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Cancellations as community moves into Phase 2 of reopening Six Nations, Simcoe and Paris cancel fall fair events STAFF REPORT

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OHSWEKEN — Six Nations has transitioned into a return to business and newly implemented safety measures this week. Even so, several more community events are being cancelled well into the summer and autumn seasons.

Now, community safety measures include the release of Six Nations Health and Safety guidelines leading area businesses in how to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

On June 15, Six Nations saw the return of health and medical services, hair salons, tattoo services and day spas.

Retail operations were allowed to resume serving the public.

Chiefswood Park reopened to the public and community sports fields opened as well.

While local businesses have re-opened there are

still community restrictions in place including a limit of 10 people for outside gatherings.

SNGR says community restaurant dining rooms, gyms and fitness centres and community playgrounds will remain closed until further notice.

Additionally the Six Nations Sports and Cultural Memorial Centre grounds and all facilities in it’s space, which are now being used for the community coronavirus testing location, will remain closed as the community rides out the global pandemic.

“We have a lot to be proud of this Solidarity Day. As a community, we have come together and flattened our curve to the point that our Emergency Control Group felt confident in entering the second stage of Project: Protect our People,” says SNGR Elected Chief Mark Hill. “But we must remain vigilant and continue to protect ourselves

and each other to avoid a return to of the virus and stricter measures.”

Yet despite the community re-opening a modified return to business, local events for 2020 continue to be cancelled.

Six Nations Agricultural Society announced the 153rd Six Nations Fall Fair will be cancelled this year, delivering the announcement in a post on the organization’s Facebook page.

“With the safety of our community as our top priority, the Six Nations Agricultural Society (SNAS) has decided to cancel the fair due to COVID-19. After much consideration and discussion of the uncertainties of the next coming months, SNAS is confident our community will support our decision,” wrote SNAC President Freeman Johnson. “We too are disappointed as we have worked very hard these past few years to bring our fall

fair back to life, making it an event our community can look forward to and be proud of. We are already planning for next year to make it bigger and one of the best yet!”

That is not the first fall fair in the region to announce they are cancelling because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Last week Paris Fair organizers announced they have called off this year’s event. This year marks 162 years since the Paris Fair has been in operation.

The Norfolk County Fair & Horse Show is also calling it off for 2020 out of precautions due to coronavirus.

The announcement was made via a statement to the organization’s Facebook page.

“The safety and well-being of our community, volunteers, exhibitors, partners and fair patrons always comes first.

Please be assured that this decision was made out of an abundance of

caution for all.”

This would have been the 180th anniversary celebration of the Norfolk County Fair.

Several other local events have also opted to cancel events planned for 2020.

Six Nations Police moved to cancel the 24th Annual Memorial golf tournament this week.

Six Nations annual Grand River ‘Champion of Champions’ Pow Wow announced it’s cancellation earlier this year.

Local sports seasons across the board have announced they are not happening. Six Nations Rebels learned they will not be playing this year after Ontario Junior and Senior league games were cancelled.

Other teams to have seasons cancelled due to the COVID19 pandemic include Major Series Lacrosse, Senior Women’s Box Lacrosse League and Six Nations Minor Lacrosse.

Six Nations Police say a sedan was driving eastbound on Sixth Line when it went off the road near 2577 Sixth Line into the ditch, travelling until it hit the other side of the driveway, rolling and hitting a hydro pole.

Hydro lines were downed in the crash and a man was reported trapped inside the vehicle.

When police arrived the vehicle was completely destroyed by fire.

Local residents heard

the collision and found the vehicle on it’s side with one person trapped inside. Another resident in the area used a fire extinguisher to douse the flames and pulled the man out of the burning car.

The driver sustained serious injuries and was taken to hospital by ambulance; the passenger was also taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Police continue to investigate.

Man hits hydro pole then is pulled from burning vehicle

By TRT Staff OHSWEKEN — Two people were injured in a collision Friday morning, with one man being pulled from a burning vehicle by local residents who hear the crash.

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Former NHLer Reggie Leach a real hero NEIL BECKER

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With the recent celebration of National Aboriginal Day, it’s only fitting to look back at the accomplishments and heroics of such talented Indigenous athletes as former NHL star Reggie Leach.

Terrorizing the NHL during the 1970’s and 80’s, this right winger from Riverton Manitoba was drafted third overall in 1970 by the Boston Bruins. In his storied career he went on to play 934 games where he scored 381 goals and 666 points in a 13- year career with the Bruins, California Golden Seals, Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings.

Enjoying his most productive years with the Flyers, Leach, who went by the nickname “The Riverton Rifle” and “Chief,” achieved the ultimate goal when he won the Stanley Cup in 1972 and again in ’75 when that spring he scored eight goals and 10 points in playing a pivotal role.

A member of Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, Leach received the ultimate thrill when back on June 27tth 2019, Her Excellence the Right Honorable Julie Payette, Governor General

Leach has devoted himself to hockey camps for the youth talking about things such as reaching your goals and being the best person you can be.

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of Canada, announced the 83 new appointees to the Order of Canada, which included Leach.

“This is a very, very great honor,” he said at the time. “Wow! That’s what I said when I was notified. I had been appointed to the Order of Canada. To me it was surprising; I know someone had put my name forward a while back, but didn’t expect anything to come of it.”

During his hockey career with Philadelphia, Leach was a fixture on what was dubbed the L-C-B line which features Leach, Hockey Hall of Famer and current Order of Canada fellow member Bobby Clarke and another Hockey Hall of

Famer in Bill Barber.

Leach, who is Ojibwe, had in 1975/76 a breakout season with the Flyers when he led the league with 61 goals during a 91- point season. That spring, this power forward made history when he became only the fifth player in NHL history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy on the NHL finals losing team.

A few months later, Leach represented his country as he played on the 1976 Team Canada squad which won gold.

Following his playing days, Leach proved to be a great role model. Along with organizing and running hockey camps, he also gave his time to talking and encouraging the Indigenous youth. With the youth, Leach takes a lot of pride in giving back by talking about his past mistakes, and trying to use it as a teaching tool in giving advice.

