Two Row Times, February 1, 2023

Survivors Secretariat asks Mohawk Lake developers to be wary of potential hidden graves

He said it was important to give a voice to people on Six Nations who’ve never had one.

The Six Nations Survivors’ Secretariat has urged the City of Brantford to be cautious as it moves forward with plans to re-develop a massive plot of land around Mohawk Lake in the city’s Eagle Place neighbourhood.

Nobody from Six Nations was at a public meeting last week at the Brantford Civic Centre where city planners presented ideas on re-redeveloping the property which sits on land under claim by Six Nations of the Grand River elected council, as well as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council and other groups.

The city is looking to develop hundreds of hectares of land surrounding Mohawk Lake into a large community hub that includes remediating the contaminated Mohawk Lake, community spaces, and cultural spaces, as well.

However, the Six Nations Survivors’ Secretariat, tasked with searching the grounds around the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford on Mohawk Street, just a stone’s throw away from the park, made

an impassioned plea to consider the grounds surrounding the park, as well.

Scott Robertson, a lawyer who sits on the Six Nations Survivor’s Secretariat, which is tasked with searching for potential hidden graves of former students on the grounds of the former Mohawk Institute, said their voice should be considered before the city moves ahead with development.

Robertson, whose mother is from Six Nations and whose dad grew up on Sherwood Ave., said the Mohawk Park rede-

velopment is close to his heart.

“Brantford has a special place in my heart,” said Robertson.

He told the city councillors present at last week’s meeting that the mandate of the Secretariat is to “return the children to their rightful place.”

The Mohawk Institute was Canada’s longest-running residential school.

“There are several thousands, perhaps, buried in unmarked graves across Canada.”

The goal of survivors, he said, is to make sure all

the children are located.

He said the snow on the ground right now is symbolic and represents a time for telling stories, “because the snow is on the ground and it’s covering the ground and it’s covering the spirits.” He said you’re not supposed to disturb the spirits.

“The presentation tonight is with respect to disturbing the spirits.”

He said while the city considers development over the spirits, consider the healing of Six Nations people and specifically, the Survivor’s Secretariat.

“Let’s tell some real stories. The stories of people whose voices were silenced by the Indian Act. The children were stolen from their homes and forced into residential schools.”

He said records confirmed there were 57 nations of children who attended the Mohawk Institute.

“Its not only Six Nations children we’re talking about. We have a responsibility to those communities as well.”

The children were stolen from their homes and forced into a residential school setting, he said, and that the the Mohawk Park should honour the past and future.

“I come to you, not with a threat…but just stopping and reflecting while making these decisions to make Brantford a better place,” said Robertson.

He asked the city and developers to “take pause” and said he looked forward to working with them in a positive relationship.

Robertson asked them to listen to the Secretariat.

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The City of Brantford presented a plan to the community on its redevelopment vision for the land around Mohawk Lake, next to the site of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School. The Six Nations Survivors Secretariat is urging the city to work together to allow the search for unmarked graves to be given proper space and care in the city's plans to develop in the area. DURIC

Six Nations Police briefs for the first week of February

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Police have arrested and charged the following:

OHSWEKEN — Drug charges have been laid after a search of a Mohawk Road home.

On January 27, 2023, Six Nations Police executed Section 11 Controlled Drugs & Substances Act search warrants at a residence on Mohawk Road including vehicles in relation to a drug trafficking investigation. This residence has been a community concern for illicit drug use and stolen property. Upon warrant execution, police located and arrested 5 people who were all taken into custody.

A search of the residence resulted in the seizure of cocaine, amphet salts, weapons and a motor vehicle in which

Albert Kirk Douglas, 47-years-old of Ohsweken with Possession of cocaine & amphet salts, Firearm/ Weapon/AmmunitionCareless Storage X 2, Fail to Comply with Undertaking Conditions, Possession Firearm or Weapon contrary to Prohibition

Order and Tampering with Vehicle Identification Number. The accused was held in custody for a formal bail hearing and was later remanded into custody.

Wilbur James Hill, 34-years-old of Ohsweken with Possession of cocaine & amphet salts, Firearm/ Weapon/Ammunition

- Careless Storage X 2, Tampering with Vehicle Identification Number and Unauthorized Possession

of a Weapon. The accused was held in custody for a formal bail hearing and was later remanded into custody.

Brittany Jean Maracle, 29-years-old of Ohsweken with Possession of cocaine & amphet salts, Firearm/ Weapon/AmmunitionCareless Storage X 2, Fail to Comply with Undertaking Conditions, Possession Firearm or Weapon Contrary to Prohibition Order X 2 and Tampering

with Vehicle Identification Number. The accused was released via Form 10 Undertaking and is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Brantford at a later date.

Paul Anthony Hill, 43-years-old of Ohsweken with Possession of cocaine & amphet salts, Firearm/Weapon/Ammunition - Careless Storage X 2, Possession Firearm or Weapon Contrary to Prohibition Order X 2 and Tampering with Vehicle Identification Number. The accused was released via Form 10 Undertaking and is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Brantford at a later date.

Linda Pauline Froman, 54-years-old of Ohsweken with Possession of cocaine & amphet salts, Firearm/ Weapon/AmmunitionCareless Storage X 2 and Tampering with Vehicle

Identification Number. The accused was released via Form 10 Undertaking and is scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Brantford at a later date.

Impaired driving charges

Six Nations Police have laid multiple charges as a result of a Motor Vehicle Collision.

On Sunday, January 29, at approximately 10:15 PM, the Six Nations Police were alerted to a single motor vehicle roll over on 1st Line Road.

The Six Nations Police along with Six Nations Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Six Nations Fire attended the scene and spoke to the driver of the vehicle, passengers and witnesses. All declined to be treated by EMS.

Police observe the driver of the vehicle to be

showing signs of impairment along with a strong odour of alcohol, unsteady on their feet and slurred speech. The driver admitted to being the operator of the motor vehicle at the time of the collision to police.

As a result, a 32-yearold individual has been arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code offences: Impaired Operation, Alcohol per se offence ("80 plus”), Dangerous Driving and Fail to Provide the Necessaries of Life.

Due to the sensitive nature of the incident, the name of the accused will not be released in order to protect the identity of the minor involved.

The accused was held in custody and was eventually released via Form 10 Undertaking with a later court date.

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Educators urged to join with Six Nations Anti-Bullying Task Force

es of lateral violence in Indigenous communities, including colonial, social and economic factors.

Six Nations administrative staff and educators are being urged to join forces with the Six Nations Anti-Bullying Task Force to help combat bullying in schools as the task force finally takes form.

The task force has been about three years in the making but it was derailed during the pandemic.

Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council mandated the creation of an anti-bullying task force after community members came forward with horrific stories of bullying in local schools in 2019.

Jen Mt. Pleasant has been tasked with leading the Six Nations Anti-Bullying Task Force and brought forward the group’s terms of reference last week.

She said the task force is aimed at addressing and preventing bullying and lateral violence on Six Nations.

The task force will also address the root caus-

Mt. Pleasant said the task force aims to create a community-driven approach to prevent lateral violence and bullying based on traditional Haudenosaunee values.

They have two working groups, with one focusing on bullying in schools and the other focusing on workplace bullying and lateral violence.

It’s not going to be a permanent community group, however, said Mt. Pleasant.

“At some point we will disband,” she said, once they’ve finished the work they set out to do.

They’ll be looking at what’s already in place to deal with bullying and lateral violence and see how they can add to it or fill in any gaps.

“We’re planning on doing quite a few events in the spring and summer to engage with the community,” said Mt. Pleasant. They have representation from various groups in the community, including

LBTQ2A folks, language speakers, Elected Council, and academics, among others.

Their protocols basically ask working group members to be respectful and maintain confidentiality.

Coun. Helen Miller was skeptical that any anti-bullying measures would work if educational officials weren’t on board.

“Anything we’ve tried to do with bullying over the years has not worked because the teachers and principals have not been on board. And that’s where it all starts. When children get bullied, they go to the principals and they say the principal isn’t doing anything. They need to be involved.”

She suggested elected council get superintendent Travis Anderson on board.

“We’ve gotten too many complaints about bullying in our schools. We have to all work together if we want to try and fix things to make them better.”

SNGR accepted the anti-bullying task force’s terms of reference.

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New grant for filmmakers launched in honour of Jeff Barnaby

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TORONTO — Sarah Del

Seronde is a big believer in interrogating the word ``legacy,'' particularly as it relates to her late husband, the filmmaker Jeff Barnaby.

Seronde, who is also a filmmaker, said it feels strange to switch from being Barnaby's partner to talking about the impact of his work now that he's gone.

``His work is still continuing, so I guess the word legacy feels finite,'' she said.

Before his death in October, the 46-year-old had an outsized influence on Indigenous storytelling — and Seronde said that part of his work is ongoing.

Barnaby wrote, directed and edited the drama ``Rhymes for Young Ghouls'' and the zombie film ``Blood Quantum.''

Netflix and imagineNATIVE on Thursday announced the Jeff Barnaby Grant in honour of his contributions to Indigenous narrative sovereignty, genre film, and Canadian cinema.

Five Indigenous film and television creatives across Canada with productions at any stage in the horror, thriller and futurism genre will each receive $25,000 to support their projects.

The money comes from Netflix, while imagineNATIVE will co-ordinate the application, jury and selection process.

Seronde is among the jury that will select the recipients, alongside actress and writer Devery Jacobs and director and screenwriter Danis Goulet.

Before his death, Barnaby was one of the inaugural participants in the Advancing Voices: Netflix Canada Creator Program, an initiative for fostering the growth of under-represented storytellers.

Seronde said Barnaby, who had cancer for a year before his death, never got to finish his project once ``he went into the hospital and never left.''

She said Netflix approached her with the idea for the grant after she sought them to discuss if they would take a look

at the final version of his unfinished script, which Netflix says they haven't yet received but they're still open to discussing.

``I was floored by it — that the idea would honour his work,'' Seronde said. ``I think it's probably the most flattering way

a filmmaker can push forward their memory, by helping other filmmakers.''

