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Supreme Court judges hear two cases in Winnipeg, meet with Indigenous leaders CANADIAN PRESS

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WINNIPEG — The Supreme Court of Canada's decision to hold hearings outside of Ottawa for the first time in its 144-year history is part of a plan to let Canadians see how the high court works and strengthen trust in the institution, says Chief Justice Richard Wagner. ``It is hard to have faith in something if you don't understand it. This is why I believe it is so important to see how the justice system works up close and in person,'' Wagner said Monday inside a courtroom normally used by the Manitoba Court of Appeal. ``Many reasons why there is biases and prejudice in society is the lack of information, is ignorance. So the more you give information to people, the less prejudice and the less bias they will have.''

The high court's nine judges are to hear two cases this week, but much of their time will be spent reaching out to people.

They are to meet with Indigenous leaders, members of the francophone community, students at nine schools and the general public. One event is to be an open question-and-answer session at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Recent lower court decisions have come under criticism from Indigenous leaders, such as the acquittal of Gerald Stanley in the death of Colton Boushie, a young Indigenous man, on a Saskatchewan farm in 2016, and the acquittal of Raymond Cormier in the death of Indigenous teenager Tina Fontaine, whose body was pulled from a Winnipeg river in 2014.

The meeting with Indigenous leaders will be partly ``to discuss what are their main concerns, to understand their difficulties and also to provide them with some answers on how our decisions are made,'' Wagner said.

It would be ``a great thing'' to see an Indigenous judge sitting one day on the Supreme Court, he added. ``Canadian people should see themselves in their courts and in the Supreme Court. If only for that reason, I would hope that one day we would be able to sit with a colleague of Indigenous origin.''

One of the two cases the judges are to hear involves French-language education rights in British Columbia and whether the B.C. government has underfunded francophone schools.

The other case centres on how long is a reasonable time in which to try an accused and return with a verdict.

In 2016, the Supreme Court said an unreasonable delay is generally presumed should proceedings — from the criminal charge to conclusion of a trial — exceed 18 months in provincial court or 30 months in superior court.

In the case to be heard Wednesday, a man accused of sexual offences contends his trial took too long. More than 42 months elapsed from the time police charged him to the judge's ruling.

At issue before the Supreme Court is whether the time a judge takes to consider and deliver a verdict should count toward the limit.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 23, 2019.

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Indigenous groups buying stake in new transmission line through northern Alberta CALGARY — Canadian Utilities Ltd. says seven Indigenous communities have accepted its invitation to take a 40 per cent interest in a power transmission line between Edmonton and Fort McMurray in northern Alberta.

The Calgary-based utility company and its partner Quanta Services Inc. announced in June they had signed a deal to sell Alberta PowerLine for about $300 million and the assumption of $1.4 billion of debt to a consortium including TD Greystone Asset Management.

As part of the sale,

Indigenous communities along the transmission line route were given the chance to buy up to a 40 per cent combined equity interest, with the final ownership mix based on acceptance.

The Indigenous communities that are investing in the line are the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Bigstone Cree Nation, Gunn Metis Local 55, Mikisew Cree First Nation (by way of the Mikisew Group of Companies), Paul First Nation, Sawridge First Nation and Sucker Creek First Nation.

Canadian Utilities and Quanta won a bid to

build the 508-kilometre transmission line in 2014 that began operation in March. Canadian Utilities will remain as the operator of the line over its 35-year contract with the province's Alberta Electric System Operator.

The agreement is the latest move by Indigenous communities to take energy infrastructure equity.

In 2017, the Mikisew Cree and Fort McKay First Nations closed a deal to buy a 49 per cent interest in an oilsands tank farm near Fort McMurray for $503 million from Suncor Energy Inc. ``Throughout the

project, we developed an exceptional relationship with the teams at Quanta and implemented a comprehensive Indigenous contracting strategy totalling $85 million, which allowed us to complete this state-of-the-art project ahead of schedule and on budget,'' said Siegfried Kiefer, Canadian Utilities CEO. ``Now, we are pleased to provide Indigenous communities with the opportunity to make a longterm investment in critical energy infrastructure that will provide them a stable source of income for years to come.''

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Everyone has dirt, except Donald

By TRT Staff Nancy Pelosi announced the official impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump on Monday.

Long story short: Trump is currently under scrutiny due to allegations made that he was working to coerce Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to find “dirt” on the son of his up coming electoral opponent, Joe Biden.

He later took to Twitter after Pelosi’s announcement to call the situation a “witch hunt,” and “presidential harassment.

Biden made a point in his own statement on the Ukraine controversy to emphasize that Congress should only launch impeachment proceedings if Trump continues to obstruct House Democrats’ investigations. In other words, if Congress asks for information, Trump is not under the authority to refuse and if he does, Biden suggested that impeachment should be initiated.

But regardless of Biden’s so-called “dirt,” reports made from viewers or visitors of the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) holding facilities at the US-Mexican border have begun to pile up in the soil of Trump’s administration.

In June of this year, Americans became aware of the Trump administration’s policy, which announced, then denied, then announced again, of separating migrant children from their parents at the southern border.

As written by two journalists, “the president depends on public confusion and weariness as he implements ever more inhumane policies,” on the matter, navigating the truth is all the more critical.

Last year, the administration rolled out a new policy to shrink the availability of asylum offered to refugees. The Migrant Protection Protocols program, which is currently being challenged in court, forces asylum-seekers to remain in Mexico while they await U.S. immigration court hearings. Under the program, asylum-seekers entering the U.S. are booked into custody and then returned to Mexico with a court date weeks or months in the future. According to the Washington Post, federal officials have returned 12,000 migrants to Mexico so far this year, and thousands more will be sent there shortly.

In layman’s terms: the CBP turn away migrants seeking asylum to the point of the migrants forcing themselves to cross the border illegally, to then be taken seriously in their seek of asylum by being detained. But once detained, thy are forced to stay in over-crowded and unsanitary hold facilities.

To some who have seen the conditions, the facilities have been compared to concentration camps.

So when children enter the immigration enforcement system without their parents—or after they are separated from their parents—their treatment is supposed to be governed

by the Flores agreement, a court agreement from 1997. The agreement requires that children be speedily moved from Department of Homeland Security custody to the care of a purportedly more suitable agency like the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). But even before the kids are placed in ORR custody, the agreement requires that they be housed in “safe and sanitary” conditions.

But since June, the children were also reportedly held for weeks in Border Patrol facilities—which were intended for adults and for very short periods of time. It was also revealed that four toddlers being held in a Border Patrol station in McAllen, Texas, later had to be hospitalized after a visit from their lawyers which uncovered dangerous neglect. Five toddlers died in custody since last year.

The Trump administration also ramped up immigration enforcement against individuals and families all over the United States, many of whom have lived here for years and even decades.

Many have valid defences against deportation, but they are unable to assert them because they lack the resources to pay immigration counsel.

But it is a conversation over a telephone that broke the straw on the back of impeachment on Trump.

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OHSWEKEN — In the Confederacy Council minutes of 1879, Chief George Buck made his feelings known to his fellow Chiefs regarding the internal bickering amongst the sitting Chiefs at Six Nations Council.

“Chief George Buck again rose, and made complaint against the Council, stating he had been treated with indifference and they, the Onondagas, wish to have a portion of the reserve to themselves.”

At that same council, was discussed the fear that white law would be the new basis of their government, thus kicking sand in the face of the ancestors.

“A question being asked of Deputy Superintendent General touching the law, was, ‘did it apply to Indians:’” The deputy’s answer was that it did.

“It was made by their Great Mother the Queen, (Victoria) and although they might not like it, they had to abide by it.”

The number of delegations from Six Nations lobbying in Ottawa on both sides of the governance argument, caused the Superintendent to state in Council that “any such coming (to Ottawa) without the consent of the Department, will not have their expenses paid, but be left to foot every inch of the road.”

Chief Joseph Montour, (could be Monture) is recorded in the minutes of Council to have stated

his disapproval of the then current, Confederacy council structure, blaming its slowness in decision making, for the “backwardness” of the Six Nations,” in his opinion.

