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SIX NATIONS — Ohsweken Public Health reported the presence of two cases of a Variant of Concern at Six Nations over the weekend.

In a statement to the community, SNGR says, “A VOC can spread within a day or two as opposed to two weeks and can cause more severe illness.

Ohsweken Public Health notes that all positive lab results are examined for Variants of Concern.”

Health officials have begun contact tracing for those affected, who are now in self-isolation.

“This action will limit further spread outside of the household and everyone is encouraged to take the self-isolation precautions seriously, especially as we begin to see a rise in VOCs in surrounding communities,” says SNGR. Lori Davis Hill, Director of Six Nations Health Services said “the presence of a VOC found in the territory should be taken very seriously. It is a reminder that everyone must remain vigilant with protective measures with anyone outside of their own household.”

The news is concerning

Six Nations identified two cases of a Variant of Concern this week, the first instance of VoC's in the community. Health officials are now asking anyone with symptoms to be tested, or anyone who may have been exposed to anyone with symptoms to get a test. Variants of concern are now included in the test results. The community is also moving to open mass vaccination clinics at the Gaylord Powless SNGR Arena in Ohsweken, open to all band members.

as Six Nations moves out of a devastating second wave spike that claimed the lives of 7 community members, and as the province’s top doctor announced Ontario is entering a third wave.

Meanwhile, the arrival of 6000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Six Nations means the community is actively vaccinating all interested band members of age.

The community’s vaccine clinic was moved from the

Emily C. General Elementary School over to the Gaylord Powless Arena, accommodating a larger number of people.

Ohsweken Public Health is urging the community to continue to follow health and safety guidelines to prevent any further spread of COVID-19 within the territory. This includes staying home as much as possible, practicing social distancing, wearing a mask, frequent hand

washing, avoiding large gatherings and seeking the COVID-19 vaccination when possible.

Public Health is also advising people to get tested.

“It is also strongly encouraged that community members get tested for COVID-19 if they are experiencing symptoms or think they may have been exposed to the virus.

It is possible to contract the virus and not have

any symptoms while still being contagious.”

Currently there are 13 active COVID-19 cases with 1 person in hospital.

A total of 113 people are in self-isolation. To date 979 people have been vaccinated.

To book a COVID-19 test at the assessment center, please visit www. sixnationscovid19.ca or call 1-855-977-7737 or locally at 226-446-9909.

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Big Joe performs virtual concert: hope for those with addiction DONNA DURIC

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Live concerts have taken a back seat during the Covid-19 pandemic for just over a year now, but Six Nations community members got treated to a virtual concert by local showman Joe Sharrow last weekend, who also shared his story of overcoming his addiction to crack-cocaine.

Sharrow, a talented Six Nations vocalist known for his booming, bluesy voice, has been a fixture on the local music scene for decades.

Formerly the lead singer for the band The Healers, he spoke of his early days in the band and all the partying that came along with it.

“What I’d like to talk about is very emotional.

Not many people know what I’ve done.”

At first, it was just a little bit of cocaine here and there, and then it got to be a more regular thing, he said during the intermission of an hours-long virtual concert held via Zoom last Saturday night.

“When I was going to parties, they had drugs,” he said. “I had cocaine once in awhile. Always weed. I loved smoking

Big Joe is a well known singer FILE PHOTO from Six Nations.

weed. Not anymore. I got doing some coke for awhile. It didn’t bother me none. I kept running into more and more. I got to selling it. The money was good.”

He started using his own supply, he said.

“As I was selling, I was dipping into the stash a bit. It was starting to get worse. One bag or two bags (of coke) a night.

Then I got to smoking it.

That’s where it really took a turn. I got into crack cocaine.”

His drug caused a lot of damage to himself and his marriage, he said.

He once left home for three months on a crack binge.

“I just left. I didn’t care. The things I’ve done weren’t very nice. I was a terrible husband. I’ve done some pretty horrible things.”

Things came to a head after a blow up with his wife around Christmas 11 years ago.

He sought help from

several people and used traditional medicines to help him get clean.

“I’m a changed person now. I’ve been clean now over 11 years. Clean and sober. What I’m trying to say, to anyone out there struggling, feeling no hope, is that you’re all alone. I want you to know you’re not alone.

There’s people out there.

You just gotta reach out to them to say I need help. I surrounded myself with positive people. I don’t hang around with the old friends no more. There is hope. All you got to do is just reach out. There’s people around you willing to help you.”

He tearfully thanked all the people that helped him and encouraged people to turn to traditional medicines for help.

“Our medicines are very powerful. It was our medicines that helped, that pulled me out. Grab your tobacco, grab your sweetgrass, smudge yourself. It will help. That’s what I did. You just gotta keep doing it. It’s not easy.

It was hard.”

Sharrow’s performance was the third in a community wellness series Six Nations of the Grand River is holding online as a way to connect the community on various topics throughout the pandemic.

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The Six Nations Farmers Association is looking to build a $5.6 million agricultural resource centre and supermarket on the territory, filling a long-time void for a local grocery store in the community.

The Six Nations Agricultural Resource Centre (SNARC) and supermarket would be centrally-located and sell locally-grown produce while promoting the agricultural industry on Six Nations.

The proposed centre would encourage agriculture in the community, provide technical support to farmers, and provide education and awareness to the commiunity on farming and agriculture.

The cente would also advance food sustainability on Six Nations and connect people with traditional Haudenosaunee gardening and agricultural processes.

Food sustainability is one of the key areas identified in the Six Nations Community Plan, and could provide economic benefits for the community, too, said Warren Sault, who presented the results of a farming centre feasi-

bility study to Six Nations Elected Council’s Political Liaison Committee on Monday.

“Agriculture is a viable economic sector for Six Nations to be pursuing,” said Sault, project manager for First Nations Engineering Services Ltd. The study notes that Six Nations people often travel off the reserve to buy groceries or pay a premium for those items at on-reserve convenience stores, spending an estimated $13,000 year per household on groceries.

That translates to about $9 million a year for the whole community – money that could be kept inside the community, the study noted, with estimates of about $3 million a year in revenue from an on-reserve farmer’s market.

A 2010 economic leakage study showed that Six Nations members largely buy groceries throughout the week, instead of one big trip on weekends, and there is an increased demand for organic produce.

A local grocery store would capture 35 per cent of the on-reserve market for food purchases, the study suggested. The on-reserve market could also attract off-reserve shoppers already coming to Six Nations for gas and

cigarettes, with about 16 per cent of revenue coming from off-reserve shoppers.

The Six Nations Agricultural Resource Centre would operate under a board of directors made up of community members.

SNARC will offer workshops and a community-run garden, while providing Six Nations farmers with a retail outlet for selling their produce and the community with healthy food buying options.

“It would be a major step toward food sustainability in the community,” said Sault.

The proposed building would be about 13,000 square feet located somewhere along the reserve’s main thoroughfare – Chiefswood Road – or just off Chiefswood Road along another major concession – Fourth Line Road.