Seronde adds this sort of grant represents the kind of opportunity that her husband rarely received, despite his drive.

``Other filmmakers would have taken a softer approach to storytelling, but that wasn't him. He did it with both the joys and the sorrows,'' said Seronde.

She said those two halves were part of why

she cherished Barnaby. While he grappled with heavy topics in his work, his playful side would come out as they watched ``Jeopardy'' together or had the occasional Samurai film night.

``It was such a pleasure

to spend time with him just in the way that we would interact, and it's the exact opposite of what he put up on the screen; we were at peace, and he was funny and emotionally complex.''

Coping with Grief and Loss

There is no shortage of news on death and deep loss. Everyday there are headlines that resonate with us.

There are many forms of grief but while grief is usually associated with death, it can come with any type of loss. The more unexpected it is, the more fear it creates as we feel increasingly powerless and helpless.

The grief associated with the loss of a loved one tends to be the most intense grief we experience. But it is also helpful to know that grief can occur with any loss we go through in our life, including relationship breakup; losing our health or career or finances; death of our pet; having a family member suffering from a serious illness; losing an asset of a sentimental value, such as family home.

Grief is a normal and natural response to loss, and all the above losses can create a lot of pain and suffering.

The grieving process is very individualized and personal such that everyone processes and experiences grief differently. Whereas some might feel better after a few weeks, others might need years to feel better. There is no set time. In all cases, it is important to cope with grief actively and not ignore it.

A variety of emotions are often experienced when we are in grief such as:

§ Being in shock

§ Feeling sad

§ Feeling angry

§ Feeling lonely, guilty or helpless

§ Fear and anxiety.

§ Feeling alone or that we won’t be able to cope are normal reactions.

We also often experience a variety of physical symptoms including a reduced immune system which can make us more vulnerable to illnesses, feeling weak, body

aches, nausea, reduced energy and fatigue, insomnia.

Most have heard of the “five stages of loss and grief” introduced by Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in 1969:

§ Denial and Isolation, where we tend to deny the reality and it becomes a defense mechanism to help us with the shock and the pain.

§ Anger that could be aimed at anyone or anything because of the emotional pain.

§ Bargaining occurs when as a result of feeling helpless, powerless and vulnerable we feel the need to take some control by asking ourselves if we could or should have done something differently.

§ Depression with associated sadness, worries, regrets, and loneliness.

§ Acceptance, which is about accepting the reality and recognizing that the new reality is the permanent one.

It is important to know that not everyone goes through those emotional stages and there is also no sequential order. However, it helps to know them in case we experience any of them, and to know that we are not alone and what we are feeling is normal.

Ways of Coping:

As part of coping, we need to accept our emotions and know that they are normal. Here are a few things we can do:

§ Connecting with others and seeking social support

§ Some people also find it helpful to turn to their faith for further coping

§ Searching for a meaning by creating a foundation or charity has also helped some moving through the grieving process.

§ Joining a support group to talk about our pain, our suffering and the loss and the emotions we experience.

§ Engaging in self-care such as trying to eat healthy meals and at regular times; engaging in some daily exercise (even walking for 15 minutes can be beneficial); engaging in proper sleep hygiene despite the insomnia you might experience; and refraining from unhealthy coping, such as with nicotine, caffeine or alcohol.

If the grief becomes very difficult to cope with, or you don’t feel better over time, or you develop major depression associated with grief, seeing a mental health professional would be recommended to further help you with the intense emotions and pain you are experiencing.

Signs of major depression associated with grief could include intense feelings of guilt, hopelessness or worthlessness; suicidal ideation; reduced psychomotor activity (slowing down of thoughts, speech or physical activity); inability to engage in our daily responsibilities or activities.

Complicated grief occurs when our grief worsens over time and we feel unable to move forward or to resume our daily life and activities and functioning. Some symptoms of complicated grief include: denial of the loss/death; imagining the loved one is alive and/or searching for the person; profound longing; avoiding anything that remind us of the loss. It is important to talk to a mental health professional if you experience any signs of major depression or complicated grief. It helps to remind ourselves that our loved one wanted us to move forward and not to get trapped into our suffering and pain and loneliness.

https://www.camh.ca/en/camh-newsand-stories/coping-with-loss-and-grief

Since 1997, Six Nations Mental Health Services has been helping teens and adults overcome mental health challenges such as depression and anxiety with treatment programs designed to help patients understand the causes, cope with the symptoms and take back their lives. Take the first step today. Call Six Nations Crisis Line: 1-866-445-2204.

Each year, millions of people struggle with clinical depression.

Expecting consensus in everything will further divide us

believing just one thing and one way.

On the local Six Nations political battlefield there is a hundred years long war that is still waging: elected leadership vs hereditary leadership. Some see the implementation of elections within the Six Nations as a coup inspired by the Department of Indian Affairs, using community fault lines as an opportunity to depose an indigenous system of governance. Others will tell you they can see the need for the removal of an inherited, life long position of leadership restricted to only some of the male gender and only to those in certain families — marginalizing the entire female population and those with an interest in civic leadership and business acumen.

Whatever a person’s perspective is on the issue and however it has been approached throughout the years it has endlessly been promoted as a “divide”. You can hear it in the rhetoric about the difference of opinion on leadership. “This community is so divided” some will complain. Others will go further and say things like, “we all need to get together into a room and resolve our differences”.

It’s confounding — and its wrong. Differences and our diversities are the things that make our community so great. They should be celebrated, not condemned. And if we can learn anything from history — maybe we can shift the perspective away from conforming to everyone

Recently, we came across an old letter found in the Department of Indian Affairs archives from the Mohawk chiefs. It is undated and unsigned but the context of the letter, titled “A Speech from the Mohawks regarding religious denominations” is addressing the beginnings of the Methodist ministry at Grand River, which was starting up in the early days of our ancestors settling along the Haldimand Tract in the early 1800s and would have been around the time the Mohawks were still settled around the Mohawk Chapel.

The letter, is an appeal written to an unnamed authority but likely a leader in the church or Indian Department, claiming to be the consensus of all the chiefs of the Mohawk Nation at that time — asking for assistance in ending religious diversity by restricting what religious societies may minister among the people and naming the Church of England the only religious society permitted at Grand River.

For context, the Church of England was the religious society that set up the Mohawk Chapel and Mohawk Institute. And the Methodists were an emerging religious movement in the Christian faith that started around the 1780s and was taking root with those who were frustrated with the old Church of England, now known as Anglican, ways.

The Mohawks write in their letter, “Now, brother here this is our wish, that the two religious societies

should be but one; that the Church of England, which was first established amongst us by our King should be that, the only religious society.”

The letter goes on to say, “Our nation has embraced the faith of the Church of England, more than 100 years ago, and at length they have learned that it is the purest and best creed they can hold… It is now seven years since the Methodist society commenced amongst us, and up to this time it has only interrupted our peace.”

The letter outlines

that the introduction of the Methodist faith had brought about divisions amongst the Mohawks that were stalling the conversion hopes the Christian Mohawks had for their “heathen brethren” and that the removal of the Methodists would definitely be the answer to everyone joining hands and becoming united.

The letter begs the question — is our expectation/traditional standard of coming to a consensus an impossible task? Does it expect too much on the part of certain individuals to sacri-

fice their own autonomy and conform to a cultural standard under the guise of attaining peace? And if this was the necessary standard that was sustainable during wartime pre-contact — pre American Revolution — is it a practise we can retain from the old ways? Or is it time for something new?

The hereditary chiefs themselves moved away from consensus and voices from every clan being involved in governance matters. By 1870-1880 minutes from the Council show there were several motions put in play by the hereditary leaders trying to resolve the problem of consensus by dehorning other specific chiefs and reduce the number of people involved in community governance, and also to transition from the consensus decision making model to one ruled by a vote. That however, does not appear that it was successful. By 1894 there are still 70 hereditary chiefs on record as being a part of the Six Nations Council, though the chiefs do seem to have transitioned away from consensus and made at least some of their decisions in that era by a majority vote.

The struggles even in that first century of finding our footing as a community and as a people, post-genocide, starting over from scratch economically with just our memories to guide us politically and half of our people lost to death, starvation and sickness in the war — half of those still over in the United States. The expectation of finding consensus in the light of the trauma we and

our parents and grandparents at that stage of our community was maybe an impossible one.

Considering that, at that fragile stage of resettlement and trying to rebuild, faced with traumatic memory and poverty and exhaustion, we then had a new enemy growing in the shadows around us that was determined to marginalize and confine those who remained to a small reservation of Indians — how could our grandfathers govern effectively under those conditions?

It seems that the governance solution to centuries of strife among our people has always been to take efforts to force everyone to do the same thing. Clearly, that is not working. Clearly, it has only worked to fissure the community more and by human nature — we have all settled into diverse little pockets of systems of belief and family history.

Perhaps this is a good thing. Maybe the concept of consensus needs some loving care, framed in context with the incredible journey we have taken from the Mohawk Valley to the Grand River Valley — without the angry rhetoric of the things that have offended us muddying the waters.

It is time for the descendants of the warriors who built this place along the Grand for all of us to call home — to listen and learn from the mistakes of our grandfathers — take care to celebrate our diversity and embrace one another’s differences — and see where that takes us as a Nation.

NAHNDA GARLOW nahnda@tworowtimes.com

This undated letter from the earliest days of Six Nations was issued by the Mohawk Chiefs, and gives insight into the historical use of conformity as a social control mechanism. Is that good enough for our future?

Canada's $2.8 billion settlement with Indigenous Day Scholars is a long time coming

By Jackson Pind

Eleven years. That's how long it took the federal government to agree with 325 First Nations over the collective loss of language and culture suffered by Day Scholars in the Residential School system in Canada that existed between the mid 1800s until 1996.

Day Scholars were forced to live in Residential Schools but attended school during the day in nearby white communities.

While Day Scholars settled an individual compensation package for just $10,000 each earlier in 2022, this new agreement is specifically aimed at rectifying the systematic and forced removal of language and culture through these institutions.