He asked the Superintendent of Indian Affairs why they hadn’t moved on earlier petitions for an elective system. At that time the government preferred to leave the internal affairs of Six Nations to themselves.

His answer was that he and his government, understood the traditional stance of the people and therefor did not wish to force them towards change in government.

In a letter from the Superintendent of Indian Affairs dated April 4th, of 1894, Harper Reed, Deputy Superintendent of Indian Affairs wrote to his superiors the following.

“In reference to the petition, hereunder, from certain of the Six Nations Indians praying that they be given an Elective Council, the undersigned (Harper), would state that the Council of the Six Nation Indians as at present constituted consists of 82 members… This Council however, in no way is a representative body..”

Co-incidentally today, it’s the Elected Council which is seen by some as not being representative of the Six Nations people due to its poor election turnouts and lack of participation by the Six Nations community.

The same can be argued regarding the active support of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council.

After attending and

observing a session of Council, Reed concluded that the petitioners for a new way of government were, in essence, right.

“I was convinced that the influence of the present Council did not make for the advancement of the band, and that it would be in the interest of the Indians to have an elective Council.”

He wrote again to the Superintendent on April 4th, saying that the department would be very happy if the elective system were adopted, “as it would bring the Six Nations in touch with the spirit of the times and would result in much benefit to the whole band.”

At this critical time in history, a new Superintendent assigned to Six Nations was E.D. Cameron.

He was asked his opinion about whether he would consider it would be more desirable to introduce the elective system without consulting the Indians further. His answer is not recorded.

In the meantime, for and against petitions were launched throughout the Six Nations community.

There was much more discussion and many more petitions from both sides of the argument until the infamous raid of 1924, when the RCMP was assigned to depose the traditional Council and remove them from the Council house that was erected for them in 1863, four years before confederation.

In 1899, a petition was sent to the Superintendent General of Indian

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How some North Americans claim a false Indigenous identity

By Darryl R. J. Leroux, Associate Professor, Department of Social Justice and Community Studies, Saint Mary's University Recently in Canada and the United States, a small but vocal minority of white French-descendants have used an ancestor born between 300 and 400 years ago to claim an ``Indigenous'' identity.

Most of these claims are to a ``Metis'' identity, though many also claim ``Abenaki'' and ``Algonquin'' identities.

Since 2014, I've been researching this shift into an ``Indigenous'' identity, which has been especially noticeable since a series of Supreme Court of Canada decisions between 1999 and 2003.

For my book, Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity, I dove into 12 years of online genealogy forums. One of the most surprising findings was how the same French women were transformed into Indigenous women on different forums in both French and English.

Building on the work of academics Kim TallBear and Alondra Nelson, this practice is called aspirational descent. It involves changing an ancestor's identity to fit one's current desire to shift away from a white identity.

Often, this is done by opponents of Indigenous

land claims. In other cases, as in U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, one simply repeats false family stories passed down over the generations, ignoring the voices of Indigenous peoples along the way.

This practice isn't only limited to online spaces.

The same French women are also used by the three largest ``Metis'' organizations in Quebec and half a dozen ``Abenaki'' tribes in New England for membership. The practice is so common that in the 5,000 membership records that I've seen, about 30 per cent of members have no Indigenous ancestry at all: they rely solely on a French women born prior to 1650 for their so-called Indigenous identity.

After reviewing their records, it's fair to say that about 50 ``Indigenous'' organizations created since 2003 are Indigenous only in name: no level of government, court or Indigenous Peoples have recognized them as Indigenous.

Using the example of two women who come up repeatedly online and in organizational records, I will explain how this works.

CATHERINE LEJEUNE: AN ACADIAN WOMAN TURNED 'MI'KMAQ' Catherine Lejeune was born in France around 1633. For almost a century, researchers speculated that

Lejeune had been Mi'kmaq.

This theory, based on a French historian's faulty argument in the 1880s, led to a number of fanciful stories about her origins among genealogists. The most common, which continues to circulate widely today, claims that Lejeune is the granddaughter of Mi'kmaw Grand Chief Henri Membertou. There's no evidence to support this claim.

Over the past 20 years, a number of historians of early Acadia have provided compelling documentary evidence that she was born in France. Plus, the results of genetic ancestry testing of nearly a dozen of her present-day descendants have consistently pointed to her French origins.

There's no longer a debate about Lejeune's origins among historians.

Despite the academic consensus, Lejeune continues to be identified as Indigenous online and among several self-identified Indigenous organizations. For instance, nearly a hundred members of the Communaute Metis autochtone de Maniwaki and the Communaute Metisse du Domaine-du-roi et de la Seigneurie de Mingan count Lejeune as their sole ``Indigenous'' root ancestor.

Both organizations have recently been involved in protracted legal proceedings claiming Aboriginal

rights for their allegedly Metis membership. Since 2014, nearly 100 individual members have lost nearly 60 separate court cases, yet they continue to press on in the courts.

The Alliance autochtone du Quebec (AAQ), another organization representing the so-called Quebec Metis, also accepts Lejeune as an Indigenous root ancestor. In a 2016 court case, two AAQ members from Rouyn-Noranda claimed Aboriginal rights with Lejeune as the basis for their Indigenous identity. They lost the case, but the judge ultimately didn't comment on their claim that Lejeune was Mi'kmaq.

CATHERINE PILLARD: A FILLE DU ROI TURNED 'ALGONQUIN-SIBERIAN' The most stunning display of aspirational descent is without a doubt that of Catherine Pillard. Once New France came under French Crown authority in 1663, King Louis XIV started paying for girls and young women to settle in the colony. Over a period of 11 years, the Crown sponsored about 800 filles du roi, pressing them into reproductive service.

Until 2007, there was little doubt that Pillard had been one of these young women. Historians long ago identified her baptismal certificate from La Rochelle, on France's west

coast. She was believed to have arrived with the first shipment of women in the spring of 1663. Two years later in October 1665, when Catherine was 19, she married Jean Charron, with whom she had 12 children.

But something strange happened in 2007 that would challenge generations of conventional wisdom. Three genealogists with ties to ``Eastern Metis'' organizations published a paper suggesting that Catherine had in fact been an Indigenous woman.

The paper was based on DNA ancestry tests of several of Pillard's present-day descendants. The researchers had tested their mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down unchanged through ones' maternal lineage. Isolating Pillard's mtDNA, they identified it as part of a subgroup commonly associated with peoples Indigenous to the Americas.

Their argument lacked clarity about Pillard's precise origins, but online forums blew up with speculation anyway. Before long, Pillard had been renamed Catherine ``Ouenta,'' the long-lost daughter of Huron-Wendat chief Atsena, on a wide range of online sites. ``Metis'' organizations in Quebec and ``Abenaki tribes'' in Vermont and

New Hampshire added hundreds, if not thousands of members who discovered Pillard in their genealogy. By the time I was researching my book in 2017, she had become one of the principal ``Indigenous'' ancestors used

by French-descendants to become ``Indigenous.''

Short-lived Pillard's time as an ``Indigenous'' woman was short lived. The family association representing tens of thousands of Pillard's descendants hired a high-profile genetic genealogist to verify the study's results.

Jacques Beaugrand, an independent scientist, retested the same mtDNA and came up with significantly different results.

Instead of DNA associated with Indigenous peoples via eastern Siberia, he concluded that the mtDNA was associated with a region of western Asia. It turns out that Catherine Pillard had inherited mtDNA from a women who had travelled to Western Europe via present-day Armenia or Kazakhstan centuries before.

After archival research by two historians further confirmed the documentary record supporting Pillard's French identity, the family association closed its case. Pillard returned to

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her original identity as a French woman.

At least, she did for those dedicated to the available evidence. For those involved in the ``Eastern Metis'' movement, Pillard has remained the daughter of a well-known Huron-Wendat chief.

Over the past 15 years, dozens of defendants in

court have used either Lejeune or Pillard to claim Aboriginal rights. All have lost.

Countless others are using French women ancestors to become ``Indigenous'' to apply for jobs, scholarships and bursaries, advisory roles and other opportunities reserved for Indigenous people. Even some reputable Indigenous

organizations are now led by white French-descendants taking advantage of mainstream confusion about Indigenous identity to identify as ``Quebec Metis'' or ``Acadian-Metis.''

