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Alberta Premier meets with Treaty 8 Chiefs ALBERTA – On Feb. 19, Alberta Premier Jim Prentice and Treaty 8 chiefs formalized an agreement for negotiations over six issues raised by the chiefs, including education, health, environment and land use, child welfare, missing indigenous women and consultation on resource development.

Prentice said ministers from the various involved departments are set to participate in each set of talks, reports a CBC article.

The issues being discussed have been the subject of legal disputes, court cases and judicial reviews over the years.

In fact, one of the main sources of conflict has been the federal government’s plan to centralize and control how companies work with First Nations on development.

Prentice has pledged to hold meetings with all the province’s treaty chiefs on March 13th as part of a process to reform several areas of concern for indigenous

Winnipeg group seeks Indigenous School Division

time as Brad Badiuk, a Winnipeg high school teacher, is being sued for posting racist remarks about First Nations people on his Facebook page.

Sanderson said the schools would be opened to indigenous and non-natives students, precisely to prevent future cases like Badiuk’s from becoming a reality.

WINNIPEG – A group of educators in Winnipeg have identified 29 schools that could become part of a new Indigenous School Division within the city, which would add indigenous languages, culture and traditions to the current academic curriculum.

Children of the Earth High School and Niji Mahkwa School are two schools already including an indigenous focus within the Winnipeg School Division. However, Bill Sanderson, one of the group’s educators, said Winnipeg has one of the largest indigenous populations in the country and would therefore benefit greatly from more such schools.

The initiative is being proposed at the same

THUNDER BAY – Beginning in 2016, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay will incorporate indigenous education into its curriculum, effectively making it mandatory for every student to learn about native culture and issues. The idea is to inspire spirited and opened discussions about racism in order to find solutions to it.

Yolanda Wanakamik, co-ordinator of graduate and external relations with the office of aboriginal initiatives, explained that what students will learn about indigenous culture will be tailored to their main subject of expertise, according to a

people. This comes at a crucial time for Alberta, as it tries to sell its energy resources abroad while the dire living conditions of indigenous peoples in Canada continues to receive international attention.

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CBC article. This means they will learn aspects of indigenous life and culture that will not only be useful in their careers, but which will also help them understand native culture in order to coexist peacefully and respectfully.

The fact that the program is mandatory makes it unique, said Wanakamik, and according to her estimates, Lakehead might be the only university in Canada to offer such an experience.

FSIN brainstorms solutions to violence against women

SASKATOON – On Feb. 19, the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) held a meeting in Saskatoon’s Indian and Métis Friendship Centre to discuss solutions to the problem of violence against native women. Some of the solutions proposed included increased access to health and education, as well as the ever-present need to address poverty. Women who could not attend were encouraged to submit their ideas through an available sur-

vey option.

The meeting precedes the AFN’s national roundtable on the issue of missing and murdered indigenous women, which it will hold at the end of the month in Ottawa, reports the CBC. Kimberly Jonathan, Interim Chief of the FSIN, said the point was not to undermine the AFN’s roundtable but to cooperate with its efforts to finding solutions and putting a stop to the problem. She added that any and every such discussion and meeting is a step in the right direction, and is important to help victims to not be seen as just another number, but as loved family and community members.

Ecuadorian indigenous groups seek dialogue ECUADOR – Representatives from various indigenous grassroots groups in Ecuador made a call on February 23rd to engage in direct dialogue with the national government, rejecting the confrontational approach that one of the country’s national indigenous organizations has taken on an eviction

issue dating back to December of last year.

The issue stems from the fact that the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), was evicted from a building that has been on loan to them since 1991 by the government. Rafael Correa’s leftist government had found and shown video evidence the organization was illegally using the building for political rather than organizational purposes, according to a TeleSur English article.

The indigenous grassroots representatives, some of whom are former members of CONAIE, stated that they believe dialogue will be more conducive to actual results.

Among some of the proposed discussion issues by the grassroots representatives were bilingual education, land reform, and the struggle against racial and ethnic discrimination. They also proposed more genuine inclusion of indigenous peoples in the state’s administration, as well as a native grassroots political platform to be developed in time for the 2017 presidential elections.

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Tobacco seizures decrease despite high profile arrests

By Tim Groves @TimMGroves A number of well-publicized arrests for tobacco smuggling took place in the lead up to the passage of new laws criminalizing the trafficking of contraband tobacco. However, the amount of tobacco seized in Ontario and Quebec during that time actually decreased from the previous year, according to an internal RCMP report.

On April 30th, Police announced they had dismantled a Tobacco smuggling network in which members of the Italian Mafia sold tobacco to manufactures in Kahnawake. The Mounties coordinated with Quebec’s provincial police and border officials from Canada and the US in the operation, which saw 35 arrests and the confiscation of 40,000 kg of Tobacco.

The operation made headlines across Canada, but despite the news coverage, the RCMP actually had a 14% decrease in the number of tobacco seizures made in the first half of 2014, compared to the same period the previous year, according to a report acquired through an Access to Information request.

A spokesperson for the Mounties said that while they “welcome tools and the laws to facilitate their work,” the RCMP “does not time arrests to influence the legislative process.”

“Success in the area of prevention is not reflected via number of seizures,” added the spokesperson in an email to Two-Row Times.

The report, by the RCMP’s Contraband Tobacco Unit, speculates, “Outreach initiatives, particularly in the Cornwall/ Akwesasne area could be having an effect on local demand for contraband tobacco products.”

Another reason for the decrease cited in the report is a focus on organized crime, as “these investigations tend to be lengthier and generally lead to fewer products seized [but] disrupt higher levels of the distributions chain within the il-

licit tobacco market.”

The RCMP told Two Row Times that, “A recent increase in domestic tobacco crops, may also partially account for a decrease of cross-border seizures, as some domestic crops may be diverted to the illicit market.”

As the U.S. increases taxes on tobacco, the contraband cigarette market is expanding there, as well, and a greater share of U.S.-grown tobacco is remaining south of the border. This has led to an increasing amount of Ontario-grown tobacco ending up in untaxed cigarettes here in Canada.

However, the RCMP document notes, “The average size of each finecut tobacco seizures has decreased, but that the number of events has increased.” One factor contributing to this trend is explained by reports received by the RCMP that, due to lower cost of finecut tobacco, “manufacturers in Kahnawake are finding it more profitable to purchase fine-cut tobacco transiting through Akwesasne rather than already-made cigarettes.”

Quebec and Ontario combined accounted for the bulk of Cigarette seizures in Canada between January and October 2014. In this region, the RCMP confiscated 12.4 million cigarettes, 75% of the total across the country.

Although there was a decrease of cigarettes seized in these two provinces, the amount of tobacco apprehended in other parts of the country increased.

The Maritime Provinces saw 2 million individual cigarettes seized,

13% of the total. A million of those cigarettes were apprehended on March 3, 2014, by a Cape Breton,

Nova Scotia-based RCMP unit.

In the North West Region, which includes

Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, just under 2 million cigarettes were confiscated, 11% of the total.

950,000 cigarettes were seized on January 22, 2014, in a joint operation between the RCMP and Manitoba Finance, which was assisted by the Dakota Ojibway Police Service.

In the Pacific Region, the RCMP confiscated only 14 bags of 200 cigarettes.

The report speculated that the amount of Tobacco seized would increase in the second half of 2014 as the RCMP has reallocated resources to create a 50 member

Anti-Contraband Force, and as Bill C-10 neared royal assent, the RCMP were working “to develop training for front line members who will be additionally tasked with enforcement of the proposed amendment to the Criminal Code.”

It is not clear if the amount of tobacco seized did, in fact increase, as the Mounties declined to provide any statistics beyond those acquired through an Access to Information Request.

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Detailed Design and Class Environmental Assessment Study Rehabilitation of Highway 24 from Brant Road 5/Blue Lake Road to Glen Morris Road, County of Brant MTO Project Reference: G.W.P. 3065-11-00 THE PROJECT The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) retained Stantec Consulting Ltd. to complete a Detailed Design and Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) Study for the rehabilitation of Highway 24 from Brant Road 5/Blue Lake Road to Glen Morris Road, in the County of Brant, as shown on the key plan.

The rehabilitation project will include: • Pavement rehabilitation on Highway 24 for approximately 4.7 km and widening of the existing lanes to meet current MTO highway design standards; • Drainage improvements including ditching and rehabilitation/replacement of culverts; and • Minor driveway grade modifications to accommodate the pavement rehabilitation.

Access to and from Highway 24 via McLean School Road will be temporarily closed to facilitate culvert replacements. Highway 24 will remain open, with sections of single lane flagging, for the duration of construction.

THE PROCESS This study was initiated as a Group ‘B’ project in accordance with the Class Environmental Assessment for Provincial Transportation Facilities (2000). A Public Information Centre (PIC) was held on Wednesday, January 21, 2015 to provide an opportunity for the public to review the proposed improvements and the construction staging and traffic management plan.

Based on information collected and comments received during the screening process, it has been determined that this project will not result in any significant adverse environmental or property impacts. Therefore, this project is eligible for step-down to a Group 'C' project and an Environmental Screening Document will be prepared to document the study. This report will be maintained on file with MTO. COMMENTS This notification identifies the 30-day review period in which affected parties may request to MTO that the project remain a Group ‘B’ project.

Public consultation is very important and will continue through direct correspondence with the Project Team. We welcome your feedback and request comments by March 25, 2015.

Mr. Adam Barg, P.Eng. Consultant Project Manager Stantec Consulting Ltd. 200-835 Paramount Drive Stoney Creek, ON L8J 0B4 tel: 905-381-3216 (+0 collect) fax: 905-385-3534 e-mail: adam.barg@stantec.com

Mr. Kane Erickson, P.Eng. Project Engineer Ministry of Transportation 659 Exeter Road Exeter Road Complex, 3rd Floor London, ON N6E 1L3 tel: 519-873-4565 toll-free: 1-800-265-6072 ext. 519-873-4565 fax: 519-873-4600 e-mail: kane.erickson@ontario.ca

Information collected will be used in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. If you have any accessibility requirements in order to participate in the project, please contact one of the Project Team members listed above.

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Six Nations teacher in running for Miss Indian World

By Nahnda Garlow A young woman from Six Nations is running for Miss Indian World at this year’s Gathering of Nations Pow Wow in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Summer John is Wolf Clan of the Cayuga Nation from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.

This April she will compete with young indigenous women from across the Americas in public speaking, traditional presentations, dance and a written essay to determine who will take the ambassador role and the crown for 2015-2016.

John is a Grade Two teacher at Oliver M. Smith Kawenni:io Elementary School on Six Nations of the Grand River.

There have been a number of Haudenosaune competitors for Miss Indian World since it’s beginning. Two Six Nations women have carried the title; Tia Smith (Schindler) in 2002-2003 and Dakota Brant from 2010-

2011. Another Haudenosaune young lady, Cassie Thomas of the Seneca Nation, held the title in 20052006.

In 2013, two other Haudenosaune competitors – Brittany Clause and Jesse Brant – held the first and second runner-up titles.

One of the requirements for participating in the Miss Indian World pageant is that each competitor must sell raffle tickets. If you would like to support Summer’s

journey to become Miss Indian World you can purchase tickets from her. There are 18 prizes including a $100 Amex gift car, Men’s Pendleton Shoes, Turquoise and Amethyst Necklace Set, a Child Star blanket and more.