“Everyone thinks that hockey has been the most important thing in my life, but it is a very small part of my life,” Leach said.

“I am more proud of what I did after hockey than any of my hockey-playing days. I believe everyone makes mistakes and bad choices- and I made a lot of them when I was in my 20’s and 30’s-but I learned from

my mistakes and moved on.”\Showing tremendous pride towards his First Nations heritage Leach also stated, “My life today has been working with and talking to kids in First Nations communities, and all kids everywhere across the country.

I wrote a book a few years ago detailing the mistakes I have made; I actually wrote it for my grandkids and all kids who are struggling in life.”

It’s been quite the ride for Leach, who also in 2019 was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame which came three years after receiving the Order of Manitoba.

“I would like to do more speaking to and helping youth,” Leach said. “I’m 69 years old, enjoy like, love to travel and don’t like idle time on my hands.”

Reflecting on the honor of being among those appointed for Order of Canada, Leach admits to sometimes waking up in morning still in disbelief.

“My family wants to be there at the Order of Canada ceremony,” Leach said. “You know, sometimes I wake up in the morning and I think, ‘is this really happening to me?’ It is nice to be recognized for your efforts to help others.”

Kaha:wi turns 15 STAFF REPORT

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OHSWEKEN - Kaha:wi Dance Theatre is celebrating it’s 15th Anniversary this year.

Founded in June 2005 by renowned artist Santee Smith, KDT has become one of Canada’s foremost performing arts companies.

The company says the translation of Kaha:wi from Kanien'kéha is “to carry” and is a traditional name within Smith’s family. They are now world renowned for productions that deliver powerful and transformative representations of Indigenous performing arts.

Santee Smith has been the driving and creative force behind the company and explains, “Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s works are interdisciplinary, intergenerational and inter-cultural. Our performances question, re-story, centre Indigenous experience and truth. Honouring Indigenous artistic and cultural process, connection to land, story and spirit of place, we transform, educate and uplift.”

Due to COVID-19, the company has postponed most of the upcoming 2020/2021 Season’s live

performances.

As a part of the 15th Anniversary, Kaha:wi Dance Theatre will be sharing a live stream performance of Blood Water Earth at Celebration of Nations, FirstON Performing Arts Centre on September 12, 2020.

KDT has been recognized for its artistic contributions with nominations and awards including TAPA’s Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations in various categories for the productions A Story Before Time in 2009, TransMigration in 2012, Susuriwka ~ willow bridge in 2013; and for The Honouring and NeoIndigenA in 2014.

Smith is the recipient of a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Best Choreography – Susuriwka ~ willow bridge.

In 2019, Blood Tides won two Dora Mavor Moore Awards for Outstanding Production and Outstanding Performance Ensemble in Dance.

This Friday June 29 Kaha:wi Dance Theatre and presenter Young People’s Theatre are 6 time nominees for the 2020 awards.

Kaha:wi Dance Theatre’s Board of Directors President Janis Monture states, “For the past 15 years Kaha:wi Dance Theatre has redefined Indigenous choreography.

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Indigenous Women's Advisory Council to address violence in communities STAFF REPORT

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TORONTO — The Ontario government announced members of a new Indigenous Women's Advisory Council on June 21. The Council includes First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and LGBTQ2S leaders on violence prevention who will provide input on issues impacting their communities such as human trafficking and child, youth and family well-being.

“For culturally relevant

and effective changes to occur in Ontario, Indigenous women must lead the development of our policies so we can truly support their communities,” said Jill Dunlop, Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues.

“The Council will be key to ensuring Indigenous women's voices guide Ontario's priorities on a range of critical issues.”

The Council will be co-chaired by Cora-lee McGuire-Cyrette, Executive Director of the Ontario Native Women's Association. The other co-chair

will be selected at the Council's first meeting in early July 2020.

Members of the Indigenous Women's Advisory Council include: Sylvia Maracle, Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centre; Sandra Montour, Six Nations of the Grand River; Lyndia Jones, Independent First Nations; Jennifer St. Germain, Métis Nation of Ontario; Teresa Sutherland, Nishnawbe Aski Nation; Amanda Kilabuk, Tungasuvvingat Inuit; Marina Plain, Union of Ontario Indians/Anishinabek Nation and Tracy Antone, Chiefs of Ontario “I'm honoured to accept

this position and work with our Indigenous partners and the Ontario government. It will take everyone working together to address issues of gender-based violence and systemic racism,” said Cora-lee McGuire-Cyrette, Council Co- Chair and Executive Director of the Ontario Native Women's Association. “I want to thank Associate Minister Jill Dunlop for this opportunity and her leadership in making this space possible. The Indigenous Women's Advisory Council is building on the foundational work the province has been leading and the work of the Council is crit-

ical to ensuring the issues Indigenous Women face daily will be a priority.”

“I'm pleased Cora-lee McGuire-Cyrette has agreed to provide her leadership and expertise and I look forward to hearing the voices of these incredible individuals on how we can work together to prevent violence in all its forms,” said Minister Dunlop.

“Indigenous women, communities and organizations have been working tirelessly to address violence against Indigenous women, and the knowledge and expertise of the Council will be instrumental in ensuring

our province's continued response is effective and collaborative,” said Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs.

According to statistics, Indigenous women in Canada between the ages of 15-24 are more than three times likely to experience violence than non-Indigenous women.

Indigenous women in Canada are two-and-a-half times more likely to experience spousal violence.

Currently, there is no dedicated provincial forum for Indigenous women and LGBTQ2S leaders and experts to engage on violence prevention issues.

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Indigenous women take over Victoria Park in Kitchener

By Cory Bilyea KITCHENER – Two women and a girl have taken over part of Victoria Park in Kitchener, to make it known that there is a great need for Indigenous People in the region to have a place to gather, hold ceremonies and be re-connected to Mother Earth.