A recent CBC Indigenous report identified at least one sitting MP and several federal candidates claiming a similarly questionable Indigenous identity.

This will continue, as long as we continue to ignore the voices of Indigenous Peoples and use self-identification as the sole basis for Indigenous identity claims. ___ This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.

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NOMINATIONS for one (1) Non Community Resident (Off-Reserve) Board of Trustee Member will be held on SATURDAY, September 28, 2019 at the SIX NATIONS COMMUNITY HALL (Blue #1738 Fourth Line) from 9:00AM-12:00 noon.

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Eligibility Requirements of All Candidates d) All candidates must be nominated by two (2) eligible nominators.

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Researchers search for Bigfoot in Kisatchie National Forest ALEXANDRIA — In the middle of Kisatchie National Forest, a Bigfoot researcher who calls himself ``Tex-La” lets out four howls in an area that he and another researcher, Claude, say has visible signs of Bigfoot activity.

Several seconds go by with only the sounds of insects heard all around.

Then, it happens. In the distance, four howls answer back.

Tex-La and Claude discuss the howls and from which direction they came.

Tex-La then calls out again with another four howls.

After several more seconds, those howls are also answered back.

It is up to those that hear the howls to decide for themselves if they believe the howls came from

Bigfoot, a forest animal or a human. ``It is what it is. If you choose to believe that's great. If you choose not to believe, that's great, too,'' said Tex-La. He recorded the howls and will study them later.

He says everything has its own distinct sound — even Bigfoot.

Claude and Tex-La have left audio devices camouflaged in the trees. Sometimes cameras are left to record nighttime activity.

Those recordings, which are hours long, are studied and analyzed.

To avoid harassment and ridicule from those who don't believe in Bigfoot, Tex-La and Claude from Baton Rouge don't want to disclose their full names or

Affairs, in Ottawa.

The Petition of the undersigned chiefs, warriors and members of the Six Nations Indians, residing on the Grand River Reservation, humbly sheweth:-(1) That the system of committing the Government of the Six Nations Indians to a Council of hereditary life Chiefs is detrimental to the Advancement of the nation for the following among other reasons, (a) The present Council a majority of whose members are uneducated men, is incompetent to guide a people who are progressive and prepared for still further advancement in civilization. (b) Under the present system of government no encouragement is extended to young men to devote their energies and talents for the good of the nation. (c) The present Council is not a representative one as the people have not voice in its selection, nor are its members chosen on account of their fitness or ability The people therefore have no voice or share in the management of their

own affairs nor in the expenditure of their own money. (d) The present number of Chiefs is too large and involves too great an expenditure of money in the meetings of the Council.

(2) Your petitioners therefore think that an elective council would tend greatly to promote the general advancement of our people.

(3) Your petitioners therefore humbly request that you would submit this petition to the Governor in Council and obtain if possible the introduction of a system of election of chiefs for our nation as provided in the 75th Section of the Indian Act. And your petitioners will ever pray.”

Included was a petition of 423 signatures.

In the 1890’s not quite a quarter of the Six Nations population adhered to the Longhouse.

According to recent voting statistics, it seems the ratio of Elected Council supporters is about the same as that today.

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FAIRBANKS — Alaska Native community member Howard Luke, a respected Athabascan elder known for promoting indigenous culture through his work with young people, has died.

The 95-year-old member of the Interior Alaska Native community late Saturday at Fairbanks' Denali Center, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Sunday. Mo MacCracken, Luke's daughter, confirmed his death to the newspaper.

Luke founded the

Gaaleeya Spirit Camp to teach skills to young people including Native art and language and techniques for living off the land. The camp on the Tanana River near Fairbanks will remain open for community building, youth empowerment and educational opportunities, MacCracken said.

Luke was born in Nenana in 1923 and moved to Fairbanks with his mother at age 13. ``He was a giver of knowledge and of life and supporter of youth and education,'' MacCracken said Sunday. ``For a man who only went to school through third grade, he encouraged everyone to seek

knowledge.''

A building at the Effie Kokrine Charter School in Fairbanks was named in Luke's honour for his work. Hundreds of people attended his 90th and 94th birthday celebrations there in recent years. ``What was so good about my dad was that there was never any colour,'' MacCracken said. ``He had friends of every race, every gender, every nationality. He never looked at people as any different. He was just a friend to everyone.''

A public service to pay tribute to Luke is scheduled to be held in Fairbanks Wednesday.

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Beyak thumbs nose at Senate orders on racist letters CANADIAN PRESS

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OTTAWA - Racist letters about Indigenous Peoples have finally been removed from Sen. Lynn Beyak's website — but only because Senate officials erased them after Beyak refused to do so herself.

She is still thumbing her nose at Senate orders to apologize for posting the letters and to take

educational programs on racism directed at Indigenous people.

In early May, senators voted to suspend Beyak without pay for the remainder of the parliamentary session, which ended with the call of the federal election on Sept. 11.

At that time, the Senate also ordered Beyak to remove the letters, apologize and take cultural sensitivity training within 30 days _ none of which she did.

Beyak — appointed by former prime minister Stephen Harper, but turfed from the Conservative caucus over her refusal to remove the letters first posted in early 2018 — will be back in the Red Chamber when Parliament resumes after the Oct. 21 election.

But Sen. Peter Harder, who was the Trudeau government's representative in the upper house, expects senators will consider further steps to

punish Beyak, including renewing the suspension without pay. ``It is my expectation that the Senate will make it a priority to revisit the matter of Senator Beyak's suspension as soon as possible when Parliament reconvenes,'' Harder said in an email. ``Senator Beyak has repeatedly promoted a distorted view of residential schools, has shared racist letters on her website and has so far refused to

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follow through on the Senate's recommendations for remedial measures.

It is unbecoming of a Canadian senator to deny Canadian history — and it offends the dignity of the Senate as a whole. Canadian lawmakers should not provide a forum for these types of racial stereotypes — online or elsewhere.''

Beyak did not respond to a request for comment.

The controversy arose after Beyak gave a speech in the Senate in January 2018, in which she argued that Indian residential schools did a lot of good for Indigenous children, although many suffered physical and sexual abuse and thousands died from disease and malnutrition.

She subsequently posted dozens of letters on her website to show she had support for her views.

In a report released in April, Senate ethics officer Pierre Legault concluded

that five of the letters contained racist content, suggesting that Indigenous people are lazy, chronic whiners who are milking the residential-school issue to get government handouts.

He said Beyak's refusal to remove them violated the Senate's conflict of interest code by not upholding the highest standards of dignity required of a senator, by failing to perform her duties with dignity, honour and integrity, and by acting in a way that could reflect negatively on the Senate.

Legault recommended she remove the letters, apologize and take sensitivity training, which Beyak refused to do. The Senate ethics committee and finally the Senate as a whole took up the issue and ordered her to comply, but she has ignored them too.

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ST. JOHN’S — The Innu Nation is pressing Newfoundland and Labrador's government to identify the second speaker on a voice mail in which a provincial environment minister is heard saying the Innu are prone to playing ``the race card.''

Perry Trimper resigned from cabinet Sept. 13, after apologizing for comments he left on the answering machine of an Innu Nation staffer.

The message, which the Indigenous organization published online, continued to record Trimper's conversation with another person, who is heard saying Innu people ``have a feeling of entitlement.''

On Friday, the group

called on the provincial government to investigate the speaker's identity, tweeting that Innu leaders would ``continue to press for accountability.''

Premier Dwight Ball's office responded in a statement to The Canadian Press, saying that confirming the second person's identity is a ``priority,'' but they will not be publicly identified.

The statement also repeated Ball's comments from last Monday, saying he was ``assured'' the person does not hold a management, policy or decision-making role.

Ball and Innu Nation Grand Chief Gregory Rich met last Monday, and the premier agreed to establish a working group with a mandate to ensure government officials and employees appreciate Innu culture and values.

