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Educator Sabrina Sawyer shares the story of the Two Row Wampum belt with a room filled with educators, parents, community groups and more that were present to discuss and share ideas on how the Brantford Public School system could be improved. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN cial needs and other issues, a large group discussion to serve their community. it’s important to come to- where the ideas issues “How can I be in my gether to discuss how pub- and topics were further neighbour’s life?” is what lic schools can better serve fleshed out. Carrol asked when first the community’s children, The foundation select- addressing the audience. families, and communities. ed panelists who have He said that everybody has The forum was held for very active roles in the a place and a skill they can parents, school and parent lives of Brantford’s and its be using. council members, commu- surrounding community Carrol is also the foundnity groups, leaders in edu- members. er of “the Kindness Projcation, and others to share Dave Carrol, a church ect”, a Queen’s Jubilee their ideas on how to build leader with the Freedom Medal Recipient, breakfast better public schools. House Church in Brantford program co-ordinator, and The night included a was a panelist who shared a local superhero (Captain panel discussion, small a little bit of his story and Kindness). group interactions and how he is helping people Sabrina Sawyer spoke presentations, followed by find out and use their skills next on her role and view
on indigenous education within the school board and how the goal should be to teach students Canada’s true history, yet also focus on the important on the issues of healing prior mistrusts, broken treaties, and cultural sensitivity. “Not any of the original treaties have been upheld,” said Sawyer as she held up a replica Two Row Wampum belt and explained its importance. “We’ve gotten off track. Our job now is to try and get back on track while respecting one another’s journey.” Sawyer is an elementary school teacher and indigenous education consultant with the school board and a member of the Grand Erie Elementary Teachers’ Foundation Executive. The final panelist, Marc Laferriere, spoke on children’s mental health and his role in navigating mental health within the school board. He started
by giving the audience a few statistics on the percentage of millenials who currently face issues in mental health. A millenial is common western term for individuals born between 1981 and 1997. Laferriere asked why the group thinks millenials are under a lot of stress and some of the responses were: job uncertainty, changes in parenting skills, environmental issues, social media, and more. “Mental health issues is becoming less stigmatized,” said Laferriere. He also explained how students are likely to be affected by certain triggers and shared tips on how to navigate those waters. Laferriere is a Justice Studies professor and the co-ordinator of the Community and Justice Services Program at Mohawk College’s School of Community and Urban Studies.
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By Jayson Koblun OHSWEKEN – Chemotherapy is no doubt a life-saving medicine, but it takes a severe physical and emotional toll on those who undergo the treatment. Erinn Monture, in collaboration with Six Nations Health Services and Look Good Feel Better, hosted a workshop last week on Saturday, April 29, where women who are undergoing cancer treatments or recovering were shown several ways to deal with the appearance side of effects from cancer treatment. “Learning how to take care of your skin, or how to wear a wig, or how to apply makeup isn’t just a part of the healing journey, it’s a part of the entire journey,” said Monture, who is currently in remission after being diagnosed with cancer in December 2015. “I started chemo, and two weeks later — I lost my hair. It’s shocking and devastating for a lot of people.” Monture said that very often patients lose their hair, eyelashes, toenails, fingernails and even nose hairs. “All of a sudden your nose is dripping all the time and you have to carry a tissue with you everywhere; without eyelashes you have no eye protection, so you’re constantly getting junk in your eyes on top of everything going on internally. It’s the stupid little things that you don’t even think of until you’re forced into it.” Monture started a notfor-profit organization titled, Edwadadrihwanokwa:k – We Give Each Other Hope, with the intent of being a vehicle to drive and raise awareness of cancer to territory. “I had a hard time finding resources and help on the reserve when I was going through the process. The number of women, men, children and families here that are going through the process is much higher than you would think on Six Nations, and I want to bring all the help here that we can,” she said.
Robin Staats, one of the participants of the Look Good Feel Better workshop, applying some of the tips she learned at the event. PHOTO BY JAYSON KOBLUN
Monture collaborated with Six Nations Health Services and Look Good Feel Better, an organization that holds group workshops that teach beauty techniques to female cancer patients to help them combat the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. The organization is in its 25th year of operation and this is the first time one of its workshops was held on Six Nations. Around 25 Six Nations band members were at the free workshop. The workshop is free of charge thanks to donations from makeup and beauty companies associated with the organization. All of the guests were assigned a volunteer to aid in applying makeup, lotions, and answering any of their questions. The volunteers all have careers or backgrounds in the makeup and beauty industry and were there simply as helpers, not promoters for their own companies. “Myself and all of the volunteers are completely neutral when it comes to the products we used today,” said Deborah Hannah, director of Look good Feel Better. “We’re here to help the women learn, or relearn some techniques that they didn’t know. It’s not just makeup, it’s wig care, sunscreen application, lotion, moisturizing — things like that.” After the workshop, the volunteers and participants were invited to share in a Healthy Roots lunch, prepared by Six Nations Health Services staff. Healthy Roots is the name of a food plan and lifestyle that follows the
traditional pre-European contact Haudenosaunee diet. Miss Mini Six Nations Raynee Smith came to the workshop in support of the women and posed for photos with the volunteers and staff, as well as Six Nations Elected Councillor Melba Thomas. “There has been a gap in personal, one-on-one services like this one today,” said Thomas. “Health Services does a great job of having physiotherapists available, care services, doctors, dietitians, nurses, palliative care, and things like that — but this holistic and personal approach to healing is what the patients need now. It’s time to take care of themselves. Everybody likes to feel like they look good; even you and I. It lifts your spirits and self-confidence.” Monture wants to stress how important it is for cancer awareness to be a forefront issue on the territory, and that supporters and friends need to be reminded that just because a patient may look different, or feel differently, they are still the same person as before. “I am still the same person I was before my cancer,” she said. “I don’t like people feeling sorry for me, or thinking that I am incapable of anything and I’m very vocal on how I feel about that. We are not covering up a sickness here with makeup, we are helping these women come back to a sense or normalcy in their lives and that is so encouraging.”
LONDON — London Police are now looking for a man after a hostage situation on Oneida Nation of the Thames Wednesday. 29 year old Marlon Antone fled police after a home invasion in London where he abducted another man at gunpoint and took the victim to the Oneida reserve 20 km southwest
of London. Police would not confirm reports in the community Antone doused the victim in lighter fluid but did confirm the victim was known to the suspect and was later taken to hospital with minor injuries. OPP officers, London Police and a police helicopter pursued the suspect through Wednes-
day on Oneida Nation but were unsuccessful. Antone is known to police on an outstanding warrant for his arrest for assault and forcible confinement in 2016. Police consider him to be armed and dangerous. Anyone with information is asked to contact police.
OTTAWA — Ottawa announced a $90 million dollar increase over two years to the Post Secondary Student Support Program for First Nations and Inuit stu-
dents in Canada. The increased funding will address costs of tuition, living allowances, books and transportation for students. Indigenous Affairs
Minister Carolyn Bennett made the announcement late last week and says investing in indigenous students is investing in a strong future for Canada.