A Haudenosaunee mother Amy Smoke, her daughter Skye and Terre Chartrand, a Metis artist, set up a teepee and invited the region's First Nations community to join them in an impromptu Indigenous Day celebration.

They chose Victoria Park because it is a traditional gathering, trading, feasting, and ceremonial site of the Chinnonton, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabe nations.

Smoke said, "We're taking back this space, we've chosen this area to celebrate because Victoria Park historically has been the site of some white supremacy activity, anti-LGBTQ2S behaviour, and criminal behaviour.”

The desecration of traditional gathering spaces needs to stop and these women are hoping to bring about a great change in the region.

With many projects started over the years in the Waterloo Region for local First Nations, one theme remains consistent, eventually, they are asked to leave, undoing the hard work and dedication to the land.

Recently a community garden that was in its third year of planting, renewing plants and trees that were indigenous to the area, was fenced and padlocked by the "owners" who sited personal differences.

Rare seeds and trees had been donated to the site, and many tours were given to educate and inform people who wanted to learn about the area and the traditional foods that used to grow there. The food from

the garden was to be used to help feed the communities most vulnerable.

This is but one example of what happens over and over in the Waterloo Region.

On their Facebook page they explained, “Over the years, we have had to pay for land that has been used by our peoples since time immemorial. We gather as sovereign people on Indigenous lands in celebration of our vibrant, alive, and current culture through ceremony and our bodies on the land.”

They also were disappointed that Waterloo Region had either forgotten or deliberately did not plan any events surrounding National Indigenous History Month, or National Indigenous Day so they decided to occupy this land in a show of celebration, solidarity, and to say enough is enough.

“In this year, many communities have created events to come together in safe ways, to celebrate Indigeneity through the celebration of culture and Indigenous peoples on the land. Kitchener Waterloo has announced no such solidarity or even a hat tip to its occupation on Indigenous land. In their own event, a "Solstice" event, KW has once again committed an act of Indigenous erasure.”

The teepee was erected on Saturday night with a sunrise ceremony held on Sunday morning and a daylong discussion happened with many passersby.

Local men's big drum group, Cedar Hill Drummers attended the event and many people brought their hand drums, sharing songs with onlookers and singing together in celebration, solidarity, and community spirit.

Chartrand said, "the red tape and permits we have to go through to hold feasts, ceremony, or anything land-based is just more traumatization to our

people."

Every year for decades, the pavilion in Victoria Park has been used twice a year to hold spring and fall feasts. The cost to do this is $500, to rent space on their own territory.

In 2008, John Ralston Saul, a Canadian award-winning essayist, and novelist wrote A Fair Country, Telling Truths About Canada.

According to his biography, in the book Saul argues that Canada has been heavily influenced and shaped by Indigenous ideas, including an original approach to egalitarianism, a taste for social complexity, a constant balancing of individualism and groups, a penchant for negotiation over violence, and a focus on inclusion which has encouraged positive attitudes towards immigration.

An excerpt from this explains the demoralizing practices that still happen today.

Do we have any sense of honouring all those who have passed before us on this land? European culture in southern Ontario represents a paltry 200 years. What of the culture that evolved on our land for over 10,000 years? European incursions into Aboriginal land in North America were a slow process that was completely dependent on Aboriginal knowledge and trading up to 1670. After that a colonization process interrupted, disrupted, and demoralized Aboriginal culture throughout the Great Lakes region. When the Mississauga Nation consented to the British Crown granting 6 miles on each side of the Grand River to the Six Nations in 1789 the demoralization was already completed and further dishonest Colonial government policies of reservations, assimilation, and marginalization added to the burden that aboriginal people's had to contend with.

Chartrand, Smoke, and several other Indigenous folks are prepared to stay in Victoria Park for as long as it takes to get some real dialogue happening with the city and some real change creating safe spaces for Indigenous people to practise their way of life unimpeded.

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Art Contest

By Jonathan Garlow Trying to be a professional musician on Six Nations is pretty tough and it's on my list of failures in life.

Twenty years ago I was the lead producer for Tru Rez Crew, a rap group that went no where and it cost us everything.

We won some awards and did our best but ultimiately we did not make enough revenue to keep on going.

I can still hear friends and family ask me the age old question, "So are you doing music or are you working?"

It was a soul-ripping question that insinuated that making music isn't hard work.

The question still stung as I worked three part-time jobs at minimum wage to provide for my brand new family back then. It really insulted me when peers would assume that making beats was easy because it is done digitally on a computer, as if the beat makes itself.

Today I can proudly look back and see that what we accomplished may not have had financial value but we paved the way for many other rappers and musicians who would not have thought it possible to do.

I recognized that because we grew up on the reservation we had a unique story and although we were too immature to properly capitalize on it, at least we tried to do something.

We put our pain into the beats and the words and just bled out in front of the whole community, in humility.

We sacrificed ourselves.

There was a poll I noticed the other day about what the public regards as an essential service.

75% of the people polled considered artwork to be non-essential but part of me thinks they are all wrong and that artwork is absolutely essential.

Maybe our media doesn't reflect it as well as it should but I regard Six Nations as a heavily artistic community. Artwork is part of our identity as Onkwehon:weh people.

Think of all of the master crafts people we have like Art Johnson, he makes water drums and horn rattles by the creek on third line.

There are many other master crafters who make wooden snow shoes, lacrosse sticks and snowsnake still. These are styles of living art that have been passed down through the generations for millenia.

What about our musicians, both traditional and contemporary? Can anyone sing smoke dance better than Cam Hill? Probably not but I am proud that he is from Six Nay. I can remember the music.

Derek Miller released a cassette tape with Children of the Sun and carried an acoustic guitar on the high school bus.

Murray Porter was on the radio singing Baby Your My Good Thing.

Red LaForme and Blaine Bomberry were cuttin' heads with their axes, like the rez version of Crossroads.

The new artists of today are standing on the shoulders of giants.

TRT has a summer contest to highlight the artistic accomplishments of our people in multiple categories and thousands of dollars in cash prizes generously donated by the Dreamcatcher Foundation.