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AFN outlines First Nations election priorities ahead of fall vote CANADIAN PRESS

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OTTAWA — If Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer wants the support of more Indigenous voters in the federal election, he should disavow the approach of his predecessor Stephen Harper, says Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde.

During an event in Ottawa Monday to launch a platform of First Nations election priorities, Bellegarde said progress has

been made on key issues important to Indigenous and First Nations people in Canada, including getting greater access to the prime minister and cabinet ministers under the Trudeau government.

Bellegarde said no prime minister before Justin Trudeau went to Assembly of First Nations national gatherings. Trudeau has attended three.

That's why, when asked if Scheer should publicly declare he would take a different approach to First Nations issues from that of the former Conservative

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prime minister, Bellegarde said yes. ``If he wants to gain a lot of support from First Nations people that would be a really good step, if he was to do that, and be more open and accessible,'' Bellegarde said.

Harper became a polarizing figure for many Indigenous and First Nations communities during his time in office, despite being the prime minister to issue a formal apology in the House of Commons to survivors of abusive residential schools. His refusal to launch an inquiry into

missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls was highly controversial and the concerns of many Indigenous leaders and communities over a number of his government's policies and legislation were sparks for the Idle No More movement.

Canada has been treating Indigenous issues as higher priorities since then, Bellegarde said. He pointed to $21.4 billion spent on First Nations needs over the last seven fiscal years, four of those under the Liberals.

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be done, he said. ``Has the gap closed yet? The answer is no. Has there been movement? The answer is yes, but we have to maintain momentum.''

Bellegarde is not endorsing any political party for the Oct. 21 vote, but the AFN is hoping to motivate Indigenous Canadians to exercise their right to vote and, when they do, to examine the efforts made by all parties on making First Nations issues a priority.

A total of 61.5 per cent of eligible First Nations voters cast ballots in 2015 — a number Bellegarde hopes will grow to ensure Indigenous issues are top-of-mind for political parties as they make their pitches to voters. ``If you want to be a member of Parliament, you'd better listen to First Nations issues and concerns and priorities because we have an impact.

We're voting now.''

The AFN election document, entitled ``Honouring Promises,'' lists short- and long-term goals to improve the lives of Indigenous people in Canada.

The top priority is mitigating the effects of climate change.

The AFN wants First Nations to become full partners in carrying out Canada's climate plan, including in any decisions on how to spend money raised from carbon pricing, and would like direct participation in federal environmental policy-making. ``We must develop a vision of environmental stewardship that is global and holistic, taking us beyond existing targets and timelines, toward a sustainable future for all generations,'' it says.

The national group is also looking for recognition that First Nations treaty rights would allow them to develop and implement environmental regulations and impact-assessment regimes.

A number of First Nations have mounted legal challenges against the federal government on major energy projects, including the Trans Mountain pipeline, on grounds of not having been properly consulted — some of which have been successful.

The AFN is now asking the federal government to support First Nations-led

environmental and regulatory reviews as part of a more collaborative approach to environmental stewardship.

This 2019 election document builds on the AFN's previous ``Closing the Gap'' document, distributed to each party during the last federal election. Bellegarde says he is confident his organization, which includes First Nations chiefs from across Canada, was able to influence the policies of political parties in 2015 and hopes to do so again this time.

One area where ``sweeping changes'' are needed is in the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal-justice system and in jails and prisons in Canada, the AFN says.

In 2017-18, Indigenous inmates were 28 per cent of federal prisoners, despite making up just 4.3 per cent of the population of Canada, according to the annual report of the federal correctional investigator.

The AFN is calling for new restorative-justice systems to promote community healing, reconciliation and reintegration, displacing punitive measures.

The group also notes the role of judges, asking for First Nations appointees at all levels of courts, ``particularly the appointment of the first First Nations Supreme Court justice.''

The AFN is also calling for more economic-development opportunities for First Nations, including better entrepreneur programs for First Nations women and youth, as well as a First Nations infrastructure bank.

Better access to safe drinking water and greater investments in housing, health care, education and high-speed Internet are also ongoing top priorities for First Nations across Canada with many suggested actions for improvement.

Canada has made commitments to First Nations people, and a key part of reconciliation is honouring promises, the election-priorities document says, explaining its title. ``This plan we call 'Honouring Promises' points the way to real, transformative change. The time to act is now.''

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Saturday, October 5, starting at 12 pm, Bob O’Donnell, aka “The Fossil Guy”, will present “Fantastic Fossils Up Close”. This interactive seminar will inspire younger generations to take an interest in fossils and science. Bob’s extensive and impressive fossil collection will be on display. It includes a woolly mammoth tooth, jelly fish, dinosaur footprints and even dinosaur droppings (coprolite)!

Unlike many collectors, Bob O’Donnell encourages his audience to take a close look at, and even touch his fossil collection. By allowing children and adults to experience the fossils in this way, it helps to create a stronger connection to the prehistoric world.

On Sunday, October 6, starting at 12:45, Alex Nelson of Club Rex, will bring a museum experience to the show. Unlike a museum though, Alex doesn’t believe in viewing dinosaurs from behind

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This is the 11th annual Ancaster Gem, Mineral, Bead & Jewellery Show, held at the Ancaster Fairgrounds, Marritt Hall, October 4, 5 and 6th, 2019. All seminars, demonstrations and kids’ activities are free with paid show admission.

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New study shows spike in violent incidents in Ontario's elementary schools TORONTO -- A study from the University of Ottawa suggests there has been a sharp increase in the level of violence teachers face while working in Ontario's elementary schools.

A team of researchers surveyed more than 1,600 educators last year to gauge the number of times they encountered violence from students, parents or administrators during the 2017-18 school year.

They then compared those results to a survey undertaken by three major unions in 2005, which found that only seven per cent of teachers at the time reported experiencing bullying over the course of their careers.

The researchers found that number had surged nearly seven-fold in the intervening years, with 54 per cent of respondents saying they had experienced physical violence such as punching, kicking or biting _ primarily at the hands of students.

The survey found 72 per cent of participants reported explicit verbal

insults or obscene gestures from a student, with 41 per cent saying they'd had similar encounters with a parent.

The report says such incidents included anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim slurs delivered in class, taunts of ``build the wall,'' and calls for teachers to ``go back to your country.''

Criminology professor and study co-author Chris Bruckert says the spike reflects many changes in both social conditions and educational programs over the past 12 years. ``When we talk about this as a crisis, that's not hyperbole,'' Bruckert said in a telephone interview. ``There is a serious problem in our elementary schools, and it needs attention.''

Bruckert said the issue of violence in the classroom has received scant academic study, citing just 37 peer-reviewed papers completed internationally between 1988 and 2016 and only one focusing on Canadian data.

That article, published in

the Journal of Interpersonal Violence in 2011, had already begun documenting a dramatic surge in teacher-reported violence.

Researchers found 80 per cent of those surveyed reported experiencing some form of physical violence or personal insults at some point in their careers.

Bruckert said the Ottawa research team's focus on a single school year shines a light on how prevalent the issue has become. She said the root causes are multifaceted, encompassing shifts in everything from poverty levels to in-class expectations.

Changes in Ontario's educational policies, such as a shift away from zero-tolerance disciplinary approaches and one-size-fits-all education plans, are largely positive steps that nonetheless demand more of teachers, Bruckert said.

She said educators, in turn, are increasingly dealing with students exposed to social conditions that have changed considerably

since 2005. Examples she cited included income disparity forcing parents to work multiple jobs, more limited social interactions driven in part by growing reliance on technology, increasing polarization in society at large and the ravages of the national opioid crisis.

Cuts to services both inside and outside of schools exacerbate the issue, she said, adding the various factors contributing to the problem do not rest on the shoulders of any one government or policy.

Bruckert said rates of violence disproportionately impact teachers from a racialized background or those with disabilities, noting they reported higher rates of violence than other survey participants.

She also said disabled students are disproportionately implicated in the study results, noting that while students with more specialized needs are reported to ``act out'' more often, they and the teachers who work with them are increasingly left without necessary supports in

and out of class. ``To blame them is putting the focus absolutely on the wrong place,'' she said. ``It's not the kids' fault and it's not the teachers' fault. They need more support.''

