón:we claiming Band-membership i.e.

Indian status or rotinonhsón:ni citizenship are both engaging in a colonial narrative and worldview. I contend we do away with both foreign ideas of identity to embrace who and what we naturally are, 'family'.

Back in my mid-teens I was asked by a turtle elder "what instrument do you play?" I looked at her puzzled and replied "none".

She continued "then how can you be a Band-member? Memberships are handed out at country clubs and video stores, we are a nation [sic]". My elder was eluding to the

fact that the very nature of a Band-member as prescribed by the Indian Act, has always been to subjugate onkwehón:we to gradually absorb us into the Crown’s body politic.

The Band Council system being subject to Indian Act policy is an extension of the Residential School eras aim of the total assimilation of onkwehón:we, both contrived to alienate us from our homelands. To achieve one's goal the Crown targeted our children seeking to erase and replace our distinct worldview and natural ways of being and decision-making with perverted social constructs i.e. civilization.

Upon learning such histories I discontinued to

voluntarily identify as a Band-member. It was now fully understood that it only served to propagate the Crown’s assumed authority by continuing to verbally acknowledge and recognize the Indian Act system. I would no longer willingly condone and offer validity to its imposed existence.

If my identity could not be defined by the Crown and its Indian Act Band Council system policy than who or what was I if not a status Indian? After mulling it over I reasoned that both self-proclaimed Canada and U.S. subjects self-identified as citizens of their respective plantations than surly we as rotinonhsón:ni, original two-legged beings

of o'nowaré:ke ought to follow the international standard and identify as citizens of o'nowaré:ke.

We as rotinonhsón:ni being a distinct family of o'nowaré:ke are on equal footing with other families of mother earth (even more so in fact than current and former British plantations) fore we enjoy our own distinct language, land base and culture. I proudly exclaimed, "we are citizens of the Five Nations Iroquois Confederacy!". Unbeknownst to me at that time it was both proud and naïve to identify in that way. For one we did not refer to ourselves as the Five Nations Iroquois Confederacy (a name coined by the 13 plantations) and second-

ly the idea of citizenship is one that still carried the colonial narrative and worldview, I will elaborate: I learned a citizen is a subject, a subject being someone who has forfeited their voice to a supreme ruler or monarch in return for promised or perceived benefits. A subject is therefore a voluntary slave, this type of paternalistic relationship was alien and unacceptable to natural beings, I will explain why: The idea of supplanting a sovereign's will in place of one's own would not only violate what is most natural, the ability to reason and choose for oneself but would also CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Preferred Electricity Rates

Letter to the Editor, I am meeting with Six Nations elected Council on Monday August 8 at 9 a.m. to talk about recent discussions related to Hydro One Action Requested: Secure preferred electricity rates from Hydro One for Six Nations Members residing in Ontario by April 1, 2017.

The Preferred Electricity Rate is the fair market value of electricity and excludes delivery charges and the global adjustment fee.

Background The 2015 average fair market value for electricity was 2.36 cents per kilowatt hour (kWh).

Residential customers and small businesses are paying, as per June 2016, Hydro One billing feels

that include: - Electricity - Delivery - Regulatory charges - Global adjustment fee (a hidden cost included in the kWh price that averaged out at 7.9 cents per kWh in 2015 The Hydro One infrastructure located throughout the Haldimand Tract is extensive. The province of Ontario has benefitted from Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation lands and resources (water) in both the Haldimand Tract and the NANFAN territory for generations, with little or no compensation to Six Nations.

Wind and Solar energy will continue to drive the cos of electricity up Benefits to Six Nations members - A preferred electricity rate can create a substantial competitive edge for

Six Nations businesses and economic development.

- A preferred electricity rate will see significant monthly, annual and lifetime cost savings to every Six Nations member that is a Hydro One member.

Ronald C. Hill August 2, 2016

Open Letter to HCCC This letter was hand delivered to Two Row Times on behalf of the Cayuga Nation Ball Deer Clan. It is reprinted here with permission.

August 2, 2016 To: Secretary Leroy Hill H.C.C.C. CC: Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern

Development Canada, Six Nations Elected Council, Six Nations Farmers Association, Federal Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, Carolyn Bennett; Minister of Justice, Jody Wilson-Raybould; Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau; Governor General Canada, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston; Minister of Children and Youth Services, Michael Coteau; Amy Gibson, A/Manager, First Nation and Métis Policy and Partnerships Office, Ontario Ministry of Energy Re: Concerning the Recently Released Letter of Support for Aaron Detlor and H.D.I. Be advised that at the July 2, 2016 Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC) meeting held at Onondaga Longhouse, I, Janace Henry, Clan Mother Cayuga Deer

Ball Clan, and my Clan Chief Steve Maracle, Cayuga Deer Ball Clan did NOT give our support for any correspondence to any developer or proponents giving the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) and their lawyer Aaron Detlor the support they need to act on behalf of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC).

It is our knowledge that Cayuga Wolf Clan Chief Sam General also opposes the actions of HDI and Aaron Detlor acting on behalf of HCCC. The law that governs HCCC requires Sgaihwa:t’ (consensus) on any and all decisions. Be advised that attempts to hold Council in private sessions outside of the Council Fire at Onondaga Longhouse and trying to censor attendance of any

opposing Chiefs, Bench Warmers, and Clan Families is illegal under the Gayanehsraˀ gowah (The Great Law).

Janace Henry, Clan Mother, Cayuga Deer, Ball Clan

Steve Maracle, Chief, Cayuga Deer, Ball Clan Ed note: Sgaihwa:t’ is a Cayuga word that translates — one mind; said when consensus is reached in the High Council; one idea.

(Source: Cayuga, Our Oral Legacy www.cayugadictionary.ca)

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Six Nations and Brantford “Bridging the Gap” for recovery

By Jim Windle BRANTFORD – A pilot project called Bridging the Gap has brought a holistic approach to the recovery from drug addiction.