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Why are First Nations Indigenous rising across the land?

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there remained an active termination agenda.

Mainstream Canadians do not see a problem with the special words and tactics that undermine First Nation Indigenous people in this country. Why? For one thing, Canadians have been misled historically and have been given one-sided racist accounts that fit into the manifest destiny video.

Today, First Nation Indigenous groups are rising to contest the one-sided histories, misrepresentation and broken legal undertakings that continue to mark Canada’s attempt to stand on its own with stolen lands.

Canada has had a threepronged attack advancing on the indigenous.

In addition to breaking Indigenous societies by disrupting clan systems with the residential school kidnappings, Canada has also been utilizing its administrative, judicial and legislative branches to complete their coup.

The administrative control comes in the form of contribution agreements.

These are haphazard amounts that Indian Affairs bean counters make in back offices in Ottawa and run to Treasury Board and the sitting house for genocidal approval.

Federal offices release these poverty dollars with lofty deliveries such “a new path” or “the way forward”. Whatever the term used, they are empty words without substance.

It is the same as putting lipstick on a pig.

Legislative control came from the Indian

undisclosed amount of cash along with digital scales, cellphones and tablet.

Shane Allen Longboat, 30, of Ohsweken is charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking X3, Fail to Comply with Undertaking X2 and Possession under $5000 (proceeds of crime). He was released with a court date of August 28.

Albert Ralph Powless, 38, of Ohsweken is charged with Posses-

sion for the Purpose of Trafficking X2, Breach of Probation and Possession under $5000 (proceeds of crime). Powless was released with a court date of August 28.

Ruth Ann Longboat, 54, of Ohsweken is charged with Trafficking X2, possession for the Purpose of Trafficking X3, Fail to Comply X2 and Possession under $5000 (proceeds of crime). Longboat was held for a formal bail hearing on June 19.

Three arrested on First Line, charged with drug trafficking

By TRT Staff OHSWEKEN —Six Nations Police say three people are facing drug charges after a search warrant was executed on First Line.

Officers arrested two males who attempted to flee the residence upon police arrival. A female was located in the residence and was taken into custody without incident.

Police recovered Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Oxycodone pills and an

Act but sneaky federal attempts over the years continue to derogate or abrogate the long held way of life of the original peoples. Canada has introduced or tried to introduce governance legislation, education legislation, transparency of spending legislation and recently a new framework. These legislative attempts are heralded with big news releases complete with federal employees showing up with somber faces, ruffling through serious papers delivered in deadpan voices. Sometimes, Trudeau or the leader of the day sheds tears.

The judicial control has been more insidious. With each case, whiteman made law attempts to build a colonial box of “aboriginal law”. This law is supposedly the First Nation Indigenous people’s law. In fact, it is the application of whiteman made law about First Nation issues. Therefore, whiteman made law can only surmise what “aboriginal law” really means. We know from existing case law that it is sui generis or of it’s own

kind from the case called Guerin.

Judicial decisions are argued then decided by predominantly non-First Nation jurists who think they understand First Nation issues or problems. These non- First Nation jurists apply their mainstream tests, towers and tidbits of thinking to try to develop solutions in a cookie cutter fashion with application to all other “Indian” cases that come before them. This is completely wrong.

Individual bands or nations are nations, so lumping all these cases together results in a hodgepodge of rules that don’t make sense to the nations seeking remedy or relief.

The Vuntut Gwitchin were just handed such a case decision.

Twenty years went into making a self-government agreement for this nation.

What was the result? The first challenge to the governance structure went into the whiteman made courts for a final decision.

This decision was made without adequate knowledge of the people affect-

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ed or their prior ways of governing. What was written in a linear fashion has become the governance of the Vuntut Gwitchin subject to Canada’s whiteman made courtroom interpretation for a governance system that is older that the Canadian courtrooms. This is not Vuntut Gwitchin governance. This is Vuntut Gwitchin forced governance still defined by colonizer institutions.

First Nations are rising because the world is changing. The environment and land are interconnected to our governance systems, therefore the self-government agreements being pedaled

by Canada are inadequate and fraudulent. Canada has been acting like a used car salesman, peddling dud rides to the original peoples. This genocidal treatment has not gone unnoticed globally. Perhaps Canada should try to understand securing First Nations equity first in their own backyard before globe trotting around at the UN level on failed campaigns.

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While under the COVID 19 pandemic, Trudeau’s Liberal government has continued implementing zoom forced tactics, verbalizing policy without concrete funding and looking at legislation that will continue to threaten First Nation Indigenous existence.

Canada was formed as an afterthought for the British Empire. Canada was to be a colony beholden to the United Kingdom for their livelihood.

Canada has no standing as a country without the “inheritance” left for them

by Great Britain.

This “inheritance” is conditional where Canada must maintain a good relationship with the original peoples. Treaties and inherent rights were negotiated so that the European rabble would have some say in the new land. This “say” was not to be absolute. The ability for Canada to govern was tempered by living a peaceful co-existence with the original peoples.

How is Canada faring in living up to this “inherited duty?” Canada is failing. World indexes that measure health or quality of life place the non-Indigenous settler immigrants as “living highly” on this land. But the First Nation Indigenous come in last on any measurement of health, housing, quality of life or ability to go forward within this state.

Canada has been work-

ing on destroying the last strongholds of inherent rights holding nations that exist outside of legal international treaty jurisdictions. Canada’s department of Indian Affairs worked for many years with a racist archaic document in its federal Indian Act legislation. The Indian Act chipped away at the original people’s rights, jurisdiction and land bases.

Canada’s department of Indian Affairs did not have legislation beyond the Indian Act and delineated powers over First Nations who had not signed treaties or agreements whether in a province or territory. While Canada worked on nullifying the rights for bands in provinces, they also set up “self-government” processes in territories that took years to complete.