Annie Kidder, executive director of advocacy group People for Education, said the research suggests a pressing need to try and understand the root causes behind the spike in violence. ``This increase in violence...is being reported in so many ways that I don't think you can argue with its reality,'' she said. ``How do we understand all the factors that go into it, and then figure out what we need to change?''

Kidder said principals routinely call for more educational supports in their schools as well as better training for those filling such roles, a call shared by Bruckert.

Ontario's Ministry of Education said the government is aware of the issue raised in the study, directly attributing much of the spike to

student behaviour. ``We know that aggressive student behaviour in our classrooms is a very real issue and we are working hard to ensure all members of our school communities feel safe,'' it said in a statement.

The research noted, however, that the survey respondents also reported violence and harassment from parents, administrators and colleagues.

The survey was administered online between Dec. 4 and 21 2018.

The polling industry's professional body, the Marketing Research and Intelligence Association, says online surveys cannot be assigned a margin of error as they are not a random sample and therefore are not necessarily representative of the whole population.

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Childhood bullying can cause lifelong psychological damage – here’s how to spot the signs and move on

By Calli Tzani-Pepelasi Childhood bullying is so common that it may not seem like a big deal. Up to 35% of people are estimated to have experienced it at some point. By adulthood, we are generally expected to have “got over” it. But the mental health effects of being bullied can be serious and last a lifetime. One study has even suggested that, when it comes to mental health, bullying is as harmful as child abuse, if not worse.

Approximately 20% of people who have been bullied experience some kind of mental health problems later in life, even at the age of 50.

While some of these, such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), are easy to spot, others may be more difficult to recognise. These can range from inexplicable bouts of anger to a lifetime of feeling inferior to other people.

Although there has been an immense amount of research on bullying, most of it has focused on immediate effects, intervention and prevention. So we need more research on long-term effects and new forms of bullying, such as online abuse.

That said, severe long-term effects of bullying are relatively well documented.

Research has shown that victims of bullying

report more severe anxiety symptoms than others. Being bullied is also linked to social anxiety, which often lasts into adulthood and increases the risk of developing personality disorders.

Depression is another negative consequence of bullying , which might lead to suicidal ideation and even suicide attempts. So if you are struggling with depression or anxiety and have a history of being bullied, there may be a link.

One of the most severe consequences is post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Research has shown that 40.5% of girls and 27.6% of boys show PTSD symptoms at the time of being bullied. These individuals’ torment can sometimes follow them into later life. This can be triggered by just remembering the bullying incident or by related stimuli, such as visiting their school as adults or by encountering their bully in a different environment.

Trust and self-esteem While people with severe depression, anxiety or post traumatic stress disorder may actually seek help and uncover that bullying could have played a part in their mental health

problems, for many other people the signs are more subtle.

Self-esteem is an aspect that is both a risk factor and a consequence of bullying. It is not hard to see that children who are suffering from repetitive bullying at school, at a time when they are still in the process of developing their personalities, could suffer a serious and lasting decline in self-esteem.

On the other hand, high self-esteem has been linked to bullying others.

However, this effect seems to be moderated by other factors – high self-esteem is only linked to high bullying rates in schools which the students perceive to have a poor climate.

Another distinctive example is anger, which is a prerequisite of aggression and has been associated with both victimisation and perpetration of bullying.

For the bullies, it is well recognised that, behind their abusive behaviour, lies the intention to hurt another individual – usually motivated by negative emotions such as aggression, anger and hostility. But repeated bullying can also make victims more angry, which in turn maintains the cycle of bullying. The main difference between bullies and victims is

that bullies exhibit higher levels of proactive aggression (behaviour that anticipates a reward), whereas victims exhibit higher levels of reactive aggression (anger in response to a threat).

Bullying can also lead to health problems, alcohol and drug abuse, social withdrawal and severe trust issues. For many victims who are trying to overcome the experience, the loss of trust is perhaps the most challenging consequence. But if nobody stands up for you at the time of being bullied, you begin to lose trust in your peers – and that may be for life.

It is also important to note that bullying effects are often related.

In other words, low self-esteem is related to depression, depression is related to suicidal ideation, and so on.

Such relationships lead victims to experience not one, but multiple bullying effects during their victimisation period and in their adulthood.

Dealing with the past So what should you do if you suddenly realise that bouts of anger or low self-esteem may have resulted from bullying that happened decades ago? One option is talking therapy or cognitive behavioural

therapy. The latter involves training yourself to change your thinking and behaviour, tackling for example negative thinking, social phobia or low self-esteem.

When it comes to anger, various studies have indicated that restorative justice techniques – a mediation between the victim and the offender while promoting discussion and forgiveness – could help.

However, such practices can only benefit victims and bullies respectively if applied in a controlled environment, such as the school, by a trained member of staff.

Some individuals take their own initiative to face their bully or victim in adulthood and either apologise for their past behaviour or seek answers for their victimisation. However, they must keep in mind that such an encounter might have the exact opposite results.

Research shows that bullies often maintain an aggressive behaviour in adulthood. Therapy or counselling are usually therefore much better ways to deal with the consequences.

Perhaps the most important thing in order to get over traumatic bullying experiences is to stop blaming yourself.

There have been numerous studies

indicating that this is very common and a result of wrongfully developed perceptions.

For example, it is well established that overweight children suffer higher levels of bullying than others. Such individuals may view their body mass or inability to “stand up for themselves” as the reason they were picked on. If these victims do not accept their individuality and stop self blaming, it can be very hard to heal the wounds.

Being bullied as a child in school, which is such a huge part of an individual’s world, is clearly a traumatic experience – it should come as no surprise that it may leave lasting scars. Luckily, there is plenty of help out there.

And even if you don’t want to embark on getting therapy, just identifying the negative thinking patterns and behaviour that the bullying may have triggered can ultimately help you change them and move on.

~via The Conversation.

Helpful Reading on Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress recommended by PTSD Association Canada

The Power of Trauma: Conquering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma

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What is cyberbullying?

Blackmailing someone through instant messaging to retrieve personal information about them, and sharing that information without consent

Sending cruel and sometimes threatening emails, direct messages, texts, etc.

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Sharing embarrassing photos of another person when you do not have permission

Creating memes, blogs, or websites that are designed to embarrass someone

Excluding others from discussions on purpose

Hacking email or social media accounts to send damaging messages under an assumed identity

Slandering another person on social media by posting gossip and rumours about them

Sources: mediasmart.ca and prevnet.ca

What is ethical online behavior?

Parents can encourage this behavior by embracing it themselves – before you post something about your children, ask them if it’s ok!

Don’t hit the send button when you’re angry. If you’re in the middle of a heated discussion and things seem to be escalating, take a break to cool down. Things that are posted online in the heat of the moment can be deleted, but they will not be forgotten.

Respect people’s feelings: before you post or share something, ask yourself “how will this make the other person feel?”

Respect people’s property: Don’t have permission to download, share or repost? Then don’t.

Copyright laws make illegal downloads punishable by law. Also – nonconsensual distribution of intimate images is a punishable offence (with a max. penalty of 5 yrs in prison).

“A deep sense of love and belonging is an irreducible need of all people. We are biologically, cognitively, physically, and spiritually wired to love, to be loved, and to belong. When those needs are not met, we don't function as we were meant to. We break. We fall apart. We numb. We ache. We hurt others. We get sick.” - Brenee Brown

Sometimes negative online behavior such as trolling (annoying people to elicit a response) is encouraged in certain groups. Before you participate, consider how this behavior might be hurtful to others.

There are three golden rules of ethical online behavior: respect people’s privacy, respect people’s feelings, and respect people’s property.

Respect people’s privacy: before you post or share something, ask yourself “do I have permission?”

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BEING BULLIED?

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You are not alone – 1,100,000 Canadian youth are bullied at least once, each and every week.

Stay close to kids or other adults who will help you.

Report a bully to a trusted adult (teacher, principal, or parent/ guardian). Reporting sends a message that bullying is not ok.

Remember that it is not your fault that you are being bullied.

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DO YOU SEE SOMEONE BEING BULLIED?

Invite someone who is being bullied to play with you. Bullies are less likely to pick on someone when they are with others.