It would cost about $500,000 a year to operate the centre.

“We need the support of everyone in our community to make this a reality,” said Six Nations farmer Jesse Porter. “How can we do this without ruffling up too many feathers? These are the things we’re going to be challenged with.”

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'Anarchist' on house arrest, banned from returning to Six Nations NAHNDA GARLOW

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TORONTO — A non-indigenous man from Toronto, identified as an anarchist

by OPP and wanted for agitating a Six Nations land dispute in Caledonia has been arrested in Toronto and is banned from communicating with land defenders or returning to Six Nations.

Alex Hundert, 41, was described by OPP as an anarchist with a history of violent behaviour and influencing others to commit violent acts.

He was being sought in 2020 for his involvement in the McKenzie Meadows occupation where millions of dollars of heavy equipment was stolen and two Haldimand County roads were dug up, damaging critical infrastructure and coming dangerously close to a gas pipeline.

An arrest warrant was issued for Hundert and he was apprehended by police on March 2, 2021 in Toronto.

Alex Hundert was arrested by police and is now under house arrest with a court order not to return POLICE IMAGE to Six Nations or Haldimand County.

He has been charged with Mischief, Disobeying a Court Order, and 3 counts of Failing to Comply with a Release Order.

Hundert appeared in court via Zoom on March 3 and was ordered by the courts to house arrest at a home on Spadina Road in Toronto.

He is also prohibited from returning to Haldimand County or Six Nations.

The courts ordered Hundert to have no contact directly or indirectly with Skylar Williams, Kurt Gibson, Koko Newell, AJ (Allen) Graham, Todd Williams, Kaitlyn Smith, Korey Davis-Hout, Joshua Whitlow, Derick Whitlow, Deryl Porter, Audra Taillefer and Lyncoln Staats.

Sources say police were concerned for public safety in relation to Hundert’s presence at the occupation.

He was sentenced to 13.5 months in prison in 2012 for coercing others to commit mischief after he created and distributed a list of banks and political offices for people to target during the G20 protests in 2010. Those protests, which drew nearly 10,000 protesters into the streets of Toronto, saw 140 people injured and 40 shops vandalized to an estimated total of $750,000 worth of

damage.

Sources say police believe Hundert is one of a group of white people co-opting indigenous land disputes across the country as a stage for criminal activity to further their own political narratives — leaving indigenous people on the hook in their home communities to be targeted by police in a system where indigenous men and women are already over represented and where white males have traditionally gotten off with a slap on the wrist.

Hundert was arrested on Six Nations at Chiefswood Park on January 5, 2021 and charged with Mischief and Disobeying a Court Order. He was held for a bail hearing and released with conditions which included not returning to Six Nations of the Grand River.

However, Hundert did return to Six Nations and sources told TRT he was staying at the home of Skyler Williams, one of the leaders of the Mckenzie Meadows occupation in Caledonia.

Hundert’s presence at

the occupation became a hot button issue on Six Nations, one that took advantage of a community struggling to decolonize and find common ground amongst it’s internal factions — sources telling TRT his presence later divided the community of land defenders who supported “LandBack Lane”.

Williams says Hundert’s presence did not result in a loss of support for the land reclamation action.

However, community members told TRT Hundert was asked to leave Six Nations by a group of LandBack Lane supporters, but was protected and sheltered by other LandBack Lane supporters — causing internal strife to land defenders in the community.

Six Nations residents eventually took to social media with frustrations and disappointment after learning a the majority of Six Nations land defenders that had originally supported the action had walked away — and that those who remained on site were largely people who were not from Six Nations.

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Almost 15 years have passed since a Canadian judge ruled in Brantford court against Six Nations land protecters, the Elected Council and the hereditary chiefs.

In his reasons for judgement, he asked why Six Nations had never complained about the sale and development of the land in question until recently.

Why that verdict was not immediately challenged is still a bit of a mystery, but they accepted the judgement, paid the fine and quietly walked away.

The issue of Six Nations’ ownership of Haldimand Tract land has been a marathon debate since the Mohawks, under the leadership of War Chief Joseph Brant, accepted the reward of a new land, six miles deep from the “spring” to mouth of the Grand River, as worded in many early documents.

As familiar as many of us are regarding that point, it is never a bad idea to go back to do our best to understand the times, the deceptions, and ultimately, the misguided trust of the Six Nations.

Historical records provide proof that government officials of the time knew exactly what they were doing when they arbitrarily ignored, then hid the original intent of General Haldimand’s grant to the loyal allies under Joseph Brant. After all, Haldimand was then dead and couldn’t answer these questions himself.

The following are only a few of the examples found in the Canadian and British archives that may played a part in our better understanding of how it all went down.

But there are many documents and personal communications left behind which clearly show both the intent of Haldimand and Brant when they drew up the wording of the Haldimand Deed together. In contrast there are letters and communications at government

levels to suggest the intent by others to claw back the terms they agreed on.

Haldimand was not the only one wanting to make good on the promise made by his predecessor Guy Carleton when he promised full recompense to lost lands following the American Revolution.

In 1783, Lord North, who was the Crown’s first minister in Britain, wrote Haldimand saying, “The people (Six Nations) are justly entitled to our peculiar attention, and it would be far from either generous or just in us, after our cession of their Territories and Hunting Grounds to forsake them. I am, therefore, authorized to acquaint you that the King allows you to make those offers to them, or to any other nations of the friendly Indians, who may be desirous of withdrawing themselves from the United States, and occupying any lands which you may allot to them within the Province of Quebec (Canada) …”

Brant chose the Grand River tract which would put them closer to the Seneca and other allied Nations who chose to stay back in the newly formed USA.

By March of 1791, Brant continued petitioning for an answer as to the status of the Haldimand Tract land. This time he contacted Lord Dorchester seeking clarity.

“The Deed or Grant for the land here which you are going to give us, we hope you will make the Deed or Grant, near the same sort which General Haldimand first promised us, we hope the Council will not restrict us too much … otherways (sic) we shall look upon it not much better than a Yankee deed or grant to their Indian friends.”(1) Peter Russell, Administrator of Upper Canada, wrote the Duke of Portland in July of 1797, reporting that Brant was getting more forceful in his inquiries on behalf of his people.

“Had the Five Nations conceived the lands on the Grand River were given to them upon any other footing than that on which they formerly possessed those on the Mohawk River, they would never have come to settle in this Province,” he warns. “That they were a free and independent Nation; … That their affection for the Father the King of Great Britain had induced them to leave a most fertile Country every way competent to their Support, in order to live under His Majesty’s Protection, as they disliked the people who inhabit the Country they had forsaken; That Sir Frederick Haldimand had received them with open arms …. That they then considered this Gift as a free unequivocal Grant of Country, with every power over the disposal of it, which they had over their lands on the Mohawk River. These they could sell or give away at their pleasure, and they conceived that their power over the Grand River land was the same. When White Men had informed them that they were mistaken, they applied to Lord Dorchester and to Governor Simcoe for a new Grant. This was promised them; and a Grant had been offered to them by Governor Simcoe which they rejected, because it did not convey this Power.