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HDI lawyer driver's licence suspended, vehicle impound By Jim Windle BRANTFORD — HDI lawyer Aaron Detlor was pulled over by police in Brantford last week, and his vehicle impounded, for driving while his license was under suspension. This is not the first time Detlor had his drivers license revoked — an enforcement action taken by the province after the Family Responsibilities Office (FRO) ordered Detlor keep current with child support payments for his now 16 year-old son. According to the child’s mother, Hayley Hofbauer, support payments for the last several years have been habitually late or skipped for months at a time until she is forced to hire a lawyer to draft and send letters to Detlor with threats of legal action if he does not pay up in full by a certain date. This, she says, has put undue pressure on the single mom and their son who has specific health support needs. Hofbauer says Detlor is now regarded by the FRO as a chronic abuser of the system, and will now lose his driver’s license when payments are not successful. Hofbauer was told by the FRO that an automatic drivers license suspension and the impounding of his vehicle for a minimum of seven days was in order in this case. This action was carried out last Monday, by Brantford Police who say because they are bound by protocol they could not deny or confirm their part in the impounding of Detlor’s car, other than to say Mr. Detlor was not formally arrested. However, as of Tuesday the lawyer’s black Mercedes-Benz SUV is being kept impounded at Ken’s Towing, in Brantford. Detlor has previously asserted that he is not the lawyer for the Haude-
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The Fraud of Crown Land EDITORIAL BY BENJAMIN DOOLITTLE Crown Land is a 17th Century concept whereby certain lands and all derived from it are claimed to be subject to the ownership, jurisdiction and will of the British Monarch. Contrary to deliberately false history, the legal concept of Crown Land was first created in 1673 with the conveyance of absolute (Allodium) legal title to the members of the Temple, representing the Island of Britain and the temple of New Jerusalem, in exchange for the conveyance of all rights of equity to the Crown Estate (“the Crown”) in perpetuity: 1. In 1707, the America Trade Act (1707) 6 Anne c. 39 of Queen Anne in reorganizing and attempted uniting of the former plantations as New England followed the open-ended claim of all the Americas as Crown Land and therefore part of the Crown Estate; and 2. Similar to the American colonies, the British colonies in the Caribbean, Asia and Africa were reorganized as Crown Land and part of the Crown Estate; and 3. In 1760, King George III (1760-1820) upon assuming the throne surrendered the Crown Estate to Parliament and therefore all its debts and obligations in exchange for a fixed annuity of £800,000 per annum and direct retention of certain key estates and their revenues such as the Duchy of Lancaster; and 4. In 1793, George III repeated the same surrender of Crown Estate and lands of Ireland to Parliament , the Duchy of Cornwall, Crown Land is a 17th Century; and 5. From 1810 until 1924, the Parliamentary official responsible for administering the Crown Lands and Crown Estate was the Commissioner of Woods,
Forests and Land Revenues; and 6. From 1924, a group of commissioners called the Commissioners of Crown Lands, headed by a Chairman, replaced the previous structure; and 7. From 1961, a statutory corporation known as the Crown Estate was incorporated to enable the Monarch to manage an extensively owned property portfolio estimated in 2012 to be valued in excess of £7 billion; and Under the concept of Allodium Land Title and therefore Crown Land, the word “land” legally refers not only to the soil, but all tenements on top of it as well as all that is produced from the soil, including people. Therefore Crown Land Title claims all those born on the soil are the absolute property of the holder of such Crown Title, not as slaves but as goods and as less than animals. The claim of what constitutes legally and legitimately “Crown Land” is itself subject to dispute and without firm custom, but is based loosely on a formal legal argument: 1. That no “evidence” of enhancing or adding value to the land or permanent indigenous settlement was present prior or at the time of official royal claim and proclamation; or 2. That no clear form of law of the land, land rights or clear chain of title existed with any indigenous communities, nor clear examples of surveys or maps; or 3. That the indigenous people surrendered their rights in treaty, or were defeated in formal battle for such rights; and 4. A post was placed, along with a flag and proclamation read in the language of the indigenous people claiming the
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land for the Crown and no argument was received in rebuttal of such a claim; and 5. A royal surveyor representing the body of the Monarch visited the land and named its features, walking and defining its boundaries without challenge. In the case of New Zealand and parts of Canada and the United States, the indigenous people themselves were recognized as sovereign without claiming Crown Land, yet since such treaties, Crown Land has been falsely and illegally presumed in defiance of alleged original law. In the case of Australia, no attempts were ever made in the first 60 years to legitimize the claims of Crown Land until the false 19th Century argument that the lands were “uninhabited”. Since then, the Crown has successfully avoided having its illegitimacy challenged and all claimed based on Crown Land dissolved. Since the beginning of the 20th Century, Crown Land has increasingly been managed by corporations still presenting themselves as estates subject to fiduciary obligations. Despite many former British Colonies repudiating the claims of Crown Land, the parliamentary and judiciary classes have remained prepared to continue to agree to the implied presumptions of land and ownership, jurisdiction and control. As all claims of Crown Land are based on the fraud of Allodium Land and the deliberate fraud of the Four Inns of Court and the Parliament of England and Great Britain, all Crown Land claims and title are hereby null and void from the beginning.
Opioid crisis: fentanyl an 'epidemic within an epidemic’ The Canadian Press TORONTO — Canada is in the midst of an epidemic of opioid use and abuse — involving both prescription and illicit forms of the potent narcotics — that shows no signs of abating and has led to an explosion of fatal overdoses. So pervasive is the problem that it has become part of the Canadian consciousness and left doctors, public health officials and politicians scrambling to find solutions to contain the crisis. Canadians remain the second highest per-capita consumers of opioids in the world, after Americans. But while U.S. use is beginning to decline, Canada's numbers keep rising, according to the International Narcotic Control Board, which monitors countries' prescribing levels. ``We doubt very much that it has to do with Canadians being different, having more pain than people elsewhere in the world. We think it probably has to do with how we've been programmed to prescribe,'' says Dr. Jamie Meuser, executive director of professional development and practice for the College of Family Physicians of Canada. ``There's virtually no doubt that prescribing in Canada has resulted in more
opioid medications being on the street in Canadian communities than in comparable places in the world.'' But just how did we get here? Opioids have been used therapeutically and recreationally for thousands of years, starting with Persian poppy-derived opium that both Hippocrates and Galen praised for its healing effects. Even famed Canadian-born physician William Osler (1849-1919) — no lover of pharmaceuticals — hailed opium as ``God's own medicine.'' With the isolation and later synthesis of some of opium's chemical properties beginning in the early 19th century, medicinal use of opioids like morphine, codeine, laudanum and heroin became widespread, as did cases of addiction to those easily purchased drugs. Synthetic opioids, such as oxycodone, were introduced to the prescription market from the 1950s onward, followed by slow-release formulations of a number of the drugs in the 1990s and early 2000s, which doctors began embracing for the treatment of chronic pain. Among them were the fentanyl patch, hydromorphone and OxyContin, the latter made by U.S.-based Purdue Pharma, which aggressively marketed its product to practising physicians and
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Fentanyl epidemic continued from page 6 medical school students as a highly effective painkiller ``without unacceptable side-effects'' — including addiction. Prescription numbers soared _ in Canada, the U.S. and elsewhere — as did growing reports of addictions and overdose deaths. Then in May 2007, the truth about OxyContin was revealed when Purdue and three of its top executives settled U.S. criminal and civil charges for the company's deceptive promotion of the medication. Purdue agreed to pay US$634.5-million in fines, acknowledging that it had, ``fraudulently and misleadingly marketed OxyContin as less addictive, less subject to abuse and less likely to cause withdrawal symptoms than other pain medications.'' Still, today's opioid crisis can't be linked solely to Purdue and its purported wonder drug OxyContin, suggests Benedikt Fischer, a senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto. ``There were a whole lot of other opioids around ... which were broadly accepted as a quick and easy and effective fix for pain ...
and were massively prescribed to a lot of people in high quantities and for long durations,'' says Fischer. While the use of opioids to manage chronic pain is poorly supported by scientific evidence, many doctors continue to prescribe the powerful medications, often because they don't see other options for easing patients' suffering, he says. In 2012, partly in response to widespread diversion of OxyContin to recreational users with devastating results — some indigenous communities, for instance, reported that almost their entire populations were addicted _ Purdue pulled the drug from the market as its patent was about to expire and replaced it with OxyNeo, a crushproof pill that couldn't be snorted, smoked or injected for an instant high. Despite its new formulation, OxyNeo is still highly addictive, and several provincial governments have moved to restrict coverage under their publicly funded drug plans. Ontario and B.C., for example, have delisted OxyNeo, other than for exceptional use. As of Jan. 1, Ontario also stopped paying for any high-dose opioid that ex-
ceeds the equivalent of 200 milligrams of morphine per day. Since 2012, prescriptions for oxycodone have been falling — from almost 2.13 million that year to less than 1.84 million in 2016, according to estimates from the pharmaceutical sales-tracking company QuintilesIMS. But other opioids soon took up the slack. For instance, retail pharmacies dispensed more than 4.76 million prescriptions of hydromorphone last year, up from just over three million four years earlier. None of the above figures include prescriptions from hospitals or other medical institutions. ``Overall, I don't see a lot of evidence that the generous prescribing and dispensing of opioids have really been reduced dramatically, despite our knowledge that we've really overdone this,'' Fischer says. QuintilesIMS backs up his assertion: in 2012, Canadian retail pharmacies dispensed almost 19 million analgesic-opioid prescriptions overall. Last year, that number had ballooned to more than 30 million, reaping nearly $881 million in sales. The College of Family Physicians of Canada is
trying to tackle the problem at the educational level, joining with several other professional groups — among them the Canadian Medical Association and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons — ``to look at what education needs there are around this and what we can do to fill them,'' says Meuser. Canada's 17 medical schools are also grappling with the issue, with some revamping their courses on pain control to stress to the country's future doctors the dangers of opioids and alternatives for treating patients. Governments and public health bodies are also trying to put the brakes on indiscriminate prescribing. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued new guidelines a year ago, advising doctors to first try non-drug therapies like physiotherapy for chronic pain and initiating opioids only in low doses for a short duration. Draft guidelines for Canadian doctors, developed at McMaster University in Hamilton, suggest restricting opioids to the equivalent of 50 to 90 milligrams of morphine per day, except in ``rare circumstances,'' putting them in line with
the CDC's advice. The previous guidelines, from 2010, limited the upper daily dose to 200 milligrams. The final recommendations are expected next month. Meanwhile, a new threat has sent the opioid crisis into overdrive. Illicit fentanyl pills from overseas have flooded onto the black market, helping to fuel a rash of overdose deaths, particularly in B.C. and Alberta. Fentanyl is 100 times more potent than morphine and up to 50 times stronger than heroin — making it potentially deadly in very small doses. Dr. David Juurlink, head of clinical pharmacology and toxicology at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, calls the fentanyl crisis ``an epidemic within an epidemic.'' ``The fentanyl epidemic is a response to the generation and enormous market for opioids that has always existed but was never as large as it currently is,'' he says. ``When the demand is so high and there's so much money to be made, when you try to restrain the supply side — you reformulate OxyContin into a tamper-resistant product, you close down pill
mills and you abruptly reduce opioid prescribing — people will need something. ``And to avoid withdrawal, they'll turn to whatever they can get their hands on.'' Fischer says two decades of over-prescribing, coupled with the growing illicit trade, has created a dilemma for those trying to curtail opioid use among both chronic pain patients and those who seek the narcotics to get high. ``The challenge, of course, is we have to deal with the hundreds of thousands of people who have become addicted and dependent and who are abusing these drugs on a daily basis or putting themselves at risk of overdose.'' Reining in opioid use may prevent more people becoming addicted in the future, says Fischer, who has long called for a national strategy to deal with the epidemic. ``But at the same time, you may create an adverse double-jeopardy effect where you may make things worse for all those people who are hooked on these drugs and are already procuring them non-medically.''