Tickets are $2.50 Canadian and $2.00 American. You can contact Summer or her family for tickets by emailing summer.john23@gmail.com.

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Six Nations science stars

By Nahnda Garlow

The Six Nations District Science Fair was held at Emily C. General school last week. Elementary students from across the territory in Grades 6-8 who earned top marks at the school level gathered together to show off their discoveries in science.

The results of the 2015 Six Nations District Science Fair are as follows:

Cultural Connection Awards

Future of Mother Earth Angelina Bomberry Traditional Knowledge - Chantel VanEvery and Darrien Bomberry Mother Earth - Mia Martin and Mackenzie Miller

Grade 6 3rd Place - Gracie Hill & Aiyanna Johnson 2nd Place - Brooklyn Montour & Ryan General 1st Place - Jason Squire Grade 7 3rd Place

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Julianne

Bailey Hill and Brennan Lickers won Best In Show for the highest mark overall on their science project. PHOTO BY NAHNDA GARLOW Blackbird 2nd Place - Mackenzie Miller & Mia Martin 1st Place - Bailey Hill & Brennan Lickers Grade 8 3rd Place - Denver Jane 2nd Place - Jason Hill 1st Place - Angelina Bomberry Best in Show - Bailey Hill & Brennan Lickers

Winners will be given the opportunity to

participate in the Bay Area Science and Engineering Fair at the end of March. This four day competition is open to students from Hamilton, Halton, Haldimand Norfolk, Brant and Six Nations from grades seven through twelve. Top winners from the BASEF 2015 Science Fair are eligible to go on to compete at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

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MMIW the tip of a volcano of violence

By Thohahoken Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper claims that an inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) is not necessary, that MMIW is a policing matter and derides calls for an inquiry as ‘sociology.’

I agree with Harper that MMIW is a police matter.

But not for the same reason.

On Valentine’s Day across Canada, marches and vigils were staged to convince the Canadian government to call a full judicial inquiry into over 1,200 murdered and missing Indigenous women (MMIW).

Near the Six Nations Indian Reserve 60 miles south of Toronto, Indigenous people participated in marches and a flashmob at a nearby

shopping mall, supported by non-Native people.

One Six Nations woman who carried a sign at the MMIW march agreed that there was something suspicious about the way her niece died. She entered care, and without any warning died.

“This is bigger than just the murdered women,” she said.

The MMIW case is the tip of an underwater volcano of violence against Indigenous women.

The anecdotal evidence from Six Nations’ people alone, points to mistreatment and misdiagnosis by the medical system that has lead to many deaths.

Over the years families described how their mothers have perished. They don’t know what happened but she seemed fine, went into

the hospital and died.

There are many stories in the territory that have similar endings.

In Canada, Indigenous health care has been the responsibility of the federal government. This means that every medical record is in the possession of Health Canada, the federal agency based in Ottawa.

The Canadian federal government should call for a full RCMP investigation into the medical records of every Indigenous woman across the continent who has died under care since records have been kept.

There is no doubt that once Indigenous people tell the story about suspicious deaths and have these matched to the medical records an even darker story will emerge.

EDITORIAL This week all across Canada people will be wearing pink shirts as an emblem to raise awareness about bullying - and to take a stand against it.

Using a Good Mind is a part of our Haudenosaune culture. Last fall we shared the message with all our friends that part of using a Good Mind means standing up to bul-

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MMIW: Victims and families deserve better

By Deputy Grand Chief Denise Stonefish We live in a world where 1,200 of our Indigenous daughters, mothers, sisters, aunties and friends have gone missing or been murdered since 1980. A world where our justice, health and social service systems are failing these women and girls every single day.

Our missing and murdered women deserve more, and we need to continue to demand more for them. Whether solutions look like an inquiry, improved access to services, or an inside look at our justice system - what we do know is that the status quo is failing.

In our demands for improved outcomes, we need every advocate and ally we can find who is willing to stand with us. We need a chorus of people – Indigenous and Canadian alike - from coast to coast, supporting solutions for this vital work.

What we don’t need, however, is an abuser attempting to rebuild his damaged reputation by attaching himself to this cause.

Last week, suspended Senator Patrick Brazeau lies when you see them in action.

We would like to encourage all Six Nations businesses, families and friends to participate in anti-bullying activities and awareness.

Reach out to one another and encourage other First Nations people to work together to end lateral violence in our communities.

Stand up when you are being bullied. Stand

announced he was looking to volunteer with the Assembly of First Nations or the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples on critical issues in Indigenous communities, including missing and murdered women.

We know that many of our women go missing or are murdered as a result of domestic and sexual violence. Indigenous women in Canada are three times more likely than non-Indigenous women to report being a victim of a sexual crime and four times more likely to be murdered.

Meanwhile, Brazeau himself has been charged with sexual assault, assault, uttering threats and more, and will face trial at the end of March.

While I understand that Mr. Brazeau has a right to his day in court, and I believe in the rehabilitative nature of volunteer work, I find it seriously troubling that as an accused abuser, he thinks it is appropriate to advocate for and work with victims and their families. Our women and girls and their families need safe, sacred spaces to heal in. Bringing someone accused of violence and still undergoing rehabilitative work into those safe spaces is dangerous and hypocritup when someone else is being bullied and we just might turn the tide so we can all overcome the reign of the bully together.

Good minds stand up for those around them.

Good minds stand up and tell bullies to stop.

Good minds stand up when no one else will.

Good minds stand up and refuse to react to anger with anger.

Good minds stand up for

ical.

If Mr. Brazeau truly cared for our missing and murdered women and their families he would instead focus his efforts on healing and ending violence inwards, and not out in the community where his presence could cause further harm to those who have already lost so much.

The safety and healing of victims and their families must be paramount throughout any work we do in this area. We must not allow abusers to lead solutions when they themselves are directly contributing to underlying problems.

ABOUT AIAI AIAI is mandated as a Provincial Territorial Organization (PTO) to defend and enhance the Aboriginal and Treaty rights of our seven member First Nations. Our member nations include: Batchewana First Nation, Caldwell First Nation, Delaware Nation, Hiawatha First Nation, Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, Oneida Nation of the Thames, and the Wahta Mohawks. Learn more at www.aiai.on.ca, on Twitter @AIAI_comms and on Facebook. those who can’t.

Good minds stand up even when they are scared.

Good minds stand up and band together.

Good minds stand up and are stronger together.

Good minds stand up and speak the truth in love.

Good minds stand up for what is right.

Good minds stand up to end bullying.

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Letters to the Editors

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Celebrating the life of Rocky Tobicoe Dear Editors, Rocky Tobicoe was a band member of New Credit. At one point in his life he had his own renovation/construction business and had done quite a bit of work on the reserve. He had been involved in the archeological digs lately and had really enjoyed that. He started as a digger and progressed to become archaeological coordinator for the archaeological monitors. This was one of his passions in life, preserving the heritage of our people. With his help and Dale Sault’s support, they made the program the force it is today. He is missed.

He and RoseMarie had recently bought property in the Scotland area and had been doing extensive work on it.

His passions of late were woodworking and working with, no pun intended, rocks. He had built himself workshops and had built RoseMarie her

painting studio, as well.

Rocky was ill and had been admitted with lymphoma to Juravinski Hospital in Hamilton just before Christmas. This cancer was very aggressive and subsequently he passed and started on a new journey Jan 29, 2015.

He is survived by his 3 beautiful children, David, Wade, and Jade, as well as a precious granddaughter, Aveya, and step-children, Stephanie, (Jeremy) and Emma, Tré. His love and passions will continue to live on with them.

In the interim, my Aunt Rusty had suggested a benefit spaghetti dinner. She organized and hosted this dinner at her place. We had dinner and draws. The support shown was fabulous. We would like to thank everyone for their support, especially the cooks! And a very special thank you to Aunt Rusty for the suggesting and hosting of the event. Our mother, Rose Marie, was very appreciative, as was his RoseMarie and his children.

We are planning a Celebration of Life for

Rock on Feb 28 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Cremation has taken place. We would like to welcome all to New Credit Community Centre at 659 New Credit Road.

Come share your adventures, anecdotes, and stories of Rocky with us.

There will be music, singing, dancing, food and a joyous time will be had by all. Should anyone have any memorabilia such as photos please feel free to bring those along with you. There will be plenty to share amongst all.

Donations to the New Credit Day Care, or the charity of your choice.

Best wishes only.

Thank You The Tobicoe Family

Councillor Miller on new tobacco law This is in response to the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chief’s Council (HCCC) approval of the draft “Haudenosaunee at Oswe:ge Tobacco Law.” The press release issued by the HCCC reads “…the HCCC strives to work in unity with all

people of Six Nations….”

Rubbish I say!

Just a few months ago Kris Green, spokesperson for the Haudenosaunee Trade Collective (HTC), went to a monthly HCCC meeting asking that a chief accompany Green to Ottawa to do a presentation on Bill C-10.

Chief Toby Williams told Ms. Green if she wanted the HCCC’s support she was to have nothing to do with or even talk to Elected Chief Ava Hill, who was also slated to do a presentation. This should have been a wake-up call as to how far down the wrong road the HCCC has travelled.

The HCCC talks about unity and working together but yet the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) was not asked to participate in the discussions or drafting of this draft tobacco law. In fact the SNEC has not even been given a copy of the draft law to review. A while back when SNEC asked the HTC to update full council on the tobacco law, Green said we would have to attend the

HCCC’s monthly meeting for an update. Green did invite elected Chief Hill and me to attend the HCCC monthly meeting at the request of Chief Allan McNaughton. Of course I questioned why Chief McNaughton didn’t ask us himself or through the Council Secretary which I understand is the proper protocol.

For reasons unbeknownst the draft “Haudenosaunee at Oswe:ge Tobacco Law” (HOTL) will not be released to the general public. Instead the draft law can be “viewed” by contacting a clan mother or a chief. What’s the big secret? Are the clan mothers and the chiefs schooled to answer any questions a person might have? Or is this just an exercise in reading?

The last time I asked the Haudenosaunee Resource Centre for a list of the clan mothers there were only 13 names on the list and not one was from the Mohawk Nation.

Is that because the HCCC doesn’t recognize the Mohawk clan mothers? Or

is that because the HCCC continues to diminish the roles and responsibilities of the clan mother?

In my mind before the HCCC gets into making laws for our territory and our citizens they need to work at rebuilding the traditional system. We all know the traditional system as it is today is broken and dysfunctional. There should be 50 condoled chiefs on the benches when there are only about 35 chiefs and some of those are just bench warmers. We don’t know who all the clan mothers are. Many people don’t even know their clan.

As well a lot of people believe the Code of Handsome Lake which the HCCC swears by was developed from a religious perspective. How can the HCCC function as a government without all the Mohawks on the bench and without the acknowledgment of all the Mohawk clan mothers?

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COLUMN: Luv, Respect & Defiance

The path of the Native Inmate Liaison Officer

By Bubzy Martin NILO is the jail term abbreviation for Native Inmate Liaison Officer, the go-to person when it comes to smudging, deaths in the family and other miscellaneous matters in the incarcerated Native community. There are always a litany of issues when it comes to Native offenders. A lot of us suffer premature deaths and substance abuse issues stemming from the evils inflicted – and still being perpetrated by – the colonial system.