They were promised that their requests should be laid before their father the King.”

There is so much more to be gleaned from readily available historical documents which help to explain not only what happened between the 1784 Haldimand Deed and the 1793 Simcoe Patent, but more importantly, why and by what means. A hundred years from now, what will the archives show about the government’s real reaction to Six Nations’ land protests in Caledonia and elsewhere?

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Love can build a bridge JONATHAN GARLOW

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The Indigenous community of Telegraph Creek in BC is home to the Tahltan Nation of the Stikine River and has a population of 250. They are deeply situated in the mountains of Northern B.C. and are three hours away from the closest town.

I travelled there years ago and during my visit an elder named Stumpy showed me around and we went hunting together.

The roads of Telegraph Creek are treacherous — all of them are gravel with no guardrails. On one particular road, where a guardrail should be is just a clear view of the biggest cliff I’ve ever seen with a sharp drop of at least 500 meters to the forest floor.

To me it was nerve wracking - but for locals driving along an unguarded road at the top of a mountain was like driving through the bends of Frog Pond at Six. No big deal.

My knuckles were white with fear as Stumpy was comfortably going 80 km/h on these gravel roads. He wasn't even looking at the road as he was was speeding about, putting the centre of his focus instead on teaching me the oral history of his people. In one particularly dramatic moment, Stumpy was so distracted we began to drift toward towards the edge of the cliff.

He noticed just in time

and quickly jerked the wheel, steering us back onto the road and saving our lives.

Telegraph Creek is split in half by a natural chasm that separates both sides of the valley in which their community is built. A small steel bridge connects the two sides together. They took me to the bridge and showed me a car that had driven off the side and was still stuck in between the two mountains in a chasm that was about 12 feet wide and 300 metres deep.

Tragically, a car load of teenagers crashed into the chasm at some point in the community’s history.

The elders told me the community was unable to retrieve the victim’s bodies or the car as it was too far. I was told the victims remain at the bottom of that chasm and the car was so deeply far away I could barely see it.

Six Nations also has an chasm that separates our people but ours is invisible and we don't have a bridge to bring us together. Even worse, sometimes our own people are blamed for causing the chasm as if we are the ones who brought division to Six Nations. This chasm I'm talking about has existed for hundreds of years and won't go away through ignoring it.

Some of us have tried to build a bridge over the rift that exists in our community, but so far no one has been as successful as the Peacemaker was in con-

vincing us to stop fighting each other.

Our Six Nations chasm has thousands of bodies stuck at the bottom of it and we all seem helpless to do anything about it, just like the Tahltans. The temporary bridges are burned and destroyed and it is the community that always suffers as generation after generation lives and dies.

There are many complicated issues affecting Six Nations members and we all have different perspectives and priorities which may not line up with each other — but that doesn't give anyone the right to marginalize the voices that don’t line up.

Our Haudenosaunee Council Fire, the heartbeat of our people, was split in two at Buffalo Creek in the 18th century. If I say that am I causing division amongst our people? No. There was a handful of condoled Six Nations Chiefs who under duress signed a surrender with Samuel Jarvis in the 19th century. If I retell that story am I causing division amongst our people? No. Were we a unified people in 1923 before the Canadian government intervened?

In order to heal as a community, we need to create safe spaces where facts are allowed to stand on their own, and where differences of perspective are not attacked or blamed — but are heard and valued as important contributions.

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This week we learned of a RCMP Civilian Review and Complaints Commission report on Colten Boushie.

The report detailed the RCMP’s “diplomacy” in relating the death of the 22-year-old Indigenous man from Red Pheasant First Nation to his mother Debbie Baptiste. They asked whether she’d been drinking while she was being told to “get it together.”

With my own two sons, I know that their lives can be challenged every day.

Young Indigenous men are targeted by white officers, they are hunted by white civilians. Even if they mind their own business, being in the wrong place at the wrong time or reacting in the wrong way could get them killed. The incarceration and mortality rates tell a shameful story about the value of our young people’s lives. From Saskatchewan’s starlight tours - dumping Indigenous men outside the city in sub-zero weather to the modern day version of it - turning blind-eyes to Missing and Murdered Women, Girls and Two Spirited people, we see racist targeting. Policing seems to have adopted a “shoot-first policy” using the thin excuse of Indigenous “wellness checks.’”

We live in a time when our subjugation to the police state and governmental authority results in lost lives. In a world where an innocuous wellness check for an Indigenous woman sleeping can end in a

deadly police rampage, what can we do to protect our young people? How do we stand up for them against racism when they are already deemed a menace to society, with a trigger happy white police force standing ready to end their lives?

Policing systems have not listened to Elders and Knowledge Keepers to develop community policing systems that work in First Nations settings. They continue to jam everyone into a one size fits all box, responding to community tragedy with after-thefact, too-little-too-late mitigation in corrections reports, Gladue sentencing or in review and complaints commission findings.

No one ever responds that it is our sovereignty that is at issue. It is the ability to govern ourselves, with our own culturally-relevant systems that balance community relationships with governance and the wisdom of our Elders. Off-reserve it’s even more of a crapshoot, where communities are ghettoized, where poverty abounds, and where cultural identity is in short supply.

This sovereignty issue is being played out on many fronts. We see the repercussions of a failing system in our midst: a growing boom of Indigenous people in our inner cities, inadequate education funds resulting in failed potential, leading to few job opportunities. This in turn spirals into further poverty and growing dependencies on drugs, gangs, addictions and human trafficking.

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Is it any wonder that our youth are rising up against this systemic oppression?

Canada’s continued racist policies will result in more blockades, skirmishes, protests and outright fighting. It is already happening at the eastern door, where inherent rights holders of fish harvesting will not back down from their hereditary way of life. The angry mob response from non-native fishermen lead to the Supreme Court “clarifying” a 1998 decision in Marshall 1. This is the one and only time the Supreme Court of Canada has felt it was necessary to take back, to provide “certainty” for their ruling.

The Supreme Court passed the ruling back to Canada and it has sat at the department of fisheries office for twenty-one-years without resolution. In 2020, with a pandemic and new economic paradigm, violence erupted on the eastern shores between native and non-native fisherman. Mainstream media reported using neutral language to downplay the violence directed at native fishermen. What will the result be by next year in 2022? Are we going to be reading another RCMP directed complaints commission report about how the police stood by as angry non-native fishermen threatened native fishermen by burning down buildings and shooting at boats?

Indigenous rights still have efficacy. Our systems, though maligned and obfuscated by our own

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continued from previous page pandering Indigenous chiefs and council, have not completely lost their purpose and direction.

Is this reconciliation?

Today in 2021, it would seem that the world is much more politically correct in the treatment of human beings. Studies, courses, laws, and whole departments can be dedicated to the pursuit of human rights. However, these “human” rights have to fall under the proper values of the ruling humans who make the rights or acknowledge if these rights have been violated.