Once Canada completed withering away rights in self-government agreements, Canada then rewrote federal legislation to include a division of services (Department of Indigenous Services) and a division of crown relations (Department of Crown Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs). First Nation analysts who know of past federal maneuvers wrote critiques and posted these findings on social media platforms to make all First Nation Indigenous people aware of the federal agenda under various federal governments. Whether these federal government actions were developed by the Liberals or by the Conservative governments,

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COVID-19 Loan Fund

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Two Rivers Community Development Centre through assistance provided by the Government of Canada, is taking action to ensure that Aboriginal business owners impacted by Covid-19 have access to the support they require.

The Covid-19 Loan Program is designed as an emergency measure to support small business owners in meeting their immediate cash flow needs. These funds are not intended to replace or duplicate government or other bank/lender emergency financing available to businesses in Canada.

The loan programs delivered by Two Rivers do not require businesses to be registered with Canada Revenue Agency.

Maximum financial assistance: $40,000 comprised of 75% loan, 25% is non-repayable provided the loan is repaid in full

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Return of Indigenous remains, artifacts vital part of reconciliation: adviser

By TRT Staff VICTORIA — Dan Smith of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation says the repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural objects has been a long time coming for many Indigenous communities in British Columbia.

Smith is acting as an advisor to the BC Museums Association as it administers $500,000 in new funding from the B.C. government to support Indigenous communities interested in repatriation.

Those communities have been faced with a system that works against them since first contact and the removal of ancestral remains, art and artifact from local communities is only a part of it, he said. ``It's a system that we've — I mean the collective we — have been fighting for a long time,'' he said.

Countless Indigenous pieces of art, artifacts and human remains are held by museums around the world and many local communities and human rights experts have said they should be returned home.

The government is providing the funds to the BC Museums Association for a range of grants to support communities at various stages of the process. The funding will support repatriation planning, building capacity to take on such projects and encouraging collaboration with cultural organizations.

Jodi Simkin, president of the BC Museums Association, said Europeans collected evidence of Indigenous culture even as they tried to erase it. ``There was sort of a colonial treasure hunt that began when Europeans arrived here,'' Simkin said. ``Policy was designed to eradicate and amalgamate First Nations Peoples into the larger community and there was a sense that if anthropologists and archeologists didn't preserve those pieces and those ancestors for later study that the communities would just disappear because they would have been acculturated or assimilated,'' she said.

The work going on to-

day builds on generations of Indigenous leaders and their allies working to bring ancestors and cultural treasures home, she said.

The collections aren't limited to Canada or to museums. Simkin is part of a repatriation working group with the Association on American Indian Affairs and said the organization estimates between one million and two million ancestors and related cultural patrimony are sitting in museum collections around the world. ``Why that number is significant is that it does not include what's being held in private collections, so that number could be exponentially higher,'' Simkin said.

It will help some of the 203 First Nations and 23 cultural centres in the province bring home more of their loved ones and belongings although there's never really enough funding for such a large undertaking, she said.

Smith, who is chairman of the museum association's Indigenous advisory committee, said the funding allows museums, archives and Indigenous peoples new opportunities to work together toward decolonization and realizing the goals set out by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. ``True, meaningful and lasting reconciliation must include the return of

Indigenous culture back to Indigenous communities,'' Smith said.

It's also important for non-Indigenous neighbours to understand the local history as newcomers arrive and communities expand, he said.

The government has previously provided $2 million over three years to the Royal BC Museum for repatriation activities, including a symposium, granting program and the creation of a repatriation handbook.

The Royal BC Museum in Victoria changed its policies last year to no longer collect or study ancestral remains.

During those years, the federal government banned potlatch ceremonies, which were important social events where valuable gifts were given to show generosity and status over rivals.

During a repatriation seminar at the University of British Columbia in March, experts said repatriation is costly and the onus is mostly on communities to come up with the necessary funding.

Lou-ann Neel, a Kwakwaka'wakw artist and repatriation specialist at the Royal BC Museum, told the seminar it's exciting to find art and cultural artifacts in museum collections but it's also heartbreaking to know they've been withheld from generations.

Repatriation is crucial to healing and fostering a sense of identity, she said.

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Blair says feds want to make First Nations policing an 'essential service'

By TRT Staff OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says First Nations policing needs to be made an essential service — something Indigenous leaders have been pressing the government to do.

Blair is telling the House of Commons public safety committee today the government will work with Indigenous communities to

come up with a legislative framework that ensures First Nations have the policing services they need and deserve.

Concerns about police brutality and discrimination have sparked rallies and cries for change around the world since the killing of George Floyd, a Black man,

by Minnesota police.

In Canada, there have been outcries over the

recent police killings of Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi in New Brunswick and the battering of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam by RCMP in Alberta.

RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki said she was struggling with the notion of systemic racism in the police force, only to acknowledge its existence days later.

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NWAC calls for RCMP action to end 'needless deaths'

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COMMUNITY NOTICE GRETI and the Six Nations Farmers Association have collaborated together for the upcoming growing season in a project to improve the quality of life for our community. GREAT will provide wage subsidies for positions which will include 4 Gardening Assistants and 1 Horticulturalist will be part of the overall plan. This endeavor will provide the Six Nations community an opportunity to obtain employment in agriculture and food sustainability. The SNFA has also agreed to provide community members with gardening services at their homes such as tilling the ground as preparation for their home gardens.

In this project we look to improve the quality of life for the Six Nations Community. As another step to reach our goal of quality of life and sustainability, Ogwehoweh Skills and Trades Training Centre (OSTTC) will be developing a Food Sustainability training program in the future to work towards a revitalization of traditional values of self–reliance, food sustainability, environmental stewardship and community wellness of helping one another.

Grand River Employment and Training Inc and the Six Nations Farmers Association are proud to work together with our community members to grow our community into a stronger and more self reliant body. We are in this together and together we will thrive by sharing and expanding our knowledge today so that we can pass on this knowledge to our future generations as well.

OTTAWA — A national group representing Indigenous women is urging the RCMP to quickly take steps — including equipping Mounties with body cameras — to end what it calls needless killing and assaults by police.