Six Nations holistic consultants Michelle Thomas and Jane Burning have linked arms with the Towards Recovery Methadone clinic in Brantford to offer a cultural element to the recovery process. Although not exclusive to First Nations clients, the program is for those who hold a belief in a naturopathic way to wholeness.

Bridging the Gap is an eight-week program that guides a client through a recovery path that includes interactive activities, traditional teachings, life skills development, trust building, self-discovery and meditation along with one-on-one healing sessions.

“I am passionate about creating opportunities for people to decolonize their minds to assist in recovering their true selves,” said Thomas, co-founder of Bridging the Gap, along with her sister, Burning, a certified social service worker.

The program has opened its doors at the Brantford methadone clinic, which operates out of the George Street entrance in the rear of St. Andrews Church, across from the Joseph Brant memorial in Victoria Park, Brantford.

“Our program works towards purity of the

Jane Burning and Director of Community Outreach for the Towards Recovery Clinic, Jeff Spence have teamed up, along with Michelle Thomas with a new traditional, holistic healing program now available at the Brantford Methadone clinic. The Bridging the Gap program begun by the Six Nations women is designed to bring healing for the spirit, soul, mind and body while on the road to recovery. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE soul without religious denominations,” said Burning.

Once signed up, the client must commit to attend all eight weeks of the program.

One can apply for one of 10 available spots in the program by dropping into 95 Darling St. in Brantford and ask for Lisa or Michelle at the Brantford Towards Recovery Clinic.

“Many of our clients are suffering from some form of emotional trauma and mental health issues, sexual abuse, and homelessness as well as

addictions,” said Burning. “Bridging the Gap will help them get reconnected with themselves again.”

Burning believes that a person’s susceptibility to addiction can be detected even by the age of four. That doesn’t mean they will be addicted, but are a higher risk than some others might be.

“Drugs take the spirit away,” said Burning.

“But those who do not understand the nature of addiction might say, just go and get straight. It’s not that easy, especially with the stigma attached

to it.”

Although the road to recovery is not a smooth or an easy one, Thomas and Burning have great empathy for the client, but admitting you have a problem is the first step in any recovery program.

“There is no B.S. here,” she said. “There is accountability and responsibility for those ready to make a change.”

Relapses are an unfortunate reality in this or any program, but some have found, even through several starts, that road to a new life

and a fresh start.

Jeff Spence, Director of Community Outreach for the Towards Recovery Clinic, is very pleased to be offering this new approach to healing.

“It just makes sense to care for the mind, body, spirit and soul,” he said.

“There is a doctor here six days a week and an in-house pharmacy here as well as trained counsellors.”

Statistics have shown that as many as 10 per

cent of those living on reserves are actively seeking help and on August Bridging the Gap is there to help.

For many, methadone is a steppingstone to get off of hard drugs. Methadone is in the Opioid drug family and is effective for many users of synthetic opioids like codeine, and natural opioids like morphine and heroin.

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If you can take the mind you can take the body OPINION

result in rendering our decision-making and conflict-resolution formula (as outlined in the written forms of kaianere'kó:wa) obsolete, effectively dumbing down and undermining thousands of years of acquired knowledges and wisdom.

As I understand, placing rotinonhsón:ni within the colonial construct and confines of citizenship falls way short in capturing the spirit and intent of kaianere'kó:wa worldview and is therefore incompatible with rotinonhsón:ni i.e. longhouse beings. We are of the 49 founding families of the rotinonhsón:ni, unified both in body and in our understanding of kaianere'kó:wa, we are natural like the wind and cannot be tamed.

To illustrate our historical rejection of Crown civilization and subsequent subjugation, take for instance the absurd offer of the 'great white father'. A promise from a monarch said to be of great bene-

fit for onkwehón:we. If a pledge of allegiance were made, recognizing and accepting the monarch's right to lord over the natural world, we in return would receive certain protections and guarantees such as to be looked after like a father would a son, becoming his "Indian children". The Crown sought to make wards of us, not unlike the U.N. is attempting with UNDRIP today, grouping all "Indigenous Peoples" and offering similar promises of protections and comforts.

Being as free and equally wise, our ancestors refused subservience to the so-called great white father. Instead they reiterated the offer to enter into a relationship/friendship likened to that of brothers and as equals, a well-established practice amongst onkwehón:we notably enshrined within rotinonhsón:ni friendship wampum mnemonic records such as the aionwatha belt and the teiohate also known as the

two-row wampum.

If the Crown’s civilization were vastly superior to onkwehón:we natural life ways as self-proclaimed then how is it that we came to nurse it's subjects back to health?

We referred to the newcomers as our little brothers, they had severed their connection with the natural world long before getting lost and arriving on the shores of o'nowaré:ke, as a result of their disconnection they lost the ability to adapt and thrive in consort with nature and understandably many perished before we intervened.

For onkwehón:we to identify as a citizen of the rotinonhsón:ni would mean adhering to an incomplete worldview, inferior in that its origin comes from a desolate slave culture, desperately searching for what they had indiscriminately targeted and later nearly made ruin of (a family united, a family that could reason,

a family entrained to the natural world) after they covertly and underhandedly waged genocide upon our families through the weaponization of blankets laced with smallpox delivered by the Jesuit Order of missionaries (the sword of the Vatican/Crown).

Crown subjects yearned for freedom from the oppression of civilization after they grasped rotinonhsón:ni life ways.

The settlers longed for an onkwehón:we way of life so much so that the original incentive for the union of the 13 plantations into the republic of the United States of America was modelled after our union, the union of the rotinonhsón:ni under the protection of the great white pine (note: the formation of the League of Nations, later repackaged as the United Nations also followed suit in the bastardization of rotinonhsón:ni decision-making and conflict-resolution ways. This outright mimicry in retrospect can now be likened to the poison twin that grows alongside its medicine counterpart, a twin that looks very similar to the medicine but could prove fatal if ingested.