Left out of original agreement

In 2012, members of the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc and shishalh Nation led by Shane Gottfriedson and Garry Feschuk launched a national class-action lawsuit for Day Scholars who were left out of the original Indian Residential School (IRS) Settlement Agreement (2006).

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission had already determined that abuse was suffered by students who were forced to attend Residential Schools at night, but nearby public schools during the day.

In ``The Survivors Speak'' section of the report, Emily Kematch who attended the Residential School in Dauphin, Man., which operated under this Day Scholars model at the time explained:

``It wasn't a good experience. `Cause this was my first time too, going to the white system with the white kids and we weren't treated very well there. We got called down quite a bit. They use to call us squ-ws and neechies, and dirty Indian, you know. They'd drive by in their cars and say awful things to us. Even the girls didn't associate with us, the white girls, they didn't associate with us.''

This institution was also where, the ``one recorded

prosecution for the abuse of Residential School students in Manitoba'' occurred. The TRC noted: ``In 2005, Ernest Constant who had attended the Dauphin school in the early 1960s and worked there in the late 1960 as a supervisor was convicted of indecently assaulting seven Dauphin students.'' Day Scholars experienced similar types of abuse as people whose experiences were included under earlier agreements, but it has taken over 16 years to receive some form of justice.

Decade-long court battles

Each one of the subsequent class-action settlement agreements has taken roughly a decade to unfold through the legal process:

- Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement (1990s ca.-2006);

- Indian Day School Settlement Agreement (2009-2019);

- and now the Indian Residential School Day Scholars Agreement (20122023).

Together these agreements represent the largest reparations paid to Indigenous people as a direct result of colonialism. However, each agreement has been earned through the dedication of survivors to fight these battles through court, not the generosity of the Canadian state.

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First Nations

Unlike the previous two agreements, this agreement finally allows for all 325 First Nations to decide themselves how the funding will revitalize their language and culture independently of the government.

Direct ownership of the funding will not funnel through law firms, or government bodies, but rather through the First Nations themselves. If officially settled at the end of February, communities will be provided an initial $200,000 followed by sustained payments over the course of the next two decades to support this revitalization through the hiring of staff, creation of learning centres or in any other way they see fit.

While this provides an opportunity to protect critically endangered languages, it only provides a small one-time compensation payment of $10,000 for eligible members.

Last January, these one-time-payments were opened, but the Gottfriedson class-action continued to fight for a separate band of funding for language revitalization efforts which was announced last week.

Defining moment

On one hand, this prevents the re-victimization of students who suffered through the Indian Residential School Settlement Independent Assessment Process. But on the other, it does not provide greater compensation to those who suffered the most.

This agreement also signals a defining moment for the Trudeau government to settle all outstanding claims against the Canadian state. The agreement's wording suggests that the government will be ``Fully, finally and forever'' released from collective harms suffered in Residential Schools.

It is not immediately clear if that same condition also falls on the churches in Canada who operated the schools and perpetuated the loss of culture and language along with other horrendous abuses. Last summer, The Canadian Press reported details of a 2015 agreement in which Canada agreed to ``forever discharge'' Catholic entities from their promise to raise $25 million for Residential School survivors. The discharge happened after Catholic entities raised less than $4 million.

In September 2021, in the wake of criticism, Canadian bishops pledged to raise $30 million by January 2027. In Nov. 2022, APTN reported $5.5 million has been raised to date and that the Canadian Catholic Church spent $18.6 million on the papal visit.

Apologize for all colonial schooling

Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's apology for Residential Schools in 2008 came before two of the three settlements against Canada.

Birds,

NAHNDA GARLOW nahnda@tworowtimes.com

A new study on birds and bats on the Six Nations Territory is underway by the Six Nations Wildlife Office.

“Aerial Insectivores are flying animals that exclusively eat flying insects, while in flight,” said Lauren Jones, Wildlife and Stewardship Manager with the Six Nations Wildlife, Lands

bats, and

the

and Resources department. “Quite often that will be birds that do a lot of swooping actions and eat the insects in mid-air. It’s very cool and very fun to watch.”

Aerial insectivore populations across North America are all declining in numbers due to the widespread use of pesticides.

“This means that a lot of them are listed as either special concern, or threatened or endangered in some cases,” said Jones.

bugs

they eat being studied at Six Nations

Some species are listed as endangered due to habitat loss but in the case of aerial insectivores — populations across North America are all declining in numbers due to the widespread use of neonicotinoids in agricultural practices.

Neonicotinoid insecticides are a type of pesticides used in agriculture to protect crops from various insects, that have been under scrutiny for the impacts they are having on devastating the population

of bees and other pollinating insects around the world.

Now — Six Nations Wildlife is launching a study in the community, working with Nature Canada, that would assess the population of aerial insectivores at Six Nations, note their habitats and numbers — and any other data that may help local ecologists protect the ecosystems that these birds, bats and insects support with their lives.

The study is looking at two different types of bats that are a species at risk, whipporwhils, barn swallows, chimney swifs and eastern wood peewees.

The Aerial Insectivores Study will take place simultaneously with an ongoing Ecological Land Classification study of the entire Six Nations Reserve already underway — looking at the vegetation, soil, wildlife and topography of the community.

Jones says that while there is data available on aerial insectivore populations around the Grand River watershed — there is limited information about the species found within Six Nations. Additionally, because of increasing habitat loss due to industry and development around all of Southern Ontario — Six Nations has become a refuge for a lot of the species-at-risk.

This, she says, makes it critical for Six Nations to take action to steward those habitats responsibly, document the species that are present on the territory and provide that information for community leaders, residents and business owners so they can take specific action to protect those habitats as well.

“The hope of the study is to be able to eventually quantify the threats to this population,” said Jones.

“There is data for all around Ontario that we can infer that some of it is here, but there is stuff that we found during the Ecological Land Classification study that, because we have all of this land and habitat and wonderful

environments on reserve that isn’t anywhere else in Ontario anymore — a lot of the information isn’t transferrable. The common stuff for sure but there is stuff we can find on Six Nations that you just can’t find anywhere else,” said Jones.

During the ELC study, Jones says that researchers were fascinated with the number of some of the more rare aerial insectivores that are on Six Nations that are not found anywhere else in Ontario, including the Eastern Wood PeeWees. Jones said, “It almost sounds like it’s saying it’s own name when it does it’s call, and all of our researchers were shocked that they were hearing them so much when you don’t really hear them anywhere else.”

Funding for the study is coming from Climate Change and Environment Canada.

Funding has been confirmed for the first part of the study that will look at the historical abundance and importance of aerial insectivores within Six Nations. That means that the Wildlife office is looking for help from traditional knowledge keepers and community members who can share stories about swallows, bats, and species included in the study.

The Six Nations Wildlife Office says anyone who is interested in helping with the study — by speaking to researchers who will be surveying the community — can reach out through the departments Facebook page or by calling them directly at 519-445-0330 ext 5430.

our ancestors.

Death, economic ruin and depopulation during the Sullivan-Clinton genocide against the Haudenosaunee

The Sullivan-Clinton Campaign against the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy in 1779 was a devastating genocidal attack against the Haudenosaunee people — the ends of which are still felt in Haudenosaunee communities to this day.

Although the Iroquois nations had officially declared neutrality during the Seven Years War between Britain, France and Spain — and the war concluded with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 — tensions were rising between British loyalists and American rebels along the Mohawk Valley around 1775 in what would soon become the Revolutionary War.

The British knew that they needed the help of indigenous warriors in order to fight. A Grand Council was called at Montreal between the British and as many “Canadian” Indians as they could rally. It was held in Montreal from July 26-29, 1775 and included 1700 Indigenous representatives — from the Caughnawagas, the Mississaugas, the Seven Nations of Canada (the Mohawks of Akwesasne, Kahnawake, Kanesatake, Oswegatchie; and the Abenakis, Mi’kmaqs and Hurons of Odonak, Becancour and Jeune Lorette) and the Six Nations Iroquois of the Mohawk Valley.

It was at this Great Council in Montreal, 1775, where Sir Guy Carleton, then Governor General of British North America, made a promise to all those nations in attendance. Joseph Brant said, “Upon our arrival there [Montreal], this conduct was approved of by Sir Guy Carleton, who, in a public Council, desired us to take up the hatchet and defend our country, and that any losses we might sustain by the war, he promised should be replaced.”

It was because of this promise made, guaranteeing the people would see restoration for any losses, that the Six Nations felt confident supporting the British in their war effort.

But the devastation of the Sullivan-Clinton genocide was massive.

In 2018, a study by Rhiannon Koehler outlined the economic impacts of the Sullivan-Clinton genocide against the Six Nations.

In June 1778, US Congress voted to allocate $932,743 toward the genocidal campaign against the Six Nations — an estimate 85% of the total US governments budget.

The campaign included a military mobilization against Iroquois and British people in the Mohawk Valley, but also included an initial propaganda blitz, including fake news stories about grotesque attacks carried out on American rebel families and villages that either never took place at all or were in some cases done by people in disguise, dressed as Iroquois warriors — creating a pandemonium of fear amongst the already war strained settlers in the Mohawk Valley.

In 1779, General George Washington brought together Generals John Sullivan, James Clinton, Horatio Gates and

Colonels Daniel Brodhead and Goose van Schaick to design a plan of attack to absolutely destroy the homes and lives of all of the Indigenous people of the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy in the Mohawk Valley.

One of the first attacks against the Confederacy came against the village of Onaquaga. Historical records show that the village was completely burnt to the ground by American rebel militas, destroying all but one of the houses there. Militia men are noted in the historical records as attacking the village, impaling young children in the village with bayonets and torturing them as they died.

In response, Haudenosaunee warriors and British soldiers raided the town of Cherry Valley and killed 14 people, captured 11 people and wounded 5.

In the propaganda coming out of the day however — the Cherry Valley event was promoted as ‘the most devastating massacre of the entire American Revolution’ while the genocide against Onaquaga, murder and torture of indigenous children there, along with the devastation of the homes and economy in that village was never quantified or publicized.