Is this reconciliation?

It is only today, in 2021 that the entire globe is coming through a pandemic brought on by scarce resources, overcrowding and changing climate. Will this be the last pandemic, or will this be the “new normal” because global energies must favour billionaires, the wealthy and economic stability over other global life?

At the eastern door in Canada, the Mi’kmaq

nations have subsisted for generations with fish for food and trade with other nations. This approach to harvesting is not limited to storage and trade; there is a ceremonial value or teaching respecting the spirit of the animals, sea beings and waters that are not discussed because they hold non-empirical value.

It is a teaching that our people take enough to feed the village, with extra to trade and for ceremony.

It has never been and never will be a license to kill everything in the ocean.

You only have to look to Western Canada and the plains Indians to see that they did not hunt the buffalo to extinction. That was accomplished once the settler newcomers hit the plains.

The Mi’kmaq do not have “special rights” to harvest fish. They have First Nation sovereignty practicing “their way of life” that has been enshrined in treaty and upheld by the highest court and protected by

the Canadian constitution.

Can that sovereign right that holds community and spiritual balance be swept aside? Yes, it can.

Canada’s double, indeed triple-dealing has been setting up meetings with the provinces, the federal government and the Indian Nations. Every few years new governments or players come to the table, so talks begin anew. Colonization breaks First Nations. The federal government has been so stealthy in this endeavor that the elected officials in Indian Affairs sanctioned First Nation governments do not even realize their complicity.

So, when the federal government makes an announcement or releases a report confirming what Indigenous people already know, our people are not alarmed. We continue to exist despite genocidal and racist policies because we are resilient, filled with the spirit and blood memory of this land.

Expect our continued resistance.

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A national Inuit women's organization is calling on Inuit women and families across Canada to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Rebecca Kudloo, president of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, said Wednesday she has already received two doses of the Moderna vaccine.

Speaking from her home in Baker Lake, Nunavut, Kudloo said she is happy that Inuit across the country have had access to at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine to date.

But she also said Inuit continue to face systemic racism in the health-care system and have many reasons to be hesitant about getting the COVID-19 shot. ``In Baker Lake, we have a small health clinic and overcrowded housing is a chronic problem,'' Kudloo told a news conference.

Kudloo lit a candle and held a moment of silence for Silatik Qavvik, a 35-year-old woman from

Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, who died from COVID-19 complications after she travelled to Winnipeg to give birth last November.

Connie Siedule, executive director of the Akausivik Inuit Family Health Centre in Ottawa, said life expectancy for Inuit is 10 to 17 years less than the general population. ``Tuberculosis and lower respiratory tract infection rates for Inuit are amongst the highest anywhere, even compared with the highest rates globally,'' Siedule said.

Siedule said Inuit living in urban centres face a serious risk of health consequences related to COVID-19, and she urged Inuit to get the vaccine as soon as possible.

The health centre is currently offering first doses of the vaccine to Inuit living in Ottawa. ``I have not actually experienced so many Inuit so happy to receive a shot before. ... There is hope and recovery in sight,'' Siedule said.

As part of its vaccination awareness campaign, Pauktuutit also launched a

social media campaign to encourage Inuit youth to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Annie Buscemi, an Inuk social media influencer and apprentice electrician living in Iqaluit, is featured in the campaign's most recent video to promote vaccinations. Buscemi is also a mental health advocate who is known for her daily videos on TikTok. ``Knowing that so many Inuit have a chance to get the COVID-19 vaccine makes me feel so grateful, that by getting the vaccine we can protect ourselves, protect our elders and our whole community,'' Buscemi said.

Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett said the federal government prioritized northern and Inuit communities for the vaccine because of their vulnerability to the virus. ``We know that Inuit populations have been particularly affected by the effects of the pandemic because of limited access to health care and socioeconomic factors.''

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Contrary to sensational reporting, people aren't scared of vaccination

By Veldon Coburn, Assistant Professor, Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies, L'Universite d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Indigenous people are playing a major role in one of the latest COVID-19 anxieties: vaccine hesitancy.

As inoculation rollout begins across the country, news coverage tells us that vaccine hesitancy may hinder the pandemic response in Canada. And Indigenous people are one of the groups fuelling that concern.

What the media is saying is that Indigenous people have a tendency to be vaccine hesitant much more than the general population.

That Indigenous vaccine hesitancy has taken root in the damaging effects of colonialism and that the historic mistreatment of Indigenous people has cultivated a deep distrust in the health-care system.

Reporting on Indigenous vaccine hesitancy is as sensational as it is incorrect. Indigenous people, for the most part, are

not more vaccine hesitant than Canadians.

Having researched Indigenous attitudes and behaviour for over a decade, I know that Indigenous people are neither conspiracy-prone nor illiterate when it comes to their health. This picture of Indigenous vaccine hesitancy flies in the face of data and research.

Sensationalism and Indigenous vaccine hesitancy Reporting on COVID-19 in Indigenous communities has dipped into familiar stereotypes. As Anishinaabe journalism professor and CBC host, Duncan McCue, says, reports of Indigenous people being reckless with their health is low-hanging journalistic fruit. So it shouldn't surprise us that media has taken the easy way out.

Instances of medical experimentation on Indigenous people has become a prominent trope.

Headlines promoting past health and medical experiments as the root cause of Indigenous vaccine hesitancy through examples of nutrition experiments that

occurred in some Indian Residential Schools in the 1940s and 1950s are rampant.

Stories have also uncritically quoted the exaggeration of politicians to support claims of mistrust and vaccine hesitancy.

Former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Matthew Coon Come wrote on social media that the Cree village of Mistissini ``is now the experimental rats of this experimental vaccine.'' His comments prompted online discussion, with many criticizing him for spreading misinformation.

Making connections without backing The problem with this reporting is that it offers no data _ beyond some exaggerated anecdotes _ to support the broad claim that vaccine hesitancy is a problem among Indigenous people.

Using Indian Residential School medical experiments to explain current vaccine attitudes ignores a similar history of experimentation and human drug trials carried out on non-Indigenous children.

The Salk polio vaccine

field trials of the mid1950s saw 1.8 million children from across the U.S., Canada and Finland enlisted despite concerns over safety and efficacy _ yet we hear very little about vaccine hesitancy resulting from an immunization experiment of this scale.

Attitudes towards vaccination can't be simply traced back over 70 years to an event that predates about 93 per cent of all living Indigenous people.

As the World Health Organization's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization has noted, vaccine hesitancy ``is complex and context specific, varying across time, place and vaccines. It is influenced by factors such as complacency, convenience and confidence.''

If any vaccine hesitant attitudes toward immunization emerged from events at Indian Residential Schools in the 1940s, they have waned considerably and there is plenty of recent data to show that Indigenous people are now very much vaccine accepting.

Indigenous vaccine acceptance Research from one of the more recent pandemics to impact Canada _ the 20092010 H1N1 outbreak _ is much more representative of Indigenous attitudes towards vaccination. On the heels of the H1N1 pandemic in late 2010, Health Canada commissioned a survey of First Nations living on-reserve and Inuit about their knowledge, perceptions, awareness and behaviours relating to immunization.