In summarization, I will not identify as an Indian status Band-member as defined by the Indian Act and I also will not identify as a citizen of rotinonhsón:ni. Both are inappropriate and lack understanding of kaianere'kó:wa worldview and rotinonhsón:ni identity.

I must reiterate that family (one of inclusion) and our family values (unified ethics and worldview) is the best conceptual approximation I can gather to characterize our interconnectedness within the natural world. One does not need to reflect long to rediscover with renewed eyes the familial connection we maintain with all things such as our mother the land, or the three sisters that which sustains us, or even clan mothers those who make a nice path. All are viewed through a familial lens so all are considered relatives.

Family is the original,

most basic and genuine way of conducting ourselves in numbers that exists therefore universally understood. From a family oriented perspective we formulated the rotinonhsón:ni decision-making and conflict-resolution process or what has been described by some as the elusive (almost unimaginable) idea and execution of 'so-called pure democracy or that of a true republic'. The original 49 families collaborated on and unanimously outlined the principles of this formula using our understanding of kaianere'kó:wa i.e the balance that can both be observed and understood in the natural world. kaianere'kó:wa served as a reference that would guide our relationships both foreign and domestic.

In regards to accountability, each family member had certain roles and responsibilities to the family/clan, future generations and the natural world. Roles and responsibilities not only served to offer direction for our day to day activities but also unified our familial ethics i.e. what constituted right from wrong or the moral fabric of rotinonhsón:ni worldview.

To illustrate the importance of family take for instance the practice and importance of adoption amongst rotinonhsón:ni culture. When a need arose or if someone whom initially sought refuge had grown accustomed to our life ways, developed a similar understanding of kaianere'kó:wa and made known their desire to become part of our union through adoption into one of the 49 families, it was imperative to first prove one's sincerity and resolve over a long period of time, demonstrating beyond a reasonable doubt that one were fully willing and able to integrate seamlessly into the balance carefully maintained and enjoyed by rotinonhsón:ni.

One first would temporarily be placed within a clan, observed and ultimately determined whether one's personality fit in with that family, if not they were to be

passed on to a sister clan, each clan exercised the ability to pick and choose who would be included as a family member. A clan could specifically petition for someone seeking adoption.

Of particular importance one cannot over emphasize or state the genius and simplicity of rotinonhsón:ni culture concerning the role that familial bonds played in the union and carful maintenance of the great balance. It is only fitting and logical to conclude that before one could officially gain acceptance and inclusion into the fabric of rotinonhsón:ni life one first gained acceptance into one of the 49 founding families of the rotinonhsón:ni.

A similar process took place in the event that an entire family sought refuge and later adoption (like for instance the tehatiskaroras), the process would be nearly identical, the family would be offered refuge in the territory of whomever agreed to sponsor them and would have to prove first and foremost their ability to adhere to the fundamental principles of the great balance. Any family willing and able would be encouraged to trace the white roots of peace to its source beneath the protection of the tree of the evergreen.

In conclusion, when choosing to identify oneself as a Band-member, it primarily serves to legitimize Crown rule through its usurpation of our distinct identity.

To identify as a citizen of rotinonhson:ni declares oneself incompetent and a voluntary slave to a ruling elite or oligarchy. Both Band-membership and citizenship are foreign concepts derived from a culture of monarchs and their subordinates (the disempowered masses) whom have been longing for freedom for thousands of years. Family is who and what we are, a family able to exercise reason, a family with a shared history, culture, language, land base, and worldview all of which make up apart of our distinct identity as rotinonhsón:ni.

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THE GREAT LAW OF THE IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY There are at least eight different versions of the Great Law of Peace and this translation was chosen for the Kanienke:ha/Mohawk language content.

If there is a version of the Great Law that you would like to see printed instead, e-mail us a tworowtimes@gmail.com.

By Louis Karoniaktajeh Hall WAMPUM 19: AN ERRANT CHIEF DEPOSED BY CLAN MOTHER THROUGH THE WAR CHIEF If at any time it shall be apparent that a chief of the League has not in mind the welfare of the people or disobeys the rules of the Great Law, the men or women of the League, or both jointly, shall come to the Council and scold the erring chief through his War Chief.

If the complaint of the people through the War Chief is not heeded on the first occasion, it shall be uttered again and then if no attention is given, a third complaint and a warning shall be given. If the chief is still disobedient, the matter shall go to the Council of War Chiefs. The War Chiefs shall then take away the title of the erring chief by order of the women in whom the title is vested. When the chief is deposed, the women shall notify the chiefs of the League through their War Chief and the Chiefs of the League shall sanction the act. The women

will then select another of their sons as a candidate and the chiefs shall elect him. Then the chosen one shall be installed by the Installation Ceremony.

When a chief is deposed, his War Chief shall address him as follows: "So you, ..., disregard and set at naught the warnings of your women relatives. You fling the warnings over your shoulder to cast them behind. Behold the brightness of the Sun, and in the brightness of the Sun's light, I depose you of your title and remove the emblem of your chieftainship title. I remove from your brow the deer's antlers which was the emblem of your position and token of your nobility. I now depose you and return the antlers to the women whose heritage they are."

The War Chief shall now address the women of the deposed Chief and say: "Mothers as I have deposed your chief, I now return to you the emblem and the title of chieftainship; therefore, repossess them."

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Again addressing the deposed chief, he shall say: "As I have deposed and discharged you, so you are no longer chief.

The rest of the people of the League shall not go with you, for we know not the kind of mind you possess. As the Creator has nothing to do with wrong, so he will not come to rescue you from the precipice of destruction in which you have cast yourself. You shall never be restored to the position you once occupied."