Early estimates of the population of Onaquaga prior to its destruction

homes of the Iroquoian people from April 1779 through to September 1779 a total of 16 separate days of destruction are recorded included the burning down of more than 579 houses, an indeterminate number of tents, and the burning of Cayuga castle. There are entire days that were spent by soldiers collecting and burning homes and crops, destruction of cheese, food storage facilities, wine and rum. In the Seneca town of Chenussio alone, 128 houses were set ablaze along with all of the contents within it.

icated to the collection of crops, seeds, farming implements and more and their subsequent burning and destruction.

On one day, 9 boatloads of vegetables and corn were taken from Haudenosaunee homes and given to American troops from a village under siege. Ten acres of crops there were then destroyed.

On another day, 200 acres of corn were destroyed along with orchards, gardens and 8 towns burned to the ground.

The death tally recorded is a grievous account.

are between 700-1000 people. Because of its location, southeast of the Finger Lakes on the Susquehanna and Delaware Rivers it was a central trading hub for the entire region and because that trading hub was controlled by Oneidas and Tuscaroras for over half a century it was a major stronghold for the Iroquois economy.

But by the time the Six Nations had fled the Mohawk Valley and sought refuge along the Grand River, the Onaquagas listed in the records of Sir Fredrick Haldimand from 1784 number just 162. Though it is not noted where the bulk of the Onaquagas went to after the American Revolution it is known that the Six Nations population was decreased by 50% by the end of the war — a direct result of the Sullivan-Clinton genocide. Anthony F.C. Wallace, an anthropologist who looked at the effects of the campaign against the Iroquois wrote that nearly 4500 people died in the campaign.

In 1779, 5036 Six Nations people had arrived at Fort Niagara as refugees fleeing the genocide. Through that winter, another 20% are estimated to have died due to starvation, freezing or illness.

The destruction of the

The lands and food destroyed in the campaign is noted across 18 days of dedicated destruction including the burning of all the cornfields and orchards at Onaquaga and 35,000 bushels of corn. That is enough corn to line the streets from the village of Ohsweken to Toronto.

The villages of Onoquaga, Chenago, Oswego, Big Flats, Oneida, Appleton, Delaware village, Conawauga village, Concuss, Kershong and more are noted as “destroyed”

Entire days were ded-

On July 27, 1779 over 121 Haudenosaunee people were killed. On October 6, 1779 over 200 Haudenosaunee people were killed.

In total, it is noted that the American military recorded the deaths of up to 580 Haudenosauee people. However the actual population losses are estimated to be up to 4500 Haudenosaunee people including those killed by the military, those who starved, who died during their escape to Fort Niagara and the starvation, sickness and more.

In 1778 the United States government dedicated 85% of their entire budget to the genocide against the Iroquois Confederacy. The economic losses of that war are still felt today in Haudenosaunee communities across Canada and the USA. GOV

Trucks must have electronic logging devices to track driving hours

Trucks and buses that travel between Canada's provinces and territories have been required since Jan. 1 to be equipped with electronic devices that log the number of hours drivers spend on the road.

Ottawa changed federal regulations to require electronic logging in 2019 and ordered provinces and territories to comply with the change by mid-June of 2021, then extended the deadline to the end of 2022. The electronic devices are to replace paper log books, a move officials say is safer and more efficient in preventing drivers from being on the road for dangerous stretches of time.

“It is critically important that drivers in the trucking sector have accurate logs to help avoid fatigue-related incidents,”

Nova Scotia Public Works Minister Kim Masland said in a recent news release.

In Nova Scotia, drivers

who travel within the province or within a 160-kilometre radius from their base will not be required to install one of the more than 55 types of certified electronic logging devices. Drivers who cross provincial boundaries; however, will have to comply with the new rule.

Nova Scotia says that Canadian truckers and bus

drivers have been required since 2019 to use the devices when travelling in the United States.

Chris McKee, executive director of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association, said in a recent interview that the majority of his organization's 320 members are ready for the change.

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Trucks must have electronic logging devices to track driving hours

“This is not new to the industry. I would say the good majority of our members are already using electronic logging devices,” McKee said. “But essentially the time has come and our fleet owners and individual owner-operators need to comply..”

McKee said that while the new rules modify how driving data is collected, not much else will change

for truck and bus operators.

“It's a much more efficient way for drivers to record their driving times,” he said. “It will help them be as accurate as possible, and it makes it easier and faster to track. It beefs up the rules around hours of service.”

Currently, long-haul drivers can only remain at the wheel for a maximum of 13 hours during a 24hour period and must have

a minimum of 10 hours of off-duty rest, McKee said, adding that they can't log more than 70 hours of driving time within a seven-day period.

Maritime Bus owner Mike Cassidy said his regional interprovincial service has been using electronic logging devices on its fleet of more than 100 passenger coaches for about the last three years.

“It was something we knew

we had to comply with so we adopted this a while ago.”

He said each of his company's buses uses a device that's activated when the vehicle is turned on, adding that the equipment tracks such things as driving and idling times, speed and instances when drivers need to quickly apply the brakes — known as “hard braking.”

“With the electronic

system it's the ease of (collecting) data,” Cassidy said. “The manual log book system was subject to error, whether intentional or unintentional.”

Under the rules, work shifts for bus drivers can be no longer than 16 hours in a day, including 13 hours at the wheel, two hours of rest and an hour for other duties such as bus inspections. Drivers then have to be off duty for a full eight

hours before returning to work.

Cassidy said the length of a shift is determined by a driver's route, adding that shifts are often less than 16 hours. Overall, he said, the move to electronic logging has helped Maritime Bus in its operations.

“The management of driver and equipment performance has made us more efficient,” Cassidy said.

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Ohsweken Bears and Six Nations Snipers lose momentum

Arrow make roster moves in Jr. A draft

SIX NATIONS — The Six Nations Jr. A Arrows recently made additions to their roster through some trades and the Jr. A entry draft.

Arrows were able to acquire left handed defensemen Kash Doxtator. The Oneida Nation resident, was chosen by the Kitchener-Waterloo lacrosse club in the in the 1st round of the 2021 entry draft with the 6th overall pick.

Known as a steady physical defender Doxtator still has three full seasons of junior lacrosse eligibility remaining and is expected to make things very difficult for opposing offensive players. Asked

his initial reaction when he found out he had been traded to the Six Nations Arrows, Doxtator said “I was pretty shocked, but very happy. I’m super excited for this season.”

The price to acquire Doxtator was not cheap as the Arrows sent K-W a 1st round pick in 2025, and second round picks in 2023, 2024 and 2028. The Arrows also received a 2023 2nd round pick in the exchange.

Arrows Director of Lacrosse Operations Delby Powless said, “We made some trades last year that were able to get us a number of second round picks, so we moved some of those additional picks to get Kash. We still have 1st and 2nd round picks in all of our drafts for the next five years, so we feel we are sitting in a pretty good spot moving forward.”

It was a busy week for the Arrows as they also made a deal sending left handed forward Notah Hopkins to the Oakville Buzz for a conditional 2nd round pick in 2027. Hopkins, a former 2nd round pick of the Arrows has spent the last few seasons in Jr. B with the Wallaceburg Red Devils. The Arrows also sent face off man Aiden Fearn, who is in his last year of junior eligibility to the Orangeville Northmen along with a 2025 2nd round pick. The Arrows received a 2025 1st round draft pick in the exchange.

The 2023 Jr. A entry draft was held at the Toronto Rock Athletic Center and the Arrows made two picks. Selecting defenseman Quinn Brennan from Windsor and forward Landon Jaeckle from Niagara-on-the-Lake.

Action packed weekend of Women's Lacrosse at ILA

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SIX NATIONS — Eastern Arena Lacrosse League games continued this past weekend, starting with a match between the Brampton Express and the Toronto Monarchs on Friday, January 28. The Express gave a surprise win to the Monarchs 13-11 at the Brampton Memorial Arena.

Later on Saturday, the Six Nations Snipers took on the Whitby Steelhawks at the Children’s Are-na. The game held an uneven score throughout.

The first period saw the Steelhawks continue in the lead in the first period, ending with a 0-4 lead with no responses from the Snipers. In the second, the Cheyton King opened scoring for the Snipers, followed by a long pause in goal earning as the Steelhawks pulled ahead 1-9.

The third period saw Nolan Fehr earn the only Snipers goal as the Steelhawks maintained a 2-14 lead. In the fourth, Haodais Maracle, Vernon Hill and Brent Longboat put singles away, but the deficit was too great.

The game ended with a final of 5-16 for the Steelhawks.

On Sunday, the Ohsweken Bears hosted a home game versus the Paris RiverWolves at the Iro-quois Lacrosse Arena.

The first period saw the first goal go to the RiverWolves, then a back and forth scoring scheme with two goals from Chris Attwood and Marvin Curry, giving a lead to the RiverWolves. This finished the period at 3-5 for the visitor.

Coming into the second, two goals were put up by the RiverWolves, with three consecutive answers by Danton Miller, Christ Attwood for his third and Kessler Doolittle. A single response

came from the visitor to close the period at 6-8 for the RiverWolves. In the third, Marvin Curry and Lucas Beaver steal two singles, with an answer from the RiverWolves. Later, Ryan Johnson and Jonah Mohawk put two away. Chris Attwood closed the period with his fourth to make the game a close 11-12 or the visitor.

In the fourth, Chris Attwood opened scoring with a single, making his fifth goal of the game, and Wayne Hill came through with a single. The RiverWolves maintained and this closed the game at 13-16, cinching a win over the Bears.

Chris Attwood was awarded a second place star for five goals, two assists, tallying seven points total for the Bears.

The next games for the Six Nations Snipers and Bears will take place on February 5, at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena from 1:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m., consecutively.

SIX NATIONS — Arena Lacrosse League games continued at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena from this past weekend, with the Snipers and Bears falling shy of wins.