When asked about childhood vaccinations, about 97 per cent of First Nations living on-reserve and nearly 94 per cent of Inuit indicated that that these immunizations were important.

When both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people were asked about their attitudes towards the seasonal flu, we see that there isn't much of a difference in vaccination acceptance. From the 2017-18 Canadian Community Health Survey, 55 per cent of Indigenous people had a seasonal flu vaccine (excluding H1N1), compared to 59 per cent

of non-Indigenous people.

And when asked about the relative frequency of the seasonal flu vaccination, 36 per cent of Indigenous people and 42 per cent of non-Indigenous people said their most recent shot was within the last two years.

The misinformation needs to stop Indigenous people face enough health challenges and burdens that we do not need to excavate the past to embellish real concerns of the present. Furthering this conversation that Indigenous people mistrust the health-care system and are hesitant towards receiving the vaccine is only damaging the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians, and fuelling fearmongering.

We should avoid the same pitfalls of anchoring Indigenous attitudes to the distant past. Doing so overlooks their competency and health literacy, particularly their participation and embrace of contemporary medical practices.

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THREE GRAND RIVER CROSSINGS MUNICIPAL CLASS EA

NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC INFORMATION CENTRE #2 The Study In March 2020, the City of Brantford initiated a Schedule ‘B’ Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (EA) for three crossings over the Grand River, including the Lorne Bridge, Brant’s Crossing Bridge and the TH&B Crossing Bridge. The study encompasses an area approximately 175 metres wide starting 200 metres north of Lorne Bridge to 200 metres south of the TH&B Crossing Bridge along the Grand River. The study is intended to identify the short and long-term plans for the three Grand River Crossings. The first Virtual Public Information Centre (PIC) was held between May and July 2020. PIC #1 provided an overview of the project, including the EA process, alternative solutions being considered and criteria that would be used to evaluate the alternatives. A copy of the presentation material and a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) sheet are available on the City’s webpage for this project.

The Process This Class EA is being conducted as a Schedule ‘B’ Project in accordance with the “Municipal Class Environmental Assessment” (Municipal Engineers Association, October 2000, as amended in 2007, 2011, and 2015) which is an approved process under the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. The Class EA process includes consultation with the public, agencies and Indigenous groups, evaluation of alternatives, assessment of potential environmental effects of the proposed work and identification of reasonable measures to mitigate any potential adverse impacts.

Virtual Public Information Centre PIC #2 will present the existing conditions, evaluation of alternative solutions, and the recommended solution and we welcome interested parties to review and provide comments to the Project Team.

Presentation slides will be posted on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. This will be followed by a two-week public review period. A virtual live meeting for PIC #2 will take place on Thursday, April 1, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. This will be followed by a two-week question submission period, closing Thursday April 15, 2021. A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document will be posted on Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 3:00 p.m.

All content, including this notice and instructions on how to submit questions and register to attend the virtual presentation will be posted on the project webpage:

brantford.ca/ThreeGrandRiverCrossings

Future project updates will also be posted to the above webpage. If you wish to submit comments or would like to be added to the project mailing list, please contact:

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City Project Manager City of Brantford 100 Wellington Square Brantford, ON N3T 5R7 519.759.4150 ext. 5426 gbatra@brantford.ca

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WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — A British Columbia First Nation that won a landmark case establishing rights and title to its territory says ongoing colonialism and systemic racism have hindered its COVID-19 response.

The Tsilhqot'in Nation, which won the Supreme Court of Canada case in 2014, has released a report on its experiences during the pandemic that says it struggled to get access to emergency funding, health data and RCMP support.

The report says the provincial and federal governments still treat the nation in a paternalistic manner at times even though its six communities in the B.C. Interior have inherent

establishing checkpoints that monitor travel in and out of its communities.

However, the report says the nation grappled with limited resources.

It eventually obtained money from Canada-wide COVID-19 funding that addressed basic services, but still left many needs unmet.

Inadequate housing and infrastructure put basic pandemic practices of physical distancing out of reach, with numerous people living in one house and no additional buildings available to allow for self-isolation, it says.

The report also says the province initially did not provide any COVID-19 data to the Tsilhqot'in beyond what was being presented to the general public. ``It is a self-determining nation and wasn't receiving that information in

jurisdiction over their lands. ``There is no other nation in Canada that has proven Aboriginal title and rights,'' said Chief Joe Alphonse, tribal chairman of the Tsilhqot'in National Government. ``We've proven that. We don't need anybody holding our hands. Tsilhqot'in problems require Tsilhqot'in solutions.''

The document, titled ``Dada Nentsen Gha Yatastig,'' which translates to ``I am Going to Tell You About a Very Bad Disease, builds on the recommendations from an earlier report about the nation's response to devastating 2017 wildfires.

It says the Tsilhqot'in undertook a rapid and co-ordinated response to the pandemic, including issuing a state of emergency, implementing community bylaws and

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its capacity as a government,'' said Jocelyn Stacey, an assistant law professor at the University of British Columbia, who helped produce the report. ``It was relying on the same publicly available information that you and I were.''

In response, the province mandated the First Nations Health Authority to receive COVID-19 information.

The province established a limited data sharing agreement, but the Tsilhqot'in are still calling on B.C. to provide First Nations with the location of cases in neighbouring cities, whether they involve someone who has travelled to their communities in the last 14 days and the names of members who contract COVID-19.

The report also says while the province eventually agreed to reimburse money spent on checkpoints, it came long after they were dismantled due to financial constraints.

It also says enforce-

ment was undermined by difficult relations with the RCMP. While it's a long-term goal to move justice under Tsilhqot'in jurisdiction, at this time communities rely on service agreements with the RCMP. However, the report says the RCMP told communities it was the responsibility of band councils to enforce bylaws, including checkpoints.

The RCMP did not immediately respond for a request for comment.

The report also details how lockdown during the pandemic exacerbated long-standing issues of mental health, substance abuse and domestic violence within the communities.

It makes several recommendations to the B.C. and Canadian governments, including providing enhanced pandemic recovery support to Indigenous Peoples, revising emergency plans to recognize Indigenous jurisdiction and establishing agreements for sharing health

data and information on the impacts of COVID-19 on First Nations.

Mike Farnworth, the B.C. minister responsible for emergency preparedness, said there is a lot of valuable information in the report and shows the achievements the province can build upon, including its support for checkpoints and the data-sharing agreement. ``We know we need to continue to sit down together and discuss where things are working and where we need to do better,'' he said.

Farnworth said the province, federal government and Tsilhqot'in created the first-ever Collaborative Emergency Management Agreement in 2018. The province has renewed the agreement and it allows for ongoing dialogue to advance Indigenous jurisdiction in emergency management, he said.

Indigenous Services Canada did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

PETERBOROUGH — Relatives of a dead Indigenous woman have formally asked police in Peterborough, Ont., to upgrade charges against her alleged assailant.