Then shall the War Chief address himself to the Chiefs of the nation to which the deposed chief belongs and say: "Know you, my chiefs, that I have taken the deer's antlers from the brow of ..., the emblem of his position and token of his greatness."

The chiefs of the League shall have no other alternative than to sanction the discharge of the offending chief.

Sahonnitiokonni Ne Wisk Nihononwentsakeh GAYANEREKOWA OF THE IROQUOIS CON-

FEDERACY KAYONI 19: NE TENSON WA NA K A R A R A KO NE ROYANER, AHSAREKOWA ENSAKOTATIAS NE KANISTENSERA Tohka katkeh enweneneh tsi sayatah ne Rotiyaner yahtotehsahnikonrayen ne ahkotsennonnia nonkwesonha tohkani wahawennonti ne Gayanerekowa, tohneh ne ronnonkwe tohkani konnonkwe, tohkani skatneh, tohnienhonneh tsi totitsenhayen ne Rotiyaner tahnon enhonwattehten ne kihken Royaner tehonioskenhen, Ahsarekowa tensakotehwennakwe. Toka yatahatahonsatateh nentohwatiehrenteh, sehkon kahti ensonwatehton.

Tohka ne ahsenhaton nenhonwarori sehkon yat ahat ahonsat ateh, tohneh ki onen tonienhatihaweh tsi tatitsenhayentakwa ne Ahsarekowatson ne tensonwanakararako, ahotisennakon ne Kahnistensera. Ne enskotiyehna ne Raohsanna. Nohnen tonsahonwanakarako ne Royaner, tohneh noen ne Kahnistensera enhonwatirori ne Ro-

tiyaner, Ahsarekowa ensakotatiaseh tahnon tohnitsi enhonnohetsteh rahotitsenhakon ne Rotiyaner. Tohneh onen ne Kahnistensera ohya ensonwayatarako ne Royaner tahnon ne Rotiyaner enhonwarihonten. Onen enwateriwatentiaton ne Tenhonwanakararen.

Nennen ne Royaner tonsahonwanakararako, kennitsi enhotarhaseh ne Ahsarekowa: "Onen kahti nihseh, ..., yatehnen karihwa tehsonni tahnon kennokwati tahsawihteh tsiwahonsattehten ne Kahnistensera. Tsonnen yatehsoyakeh. Skahenyon tsi natehyoswateh ne Orokontsera tahnon tsinatehyoswahteh ne Orakontsera ahoswatehtsera tonsakonakararako tahnon sahkonkwa ne Sahsenna. Ehren sakhawihteh ne skehnonton rahonakara, ne r at iyent eh r es t a k w a kwe tsi nahoten saterihontakwe tanon ne sayatenehra k wat sera .

Onen kahti, tonsakonnakararako tahnon tontakehyon ne Konnonkwe ne ahonawen."

Ne nonwa ne Ahsarekowa ensakotati ne Rahonistensera ne tehsonwana k arara k wen tohnon enhenron: "Kahnistensera, nen ki tonsahinakararako ne sohwawen Royaner, onen kahti tontahkwayon ne

atehniententsera tahnon ne kahsenna, onen kahti, sahsowayehna."

Sehkon yensotarhaseh ne tehsonwankararakwen, enhenron ne Ahsarakowa: "Tsi teskonnakararakwen tahnon skonnahsion, yakati onen tehtsisayaner. Sonhatsiwa tsi nienseseh. Yatahonsehsehwe ne onkwesonha, yatehyonkwateryentareh ennisanikonroten.

Netsi ne Sonkwayatisson, yatatehotonwentsohni ne yahtetkayeri, yakahti tahonsayaniakenteh ne tsinonitstenrateh yasatattiatenteh.

Yanenwenton tahahonsastahne tsinon saterihontakwe."

Tohneh onen ne Ahsarekowa yensakotarhaseh ne Rotiyaner ne raohnakerasera ne tsinikayen ne tehsahonwanakararako, enhenron: " S ehw at er ient a r a k , Tahwakowanens, tsi sakrako ne skahnonton rahonakara tsi tehokenkeronteh ne, ..., ne atehniententsera tsinon nihoterihontakwe tahnon ne rahokowanatsera."

Ne Wisk Nihononwentsake Rotiyaner yatehnen tahonton ohya nahatihyereh ohnenktsi enhonnohetsteh tsi tonsahonwanakararako ne tehonioskenken Royaner.

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Federal government prepares to hand MMIW inquiry over to commissioners The Canadian Press OTTAWA — After shaping the design and scope of the inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, the federal government is set to hand over the process to five commissioners Wednesday at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que. A ceremony, expected to feature a number of indigenous traditions, will be held in the morning to mark the beginning of the commission's work.

Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu will be on hand for the event.

The ministers are also

expected to meet the families of some victims following the announcement.

It is expected to be a highly emotional day for a number of long-time advocates who have repeatedly called on the federal government to open a national public inquiry into the phenomenon of missing and murdered indigenous women.

The study — resisted by the Conservative government of former prime minister Stephen Harper — was a key Liberal campaign promise during the last federal election.

Sheila North Wilson, grand chief of an organization representing First Nations in northern Manitoba, said Tuesday she hopes the study will help

unravel the “massive problem'' piece by piece.

She said she's hoping the government will speak “directly to the hearts and minds'' of indigenous families on Wednesday.

During the course of their work, the commissioners will have the power to summon witnesses and compel testimony.

Two central questions for the upcoming process include how long will the study take and how much will it all cost?

The federal government has earmarked $40 million over two years for the inquiry but Bennett has said this is a placeholder budget and stressed the need to get the process “right.''

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It is expected that the commissioners could face a number of challenges during the course of their work, such as the need to examine the nature of violence against indigenous women in urban centres and in indigenous communities themselves.