SIX NATIONS — This past weekend, the Eastern Women’s Arena Lacrosse League continued with action packed games on Saturday, January 28 within the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. The day started with the 66ers taking on the Lady Bears, coming away with a win 5-2. Shortly after, the Lady Snipers took on the Lady RiverWolves and saw a steep loss 2-10. Later in the day, the RiverWolves took on the 66ers and came out with a loss 2-4. The final game of the day saw the Snipers take on the Bears and lose 7-2. The next matches will come to the ILA on Saturday, February 11 starting at 11:00 a.m..

CSSHL expands for Indigenous Sports Academy

By TRT Staff with notes from CSSHL.ca

The Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) has announced that its Board of Gover-nors has granted approval for six CSSHL member programs to operate new teams in the 2023-24 season after they received approval from their Hockey Canada Branches.

Currently in their first season in the CSSHL, the Indigenous Sports Academy (Saskatoon, SK) has been approved for a U15 team. ISA is currently operating a U17 Prep team during the 2022/23 season.

The Indigenous Sports Academy (ISA) is a high-performance hockey academy based out of Saskatoon, Sask. that focuses on providing Indigenous youth with a unique academic and athlet-ic experience.

Coeur d’Alene Academy (Coeur d’ Alene, ID) has been granted a U16 Prep team to complement their current U17 Prep and U18

Prep teams.

The North Shore Warriors (West Vancouver, BC) have been approved for both a U17 Prep and a Female U18 Prep team for the 2023/24 season. This expansion gives North Shore a full com-plement of teams on both the male and female sides.

Notre Dame (Wilcox, SK) and Pacific Coast Hockey Academy (Victo-

FSIN calls for Harvard hockey coach's resignation after reported racist comments

SASKATOON — The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations is calling for the resignation of Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey coach Katey Stone.

Stone reportedly made racist comments to players, including two Indigenous Canadians.

ria, BC) have each been granted a U15 team for the upcoming season, giving them a full complement of five teams on the male side.

South Alberta Hockey Academy (Medicine Hat, AB) has been approved for a U17 Prep team to go along with their U18 Prep and Female U18 Prep teams.

NLL Transactions for Week 10

By TRT Staff with notes from NLL.com

On January 17: The Albany FireWolves released Kyle Marr from the Practice Player List. The Georgia Swarm released Devin Pipher from the Practice Player List, signed Tanner Buck to a one year agreement, and placed Tanner Buck on the Practice Player List. The Las Vegas Desert Dogs released Tyson Roe from the Active Roster, placed Practice Player Griffin Hall on the Ac-tive Roster from the Practice Player List.

On January 18: The New York Riptide traded Callum Crawford to the Panther City Lacrosse Club in exchange for Colton Lidstone, Kevin Orleman, and Petey Lasalla, signed Brett Hickey to a one year agreement and have placed him on the Active Roster. The Panther City Lacrosse Club released Cam Milligan from the Practice Player List, placed Connor Sellers on the Short Term Hold

Out List from the Active Roster.

On January 19: The Albany FireWolves traded Adam Bomberry to the Buffalo Bandits in exchange for Practice Player Thomas Vaesen. The Albany FireWolves placed Connor Kelly on the Active Roster from the Short Term Hold Out List. The Albany FireWolves placed Practice Player Curtis Conley on the Practice Player List from the Active Roster and signed Corson Kealey to the Practice Player List. The Las Vegas Desert Dogs placed John Wagner on the Injured Re-serve List from the Active Roster, and placed Garrett McIntosh on the Active Roster from the Short Term Hold Out List. The Toronto Rock placed Dan Dawson on the Injured Reserve List from the Active Roster and placed Practice Player Josh Dawick on the Active Roster from the Practice Player List.

On January 20: The Albany FireWolves have traded Practice Player

Curtis Conley and their third round selection in the 2025 Entry Draft to the New York Riptide in exchange for Leo Stouros, have released Brent Mitchell from the Active Roster and have signed Brent Mitchell to the Practice Player List. The Buffalo Bandits have placed Bryce Sweeting on the Short Term Hold Out List from the Active Roster and placed Practice Player Joel Tayler (Mathews) on the Active Roster from the Practice Player List. The New York Riptide have placed Practice Player Curtis Conley on the Active Roster from the Practice Player List. ( maintain Practice Player Tag)

On January 21: The Albany FireWolves have placed Aaron Forster on the Physically Unable to Perform List from the Active Roster and have placed Practice Player Brent Mitchell on the Ac-tive Roster from the Practice Player List.

According to the Boston Globe, Stone accused players of lacking respect and that the squad was a group of skaters ``with too many chiefs and not enough Indians'' after putting a stop to a practice during the 202122 season.

``Racism has no place in our society or locker rooms. A place where we entrusted our First Nations young women would be free from abuse and racism,'' FSIN Third Vice Chief Aly Bear said in a statement.

``This abuse should not be tolerated by any university, especially a highly regarded institution such as Harvard University. I truly hope Harvard will stand with the Indigenous students and protect future students from this type of racist behaviour.''

Harvard did not immediately respond to a request for comment by The Canadian Press.

The two Indigenous players were Maryna Macdonald, from Ditidaht First Nation, B.C., and Taze Thompson, a member of Metis Nation Alberta and Okanagan Indian Band, B.C. Both have since left the team.

Macdonald, a junior starting defenceman at the time, told the Boston Globe that Stone looked her in the eye when she made the remark.

``I had learned to navigate a lot of her toxic environment,'' Macdonald said. ``But now she was disrespecting me and my family and my heritage in front of everybody.''

Thompson was the Ivy League rookie of the year in 2021-22.

Macdonald and Thompson are among 14 recruited players who have left Stone's program since

2016, including three this season, according to the Boston Globe.

Sydney Daniels, from Mistawasis Nehiyawak First Nation, Sask., is also suing Harvard for alleged racial discrimination related to Stone and the athletic department. The university has until Feb. 8 to respond to the lawsuit.

Daniels was the Crimson's team captain during the 2016-17 season and later became an assistant coach before departing from the program.

According to an FSIN release, Harvard conducted an internal review of

Stone's actions and chose to retain the coach. FSIN also sent a letter to Harvard's athletic department to remove Stone from her post.

``Those phrases aren't just common sayings; they perpetuate negative attitudes towards Indigenous people, that we are less than others,'' said FSIN Fourth Vice Chief Heather Bear.

``Coach Stone should not remain in a position of power and be relieved of her role immediately, as she is passing down her hatred and negative views to another generation.''

New teams coming to the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. SUB

Racist comments by Katey Stone are prompting calls from across Canada to see her removed from her position.

New comedy show premiering on APTN

The Feather News will be streamable on APTN lumi this February

Comedic duo Shawn Cuthand and Danny Knight say making audiences laugh until they cry helps them listen better to the serious themes present in TV shows like APTN’s latest pseudo-newscast, The Feather News.

The Feather News is a comedy show that parodies media and government from an Indigenous perspective. Featuring Knight, Cuthand, Ryan Moccasin and Muskwa Lerat, the series gives audiences a fresh take on current news shows. Through the six sketchbased episodes, the news team tackles hot topics including false claims of Indigenous identity, protests, systemic racism, social media activism and more.

“We like to soften them up with humour before we really punch them in the gut,” said Cuthand. “When you make someone laugh they kind of let their guard down. Then when we hit them with the issue they are more likely to accept our message behind it.”

The Feather News is set to premiere on APTN lumi

on Feb. 14. Knight and Cuthand are the two hosts. Moccasin is the executive producer and Cuthand is also a producer.

“Each episode revolves around an Indigenous

“Another episode deals with the casino industry and how non-Indigenous people will say all of our money comes from casinos. That is not true as Indigenous people have several different economic revenue streams.”

The two comedians agreed that laughter is healing to Indigenous nations all across the North.

issue. We have one that deals with Indigenous people and the RCMP. We hope people learn how we are unfairly targeted and the struggles that come with that,” said Knight.

"Laughter is medicine. Laughter is one of the things that make Indigenous people so resilient. We can take the worst of times and find some sort of humour and breathe a little bit of joy in that,” said Knight.

The Feather News began as a blog put together by Moccasin as a writing exercise. He asked Knight and Cuthand to help film its first few web videos. Knight thought the content was good enough to be an Indigenous daily show — a blend of The Dave Chapelle Show and The Daily Show.

“Because of how much the narrative out there isn’t in Indigenous hands I thought it should be an Indigenous daily show. We are all funny guys and we all kind of know if we are out there being serious, people would tune us out. Because that’s what happens with Indigenous messages. So doing it with comedy people might listen.”

Knight describes his character as a little bit shocking. According to him, audiences are likely to ask themselves, “Is this guy serious or just super dumb?” Cuthand’s on-air persona — Shawn Loosemoose — is going to be his take on an uncle that still wants to party and hang out with all the cool youth.

“That’s kind of what we’re going for,” said Cuthand.

The six-episode series is written for everyone and for all ages, despite an online disclaimer letting know viewers should expect strong language

and content that may be offensive.

“I’d say it’s written for everyone,” said Knight. “Definitely Indigenous people because we’re talking about Indigenous people but at the same time we’re also sharing a bit of the experience so non-Indigenous people

can understand. We also do it with the intent to make people laugh so if you’re a white person thinking, ‘Should I be laughing?’ Yes, you should be laughing. It’s OK to laugh because we’re the ones who are in control of the voice.”

Comedian, Host and Producer Shawn "Loosemoose" Cuthand. APTN

Shawn Cuthand and Danny Knight are the new faces of APTN’s latest comedy show, The Feather News, premiering on Feb. 14. APTN

Comedian and Host Danny Knight. APTN

“Soften them up with humour before we punch them in the gut,” said Comedian and Producer Shawn Cuthand.

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Jukasa Studios sees four artists bring in Juno nominations

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TORONTO — Juno nominations are in and four projects by Canadian artists that worked with Jukasa Studios on Six Nations of the Grand River are nominated.