Cileana Taylor, 22, suffered severe brain damage after an attack at a house party on Sept. 3. She remained in a local hospital after the incident and died on Feb. 26.

Jordan Morin, 23, is currently charged with aggravated assault and assault causing bodily harm.

Peterborough police have publicly stated that the investigation is ongoing. A lawyer for Taylor's family said Tuesday that her relatives want the charges to be upgraded to at least manslaughter. ``The family believes the fact that she had almost no brain activity shortly after (the incident), that for all intents and purposes they lost Cileana shortly after Sept. 3,'' said Christa Big Canoe, who is also the legal director of Aboriginal Legal Services in Toronto. ``Quite frankly, they feel her death was connected to the assault and therefore a charge of homicide

should be laid.''

Big Canoe said that the family respects that the police investigation is ongoing and that they understand the coroner's office has done a post-mortem.

However, she said that they believe there are grounds for some class of homicide charge to be applied to Morin. ``They don't want to tell either the police or the Crown what kind of homicide they should be proceeding with, but they certainly believe it is homicide,'' said Big Canoe. ``At minimum it meets, as far as the family is concerned, the criteria for manslaughter, for culpable manslaughter.''

Peterborough police had no immediate comment when asked about Taylor's relatives calling for upgraded charges.

Morin and Taylor had been in an intimate relationship for about three months before the alleged assault.

Emergency services were called to a house party on Sept. 3 at a local residence for a woman in medical crisis. It was there that Taylor was found and

transported to hospital.

Big Canoe said that although Taylor remained alive for months, she was never the same. ``She had sustained enough injuries that she wasn't herself, she wasn't responsive, she was originally on life support,'' said Big Canoe.

Raised in Curve Lake First Nation, approximately 30 kilometres north of Peterborough, Taylor had been a vibrant part of the predominantly Ojibwa community, according to the territory's elected chief. ``Cileana will be remembered forever in Curve Lake as a woman taken unfairly and too soon,'' wrote Chief Emily Whetung shortly after Taylor's death. ``But Cileana will also be celebrated for who she was in our community _ a tiny affectionate toddler in our daycare, a young learner in our school, a good friend and support to the young women she grew up with, and a beautiful vibrant soul full of potential.''

Curve Lake First Nation joined Taylor's family's call for increased charges against Morin on Monday.

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Indigenous youth are playing a key role in solving urgent water issues

By Elaine Ho, PhD Candidate, Social and Ecological Sustainability program in Integrated Water Management, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability, University of Waterloo and Richelle Miller, Community partner, Co-ordinator of Music for the Spirit & Indigenous Visual Arts Unsolved environmental problems, a national mandate to uphold treaty responsibilities and a new appreciation for positive treaty relationships are leading some water researchers to consider new approaches to their work.

They are examining how water monitoring practices that are conventionally considered strong, can be improved.

Recent research examined how water quality monitoring in the lower Grand River and nearby Lake Erie can inform management to address prolific growth of nuisance algae. Nuisance algae affect wildlife habitats and fishing, as well as swimming and boating.

This work is part of the Lake Futures Group at the University of Waterloo and Global Water Futures, Canada's largest water research collaboration.

This research was a collaboration with Music for the Spirit & Indigenous Visual Arts, a youth-led program that provides space for expression, learning and guidance for over 40 students at Six Nations of the Grand River.

Indigenous and treaty perspectives Some water researchers are looking to a teaching from the Mi'kmaw culture that can enable a more holistic understanding of a watershed, including interactions between land and water and the social-ecological contexts surrounding them. Etuaptmumk, or ``Two-Eyed Seeing'' is about learning to see from one eye with Indigenous knowledge, from the other eye with western science and integrating the knowledge to see with both eyes open.

With such approaches, water scientists and managers look to Indigenous cultural teachings, community intergenerational stories and records as well

as western science.

The Grand River _ named O:se Kenhionhata:tie (``Willow River'') in the Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk) language _ is Southern Ontario's largest and most populated watershed. It drains into the eastern basin of Lake Erie _ named from Erielhonan in the Iroquoian language spoken by the Erie people, meaning ``long tail.''

About 80 species at risk are found in the watershed. The Grand River and contributing waters are home to more than half the fish species in Canada, resulting in a world-class fishery.

The watershed is home to roughly one million people who reside in 39 municipalities and two First Nations territories: the Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation _ Canada's largest Indigenous population and the only place in North America where all six Iroquois nations reside _ and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation.

Three treaties apply to the Grand River watershed: 1. The Two-Row Wampum that recognizes distinct but equally valued cultures living together but separately, without interference from each other.

2. The Dish With One Spoon, a treaty to collaboratively maintain the health of lands, waters and wildlife.

3. The Haldimand Proclamation of 1784, which designated six miles (about 10 kilometres) on either side of the Grand River _ from headwaters to Lake Erie _ as permanent Six Nations of the Grand River territory. Six Nations Lands and Resources notes that today the Six Nations of the Grand River community lives on approximately 46,000 acres, a base that is less than five per cent of the original 950,000 acre grant from the Haldimand treaty.

Building relationships, reciprocity Taking a collaborative research approach of documenting Six Nations youth perspectives on water with Music for the Spirit & Indigenous Visual Arts involved a shared process:

1. Investing time to build relationships (our process required over a year of building relationships and developing the exhibit concept).

Community members Paul General (former Six Nations wildlife manager and artist) and Tayler Hill (youth leader with Music for the Spirit & Indigenous Visual Arts) also supported this process.

2. Ensuring participants can contribute in meaningful ways. For example, I, Elaine, as a doctoral researcher, had to grow intercultural competency.

The youth artists further developed their skills to ensure they could produce either independent or collaborative artworks for this project.

3. Ensuring reciprocity is part of the process. In this project, Six Nations community members asked to have youth insights amplified by seeking opportunities where they could be widely shared.

Acknowledging and enacting reciprocity means that collaborative research should not be pursued to serve the needs of western science, and that research is flexible to accommodate community interests.

The above considerations shaped the development of an ethical framework for the project.

It is important to challenge ethical processes that apply a single set of western or empirical criteria to all activities, including those involving Indigenous communities.

A growing literature can guide this process.

Together, we explored one way of sharing Six Nations youth perspectives with non-Indigenous community members and water managers.

Looking at the river: Many stories Youth from Music for the Spirit & Indigenous Visual Arts used different artistic media accompanied by stories to describe their relationships with water. In some cases, these were their responses to the question: ``What do you see when you look at the river?''

Themes that emerged were plastics pollution, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and

Girls, drinking water, Grand River chemical spills and Waterlily (a cultural story transmitted in oral history).

The youth art and stories were profiled in the Grand Expressions art exhibit. This exhibit was displayed at the Carolinian Cafe in Cayuga, Ont., near Six Nations territory on the Grand River, before being shared virtually due to the pandemic. THEMUSEUM in Kitchener, Ont., later featured the virtual exhibit.