In a letter to RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, the Native Women's Association of Canada also calls on the force to make non-violent apprehension the imperative when a suspect has no gun and to ensure social workers, health professionals or elders be called when an Indigenous person is suffering a mental health crisis.

The letter to Lucki comes as a House of Commons committee prepares to meet today to consider doing a study of systemic racism in policing.

Harris wants Lucki and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, a former Toronto police chief, to be among the witnesses.

Lucki recently said she was struggling with the notion of systemic racism in the RCMP, only to acknowledge its existence days later.

New Democrats have already called for a review of the RCMP budget and for more spending on mental health and addiction supports to prevent crises from becoming police matters.

Concerns about police brutality and discrimination have sparked rallies and cries for change around the world since the killing of George Floyd, a Black man, by Minnesota police.

The recent police killings of Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi in New Brunswick, and the battering of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam by RCMP in Alberta, have highlighted the issue in Canada, the association notes.

In the letter to Lucki, association president Lorraine Whitman invites Luc-

ki to take ``the first steps to end the needless deaths and assaults of Indigenous women and men at the hands of Canadian police.'' ``We, as Indigenous women, did not need to read the recent spate of tragic news to understand the tragic outcomes that can occur when our people have encounters with law enforcement in this country,'' Whitman writes. ``But we ask that you use this moment to begin taking the steps necessary to prevent further lives from being lost.''

The association also wants the RCMP and other Canadian police forces to join in forming a task force to rewrite the relationship between police and Indigenous women. ``We want culturally appropriate protocols that will keep our women, girls and gender-diverse people safe, not just from street killers and other assailants who have targeted them as prey, but from the police themselves.''

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OHSWEKEN — Since the Six Nations Rivermen made their debut, they have entertained fans with an exciting, winning brand of lacrosse.

Starting in 2013, Six Nations lacrosse fans were introduced to the OLA Senior B Rivermen who for the first seven seasons had made franchise history by racking up four league championships, along with celebrating Presidents Cup wins in 2015 and 2019.

“It’s always special playing lacrosse for a team that has Six Nations written on the front of your jersey,” Delby Powless, who played for the Rivermen from 2013 until 2015 said.

Reflecting on the thrill of helping Six Nations write franchise history by bringing home from St. Catharines the 2015 Presidents Cup, Powless replied, “For me, it was just nice to win with a great group of guys. On the bus ride there I knew that was going to be my last competitive lacrosse game so it was cool to win it.”

Powless ended his Senior B Rivermen career in storybook fashion as he helped the Rivermen reach that ultimate franchise goal by defeating the Capital Region Axeman 14-11 in championship play to earn that right to be called the 2015 Presidents Cup champions.

“We knew we had the

The Six Nations Rivermen celebrate another Presidents Cup win. Since becoming the Rivermen in 2013, this franchise has celebrated PHOTO OBTAINED BY TRT Presidents Cup wins in 2015 and most recently in 2019.

team to win but being a tournament format, anything can happen,” Powless said.

Recently, when asked about what made that franchise history making 2015 team so special, Powless touched on the groups tight bond and how losing the Presidents Cup finals the year before, made them that more determined.

“That team had great chemistry and was definitely a team first atmosphere,” Powless said.

“I think losing in the finals the year before brought us together even more for the 2015 season.

That season and team ranks high on the list of teams I played for simply because it was a great group to be around and it was fun.”

The Six Nations franchise actually came into existence back in 2001

but during that campaign went by the team name Six Nations Crash. A year later they once again changed their names to the Six Nations Stars and from 2003-2008 were known as the Mohawk Stars.

Once again, they made news with another name change, as they were from 2009-2011 called the Ohsweken Warrriors. After sitting out the 2012 campaign, they came back in 2013 as the Rivermen and have provided excitement and a winning culture right from that very first game.

Prior to winning that 2015 Presidents Cup, the Rivermen proved to be a solid talented team as they went 11-5 in their inaugural 2013 season, before losing to the eventual Presidents Cup Champions, St. Catharines Saints in the Senior B OLA championship finals.

The following season

was a huge step forward for Six Nations who defeated in league championship play, first place Ennismore James Gang in winning their first Senior B OLA championship. Giving their fans an ultimate thrill, the Rivermen travelled to Coquitlam British Columbia, where they fell agonizingly short of winning the Presidents Cup, dropping a 9-7 championship game decision against the Onondaga Redhawks.

“It’s always a great honor to represent your home town in any sort of activity,” another Rivermen legend Holden Vyse said.

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stated, “The Presidents Cup was great because it’s a mixture of guys who just love to play the game for no other reason then to play for their home town and their friends. Add a national title to that and it’s a great experience.”

A year after celebrating that 2015 Presidents Cup, the Rivermen made it to the Senior B OLA finals, but suffered heartbreak as they were swept by the Brooklin Merchants.

“We’ve always had a good team and real shot at winning it all,” Rivermen veteran Ashton Jacobs said.

Jacobs, who has two Presidents Cup rings with the Rivermen also added,

“Sometimes you just don’t get the bounces you need to pull it all off.”

Naturally, strong goaltending is essential if a team wants to have success and that’s what Six Nations had through the years, with prominent names such as Chase Martin, Brenner Jacobs, and Warren Hill who also played a huge role in helping the Rivermen win their two Presidents Cups.

“Being a part of the 2015 team was my first taste of a championship and it was cool to be apart of,” Hill said.

Reflecting on last year’s championship, which came courtesy of a 9-5 Presidents Cup championship win in Kahnawake QC against the Akwesasne Bucks, Hill responded, “Last year when we won it was a little bit more special just because of the adversity we went through during the year and that made our team especially close.”

This summer, the Rivermen didn’t get a chance to defend their Presidents Cup title due to the season being cancelled due to COVID-19.

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Steve LaForme traded to the Ottawa 67’s NEIL BECKER

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Power forward Steve LaForme will now be wearing Ottawa 67’s colors.

Originally selected fifth round and 91st overall in the 2019 OHL draft by the North Bay Battalion, this six-foot 185 power forward from Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation was officially dealt on Tuesday, June 16, to the nation’s capital, Ottawa 67’s.