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Six Nations almost quits Canada in 1921 B R A N T F O R D/ M a r c h 1921 – A further elucidation (explanation) of the attitude of the Six Nations Indians on compulsory enfranchisement, the Glebe lands and other problems affecting the reserve, is giving in the following statement from A.G. Chisolm, legal advisor of the Six Nations, as sent to the Expositor: “Paragraphs have appeared in the daily press at intervals during the last few weeks indicating a feeling of great unrest among the Six Nations, culminating in a real movement among that people to emigrate to the United States, and it would seem an amazing thing that a people, always distinguished for the loyalty with which they adhered to the tie binding them to the Crown, should contemplate a step incomprehensible to most people, least to Canadians accustomed to our free system of government. As one intimately associated with the affairs of
the Six Nations, for some years past, may I be permitted a few words on the subject. Notwithstanding the denials at Ottawa and explanations from the Indian office in Brantford, this unrest does exist, and I will endeavor to show why. Before doing so, a word as to why some of these people seek New York for their home — simply because there they will enjoy their original tribal status with liberty to manage their own affairs — here, they are not, but are forced to live under an aristocratic rule compared with which, life under the czar was freedom.” Indian Act Blamed “The fundamental cause of the whole trouble is the Indian Act. Which gives the whole management of the Indians in Canada and their affairs to a Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, absolutely. The Superintendent General is a high officer of the Crown filling this office (for years past) because of
its Minister of the Interior, and who leaves the whole management of Indian affairs to his Deputy, the Deputy Superintendent General has very great powers over the affairs of the Indians, and while the Six Nations claim the Indian Act rightfully has no application to them on their reserve, a tactful administration has been pursued for years which left them a good deal of liberty of action and initiative. Since 1913, however, this policy of the Indian Department seems to have been abandoned, the already autocratic provisions of the Indian Act have been implemented by fresh enactments, the discretion of the council of the Six Nations drew practically disregarded by the Department as it saw fit, without regard to the wishes of the Six Nations, or the law governing the case, and it is this — the administration of their affairs during the last few years, that is the imme-
diate cause of the unrest above mentioned.” Petition for Relief: With the object of securing some relief from what they claim is oppression, the Six Nations petitioned the Governor General in Council to refer to the Supreme Court of Canada under the enabling act of Parliament, the question of their status under numerous pacts, treaties and promises, with and by the Crown of Great Britain give reasons and stated the object they had in seeking such reference. Their petition was referred to the Superintendent General, who referred it to the Justice Department. The Justice Department advised such reference might completely be made on the grounds of policy. The Superintendent General advised against such, and the Governor in Council on this, refused the prayer (bringer) of the petitions. The writer remarked to Sir James Lougheed before this decision, it was a very serious
matter for a government to refuse to 4,500 people, their right to have their petition decided by the Court. The answer of the Superintendent General was they could complain to Parliament. The Glebe Lot: “A dispatch from Brantford dated 23rd, instant, stated one bone of contention among the Six Nations was the Glebe lot. The trouble is not the Glebe lot, but what the Indian Department did about it. The facts are, the Six Nations have certain large claims against the New England Company for lands and moneys, the proceeds of lands said to have been held by the company in trust, but disposed of by the company and applied for its own use. The Indian Department promised the Six Nations Council it would take steps to have these adjusted. The Six Nations Council thereupon agreed that they would allow the trustees of the Glebe lot (really the New England Company) the
sum of $50,000 for the release of all their claims to the lands. This sum being composed of $23,628.77 already received by the company proceeds of sales of portions of the land with $26, 371.22 additional, to be paid out of the Six Nations’ funds. As there seemed no prospect of the Indian Department implementing its promise to take steps to have these land claims adjusted, the Council of the Six Nations on 23rd, October, 1917, withdrew its authority to pay these moneys till such steps were taken. “When reporting on the title to the Glebe lot for the Six Nations, the writer drew the attention on May 20th, 1819, of the Indian Department again to this action. The Indian Department, notwithstanding the very proper attitude of the Council, went ahead and I believe in the early part of 1919, paid over the money. Anyway, they paid it. The Indian Department has not CONTINUED ON PAGE 28
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New film highlights empowering female roles By TRT staff
LOS ANGELES – The historical period drama film Apache Wife, by screenwriter and actress Celeste Thorson, was inspired by Native American storytelling and Apache oral history. Set in New Mexico in the late 19th century, the film follows the transformative journey of a Chiricahua Apache woman, who witnesses the murder of her husband by a rival tribe and attempts to avenge his death. The independent short film is currently in post-production; a feature film version is also in development. Many American Indian cultures rely on oral history to pass down stories and cultural traditions. With fewer of those themes and symbolic stories shared, many traditions fade with time. After hearing the legend of an Apache woman revered for her bravery as a warrior,
Thorson was inspired to develop a period film that showcased some of the symbolism, themes, and traditions in Apache culture. "I love stories about women who use courage and willpower to change their destinies. I want to be a part of more narratives that showcase the strength and beauty of women forging their own paths." said Thorson. The short film was directed by Paul Street (Borderland, Room Nine, The Key) and stars Celeste Thorson (How I Met Your Mother, Kimmy Kimmel Live!, The Exes), Sancho Martin (Henry Danger, Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later, The Blacklist), and Dakota Black (Bullet, Drunk History, Justified) with costume design by Gabrielle Sciabbarrasi (Shattered, Trust No One, Quantum Theory). In addition to Apache Wife, Thorson recently starred in the upcoming
feature film, Treasure Hunter: Legend of the White Witch, which is currently in post-production. The film centres around an altruistic doctor and a cocky treasure hunter that must join forces to uncover the Mayan legend of the White Witch. The film was directed by Ken Barbet (Killer Instinct, The Eliminator, Father of Invention) and produced by Aldamisa Entertainment (Sin City: A Dame, Chef, Machete Kills); The film stars Wil Traval (Jessica Jones, Arrow, Once Upon A Time), Randy Couture (The Expendables, The Scorpion King: Rise of A Warrior, Good Kids) Chuck Zito (Carlito's Way, Homefront, Requiem for a Dream), Rafael de la Fuente (Empire, When We Rise, Every Witch Way), Alyona Cheknova (Bachelor Party, On - drakon, Deffchonki), and Natali Yura (Dead Trigger). Thorson is best known for her roles on How I
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REGINA — A Saskatchewan mayor issued a public apology to indigenous people in his area this week — saying he is sorry for how he’s thought of indigenous people in the past. Rob Hundeby was in Saskatoon on Tuesday afternoon to sign a memorandum of understanding with Chief Bobby Cameron of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. The pair are looking to start an education initiative to teach youth and
elected officials about reconcilliation. Hundeby said when he was growing up, the stereotype of indigenous people was that they were lazy and didn't want jobs. Hundeby said the birth of his children and re-examining his Christian faith led to a shift in thinking, and he now knows he was wrong. Cameron commended Hundeby for the apology, saying it took a lot of heart and courage.
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba Assembly of Chiefs is asking the RCMP to investigate hate crimes following racist comments posted to social media about the killing of a 19 month old Anthony Raine in Edmonton. Raine and his parents are First Nations citizens. A Facebook account using the name Allison Wiese, posted three comments on the page of Global News saying she was glad the baby didn’t have a chance to breed. Reaction to the comments was outrage and the incident was reported to police. Manitoba Grand Chief Derek Nepinak says Indigenous people have a responsibility to stand up against racism and is asking all Canadians to stand up with him — calling it a significant detriment to a peaceful society
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Miss Indian World from Kahnawake ALBUQUERQUE — The 2017 Gathering of Nations pow wow held this weekend saw a new Miss Indian World crowned for the 2017-2018 Season Raven Swamp was crowned in a ceremony
on Saturday night. The Mohawk woman is from the Kahnawake reserve next to Montreal. This year’s pow wow saw over 10,000 guests in attendance.
Full funding for youth medications TORONTO — Ontario announced a new drug benefit program that fully covers the cost of prescription medications for anyone aged 24 and under - regardless of family income. The new program will ensure families don’t have to make the difficult decisions between pay-
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Scientists flip flop on dietary fats LONDON — A new study published in the British Journal for Sports Medicine (BJSM) says that despite a long-held belief by medical professionals, dietary saturated fat does not clog arteries. Experts are advising people to focus on exercise, avoiding a stressful lifestyle and eating "real food."