A good NILO worker needs a strong backbone because it’s definitely a struggle to promote Native rights inside the

walls of various institutions in Canada and the United States.

Institutional racism runs rampant in the court and jail system. Couple that with poorly treated prisoners and guards and problems abound.

To quote a veteran jail guard, “There’s no difference between me and those slaves that built the pyramids in Egypt.” The monotony of the daily grind is a good set up for problems. The system is designed not to work.

So the NILO must navigate the waters of a system based on a society that grudgingly accepts Native practices but doesn’t want to accept we’re still here and go-

ing strong. I’ve witnessed this a lot and have been in my own confrontations with institutions and NILOs with “you deserved it” or “If you don’t like it, quit coming to jail” attitudes.

It’s not that simple.

These are people that have been heavily abused and suffering from generational trauma. These individuals are hurt to their very spirit.

I’ve known men whose sisters committed suicide and when they were in segregation, they were told they should commit suicide, too. Talk about evil slavers kicking you when you’re down.

So what are the good NILOs making headway

doing? They’re going with the grain but against it at the same time. They are advocates for the betterment of the people.

When the guards don’t come get us for Native programming, they inquire as to why they aren’t bringing us. Bringing like-minded people to do pipe ceremonies. Generally having the indigenous heart of compassion for the downtrodden.

I can only speak for myself and the gratefulness I have every day for the Creator for showing the Haudenosaunee the real, natural great way. I love my culture, I love my Nation first before myself, and that is what being a warrior is all about.

The good NILO embodies that. They are rooted to the earth, and when your roots run deep like the mighty oak tree, no storm of life can rattle you. The good energy flows through your body from the spirits into the world.

The Creator works through goodhearted people that aren’t afraid to stand up and be heard, that listen to their Ohnikonra – the voice within their heart, which we are all born with.

The help of a good NILO could be the difference between life and death in these places.

People die in here all the time – most from a broken heart.

The NILO has ears.

The great Haudenosaunee NILOs I’ve met really help a lot. The up-and-coming NILOs should always love the red men and women no matter how difficult things get. They should always be a kind face in a dark world. They should challenge the indoctrination of the status quo.

With the population explosion in Canada amongst the red people, the flooding of the territory with drugs and hate, there will be a dire need of good NILOs with strong roots and spine. Think Indian, think Earth. There is no stopping the Great Law.

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Inuit rights case to be heard in Toronto

By Warren Bernauer TORONTO – A Federal Court challenge to offshore seismic surveys by the Inuit of Clyde River will be held in Toronto on April 20, 2015.

In 2011, a consortium of geophysical companies submitted a proposal to the National Energy Board (NEB) to conduct seismic surveys off the coast of Baffin Island, Nunavut. The proposal was met with firm opposition by the Inuit of Baffin Island.

Through petitions and statements at public meetings, residents of several communities made their opposition clear.

The Hamlet Council and Hunters and Trappers Organization of Clyde River passed motions opposing the proposal. A meeting of all mayors from Baffin Island passed a resolution opposing the surveys.

Representative Inuit organizations and

land claims regulatory boards urged the NEB to withhold permission for seismic surveys until further studies were carried out.

Despite this near-universal opposition, the NEB approved the surveys in June 2014. The community of Clyde River responded by holding a rally and applying for a judicial review of the NEB’s decision. In November of 2014, a meeting of all Mayors from Nunavut

unanimously passed a resolution expressing moral support for Clyde River’s court challenge.

The Inuit of Clyde River are arguing that they were not properly consulted, and that the NEB did not properly consider environmental impacts of the proposal. The public relations campaign of the proponent appeared bumbling, as representatives failed to answer even the most basic questions

The community of Clyde River.

SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GROUP CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR: 1) Six Nations of the Grand River Economic Development ADVISORY COMMITTEE 2) Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation BOARD OF DIRECTORS 3) Six Nations of the Grand River Economic Development Trust TRUSTEE

Application Process The firm deadline for interested applicants to submit an application, resume and cover letter stating their qualifications is February 27, 2015 at 4pm. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

For the application package or to submit a sealed application, resume and cover letter, please contact: Board Secretary—Nicole Kohoko 2498 Chiefswood Road (Six Nations Tourism) 519-753-1950 nkohoko@sixnations.ca

about potential impacts of the surveys at NEB public meetings. The government also failed to accommodate the seemingly reasonable request of Inuit organizations to conduct further studies before approving seismic surveys in the region.

Follow the Two Row Times for information about solidarity actions and information events in Toronto leading up to the April 20 court date.

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Letters to Editors continued diction. To me the Tobacco Industry is too important to our community and to the livelihood of our people and to the financial wellbeing of our families for the HCCC to work in isolation.

Sadly, the same thing will happen with the HOTL that happened at the Land Rights table. When the SNEC left the land rights table after the HCCC started doing things outside of the table, the feds and province walked away too. Ever since then the province and the feds refuse to deal with our land rights because they say Six Nations is a divided community.

As long as the HCCC works in isolation of the SNEC the province and the feds will continue using the division against

us whether it’s about land or tobacco or some other issue.

Six Nations would have benefitted greatly to have the HCCC and the SNEC work together on this law. We could have taken the HOTL to both governments with a strong voice of true unity. Frankly speaking – and this is my opinion only – I worry the HOTL won’t be worth the paper it’s written on if the law is not endorsed by the SNEC. But then will I be expected to endorse a tobacco law where the SNEC has been excluded from all phases of the development? Not going to happen.

Councillor Helen Miller

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FEATURE COLUMN:

Sconedogs & Seed Beads

Surviving bullying made me strong

By Nahnda Garlow

For the first time in twenty years, this fall I went back to the school where I was bullied. As soon as I stepped into the front foyer, traumatic memory took over and that old familiar shadow of darkness began to fall over me.

A million thoughts ran through my head.

Memories I had long tucked away in the back of my brain. To my right I saw the bathroom, my old classroom and my old locker. A flashback filled my mind.

Suddenly I was eleven years old again. The hall was filled with kids laughing out loud, staring at me and pointing at a locker which was trashed and wide open.

Filled with dread I ran down the hallway. ‘God – please don’t be my locker.’

I prayed.

As I ran down the hall I passed my shoes and coat in a trash can. My heart sunk as I saw my homework notes strewn all up and down the hall.

My lunch was smashed, My books were destroyed.

Maxi pads and broken pencils were scattered across the floor. A cut up t-shirt lay beside my locker. My backpack was emptied, my things stolen and the bag drenched in juice and food.

“What? No! Who did this?” I shouted out to the other kids in the hall. But nobody answered. Everybody was staring at me.

They whispered to one another and turned face, leaving me alone, crying as I crawled up and down the hall on my knees gathering my things.

As I started my walk of shame toward the principals office clutching my juice drenched back pack, I noticed a group of girls gathered by the bathroom door. They saw me coming and ran away snickering. Defeated I slowly walked up to the door. There taped to the walls were photocopies of some of my private jour-

nal entries and notes to my friends.

Filled with rage I tore the papers off the wall.

“Go away!” I screamed at the top of my lungs. I ran into the bathroom a snotty mess. When I was finally alone I fell apart at the seams. “Who would do something like this to me?!” I cried out and sunk to the floor crying.

The bathroom fell quiet. No one came in.

I stayed in that bathroom with no comfort but the silent hum of the space heater blowing as I sobbed into the wall. And there was no one. I was alone and my spirit was broken.

I shook my head a little bit and came back to reality. Here I stood in this spot, twenty years later – so grown up. So different. Back in those days there really wasn’t anything a person could do when they were being bullied. There was no such thing as an anti-bullying campaign.

Every time I was bullied I would go home crying to my parents. My mom would hug me and stroke my hair. My dad would comfort me, give me wisdom and strength.

“You come from a long line of strong women Nahnda,” my dad said.

“Aunty Emily had polio when she was little. Did you know that?”

“No,” I sniffled and wiped away my snot with the sleeve of my shirt.

“Yeah she did,” my mom explained. “Back in those days there was no such thing as vaccines.

And most of the kids who got polio either died or ended up in a wheelchair unable to walk. Emily said her mother would make her go outside everyday and kick a bucket around the yard.”

“Why,” I asked?

“To keep her strength up,” my dad added. “It was really hard work because she was weak. But she had to get through it or else she might never walk again. Getting through it made her

strong. And because she endured through that she was able to overcome polio and walk after that.

That happened right here in the backyard – over by that walnut tree.”

When my parents told me that story I looked for a long time at that walnut tree in our

backyard. I imagined my aunty Emily and my uncles Oneyateh and Deskaheh growing up under its shade. Gathering its nuts.

Kicking buckets and enduring.

I heard their stories all my life. None of them had it easy. Oneyateh tilled the earth at Hillville year after year to keep his family alive. Aunty Emily struggled against the Department of Indian Affairs, the residential school system and political corruption until she was unable to fight any longer. My uncle Deskaheh fought nobly against

9 our oppressor until the day he died.

The stories of my aunties and uncles empowered me and made me feel like I was a part of them.

And that together we, and our enduring, was a part of something bigger. We all survived through our trials. Even though our oppressors tried to tear us down, they didn’t win because we kept getting back up again. Suddenly I felt less alone.

Through my trial I was broken. I needed fixing. That was also hard – but I did it through years of counseling at places

like Ganohnkwa’sra, Nova Vita and Six Nations Mental Health Services.

That is when I found out I was fierce, fiery, passionate and strong. I learned that I could hold my head up high with dignity in who I truly am.

The love of my parents, and the endurance of my aunties and my uncles taught me to be resilient and that I have the endurance in my blood not only to survive – but to thrive beyond any kind of torment which tries to stop me from shining as bright as I am.

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No one saw anything: remembering Bella

By Naomi Klein On July 20, 2013, Bella Laboucan-McLean fell 31 stories off the balcony of a condo tower in downtown Toronto. She had been at a small gathering inside one of the building’s many glass boxes. There were five other people in the condo that night.

A resident of a lower-floor heard the sound of her body falling and alerted the police.

Bella was twenty-five years old, Cree from Northern Alberta. The police deemed the death “suspicious.” I’ll say.

Five people besides Bella in an 800 square foot condo. All of Bella’s belongings still inside: Purse. Wallet. Shoes.

Phone.

Yet for 12 hours after her deadly fall, no one in the apartment calls the police. It is not until the building is crawling with cops going door-to-door, trying to identify the body, that one of those five people picks up the phone to report Bella missing.

Everyone who was there claims they saw nothing. Knows nothing.

No one will be a witness.

And yet despite finding these accounts implausible, the police put out no media advisory. It was two weeks before a single story about Bella’s death appeared in the Toronto media.

“I can’t make anybody talk,” the investigating detective told the Toronto Star.

A year and half later, the police have discovered exactly nothing about what really happened that night. The family insists Bella would never have intentionally harmed herself, that she had no history of depression, no drug problem, left no note. The case remains open.

Six months before her death, Bella had been at my house, eating thincrust pizza, laughing with her big sister Melina, and making faces at my sevenmonth-old. Idle No More was rocking the country and Bella was energized.