LaForme, who is coming off an impressive Junior B rookie campaign, which saw him score 11 goals and 56 points with the Hamilton Kilty B’s was traded from North Bay for Ottawa’s 2021 fourth round pick.

In a statement, Ottawa 67’s general manager James Boyd expressed some high praise for the 17-year-old as he stated,

“Steven is an intelligent playmaker who is coming off a successful season with the Hamilton Kilty B’s organization.” He then went on to add, “Steven’s size and skills complements our existing group of forwards.”

Hamilton’s Executive Vice President & General Manager Brian Rizzetto had a front row seat for every game; he couldn’t say enough about his allaround talents.

“Steve is a real allaround solid player who was raised right,” Rizzetto said.

“He does the work on an off the ice and he’s a really good prospect. He works hard on the family farm and doesn’t take anything for granted.”

In terms of whether he is ready to flourish in the Ontario Hockey League, Rizzetto seemed to have no doubt as he confidently stated, “They (Ottawa 67’s)

asked for a report and I gave him (GM) positive feedback,” Rizzetto said.

“I think he will make the jump, settle in and be an effective OHL player for Ottawa.”

“He has skill and it’s going to be a big jump but I think he is ready for the challenge.”

Prior to playing Junior ‘B’ in Hamilton, LaForme had a standout 18 goals and 46 point campaign in only 33 games for the U16 AAA Brantford 99ers.

The hockey future looks extremely bright for LaForme who also last January committed to play hockey at Merrimack College.

When September rolls around, LaForme will be wearing those Ottawa 67’s colors during training camp, as he looks to make that strong first impression with coaches and management.

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SIX NATIONS POLICE Constable - Contract Position Applications for a contract position for Constable with the Six Nations Police are now being called for.

All applicants must fill out a standard application form available at the Six Nations Police Station.

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- Be 19 years of age or over and able to provide an official birth certificate or proof of age; - Be physically and mentally able to perform the duties of the position having regard to your own safety and the safety of members of the public - Have successfully completed at least 4 years of Secondary School education or its equivalent (official transcripts and diplomas will be required) - Be of good moral character and habits, meaning that you are an individual other people would consider being trustworthy and having integrity, with no criminal record; - certified by a physician to be fit for duty as a front line Six Nations Police Constable and able to pass physical tests which are required in the recruiting process - Possess a valid driver’s license with no more than 6 accumulated demerit points, permitting you to drive an automobile in Ontario with full driving privileges - Be able to pass a security clearance as well as background investigation, credit card and reference checks

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Adult Intensive Mental Health Nurse Case Manager Egoyena:wa’s Worker – Concurrent Disorders Worker Registered Nurse – Charge Nurse Personal Support Worker (2 Positions) Personal Support Worker (2 Positions) Occupational Therapist Food Service Worker Food Service Worker 136-R1-20-1 Intake and Crisis Response Supervisor Fitness and Sports Instructor – CFMWS Child and Youth Community Counsellor Indigenous Early Years Outreach Facilitator Registered ECE – EarlyON Child and Family Program Registered Nurse, Primary Health Team Native Inmate Liaison Officer

Mental Health, Health Services, Ohsweken, ON

Full Time

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June 24, 2020

Mental Health, Health Services, Ohsweken, ON

Full Time

TBD

June 24, 2020

Iroquois Lodge, Health Services, Ohsweken, ON Iroquois Lodge, Health Services, Ohsweken, ON Iroquois Lodge, Health Services, Ohsweken, ON Child & Youth, Health Services Iroquois Lodge, Health Services, Ohsweken, ON Iroquois Lodge, Health Services, Ohsweken, ON Child & Family Services, Social Services, Ohsweken, ON Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services, Ottawa, ON Ganohkwasra Family Assault Support Services, Ohsweken, ON Niwasa, Hamilton, ON

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June 30, 2020

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Niwasa, Hamilton, ON

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June 30, 2020

Anishnawbe Health Toronto, Toronto, ON

Full Time

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July 2, 2020

Assets: • Previous policing related experience • Law and security courses, etc.

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Full Time

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July 3, 2020

Full Time

$22.05 - June 25, 2020 $29.30/hr Full Time $50,000 June 26, 2020

Sessional Instructors: Bachelor of Arts in Oqwehoweh Language Sessional Instructors: University Consortium Year 1 Program (UP) Teaching Assistants: Bachelor of Arts in Ogwehoweh Languages Correctional Officer

Six Nations Polytechnic Six Nations Polytechnic

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July 31, 2020

Six Nations Polytechnic

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July 31, 2020

Ministry of the Solicitor General, Various Locations Anishnawbe Health Toronto, Toronto, ON

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Registered Nurse, Mobile Medical Clinic Nurse Practitioner, Mobile Medical Clinic Cashier / Customer Service Operator

Anishnawbe Health Toronto, Toronto, ON Pharmasave, Six Nations

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Anishnawbe Health Toronto

Community Engagement and Indigenous Relations Coordinator Youth Lodge Relief Counsellor

Teach for Canada, Toronto, On

Ganohkwasra Family Assault Support Services, Ohsweken, On Administrative Assistant Qualia Counselling Services, Ohsweken, On Clinical Associate Qualia Counselling Services, Ohsweken, On Casual Educational Assistants Grand Erie District School Bd, Brantford, On Indigenous Languages Project Assistant Six Nations Public Library, Ohsweken, On Registered Early Childhood Educator(s) Oneida Child Care Centre, Southwold, On Job descriptions are available at GREAT Weekdays... Monday through Friday from 8:30 - 4:30 pm 16 Sunrise Court, Ohsweken

Closing Date: Applications must be received by 3:00 p.m. Thursday, July 2, 2020 Applications in complete form are to be mailed or hand delivered to: Six Nations Police P.O. Box 758 2112 4th Line Road Ohsweken, Ontario N0A 1M0 Attention: Policing Administrator