Be a friend – tell them they do not deserve to be bullied and it is not their fault. And – Use your words. Tell bullies that their behavior is not ok. Tell a trusted adult what is going on. Bullying stops within just 10 seconds, 57 per cent of the time when someone intervenes.

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ARE YOU A BULLY? Have you been hurt before?

Talk to a trusted friend or adult and ask for help.

Bullying won’t make you feel better, but reaching out for help can.

Sometimes other kids might watch and laugh when they see you bullying.

This does not mean its ok.

Often it means other kids are uncomfortable and even afraid. In fact, 83 per cent of Canadian students say bullying makes them uncomfortable.

Do you see another kid who is a little different from you and your friends? That’s good! Diversity makes the world a better place to be.

Different does not mean bad, weird or worse than you. It just means different!

You can apologize to people who you have hurt.

Apologizing takes bravery!

Step up to the challenge and make things right.

ART CONTEST! Calling all youth artists. We are looking for a sweet design to include in our spring Good Minds Stand Up campaign.

Eligibility: Students in Kindergarten through to Grade 12 are eligible to participate.

Judging and Winners: A panel of judges will review entries. First, Second and Third Prizes from each grade will be selected. One overall winner will be selected and receive a $250 cash prize.

The theme is “Belonging” — to yourself, to your community, your family or any other illustration that shows what it means to you to belong.

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Director Tracey Deer will capture Oka Crisis in new work NAHNDA GARLOW

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A new feature film set during the Oka Crisis will offer a view from behind the barricades through the eyes of a young Mohawk girl.

The latest project from director Tracey Deer, best known for her TV show 'Mohawk Girls,’ will be revealed under the title of ‘Beans.’

Deer witnessed the tensions firsthand during the crisis and decided years ago that she wanted to tell the story of her experience in 1990.

Deer’s perspective is embodied by Beans, the character used for the

name of the film.

The film will show a re-enactment of Deer’s experience on August 28, 1990, which included the evacuation of Deer, her mother, her little sister and her two cousins from the community of Kahnawake.

They head into Whiskey Trench, which is the highway entering LaSalle in Montreal, with an angry mob pelting the convoy vehicles full of elders, women and children with rocks.

Production began in late August in all of the areas associated with the crisis; Kahnawake, Kanehsatake, Oka and Montreal, with much of the cast of actors made up of children.

Waititi and Barnaby winners at TIFF

By TRT Staff

Jojo Rabbit is the winner of this year’s Toronto Film Festival Grolsch People’s Choice Award. First runner-up was Netflix’s Marriage Story, and the second runner-up was Neon’s Cannes winner Parasite.

The Toronto International Film Festival Grolsch People's Choice Award is an annual film award, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival to the film rated as the year's most popular film with festival audiences.

The trophy is considered a bellwether of sorts for the awards-season race even if it is selected by festival moviegoers who vote online following a screening. The festival assures they double check the legitimacy of each vote, and that it came from a ticket holder so as to prevent gaming the system.

In theory, this means that winners are real winners at TIFF. Waititi’s film was rapturously received by the opening-night audience at its world premiere screening last Sunday. However, critics were decidedly mixed when reviews hit and the film currently stands at 75% fresh

on Rotten Tomatoes.

The offbeat film from Fox Searchlight is about a boy in Nazi Germany who discovers his mother is harbouring a Jewish girl.

A satirical comedy already controversial for edgy comical content revolving around a very serious subject, finds the boy also having conversations with a comical imaginary Adolf Hitler, who is played by Waititi.

This results of the film is a manner of wildly over-the-top, supernatural stereotypes about Jewish people, Hitler acting all wacky, and the audience laughing at the absurdity of it all.

Fox Searchlight will begin platforming Jojo Rabbit on October 18. It has not been considered by pundits to be in the front tier of possible Best Picture Oscar contenders but this TIFF award should considerably boost its profile in that regard.

An honourable mention at the awards includes the Grolsch People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award, with the second runner-up as Jeff Barnaby’s Blood Quantum behind the winner Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s The Platform.

Kiawenti:io Tarbell, a Mohawk from Akwesasne, will carry the lead role as Beans. Tarbell is best known for her role as Anne Shirley's Mi'kmaw friend Ka'kwet in the CBC/Netflix series Anne with an E. Due to the subject matter of the film, Deer also took special care in making sure all of the young actors and their families were comfortable.

Deer won a Gemini Award for her 2008 documentary on Mohawk identity, Club Native, and wrote and directed the TV show Mohawk Girls, and this film is hoped to be ammo added to her repertoire.

The film is expected to hit theatres in fall 2020.

Gemini Award Winner Tracey Deer is in the process of creating a film that captures her experience as a 12-year-old Mohawk girl of Kahnawake during the Oka Crisis of 1990 in "Beans," to be plqyed by PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK. Kiawenti:io Tarbell.

Another Six Nations actress makes big-screen debut in It: Chapter Two STAFF REPORT

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Kiley May is a Mohawk actress, model, dancer, photographer and writer.

She is a transgender woman who is two-spirited and was Toronto Pride's youth ambassador for 2017.

Recently, she graced the screen to play the role of a woman from the fictitious

“Shokopiwah” tribe in It: Chapter Two. Although the part may be small with no verbal lines, the scene she partakes in is a prominent aspect to the movie’s specific plot and it helps to vividly showcase the continuous influence of indigenous people to deepen the plots of major motion pictures.

Her part in the movie is also considered an organic Native and Trans repre-

sentation in a blockbuster movie. She acted in the same scene as Kevin Allan Hess, another from Six Nations.

With a 3-hour running time and a controversial opening scene, IT: Chapter Two received mixed reviews upon its opening, but despite IT’s shortcomings, this cinematic funhouse of terror is chock-full of Torontonian backdrops, scenery and

talent.

As reported on September 5, the movie opened with a stellar $123 million at the domestic box office, making it the highest-opening horror film ever.

For Toronto-based actress Kiley May, the “It” sequel marks her first step into open waters for a growing demand in the acting industry.

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Indigenous artists from Coast to Coast to come in October STAFF REPORT

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OTTAWA — Preserved ancestral knowledge blends seamlessly with modern forms 20 Sept 2019 -FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre’s 5th Hot Ticket Season kicksoff on Tuesday, October 1 with Mînowin, a stunning multimedia dance piece by celebrated Indigenous dance company The Dancers of Damelahamid.

Two days later, on Thursday 3 October, Jeremy Dutcher, winner of the 2018 Polaris Music Prize, makes his debut headlining performance in Partridge Hall (Dutcher performed alongside A Tribe Called Red in November 2018).

Despite being from opposite ends of the nation, both artists’ communities have endured a similar narrative, where ancestral song and dance came extremely close to being lost due to colonialization. Both The Dancers of Damelahamid and Jeremy Dutcher have taken action to ensure that traditional Indigenous song and dance will be preserved for future generations.

“I'm doing this work because there's only about a hundred Wolastoqey speakers left,” explains Jeremy Dutcher. “It's crucial for us to make sure that we're using our language and passing it on to

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Recently circulated into the indigenous sphere of social media, it was revealed through a screen shot that John Rambo is in fact half Navajo.

Rambo is the main protagonist of the Rambo film series and David Mo-rell's novel First Blood.

As a former Vietnam veteran and highly skilled Green Beret, Rambo re-turned from the war decorated, but disturbed.

In his story, he is filled with self-loathing and hates killing, but is willing to use the skills he learned to do both to protect those

OTTAWA - The FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre will be featuring a multimedia dance piece and a headlining performance next month, which will come in the form of PHOTO the Minowin dance piece and a performance by Jeremy Dutcher. Although spearated by huge land masses, both artistic forms draw from a similar history.

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the next generation. If you lose the language, you're not just losing words; you're losing an entire way of seeing and experiencing the world from a distinctly Indigenous perspective.”

A member of Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, Dutcher took music studies in Halifax before taking a chance to work in the archives at the Canadian Museum of History, painstakingly transcribing Wolastoq songs from 1907 wax cylinders.