She talked excitedly about making t-shirts for the movement. She was study-

ing fashion at Humber.

Her plan was to become a designer, combining traditional Cree artwork with her own modern flair. She graduated soon after, her dreams, as her family puts it, “within arms reach.”

She danced at powwows and beaded; she went to clubs and Instagrammed. She was part of an Indigenous cultural resurgence, a moment of awakening.

We held a memorial for Bella at the windy base of the building where she fell, one week after her death. A group of about 40 of us joined in a circle. We put up pictures of Bella on a concrete wall. Confident, vulnerable, glowing from within. We clutched red roses, white candles and little bags of tobacco.

Bella’s body had just been returned to her family in Peace River, Alberta.

They were, at that moment, beginning the process of laying her to rest.

But according to custom, there needed to be a “spirit release” ceremony at the place where she died, to free Bella to continue her journey.

So there we were, two distant points on Turtle Island, connected invisibly

by Bella, and the sounds of drums, the smell of sage.

It was MiqMaq grandmother Wanda Whitebird who led the ceremonies, with help from other community members. All had performed too many such rituals of public mourning before.

Wanda smiled warmly at Bella’s impossibly young and fresh-faced college friends. She explained that we should all take our bags of tobacco home and sprinkle their contents somewhere they would feed the life cycle – a garden, a body of water, a potted plant.

“Not here though,” she said, “nothing grows in this place.”

I think most of you know “this place.” It’s that part of Toronto that feels very much like no place. The official name is CityPlace – the barrage of glass-on-glass condo towers bracketed by the Rogers Centre to the East, the

Bella Laboucan-McLean was 25 years old when she died in suspicious circumstances. SUBMITTED PHOTO

train tracks to the North and Fort York to the South.

The street where Bella died did not exist five years earlier. Neither did the building from which she fell. It’s not the density that makes this part of our city strange. It’s the monotony of all that newness, the born-yesterday-ness.

The streets and buildings are the same age – give or take a year or two.

Most of the people are the same age too – 25-35 – and are in the same tax bracket. Even the token plant life – scrawny saplings and sparse bushes – all seem to have been planted last week.

More than 11,000 people make their home in this “community,” as CityPlace calls itself. But many who live there remark that something is missing – that something being community.

Some complain that their neighbours won’t meet their eye. That they push the “door close” button on the elevator when they hear footsteps.

The developers make considerable efforts to fill this nagging absence.

With outdoor yoga and Zumba classes. With a farmers’ market. With a “CityPlace Got Talent” contest, sponsored by Molson Canadian and Uber.

A block from where Bella died is a brand new $8-million greenspace called Canoe Landing Park, filled with broadstroke markers of Canadiana: an oversized fake beaver dam.

Big bright fishing bobbers. That electric red canoe that looks like it’s about to launch itself into

the Gardner Expressway.

These nautical pieces of urban furniture – designed by Douglas Coupland – are meant to connect the city to the world that was here before the concrete was poured.

Remind us that this land used to slope gently down to the lake, where people used canoes, fished and trapped.

Yet it is striking that a park that purports to link Canadians to their past, makes no mention of the First Peoples – the Haudenosaunee, Nishnawbe and Huron Wendat – who actually paddled those waters as a way of life.

At the opening ceremony for the new park, then city councilor Adam Vaughan promised that it would become CityPlace’s “heart and soul.” I think it’s going to take more than a big red canoe.

It is one of the most painful details of Bella’s death that her body fell not onto the street, but into the building’s outdoor communal space – a terrace with scattered with fancy barbeques and mesh furniture. A place meant to help residents meet their neighbours; to build community.

Yet as we gathered to remember Bella, just one person asked us to tell them about the young woman who had died in their midst. Most walked their dogs right past us.

Within an hour of the memorial, all of the tributes to Bella – the pictures, flowers, and candles – had been cleared away. The grey concrete returned to its clean, blank state.

Nobody saw anything. Again.

I met Bella through her sister Melina Laboucan-Massimo, a dear friend. Melina is one of this country’s most important and inspiring voices speaking out against the health and environmental impacts of the Alberta tar sands. Raising the alarm on tar sands development is personal for Melina. Her father’s side of the family is Lubicon Cree and their traditional territory has been devastated by oil and gas infrastructure, poisoned by pipeline spills.

The first time we met, Melina described how, more and more, her father was returning from hunting trips with animals whose flesh was yellowed and riddled with tumours.

Two weeks before Bella died, I had been in the tar sands with Melina at the annual Tar Sands Healing Walk. The gathering is like nothing I have seen anywhere: hundreds of people walk in silence for an entire day through an unimaginably scarred landscape: by the sprawling open pit mines, by the massive tailing ponds that kill ducks on contact.

Stopping only for prayer and ceremony.

Melina sees strong connections between the two very different kinds of violence that have so powerfully marked her life. “Violence against Mother Earth is violence against women,” she says.

“The two are inextricably linked.”

Here is one link to consider: the greatest barrier to our government’s single-minded obsession with drilling, mining and fracking the hell out of this country is the fact that Indigenous communities from coast to coast are exercising their inherent and constitutional rights to say no.

Indigenous strength and power is a tremendous threat to that insatiable vision. And Indigenous women really are “the heart and soul” of their communities.

The trauma of sexual violence saps the strength of communities with terrifying efficiency. So let us not be naïve. The Canadian government has no incentive to heal and strengthen the very people that it sees as its greatest obstacle. Justice, when it comes, will be demanded, not granted.

Last week, Melina came to Toronto for work.

She said she was ready to see where Bella had died.

The night before, I warned her that it was a very unwelcoming place, all hard surfaces and sharp edges.

I told her what Wanda had said about nothing growing.

But then something

beautiful happened. It snowed all night. The first real snowfall of the year, fresh and fluffy. As we set off that morning the city crawled instead of raced, whispered instead of roared. It even softened the hardness of that place.

Melina said it reminded her of home.

Audrey Huntley from No More Silence smudged and sang quietly. The Filipino security guard used a barbeque lighter to burn the sage. And Melina sat for the better part of an hour in the exact spot where Bella fell. She craned her neck to look up all 49 stories, snowflakes falling into open eyes.

She grabbed handful after handful of snow until her hands were raw and red. She wrote, “I love you” next to Bella’s name in the powder. And she breathed one word into the snow-covered city.

“Angry.”

A different word filled my head that day.

“Shame.” Shame that this this city had failed Bella.

Shame that so many of us still aren’t talking. At least not enough. Are failing to be witnesses – as fully as we can be – to the ongoing catastrophe of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women.

This night is a “celebration of community” in the face of violence. Because building community isn’t just about outdoor yoga and farmers’ markets. It’s also about coming together to do the things that will allow us to look each another in the eye.

That means means helping each other to heal, so that we can all heal this land. It means honouring women and honouring treaties. And it means joining together to demand justice for the crimes that haunt this country.

This speech was originally given by Naomi Klein at the Opera House in Toronto at an even honoring Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls on December 18th 2013. It is reprinted here with permission.

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Darlene Necan’s walk in the cold

By Fernando Acre

THUNDER BAY – Travelling down Memorial Avenue in Thunder Bay, it’s about nine kilometres from the Dew Drop Inn soup kitchen in Port Arthur to the Social Services Administration building in Fort Williams. Most days, you’d find what you’d expect along the way: shops, restaurants, banks, cars and pedestrians. But you’ll probably also see a large number of homeless people, more than half of whom are indigenous.

But on January 28, 2015, if you happened to be on Memorial Avenue around noon, you may have also seen Darlene and Virginia Necan walking along the road holding signs reading: “Rich Chief / Poor Members, Impoverished and Homeless, Ojibway Nation of Saugeen #258.

The two Ojibway sisters are off-reserve members of the Saugeen Nation #258. Darlene is an elected spokesperson for off-reserve members.

She is also currently homeless. So they decided to brave the -8 degree weather to stage a walk to bring attention to the homelessness epidemic afflicting the off-reserve members of Saugeen. The cause, she said, is poor leadership.

“We did a walk to bring awareness to our reserve situation and to protest being homeless,” she said in a phone interview. “To let people know that nothing has changed and nothing is resolved.

We’re still being shoved under, still being muzzled and still not being paid attention to, still going through that mentality with our leadership.”

This isn’t Darlene’s first protest. As the spokesperson for off reserve members of her community, she’s been diligent in organizing marches and fundraisers.

She even helped build a home for an elderly community member who had been living in a chicken coop for decades as a result of her Chief’s and council’s negligence, who knowingly allowed her to live there until she got frostbite so bad, “Her

toes were sticking to her socks,” Darlene recalled.

Those efforts have been interrupted in the last few months, because Darlene is also being sued by the Ontario government for allegedly building a plywood cabin on Crown Land without a permit. She’s currently facing a $10,000 fine and charges under the Public Lands Act. But that’s where Darlene’s family has lived for generations, and in 2011 it was handed to her by her aunt, one of the band’s headsmen. In December, a fundraiser was organized in Toronto in Darlene’s name, and it brought in just over $3,000.

Since then, Darlene has had two court hearings in Sioux Lookout, Ontario. But with neither a fixed address to receive documents on time, nor reliable transportation to make the nearly 400-kilometre trip from Thunder Bay, Darlene has had to ask for a remand to postpone the case through her lawyers both times.

Patty Hajdu, executive director of Shelter House-Thunder Bay, is no stranger to these realities. She said about 80 per cent of patrons at the shelter are indigenous, despite only making up about 8 per cent of the city’s population, according to the 2006 Statistics Canada figure.

Because of institutional obstacles, indigenous peoples suffer from insufficient, inferior or overcrowded houses.

They also lack funds for improving education in the reserves, and many face mental and addiction problems. Some reserves have even lacked essentials, such as clean drinking water, for more than 10 years, said Hajdu.

“So the problems compound and compound… And we (end up with) a strong percentage of people that are here repeatedly and have long standing problems largely associated with their circumstances,” she added.

The Shelter House has introduced a new Program Manager position in order to help patrons get back on their feet. Brad King, the new program

manager, helps find the best options for each patron, and then helps them to access those options, such as getting into the social housing waiting list, helping them find jobs, or even getting the psychiatric help clients may need.

“He’s really looking at each person and what their needs are,” said Hajdu, “and he tries to find the right blend of services.” Unfortunately, the problem is so dire, that many homeless people continue slipping through the cracks.

That’s why Darlene wasn’t surprised by the many weak and cold homeless faces she saw peppered on the sidewalks during their two-person-walk down Memorial Avenue. It was precisely for them that she and her sister Virginia, who has helped Darlene spiritually and physically, walked.

Then, about three or four blocks into Memorial Avenue, the two sisters got an unexpected boost, as they came across a Chronicle Journal reporter and restaurant owner who showed interest in their walk.

“We were walking by this restaurant and all of a sudden the owner came out and gave us coffee,” Darlene recalled happily.

“These guys were perfect gentlemen. They talked to us, heard what we were saying and they encouraged us. And we felt good about the walk after that.”

Though it may have been only coffee and kind words from some strangers, the actions proved deeply significant to the 55-year-old residential school survivor. Like many indigenous persons, Darlene has survived a troubled past marred by violence, poverty, alcoholism and even the suicide of one of her sons.