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Woman charged after allegedly throwing knife GUELPH — Police say attempts to look out for a neighbour's safety went awry on the weekend in Guelph. They say two women heard an argument coming from the home next to theirs and went over to make sure everyone was
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Officials seek stats on fentanyl deaths VANCOUVER — First Nations leaders in BC say they suspect fentanyl overdose deaths are having a disproportionate impact on their communities. The leaders are working together with the
First Nations Health Authority to gather fentanyl specific data to help the communities deal with the nationwide opioid crisis — but say those numbers are hard to find. Current data collected is now based on self-iden-
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NEW HIGHWAY 7 – KITCHENER TO GUELPH Progress Update, GWP 408-88-00 The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) continues to move forward with new Highway 7 from Kitchener to Guelph following a three phase approach: Phase 1 – Ongoing construction and construction to commence in 2017 Phase 1 of new Highway 7 construction began in 2015 when the Guelph Street overpass was widened to accommodate the future interchange at Highway 85. Phase 1 construction planned for 2017 includes: • • • •
WINNIPEG — The killing of a 19-year-old high school student and a graphic video believed to be linked to the death has shocked a small Manitoba First Nation that has seen more than its share of tragedy. RCMP said Wednesday they were reviewing the video circulating on social media to determine whether it was indeed connected to the death on the Sagkeeng reserve, 120 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.
Continuing work to widen and extend Shirley Avenue in Kitchener; Continuing the relocation of municipal utilities at the Victoria Street Bridge over Highway 85 in Kitchener; Begin replacement of the Victoria Street Bridge over Highway 85 in Kitchener; and Begin clearing vegetation and fencing the new Highway 7 right-of-way between Kitchener and Guelph.
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Phase 2 – New Highway 7 Grand River Bridges Building on the approved Environmental Assessment (EA) for new Highway 7 from Kitchener to Guelph, the MTO has initiated Detailed Design for the new Grand River Bridges. This design work will follow the approved environmental planning process for Group ‘A’ projects under the Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) for Provincial Transportation Facilities (2000). A Design and Construction Report (DCR) will be prepared to document the Detailed Design of the new Grand River Bridges and associated environmental mitigation measures. The planned work includes grading at the approaches to the bridges. The DCR will be made available for a 30-day public review period. Notices will be posted on the project website www.NewHighway7.ca, published in local newspapers, and sent to persons on the project mailing list when the DCR is available for viewing. If there are no significant outstanding concerns at the end of the 30-day public review period for the DCR, the project may proceed to construction. Phase 3 – Completion of new Highway 7 The design for new Highway 7 from Kitchener to Guelph project is also progressing. WSP is updating the natural, social and cultural environmental conditions and developing mitigation measures; undertaking detailed soil and foundation investigations and analysis; and continuing detailed engineering work. COMMENTS Interested persons are encouraged to visit the project website www.NewHighway7.ca for further information about the project, and to submit comments to the Project Team. To obtain additional information, provide comments or to be placed on the mailing list, please contact: Ms. Alla Dinerman, P.Eng. Consultant Project Manager WSP 100 Commerce Valley Drive West Thornhill, ON L3T 0A1 tel: 905-882-7212 toll-free: 1-877-562-7947 fax: 905-882-0055 e-mail: dinermana@mmm.ca
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Manitoba families of MMIW say hearings must go ahead The Canadian Press WINNIPEG — A coalition that represents Manitoba family members says national hearings into missing and murdered indigenous women must begin soon despite the uncertainty surrounding the process. An open letter signed by officials with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the Manitoba Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Coalition says the hearings, slated to begin at the end of May, have been long in coming and families are
anxious. ``Indigenous families, women and girls cannot afford a 'pause' in your process. We have heard directly from families of (missing and murdered indigenous women) they are quickly losing hope that your inquiry will actually be relevant to them,'' states the letter, dated last Wednesday. ``We call on you to, at a minimum, announce in the near future when you, as commissioners, will finally go out and listen to our people.'' Inquiry officials announced April 13 that
they were postponing a series of regional advisory meetings, which were supposed to help determine what issues should be covered when the formal hearings get underway. Since then, the Manitoba coalition said there has been no communication. The group is also worried many family members may have a hard time being included in the hearings. ``You have not yet initiated meetings with Manitoba survivors of violence or who were missing, families of missing and
murdered indigenous women and girls, as well as First Nations and communities that are part of your mandate,'' the letter states. A spokesperson for the inquiry commission said Monday the advisory hearings were put on pause to look at possible changes for the inquiry hearings, and the May start date is still a go. ``The message we received is that we must be flexible and be prepared to change course if need be. This time is an opportunity for us to reflect on our approach for future
truth-finding gatherings,'' Tiar Wilson wrote in an email. The uncertainty over how families across Canada may be ensured participation in the inquiry has led some indigenous leaders to call for the inquiry to be postponed. Eric Robinson, former deputy premier and aboriginal affairs minister of Manitoba, said a delay is warranted to ensure the inquiry is fair and thorough. ``Let's not do a job that's in half-measures. I think that it's got to be done in a thorough fash-
ion and there's got to be satisfaction ... for the families,'' Robinson said. Grand Chief Sheila North Wilson, who represents First Nations in northern Manitoba, said the process so far has been troublesome. ``I still believe that it should take place and that they should go forward and I respect the fact that they're being flexible,'' she said. ``But at the same time, I'm worried that the families ... are losing a little bit of faith in the process because there seem to be some false starts.''
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Indigenous leaders unify against transport of radioactive waste By Nahnda Garlow LAC LEAMY, QC — Two governing councils that oversee the Anishnabek communities and the Iroquois communities elected councils in Ontario are unifying to oppose the transportation of highly radioactive liquid material across their territories. Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Patrick Madahbee and Chief Clinton Phillips, on behalf of the Iroquois Caucus and Kahnawà:ke Grand Chief Joseph Tokwiro Norton, jointly declared their opposition and concerns at the Chiefs of Ontario - Special Chiefs Assembly Tuesday. “We, the Anishinabek Nation and Iroquois Caucus, have jurisdiction over the Great Lake and St. Lawrence River Basins as a result of Ab-
Isadore Day speaking at special Chiefs assembly. SUBMITTED PHOTO original titles, and the treaties that have been entered into by First Nations and the Crown,” stated Grand Chief Madahbee. The two leaders say
the transportation and abandonment of nuclear waste within the territories has the potential to adversely affect indigenous rights, lands and activities.
The pair asserted the potential for long-lived contamination to the environment and to all living entities is “too great” “Many projects are being proposed, decid-
ed upon, and initiated in our territories without consulting our First Nation communities,” stated Chief Clinton Phillips. “A joint letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was sent on April 21, 2017, advising Canada of our concerns on these matters and we expect a prompt reply.” “We are continuing to build consensus with our Nations. The Treaties are evidence of our inherent rights and authorities,” said Ontario Regional Chief Isadore Day. “The joint declaration states we must consider the future generations. As the leaders of today, it is our duty to preserve and protect Mother Earth. We cannot risk the long term, irreversible destruction of our lands and waters, which are life-giving for all beings.” The Assembly of the
First Nation of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) and Bawating Water Protectors are also now standing united with the Iroquois Caucus and the Anishinabek Nation in the opposition of the transportation and abandonment of radioactive waste in their territories. “AFNQL Chiefs have made it crystal clear: nuclear waste storage and transportation is not an option for current generations, nor for future ones. Health, social and environmental costs would be too high. Only industries would benefit from such projects, leaving the population living with the impacts of their activities. We cannot afford to risk yet another disaster, as we believe in our responsibility as stewards of our lands,” said the Chief of the AFNQL, Ghislain Picard.
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New glucose meter donates profits to indigenous health initiative By TRT Staff TORONTO — People with diabetes in the Greater Toronto Area can now choose diabetes monitoring products that return 50% of profits back, to help change diabetes outcomes for the Indigenous community. First Canadian Health and Spirit Pharmaceuticals are donating 50% of profits from the sale of their Spirit blood glucose meters, lancets and test strips in the GTA to the Anishnawbe Health Foundation. This money will help fund services, programming and projects that support better health outcomes for Indigenous people with diabetes in the GTA. These diabetes initiatives will be managed through Anishnawbe Health Toronto. Diabetes in Toronto’s Indigenous community is three to five times greater than the general population. The disease also tends to start at a younger age in the First Nations community. “We are so pleased to join with such an outstanding organization as Anishnawbe Health Foundation in our first Ontario endeavor,” says SPIRIT’s CEO Heather
Berthelette. “Anishnawbe Health Toronto has been at the frontline of working with the Aboriginal Community on Diabetes for many years. We are pleased to be able to provide this support for this gold-standard service.” “Anishnawbe Health Foundation is very grateful to be the beneficiary in the GTA for this unique program. This funding initiative allows Anishnawbe Health Toronto’s clients and others within the GTA area to support their Community Health Centre and diabetes programming” says Julie Cookson, Executive Director of the Anishnawbe Health Foundation. Spirit Pharmaceuticals and First Canadian Health are First Nations-owned companies that focus on the betterment of Indigenous communities. “We are taking steps to both improve Indigenous health outcomes and to build economic stability within our communities,” says Stephanie Pangowish, Director of Indigenous Relations for First Canadian Health. “It’s about taking control of our future and working together towards health and wellness as a community.”