First, Canadian rock band ‘Alexisonfire’ has been nominated for Best Rock Album of the Year for their latest release, ‘Otherness’. It is the fifth studio album from ‘Alexison-

fire’ and comes 13 years after their last full-length album. It was recorded at Jukasa Studios on Six Nations of the Grand River and is another nomination for the studios award winning recording engineers Darren Magierowski and Jill Zimmerman. ’Explosions’, the new album from ‘Three Days Grace’ is also nominated for Best Rock Album of the Year. Magierowski and Zimmerman have production credits for that album as production engineers. The band’s 2018 release,

‘Outsider’ was a project worked on with Jukasa’s team and saw a Juno win for Rock Album of the Year.

Hamilton native and iconic Canadian blues artist Harrison Kennedy has been nominated for ‘Thanks for Tomorrow’ in the Blues Album of the Year category. Magierowski and Zimmerman are credited for that album as engineers as well. The production duo also saw a Juno win in 2016 for their

work with Kennedy on the ‘This Is From Here’ album. Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are nominated for ‘O Glory’ in the Contemporary Roots Album of the Year. The band includes Lee Harvey Osmond, better known as Tom Wilson, an indigenous musician from Hamilton who was featured in the biography ‘Beautiful Scars’ — describing his mothers removal from her home reserve of Kahnawake and growing up not knowing

about his Mohawk heritage until he was an adult.

“We’re pretty excited — hard work pays off,” said Magierowski, who will be attending the Junos this spring in Edmonton as a part of the Alexisonfire stage production during the live broadcast show.

Jukasa Studios opened in 2009 and was a vision for supporting the arts and music on Six Nations of the Grand River by late businessman, Ken Hill, who passed away in January 2021.

Magierowski says that all of the studios accomplishments and the growth in those artists need first to be attributed to that vision.

“We are very thankful. I have to first and fore-

most thank Kenny Hill for making such an amazing spot, believing in us and granting us the opportunity to do all of this. That is where it starts. We still want to be thankful for him for giving us the opportunity to do this, and being so generous to create this space. None of it would have happened without him.”

With the most recent nominations the studio is now boasting a list of 14 Juno nominations. There have been three Junos awarded for work by Jukasa’s engineering team — Harrison Kennedy in 2016, julytalk in 2017 and The Sheepdogs in 2012.

Halluci Nation music featured for new Apache character in Fortnite

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Award-winning Indigenous electronic duo The Halluci Nation is celebrating the opportunity of a lifetime with the launch of a collab with Epic Games.

Halluci Nation’s music is the featured theme for a new Apache character in Fortnite, one of the worlds most famous video games. The character, Massai,

is featured in Fortnite Chapter 4’s Battle Pass and gets unlocked when players reach tier 11.

“If you know us then you know that we are avid gamers and making video game music has always been on both of our bucket lists. So when the opportunity came up to work with Epic Games we quickly jumped at the chance. What makes this even more exciting is that we were asked to work on music for this brand new character

because he’s Apache and really done right,” wrote the group on their Instagram.

“Nyáwęh to the Fortnite creatives over at Epic on the collaboration and helping us make our dreams come true!”

The Halluci Nation includes members Ehren "Bear Witness" Thomas of the Cayuga nation and Tim “2oolman” Hill of the Mohawk nation, formerly of A Tribe Called Red.

In 2012 the group took the Polaris Music Prize for their debut album ‘A Tribe

Called Red’.

In 2017, their debut album as the group’s new journey as ‘The Halluci Nation’, ‘We Are The Halluci Nation’ won a Canadian Independent Music Award for Album of the Year and a Much Music Video Award for video of the year with their incredible track "R.E.D." (ft. Yasiin Bey, Narcy & Black Bear). The following year they won the Juno Award for Group of the Year.

The Halluci Nation is Ehren "Bear Witness" Thomas (Cayuga) and Tim "2oolman" Hill (Mohawk). THE HALLUCI NATION

Screenshot of the new character, Massai, who is an Apache character, in Fortnite 4.

EPICGAMES

Jukasa is celebrating their 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th Juno nominations this week with the announcement of four nods from projects worked on by their engineering team, seen here with Three Days Grace. DM

Engineer Darren Magierowski is half of the production team along with Jill Zimmerman, with Jukasa Studios. DM

Jukasa Studios was founded by the late Six Nations businessman Ken Hill, who began the studio in 2009 to support the arts at Six NAtions. JKSA

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Change

the Bill exhibits in Toronto

Indigenous women empowered to make history on Canadian banknotes

Canadian banknotes have featured Indigenous people only a few times in the last 150 years. The Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC) launched Change the Bill, an art project set to promote reconciliation by commissioning Indigenous artists to redesign the $20 bill featuring Indigenous women.

“Despite playing a crucial role in shaping the country's history and culture, Indigenous women have been historically excluded from mainstream representation. It is imperative that Canadians prioritize and amplify the voices of Indigenous women in mainstream media and representation,” said the NWAC in a Jan. 23 release.

The Local Gallery in Toronto hosted an exhibit from January 20 to 28 showcasing the reimagined $20 bills. The art served to highlight Indigenous women's heroes and provide an

opportunity to highlight the talents and contributions of Indigenous women. Prints of the artwork were available for purchase for $20 with 100 per cent of proceeds going to the artist.

Indigenous people have been shown on Canadian bills as part of the Scenes of Canada series, circulated between 1969 and 1979 and the $2 bill showed Inuit men readying their kayaks. The $10 banknote in 2017 showed James Gladstone — the first Indigenous person to serve in the Canadian Senate.

"Change The Bill is not just about placing an Indigenous woman on a banknote. It is about recognizing the contributions and significance of Indigenous women in Canada and creating a more inclusive society. Educating future generations about the contributions of Indigenous women and fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of their significance creates a more just and equitable society for all Canadians,” said NWAC CEO Lynne Groulx.

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Here are the artists and the women they selected to be featured in the art project.

Mando Littlechild chose Sarah Burnstick, Alexandra Beals chose Rita Joe, Anna Heffernan chose Elsie Knott, Jennifer Faria chose Glenna Simcoe, Tracey Metallic chose Margaret Pictou, Adrienne Assinewai chose Josephine Mandamin, Annette Sullivan chose Mother Earth, Claire Shannon-Akiwenzie chose Autumn Peltier, Laura Deiter chose I am His, Jasmine Chowace (Caffyn) chose Shina Novalinga and Pam Cailloux chose Sisters.

For more information and to purchase artwork, visit the Change the Bill website at changethebill. ca. Follow the campaign on social media using #ChangeTheBill and @NWAC_ Canada on Instagram.

The NWAC is a national Indigenous organization representing political voices of Indigenous women, girls, two-spirit, transgender and gender-diverse people in Canada.

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Gaęna’ Teacher for Kindergarten to Grade 12

Gaęna’ Teacher for Kindergarten to Grade 12

Gaęna’ Teacher for Kindergarten to Grade 12

Posting Period: Until filled

Posting Period: Until filled

Posting Period: Until filled

Location: Kawenní:io/Gawęní:yo Private School

Location: Kawenní:io/Gawęní:yo Private School

Iroquois Lacrosse Arena -upstairs, Six Nations

Location: Kawenní:io/Gawęní:yo Private School

Iroquois Lacrosse Arena -upstairs, Six Nations

Start Date: ASAP

Start Date: ASAP

Iroquois Lacrosse Arena -upstairs, Six Nations

Annual Salary: Based on Education and Experience

Start Date: ASAP

Annual Salary: Based on Education and Experience

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Annual Salary: Based on Education and Experience

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Under the supervision of the Principal, the Teacher’s performance will be considered to be synonymous with the school policies and procedures.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

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Under the supervision of the Principal, the Teacher’s performance will be considered to be synonymous with the school policies and procedures

Under the supervision of the Principal, the Teacher’s performance will be considered synonymous with the school policies and procedures

• Prepare and administer lesson plans on the speeches, songs and dances in both Mohawk and Cayuga language, assess students progress, plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of language instruction to include cultural curriculum adaptations/ language inclusion.

• Observe and evaluate students’ performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.

• Prepare and administer lesson plans on the speeches, songs and dances in both Mohawk and Cayuga language, assess students progress, plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of language instruction to include cultural curriculum adaptations/language inclusion.

• Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.

• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of gaena program

• Prepare and administer lesson plans on the speeches, songs and dances in both Mohawk and Cayuga language, assess students progress, plan and conduct activities for a balanced program of language instruction to include cultural curriculum adaptations/language inclusion.

• Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.

• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, and revision of gaena program

• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development,

• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development,

• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.

• Collaborate with other teachers and administrators in the development, evaluation, revision of gaena program

• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.

• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities

• Organize and lead activities designed to promote physical, mental and social development,

• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities

Qualifications – Education A Bachelor of Education/or equivalent. Member of the Ontario Teacher’s College an asset.

• Attend professional meetings, educational conferences, and teacher training workshops in order to maintain and improve professional competence.

• Plan and supervise class projects, field trips, visits by guest speakers or other experiential activities, and guide students in learning from those activities

Qualifications – Education A Bachelor of Education/or equivalent. Member of the Ontario Teacher’s College an asset.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities – Be knowledgeable of the Hodinohso:ni/Rotinonhsion:ni culture. Be proficient in speaking the language. Be knowledgeable in the use of multiple computer applications

Qualifications – Education A Bachelor of Education/or equivalent. Member of the Ontario Teacher’s College an asset.

Please submit your resume and cover letter, recent police check including vulnerable sector and all supporting documentation, together with the names of two professional references by email to: cecileakiwenzie.12 @gmail.com Human Resource Coordinator. Niawen.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities – Be knowledgeable of the Hodinohso:ni/Rotinonhsion:ni culture. Be proficient in speaking the language. Be knowledgeable in the use of multiple computer applications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities – Be knowledgeable of the Hodinohso:ni/Rotinonhsion:ni

Be proficient in speaking the language. Be knowledgeable in the use of multiple computer applications

Please submit your resume and cover letter, recent police check including vulnerable sector and all supporting documentation, together with the names of two professional references by email to: cecileakiwenzie.12 @gmail.com Human Resource Coordinator. Niawen.