The stress her court case has caused has piled on to the heavy sorrow she carries, but it has not shaken her strength or integrity. She has remained sober for more than 14 years and remains deeply devoted to helping the Saugeen members out of poverty. So a few words of encouragement, especially from the non-native

community, can go a long way.

This was especially true after they entered Fort Williams – “the native side of town,” said Darlene. They arrived after making a pit-stop at a WalMart to pick up supplies to remake their signs, which had been destroyed in the strong winds. As they walked, they noticed that a police patrol was following them. Eventually they were stopped by the two officers. However, Darlene said, they, too, were “perfect gentlemen” who heard what they had to say, and encouraged them to go on.

“So I felt relieved, like maybe they’re starting to understand why we do this. I felt happy they were not going to arrest us, or ask our names, or check us out, or do what they normally do to people right away. It made the day go good and really positive,” she said.

Though the walk end-

ed at the Social Services Administration building in Fort Williams just after 2 p.m. that afternoon, about three hours after it had begun, Darlene knows the fight is far from over. In fact, a new phase of it may have begun on Dec. 4, during the first meeting held in over thirty years between the band’s leadership and its members.

Unfortunately, Darlene says, it was only a “feel-out-meeting” that left many members dissatisfied and with too many questions unanswered.

“I could feel the tension in the crowd,” she said, which was facing the entire chief’s family, his lawyer and an auditor.

“So we were kind of like, ‘What are we going to expect?’ having never been invited to a meeting.

So we observed their actions, their mentality, and the talk of these people…

We have a lot of questions

we need to ask, and just because we had this one meeting, it doesn’t correct all things,” she said.

The meeting, which was run largely by the chief’s lawyer, appeared to have been mostly about selling the community on a mining deal with Noront Mining company. Darlene will be speaking about homelessness and poverty on March 13, in Toronto, because it’s important to keep sharing the experiences until “we are really, really heard,” she said.

“I’ll keep going until I see justice in our reserve and with our people. Until I see equality. [When] I see fairness with our people and our leadership, that is the day I’ll step back. But until then, I’m going to keep pushing forward for our people, so that their lives are not taken advantage of.”

Darlene Necan can be contacted on Facebook at ht t ps://w w w.facebook . com/dar.daydreamer

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Traditional Wellness Coordinator helps community members to reconnect to culture

By Laura Hill

SIX NATIONS - Cindy Martin digs out a resource from her desk that she has used for years to help people envision their personal journey.

It resembles a tree ring – there’s a circular core, and then rings upon rings that extend outward. 13 layers in total that spin so that the user can design their own pathway. She calmly points to the core and reads the words listed, “Caring, Happiness, Calm, Sadness, Anger and Fear.” After pausing, she adds, “Whichever one of these emotions is dominant becomes our fire, and the fire radiates outward as we live our lives”.

The remaining rings in the resource ‘Reconnection Journey Through The Tree Rings’ address which components of being – mind, body and spirit – are most affected by our personal fire, and how to strengthen them with medicines, activities, community, and objects to live mindfully.

Hearing Martin describe her resource is grounding enough in itself – she has a sense of peace and wisdom that makes you feel

volves around connecting community members in Long Term Care to traditional modes of wellness through the many

Cindy Martin provides resources to help people achieve wellness. like you’re in safe company.

Martin has been working as a Traditional Wellness Coordinator in Six Nations since 1995.

First at the Birthing Centre, and now working out of White Pines Wellness Centre, her work re-

resources she has developed during her tenure.

Our traditional teachings, she says, are at the core of our wellness. In motivating others to eat well, be active and mindful. It is imperative to understand the teachings of our people to strengthen their

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soul the way the Creator ordained.”

As a result she completed the food guide and accompanying resource

itual well being. While she usually receives visitors through Long Term Care, those interested in her work can call her of-

book with teachings, foods, recipes, tutorials that are specifically relevant to Six Nations people.

Martin shared that her own personal pathway in life is in helping others as they seek to connect with culture and strengthen their spir-

fice at 519-445-2809 and she will work with you directly or refer you to others in the community who can also help. In the meantime, you can follow aspects of The Tree of Life Food Guide by viewing a traditional foods list on www.tworowtimes.com/ healthyroots.

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Maple Sugar-coated Pecans Ingredients: • 4 cups raw pecan halves • ¼ cup sunflower oil • ¼ cup maple syrup • ½ cup maple sugar

intent.

The Tree of Life Food Guide, developed in 1995, is another one of Martin’s projects. It shows the seasons, ceremonies and foods that make up our traditional food system.

The Healthy Roots food list is based off of this, and has been successful thus far in helping four participants lose weight, connect to their teachings, and in one case, reduce the amount of diabetes medication needed by half.

Another food guide is based off of this – The First Nations Food guide released by Health Canada in 2007. While their food guide addresses traditional foods consumed across Canada, The Tree of Life Food Guide is locally based. Martin worked with elders in the community to develop the guide, and in a letter from Jake Thomas she received the advice to focus on Iroquois traditions and customs “to uphold them, protect, and keep them very near to the

from oven, place in a large bowl. Add the sunflower oil and stir with a wooden spoon until thoroughly coated. Add the maple syrup and stir until thoroughly coated. Add the maple sugar, stirring until thoroughly coated.

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HEALTHY ROOTS IN THE COMMUNITY

Clockwise: Chef Joe and helpers dish out traditional foods at February 18 social, Healthy Roots Participant Johnny Powless and his girlfriend Casie Jamieson preparing protein bars in Health Services kitchen, Community members sport their Healthy Roots t shirts, Chef Joe's Elk and Deer Tacos From Healthy Roots Social, Participants learn to lye white corn at Skye's Corn, Chef Joe and helper Aiyana Jonathan serve up dinner to the community at Healthy Roots event this past week.

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By Joe Farrell At last week’s Healthy Roots event I had the pleasure of preparing a meal for the community to enjoy with Family Traditions. The intention of the menu was to show what a seasonal meal can look like during the winter. Everything that was served can potentially be grown and preserved locally.

There were some familiar ingredients perhaps done in unfamiliar ways, like spinach pureed with garlic, herbs, oil and vinegar. An ingredient that was unfamiliar to some was celeriac, sometimes referred to as celery root. With a flavour similar to celery and a texture similar to turnip

it can lend itself to many different preparations.

In the absence of dairy as per the Healthy Roots challenge, it can be simply boiled and pureed highlighting its creamy texture and flavour.

Some of the health properties of celeriac include being high in antioxidants like vitamins A, C, E, K, essential oils, dietary fiber and other nutrients. Celeriac is a low calorie alternative to root vegetables like potato, radish and parsnip. Also, the minerals it contains are beneficial to maintaining good health in bones and teeth.

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Building healthy immune function in children is like buying a car – you get the best results by choosing the options that are the closest “fit” for your individual family, not by buying the same car as all the neighbours.

Despite the aggressive marketing, government subsidization and widespread acceptance among the colonial medical system of measures that assume that a child’s immune system needs pharmaceutical “help” or that having three days of fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and a distinctive rash during the process of acquiring immunity naturally should be avoided entirely, caregivers today have more options than ever.

Here are some things to discuss with your healthcare practitioner to help you decide if vaccination is the right vehicle to bring your child to a healthy future.

1) Breastfeeding or Formula – the average duration of breastfeeding among traditional Indigenous cultures is about 4 years as compared to less

than 6 months among colonialized populations.

Extended breastfeeding gives children a head start in the immunity department because the mother’s body adds digestive enzymes and specific antibodies to breast milk “on demand”, and unlike most manufactured infant formulas, it contains virtually no iron or other kidney-clogging and brain-buzzing metals or minerals that might cause d i f f i c u l t- t o - d i a g n o s e problems later in life.

2) Feed Your Genes – traditional diets like Healthy Roots honour the dynamic balance between genetic adaptation and a changing environment. If you want to know what your individual immune-boosting “genetic comfort foods” are, start by looking at what your ancestors on your mother’s side were eating and drinking seven generations (about 300 years) ago. Remember that activity levels play a big role in nutritional requirements and that too much of a good thing (even high-quality protein) can be a bad thing if you don’t use it properly.

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Particularly damaging to overall child health is early exposure to the concoction of water treatment additives, heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, agro-chemicals and industrial pollutants in the water supply (many of which are new to Nature) that can trigger symptoms like fever, nausea/ fasting, diarrhea, rash, runny nose, cough and bowel inflammation as the body tries to eliminate the toxins.

Fluoride in water is a powerful catalyst for “biochemical over-reactions” of all sorts, so it’s wise to reduce or eliminate this exposure first. And until the government gets its priorities straight and ensures safe drinking water for all dependents of Mother Earth (including the aquatic species at the other end of the pipe), it is a good idea to make sure that all pregnant women and children are consuming the highest purity water you can afford.

4) Beware of Pirates – the key thing to consider from an environmental health perspective is modern over-exposure to immune-busting agents that can hijack modern food systems as well as water, air and soil. Herbicide, pesticide and dessicant (drying agents) residues in soy, corn and wheat ingredients in animal feeds and processed foods (including infant formula), together with antibiotics and hormones in factory-farmed meat, all undermine immune function and can be largely avoided by eating organic, GMO-free and locally-sourced foods. It’s even better for your immune system if you and your children grow the food yourself. Visit the Children’s Lands website to get started http://www. childrenslands.ca 5) Show Me the Data – anyone who’s ever made a triple batch of chocolate chip cookies knows how difficult it is to make sure all the ingredients in the recipe are evenly distributed and how impossible it is to make each cookie identical, never mind how important it is that nothing goes “off” before,

during or after the time in the kitchen.

Mass production of vaccines has many of the same undocumented quality control/quality assurance (QA/QC) problems plus there are multiple suppliers of the nine ingredients in the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine, so consumers really have no way of assessing the overall safety rating of the final product without the assistance of the Big Data technologies like the smartphone and internet apps that are on the way.

Meanwhile, scientists studying vaccine safety are particularly concerned about the hidden ingredients in two components on the MMR (MMRII) label provided on the US Center for Disease Control website, namely “Medium 199” and “Minimum Essential Medium”.

These formulations are designed to feed the chick embryo cells that assemble and copy the antigens (protein strands) that get injected into the bloodstream to stimulate the production of antibodies,

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Dana Isaacs (left), age 18 and Ashley Hill, age 15 helped out selling tickets for the 50/50 draw at the CLax game between the Ohsweken Demons and Niagara Lock Monsters which took place at the ILA. The girls will be participating in the U19 World Lacrosse championships that will take place between 23rd July and 1st August 2015 in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Haudenosaunee U-19’s get ready for World Women’s games

By Jim Windle

SYRACUSE – Headquarters for the Haudenosaunee U-19 Women’s Field Lacrosse team is the University of Syracuse in New York, but Six Nations of the Grand River and other Haudenosaunee communities throughout Ontario and New York do not recognize the US–Canada border as applying to them.

Lacrosse is one of the few sports that recognize the Haudenosaunee as a distinct Nation and have allowed Haudenosaunee players to participate under their own flag.

This is the incentive that has driven many of the goals and ambitions of Haudenosaunee teams for the past several years. Both woman and men’s teams have represented the Purple and White well and use events like the upcoming World Lacrosse Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland this summer to proudly carry the Creators Game to the world.