Anishnawbe Health Toronto is a fully accredited Community Health Centre in downtown Toronto. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in spirit, mind, emotion and body by providing traditional healing within a multi-disciplinary health care model. Since 1987, Anishnawbe Health Toronto has been the only provider of western medical services and traditional healing services to a rapidly growing urban Indigenous population, in the GTA.
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Experience the best teacher at Pita Palace By TRT staff
SIX NATIONS – What better way of teaching basic business and life skills to your kids than by opening a restaurant and train them on the job? As far as Melissa Montour is concerned — there is none. Last summer, MP’s Ice Cream Shop opened at 722 Chiefswood Road and was run by Melissa and her 15-year-old daughter, Mikayla Ritchie, and Mikayla’s cousin Peyton Monture-Hill. With lessons learned last summer, this year they added a new sit-in restaurant called the Pita Palace, serving up wholesome lunch and supper choices like pitas, burritos, subs and quesadillas. Of course the same high quality ice cream, milkshakes, banana splits and sundaes will also be
served along with hot dogs and sausage on a bun. MP’s and Pita Palace are located in a brand new, clean and friendly space with a big screen TV and comfortable chairs. They are cooking on the latest in restaurant equipment and use only fresh ingredients for everything on the menu. Melissa seems to have a gift for picking up these sorts of skills just by being observant. It is with this innate sense of business and customer service, that she is indoctrinating her kids in the responsibilities of running a business, and even cooking up the menu. “I watch how she does it and try to follow that,” says Mikayla during a break between customers on opening day, Monday. “We offer healthy eat-
ing choices here,” says Melissa. “That’s something you don’t find much here.” Mikayla and Peyton’s grand parents, Bill Monture and his wife Iris Monture couldn’t be more proud of the initiative their grand kids are showing. “Really, Melissa is a very good leader and is bringing her kids up knowing the responsibility of running a business,” says grand mom Iris. MP’s and the Pita Palace hours are 11 a.m. until 10 p.m., seven days a week. Their official Grand Opening is slated for later this spring or early summer, but they are already open for business and invite the public to come and eat healthy, then maybe cheat with a little ice cream. Why not!
A new healthy choice is now available at MP's and Pita Palace located at 722 Chiefswood Road. Pictured here are Melissa Monture and her daughter Mikayla whipping up a pita on opening day, Monday, May 1. They will be open from 11 a.m. till 10 p.m. seven days a week. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE
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By Chezney Martin Another day to commemorate awareness for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) has landed on Friday, May 5, as what is hoped to be a national event. Supporters and those that have been affected by the loss of a loved one are encouraged to help raise awareness by wearing, or displaying a red dress at their workspace or home. Why a red dress? Displaying a red dress is symbolically used as a reminder of the staggering number of indigenous women that are no longer here. Coinciding with the
mental, social and emotional impacts of losing an important woman, there are many indigenous women that utilize their voices to speak out about their lives in a public manner. This enables an outsider a moment into the mind of a particular indigenous woman, and also a moment to understand many of the struggles and traumas that are unique to indigenous women. Here are only three prominent examples from Indian country: Elissa Washuta wrote a novel she titled My Body is a Book of Rules, using 15 chapters to write about her mental illness, sexual trauma and indigenous
identity. Washuta is a member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, and she serves as the undergraduate adviser for the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Washington. She is also a nonfiction faculty member in the MFA program at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Her book was named a finalist for the Washington State Book Award. Mary Black wrote a poem that later became an Internet sensation that she called Quiet. Black is an Anishinabe actress that faced sexual assault when she was only 12 years old. She used her trauma as fuel in her vid-
eo poem to convey the trauma and struggles that herself and other indigenous women have experienced. Her poem went viral on Facebook and encourages others to be vocal about their own trauma. Pamela J. Peters orchestrated a poem she titled My Once Life, which points at the continuing impact of colonization on indigenous people. Peters is a Navajo multimedia documentarian that used her abilities to bring together 12 indigenous women to read her poem in a moving video. Her video was acclaimed in the 2016 Button Poetry Video Contest and her
work was awarded first place. As statistics show that one in three indigenous women will be or have been sexually harassed or assaulted, and indigenous women are the highest at risk for suicide (44 per cent as compared to 22 per cent for indigenous men), each of these presenters are using their voices to serve a different but unified purpose: they help to raise awareness about the realities that indigenous women and people must face. And you can help to raise awareness too, simply by wearing or displaying a red dress on Friday, May 5.
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Exhibition cancelled by indigenous protest By Chezney Martin TORONTO – What started out as a protest against artwork appropriation in a gallery choice, has snowballed into an appropriative artist and her exhibit being cut from an upcoming gallery launch date. Amanda PL's art work is said to plagiarize historical, cultural and symbolic figures using Norval Morrisseau's style; therefore not only copying Morrisseau's style, but also the cultural embodiment of his work. The artist even used indigenous syllabics to sign her artwork with. The date for her to showcase her “indigenous inspired” artwork was set for Friday, May 12 at Visions Gallery. But not if indigenous artists had anything to say about it. Nancy King, an Anishinabe artist from Toronto, first posted expressing her call for action on Monday, April 24, writing, “This is a non-native artist, showing appropriative woodlands art. This is stealing. Show up to show her this isn't okay. Protest it.” King decided it would be best to send professional and direct letters of protest to the gallery, of which many other artists and supporters of authentic indigenous artwork followed suit. Visions Gallery Co-owner Tony Magee said that the first thing the gallery did in response was reply with an apology to each individual. He noted that the issue wasn't anticipated, as they hadn't thought to ask if PL was indigenous. “In retrospect I wish that I had,” Magee told CBC. But he explained that PL didn't misrepresent herself as anything but a Canadian artist. However, the gallery did offer PL the chance to display another style of artwork, which she declined – thus forcing the cancellation. Her initial reaction to the backlash was “surprise”, but the artist has still decided to continue painting with the chosen format. "This just happens
to be the style that I'm drawn towards at this time. This is how I choose to express myself and this is how I choose to continue to paint," she said. Justice Murray Sinclair has publicly supported PL’s decision as he called the protest of PL's artwork a “hysterical reaction”. In a post addressing Sinclair on Sunday, King wrote, “We are not being hysterical. We are standing up for our rights as indigenous peoples. I think it is absolutely preposterous that Amanda should be praised for the plagiarism of Norval Morrisseau's work and elevated to a level of having the agency to teach Woodlands art.” “The reason for our fight stems from our pride in Morrisseau's work. He is a legend and we are defending the sacredness of his work. In this act, we are also defending the sovereignty of our nations and the fact that we are intelligent enough and connected enough to speak for ourselves. We don't need others to do it for us, we need them to stand beside us.” On the topic of cultural appropriation and it's attachment to the economic damage to indigenous artists, CBC posted a definition for cultural appropriation on July 2016 by Broadcaster and Poet Janet Rogers, “Cultural appropriation can be defined when one person from one culture takes culturally distinct items, the aesthetics or spiritual practices — and in this case artwork — from another culture and mimics it. They adopt it as their own without consent, permission or any cultural relationship to the object or practice, in order to make money or just because they think it's cool.” As many indigenous artists use their artwork as the sole source of revenue for themselves and their communities, decline in exposure and purchase of authentic indigenous artwork certainly has an impact on both.
Note from the Journalist: The overall problem isn't that PL is inspired by indigenous artwork, it is the fact that she is a non-indigenous woman that is willing to plagiarize indigenous symbolism and culture as a device to launch her career, while a real and true indigenous artist could be struggling to find exposure. It seems to be very easy for non-indigenous people to receive credit for imitation, than it is for indigenous people to be authentic.