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$27.64 - August 7, 2020 $32.50/hr Full Time, TBD Open Until Filled Part Time Full Time, TBD Open Until Filled Part Time Part Time, TBD Open Until Filled Full Time Part Time TBD Open Until Filled Contract Full Time $42,000 Yr Open Until Filled Contract TBD $18.00/hr Open Until Filled Full Time TBD Varies TBD Varies $17.40 Hr Full Time TBD Full Time $32,760 $40,000 Yr

- Extensive knowledge of the unique social dynamics of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory - A sound understanding of Haudenosaunee culture, customs, traditions and social political issues of the Six Nations of the Grand River - Six Nations of the Grand River Band Membership/Citizenship and residency is considered a preferred asset and - Membership or extensive working experience with any Indigenous Nation will also be considered an asset

Open Until Filled Open Until Filled Open Until Filled Open Until Filled Open Until Filled

Phone: 519.445.2222 • Fax: 519-445-4777 Toll Free: 1.888.218.8230 www.greatsn.com

For further information, please contact the Policing Administrator at 519-445-4191.

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Special Requirements – for the Six Nations Police Service, in order to address the unique and at times urgent needs of the Six Nations of the Grand River Community and Haudenosaunee culture, additional requirements include:

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Of Leonard (Len) Lickers June 28, 1929 to June 27, 2014 It’s been six years since You left us day before your birthday we never forget that sad sad day.

God looked around his garden And found an empty place He then looked down upon the earth And seen your tired face He put his arms around You And lifted You to rest God’s garden must be beautiful He always takes the best.

You were the very best and You are never forgotten and remembered with much love.

Until we meet again, Love Always Wife Norma and Family

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Protects from weather 4. Superhigh frequency 7. Southern constellation 8. Swines 10. Self-righteously moralistic person 12. United Arab Emirates city 13. Surinam toad 14. Sign language 16. Tattoo (slang) 17. Makes level 19. Sun up in New York 20. It must be scratched 21. Where people live 25. Swiss river 26. Buddy 27. One of two equal parts of a divisible whole 29. Shrek is one 30. Egyptian unit of weight 31. Fiddler crabs 32. Carroll O’Connor’s TV wife 39. No longer having life 41. Former OSS 42. A way to emit sound 43. Mandela’s party 44. Adult female chicken 45. U. of Miami’s mascot 46. Southeastern Chinese people 48. Casino game 49. Amos Alonzo __, US football coach 50. Joint connecting two pipes at right angles 51. Will Ferrell film 52. River in NE Scotland CLUES DOWN 1. Occur 2. Show up 3. Capital of Taiwan

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ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, news from loved ones may catch you off guard, but could nevertheless make you feel excited this week. This is a sign from the universe that some part of life will change.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 This week you may feel like opening your heart to others, Taurus. Show a close friend that you care about him or her, or really further your connection with a romantic partner.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 A busy work schedule may be making things seem more hectic than usual, Gemini. It’s easy to become overwhelmed if you do not find strategies to calm your mind each day.

4. Former French coin 5. Some are bad 6. Monetary unit 8. Package (abbr.)

9. Indian religious person 11. Crew 14. Antidiuretic hormone 15. Makeshift 18. Baseball box score stat 19. Make a mistake 20. Not moving 22. Even distribution of weight 23. Clumsy person 24. Paddle 27. Worked the soil 28. Alias

Answers for June 24th, 2020 Crossword Puzzle

29. Plant cultivated in Peru 31. Side-blotched lizards genus 32. Wild dog 33. Immoral act 34. Pound 35. Manning and Lilly are two 36. Put on the shelf for now 37. Baltimore ballplayer 38. Cuddle 39. Dashes 40. Related on the mother’s side 44. Witch 47. Kilogram force (abbr.)

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CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Powerful feelings of affection may build up in you this week, Cancer. You may be taking inventory of how you feel about loved ones. Share grand gestures and loving words.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 You may get encouragement from an unlikely source this week, Leo. This can inspire you to conduct an in-depth exploration of long-term goals. Embark on a new journey.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 It is alright to feel shy or inhibited this week, Virgo. Uncertainty over long-term plans could be driving these emotions. Once you get your thoughts on paper, you can proceed.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 A desire to add life to your routine could motivate you to find new activities to explore this week, Libra. Infuse your daily schedule with doses of creativity.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, this week you may feel sentimental and nostalgic. Perhaps you will reminisce about your childhood by looking over old photographs or playing family movies.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, you feel content with yourself and life this week and that is great. An ability to look within with a practice like meditation may contribute to this serene state of mind.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Figuring out how to resolve issues in a relationship may leave you feeling somewhat unsettled, Capricorn. It might be that you do not want to approach sensitive topics.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Excitement about business or work goals might make you feel like taking some dynamic action to promote your ideas to higher ups, Aquarius. You may find a receptive audience.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 Try collaborating on a fun project this week, Pisces. Check to see if anyone needs assistance if you don’t have your own project in mind.

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FOR THE SIX NATIONS COMMUNITY FAMILY LAW INFORMATION CLINIC & CRIMINAL LAW INFORMATION CLINIC

Tuesday, 9 am to 1 pm Teleconferencing with an Advice Lawyer Due to Covid19 and social distancing, the family law information clinic and criminal law information clinic will be facilitated by a tele-conference call with an advise lawyer on Tuesdays. Our designated justice worker will conduct brief intakes on Mondays to give to the advise lawyer on Tuesday. Our worker will also coordinate the call with you and the advise lawyer. It is once again, on a first-come, first-served basis. Also if needed, our worker will assist you in calling Legal Aid Ontario— for a legal aid certificate — a certificate that pays for your lawyer to help you with your court matter.

First Come, First Served Basis CALL KRISTINA AUSTIN @ 519-761-8399 Between 9 am and 4:30 pm to complete an Intake on Monday for Tuesday’s Advice Lawyer.

Note: the Ontario Court of Justice (Brantford, Hamilton, Cayuga Courts) Resume on July 6, 2020 Justice Department Office Hours: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Six Nations Justice Department—226-227-2192