The love of lacrosse is spreading globally, and Colombia, Finland, Israel and the Republic of Korea

will be competing at women’s U19 level for the first time this year. Other participating Nations include Australia, Canada, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Scotland, USA and Wales.

The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) began including women’s teams in 1995. Men’s World teams have competed since 1988. Over those years, 52 Nations have sent teams to World Lacrosse events in both men’s and women’s divisions, while 23 other Nations are currently building lacrosse programs throughout South America, Asia and Africa.

Due to its growth and popularity, a movement to include lacrosse as a full Olympic Sport has been steadily growing as well.

In Canada, the Haudenosaunee U-19 team won the “B” Finals and the U-15’s won the “C” Finals last year. The U-19’s will cash in on a very strong developmental program with several of last year’s U-15’s moving up to the already strong U-19’s.

The team, coached

The 2015 U-19 Women's World Cup will be held from July 23rd to August 1st 2015, at the University of Edinburgh, Peffermill Sports Complex in Edinburgh, Scotland.

by Regy Thorp, has been practicing and conducting scrimmages with the University team at the University of Syracuse site to get ready for Scotland. They have also played two exhibition games against Team Canada.

“I would first like to say thank you to all the players and their families who have come to our various tryouts and development stages. The pool of players that were competing for the roster spots was very competitive. The future of Haudenosaunee women’s lacrosse looks to

be building momentum and it’s a very exciting time to be part of this organization,” said Coach Thorpe at the Final Roster Announcement meeting.

According to Inside Lacrosse Magazine, Thorp carries a lifetime of lacrosse experience and wisdom. He is a graduated player of Syracuse University and presently the assistant coach for the Division 1 Syracuse University women’s lacrosse team – a role he has held since 2009, as well as being the Director of Team Recruitment.

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“I am excited and honored to be selected to coach the U-19 Haudenosaunee ladies. The culture and the people have always been close to my heart,” says Thorpe. “The Board has helped me put together some awesome coaching staff and we are already hard at work.”

The Haudenosaunee women have been practicing together at the University for 18 months in preparation for Scotland.

By fielding an all Haudenosaunee team, the number of hopefuls for Thorpe and his staff of to choose from was about 75 applicants while the other national teams have hundreds to sift through.

This year’s Haudenos-

aunee team still has some veteran players left but also carries a good number of younger and speedier players.

Mohawk, Turtle, Jadyn Bomberry is one of the new faces on the U19’s. Jadyn is described as a hard worker and dedicated player who continually keeps improving her skills.

“This invitation to the team Worlds was her biggest goal,” says Jadyn’s mother Christina Bomberry. “She has been approached by six different schools on lacrosse scholarships. Three of those are Division #1 schools, two Division #2 and a Division #3 school.”

Right now Jadyn is looking at a Division #1 school in Pennsylvania as her choice, but she has not made her final decision on that yet. She will be taking Sports Medicine and already has a background in language, which she may also pursue.

There may be an exhibition game scheduled for the new Six Nations Field Lacrosse Pitch this summer, but that has not been confirmed as yet.

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Big second half buries Blizzard

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – One thing the rest of the professional Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) teams are finding out about the Ohsweken Demons is that you cannot relax against them, even if you are winning at the half.

The score was 2-2 after the first quarter and the Barrie Blizzard led 7-4 at the half.

Chase Martin did not have a particularly good night and was replaced before the half by Jake Henhawk, who eventually steadied the ship.

Niagara opened the second half with a goal to set the Demons back 8-4, but fire was about to be called down upon the Monsters.

Chris Attwood started the comeback, which Mo Bissel and Wayne VanEvery followed to bring the score to 8-7.

Niagara restored the two goal edge, but Torrey VanEvery and Kyle Jamieson scored within seconds of each other and Blue Hill added the go-

The "second half" Demons overwhelmed last year's Creators Cup winners, the Niagara Lock Monsters with a come from behind 18-11 win at the ILA Friday night. All season so far, the Demons have been slow out of the gate, but they are building momentum as they go. Photo by Jim Windle ahead goal.

The momentum was clearly in the Demons’ hands as the game wound down, and they began to pull away from the Monsters to record the 18-11 win.

“The energy and emotion is there, but it’s going the wrong way,” said Demons’ coach Mouse Hen-

ry after the come from behind win at the ILA. He says he has been working on a new system for the Demons and he is encouraged the team seems to be buying into it, but no system will work if you are playing shorthanded most of the night, and bad penalties are the one area they seemingly

donia lines continued to produce, as they have all season.

Friday night the Canucks took a 2-1 lead into the third period. There was no scoring in the second period, but in the third, Jordan Peacock evened the score at 1:38, and Erick Delaurentis gave Caledonia the lead at 4:07. Jaymie Forslund added another at 17:44 before Matthew Marsden scored the final goal of the game for Niagara.

Saturday night, the Canucks gave their fans a 4-2 win in their last game before playoffs begin at the Haldimand Centre Arena.

Mitch Purdie opened the scoring for Caledonia in the first period and Connor Patten opened the second period scoring at 11:10.

Ryall Ledyard got the Canucks into the game at

13:48. When Nigel Slade evened the score for Niagara at 14:50, the Canucks took hope for a road win.

That was not to be, as the Corvairs locked the door at their end and peppered the Canucks’ goaltender Joseph Murdaca with 33 third period shots on goal, earning two more goals in the process.

The Corvairs will ease into the playoff schedule by facing the Pelham Panthers in the first round, which begins Wed. Feb. 25th in Pelham at 7:30 p.m. Games #2 and #3 will be at the Haldimand Centre and Game #4 will be in Pelham, Tues. Mar 3rd.

If necessary, Game #5 is back at the Haldimand Centre at 7:30 p.m., Game #6 will be in Pelham Fri. Mar. 6th at 7:30 p.m., and Game #7 will be on Mar. 7th in Caledonia.

Corvairs ready to three-peat as Sutherland Cup Champs

By Jim Windle

CALEDONIA — The 2015 Jr. B regular season schedule ended this past weekend with the Caledonia Corvairs a light-year ahead of the pack with 44 wins, three loses and two OT losses, worth a point each, for 90 points.

The closest divisional opponent is the St. Catharines Falcons with 31 wins, 13 losses and five OT losses for 67 points.

Even after clinching first place, the Corvairs kept the pedal to the metal and never let up for an instant. They completed the regular season with a home-and-home series against the Niagara Falls Canucks, Friday and Saturday night. Friday they won it 4-3 at the Gale Centre in St. Kitts, and Saturday they did it again with a 4-2 final score in Caledonia. All four Cale-

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“They (Lock Monsters) have a good team, there is no doubt about that,” Henry said.

Meanwhile, the Barrie Blizzard and the Southwest Cyclops were locked in a titanic battle at the Syl Apps Arena in Paris, Friday night. In the

end, the visiting Blizzard came out on top with an 8-7 win to hand Southwest their third loss of the CLax season.

The win also lifted the Barrie Blizzard into a second place tie with Ohsweken. Both teams have played five games so far this season, while the Cyclops has played two more.

CLax games this coming week include a road game for the Ohsweken Demons Saturday to see the Durham Turfdogs, while the Niagara Lock Monsters and the Blizzard have a showdown set for a Sunday afternooner, at 2 p.m.

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Lil NHL just around the corner

By Jim Windle TORONTO – Onkwehonwe boys and girls from across Canada and the USA will meet in Toronto during the March break to celebrate themselves and the game of hockey in the world’s largest indigenous hockey tournament. The lil NHL (Native Hockey League) will kick-off March 16 and run through to the 19th at three Toronto area arenas with the Hershey Centre

the main hub of activities.

Boys and Girls teams from Tyke to Midget will compete again this year at the event.

Thirty-five years ago, this tournament was started by five very special people who originally wanted to start a tournament for First Nation Youth. These people included Reverend Len Self, Earl Abotossaway, former Chief Jim Debassige, Norm Debassige and former Chief Jim

McGregor. They decided to hold the first tournament at Christmas of 1971.

“It is a great honour for all of us to keep up the tradition of the L’NHL tournament started by these very special individuals,” says Gregory. “The first tournament had 17 teams and a modest 200 players in Little Current and today the tournament has grown

to over 110 teams and over 2000 players.”

Over its the 35 year history, communities such as Whitefish River, Aundeck Omni Kaning, M’Chigeeng, Wikwemikong, Sagamok, Garden River, Nipissing, Wausauksing, Dokis, Saugeen, Walpole Island, Curve Lake, Whitefish Lake, Six Nations, and Fort William have hosted

the event.

Many of our former L’NHL’ers have gone on to various levels of Hockey excellence with “AA”, “AAA”, Tier II, Junior B, College/University, OHL and NHL level of play.

“The caliber of player gets better with each passing year, while the spirit and intent of the tournament created by the found-

ers remains the same,” says Gregory. “It’s not if you win or lose, but how much you tried and how fairly you played.”

This year several Six Nations of the Grand River teams will compete at all levels and the Two Row Times will be there to bring you further coverage of the event.

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Jared is a passionate hockey and team player from pond hockey; Lil NHL, ALLSTAR and the triple A circuit arenas. Dedicated determination in skill development, making it as fun and challenging for himself and sharing hockey skills during skating and scrimmage. Demonstrated leadership qualities, proficient passing, receiving and choices which are unselfish with the puck and receives and retains control. A variety of shots with quick release and in motion. Ability to see play offensively and defensively and move to support. A team player sharing in acknowledging team players ( giving a MVP award to team player during Lil NHL) and setting up players endlessly for success in goals. Proficiency in ‘faceoff’ statistics, as monitored by his Niwah Ahksohta who travels to support.

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CLax players of the week for Feb 10th and 17th picked up 3 goals Ohsweken's Wayne Keane and 3 assists.

VanEvery gets an honourable mention Ohsweken's Dewey as CLax player of the Porter honoured as a player of the week week HAGERSVILLE, ON – Tuesday, February 17, 2015 – The Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) is pleased to announce its Players of the Week for week six of the 2015 season.

Offensive Player of the Week: Dylan Llord – Niagara Lock Monsters – Llord was unstoppable on Sunday, racking up and impressive 6 points with 5 goals and 1 assist. He currently leads Niagara with 16 points (7G 9A).

Honourable Mention: Wayne VanEvery – Ohsweken Demons – In his first game for the 2015 season, VanEvery was able to tally 2 goals and 3 assists for a total of 5 points.

Defensive Player of the Week: Connor Danko– Niagara Lock Monsters – Danko was rock solid, allowing only 6 goals against on 48 shots, being a large part of securing the Lock Monsters’ first win of the season.

Honourable Mention: Eric Guiltinan – Southwest Cyclops - Playing in back-to-back games this weekend, Guiltinan was an aggressive asset on defense, helping the Cyclops split their weekend double-header.

Transition Player of the Week: Eric Pitre – Southwest Cyclops – Playing in two games this weekend, Pitre was instrumental in the Cyclops efforts getting 2 goals and 2 assists.

Honourable Mention: Andy Tober – Niagara Lock Monsters - Tober was influential in capturing a win for the Lock Monsters, adding a goal and 4 assists.