Joan Jack, an Ojibway activist from Manitoba, has stressed the need for the inquiry to look at what is happening on reserve.

Women are routinely oppressed and subjected to violence, she said.

“It is only the very strongest and very connected women that are able to rise above that,'' Jack said in an interview Tuesday.

“There's just a level of violence in our communities that is a crisis and no

one seems to care.''

There will have to be a lot of healing inside communities, North Wilson said, adding she hopes Canadians will use the inquiry process to better understand what is happening to indigenous women and girls.

“We have a lot to contribute as indigenous women and girls,'' North Wilson said.

“We want the same thing that everybody wants — we want health, we want equality, we want jobs, we want to be educated and we want opportunities ... we should be afforded that.

That's at the heart of the issue ... it is a Canadian problem.''

In May 2014, the RCMP released a report documenting 1,181 murdered and missing women be-

tween 1980 and 2012.

A year later, it said 32 aboriginal women had been murdered and 11 more had disappeared since it first reported on the issue.

The RCMP also noted there is an “unmistakable connection between homicide and family violence.''

The force said the relationship between victim and offender was particularly relevant because more than 90 per cent of the women in the homicide data were known to the offender.

Mistrust toward police forces and the need to examine officer conduct is also expected to be a central theme of the inquiry process.

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By Danielle Be

Trudeau supports Site C mega project despite treaty grievances Site C is a controversial mega dam that is located on the Peace River near Fort St. John in northeastern B.C. The $9 billion project led by BC Hydro intends to flood 80 kilometres of the best agricultural lands of the north.

Construction has been underway for almost one year accompanied by one year of resistance to the project.

Fierce opposition has arisen in the face of the mega project. A diverse coalition of indigenous peoples, environmentalists, academics and local landowners are speaking out against the treaty violations that are in progress.

“The government signed Treaty 8 in the early 1900s on our territory. They proceeded to pressure Indigenous people to follow and obey it, but in turn they do not honour our treaty rights. We were promised to live and thrive, continuing our ways of life, our livelihoods. We did not surrender, rent or sell our lands,” said Yvonne Tupper, member of Treaty 8.

West Moberly and Prophet River First Nation took the B.C. government to court seeking a nullification of the environmental assessment that approved the mega project; however, the claim was denied in 2015. Unfortunately, the project is illuminating the idea that jobs are more important than the environment. The Site C project will likely provide power to several Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) stations, which will double B.C. carbon emissions.

Site C opponents hoped that Justin Trudeau, who made promises to uphold treaty rights and the environment, would support their cause. A federal appeal will be heard in British Columbia in September.

Green Party Leader Eliz-

abeth May said that she is disappointed that the Liberal government would approve permits before the court made its ruling. “It is agonizing to witness the starting gun for a race between bulldozers and justice. This project is a clear violation of treaty rights.”

First Nations man makes petroglyphs alive again with care and visitation Chris Nelson of the Nuxalk Nation is a lead tour guide with Copper Sun Journeys in northern British Columbia. His father and he are also care givers of a sacred site that is dated more than 10, 500 years old.

Images of animals and the supernatural world are deeply carved in boulders located on Thorsen Creek in the Bella Coola Valley.

Nelson believes that the area was used by “higher ranking societies” like societies of chiefs, mask dancers, healers and highly respected elders. The images tell stories of the earth. Visiting every day, Nelson sings songs to honour the sacred place that his ancestors frequented many thousands of years ago, and to this day.

“It is a very sacred site to me. I go up there with my family at times and even winter months when there’s snow, at night, midnight, when the full moon is high in the sky. It is a

very spiritual place and we do connect with Creator that way,” Nelson said. He intends to keep sharing knowledge of a place that is hidden in a rainforest on a towering cliff through guided tours.

The sacred site was “refound” during the 70s when logging permits were issued; however, Nelson said that his people always knew they were there. Archaeologists dated the site to be over four or five thousand years old, however an elder dated one of the areas to be more than 10, 500 years old. The site is between 30 and 40 kilometres up the valley.

Nelson believes that his ancestors used many different methods to create the petroglyphs. To get a good idea of the kind of work that went into making this ancestral artwork, Nelson instructed some of his students to use stones to try to etch an image into stone. After a full day’s work, Nelson said that their work was like a “chalk mark on a black board”.

Considering that the petroglyphs have lasted for thousands of years, it makes one wonder which methods were used so many thousands of years ago. Nelson reminds us that we are not a people stuck in a historical past.

“We live our histories through dance, song and stories.”

First Nations along the North Saskatchewan River facing crisis after Husky Energy oil spill Following a spill that leaked 222,000 litres of oil and chemicals into the North Saskatchewan River last week, many First Nation communities downstream are living through water restrictions that has seen some communities facing up to four days without access to tap water. Truckloads of water, as well as bottled water, are being shipped to the communities like Muskoday First Nation.

The community of Muskoday has about 800 people living on reserve and is located 15 kilometres north of Prince Albert, Sask. One elder said that she was shocked to learn that an oil pipeline was running underneath the river. “Water is our main thing, what we need. We can get along without anything else, but the water we need,” said elder Shirley Gerard.

A quarter million litres of oil and chemicals spilled 500 kilometres downstream on July 21.

Booms were deployed to minimize the risk of the spill, but these methods were quickly deemed ineffective as high water levels and debris over ran the measures. As a result

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of the carelessness, the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs are calling for a boycott, including divestment, of Husky Energy and services. The company has polluted one of the world’s freshest water sources. “To poison this source of life for a great number of people, animals and plant life is a tragedy and we must hold the company to account for this,” said Grand Chief Derek Nepinak.