Artist Ashley Cattrysse explored the connection between water and women. She wrote: ``Indigenous women share a sacred connection to the spirit of water.

As water keepers their responsibilities are to protect and nurture. Among their roles, women across Canada are raising awareness to draw attention to the water crisis faced in Indigenous communities and Canada. As depicted in this piece, the message is stop, listen, act, prepare, join. However, this is not

the only crisis in Canada.?

The colour red represents the missing and murdered Indigenous women.''

Artist Hannah Wallace-Lund contributed an image depicting summer camp participant Chase in front of water coolers holding a water drum. She wrote: ``It reminded me as someone who has grown up outside Six Nations that even though we all as onkwehon:we people care deeply for water, some of our relatives live without clean drinking water.? I grew up next to the Grand River and many of my strongest and happiest memories from then involve the river. To keep the river and Lake Erie clean should be the responsibility of all those who have lived beside them and received their many gifts, not just Indigenous people.''

Articulating principles An analysis of common themes in the youth's stories identified recommendations, most of which were statements of

values. These were synthesized with perspectives from 21 water managers, western scientists and subject-matter experts interviewed as part of the larger study.

The result was 10 principles for guiding water monitoring and management. For example, that water is finite; impacts are shared but are unequally distributed; we will manage as stewards and treat waters as living; and that managers should measure and enhance community experiences as part of watershed health.

Our co-created, artsbased approach can be effective for engaging youth and diverse community members not just for water management but all aspects of sustainable planning.

Relationships formed during this research lay the foundation for meaningful Canadian-Indigenous cooperation, especially in the context of our most important shared resource: water.

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Mounties enforced racist policies, RCMP commissioner says Canadian Press OTTAWA — RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki says the Mounties have enforced racist and discriminatory legislation and policies, and they should do better in the future.

Speaking to Indigenous chiefs at a national forum on First Nations policing, Lucki says RCMP actions have eroded First Nations' trust, with some incidents leaving generational scars.

She says the national police force is at the beginning of a very long journey to regain the confidence of First Nations, noting that developing a respectful relationship is going to take time.

National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations says there is a need to work with the RCMP to ensure policing is beneficial for Indigenous people.

He says the RCMP should adopt a zero-toler-

ance policy for excessive use of force by members, as well as put in place better recruitment processes and proper training on de-escalating confrontations.

Bellegarde also called on the federal government to strengthen civilian oversight for the RCMP and provide the necessary human and financial resources to deal with complaints about the Mounties.

(Norman) Benoit, who was 36, were discovered in the Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie west of Winnipeg on Sept. 3.

She had been reported missing to Winnipeg police on July 10.

Two other people were charged with second-degree in January.

RCMP say the youth was also arrested at that time but was only charged this week.

Police have said Benoit was a much-loved mother who was researching her Metis background and history before she died.

Mounties charge teen in homicide of Manitoba Metis woman found dead last fall CANADIAN PRESS

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WINNIPEG — Manitoba RCMP have charged a 16-year-old boy with second-degree murder in the death of a Metis woman.

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NLL’s Brendan Bomberry brings smoothie bowls to Six Nations STAFF REPORT

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Sports have been closed for months, barring athletes from their passions across the country.

With the absence of their sports, many have been looking for ways to stay in shape at home and maintain healthy eating habits for the past year— including the athletes of Six Nations.

In light of the times, Georgia Swarm, Chesapeake Bay Hawks, Six Nations Chiefs and Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse player Brendan Bomberry has worked with his partner and Certified Personal Trainer Gia Renzi to create ‘Smoothie Bombz.’

“We’re all missing our sports, trying to stay active, trying to eat as healthy as possible, and that was something that I really struggled with during the pandemic. Trying to stay on track and keep my body where I want it to be to be able to play at the high level,” said Brendan.

He said that he keeps an open mind when it comes to healthy habits during the pandemic, including the concept that “just because it’s healthy, doesn’t mean it can’t taste good.”

The play on words of “Bombz” from Bomberry opened as Renzi’s second small business with an announcement for homemade smoothie bowls opening on February 15 of this year, to “promote healthy eating that tastes and feels good.”

“Personally, I think a lot of kids go to their parents and say that they want something to eat, and their

Smoothie Bombz previous menu yielded favourites such as the Mango Bowl, Acai Bowl, Chocolate Covered Strawberry Bowl and the Green Machine Bowl photographed above, fresh from the kitchen. The new menu released this week promises new healthy options.

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parents will say ‘go make a sandwich.’ But for me, my parents always said ‘go make a smoothie,’” said Brendan.

“It’s something that I always did growing up; mix and matching fruit, and we always had the freezer stocked with frozen berries from berry season,” he said.

“We’re always trying to eat healthy and smoothie bowls are some of our favourites, so we thought it would be pretty cool to have something like that around Six Nations,” he said.

“We thought it was something that we were missing for sure.”

Their initiative grew from 20 orders on the first night to a full-time operation, and has already

garnered regulars: “I like the Acai Bowl the best but also the Peanut Butter one too. I can’t decide which one, they both taste delicious and the banana’s go just right with the peanut butter flavour,” said Mackenzie Bomberry, who has been ordering regularly from Smoothie Bombz.

“From having a smoothie bowl in the morning, it has made me more energized and gotten me to eat breakfast everyday in the morning. I sort of skip it sometimes, and I’ve eaten fruit with every meal now,” she said.

And those looking to make similar lifestyle changes are welcomed.

“I think that one of the challenges living around here is that there’s not a

lot of healthy options,” said Brendan. “We all have our favourites, but there’s not a lot of healthy options that are accessible. That’s where we wanted to fill that void and be there for people that are aspiring to eat healthy and change their lifestyles up.”

On the presentation side, Renzi makes sure that the bowls are appealing to the eye as the toppings double as an aesthetic and nutrient booster.

“She’s really good at making the bowls look nice and I’m really good at making the combination of the ingredients taste good, so I think we’re a really good team,” said Brendan.

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From the Acai Bowl to the Chocolate Covered Strawberry Bowl, the bowls are packed with whey protein bases to make them filling and toppings to make them nutrient dense. For some of the options, the flavour can be misleading in a positive way: “It’s a good thing for some parents to know that with some of the smoothies, you’re able to sneak in different supplements or fruits and veggies kids may not like, but they can’t taste it in the smoothie. That’s one thing that I do for my son and younger siblings is sneak in those nutrients that they wouldn’t have otherwise.”

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As for the goal of their small business, there is promise for growth. Bomberry explained that offering the bowls is just a start, as the duo are hopeful to build on the platform to offer more variety for those in the area in the future.

Smoothie Bombz recently added a new menu to their Instagram page that allows those interested to view their bowls, prices and ingredients in a Jot Form. You can find it here: form.jotform. com/210446932315047 and their Instagram page can be found here: https:// www.instagram.com/ smoothiebombz/ Renzi is from Syracuse, NY, and is a certified personal trainer and owner of two small businesses. She is also a retired cheerleader from Syracuse University.