Rookie of the Week: Mark Vradenburg – Niagara Lock Monsters – The 2nd round draft pick added 2 goals and 2 assists to his stats this past weekend.

Honourable Mention: Dan Keane – Southwest Cyclops - Playing in two games this weekend,

HAGERSVILLE, ON – Tuesday, February 10, 2015 – The Canadian Lacrosse League (CLax) is pleased to announce its Players of the Week for week five of the 2015 season.

Offensive Player of the Week: Michael Teeter – Barrie Blizzard – For the second time this season, Teeter is Offensive Player of the Week. Teeter racked up an impressive six points, netting a hat trick and three assists.

Honourable Mention: Geoff McNulty – Durham Turfdogs – McNulty tallied four goals and two assists against the Cyclops.

Defensive Player of the Week: Angus Dineley

– Barrie Blizzard – Dineley turned in his best performance of the season, allowing seven goals on forty-four shots in a much needed Barrie win.

Honourable Mention: Eric Pitre – Southwest Cyclops – Pitre picked up three assists in the game and was solid on defense, causing a number of turnovers and helping the Cyclops with their comeback victory.

Transition Player of the Week: Miller Rus-

bridge – Southwest Cyclops – Rusbridge had a big hand in Southwest’s comeback in the fourth quarter. He picked up a hat trick and an assist against Durham.

Honourable Mention: Dewey Porter – Ohsweken Demons – Porter was a key part of the Demons’ transition game, picking up a goal.

Rookie of the Week: Dan Keane – Southwest Cyclops – For the second consecutive week

and third time this year, Keane has been named Rookie of the Week. He picked up three goals and two assists.

Honourable Mention: Connor Latimer – Barrie Blizzard – The third overall pick for the 2014 Entry Draft got two goals and two assists this past weekend.

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PROPOSED LAKE ERIE CONNECTOR FROM NANTICOKE, ONTARIO TO ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA ITC Lake Erie Connector LLC (ITC Lake Erie) is proposing to construct and operate an international power line called the Lake Erie Connector Project (Lake Erie Connector or the Project). The proposed Lake Erie Connector is an approximately 120 km 1,000 megawatt (MW) high-voltage direct current (HVDC) bi-directional electric transmission interconnection to transfer electricity between Canada (Haldimand County, Ontario) and the United States (Erie County, Pennsylvania). This proposed Project will enhance grid reliability and stability, and will also enable the delivery of excess energy generated in Ontario to meet the growing demand for electricity in parts of the U.S.A. The proposed Project will use proven and existing HVDC technology. Two HVDC cables approximately six inches in diameter will connect a converter station in Haldimand County to another converter station in Pennsylvania, crossing beneath Lake Erie.

The proposed Project will have minimal visual and environmental impact because the majority of the cable length will be located underground and underwater.

The Process: As the proposed Project would form an international energy link between Canada and the United States through Lake Erie, the requirements outlined by the National Energy Board Act (September 2013) apply. ITC Lake Erie anticipates submitting an application to the National Energy Board (NEB) in support of the proposed Project in the Spring of 2015, in accordance with the requirements of the NEB Act and the Electricity Filing Manual (July 2013).

As part of this process, ITC Lake Erie is conducting an Environmental and Socio-Economic Assessment for the proposed Project that fulfills the NEB’s requirements including a description of the environmental and socioeconomic setting of the Project area, an assessment of the environmental and cumulative effects of the Project, and information regarding inspection, monitoring, and follow-up during construction and operation of the Project. The results of the assessment will be documented in the NEB application which will be available for public and agency review.

Consultation and Public Open House: ITC Lake Erie is committed to conducting a comprehensive consultation program for the proposed Project. This Open House will present updated project information including: the preferred on-land and underwater cable routes, details regarding the Haldimand Converter Station site, results of technical studies and the environmental and socio-economic assessment as completed to-date, and next steps. This Open House provides the opportunity to meet the project team, learn more about the Project and to provide comments and ask questions of the project team. ITC Lake Erie welcomes and appreciates your input and invites you to attend our drop-in style public open house for the Project scheduled for: March 4th, 2015 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Nanticoke Community Hall 38 Rainham Road Nanticoke, Ontario Your input is important and the submission of comments or questions is encouraged at any time. Comments or questions may be submitted via the project website at (http://www.itclakeerieconnector.com/index.php/contact-us), or by contacting the following project team members: Doug Motley Director, Grid Development ITC Holdings Corp.

27175 Energy Way, Novi Michigan, 48377 doug.motley@itctransco.com T: 248-946-3588

Janine Ralph Project Manager HDR Corporation 100 York Blvd, Suite 300, Richmond Hill ON, l4B 1J8 Janine.Ralph@hdrinc.com T: 905-380-8568

Under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, unless otherwise stated in the submission, any personal information such as name, address, telephone number and property location included in a submission will become part of the public record files for this Project and will be released, if requested, to any person.

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USA TODAY names top ranking future stars

By Jim Windle Two more of Six Nations lacrosse young guns have been singled out as being the best of the best.

USA TODAY High School Sports selected their top all-star high school and college aged lacrosse future stars from throughout the USA, Monday and Six Nations’ Tyson Bomberry and Tehoka Nanticoke were named among the elite pre-season players rankings for 2015. Bomberry won the Minto Cup with the Arrows Express last season and Nanticoke won the Founders Cup with the Rebels.

The Super 25 Boys Lacrosse Expert Rankings are provided by 3D Rising and are based on results from the 2014 season, quality of players and strength of schedule.

Tyson Bomberry attended Avon Old Farms School, Avon, Conn last

Tehoka Nanticoke and Tyson Bomberry were picked by USA TODAY as top ranking high school lacrosse stars. year and helped his team to a championship. He is a senior at Syracuse University this year.

USA TODAY described Bomberry as follows. “Hailing from the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve, Bomberry is an accomplished lacrosse player – and student – and part of a decorated lacrosse fami-

ly. A multi-sport athlete, Bomberry is a tenacious and skilled defender who helped the Six Nations Arrows win the coveted Minto Cup Junior A national box lacrosse championship in Canada last summer. He will mark the opposition’s top threat in each game this spring,” Tehoka Nanticoke, graduated from IMG

mitted at this time, Nanticoke will have plenty of suitors in the coming months.”

The Two Row Times congratulates Tyson and Tehoka and look forward to big things from both of them. Their successes are testimony to the bottomless pool of lacrosse talent, both male and female, that Six Nations of the Grand River has produced over the generations.

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Caledonia Auto Supply

By TRT Staff CALEDONIA – Argyle Street has been home to Caledonia Auto Supply for 26 years. In 1989, owner Rick Morris, and his wife Leah, began supplying Caledonia residents with quality auto parts.

Morris tells us that a lot has changed over the years, and he has seen a lot of businesses come and go from small mom-and-pops to big chains like Canadian Tire. Morris has moved the location of his shop four times over the last 26 years, but his business has always stayed on Argyle Street.

He’s moved to increase the capacity of his warehouse and shop, to better serve his loyal customers.

For those of us who have had to move numerous times, we know what a tedious and exhausting task that can be. Sitting at 269 Argyle Street, Morris says, “I’m not moving again. It was hard keeping track of inventory, moving every-

thing, still staying open and offering the same great service to my customers.”

We asked him to think back to 1989, and what inspired him to get into this area of work. Morris has always loved cars and the automotive industry.

“I wanted to step out and do what I always wanted to do, but under my own name.”

As for his favourite part of the job: “There are different aspects of the business. There is the joy in talking to and seeing regular local customers or the challenge of finding the right parts for a vehicle you never serviced before. Every day is different. Another joy has been seeing kids come in with their parents, and then seeing them come back years later as independent drivers.”

Morris was also very proud of his warehouse, noting that he is part of the Auto Value Group, a North-American group that holds each member responsible for dealing only

in quality parts, meaning there is also a warrantee and a guaranteed best pricing policy.

“Auto Value carries a North America warranty and offers me the best pricing so I can be very competitive. With quality parts from Caledonia Auto Supply, you know you can feel confident behind the wheel,” says Morris.

Many of us carry precious cargo, like our children or essential items for our livelihood, and a group like Auto Value that holds members to high standards is a sign of quality assurance.

Since being in business, Rick Morris has also done his fair share of community building and support work, though his humbleness made it almost difficult for him to admit.

The Caledonia Auto Supply supports youth participating in sports, and they have sponsored a number of hockey and lacrosse teams in Caledonia and on Six Nations Territory.

They have also sponsored the rodeo that comes through Caledonia, which in turn funds the Special Olympics. Caledonia Auto Supply has also sponsored the demolition derby and Canada Day celebration in Caledonia.

Morris hosts a customer appreciation community BBQ every year, usually in May or June, serving up hot dogs and hamburgers free of charge for the 150 or so people who gather. At this community BBQ, Morris encourages people to donate a canned item, as this fun community BBQ is also a canned food drive event.

Caledonia Auto Supply is open early and closes late, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday to Friday, and from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Status cards are welcomed and accepted!

Morris says: “It’s been a real ride serving the people in this area and hopefully I will continue to do so for many more years to come.”

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The editors welcome readers with their reason for compiling this volume, “This book stemmed from a desire to showcase the

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Two Row Times Obituaries

Obituaries

Di weh dahs Hill: Shauna Jane Hill It is with great sadness that the family of Shauna Jane Hill announces her passing after a tragic accident on Sunday, February 15, 2015 at the age of 32 years. Shauna will be lovingly remembered by her grandmother Betty Henry, mother Beverly Hill, father Leon Henry, sister Kyla (Kenneth), brother Stryker, nephew Leroy, and niece Kendall. She will be fondly remembered by many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. Predeceased by grandmother Vera Tobicoe-Hill, grandfather Ronald Hill, grandfather Charlie Henry, and cousin Tanya Marie Hill. She will be resting at 2511 6th Line after 7 pm.

Wednesday. Funeral Service and Burial will be held at Onondaga Longhouse on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at 11 am. www.rhbanderson.com Martin: June Marie “Bug” Suddenly passed away on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at the age of 49 years. Loving mother of Taylor, and Tyler.

Dear sister of Darlene and Lloyd Hill, Wayne Martin, Valerie Martin and Delmor Jacobs. Niece of Gerald Beaver, and Glen and Lois Porter. Also will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by many nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews. Predeceased by her parents Linwood and Wilma (Beaver) Martin; sister, Janis and brothers, Wade, Chuck, and Bonnie. Resting at her home 757 Third Line after 5 pm. Thursday. Funeral Service and Burial will be held at Sour Springs Longhouse, Six Nations on Friday, February 20, 2015 at 11 am. www. rhbanderson.com

Thank You

Thank You

WOW!! I really don’t know where to begin. Shelley, Kelly, Karen, Tammy & Elaine, for all of your tremendous effort & hard work for arranging this benefit for Bill, for making it all come together & be the huge success it was, & Diane for your donation of the facility, there really are no words to capture the gratitude we feel for what you have all done for Bill & our family. We are truly overwhelmed by your thoughtfulness, kindness & generosity. To everyone who donated prizes, they were amazing and beyond anyone’s expectations. A huge thank you to everyone else that contributed and helped to make this happen and to EVERYONE that came out to show their support, without all of you, it would not have been the great time & success that it was. Thank you to Dean, Garrett, Terry & Joey from Six Nations Fire for coming out, it meant a lot to Bill to see you there. Shelby, kudos to you for your awesome MC talents in keeping the games moving along & on track. In addition we want to thank Garry, Jannie & Kevin for all that you did to keep things running at home while Bill was in the hospital & during his recovery; to Uncle Jody & Grandpa for getting Hilary to work, to Kathy for being his big sister, going on all the appointments, asking the questions & keeping records; to Steve & Irene – we were blown away by your support and what you did, especially for only knowing Bill such a short time. We are truly blessed to have all of you in our lives & so fortunate to be able to call you our friends and family. All of our love, Bill, Brenda, Bailey, Hilary & Emily. (and a big thank you from Emily for everyone’s help with her baby-it really does take a community to raise a child. And all of you make this community the best ever!!!)