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Rebels 4-0, after battle with Generals By Jim Windle
SIX NATIONS – Three games into the 2017 schedule the Six Nations’ Jr. B Rebels are 4-0 with Friday night’s 9-5 win over the Welland Generals at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena (ILA). Fans got a mix of two periods of lacrosse and a brawl. Welland notched the first goal of the game at 31 seconds, which Josh Miller erased a minute and a half later from Layne Smith and Gavin Skye. The Generals took the lead again at 3:52 before Sidney Powless and Justin Martin closed the period with unassisted goals to take a 3-2 lead to the dressing room. Wake:Riat Bowhunter made it 4-2 early in the second, which Gavin Skye added to for the 5-2 lead. Welland came back with goals scored by Noah Caperchione and Brandon Porga. The Rebels put the game out of reach with Gates Abram, two by Layne Smith, and a late period goal by Tanner Baldin with one second left put the Rebels up 9-4 with 20 minutes left to play. The increasing temperature of the game boiled over a few times in the third period with a number of extra-curricular battles punctuated by some short stretches of lacrosse. Fighting miscon-
Six Nations Jr. A Arrows hopefuls are working hard to break into the 2017 Arrows lineup, not an easy task at all. NLL veteran Patrick Merrill is coaching the Arrows for the third season and is especially impressed with what he has been seeing so far. The Arrows home debut, as tradition has it, will be played at 3 p.m., on Bread and Cheese Day. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE
New Arrows sharpening up By Jim Windle
Six Nations Rebels' Josh Miller winds up for a shot in Friday night's Jr. B game at the ILA. Miller scored on the play to help the Rebels past the Welland Generals 9-5. Rebels will be back in action at the ILA, against the Niagara Thunderhawks, Friday night, at 8 p.m. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE
ducts and associated game misconducts were assessed to Welland’s Owen Savoury, Brandon Porga, Braedon McIntire, Wesley Dykstra, Matt Mariner, Noah Caperchione. For Six Nations, Kevin Owen-Hill, and Tyler Foxe-MacKenzie drew fighting misconducts. Welland’s Mitchell Geoffroy scored the only goal of the final frame. Associate Player call-up from Six Nations minor lacrosse association, Mike
Martin-Able, earned the win making 27 saves on 32 shot. Coming up this Thursday, May 4, the Rebels will be at the Hamilton Mountain Arena to face the Bengals at 8 p.m., before returning home to the ILA for a date with the Niagara Thunderhawks, Friday night, at 8 p.m. Monday, May 8, the Rebels travel to Orangeville to meet the Northmen.
SIX NATIONS – Third year Six Nations Jr. A head-coach Patrick Merrill and his bench coaches have been working hard sharpening the tips of this year’s Arrows hopefuls in preparation for a full-frontal assault on all comers in their quest to return the Minto Cup to Six Nations. “That’s the goal,” said Merrill after Sunday’s training camp session. “It’s a huge opportunity with the Minto back out here in the east this year, in Brampton.” As hosts, Brampton will get an automatic invitation into the playoffs no matter where they may end the regular season as well as the firstplace OLA champions, guaranteeing two passes to OLA teams. The taste of that national championship win is still in the mouths of a few of the veterans, along with the bitter taste of not making it to last season’s final, losing their bid for three cup seasons in a row to the Oran-
geville Northmen, who went on to win it all. “I think we lost seven or eight from last year to overage,” said Merrill. “But there is so much talent out here, there’s always someone coming up.” In that regard Merrill expects a few to graduate from the Jr. B Rebels, but has been impressed with what he has seen so far. “We’re having a really strong training camp again this year, but I’m really impressed with the talent I have seen this year,” he says. "One thing this camp is doing differently is having key players out to camp as well as the would-be’s. “It’s great to have them here,” he says. “They can really help the young guys and new guys up to speed a lot quicker.” There is never a shortage of great young goaltenders coming up as well as a gaggle of veterans willing to teach the new guys. That has always been the case with Six Nations teams and this one is no exception.
“Right now it looks like we’re going to be going with Dougie (Jamieson) in his last year of Jr. He’s not only a great leader on the floor and in the room, he’s also one of the top goalies in the league," says Merrill. Beyond that, there are a lot of young backstops still at camp all vying for the second spot in the Arrows lineup. The new OJALL season officially opens Friday, May 12, at the Ted Reeve Arena when the new Arrows take on the Toronto Beaches. As is customary at Six Nations, their home opener will be held back until “Bread and Cheese Day” otherwise known as the Victoria Day Weekend. The St. Catharines Athletics will be the guests at the ILA for a 3 p.m., afternoon matinee game. The Arrows will stay on the road until then and will land in Brampton Friday, May 19, at 8 p.m. at the Memorial Arena.
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Swarm set NLL record in loss to K-hawks By Ty Merrow/Swarm
GEORGIA – The Georgia Swarm (13-5) dropped the final game of the year to the Rochester Knighthawks (7-11) by a score of 9-8, Saturday night. Georgia set a new NLL record for most goals scored by a team in a season with 266 goals. The Swarm, having earned a bye in the postseason by securing the top seed in the East Division, will now rest up for a deep postseason run. Georgia will host its historic first home postseason game – Game 2 of the East Division Finals was played on Saturday, May 20. Some 5,126 fans witnessed history as MVP-candidate Lyle Thompson netted the historic goal on a power play three minutes into the game. Lyle also finished the weekend as the 2017 NLL scoring champion and set the team record in points with 116, a teamhigh and second-highest in team history 45 goals, and Swarm record-setting 71 assists. Despite scoring the hat trick in the loss to Rochester,
MVP-candidate Lyle Thompson netted the historic goal on a power play three minutes into the game. Lyle also finished the weekend as the 2017 NLL scoring champion and set the team record in points with 116, a team-high and second-highest in team history 45 goals, and Swarm record-setting 71 assists. SUBMITTED PHOTO
Lyle’s behind-the-back second goal earned him a SportsCenter Top 10 recognition. “I wasn’t coming in trying to get to a certain point on points I wanted or goals I wanted,” Lyle said. “It all just came with hard work and team
chemistry. Last year, I started off slow coming into the league, and I progressed as the season went on. I don’t feel like I did well last year. I wanted to come back and be better and take a bigger role on the team. I worked on myself, just
working to see what I had to do to be a better player. A lot of that comes with confidence.” While not Georgia’s best offense in the season, the team did rest Miles Thompson and Randy Staats with Johnny Powless the scratch
for the game. The Swarm defense stepped up big. Finding itself man-down ten times throughout the game, goaltender Brodie MacDonald and co. prevented Rochester from capitalizing on any of its powerplay chances. “Rochester’s had some injuries down on their end,” head coach Ed Comeau said. “That’s not their number one power play, but we had a lot of man shorts and did a great job. I thought Brodie — he hadn’t played in a while and the first quarter’s always tough when you haven’t been in the net. Once he got in there, he settled in, played really well.” Georgia started the game with its historic goal but lost the lead six minutes in from back-toback goals from Rochester’s Dan Dawson and Luke Laszkiewicz. Lyle scored again for the Swarm to tie things up, but Paul Dawson scored on transition to give Rochester the lead again. Captain Jordan MacIntosh, with no one around him, received a long pass from Ethan O’Connor and beat Rochester’s Angus
Goodleaf to tie things up once again. Joe Resetaritscapped the scoring for the quarter, and Rochester found itself up 4-3. Only three goals were scored in the second quarter. Georgia found itself man-down due to penalties, but goaltender Brodie MacDonald — making only his second start of the season — made clutch save after clutch save, helping Georgia kill Rochester’s chances. “Our defense has been playing unbelievable,” Jackson said. “Brodie hasn’t been playing that much this year, but to see him play the way he did tonight, we’re all really happy for him. He really deserved that. We’re going to need that. We’re going to need everyone. If something happens to one of our goalies, we need both goalies to step up. So, it was good to see that Brodie stepped up tonight.” Laszkiewicz finally broke the ice in the quarter to put Rochester up by two. Lyle earned the hat trick with his second powCONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
OLA remembers a fallen Warrior By TRT staff
The Ontario Junior C Lacrosse League (OJCLL) has declared April 30 Thomas Miller day and a game will be played in his honour. The Six Nations Warriors Junior C Lacrosse Team lost Thomas Miller in a car accident in March and the league is standing as one in support of a fallen brother. The lacrosse community is a close-knit family and when one of our own loses a member we all suffer. Putting aside our beliefs, our race, our religions — we are all family. The Lacrosse world lost a gem in Thomas but the game in the skyworld will be awaiting your arrival. Rest in Peace Thomas.