Prince Albert Mayor Greg Dionne said that the resumption of water supplies to the rural areas would have to wait until his city had its water sources in place; however, a group of Opaskwewayak Cree women have been holding ceremony for the water. “The water is sacred,” said Jackie Crow, one of the organizers. “That is what is really missing from everything that is being talked about. One resource we cannot do without, as human beings, is water.”

Huron-Wendat oppose music festival on ancestral lands The WayHome Music Festival in Oro-Medonte, Ontario happened on top of

land that archaeologists have confirmed to be sites wherein Indigenous peoples once lived and died.

Pottery fragments, stone axes and a human skull were found during a report commissioned by Burl’s Creek, the owner of the festival.

Because of the report, the province of Ontario couldn’t support Burl Creek’s permit according to a letter sent to Burl’s Creek’s archaeologist Jamie Lemon of Golder Associates from the Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Sport; however, the township of Oro-Medonte issued a restricted permit for the use of 92 acres.

Mayor Harry Hughes said that this is because the 92 acres is properly zoned for such an event.

Booked acts for the WayHome Festival included the Killers, Arcade Fire and a Tribe Called Red. “It’s totally disgusting to First Nations,” said David Donnelly, a lawyer for Save Oro, a group protesting the festival and its environmental impacts. Although there were vocal concerns by the group, as well as Huron-Wendat people, the festival continued, saying that the area was on a properly zoned area.

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Policing under scrutiny at inquiry into missing, murdered indigenous women The Canadian Press OTTAWA — Police are getting ready for a grilling at the national inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women, even if they are not explicitly mentioned in its mandate.

“I really want to assure the indigenous population that the police will co-operate fully with all facets of the inquiry,'' Saskatoon police Chief Clive Weighill, president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, said Tuesday.

“And if a particular event requires review, or clarification, we will assist the commissioners and the family involved.''

The Liberal government faced criticism from advocates and families of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls last month when a draft version of the terms of reference, which was leaked to several media outlets, did not explicitly state the need to examine the role of police or their conduct.

The draft instead referred more broadly to underlying causes of violence against indigenous women and girls — including institutional ones — that Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett has said would involve policing.

A government source said Tuesday the inquiry would explore a potential mechanism for reviewing investigations of missing and murdered indigenous

women that families feel were not handled properly the first time around, such as deaths determined to be accidents that they believe were actually homicides.

The Native Women's Association of Canada has called for exactly that, asking that it be independent and overseen by the inquiry.

The source did not share any more details, but noted the terms of reference allow the commissioners to be able to pass along to the “appropriate authorities'' any information regarding misconduct, or that may be useful to a criminal investigation or prosecution.

Weighill said it is important for the inquiry to establish some way to review individual cases — both to conduct further investigations, if the original ones are found to be lacking, and to eliminate suspicion in cases found to have been handled well.

He did not want to speculate on the design of any review mechanism, but did call for a uniform process nationwide.

“We don't want the commissioners sending out to one police agency to investigate something in their particular way and to another agency (where) they'll investigate it in their way,'' Weighill said.

Ontario Provincial Police spokesman Sgt. Peter Leon said they are also ready to participate.

“The OPP will do what-

ever is asked of the OPP as an investigation,'' said Leon, adding this would include revisiting cases should new information come to light.

The RCMP has also offered its full participation and support.

The commission falls under the part of the federal Inquiries Act governing public inquiries, which means it will have the power to summon witnesses and compel evidence and testimony, just like a civil court.

The provinces and territories have all agreed to sign on to these terms of reference, which include giving commissions jurisdiction over areas such as municipal and provincial policing.

Beverley Jacobs, a lawyer and advocate for families, said she likes that the terms of reference are broad.

“I have to have full trust in the commissioners and the knowledge that they have to put some teeth into the terms of reference,'' said Jacobs.

Shelagh Day of the Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action said she is concerned it leaves too much up to interpretation.

“One of the things we know is that governments establish inquiries for very good reasons and then when it comes to the close examination of a policy or practice or requests for information or a file that seems sensitive, governments can balk,'' said Day.

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Sexual Assault: The Roadshow leaves Ohsweken

By Chezney Martin OHSWEKEN – The Sexual Assault: The Roadshow container has been filled with art addressing sexual assault stigmas created by artists within the Six Nations community; their hard work and effort was commemorated during a ceremony held at Ganohkwasra on Thursday, July 28.

Chairs were seated around the container and filled with artists, performers, those that simply enjoy art, and keynote speakers.

Of the keynote speakers was Overall Project Director Jane Doe, who said that the ceremony was quite emotional for her.

“The opportunity to be here today is overwhelming, I wept through most of the ceremony,” she said. “In truth, we don't really have a language that truly can express our joy, but art does that for us, and art is also another narrative for us to talk about sexual assault and do it with joy, hope and love. And that is exactly what this whole project is imbued in and that is definitely made evident here tonight.”

Doe further commended those that committed to participating in the project.

“What Lillian and I have received is a dream. A dream come true,” said Doe. “It's come true because of the artists that are involved, because of the community, because of the history of the community, and because if we don't address colonialism and sexual assault; race and rape can never be separated, ever. When we speak to one we must speak to the other,” she said.

Working in unison

(from left); Ganohkwasra Manager of Therapeutic Services Julia Bomberry, Overall Project Director Jane Doe, Overall Artistic Director Lillian Allen, and Community Artistic Director Julia Jamieson pose in front of the Sexual Assault the Roadshow Bin, which has been filled with art made

by Six Nations community members that addresses stigmas surrounding sexual assault. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN with Doe, Overall Artistic Director Lillian Allen said that she too feels passionately about the project.

“I am very happy, and I know that [Jane] is too; this is really good,” said Allen as she looked over the container.

“This is beautiful,” said Allen. “I think we had great expectations, but this is beyond it.