Winners of Fundraising Draw For Hope GENERAL Congratulations to all winners. 1st – Girls traditional outfit – Cher General, 2nd – DBL 3 pc. Set – Judi Davis, 3rd – Beaded necklace – Lois Martin, 4th – Native design purse – Clyde General, 5th – Surprise gift – Clyde General, 6th – Blender – Clyde General, 7th – Two Arrows gift cert. – Alex Martin, 8th – Body Collection – Adeline Lewis, 9th – Teapot – Chris Martin, 10th – Nail care – Josephine Sandy, 11th – Earrings – Josephine Sandy, 12th – Keychain beaded – Judi Sault, 13th – Cooler bag – Oriette Elliott, 14th – Big Jim’s BBQ T-shirt – Darlene Butler, 15th – Bowls – Patti Smoke, 16th – Wine glasses – Rachel Martin.

Thank you to all who purchased food and bought tickets.

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Birth Announcement

Birth Announcement

Hill-Point Scott & Tammy are overcome with happiness to announce the safe and precious arrival of our beautiful daughter Keris Hope Hill on Sunday February 22, 2015 at 3:05 pm weighing 8lbs 6 ozs.

Proud big brothers and sisters are Austin, Shaely, Jordan & Our angel Keely who hand-picked Keris for our family perfectly.

Proud grandparents are Valinda Point and Louise Hill and the late Don Hill who would be very proud.

Proud Papa Bob Point and Nana the late Vivien Point.

Keris is blessed with a large extended family of proud aunties, uncles, cousins and friends. We would like to thank Dr. Morais.

Notice

Breakfast Fundraiser

Cayuga Longhouse is having a Roast Beef Dinner Saturday, February 28th 4:00pm until sold out. $12 for an Adult dinner, $8 for a Child’s dinner. All Proceeds for Longhouse upkeep

All you can eat Breakfast for the Cayuga Snipe Clan.

When: Sunday, March 1, 2015. Time: 8AM – 12 Noon. Where: Lower Cayuga Dining Hall. Cost: Adults - $8.00, Senior/ Child - $6.00 plus 50/50 and raffle.

Coming Events

Spaghetti & Meatballs Supper At St. Luke’s Church, Smoothtown (1246 Onondaga Rd. Near 3rd Line). February 28, 2015. 4:00pm – 7:00pm Adults - $10.00. Child (6-12) - $6.00 (includes Spaghetti & Meatballs, salad, dinner roll, dessert & drink). Preschoolers Free, Takeouts Available Roast Beef Fundraiser Lunch and Supper for Layton Hill. Son of Samantha Hill and Jason Henhawk. His 3 years old and recently been diagnosed with a rare brain cancer. He will soon be receiving radiation treatment at Juravinski Cancer Center in Hamilton.

Friday February 27th.

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Cayuga Longhouse is having a Roast Beef Dinner Saturday, February 28th 4:00pm until sold out $12 for an Adult dinner, $8 for a Child’s dinner. All Proceeds for Longhouse upkeep

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Automotive Sales

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Real Estate for Sale

Real Estate for Sale

Investment Property For sale, a rare piece of prime real estate located in the business district of Ohsweken. Own this historically important two story yellow brick home built in 1898.

Lot size is 0.129 acre. The floor plan is designed to accommodate a bed and breakfast business. Other uses Private Residence, Spa, Offices, Motel, Boutique, Gallery, Pet Clinic, etc. Extensive renovations and enhancements are completed on the interior/exterior. The floor plan includes 6 bedrooms with private baths and an office.

Improvements made: brick re-pointed, fascia and soffit repaired. Electrical wiring and panel installed, panel will accommodate a whole house natural gas generator, 6 shower stalls installed, central heating and air conditioning ducts installed, high density spray foam insulation, sound proofing between the 1st and 2nd floors, Driveway and parking for 7 cars, High efficiency windows in storage. Still intact, the original yellow brick, doors, pine flooring, 2 stained glass windows and staircase.

Serious buyers please. Price $150,000.00 Please call or text 519.878.8974

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FREE Family Skate on Monday March 16, 1 – 1:50pm Ohsweken Gaylord Powless Arena. This is sponsored by Brant Family and Children’s Services Native Services.

There will be an information booth about fostering and volunteering with a chance to win a gift basket valued at $75! Skates, Helmets and Gloves are Mandatory.

Automotive Sales

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Centralized mailing compartment 4. Small argument 8. Latin for “hail” 9. Semicircular headdress 10. Hole plug 12. Primp 13. A spontaneous motivation 14. Don’t know when yet 16. Portable computer screen material 17. Conform 19. Yoruba 20. Wings 21. Tar Hill State 25. Hard, durable wood 26. Pallid 27. Pabir language 29. Not crazy 30. Word element meaning ear 31. Hill (Celtic) 32. “Dangerous Liaisons” actor 39. Space between 2 points 41. Arbitrageur 42. 3rd or 4th Islamic month 43. Assistance 44. Manuscripts (abbr.)

45. In a way, soaks 46. Synovial knee syndrome 48. 2nd cervical vertebra 49. State of sudden fright 50. Snakelike fish 51. Each of 4 Hindu ages 52. Point midway between S and SE CLUES DOWN 1. Relating to New Guinea 2. Carry to excess 3. Alms solicitor

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015

ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Your fears are the only things holding you back this week, Aries. Confidence is all you need to move forward, so take some initiative and you will be glad you did.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 You cannot outmaneuver karma, Taurus. You will reap what you sow this week, so remain positive and things will ultimately work out in your favor.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, do your best to prevent distractions from getting to you or affecting your performance at work. You can overcome these distractions if you just stay focused.

CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Certain responsibilities require all of your attention this week, Cancer. Set aside some time to tackle these tasks one at a time, and you will be done before you know it.

4. Title of respect 5. Spanish saffron dish 6. Betel palm genus 7. Petter ____, Nordic combined skier 9. Yearly tonnage (abbr.)

11. Clan division 14. Referee declares 15. Rampart 18. “Big” actor’s initials 19. Noah’s boat 20. Diarist __ Frank 22. Luminous celestial ring 23. Famous motor club 24. 007’s creator 27. A timely blessing

Answers for February 25, 2015 Crossword Puzzle

28. UTHealth (abbr.)

29. Roman Helios 31. Check 32. Making of a worn-out vicious horse 33. Wife 34. An alternative 35. Spanish unit of length 36. Wild goats 37. Municipalities 38. Bother or harass 39. Excessively sentimental 40. Middle Eastern dish 44. Waterproof raincoat 47. Former OSS

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LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Circumstances may shift without warning, Leo. It pays to have a backup plan available so you can make any necessary adjustments. Think on your feet.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you may be emotionally invested in a cause or a belief, but you cannot expect everyone to share your passion. Give others room to form their own opinions.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Your ambition takes you on a few adventures this week, Libra. Keep an open mind, and these excursions will prove all the more valuable down the road.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 This week may mark a turning point in your love life, Scorpio. Enjoy taking this next step and make the most of all of the new experiences you share together in the days to come.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Take charge of your goals this week, Sagittarius. Many of your goals are worthwhile endeavors that can be achieved through a combination of commitment and hard work.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, plan an excursion or a get-together with friends before boredom sets in. This will give everyone a chance to reconnect and engage in some lighthearted fun.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, it will be very easy to get pulled off course this week. All you have to do is daydream for a while and time will fly. Make a to-do list so you can maintain your focus.

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FEBRUARY 25TH, 2015

Experience the Nation’s largest and friendliest bingo hall.

March 21

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$100,000 GRAND BINGO!

MINI JACKPOT 6:00PM 1ST REGULAR GAME 7:00PM Doors open at 4pm to the public

1 Paper Book 15 Faces 10 Games $100 Extra strips $15 Specials $10 Warmups $3 Minis $1

$400 Package Paper

1 – Paper Book 15 Faces 10 Games

EBA

1 – 39 Faces per Game 10 2 - Mini’s 6 Faces per Game - 3 Games 4,5,6 5 MINI JACKPOTS - $1 EACH FULL CARD

1 – Six Nations 3 Faces

1 – Warm Ups 3 Faces per Game 4

1 – Super 3 Faces

13 - 3 up Strips 4 - Super Game 12 Faces

4 – Warm Ups 12 Faces per Game 4 1 – BIG BUCK’S Package

4 – Six Nations 12 Faces 1 – Twoonie

60/40 SPLIT

WARM UPS (Not in Pak $3) 2 LINES DOUBLE POSTAGE STAMP 2 LINES SIX PACK ANY WAY

$500 $500 $500 $500

1ST REGULAR - ORANGE 1 LINE 2 LINES

$1,500 $3,000

2ND REGULAR - BROWN SNAKE (5) CRAZY PYRAMID

$1,500 $3,000

3RD REGULAR - GREEN 1 LINE 2 LINES

$1,500 $3,000

4 REGULAR - YELLOW 2 LINES SANDWICH 100X NUMBER CALLED

$1,500 $1,500/$7,500

5TH REGULAR - AQUA 1 LINE 2 LINES

$1,500 $3,000

SUPER JACKPOT (Not in Pak $10) SPUTNIK

$2,500

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FULL CARD MUST GO

ü Large Non-Smoking Area

$10,000

INTERMISSION 6TH REGULAR - PINK SMALL KITE LARGE KITE

$1,500 $3,000

7TH REGULAR - BLUE 1 LINE 2 LINES

$1,500 $3,000

S.N. SPECIAL (Not in Pak $10) 2 LINES T-BIRD

$1,000 $2,000

FULL CARD MUST GO

60/40 SPLIT

8TH REGULAR - BLACK 2 LINES INDIAN STAR 100X NUMBER CALLED

$1,500 $1,500/$7,500

9TH REGULAR - LIME 1 LINE 2 LINES

$1,500 $3,000

JACKPOT - GREY (Extra cards $10) INSIDE SQUARE $1,000 LETTER “H” $3,000

FULL CARD

$50,000

LAST CHANCE (Not In Pak $1) FULL CARD

60/40 SPLIT

NEXT FULL CARD

ü Amazing Snack Bar

2585 Chiefswood Rd. Ohsweken ON N0A 1M0 Conveniently located just off HWY 54 between Brantford and Caledonia

NOW ACCEPTING

Six Nations of the Grand River Territory

$2,000

ü Friendly Service

ü ATM On-Site

Open 7 Days a Week Hotline: 519-753-8573

www.sixnationsbingo.ca