Dutcher heard ancestral voices singing forgotten songs and stories that had been taken from the Wolastoqiyik generations ago.

Long days at the archives turned into long nights at the piano, feeling out melodies and phrases, deep in dialogue with the voices of his ancestors.

These “collaborative” compositions on his debut album Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa, are like nothing you’ve ever heard.

Delicate, sublime vocal melodies ring out atop piano lines that cascade through a vibrant range of emotions.

The anguish and joy of the past erupt fervently into the present through Dutcher’s bold approach to composition and raw, affective performances enhanced by his outstanding operatic tenor

techniques.The Dancers of Damelahamid are an Indigenous dance company from coastal British Columbia that was founded upon over five decades of extensive work of song restoration.

For countless generations, song and dance played an integral part in defining art and culture and was banned by the Canadian government for almost 70 years. The Dancers of Damelahamid emerged in the 1960s out of an urgency to ensure that the knowledge of their ancestors was not lost. Over the 40 years that followed, a changed society created the context for the dances to sur-

vive through a new role: dance as a performance for public audiences.

Mînowin is a new multimedia dance work that integrates narrative, movement, song, performance, and multimedia design which connects to landscapes from contemporary perspectives of customary Indigenous dance forms. Using new mediums, including 3D motion graphics and interactive technologies, Mînowin engages with the complexities surrounding conventional performance space.

This modern dance production draws from origin stories and continues to find ways to

translate this through a contemporary lens and continues to illustrate moments of connection, understanding, and renewal.More than just a weekend gathering, Celebration of Nations Featured Programming takes place all season long. This Featured Programming is part of FirstOntario PAC’s commitment to provide meaningful opportunities to bring our community together in an inclusive place of mutual understanding, empathy and respect through the arts.

Celebration of Nations Featured Programming is sponsored by Brock University.

character has more emotional depth than most people would think based on what popular culture has depicted Rambo as, although Sylvester Stallone's performance has been widely acclaimed.

After being born on July 6, 1947 to R. Rambo and Marie Drago in King-man, Arizona. It is revealed by Marshall Murdock after reading his file in Rambo: First Blood Part II that he was from Bowie, Arizona.

But even less is known about Marie Drago than her husband, R. Rambo.

She is revealed as a Navajo that was abused by her alcoholic husband while she was alive. She also died relatively early in her son's life.

It is presumed that his father is German, since it is said that Rambo is half-German and half-Navajo. In his early life, Rambo also spent his childhood learning from the Navajo tribal elders on the reservation about how to efficiently use the traditional Navajo weapon: the bow and arrow.

With the new sequel Rambo: Last Blood which hit theatre on September 20, knowing he is half Navajo is something of an easter egg since his mother and his ancestry isn’t included in the motion pictures.

In case you didn’t know, Rambo is half Navajo close to him. This is the general plot line of the three First Blood sequels.

Although Rambo appears to be a butch action stereotype, his character is actually a broken and emotional man. He has witnessed many of his friends die, was not given wholesome family love as a child, faced un-bearable terrors in Vietnam, returned to a country that rejected him, then was seduced back into combat where he killed hundreds more people before finally being left alone and miserable, unable to forgive himself for his actions.

At one point, Rambo stated that he wasted his life fighting for things that he thought he believed in.

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By the end of the series, Rambo lost his faith in humanity and hates himself, God and the concept that things will get bet-ter for the world, due in no small part because of the horrors of war he experi-

enced.

Rambo did become more stable by the end of the series when he returned home, but he is no doubt plagued by nightmares from his post-traumatic stress disorder. The

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I-Nats still in pursuit of gold CHEZNEY MARTIN

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LANGLEY, B.C. — Beginning on September 19, the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship wages on at the Langley Events Centre.

The tournament is comprised of teams from Costa Rica, Australia, Scotland, Switzerland,Czech Republic, Netherlands, Mexico, Serbia, Finland, Slovakia, Israel, United States, Canada and the Iroquois Nationals. The teams are then each separated into several coloured divisions of yellow, orange, blue and green.

In the blue division, comprised of the five top-seeded teams, the Iroquois Nationals defeated Israel 17-6, as expected.

But, the Iroquois

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Nationals glistened in the afterglow after a victory over the United States 1210, to remain unbeaten at the WILC for the time.

They polished off England 19-5 with Tehoka Nanticoke earning the “goal of the tournament” with a hat-trick goal from

a shot taken with one hand on the stick and following through between the legs — all the while being chased down by two

Although coming in second place four times in a row, the Iroquous Nationals still have the chance to outreach Canada, with a bench full PHOTO BY X of expereince and skill. It is hoped that the two teams will be able to battle again.

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defenders.

The Iroquois were then unbeaten until Monday, September 3 where they came into first contact with the returning champions.

Canada began their pursuit of a fifth straight World Lacrosse Men's Indoor World Championship title with victory over the United States in British Columbia.

The hosts and defending champions began by earning a comfortable 16-6 win over the U.S., in their match at LEC Arena Bowl in Langley.

But the two teams meeting on Monday night brought out a loss for the Iroquois.

Cody Jamieson, Zed Williams, Tehoka Nanticoke, Randy Staats and Jordan Durston put up goals for the Iroquois in this game, but fell short 19-12 in the final.

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The Iroquois Nationals have finished as runners-up at all four editions of the tournament so far, losing to the Canadians in the final on each occasion.

The Americans, on the other hand, have won every bronze medal in the tournament's history, and have now slipped to a record of one win and two defeats.

All five teams from the blue group will reach the play-off phase, regardless of where they finish, and will be joined by the winners of the other three groups. Finishing higher in the blue table means you enter the knock-out round at a later stage, however.

Overall: Germany took over Scotland 18-6 in the green group and now holds a 100 per cent record alongside the Czech Republic and Slovakia took-off Mexico 18-7 to record a second victory.

While in the orange group Finland beat Australia 15-10 to make it three wins from three at the top, Austria’s 20-10 win over Sweden means they are the closest challengers on two victories and Ireland beat Serbia 10-9 in the yellow group with both teams tied on two wins and a defeat. Hong Kong also registered a first success, defeating Switzerland 16-13.

The Iroquois Nationals will play again on Thursday with their opponent to be determined, at 5 p.m., and can be viewed at https://portal.stretchinternet.com/tfsetv/.

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World games to feature lacrosse again in 2021 CHEZNEY MARTIN

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BANGKOK – It has been announced that Lacrosse will once again appear in the World Games.

At the International World Games Association’s (IWGA) General Assembly during the SportAccord summit in Bangkok, Thailand, the IWGA published its Sports Program for the World Games 2021 approving Lacrosse as an official sport.

Over 3,500 athletes from more than 100 countries will compete in 30 official sports when the World Games return to the United States for the first time since 1981. The eleventh edition of the World Games will be held in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, from 15-25 of July in 2021.

“It is a great honour to be selected to the program for the Birmingham

2021 World Games,” said FIL President Sue Redfern. “Every international games inclusion is important for the growth of our sport worldwide. Our sport is growing exponentially across the globe and the inclusion of Lacrosse into the Birmingham 2021 World Games is fantastic news. FIL is very pleased that Men’s Field Lacrosse will be played in 2021 now as well.”

The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) is the international governing body for men’s and women’s lacrosse. The FIL currently has 60 member nations and holds five World Championships: Men’s Lacrosse World Championship; Under-19 Men’s Lacrosse World Championship; Men’s World Indoor Lacrosse Championship; Women’s Lacrosse World Cup; and Under-19 Women’s Lacrosse World Championship. Each event is held on a quadrennial basis. The FIL is responsible for the

governance and integrity of all forms of lacrosse and provides responsive and effective leadership to support the sports’ development throughout the world.

Lacrosse will feature eight teams for both the Men and the Women’s competitions, with additional details coming later.

The Birmingham 2021 World Games will be the first summer version in the United States since Santa Clara hosted the multi-sport event in 1981.

“This is a big day for The World Games, and for Birmingham,” said DJ Mackovets, CEO of The World Games 2021 Birmingham. “We’re excited to bring these sports – some of which likely will be new and unique to sports fans – to our city.

But more importantly, we’re thrilled about Birmingham’s opportunity to shine on an international stage.