And not just the artwork itself, but from what we understood of what happened in the process, the people we've spoken to that have done the workshops, people have posted on Facebook about how healing that was and how important that was for the community, and to hear the speaker say 'here it is,' right in the middle of the community and that people can come to it,” she said.

In regards to what she

feels when looking at the container, Allen ex-

plains that there is much more behind it than just

art.

“The space itself is

just a different space, it has its own kind of life to it,” she said. “There's something about it that calls you, because we brought some art from Toronto that it opened up with, so people got a sense of what it is. And making some dialogue with that in this community has really created some fantastic work, and even more important is the fantastic connections that have been made, and the dialogue that has been enriched.”

The container was set to depart from Ohsweken to reach another community. This fantastic display of workmanship and collaboration could not have been possible without the caring members of Ganohkwasra; including Community Artistic Director Julia Jamieson and Ganohkwasra Manager of Therapeutic Services Julia Bomberry that were with the Six Nations portion of the project from the beginning.

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Rivermen arrest James Gang in three straight

By Jim Windle OHSWEKEN – The Six Nations Rivermen seem to be as strong as they need to be to win, while tightening up their own end of the floor to protect a lead. Both qualities will be needed if they are to repeat as Presidents Cup Champions for 2016.

The Rivermen were down 1-0 23 seconds into the first period of Game 3 of the best of five semi-final series against the Ennismore James Gang, Saturday, July 30th, at the Gaylord Powless Arena.

But that was as close as it would get as the Rivermen answered with goals

by Dwayne Porter and Tom Montour to end the first period up 2-1.

Kyle Trolley evened the score at 2-2 early in the second, but the Rivermen opened it up in the second, out-scoring the James Gang, 6-3 for a two period score of 8-4.

Six Nations Rivermen veteran Roger Vyse controls the game whenever he has the ball. He has been a stalwart all season but has especially dug hard during the playoffs. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE Travis Bland, Wayne Hill, Layne Smith, Tom Montour, Stu Martin and Stu Hill accounted for the Rivermen’s second frame scoring.

Grant Crawly held the James Gang off in the third.

“We played well this series,” said goalie Grant Crawly following the sweep of the James Gang.

“We knew they were coming out full blast and I think we were ready for them.”

Ready they were, downing Ennismore 6-5, 10-3 and 8-6.

“We kinda laid off them in the third, and took our foot off the pedal,” said Tom Montour of his team’s win.

Montour feels his team

have the horses to take a serious run at the Presidents Cup again this year.

Throughout much of his Jr and pro career, Montour was a transition man and one of the best there is, winning recognition and respect as both amateur and pro. With the Rivermen, he has been given a more offensive role and has blossomed in that capacity with 19 goals and 17 assists in 13 regular season games. He has added five goals and three assists in three playoff starts so far.

The Brooklin Merchants were busy taking a four to one series against Owen Sound to draw the high flying Rivermen as a final partner for the Clare Levack Memorial Trophy, and a possible repeat as Presidents Cup winners.

The Sr. B finals begin against the Merchants at the Gaylord Powless Arena.

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Pro-Fit Chiefs Arrows sweep Mountaineers and Redmen face off Wednesday

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – The Six Nations Major Series Pro-Fit Chiefs semi-final playoff schedule has been released and the Chiefs begin in earnest their quest to take back the Mann Cup they held in 2013 and 2014.

Last year the Peterborough Lakers prevented the Chief’s organizations’ second three peat for the National crown.

The Chiefs will take on the Brooklin Redmen while the Lakers do battle with the Oakville Rock in the other series.

The winner of the Major Series Championship will earn a pass to the 2016 Mann Cup Championship, which fits the best Sr. lacrosse teams from across Canada, go up against each other for the National Mann Cup title.

In the 2016 regular season, the Brooklin Redman finished one point

ahead of Six Nations while the defending Mann Cup champion Lakers finished first.

Cody Jamieson will lead the Pro-Fit Chiefs offence with his 20 goals and 49 assists in the regular season. Johnny Powless, Randy Staats and Jordan Durstan are not far behind in the team’s scoring race. Matt Ward and Warren Hill will share the goaltending duties.

Pro-Fit Chiefs vs. Brooklin Redmen

Game 1 – Wed. Aug. 3, 8 p.m., at Brooklin Game 2 – Sat. Aug. 6, 7 p.m., at ILA Game 3 – Mon. Aug. 8, 8 p.m., at Brooklin Game 4 – Wed. Aug. 10, 8 p.m., at ILA if necessary Game 5 – Fri. Aug. 12, 8 p.m., at Brooklin Game 6 – Sat. Aug. 13, 7 p.m., at ILA Game 7 – Tues. Aug. 13, 8 p.m., at Brooklin

Around the OLA playoffs

By TRT Staff The Jr. B playoffs are well underway, unfortunately without the Rebels, but they are down to the final four. As of Tuesday night, the Orangeville Northmen and the Windsor Clippers are tied at two games each in the best-offive series with the rubber game being played Tuesday night. The winner of that series will face the Green Gaels for the OJBLL Championship series. The Gaels took out the Oakville Rock in five games.

In Jr. C lacrosse, the Wilmot Wild and the Clarington Shamrocks are playing for the Meredith Cup Championships.

Clarington won the first game of the best-of-seven series, 9-2. Game #2 was played Tuesday night in Wilmot.

Arrows captain Brendan Bomberry is leading this year's Arrows with a steady confidence. He has scored 14 goals and 18 assists in the first two series. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – The Jr. A Arrows dispatched the Mimico Mountaineers in a sweep in the semi-final round of the Ontario Jr. A playoffs last week.

The series began Mon, July 25th, with an 8-5 win at the ILA, in Six Nations.

Tuesday, July 26th, they took Game 2 with a 13-11 score and on Thursday night, The Arrows had little trouble getting an 11-3 decision before sweeping aside the Mountaineers Friday night with then same 11-3 score.