Bomberry is from Six Nations and has played at the highest level of the game in both box and field lacrosse – World Stage with the Iroquois Nationals, professionally with Georgia Swarm (NLL) Chesapeake Bayhawks (MLL), Sr. A with the Six Nations Chiefs, Division 1 at the University of Denver before transferring to Syracuse University, and in the most competitive Jr. A league in Canada with the Six Nations Arrows.

Brendan is considered one of the top junior A players in recent history being the only player ever to win both MVP and the Jim Bishop award for leadership, sportsmanship and outstanding play in the same year. Since graduating from Syracuse, Brendan has been committed to sharing and teaching his knowledge of the game to the next generation of lacrosse players.

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It would be an injustice in this space not to turn attention towards not only the finest Indigenous baseball player ever to play the game, but the finest all-round-athlete in the world, excelling at the professional ranks in a myriad of sports.

Baptized, Jacobus Fransiscus Thorpe, or James Frank Thorpe, the world would better know him as Jim Thorpe, the man who, in 1999, decades after his death, was named the Athlete-of-the-20th century by a joint resolution of honour by the US congress. Associated Press voted him the top athlete of the first half of the 20th century, defeating the likes of Babe Ruth, Jesse Owens, and many other more remembered names.

Thorpe was of the Sac, Fox and Potawatomi bloodline of his mother, as well as French and Irish roots paternally. He was born on May 28, 1887, near current-day Prague, Oklahoma, and given the name Sauk name, Wa-ThoHuk, loosely translated, Bright Path. He always said he was a direct descent of the great warrior Chief, Black Hawk.

After suffering the pain and loneliness of losing both his mother and twin brother in an epidemic at an early age, he was sent away to a residential school by his ailing father.

The young man did not take well to school and was a regular runaway, which had him transferred through several other “Indian” schools before ending up at Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. It was there he discovered sports as an outlet for his pent-up anger and deep sense of abandonment.

A famous Thorpe story recalls the spring of 1907 when Thorpe joined a track-and-field practice session on campus.

Dressed only in his work clothes, “he launched himself over a 5'9" high bar to break the school record, catching the attention of coach Pop Warner.

Under Warner’s guidance, Thorpe soon became the star of the track program,

American Indian, Jim Thorpe, is recognized as the top athlete of the 20th century. Along with two Olympic Gold Medals, he starred in professional baseball, football, lacrosse, boxing, hockey, and FILE PHOTO pretty well everything else he put his hand to.

and with his athletic skills he also enjoyed success in baseball, hockey, lacrosse, and even ballroom dancing.”

That’s right, ballroom dancing. In his usual style, Thorpe, who was of substantial size, being 6’1” and carrying a weight hovering around 200 lbs, of solid muscle, not only participated but won several dance competitions doing so.

In 1912, then 24-yearsold Thorpe became the first Native American to win, not only one gold medal but two, easily winning the Pentathlon, and the Decathlon, both requiring enormous endurance.

The Decathlon winner will compete in four runs, three jumps, and three throws. It consists of 100 m race, 400 m, 1500 m, 110 m Hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Shot Put, Discus Throw, Javelin Throw, and Pole Vault.

The Pentathlon, a string of five track and field events with results in each adding up to an overall winner and is known as the hardest medal to win.

There was some intrigue at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, and before he was to race, someone had stolen Thorpe’s running shoes. It was assumed to have been a competitor. In a panic, Thorpe found a mismatching pair in a trash can and squeezed them on just in time to win a Gold Medal.

At the height of his amateur career to that point, complete with a New York ticker-tape parade, it all came crashing down when it was revealed that Thorpe had played some semipro baseball, technically making him a professional and therefore, ineligible for Olympic competition.

His medals were revoked, not to be returned

by the IOC, posthumously, until 1983.

After the disappointment, Thorpe signed a professional contract with the New York Giants, in 1913 and remained on the roster until 1919.

But he also loved the game of football and had the size and cardio for it.

He loved the physical contact of football and used his size well.

On the Giant’s off-season from baseball, Thorpe signed a football contract with the Canton Pennsylvania Bulldogs of the fledgling American Football Conference and won three championships with them. This league evolved into what is now the NFL. In between, he would lend his name and talent to a traveling, All-Indian professional basketball team, barnstorming across the country. He also played for a similar All-Indian traveling lacrosse team for a few dollars.

Following his playing career at age 41, he became the first president of the American Professional Football Association in 1920-21, which became the NFL in 1922. He even tried acting for a time and appears in some B-westerns.

Thorpe continued to give back to his community and formed several All-Indian travel teams covering many sports until his death in 1953, at age 64.

According to his biography, Thorpe married three times and had eight children. In 1913, Thorpe married Iva M. Miller, whom he had met at Carlisle. In 1917, Iva and Thorpe bought a house now known as the Jim Thorpe House in Yale, Oklahoma, and lived there until 1923.

They had four children: James F., Gail, Charlotte, and Frances.

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John Wesley Sr. in his 81st year, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family.

Beloved husband of Carol Hazel. Predeceased by his loving son Jefferson. Cherished father of John Jr. (Diane), and Lesley (Ray). Deeply loved grandpa to Joseph Jr. (Alanna), Brittany (Chad), Julia (Jesse), Justin, Eric, Philip, Kayla, Courtney, Regan and 17 great grandchildren. Caring brother to Eldean and Monica. Predeceased by parents William and Emiline (Silversmith) Staats and siblings Perry, William, Matthew, George, Susan, Julia, Audrey, Beatrice, Carolyn, Jennifer and Luke.

Beloved uncle to many nieces and nephews. John proudly served in the United States Navy, U.S.S. Uvalde during the Cuban Crisis 1963 and after 20 years of service retired from Service Pt. Hueneme, California in 1995. He also was a retired member of International Brotherhood of Ironworkers Local 736 after 37 years. As strong advocate as a Six Nations Band Councillor (District 5) John was instrumental in securing the Chiefswood Road Bridge along with his lifelong friend Raymond Hill.

He loved Jesus and was a faithful servant living his life daily to do the will of God including being a dedicated member and song leader at Bethany Baptist Church. A private family service will be held at Hyde & Mott Chapel, Hagersville on Monday, March 22, 2021. Interment at Bethany Baptist Cemetery. www.rhbanderson.com “For God so loved the world, that He gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 KJV

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Dear sister of Dakota Banner. Cherished aunt of Zayleigh. Niece of Stacey, Nicole & Ian, Barb & Tim, Karen & Kevin, Bob & Karen, and Scott & Kelly. Ashley will also be missed by her cousins. At her request cremation has taken place. A gathering to celebrate her life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers donations through GoFundMe: https://gofund. me/248d7b1b to support her two boys would be appreciated. Arrangements

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GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Change may take you in unexpected directions this week, Gemini. The good news is that things are finally turning around for you. Enjoy this exciting time.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, you may be drawn to people who appeal to your analytical side this week. You could be interested in some intellectual debate and need a worthy sparring partner.

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