Other sports to compete at the World Games

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Eight teams for the men and eight teams for the women will allow lacrosse to be played at the World Games again in two years. This time the games will be held in the USA, with over 30 official sports PHOTO SUBMITTED. to be competed in, a feat that will make the games 40th anniversary.

2021: Gymnastics, Ju-Jitsu, Karate, Kickboxing, Muaythai, Sumo, Canoeing, Fistball, Floorball, Handball, Korfball, Lacrosse, Racquetball, Softball, Squash, Archery, Billiards, Bowling, Powerlifting, Tug of War, Air Sports, Finswimming, Flying Disc, Lifesaving, Orienteering, Roller Sports, Sport Climbing, Waterski and Wakeboard.

The World Games is a multi-sport event staged every four years by the International World Games Association under the patronage of the Interna-

tional Olympic Committee.

World Lacrosse has also appointed Nicola John and Tom Lewis as the sport's competition managers for the 2021 World Games in Birmingham, United States.

John, who was an international player for Wales and won gold at the 1999 European Lacrosse Federation Championship before moving into an administrative role, has been appointed women's competition manager. Lewis, who founded a lacrosse programme for young people in the Alabama city

where the Games will take place, will serve as manager of the men's event.

Men's lacrosse will make its World Games debut in 2021, while the first women's event took place in 2017 in Wrocław, Poland.

Both officials will work with the Birmingham 2021 Organizing Committee to plan the tournaments, which will feature eight men's and eight women's teams.

The 2021 World Games will also mark the 40th anniversary of its first staging.

between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Canadians.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission [TRC] perfectly summed up what working towards reconciliation means: ‘Working towards reconciliation, must inspire Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians to transform the Canadian society in a way that future generations can live together in dignity, peace, and prosperity.’

The TRC's call to action #92 illustrates the important role that the Corporate sector play: ‘We call upon the corporate sector in Canada to adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a reconciliation framework and to apply its principles, norms, and standards to corporate policy and core operational activities involving Indigenous peoples and their lands and resources.’

Corporations can find

themselves wishing to seize the immense economic opportunities that working with Indigenous peoples could bring, while wondering what is the proper or best way to do it! The 2020 the World’s Longest Indigenous Hockey Game offers an exciting opportunity to take a first step in building a positive relationship with Indigenous peoples and showing the rest of Canada that working together is not only necessary and possible but also exciting!

We hope you will join us by supporting this great event to cheer on both teams as they attempt to beat the record.”

The page also insists that if you are an indigenous hockey player residing in Canada and you are 18 years or older and want to play in the game, email Ray Francis at ray@ wlihg.com, as of September 18, they announced that they are still looking for players.

Exciting world record to be broken in Alberta STAFF REPORT

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ALBERTA — The 7 Chiefs Sportsplex will welcome 12 days, 40 players, 282 hours of hockey and 3 million dollars raised for charity all while reconciliation discussions happen in the background.

From July 1 – 12, 2020, 40 brave men will take to the ice to beat the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest hockey game in the world.

It will be an emotional 12 days for the players, the committee and the millions of viewers reading, tuning into national media coverage or visiting the 7 Chiefs Sportsplex on Tsuu’Tina land to cheer on the players.

The “Worlds Longest Indigenous Hockey Game Facebook Page wrote: “We are at a crucial moment in Canadian history to work towards reconciliation

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Sasquatch from page 8 the locations in Kisatachie National Forest where they are researching.

Kisatchie National Forest spans 600,000 acres across Central Louisiana. Tex-La and Claude are investigating an area between Georgetown and Jena where there have been reports of Bigfoot sightings.

Claude does research during the day when he can see tracks, but there are times when he might do a night trek.

But Claude doesn't claim to be an expert. ``Anybody that claims to be an expert is full of it,'' he said. All evidence is based

on circumstances.`` Claude became interested in researching Bigfoot while he was at Jedediah Smith State Park in Northern California. While sleeping in his vehicle, he could smell one that was trying to look in through a dark window.

It was the stench that permeated the vehicle that woke him. ``It smelled like 50 gallons of stale urine and an old pile of wet dogs,'' said Claude. ``This is about the most rank odor you can imagine.''

He awoke from a sound sleep wondering what

could smell that bad.

As he sat up, he said aloud, ``What is that odor?'' ``And suddenly, it disappeared,'' he said. He realized that odor outside his vehicle belonged to Bigfoot.

Another sign Claude observed were sticks forming an ``X'' lying on a branch.

Another sign includes three parallel sticks lying perpendicular to another stick. ``It's one of the first things I noticed,'' said Claude. ``It is typical of a symbol that Bigfoot uses. ``It's the small things you really have to look for. They are too conform to be natural for the most part.''

Other signs Claude and Tex-La notice include the

packed-down pine straw and leaves in the area. This could be from Bigfoot walking in the area, explained Claude.

There is no crunching sound made here as there is in other parts of the forest where the pine straw and leaves aren't packed down, Claude pointed out.

In another area, Tex-La found a tree that looks as if it had been pulled down on purpose. The tree's bark bears an abrasion that Tex-La said could have been made by a hand that was holding the tree while pulling it down. ``You have to be analytical and skeptical of everything you see,'' said Claude.

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to figure out if trees can naturally do some of the things he's seen or if the weather were a factor. ``You have to be educated yourself,'' said Claude.

He has also left gifts such as a jar of peanut butter hanging eight-feet from a rope in a tree next to a trail, which Claude says is used

by Bigfoot.

The peanut butter jar has been hanging in a tree for a while. ``It's a little disappointing that a squirrel or something didn't get it,'' he said.

Asked why he left peanut butter for Bigfoot, Claude replied, ``All animals like peanut butter.''

On previous excursions, he's left apples that were

nibbled on by other forest animals.

Tex-La and Claude say there are different species of Bigfoot around North America.

The one in Louisiana is said to be about 6 to 7 feet tall with dark shaggy hair like a sheep dog.

Tex-La said there are primates on other continents, so why couldn't there be one like Bigfoot living in North America?

Even Native American tribes have their own lore and names for Bigfoot or Sasquatch.

But he said people don't want to believe there is a 6-foot gorilla roaming the woods where they camp, hunt or hike.

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September 25th, 2018 2019 NOVEMBER 28TH,

In Memoriam

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SANDY: Gary Lynn At home surrounded by love on Monday, September 23, 2019 at the age of 63 years. Loving father of Gary (Paddy), Ron (Lilia), Tawnya (Tom), Josh, James, and Elijah.

Grandfather to Cassandra, Amber, Tamara, Joseph, Frankie, Odessa, Kaydence, Aiden, Numeria, Shepherd, Warren, Teagan, Jillian, Kayden, Maya, and Isabella. Brother to Moe (Mary), Gail, Mike (Kelly), John (Brenda), Jerry, Stewart, Brenda (Sherwin), Bev (Freeman), Linda, and Sherry. Predeceased by parents Mitchell & Geraldine Sandy, and brothers Jagwadeth, and Cleveland Sandy. Special uncle to many nieces & nephews. Gary worked many years with the Iron Workers Local #721, Toronto.

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you like to be friendly to everyone, but sometimes you have to accept that not everyone is on your team. This week you may experience push-back from a new face.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you have a lot on your plate right now and you need to work through some tasks before you can focus on new things. Take some time to contemplate.

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CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, if you’re thinking about running away from big decisions right now, realize they’ll only be waiting for you when you get home. Better to dig in right now.

6. Calls it a career 7. Egg-shaped wind instrument 8. Allied H.Q. 9. Reveals 10. Greek sophist 12. Speedy ballplayer Gordon 14. Body that defines computing protocols 19. Common Japanese surname 23. Eucharist box 24. Oil company 25. Parts per billion (abbr.)

26. A metal-bearing material 27. The common gibbon 28. Affirmative 29. Writer 34. Taxi

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LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Your professional life could use a shake-up, Libra.

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SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 A houseful of guests is one way to put you on the spot and showcase how you are the consummate host/hostess, Sagittarius. Embrace the party full force.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Are you ready for your long to-do list, Capricorn?

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