The OLA has named April 30 Thomas Miller day in memory of the lacrosse player who played for the Jr. C Warriors. Miller was #69 pictured above. FILE PHOTO
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Warriors victory the ultimate tribute By Jim Windle
OHSWEKEN – The sure bet going into Sunday’s Jr.C lacrosse game between Brantford and Six Nations was that the Warriors were going to win. For some inexplicable reason, both Six Nations and the newer Brantford team ended up with the same team name, in the same division. Be that as it may, the Six Nations Warriors won it 10-7, Sunday night at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena (ILA) to kick open the 2017 campaign. Last season was a good one to build on having made it to the semi-finals, but this year expectations will be higher. Austin Skye scored the first goal of the season for Six Nations, 18 seconds after the opening face-off,
assisted by Kennedy Miller and Mitch Henhawk. It didn’t throw Brantford off its game and they answered five minutes later with Michael Comeau scoring Brantford’s first goal of the season. Connor Gillis assisted. Jordan Myke and Tyrese Staats, two associate player call-ups from Six Nations minor system for a look, made the best of the opportunity. Myke scored at 7:32 from Miller, and Staats scored two before the end of the first period, with Brantford’s Hunter Angus scoring between. Brantford had to stop the bleeding quickly and did so with goals scored by Caleb Wells (2), Austin Giles to even the score early. But it didn’t stop there. Campbell McFedries scored two and Wells
scored his second with his second, before Ryan Johnson answered for Six Nations at 15:30 to end the period 7-5 for Brantford. It was Six Nations turn to mount a come-back and for that they called upon AP player Todd Thomas who went to work scoring three goals with fellow AP, Bryson Staats and Spencer Thomas adding on for a 5-0 period and a 10-7 final. Jackson Miller earned the win in the Six Nations Warriors’ net. The Six Nations Warriors are back in action Sunday afternoon at 2 pm against the visiting Caledon Bandits, at the ILA. Brantford will be in Fergus Friday night May 5, and Wilmot Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. The Warriors and the CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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NLL Georgia Swarm continued from page 25 er play goal of the night, but D. Dawson scored the Knighthawks’ sixth goal. The teams went to their locker rooms with the score 6-4 in Rochester’s favor. MacDonald and Georgia’s defense played even better in the third quarter, preventing Rochester from scoring once and killing six penalty minutes. Chad Tutton scored the only goal of the night, a behindthe-back pass received from Kiel Matisz. With 15 minutes, left to play and the score 6-5 Rochester, Georgia needed some momentum its way, but played catch-up instead. Assistant captain Shayne Jackson scored a shorthand goal to tie things up five minutes into the quarter. Rochester’s Graeme Hossackput his team back on top before Bryan Cole scored on transition. Dan Lomas gave Rochester the lead for the penultimate time before Jackson made a
slick catch and shot to tie things up for the last time that night. Looking to prevent overtime, Georgia found itself with the ball with 31 seconds left in regulation. MacDonald was pulled to give the Swarm the extra attacker. Rochester forced a turnover, and Hossack got the ball and flung it straight at the empty net. The buzzer rang loud as the ball kissed the back of the net. Rochester won with an empty netter, the final score 9-8. Lyle led the Swarm in goals with three. Jackson finished with four points (2G, 2A). MacDonald earned the loss, but only allowed eight goals all night. The youngest Thompson Brother was not the only player to set records tonight. Hall set a personal career-best in assists with 60, and Matisz ended the regular season with a new personal high in points
with 70 (28G, 42A). Even with a tough loss, Georgia still retains the best record in the NLL and home field advantage in the playoffs. With a defense that has only allowed 25 goals over the last three games, Comeau is not worried going into the bye week the team earned with its top seed in the East Division. “We obviously disappointed with some of our execution and things that happened,” Comeau said, “but our guys worked hard and battled hard with sort of a shorter lineup. and we think we know what we need to do to be successful in this league, will have a good practice next week, and be ready to go Game 1.” Georgia will also host Game 2 of the East Division Finals on Saturday, May 20. The first playoff game to be played at The Hive.
Local athletes compete at Ontario wrestling championships Submitted article ORILLIA – The Ontario Amateur Wrestling Association held the Youth Provincial Championship April 22 in Orillia, Ont. Three Six Nations grapplers competed in the tournament and came away with hardware. Mason McNaughton, Aysen Lickers and Kaidyn Lickers each did a great job representing the Discipline Wrestling Club located in Stoney Creek, Ont. Mason, wrestling in only his second tournament, competed in the Tyke age division at the 23.5-kilogram weight class. He worked hard in all his matches and finished the Provincial Tournament in third place. When asked if he liked competing in wrestling Mason replied, “yup, it was lots of fun”. Kaidyn, who is in his third year of wrestling, competed in the Novice age division and 28.5-kilogram weight class. Kaidyn took out some
Local wrestlers, Mason McNaughton, Aysen Lickers and Kaidyn Lickers, did quite well in the Ontario wide competition. SUBMITTED PHOTO
very experienced and talented wrestlers en route to the gold medal match. In the finals he faced the
defending Provincial Champion from the London-Western Wrestling Club. These two had met
twice previously this year with the season series being tied at 1-1. The intense final match fea-
tured some very questionable calls from the official that benefitted the London competitor. In the
end Kaidyn walked away with his second career silver medal at the Ontario Championships. Aysen, also in his third year of wrestling, competed in the Novice age division at the 33-kilogram weight class. The weight class featured some good athletes, but Aysen wrestled very well throughout the tournament scoring a lot of his points off his go to double-leg takedown. Aysen only lost one match to the eventual champion from Team Impact Oshawa, but brought home his second Provincial silver medal. With the second place finishes at the Provincial Championships, Aysen and Kaidyn have now qualified to compete in the Eastern Canadian Championships in Moncton, N.B. They will be competing May 13 - May 14 again in the Novice division, which is the youngest age group at the Eastern Canadians.
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Ducks optimistic despite being in 0-2 Series hole By Kyle Shohara/AnaheimDucks.com
NHL – Brandon Montour and the Anaheim Ducks are in a defensive battle in Round No. 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the Edmonton Oilers who lead the series two games to none. Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to find success. Down 0-2 in this second-round series against the Edmonton Oilers, the Ducks don't have much room for error anymore. They have to find a way to win four of the remaining five games in this series if they hope to advance to the Western Conference Final, three of which away from home. The road is long and it is difficult, and they're about to entire a hostile atmosphere inside Rogers Place beginning tomorrow in Game 3, but it's not doom and gloom for these Ducks. Before they boarded their plane bound for Edmonton, the team gathered at Honda Center to share their thoughts on the challenge ahead. "We have a little adversity here," defenseman Josh Manson told reporters today. "It's going to test our character. That's why you want to start a series at home. You want to take care of home ice. Now it's even more important to go in there and steal one, at least. It's going to be a tough test, but we're up for it. We know we'll have to bring our best here." Battle tested and faced with adversity through-
Six Nations' Brandon Montour mucks it up in front of his own net in last week's loss in Game No. 2 of the series against the Edmonton Oilers. PHOTO BY DUCKS
out the regular season, Manson says there is no quit in this team. "We never lose confidence in this group. We know we can find ways to win hockey games. It's a seven-game series. It's not two games and it's over. We know we have the ability in the room to find ways to win a game, and that's the way we're looking at it." "Puck luck," or a lack thereof, has been evident through the first two games of the series. Just last night, defenseman Cam Fowler hit the post on two separate occasions, the first one inching agonizingly close to the stripe only to hit the
Warriors victorious continued league paid tribute to Six Nation Warrior, Thomas Miller, who tragically died in an automobile crash in March. The Ontario Junior C Lacrosse League (OJCLL) declared April 30 Thomas Miller Day and the game was played in his honour. In a prepared statement, the league declared it is “standing as one in support of a
fallen brother. The Lacrosse community is a close-knit family and when one of our own loses a member we all suffer. Putting aside our beliefs, our race, our religions – we are all family. “The Lacrosse world lost a gem in Thomas but the game in the skyworld will be awaiting your arrival. Rest in Peace Thomas.”
bottom portion of the right post. It would have tied the game in the third period, but hockey can be an unforgiving sport at the worst possible time. "You always look at the bounces," said head coach Randy Carlyle. "We had lots of bounces go our way in the Calgary series. The power-play goal they scored last night went off a skate. That is the kind of stuff that is happening to
us. Could we have been in better position? Yes. We could've cleared the puck down the ice. We felt, at the top, there was a pick pulled off and the puck changes sides. In reality, we didn't score enough goals or get enough traffic to the net. We had our fair share of chances. There is still more for us to give." Former Ducks Stanley Cup champion Teemu
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with a number of chances in each game. Corey Perry, who could use a bit of puck luck right about now, says the dam is about to break. "If we continue to do the right things, stay with what we implemented here, play the same way we did last night, we're going to get our chances," he told reporters. "We're getting chances. It's going to crack. You have to get in [Talbot's] eyes. What he can't see he can't stop. That's the name of the game these days. Someone has to get in front and create havoc." Ducks forward Patrick Eaves adds, "If we just keep getting the pucks and bodies around the net, we'll get our bounce. We've hit a bunch of posts here - it seems like we've hit the inside of the post a couple of times, too. They're playing well defensively, their goalie is playing well and we just have to find a way through that. "We're doing a lot of good things. I think we're playing better this series than we did against Calgary. We need to keep getting better on a nightly basis. We are doing some good things out there, but it's been tight-checking. We just need to keep sticking with it."