Please submit your resume and cover letter, recent police check including vulnerable sector

JACE

KOBLUN

JOB POSTING

Posting Period: January 19

February 3, 2023 @ 4:00p.m.

Position: Executive Director

Location: Woodland Cultural Centre

Job Status: Full Time Permanent

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours/week

Salary Range: $67,000 - $87,000/annum

SUMMARY

Under the policy direction of the Board of Directors, the Executive Director shapes and oversees the vision, mission and mandate of the organization as per the Woodland Cultural Centre Constitution.

The Executive Director establishes organizational priorities, ensures the highest level of financial oversight, administrative processes and procedures, sound staff management according to best practices and employment legislation. The Executive Director takes leadership in setting directions for policy development, fundraising, strategic planning, branding and marketing, community engagement, programming and relationships with support communities. The Executive Director will lead the important work around the Mohawk Institution restoration along with setting strategic leadership for a capital campaign.

The Executive Director leads and represents the Woodland Cultural Centre (WCC).

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Executive Director (ED) is responsible for the development and implementation a strategic plan and related vision, mission, mandate in support of the WCC’s Constitution. The ED is responsible for the planning, financial, staff, site, and programme management flowing from the strategic goals. The ED ensures the effective management of the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Education related to arts/cultural management, business management, public administration, or museum studies and 5 years of senior administration.

- Proven ability to develop and implement a strategic planning process.

- Senior knowledge of financial management systems, industry policies and practices.

- Extensive knowledge of human resource legislation and staff management best practices.

- A track record of strategic approaches with proven results related to fundraising (private and public sector).

- Senior level experience working with a Board of Directors and community stakeholders.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

All applicants for this position should submit a cover letter, resume, and three references. Preference will be given to applicants of Indigenous heritage. Closing Date: February 3, 2023 at 4:00 pm

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR FULL JOB POSTING AND SUBMISSION PROCESS

ONTARIO FIRST NATIONS (2008) LIMITED PARTNERSHIP FINANCE OFFICER

Ontario First Nations (2008) Limited Partnership (OFNLP2008) is seeking a qualified individual to fill the position of Finance Officer.

OFNLP2008 is a special entity that was established in 2008 to distribute funds that it receives from the Province of Ontario to the First Nation Partners. OFNLP2008 also manages and directs several major initiatives as mandated by the First Nation Partners. OFNLP2008 is a major, high profile organization among Ontario First Nations and operates in a highly dynamic environment. OFNLP’s 2008 head office is located on the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation territory, southwest of Hamilton, Ontario.

The Finance Officer fulfills a key support role within the Finance Department within the organization.

Under the direct supervision of the General Manager, the Finance Officer provides and performs a variety of professional accounting and bookkeeping work. Responsible for technical mathematical calculations and preparation of fund distributions, keeping of statistical and financial records associated with distributions and ancillary schedules and documents, prepares for presentation monthly and quarterly financial statements, prepares and assists year end audits, among other related financial/ accounting duties.

Candidates must have completed the twelve (12th) grade and have three (3) years proven experience in an organization performing duties comparable to those of a Finance Officer; and

The Ideal Candidate will hold a CPA Designation;

• Successful completion with a Diploma or Certificate from an accredited business school/college or university with a high concentration of curriculum in financial accounting, management accounting, applied bookkeeping and business mathematics at advanced levels;

Candidates must have proven experience and be highly proficient and skilled in Sage 300 ERP;

• Candidates should be highly proficient and skilled in Excel with Vlookup and Pivot table knowledge. Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, etc);

Candidates must be able to provide own transportation and willingness to utilize own vehicle as needed in connection with employment and be willing and able to travel;

Candidates should also be aware of and have respect and sensitivity for Aboriginal culture, heritage, traditions and protocols;

• Compensation for this position will be commensurate on and is subject to candidates education, training, qualifications, skills, and experience;

• Candidates must be able to work 37.5 hours per week (9:00am to 4:30pm), Monday to Friday.

A detailed Job Description is available and should be reviewed

While we thank all qualified candidates for their interest, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Interested persons must submit a resume and covering letter with two current letters of work references, no later than Friday, February 3, by 12 Noon.

Ontario First Nations (2008) Limited Partnership

New Credit Commercial Plaza 78 1st Line Road, Suite 204

HAGERSVILLE, Ontario. N0A 1H0

1-800-208-0884

905-768-7557

Fax 905-768-7667

Attention: Randy W. Sault, General Manager

Email: rsault@ofnlp.org

For Further Information, please visit www.ofnlp2008.org or call 1-800-208-0884

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY For Grand River Post Secondary Education Office

LOCATION: Ohsweken

POSITION TITLE: Receptionist/Clerk

DETAILS OF EMPLOYMENT: Full time employment

JOB SUMMARY:

The Grand River Post Secondary Education Office (GRPSEO) is a very busy office environment that necessitates multi-tasking by all staff and for duties to be carried out in a professional manner consistent with a team approach.

The Receptionist/Clerk with the GRPSEO reports to and is directly responsible to the Director of Post

Secondary Student Services

QUALIFICATIONS:

 Must have a diploma in Office Administration and 1 year of experience in an office environment.

 Must have strong communications skills both verbal and written in an office environment.

 Must be knowledgeable of computer software (for example, MS Office) and internet.

 Must be able to function in an automated office environment.

 Must be able to maintain a system where files can be accurately and efficiently retrieved by all staff.

 Must be able to organize and prioritize responsibilities to complete tasks in a timely manner.

 Work collegially with co-workers and clients while maintaining confidentiality, organizational integrity, and responsiveness to client needs.

 Submission of satisfactory Police Check.

 Must be bondable.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to organize tasks and manage time effectively with high level of attention to detail

 Ability to process high volumes of documentation with accuracy and in a timely manner.

 Be dependable, flexible, and take initiative when necessary. (i.e.: work flex hours as required).

DUTIES:

 Answering telephone and directing calls to proper department

 Logging all mail and distributing

 Maintain and update mail/phone/fax logs

 Provide information on how to apply for educational assistance

 Maintain Scholarship information

 Update social media platforms

 Other assignments as time permits

SALARY: To be determined dependent upon qualifications.

CLOSING DATE: February 24, 2023 by 4 pm

Applicants must submit their resume with (3) recent reference letters by:

e-mail to Justine Henhawk-Bomberry, Director of Post Secondary Student Services at: justineb@grpseo.org or drop box located at the front entrance of the office located at 2160 Fourth Line Road, Ohsweken or by mail to the:

Attention: Director of Post Secondary Student Services

GRAND RIVER POST SECONDARY EDUCATION OFFICE

P.O. BOX 339, OHSWEKEN, ON N0A 1M0

Job Posting: Indigenous Recruitment and Admissions Specialist

The Indigenous Recruitment and Admissions Specialist supports both Indigenous Student Services and the Indigenous Health Learning Lodge and conducts key activities related to recruiting Indigenous learners to McMaster. This role supports Indigenous learners during the application and admissions stage by receiving inquiries, liaising with other offices, and sharing opportunities for new students. This role collaborates with community and campus partners to plan and implement innovative strategies that attract and welcome more Indigenous learners to McMaster. Candidates must be Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) and have extensive Indigenous community development or partnership building experience. Candidates are invited to share information in their cover letter about their Indigenous ancestry and relevant experience with Indigenous communities.

Unit/Project Description: Responsible for attracting Indigenous applicants to the University through a variety of centralized recruitment efforts, programs, and initiatives. Delivers information to Indigenous students at events and through digital media platforms to promote the various faculties and specific programs. Develops strategies and policies that serve to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the University’s strategic recruitment and admissions.

Job Summary:

• Develop creative methods for raising the profile of the University’s graduate and undergraduate programs in Indigenous communities.

• Conduct an annual needs assessment and write a business plan, which includes the development of recruitment, admission and strategic plans and objectives.

• Research and conduct analysis of best practices domestically and internationally targeted at Indigenous students.

• Advise the University on strategies to make it more attractive to potential Indigenous students.

• Develop and deliver presentations to potential applicants, families, and guidance counsellors.

• Visit Indigenous communities across the province, and occasionally other provinces, to recruit students. Provides program information to graduate and undergraduate applicants.

Purpose and Key Functions:

• Plan and coordinate a variety of events and activities such as campus tours, recruitment fairs, workshops, and high school visits.

• Establish strategic links with appropriate stakeholders as it relates to the University’s recruitment and admissions strategy and student needs.

• Conduct surveys of newly admitted students and analyze data to evaluate the effectiveness of various activities and processes associated with the transition to campus.

• Develop a marketing plan including brochures, pamphlets, posters, and event flyers that provide information on available Faculty programs, scholarships and awards and student services.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field of study and 3 years of relevant experience. This position requires a valid G-License as some travel is required to communities where transit is unavailable.

Apply/full job description:

https://hr.mcmaster.ca/careers/current-opportunities/

SIX NATIONS COUNCIL

SIX NATIONS AND NEW CREDIT

The GREAT Job Board is brought to you by Employment Ontario and Service Canada. Only local positions are posted in the paper. For more positions in the surrounding area, visit our job board at www.greatsn.com! To apply for funding, book your intake appointment with an ETC by calling 519-445-2222 (Toll-Free long distance at 1-888 218-8230 or email us at info@greatsn.com.

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Free Workshops

FREE Workshops for Adults

Reading Circle Tuesdays (Feb 7 – Mar 28)

An interactive reading program while learning about Haudenosaunee legends. Starts with basic reading skills and activities to become more confident.

Independent Learning Wednesdays (Feb 8 –Mar 29)

Supported online learning with access to computer and internet. Various subjects to choose from such as: Personal Health and Wellness, Introduction to Forensics, Explore a career in Truck Driving AZ/DZ.

Digital Thursdays (Feb 9 – Mar 30)

Introduces the basics of working on a computer or laptop. Designed for beginners needing basic computer skills for work, learning and life.

All workshops are 1pm – 3pm 2160 Fourth Line

To receive more details about each of the workshops or to register, please call the Achievement Centre: 519-445-0023, ext. 6902, text: 519-757-5989 or email: angel@ snpolytechnic.com

Forestry Services

In Loving Memory

Sherry Lynne Montour

December 29, 1965 - February 4, 2021

Understand a person’s fate is not the thing she fears

But rather sadness left behind your heartbreak and your tears.

So all my Love, I will dry my eyes yes, it is wrong that I should grieve for you would love, my courage more and you would want, me to believe.

In Loving Memory

Mom

Recovery Meetings

Recovery is a Process

(Feb. 4th and Feb. 18th Meetings)

This a 12 Step Recovery Christian based Meeting (Breakfast Included). This program is a workbook study (book is available to purchase) that will teach the practical application of the foundational steps to stable recovery and healing from addictions. Breakfast starts at 8:30am and the meeting is from 9am -11am at St. Luke’s Church basement. Please come with an open mind to share your journey and to strengthen your recovery from addictions. Meeting will be every 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month. Typically runs for 14 weeks. Meetings will be held at St. Luke’s Church basement between 3rd & 4th Line. Contact DorothyLee 778-997-1923.

Clarence Everett Jacobs 1933-2021

were called home January 29, 2021

Wife Ruby

Free Workshops

FREE Workshops for Adults

Reading Circle Tuesdays (Feb 7 – Mar 28)

An interactive reading program while learning about Haudenosaunee legends. Starts with basic reading skills and activities to become more confident.

Independent Learning Wednesdays (Feb 8 – Mar 29)

Supported online learning with access to computer and internet. Various subjects to choose from such as: Personal Health and Wellness, Introduction to Forensics, Explore a career in Truck Driving AZ/DZ. Digital Thursdays (Feb 9 – Mar 30)

Introduces the basics of working on a computer or laptop. Designed for beginners needing basic computer skills for work, learning and life.

All workshops are 1pm – 3pm

2160 Fourth Line

To receive more details about each of the workshops or to register, please call the Achievement Centre: 519-445-0023, ext. 6902, text: 519-757-5989 or email: angel@snpolytechnic.com

You

I hold you close in my heart, So loved, so missed, Until we meet again.

KING: Errol “Poppa”

May 4, 1954 - January 25, 2023

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of a most kind-hearted and giving soul, Errol “Poppa” King began his final journey on Wednesday January 25th 2023. Devoted and loving husband of Jackie, loving father to Crystal, Connie, Toolie (Maggie), and Brennan (deceased).

Predeceased by his parents the late George and Ida Mae King. Loving brother to Kathryn Rose (Melville Simcoe), Vicki (Kim Jamieson), Tony, Valarie, Clynt and Clydie, late brothers Ronnie, Robin, Henri, Billie, Gene, Kenny, late sisters twins Judith and Jewel, and infant sibling. Loving brother-in-law to Blake (Alice), sisters-in-law Vivian, Barbara (late Melvin), Julie, late brothers-in-law, David, Carmen, late sisters-in-law Jessie, Catherine, Doris. Special Uncle to all nephews and nieces. Best Poppa ever to Tyler (deceased) Nickie, Dustin, Taylor (deceased) Kristeen, Kaitlyn, Kendrew, Keyara, Jordan, Evan and chosen grandson Trav Smith. Great Poppa to Macy, Tyleigh, Tayten, Tessa, Myiah, Marious, Theodore, Taisley, Lily, Haley, Hahs, and Hyio. Resting at his home 2874 Mississauga Rd, New Credit after 4PM until 7PM, on Thursday January 26, 2023. Friday January 27 visitation from 2 to 6PM. Funeral service will be held on Saturday January 28, 2023 at 11:30AM at the New Credit Community Centre 659 New Credit Rd. Cremation to follow. Arrangements by Hyde & Mott Chapel, Hagersville. www.rhbanderson. com. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Six Nations Food Bank.

Always in our hearts, never forgotten

TURKEY SHOOTERS DONATE TO FAMILY IN NEED

On January 28th we had a fundraiser for the six children who had recently lost their mother in a tragic accident. The shooters want to send their condolences to the Martin and White families. In order to have this shoot, several community members and businesses stepped up and donated cash and prizes. We would like to thank all the people who donated and they are:

Big Six Gas & Variety - David, Chiefswood Gas - Missy, Little Buffalo Store & Gas - Jaime, KT Gas & Convenience - Cindy & Ken, Oasis Gas & Variety - Val, Lonewolf Fireworks - Jonathan & Darlene, The Puff Hut - Fergie, Middleport Mechanical, Les RV, Art Porter, Joe Loft.

Also all the shooters who donated food baskets and the ladies who put on the lunch. Special thanks to GUNN the host. My apologies if I missed anyone.

NyaWeh, Cecil K. Davis

Fraser-Trapper (O’Toole): Jolene Anne Wilma

July 22,1991 - January 26, 2023

Loved mother to her precious children Kaylie, Sophia and Declan. Daughter of Vicky Fraser and Gordon Trapper (Priscilla). Granddaughter of the late Wilma and Alton Fraser, Dorothy and Bert Trapper. Sister to Travis, (Randi) Berton, Elizabeth, Trevor (Erin), Thomas (Ashley), Lindsay (Darren), Justine (Tyler). Auntie to Jazz (Wens), Madison (Hannah), Josy (Oliver), Shayla, Shawn, Logan, Lavada, Rowyn, Lincoln, Keanan, Keiran, Aiden, Leland, Georgia, Kendall, Trey, Tyler Jr., Tom G, Khamdyn, Emiya. Great Auntie to Omree and Anora. Sadly missed by many Aunts and Uncles. The family will honour her life with visitation at Styres Funeral Home, 1798 4th Line, Ohsweken on Sunday from 6-8 p.m. where funeral service will be held on Monday January 30, 2023 at 11 a.m. Cremation to follow. www.rhbanderson.com

Thank You

The family of the late Jean Johns wishes to express our appreciation to the staff at Iroquois Lodge, West Haldimand General Hospital palliative care, Community Support PSWs, The Alzheimer Society, Catherine Ormond and Darlene Quinn for their kindness and compassion shown to our mother. Our family would also like to thank our friends and family for their kind words, also for the food donations as well as donations to the Lodge.

Also, a big thank you to Yogi’s for the use of the building and Lana Henhawk for the catering.

Nia:weh to all The Johns Family

CLUES ACROSS

1. Shed tears

5. Luxury jewelry designer

10. Goddess of wisdom

12. Convert into a particular form

14. Working-class people

16. It borders Canada (abbr.)

18. A princess can detect its presence

19. Red-brown sea bream

20. Defunct retail empire

22. Vase

23. Demeter’s equivalent

25. Monetary unit of the Maldives

26. French and Belgian river

27. Small amount

28. High schoolers’ test

30. Animal’s foot

31. Some is red

33. Per __: each

35. Swedish jazz pop duo

37. Plate for Eucharist

38. Train line

40. Russian pop duo

41. Stake

42. Plant by scattering

44. Female sibling

45. City of Angels hoopsters (abbr.)

48. Popular cookie brand

50. Group of Niger-Congo languages

52. A team’s best pitcher

53. Vomits

55. 19th letter of Greek alphabet

56. Men’s fashion accessory

57. Its capital is Pierre (abbr.)

58. Expensive cut of steak

63. Popular James Cameron film

65. A __: relating to knowledge gleaned from deduction

66. Kids’ snow toys

67. Flip side to yin

CLUES DOWN

1. Global public health agency

2. Snake-like fish

3. Midway between northeast and east

4. Dabbed

5. TV show

6. Folk singer DiFranco

7. Canadian flyers

8. Of the dowry

9. Commercial

10. The act of imitating

11. Equipment used to broadcast radio or TV signals

13. Lands of an emir

15. Swiss river

17. Island

18. Monetary unit of Afghanistan

21. One who surrenders under agreed conditions

23. Garfield is one

24. A baglike structure in a plant or animal

27. Small boats used in the Black Sea

29. Small savory Spanish dishes

32. Body part

34. Touch lightly

35. Popular grilled foods on a stick

36. __ Hess: oil company

39. Antelope with a reddish coat

40. Pharaoh of Lower Egypt

43. Pink Floyd’s Roger

44. Short and thick

46. Small, sac-like cavities

47. Performer __-Lo

49. Entrails of animal used as food

51. __ King Cole, musician

54. Where construction is done

59. Chap 60. Investment vehicle

61. Often mixed with tonic 62. Holiday beverage egg __ 64. Against

ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, it’s important to focus on progress and not necessarily on money that can be made. See what you can learn along the path you choose.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21

You have high hopes that your efforts will be well received this week, Taurus. Before you move full speed ahead, run your ideas by a trusted group of confidantes.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21

You don’t learn by getting things right all of the time, Gemini. A few mistakes along the way provide an opportunity to grow and figure out new ways to do the job.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22

Cancer, distractions seemingly abound this week and your head isn’t in the game. While you can get away with a few oversights here and there, too many can be problematic.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23

Leo, someone in your life is looking for a pep talk and you are just the person to provide one. Listen to the problem at hand and offer this person some solid solutions.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22

Virgo, you could be at a crossroads in your life. You are pondering many different scenarios, and now is the time to solidify plans for the next few weeks.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23

If you made a career change recently, you may be discovering that the payoff isn’t quite what you expected. Fulfillment is essential, so give some thought to new pursuits.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22

Scorpio, it is not like you to feel adrift, but that could be the situation right now. Latch on to one activity or person that brings you joy. Focus on the positives in life.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21

Sagittarius, family members want to spend more time with you, so plan for the extra company. Have a few extra snacks on hand and make sure the house is orderly.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20

Your tendency to want to tackle things all on your own could have you pushing others away, Capricorn. Accept others’ willingness to pitch in.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18

Aquarius, there has been a lot on your plate and many thoughts swimming through your mind. A quick getaway could be what is needed this month.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, you have a few offers on the table, but could be having trouble narrowing down your preference. Bring in a third party to help.