The Arrows will face off against the winner of the Orangeville, Brampton. That series is still on with Orangeville leading the best-of-seven series three games to two.

By Friday night against the Mountaineers, the Arrows had Mimico completely demoralized and frus-

trated, especially after the ease in which the Arrows took Thursday night’s game at the ILA. After Mimico put in a solid first period in which the Mountaineers held a 3-1 lead at one point, the Arrows took over in the second half of the period with goals scored by Zach Miller, Chris Cloutier and Tehoka Nanticoke.

The Mountaineers had nothing left as the Arrows’ back end kept them off the score sheet for the next two periods, while the most explosive offence in the league kept piling on the points.

It was 7-3 after 40 minutes on their way to the 11-3 easy win.

The Mountaineers were attacked immediately on Friday night by Nanticoke, Cloutier, two

by Austin Staats and one

by Brendan Bomberry, before James Guest put one behind Doug Jamieson near the end of the

first period.

Mimico gathered together all the energy, will and determination left on the bench as the second period began.

They were rewarded with what would stand as their last two goals of the 2016 season, to make it 5-3, but it would not be nearly enough to fend off the Arrows.

Nolan Apres and Bomberry made it a 7-3 game before the end of the period.

Bomberry as well as Staats scored their third of the game, in the third period, Cloutier with his second of the game and Zach Miller scored in the third.

The Mountaineers did not go quietly. Having no luck winning the game, the frustration boiled over. At 8:12 of the game, a wholesale donnybrook broke out on the floor involving a number of players.

Jason Suboch took a cheap shot at Arrows

captain Brendan Bomberry and all hell broke loose. The fur was flying at a number of places on the floor and in the end, the Mimico Mountaineers 127 minutes on 21 infractions and Six Nations Arrows received 91 minutes on 15 infractions.

Mountaineers tossed from the game were; Matthew Sykes, Jackson Suboch, Daniel Balawejder, Warren Jeffrey, Riley Hutchcraft, and Matthew Lee. Sent to the showers for Six Nations were; Brendan Bomberry, Owen MacDonald, Nolan Apers, and Tehoka Nanticoke.

Austin Staats still leads the Arrows in scoring after two playoff sweeps with 16 goals, 22 assists, for 38 points in seven playoff games.

Brendan Bomberry is next with 14 goals 18 assists for 32 points in seven games.

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Great grandma of Donnie, Xavier, Quaid, Quincy, Vhawn, Zylen, Tyler, Makayla, Maverik, and Charlie. Dear sister of Larry VanEvery (deceased), Randy VanEvery (Norma), Eleanor “Cookie” Doolittle, Bobby VanEvery, and Dallas Brock (Ron).

Barb will be also greatly missed by her nieces and nephews. As per Barb’s wishes there will be no visitation. Cremation has taken place. Her celebration of life will be held at her residence 2983 6th Line, Six Nations on Saturday August 6, 2016 from 2-4 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Six Nations Health Foundation on her behalf. www.rhbanderson.com

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Greenwich Time 4. English sailor missionary 9. Type of wheat 14. Wreath 15. Hesitate 16. Hollyhocks 17. Not even 18. Former talk show host 20. Rugged mountain range 22. Greek muse 23. Ancient Greek comedy 24. Jeopardizes 28. Singer DiFranco 29. Calcium 30. Employee stock ownership plan 31. Gemstones 33. Got the job 37. Tantalum 38. Red deer 39. Not a pro 41. Coffee alternative 42. Aluminum 43. Northern Italian language 44. Smart __: Wiseacre 46. Sanskrit rulers (pl.)

49. __ hoc 50. Mousse 51. Closures 55. Russian lake 58. Small lunar crater 59. Appear with 60. Beginning 64. Type of Chinese language 65. Jewish composer 66. Sensation of flavor 67. Payment (abbr.)

68. High-class 69. Clocked 70. Midway between east and southeast CLUES DOWN 1. Shine 2. They spread the news 3. Indicates water limits 4. Determines value 5. Capital of Okinawa 6. Chinese river

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 It may take a little extra effort to solve a particularly puzzling problem this week, Aries. It’s not an insurmountable obstacle, just one that takes patience.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, all of your efforts thus far in relation to personal challenges have been well worth the sacrifices you have made. Keep doing what you are doing.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you cannot control the actions of others all of the time, but you can change the way you react to certain situations. Take time to develop a response.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you will have to adapt when your schedule gets turned upside down. Let others see how capable you are by modifying the situation as needed.

7. Sign language 8. Passover feast and ceremony 9. Yemen capital 10. A tributary of the Missouri River 11. Sounds 12. Andorra-La Seu d’Urgell Airport 13. Korean name 19. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined 21. Outer layer 24. African nation (Fr.) 25. From Haiti 26. Polish river 27. Paul Henri __, Belgian statesman 31. Retailer 32. Supreme being 34. Tears into pieces 35. European Union

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LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, an unconventional approach to a problem may see things fall into place. While others are following one path, you’ll be marching to the beat of a different drummer.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, it’s time to get your head out of the clouds for a little bit. Focus on the priorities in your life, which may include family and work responsibilities.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Friends may prove a distraction this week, Libra.

It will take a lot of energy to focus on what you need to accomplish rather than getting sucked into other plans.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, adjusting to a changing situation at work will require some patience and trial and error.

Keep your head down because you will grow comfortable before you know it.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Drama seems to find you this week, Sagittarius. But you can handle whatever comes your way. Remove yourself from gossip and keep a low profile until things seem to dissipate.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, resist the temptation to dive in when you sense a potential conflict brewing. It may be difficult to stay out of the fray, but you will ultimately be glad you did.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you need to be more assertive at work, especially if you want to receive the acclaim you feel you deserve. Be confident in your abilities.

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