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1921 Six Nations continued from page 8 J O B POSITION 2) Psycho-Educational Consultant Project Monitor, Focus on Youth Prog. Environmental Monitor Student Leadership Dev. Lead, Focus on Youth Program Mohawk Language Immersion Elementary Teacher One Cayuga Immersion Teacher Assistant/ One Mohawk Immersion Teacher Assistant/ School Receptionist Communications Coordinator Mechanic Operations Supervisor Program Coordinator & Facilitator
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yet taken action to secure redress from the New England Company on account of these other claims. It has, however, deprived the Six Nations of a powerful lever to bring about a settlement and apparently most deliberately. “Notwithstanding that Indians are not to be taxed, the Indian Department suggested and procured from Parliament in 1918, a provision imposing certain taxation on Indians in default of payments which a fine not exceeding $30 or imprisonment for no less that 30 days might be imposed. This applied to all Indians, but the Six Nations took the lead in protesting against such legislation. The provision has not yet been repealed, but what would white men say if the Ontario Legislature passed such an enactment? “Notwithstanding the jealousy with which the Six Nations regard intruders on their diminished reserve, the Indian Department has taken power in 1919, without the consent of the people, to settle an Indian of any band on Six Nations land under sanc-
tion of the “Soldiers Settlement Act”. Such settlers, in time, become the absolute owner. The Six Nations lose their potential interest. Their protests against the legislation are unheeded. “Such interests might be multiplied, but time and space will not pricks (sic) and interference by the Indian Department in latter years, with the affairs of the Six Nations. “The Superintendent General says he is willing to do anything his Deputy recommends. His deputy says the Superintendent General has given him carte blanche to do what he likes. The plan of the Deputy Superintendent is on the Six Nations reserve to put in force what is known as Part 2 of the Indian Act, under which all the old tribal system of management and present Indian Council would be done away with. His object is avowedly to smash up the Six Nations Confederacy. He states that all the local members have been consulted, and they recommend the application of Part 2. Assuming that to be correct, what do
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the local members of parliament know about Part 2 of the Indian Act or why they should be consulted? Why should they interfere? “The Six Nations are injuring nobody; they are properly proud of their traditions and their history. They are where they are because their people have their lives and their homes up, fighting for the British flag, and if they are so treated by a would-be deposit at Ottawa, however benevolent his intentions, that they are actually considering a removal from Canada, then so much the more shame to Canada to permit it, and the more reason for Canadians realizing the fact and resenting such conduct to people who have not, like some of us, representation in parliament. “If these words can in any way explain why the Six Nations are at present dissatisfied and help to procure them some relief, it may be some gratification to the many friends of this ancient people — the Akonoshionni. Respectfully A.G. Chisolm
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Raymond Gary Hill Jr (known as Soxx to everyone) Tuesday April 25th, 2017 at 65yrs old he left this earth.
HILL: Grant Xavier It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I announce the sudden passing of beloved Grant Xavier Hill (born February 26, 2002). Grant left us on April 30, 2017. Son of Heather White and the late Geoffrey Adam Hill. Beloved brother of Riley Hill (Brody Whitlow), Serena Smyth, Georgia Smyth and Lillie Hill. Grandson of Ginger White, and Mark Jamieson, and Michelle Hill and Greg Hill. Dear nephew of Toni White-Martin (Arthur Martin), Mark Jamieson Jr., Amanda White, Stephanie McNaughton, Angie Hill, and Jillian Hill (Greg Morris). Survived by many great aunts, uncles, and cousins. Resting at his mother’s home, 1132 Tuscarora Road, Six Nations after 7 pm. Monday. Funeral Service and Burial will be held at the Mohawk Longhouse on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 11 am. www.rhbanderson.com
He was the son of Hilda and the late Raymond Hill Sr Brother of Gloria, Brenda, Carole (George), Steve (Mary) And the late Dwight A. Hill. He left behind his children Chris, Clint, Tyler, Alicia (Brandon), Roy and Dwight, he also had 5 grandkids, Ash, Brooklyn, Kailyn, Marv and Allan. And also many nieces and nephews, cousins and he leaves behind his lifelong friend Bobby Henhawk. He was known for pulling anyone out of the ditch at any time of night or day with his many town trucks over the years. He once shared a story of pulling out the same car 3 times in one night. He was very fond of George Jones; he thought he could sing just like him! We all know that wasn’t the case. He was known to keep them white high top sneakers in fashion well beyond their years. If you seen him with a black or white t-shirt on with the sleeves rolled up, you know he was off to a swap meet, car show, or La Novas!! He also had a nickname for everyone he met, and he loved a good greasy breakfast and his diet Pepsi. Soxx didn’t want a funeral, and that wish was honored. The family will be having a memorial service for him on Wed., May 3rd at the New Credit Community Centre from 6pm to 8pm. Bring your stories, pictures and food; it will be a potluck.
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In loving memory of our dear Mom and Grandma Ruby Johnson October 31, 1952 – April 29, 2016 They say there is a reason They say that time will heal But neither time nor reason Will change the way we feel For no one knows the heartache That lies behind our smiles No one knows how many times We have broken down and cried We want to tell you something So there won’t be any doubt You’re so wonderful to think of But so hard to live without
With love from all your kids and grandkids In loving memory of my Dear Wife Ruby Darlene Johnson Born Oct. 31, 1952 Passed away on Apr. 29, 2016.
Its hard to believe, its already one year Waking up without you, brings a silent tear The moment you left me, my heart split in two One side filled with memories The other side died with you Remembering you is easy, I do it everyday But missing you is a heartache that never goes away I hold you tightly in my heart And there you will remain My life goes on without you But will never be the same Lovingly Remembered by your husband Robert “Bud” Johnson
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Words can never be enough to express my sincerest thank you to everyone that was and still are here for me and our families. All the love, hugs and mostly the memories... Wade was such a big part of so many people’s lives and that makes my heart happy. His smile, his laugh, his deep voice have made so many memories. I would like to express a huge thank you to everyone that have been with us right from the beginning of this terrible moment... my family, friends, co-workers and Wade’s work family and friends, Missy’s family. Bill Lofthouse & Styres Funeral Home staff, Sheena Marini for making things the way Wade would have liked it... short, sweet and to the point; my nephew Matt and sister-in-law Sue and family for starting the Go Fund Me fund and all the contributors. Thank you for the food, monetary donations, flowers and Dianne Bomberry for the use of Yogi’s Barn on such short notice and especially Cameron, Dallas, Darcy, Shane, Todd and Rick. I love you guys! I know I have missed so many names but there were so many, just know that I love you and appreciate everything. Karen, Dan, Curt, Kerri, Jill, Crystal, Missy, Olivia, Lemmy and all of our families.
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CLUES ACROSS 1. Hot meal 5. Razor clams 10. Blood-sucking African fly 12. Chauvinists 14. Windy City football player 16. An alternative 18. Federal Housing Administration 19. Styles hair 20. Arabic female name 22. Paddle 23. Area once separated from Germany 25. Marketplace 26. Gode Airport 27. Upset 28. Where wrestlers sweat 30. Garland 31. Robert __, poet 33. An iPad is one 35. Fruit of the oak tree 37. Della __, singer 38. Women’s clothing retailer 40. Mailed 41. Largest English dictionary (abbr.) 42. Pouch 44. Radioactivity unit 45. Month 48. Nanosecond 50. Domestic 52. What a boy becomes 53. Breezes (anc. Greek) 55. Jogged 56. At the stern 57. Lawrencium 58. Destructive to both sides 63. Arterias 65. Removes 66. Pretentious people 67. Tropical Asian plant CLUES DOWN 1. Type of whale 2. Type of medication 3. Land of the free 4. Formed an opinion of
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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 You can only procrastinate for son long, Aries. Soon enough this will catch up with you, so it’s best to start addressing your to-do list as soon as possible. TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Your patience will boil over this week if you do not find a way to let off steam, Taurus. Exercise may be just what you need, so schedule some time to work out. GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, speak up and share your opinion this week. Others will appreciate your straightforwardness. Explain your point of view in detail and others will see where you are coming from.
5. Logo 6. No (Scottish) 7. Leaves tissue 8. Sacred state to Muslims 9. Thus 10. African nation 11. Someone who has a stake in 13. Parties 15. Subsystem producers 17. Large, flightless birds 18. Compromises visibility 21. A ballet enthusiast 23. More (Spanish) 24. Skeletal muscle 27. Hands (Span.) 29. Weighed 32. Businessman
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CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you wear your heart on your sleeve, and those closest to you will be able to figure out what is going on in your head. Accept their support when it is offered.
LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Sometimes even Leos needs to work through their feelings on their own. Don’t be afraid to spend some time reflecting on what you need to resolve.
VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, it’s nice to have like-minded people around you to support your efforts. But sometimes you need someone who sees things differently to shake up your perspective. LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, make a concerted effort to block out any distractions in the days ahead. You might not avoid all the turmoil, but your efforts will prove fruitful.
SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, take others’ point of view to heart in the days ahead. This signals to others you value their opinions and recognize their efforts.
SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Others can use a dose of your optimism right now, Sagittarius. Find a way to include as many people as possible as you look to spread some sunshine around. CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you may develop a soft spot for someone who needs your help in the next few days. Do all you can without stretching yourself too thin. Your assistance will be appreciated.
AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, in your search for a different perspective, you may find yourself confiding in a coworker in the coming days. Give careful consideration to any advice you receive.
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On this day of National Aboriginal Diabetes Awareness
“Creator and the grandmothers want our children to be well.” Grandmother Renee Thomas Hill In order to prevent Gestational Diabetes, a healthy pregnancy begins with healthy choices.
Here are some things to keep in mind for you and your baby’s health.
Eating healthy traditional food provided by the earth. Staying active as much as possible throughout your pregnancy. Using ceremony and other peace finding methods to relieve stress.
To learn more visit www.soadi.ca
The Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle, formerly known as The Southern Ontario Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative.