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Over 700 players and vendors gathered at Crazy Bill's paintball field on Sour Springs Road on Six Nations of the Grand River. PHOTOS BY NAHNDA GARLOW

Over 700 players battle it out at Crazy Bill’s Paintball Home Opener SIX NATIONS - Over 700 competitive paintball enthusiasts and vendors from across Ontario travelled to Six Nations territory for the Crazy Bill’s Paintball Field Home Opener on Saturday. Cars lined Sour Springs Road and players dressed in camouflage studded the western gateway to the reserve. Teams from across Ontario gathered to play a giant team vs. team game - some dressed in army fatigues and others comically dressed as combat unicorns, bananas and princesses. Michael Chordash was one of the players at the home opener. Chordash said, “I came out here today because I was one of the people helping build the new field during the winter. I wanted to en-

joy the home opener and hear the stories of how everyone has been over the winter and hear the stories of the battles that they’ve had already.” Chordash says that the field is a big draw in the area for paintball players and has a good reputation throughout the community for being a safe place. “I just love coming out to this field.” Chordash said. “It’s the people, it’s the atmosphere. I can’t ask for a better place to be myself. For me it’s that mental challenge of trying to out-think your opponent.” Another player Evan Higgins told the Two Row Times, “I spend every Saturday and Sunday here. The owner appreciates us and we appreciate him. He’s such a real guy, he’s not about money he’s just

about everybody having fun.” Numbers for players coming to the field have doubled in the last year

with nearly 150 players per day on the weekends. Chordash said, “People are spreading the word about this place. It’s

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A player reloads his paintball cannister in between games at the Crazy Bills Home Opener game this weekend. The great weather and new field features drew players and vendors from across Ontario to the Six Nations of the Grand territory. PHOTO BY NAHNDA GARLOW

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Joint Submission clarifies “Aboriginal right” to use indigenous medicine By Nahnda Garlow BRANTFORD - A joint submission was heard in a Brantford courtroom Friday, seeking clarification on Justice Gethin Edwards ruling which declared utilizing Ongwehonwe Onongwatri:yo (indigenous medicines) an “Aboriginal right”. Edwards ruling came after a lengthy application from McMaster Children’s Hospital which sought the courts intervention when a Six Nations family removed their daughter from chemotherapy to pursue Onongwatri:yo exclusively to treat the child’s condition. After leaving the hospital the child was treated exclusively with indigenous medicines and alternative therapy. Preliminary blood work showed no visible signs of cancer. The family connected with doctors at a different Ontario children’s hospital for follow-up care. It was during that care that a bone marrow biopsy revealed minimal traces of the disease still in her system. Soon afterward a relapse was diagnosed and the family and child together decided she would enter chemotherapy at this institution to treat the relapse. Brant Family and Child Services submitted to Edwards that since his ruling they have continued to work with the child’s family. Workers submitted an official statement to share that the child’s mother had

been willingly working with them since the investigation began to share details of the plan of care, medical visits, blood work and other specific details relative to her daughter’s medical care. Justice Edwards read the following clarifications on his ruling to the court: “The Aboriginal right to use traditional medicine must be respected, and must be considered, among other factors, in any analysis of the best interests of the child, and whether the child is in need of protection. Taking into account the Aboriginal right, and the constitutional objective of reconciliation and considering carefully the facts of this case, I concluded that this child was not in need of protection.” He also further clarified that “…the Haudenosaunee have both an Aboriginal right to use their own traditional medicines and health practices, and the same right as other people in Ontario.” And that this “provides Haudenosaunee culture and knowledge with protection, but it also gives the people unique access to the best we have to offer.” Gethin read that for the Haudenosaune this ruling “fulfills the aspirations of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which states in article 24, that “Indigenous peoples have the right to their traditional medicines and to main-

tain their health practices... Indigenous individuals also have the right to access, without any discrimination, to all social and health services.” The province of Ontario released a Joint Statement with Six Nations, and the family of J.J. saying they hope the clarification can assist the health care system provide better care to other First Nations families who choose to utilize indigenous medicines in treating members of their families. The statement reads: “All parties to a proceeding dealing with the treatment of an 11 year old girl known as “J.J.” from the Six Nations of the Grand River, who was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, appeared before Justice Edward to seek clarification on his reasons for the decision dated November 14, 2014. “Justice Edward released an addendum to his decision that recognizes that Haudenosaunee medicine is an integral aspect of the Haudenosaunee identity as a people. As such, it has the protection of the Canadian constitution as an Aboriginal right. “Justice Edward’s addendum further clarifies that the best interests of the child are paramount and that the Aboriginal right to practice traditional medicine must be respected. The practice of this right can and may work together with other approaches to health care.

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“This clarification now allows the family to proceed, with peace of mind and privacy, with their daughter’s treatment, using the best that both medicines have to offer. The clarification also enables and encourages governments, agencies, hospitals and health care practitioners to continue important conversations about an integrated approach to health care, one that respects and can bring together different healing traditions.” The statement is an encouraging step toward reconciliation and healing between health care providers and the First Nations populations surrounding Six Nations of the Grand River and the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. Both communities are supporting families in the area who pursue Onongwatri:yo in lieu of chemotherapy. McMaster Children’s Hospital president Peter Fitzgerald also released a statement via email which reads: “McMaster Children’s Hospital supports Justice Edward’s clarification of his decision, which confirms that the best interests of the child remain paramount and that Haudenosaunee and non-Indigenous medicine systems can and may work together. We have always supported this family’s decision to use traditional aboriginal healing practices in conjunction with conventional medical treatment.

“In bringing this application last fall, McMaster Children’s Hospital, its leaders, physicians and staff, were at all times focused only on JJ’s best interests. Our motivation has always been and remains that this child receive life-saving chemotherapy in a timely manner. Following Justice Edward’s decision in November, McMaster Children’s Hospital decided to not launch an appeal. It was never the hospital’s intention to involve itself in challenging the constitutional rights of aboriginal people. McMaster Children’s Hospital

ensured that its lines of communication remained open with the Government of Ontario and fully supported and participated in keeping the conversation open, leading to this resolution. “McMaster Children’s Hospital also continued its efforts to reach out to and work collaboratively with the aboriginal community, including supporting integrative medical care for aboriginal patients and families. We continue to wish JJ a full recovery and sincerely hope for the best for her and her family.”

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The City of Hamilton and Six Nations community members gathered to commemorate the end of the War of 1812 this past Saturday. Representatives from various native nations were invited to Dundurn National Historic Site on the 200th anniversary of the 1815 Peace Council, which was organized to acknowledge the Native Nations who were British allies during the war. Various speakers from both sides spoke to the treaties that were formed seven generations ago and the need to renew and uphold those commitments for the next seven generations. PHOTOS BY DAVID LAFORCE

New Six Nations Fire Hall construction begins By Jim Windle

OHSWEKEN – Ground breaking for the new Six Nations Fire Hall took place Thursday morning at the site where the construction is to soon begin. The new Fire Hall will be in the same location as the old one on Veterans Lane in downtown Ohsweken. The former building that served the Six Nations community was built almost 40 years ago but in recent years was condemned due to an infestation of mold throughout the building making it unsafe to work in. That building was torn down along with the old Police station, which was connected to it, leaving no central Fire Hall, only satellite stations located around the community, and a temporary office located at Public Works. Knowing the situation, Grand River Enterprises made a huge $2 million donation to go towards the new Fire Hall. AThe utElected owith Council chipped in $600,000 to build the site at a cost of $2.6 million. A target date fores d completion of T thera new Hall is set for this coming fall. Many thanks were givPartto en by all speakers s the GRE donation, which made the new facility possible. GRE has given several milPROUDLY SERVING THE COMMUNITY FOR 21 YEARS

lions back into the Six Nations over the years with equipment donations to the Six Nations Police Services and many other community needs, not counting the millions of dollars in grants given to individuals and sports teams through the Dreamcatcher Fund. Elected Chief Ava Hill thanked former Fire Chief Mike Seth and the new Chief Matthew Miller for fighting for Six Nations Fire Services for years. She reminded the community that Friday, May 1st, is the province wide First Responders Day. “Often we don’t give as much recognition to our fire, police and ambulance services as we should,” said Chief Hill. “We are going to have a breakfast at the community hall from 9-11, and honour our first responders. Council will serve the breakfast and all community members are invited.” She also revealed a fundraising event with proceeds to go towards these very important services. “We all know there is not enough money for our Fire Services and we as COMPLETE community need to come CAR PARTS. together and that’s why us for pre-owned the GRESee donation was so vehicle parts to fit important,” she said. “We your budget. are looking at a number Need a Part? of fundraising events. Let us find it for One

event we’d like to start this year is a Firemens’ Ball on November 19th. Former Fire Chief Mike Seth was on hand to see the culmination of years of lobbying council for a new fire station as well. He has since moved on to take a position as Fire Chief in Thorold. “It’s good to see Council is carrying on well after I left to help get this project through,” said Seth. “It’s a very important step in the growth of this community. “In a movie they said ‘if you build it they will come,’ and over the last few years there has been a lot of other things the Council has been investing in, like the water plant and the police station and now the fire station. The more infrastructure

that is being developed the more you are going to be seeing people come to the community. It is an excellent step forward and I hope to be here for the grand opening as well.” New fire chief Matt Miller will be reaping the rewards as the new Six Nations Fire Chief after several years as a Six Nations firefighter. “I don’t even know where to begin with the level of excitement that is involved with this project and moving it forward,” he said. “The donation from GRE and the work of the Elected Band Council will impact our fire services for generations to come.

Pictured here are members for the Six Nations Fire Services along with Elected Chief Ava Hill, New Fire Chief Matthew Miller, outgoing Chief Michael Seth, who fought long and hard for the new Hall. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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SNEC and Aecon in new National Immunization Awareness Week declared on business partnership Six Nations By Nahnda Garlow

SIX NATIONS – Six Nations Elected Council announced a new joint venture agreement with Aecon. Under the agreement, the joint venture will perform a broad range of utilities related work, including clearing right-of-ways, completing restoration contracts, as well as conducting meter hazard avoidance and out-of-date meter programs. Work will be located within the Haldimand Tract area of southwestern Ontario that is of historical interest to Six Nations. “Forming strategic

partnerships is a core component of Aecon’s business strategy and we are pleased to begin this new joint venture with the Six Nations Elected Council,” said Teri McKibbon, Aecon’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Aecon Group Inc. “A partnership of this nature with a prominent company such as Aecon exemplifies the capability of the Six Nations people to collaborate and participate in the economic opportunities that exist within the Haldimand Tract and beyond,” said Ava Hill, Chief of Six Nations Elected Council.

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SIX NATIONS – Chief Ava Hill signed a proclamation at Six Nations Elected Council offices this week officially acknowledging April 25 - May 2, 2015 as National Immunization Awareness Week on Six Nations of the Grand River territory. Immunize Canada released a press release about the national week of recognition and calls upon all people to consider this week to “protect themselves and others by staying up to date with their immunizations.” According to Dr. Susan Bowles, Chair of Immunize Canada, “Immunizations are safe, effective, and benefit people of all

ages, They protect individuals and communities by preventing the spread of disease. As more people are immunized, the disease risk for everyone is reduced.” Immunize Canada also released information on the importance of infants and the elderly being up to date with their immunizations as still developing or weakening immune systems make those individuals more likely to contract things like measles during an outbreak. Six Nations Public Health offices are currently running a draw for any member of the community who comes in during this week to update their immunizations. All persons who update their

immunizations will have their names entered into a draw to win a gift basket filled with educational toys for children up to age 6.

For more information or to book a time to update your immunizations you can call the Six Nations Public Health office at 519-445-2672.

Six Nations Elected Council Chief Ava Hill, here pictured with Six Nations Public Health Nurse Karen Martin, signed a declaration making this week National Immunization Awareness Week on Six Nations. All community members who update their immunizations this week will be entered into a draw for a gift basket filled with educational toys for children 6 and under. PHOTO BY NAHNDA GARLOW

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Detailed Design and Class Environmental Assessment Study Highway 6 from Hagersville to Caledonia G.W.P. 3061-11-00 THE PROJECT The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has retained MMM Group Limited to undertake the Detailed Design and Class Environmental Assessment Study for improvements to Highway 6, from the north limits of Hagersville to approximately 440 m south of the Argyle Street South Junction in Caledonia, within Haldimand County. The study area is shown on the key plan. The proposed works include the following: • • • •

Pavement rehabilitation; Roadside drainage improvements; Culvert rehabilitation and/or replacement; Review of intersection improvements at Highway 6/Third Line and Highway 6/Fourth Line; and • Operational and safety improvements. Traffic staging during construction will be confirmed as the study progresses. Concurrent with this Class EA study, MTO Corridor Management Office is reviewing the potential for residential/commercial entrance removals/modifications as part of their mandate to manage access in the corridor. THE PROCESS

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If you have any accessibility requirements to participate in this project, please contact one of the Project Team members listed above. Comments and information are being collected to assist the MTO in meeting the requirements of the Ontario Environmental Assessment Act. Information will be collected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and the Access to Information Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record.

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COLUMN: LUV, RESPECT & DEFIANCE

I'm not your Indian, bro Since at least the year 1688 visitors to the Americas from across the Oceans have tried to claim ownership over us - the ‘Gwahon:we’ indigenous peoples. Perhaps it was just a regular European ritual that we were unaware of. It goes like this: Show up somewhere, plant a flag, claim the land, and do your best to claim the people living there as children. But in an epic exchange, the Haudenosaunee told the European visitors in 1688: “We will not be like father and son but like brothers.” It seemed very straight forward but even this statement could be interpreted differently within the Eurocentric mind. The Haudenosaunee had no way of knowing that amongst European royalty it was common that brothers would frame, discredit and in some cases even try to kill each other.

And so it continues. Indigenous men and women are going missing and being killed daily as the words of 1688 reverberate in 2015. The neo-colonial attitude is reflected in such “innocent” statements from Canadians such as “I am not racist, I love our aboriginal people”. Or other “harmless” tropes such as “Our aboriginal people are so much more advanced than Australia’s aboriginals.” These objectifications are so “low level” that they fly just under the radar. But to indigenous people they stick out like a sore thumb. We are not property. If mother earth could speak only she would be entitled to such bold and sweeping statements as that. The Queen is not our Creator. We do not belong to Canada. No one controls us - for each man has his own free will. And further to that - we will not be manipulated. As we remember our identity and assert our authority as indigenous peoples - many colonial institutions and authorities will be challenged. People will be offended. The Haudenosaunee have proven our commitment to the ancient paths of peace, but when we speak the world will listen. White settler guilt skyrockets into overdrive when the true landlords stand up and speak out but it should be obvious by now that we are a just and loyal society.

If the Queen’s Privy Council handed over the reins and Stephen Harper dismantled parliament in favour of Haudenosaunee governance what do Canadian’s think that we would do? What are they afraid that we would do? They are fearful of the violent savage they colonial pop culture created in their minds. Maybe they are afraid of receiving what they deserve. But one thing is certain, we belong to no one. #imnotyourindianbro

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In memory of Misty Upham By Bubzy Martin Let us say Nia:wen/Thanks to the Great Natural Power for allowing us this beautiful day and to have in our presence good health and a good mind. Let us focus our minds as one - for another shining star has fallen from the sky and has taken her walk along the Milky Way back to the Land of Perfect Blue. I had the pleasure of meeting an up and coming indigenous actress when I lived in the greater Los Angeles area a couple years ago. I ended up having a nice conversations with this bright young actress. She seen the Mohawk unity flag on my jacket, approached me and asked if I was from New York. I said, “Kind of. The Mohawks come originally from from the Mohawk Valley which is presently called New York but I’m from big Six Nations in Canada. But that border don’t mean nadda to the Mohawks.” She laughed. Said she was raised near the Canada/US border in Montana on a Blackfoot Reserve. Said she was an actress trying to find a place in the Hollywood scene and had a couple good opportunities on the horizon. I met a lot of people when I was living out in California and the majority introduced themselves as actors presented me with their card for the rolodex. It’s an informal California networking thing. Her name was Misty Upham. She had a very strong spirited charisma. The same kind of spirit eyes that could look right through you. The same

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strong spirit I felt when I interviewed Buffy St. Marie. I knew I was in the presence of a powerful woman kinda like the old Mohawk clan mothers. Now this beautiful bright actress, a representative of the Blackfoot nation, was found dead at the bottom of a ravine. How does a native actress that worked with A-list stars like Julia Roberts and Juliette Lewis end up dead at the bottom of a ravine? Her family, especially her father, suspect foul play. The spiritual evil and trau-

Of course the cops said there’s no indication of foul play. Probably took them about 15 mins to surmise this off the top of their head. Case closed lets go get some donuts. Her father says it was no suicide. Why would a Native actress commit suicide just as her career was taking off? Autopsy results said it was blunt force trauma. Her father says it was no suicide. Why would a Native actress commit suicide just as her career was taking off. Let us petition Twitter and Facebook with with

Misty Upham

ma felt by our missing and murdered sisters knows no borders. It’s like they’ve called an open season on indigenous women everywhere.

the names and faces of our deceased sisters. To push for a full scale investigation and arrest by the Auburn, Washington police department. Until someone

is brought to justice. Let us show the united power of our red people by using the power of social media. We got to keep pushing. Canadian elections are coming soon and situations of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls just like this one, remaining unsolved, are a terrible stain on Prime Minister Harper. It don’t matter if it was in Washington. The evil perpetuated against the lineage of Sky Woman knows no imaginary border lines. The hatred toward Onkwehonwe women is endemic amongst the ocean of euro-centric energies on Turtle Island. Pain knows no borders. Destabilization is everywhere. This is a spiritual battle more than anything. Remember the Creation Story of Sky Woman from whom our blood lineage flows from. She was pregnant with twins. When they were born they fought constantly - one good and one evil. This is the duality of nature. Their friction culminated in a final showdown and the good twin finally prevailed, winning a wrestling match by pinning the evil twin down with a deer horn. After the evil twin got up he told his brother. “Since you beat me I’m going after your beloved children fashioned from the red earth.” As we see all too clearly today. The evil twin is fulfilling his declaration. We have our protectors - but it’s still a war between good and evil. But according to the Peacemakers promise he said don’t stop till the battles won - and we shall win. R.I.P. Misty.

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“Colour Your Hair, Colour Your Mood”

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“Stopping the Stigma: Your Mental Health Depends on It”:

Mini Garden Workshop with Gloria, 1-3

A Symposium on PTSD for First Responders and High- Stress Workers”

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2015 Mental Health Week Planning

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Grand River Community Health Centre, 363 Colborne, Community Room A hosted by the GRCHC

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“Let’s Chalk About it BBQ” 4 p.m. At New Beginnings 359 Darling Street, Unit 17 for more information at Leigh.Savage@BrantFACS.ca hosted by Brant FACS

“Laughter Yoga with Gloria”

Hair Colouring Station Obsessions Hair Salon, 22 Market St. S

1:30 - 2: p.m. GRCHC, 363 Colborne, Community Room A

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“Kickoff to Mental Health Week” at the Polish Hall, 154 Pearl St. From 4-6 p.m.

“Children’s Fun Fair” presented by Six Nations Child & Family Services

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5-7 p.m.

Launch of “Hope More” Youth Suicide Prevention tool

Six Nations Child & Family Services, 15 Sunrise Court, Ohsweken, ON Interactive Booths Face Painting Food, Fun and Activities for entire Family

Panel Presentation on Youth Suicide STRIVE Awards 5-6 p.m. Presentation on PTSD & Secondary Trauma presentation Agency Displays

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Light Refreshments

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Garden Visualization with Gloria, 3-3:30 Community Room A Hosted by the GRCHC For more information, contact 519-754-0777

FRIDAY MAY 8 Closing Event & BBQ 2 - 6 p.m. Alexandra Park, Park & Colborne Streets, Brantford Hotdogs, Cold Beverages Activities for children

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Agency booths

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“Heart & Hunger: Connecting Food & Mood with Catherine and Katie” 10 - 12 noon, GRCHC, 363 Colborne, Community Room A&B Chalking Event Outside the front of the GRCHC office from 11-12 noon

“Let’s Chalk About it” BBQ

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Stepping Stones 4 p.m.

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Local Park Clean-up

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1:30 - 3 p.m. Meet at GRCHC For more information, call 519-754-0777 hosted by the GRCHC

Hosted by Brant Family and Children’s Services and the Family Counselling Centre of Brant

Other Events happening on May 4th Brant FACS: “Mums and Tots Group” - with a presentation on Well-Being from St. Leonard’s 12-2 at Northland Gardens “Mums Wellness: Teen Parenting” from 4-6 at 14 Henry Street Ontario Early Years Centre - “ Going Green for Mental Health Awareness” - Chalking it up in the parking lot, green snacks, green creative activities at the OEYC, 30 Bell Lane, Contact: jbaillie@eycbrant.ca

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Sconedogs & Seed Beads

The story of J.J. - her healing journey By Nahnda Garlow Bring up the name J.J. to most Canadians and you’d likely see adults with furrowed brows and looks of deep solemnity falling across their faces. Google the name and guaranteed the results will be worse; journalists, columnists, oncologists, “experts” all sounding off on how this is a child in a ‘hopeless’ situation, failed by her family, her community and the system. But J.J., her parents and her 11 siblings are no strangers to the people of Six Nations. Bring up the child’s name in the village and you’ll see a totally different reaction to the one mentioned above; smiling faces, well-wishers and members of the public offering prayers and support to the family.

Extend that even farther to the hundreds of First Nations communities across Canada and the United States and you will find indigenous people who have laid down tobacco, and offered prayers and financial support - all in the name of solidarity for her journey. So what is the discrepancy here? Where are the accounts of her certain demise coming from and which narrative is the true story? Over the course of the last year I’ve had the pleasure of spending time with J.J. and getting to see who she is, observing her parents and siblings as they journey through this trial together. Who I have come to see in J.J., is a bright child of great depth, with a strong spirit and a family full of love.

Every time I see J.J. she is laughing. Her face beams with a big smile, dimpled pink cheeks and a little twinkle in her eye. Not a twinkle of innocence - her journey has taken her through so much adversity already that her spirit has wisdom deeper than most 11 year old girls. But this twinkle comes from the joy in being home, surrounded by her siblings and protected by her parents. It’s a look of trust - of certainty that she is safe, loved, and cared for. I was invited to her parents home for an interview over the weekend. When I got to the house J.J’s father was sweeping the floor and cleaning up a bit. I could see J.J. through the window playing outside with her brothers and sisters and taking the compost

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out to the edge of the This was not the situbush. ation I observed from “We’re only going to Six Nations. As an indigbe talking to you,” her enous journalist I was mother told me. This is appalled and shocked at something I take as a the amount of spin and great responsibility. inaccuracy applied to the Journalists from me- narrative as it appeared dia organizations near across national media. and far came to J.J.’s fam“Would you ever conily in the beginning vow- sider suing the press?”, I ing to honour her story asked J.J.’s mother. and tell it without influ“Can you do that?”, ence. However that would she responded. “I don’t not turn out be their ex- even know if you can do perience. that or not. I haven’t even Media heavily spun thought about that.” details of the girl’s ordeal More recently with to tell a certain story in the court case finally bea certain way - objecti- ing closed and clarificafying their nutritional tion from Justice Gethin choices as quackery, thus Edwards that her family painting her parents as has the right to pursue foolish and under-aware indigenous treatment for “aboriginals” swept away their daughter the way by a charismatic charla- they see fit - their minds tan - and under served are now on other things. by a flawed Child Welfare J.J. came running in system that granted First the house with her older Nations parents liberty sister. They were joking to ignore their child’s ill- around and started play ness in favour of utilizing wrestling on the couch witch doctors. like sisters do. “Be careGRCA - 2015 - Six Nations_2015.qxd 27/04/2015 9:46 AM Page 1 This is not the truth. ful of her port now. I told

you J.J. no rough housing,” she called out to her kids. She turned to me and said, “I get nervous even when she is jumping on the trampoline of that port moving around too much.” J.J. was doing well on her indigenous treatments and nutritional therapies. Her mother said, “We were able to heal her body back from chemotherapy and get her strong again. Then from there we were able to take down the leukaemia cells to give us the test results of “no visible signs of cancer” from her blood work.” However bone marrow biopsy results showed a residual level of leukaemia cells still latent in her marrow. Doctors asserted that this development had to have been from the limited chemotherapy that she received however her CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

Public information meeting Protecting source water for the Six Nations Grand River intake

A Proposed Drinking Water Source Protection Plan has been prepared for the Grand River watershed. The Plan will help protect the quality of water in the Grand River at the intake for the Six Nations water system serving Ohsweken. The Plan has been developed under the Ontario Clean Water Act to protect the sources of municipal and First Nations water systems throughout the Grand River watershed. The development of the plan has been overseen by the Lake Erie Region Source Protection Committee, which includes three First Nation representatives. The Six Nations intake was included in the Plan at the request of the Six Nations Elected Council. The policies and programs to protect water quality will be implemented in areas upstream of Six Nations in the County of Brant, Brantford and other municipalities. The Plan was submitted to the Ontario Ministry of the Environment in January 2013 for its approval. Since then, some amendments have been made to the plan. The updated plan will be reviewed by the Source Protection Committee in May and resubmitted to the province in June for its approval.

See the Plan The Draft Source Protection Plan can be seen: ■ on the Internet at www.sourcewater.ca ■ GRCA head office, 400 Clyde Rd., Cambridge ■ Six Nations Environmental Office, 1953 Fourth Line, Ohsweken

Public meeting Learn more about the development and implementation of the Plan at a public meeting: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Six Nations Tourism Building 2498 Chiefswood Road Grand River Conservation Authority 400 Clyde Road, Cambridge (519) 621-2761

Find out more at www.sourcewater.ca

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mother says it was from the indigenous medicine and that she has the blood work results to show otherwise. For eight months, from August 2014 until March 2015 J.J. would stick to a nutritional plan that included no meat, no dairy, no sugar and lots of fresh juices and vegetables. She was receiving regular care from doctors at another Ontario children’s hospital, who worked with the family closely to ensure she was progressing well. Then in March her mother noticed some swelling in her neck. “It shocked me because it came on so fast,” her mother said. “Her lymph nodes were so swollen that her windpipe was being crushed. When we took her in they did a biopsy on one of her lymph nodes said they found leukaemia cells in it.” Devastating news for any parent with a child who has struggled from the crisis of a leukaemia diagnosis to “no visible signs of cancer”. “I felt so defeated. So defeated,” said her mother. “I felt like we had come so far and we had done so much good for not only J.J. but for all our people who are going to use our medicines.” Her parents described the agonizing decision they were faced with - start J.J. on a new 2.5 year protocol of chemotherapy right away, or keep on the path using just indigenous medicine. They decided they were going to do both and increase the intensity of her indigenous medicinal treatments at the same time. “I felt like I was backed into a corner,” said her mother. “But I knew that I didn’t want to lose my little girl.” So they began the treatments and J.J.’s body began to respond right away. For her mother the immediate concerns were fear that J.J. would react to this round of chemotherapy drugs the same way she did previously. Testimony given by CAS workers in court last fall described a child doubled over in extreme pain, enduring the kind of nightmarish side effects that prompted her removal from chemotherapy treatments in the first

place. Her mother said, “When I watched the first chemotherapy drugs enter into her system I braced myself and thought, ‘Okay how is this going to affect her’? To

flock of birds flew up out of the field right in front of me. It was just beautiful. It was right then that I knew that she was going to be okay. That she was going to be alright.” Just then the front

discovered is the name of blue cheese chicken wing dipping sauce in this household. J.J. sat beside her youngest sister happily eating a slice of cheese pizza and a garden salad. She is still pursuing

J.J., here shown at home, is making a medicine ball for an upcoming lacrosse game ceremony as a part of her healing. SUBMITTED PHOTO everyone’s relief, J.J. has responded to this initial phase of chemotherapy much better than before. “We’ve had doctors and nurses approach us shocked with how well she is responding,” her mother shared. “Normally at this phase they said a lot of children need a blood transfusion but J.J’s white blood cell count is really good.” Her parents believe that this was due to the eight months they worked on strengthening J.J’s body, mind and spirit to the point where she is now able to tolerate the forms of chemotherapy being administered. Her father said that he received a confirmation his daughter was going to be okay. He said, “When my wife first came home and told me that this was gonna happen, I walked outside and it was one of the first nice days we had this year. I looked up and a whole big

door swung open and J.J’s siblings all came running into the dining room where her parents and I were chatting. “Pizza is here mom! The Pizza is here!,” their youngest children shouted out. Suddenly the room was filled with seven bubbly kids all chatting and laughing. Their dad handed out paper towels and the kids all sat down and waited patiently for a slice of cheese pizza and some chicken wings. “Mom I need some dunk,” the youngest daughter said. ‘Dunk’ I

juicing and incorporating vegetables as a part of her nutritional plan but is now allowed to have “treats” her mom says. “Are you glad to be able to eat pizza now?,” I asked her. “Yeah,” she smiled. And then she turned to watch a funny video on her older sisters iPod. Just like any normal 11 year old girl. As they were giggling away I sat in the dining room observing a very happy and normal pre-teen girl, six weeks into chemotherapy, surrounded with love and

confidence in herself, her family and her community. Definitely a huge turnaround from where she was eight months ago. After the court case was finalized last week, J.J. and her entire family finally have some breathing room. They are no longer living with fear hanging over their heads that she could be apprehended at any moment, stolen from her family and forced back into the hospital. The eight months that she spent pursuing traditional treatment to restore her body, mind and spirit were much more than just herb teas and probiotics - this is the inaccurate picture media have reported, devaluing the healing journey she was on. Ceremonies were performed all across the continent to help build up her spirits. Feasts, pipe ceremonies, lacrosse games, dances, prayers and offerings were made all across North America by medicine people from the North, South, East and West all sending healing toward this child and her family, who were grossly affected by the assumptions many made about her family’s decision to stop chemotherapy. It is these ceremonies, the support of the community and the nutritional work they did with J.J. that has all been vital to bringing the child back to place of holistic well-being to where she is able to tolerate the chemotherapy much better now. Her mother said, “I feel like we did the work to repair her body, but also her spirit and her mind. We still get messages and support from people every day saying how they are doing ceremonies for her and giving us words of encouragement.” Her father said that J.J.’s siblings also have played a vital role in her healing. Her youngest sis-

ter has been by her side through all of the treatments, holding J.J’s hand and helping care for her whenever she can. “That little girl has made all the difference in J.J’s getting through this,” said her father. Still the family is aware of the gravity of J.J’s illness and the new journey she is on. A few nights ago her younger brother had a dream about his sister. He began to tell me, “I saw J.J and she was…” He stopped. He got silent for a moment and everyone at the table got quiet and listened. He hung his head in his hands and began to weep. Everyone at the table reached out toward him to offer a hug. “Come here my boy,” his father said and he snuck in between his parents at the table. They comforted him and his father rubbed his head as they do in Haudenosaune tradition. A teaching that I’ve seen in my own family. It’s a physical expression of rubbing away the bad thoughts from the mind of the child. His mother kissed the top of his head and said, “It’s okay son. It was only a dream. It’s okay to cry though because even though it was just a dream it still feels real don’t it?” As he nodded he hung his head and cried some more deep sobs. J.J. listened quietly and I saw their father take a strong step of leadership forward to bring back a good mind of hope to his family. “My other daughter had another dream. That is the one I choose to follow. She dreamed that Jada never got sick and that things were all like they were before the C word came into our lives,” he reassured his family. “That is the way we are going.”

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The search continues for two Haudenosaunee men from Tyendinaga who went missing during a fishing trip this weekend. PHOTO BY ERICA L. JAMIESON

Search continues for two young men lost By Erica L. Jamieson TYENDINAGA - Tyendinaga community members have been holding their breath since early Sunday morning when two young men went missing during an early

morning fishing trip. Sometime after midnight the two boaters launched from a small dock just off Bayshore Road in Tyendinaga and have not been seen since. The following morning a number of men in the

community were contacted to help search. The search has been extensive. In addition to the community member efforts, Tyendinaga Police have coordinated with a Griffin Helicopter from Trenton, Coast Guard Cut-

ter from Kingston, a Coast Guard Auxiliary boat from Quinte Search and Rescue and the Tyendinaga Firefighters. All have been tirelessly searching for the two men. Divers have now been called into join the search.

Community members have been gathering at the dock on Bayshore Road in hopes of finding out what happened and to provide emotional support to the families. Facebook statuses are filled with prayers for the safe

return of the two young men. If you have any information please contact the Tyendinaga Police services (613) 967 – 3888.

number of opportunities to win prizes. There was also a contest for the most unusual find which was a Bowfin Fish. Despite waking up early Saturday morning the Tyendinaga Thrashers, Pee Wee and Atoms divisions were super excited about the morning activities. Cindy Loft, Tyendinaga Thrashers (Pee Wee division) said “the kids were pretty excited, if you can imagine, we call it ‘ditch day’, they were ecstatic to be in the ditches and picking up garbage, some of them (kids) where shocked to see some of the things that were in the ditches like diapers, [tobacco] chew bottles, bongs…” Tyendinaga Thrashers applied for money to help with their team through the Dreamcatcher Charitable

Foundation. One of the conditions for being approved for funding is

that DCF requests teams give back to their home communities. Between

Cindy and her husband they felt participating in Earth Day was a great

opportunity for the team to give back and thank their community for the support and sponsorship during Little NHL. Ezra Maracle, Daniel Chase, Jared Barberstock and Oronhyathe Green were the winners of the bicycle draws. Two of these boys took the message of the day to heart and gave away their bicycles to other children.

Earth Day Celebrated at Tyendinaga By Erica L. Jamieson TYENDINAGA - Last Saturday the Environmental department hosted the Annual “Earth Day Celebration” in Tyendinaga. Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) Environmental Technical & Good Minds departments partnered to coordinate the day’s events. Each provided participants with a handy backpack containing rubber gloves, garbage bags, hand sanitizer, water, reusable water bottles, and a granola bar. According to Nicole Storms, Environmental Services Coordinator, there were about 160 people that participated plus the two Tyendinaga Thrashers teams. All participants were given tree seedlings and a

Tyendinaga held their annual Earth Day celebrations last week including a clean up of the ditches. PHOTO BY ERICA L. JAMIESON

SUICIDE SURVIVORS SUPPORT GROUP

Grief support is being offered during May to individuals and families who have lost a loved one to suicide. We will meet on

Tuesdays from 7-9 PM. May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2015 @ Six Nations Tourism Building, 2498 Chiefswood Road For further information please call (519) 445-4204

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Demonstrations held in Washington D.C. last week brought indigenous people from the north, south, east and west to hold Chevron accountable for environmental crimes. PHOTO BY FERNANDO ARCE

Indigenous people unite in fight against Chevron By Fernando Arce WASHINGTON, D.C. – Indigenous peoples from the North, Central and South American parts of the continent converged in Washington D.C. on Apr. 21 to demand justice for the indigenous victims of Chevron’s pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Protests were Inside the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, where a private tribunal was being heard where Chevron argued that Ecuador’s government should clean up the Amazon, which was polluted between 1964 and 1992 by the corporation (formerly Texaco). In 2011, Ecuador’s

Supreme Court found Chevron guilty of dumping billions of gallons of toxic sludge in the Lago Agrio region of the Amazon, and ordered it to pay $9.5 billion dollars to clean it up. Until today, oil still seeps from the ground up, which is what inspired the ‘Chevron’s Dirty Hand’ campaign making its way around the world to demand justice for the Afectados (the affected). To avoid paying its debt, Chevron has launched lawsuit after lawsuit after anyone attempting to help the 30,000 people from indigenous and farming communities who first launched the class-action lawsuit in 1994. This list has included lawyers, a

DIRECTORS NEEDED The West Haldimand General Hospital is a progressive, 23-bed rural community hospital located in Hagersville. We are seeking persons who are interested in serving on our volunteer Board of Directors. If you have experience on a governance-oriented not-for-profit board or have knowledge of patient advocacy, legal affairs or construction and project management we want you! If you don’t have any of this experience, we are willing to train you! Come out and make a difference in your local hospital and local community. Interested in finding out more? Contact Ellen Craddock, Executive Assistant to the CEO at 905-768-3311, Ext. 1122, for an application package. For additional information contact Patty Nixon, WHGH Board Chair, at 905-768-3311, Ext. 1122. All applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. Monday, May 11th, 2015.

litigation funding company and now even the state of Ecuador – all of whom the oil giant contends acted in a corrupt way to obtain the favourable judgement. But the corporation’s refusal to pay -- “until hell freezes over,” as one of Chevron’s lawyer’s notoriously quipped – is backfiring, and all it’s achieved is the unity of leaders from various backgrounds and from all over the continent. Speakers at the event included Ecuadorian Ambassador to the United States Efrain Baús, the Ecuadorian member of parliament, Ximena Peña, and Indigenous representatives from throughout the continent. Dr. Rigoberta

Menchú, a world-renowned Guatemalan Mayan activist, captivated the audience with a fiery speech. After warmly welcoming all the indigenous and other ethnic brothers and sisters, she went on to denounce the mining industry’s destructive nature and invited everyone to help protect Mother Earth from it. “Our Mother Earth is untouchable, and any offence against her is an offence against our own lives,” she said in Spanish to the massive though peaceful crowd. “We are witnesses of the indiscriminate destruction of the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle. Through many decades, Chevron contaminated the land, the rivers,

the plants, and has taken many lives. That is why today is a judgement of the People against Chevron!” Menchú is a world renowned winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, which she received in 1992 for her constant efforts to promote indigenous rights in her country of Guatemala. She’s also a main figure in indigenous politics there, and even ran for president of the country in 2007 and 2011. Kanensaraken (Loran) Thompson, Mohawk Bear clan from Akwesasne, also gave a powerful speech which touched the sea of demonstrators at their very cores as they erupted in applause. “The land you come from is now the garden

of Eden. It is feeding you, and right now you are still free. In this country the people have to depend on corporations to feed them for the almighty dollar. So you hang on to your freedom, from the land you come from,” said the towering indigenous man. “We are one mind. We are one people. The Original People of our Lands! We have been split on years before. We have been convinced that we are different all over the different lands in this world. But we are all the natural peoples of this land, and we have to support our Mother Earth because she’s going to feed us, not the corporations.”

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Pictured from Left to Right: Laura Hill, Lucas Duguid, Adrian Harjo, Nicole Staats, and TRT Publisher Jonathan Garlow Laura Hill

Lucas Duguid

Adrian Harjo

Nicole Staats

Jonathan Garlow

Attempting to achieve unity without diversity leads to conformity. The ancient teachings of the Haudenosaunee people emphasize the space for all people to seek shelter under the long boughs of the Tree of Peace. And it is no accident that we created the Two Row Times in “The spirit of all nations.” In the weeks to come we are following five different individuals and asking questions about their heritage and cultural identity to foster conversation and understanding among neighbours. Join us as we celebrate the diversity of our newfound friends! Q1. What is your cultural background going back 4 generations? Laura Hill: My mother is an expert hobby genealogist so this question is very fun for me! On my father’s side, I am told my siblings and I are mostly Onondaga although there is Mohawk, Cayuga, and a touch of English and German in there as well. On my mother’s side, we are mostly Irish although records show Scottish and English ancestry too. I come from a very multicultural background and it has made for a fun upbringing. Lucas Duguid: I’m a third generation Brantfordian on my father’s side. The generation prior to that is from the District of Aberdeenshire in Scotland. My Mother and the three generations prior to her are from Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia but prior to that are from the District of Aberdeenshire as well. Adrian Harjo: To be perfectly blunt - when I look back four generations into my bloodline I see “Indian Hating” English Frontiersman living in Harjo County Oklahoma, Wealthy Seminoles from Oil Money living in Seminole County, Oklahoma, a Kickapoo/Pottawatomi Medicine woman of whom my mother is named after and a Mexican/American who came up from Texas working on the railroad. Nicole Staats: I was Raised in Winnipeg Manitoba. My father’s side is Mohawk/C ay ug a/G erman. He passed away when I was young and I recently got the pleasure to meet his side of the family in Six Nations after all these years not

knowing who they were! My mother’s side is Lebanese/Italian & Swedish/French. Apparently I have a great grandfather from Lebanon and grandmother is from Sweden. Jonathan Garlow: My mother Eleanor Garlow (nee Esquimaux) was Potawatomi Turtle Clan from Manitoulin Island her name is derived from Skima which means Blood-boiling rage. Her mother didn’t speak a drop of english, only “Ojibway” as my mom called it. On my Garlow side I am Kanienkehaka (Mohawk) Turtle Clan as well so that means I’m inbred, oh well. My dad Andy “Gumps” Garlow had a grandpa called Totah Sam Butler and he was Tuscarora. Andy’s grandma from that side of his family was called Totah Kate (nee Claus) was she was Mohawk. These were the parents of my Totah Frances Garlow whose first language was Kanienkeha (Mohawk). We don’t know much about my papa Joseph Garlow because his father died suspiciously in the early 1900’s. His mother was Carrie Crawford who was undoubtedly Mohawk possibly from Tyendinaga as well. I have a strong Tyendinaga connection. Q2. Which one of these cultures do you most identify with? LH: This is an interesting question. I feel that I have come to understand myself not as parts of two different halves, but as a whole person raised within one family culture of blended race, history and heritage. I identify with it all I guess - my father’s reverence for Mother Earth and the

natural world; the mythology, folklore and origin stories from both my Indigenous and Irish lineage, my mother’s fierce Irish soul, and our collective experience as a multicultural family. LD: When asked what my background is in almost every case my answer is “I’m from Brantford.” While I find the imagery, stories and history of Scotland & Nova Scotia fascinating I have no personal connection with either place. My home is where I live. The people around me are part of my story. I am my hometown. AH: I Identify as a Native American and live my life in such a manner. I have chosen a full blood Mohawk woman as my partner and now have 2 beautiful Full Blood Mohawk boys! NS: I like to choose places that serve cuisine from all my different backgrounds to identify with the cultures just for fun :)

...Laughs aside I really began identifying with my Aboriginal roots when I hit my adult years and became curious, it’s unfortunate I didn’t learn my indigenous background through school while growing up in a mainly aboriginal populated city. JG: I feel like a Kanienkehaka person. I was raised as a Mohawk from the upper end (of Six Nations) so that is my identity now. When people say you have to follow the mother I say I’ve already followed the roots of the tree of peace and I’m here now so there’s no going back. I have respect for the Potawatomi people and would like to learn more about them but all I really know is that they are really short and they eat dessert first. I think they have strong medicines. Q3. Which one of these cultures would you think other people would most identify you with?

LH: Well, I’m pretty pale and I have blue eyes so I am going to take a wild guess and say most people think I am straight up Caucasian. I have had people challenge my authenticity when I share that I was born and raised on Six Nations with an indigenous father. It can be troubling to be challenged on something that is so personal, but it can also be seen as a good starting point for discussions on race and identity. LD: While my appearance is Caucasian after a short period of time spent with me it would become evident that my heart and my identity is local. AH: Well being that my family is mixed and I was brought up around Mexicans, it really depends on where I am at the moment. When I’m back home in Kansas City, most people consider me Mexican. I speak a little Spanish anyway so I can see how that goes. Then

I head out to pow wow’s and ceremonies and give my face a quick shave and poof - I’m Native! NS: Most people like to place bets on identifying what my background is and they always loose when they suggest that I am Mexican. They usually start to see the cultural resemblances as I mention what’s in my Heinz 57 background. JG: Whatever suits their personal vendetta, lol. To the Mohawks who don’t like me I am an Ojibwe. When I go up “Nort” to visit my family I am a foreigner and a Mohawk. By looking at me I am recognizably indigenous but I’ve been told that I don’t look like a Mohawk whatever that might mean. When I was producing music in the ‘hood of Philadelphia, Sigel St. the black people said I was a white person which really bugged me for some reason.

OMSK Grade 4/5 Students Belong In Our Caring School Community!!!

“Teyethinonwera’:ton ne Onekwe’shon:ha” (We Give Thanks To The People)

“We All Belong: A collaborative piece from grade 8 students at Oliver M. Smith Kawennio School. We thank the staff and students at Oliver M. Smith Kawennio for their participation in the Unity In Diversity campaign! Fantastic work everyone!”

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What makes a ‘real’ Haudenosaunee? The Two Row Times is pleased to present Part 2 of our 4 part series on Haudenosaunee diversity by Rick Hill, Senior Project Coordinator at Deyohahá:ge: Indigenous Knowledge Centre. By Rick Hill Since the 1970s and the birth of Native/Indigenous Studies, our bright-minded youth have insisted on having mainstream institutions respect diversity and multiculturalism. They demanded respect from institutions that previously advocated social integration, cultural assimilation and racial segregation. For a long time, the federal and provincial governments wanted our culture to disappear. Today, they now pay us to learn about the old way of life of our ancestors. If we demand respect for our culture, are we required to give respect for others? Diversity and multiculturalism are a two way street. However, all my adult life I have heard racist and exclusionary thoughts from the People of the Longhouse. Apparently, for many of us, the words of the Peacemaker are no longer true. We seemed to have become a vengeful people, and with the introduction of lateral violence, took it out on our own relatives first. Has history forced to rethink his goals, and narrow the vision he had for the Great Law of Peace, as a way to protect what we had left? Now, is seems that anyone without a clan was considered an enemy. Those with a clan that do not tow the party line are also considered an enemy. Our community is full of stories of prejudice, bigotry and exclusion. Not at the hands of the colonizers, but by our own conduct toward each other. After a while, those within the circle became fewer and fewer, but more intense in their hatred of others. The Peacemaker asked us to do away with such negative emotions, to be replaced with reason, and fairness for ALL. However, we have been betrayed in our trust for others so many times, it is understandable why we have become the way we

are. The real question is: Do we want to stay there? I got a great lesson one time about flags and national anthems. When I was young, they always played God Save the Queen before each film in the movie theaters. I went to school in the states and we grew up saying the Pledge of Allegiance to the American flag. Our ironworkers placed an American flag on the last piece of iron they raised at every jobsite. Many of my male relatives served in the Canadian or US military. When you are young, you do what adults do. After hanging out with Longhouse people however, I begin to adopt resentment for such things. It is a denial of our nationality/ sovereignty. I began to refuse to stand when the American and Canadian anthems were played, thinking that such an act of defiance would show solidarity with my Haudenosaunee nationalistic friends. I remember telling my kids not to stand, but they were caught in the same mess that I grew up with, as the American anthem was played at the Tuscarora Indian School where they attended. Finally, we were at a hockey game, the anthems played and we stayed in our seats, much to ire of rabid, beer-fueled sports fans. I stopped going to sporting events soon after. Then, in 1983, I was a founding member for the Iroquois Nationals Lacrosse program for the Haudenosaunee. We were seeking entry into the International Lacrosse Foundation as a member nation, just like Canada, United States, England and Australia. It was not an easy fight but our persistence, and the support of key American allies, won the day and we were finally admitted. Politically, this was a big deal. To be a member we had to be able to travel on our own national passports and participate in the world games. The first time we did so we were asked to provide a flag for our nation and an anthem that can be played at the opening ceremonies. At first, we carried a feathered staff to represent our flag. We invented

Rick Hill is the chairperson of the Six Nations Legacy Consortium and the Senior Project Coordinator at Deyohaha:ge: Indigenous Knowledge Centre. PHOTO BY DAVID LAFORCE a “national anthem” derived from one of our traditional songs. Soon a flag design was authorized by the Grand Council meeting at Onondaga – the one we now see everywhere with the Five Nations Wampum Belt design. The first time that flag was raised at the World Games I must admit my thinking was transformed. It was great moment as our flag was raised first. The players from other nations that their fans respectfully stood as our flag was raised and our anthem played. However, the American, Canadian, British and Australian flags were also raised. After the respect shown us, I could not then sit down while their flags were honoured. If we want respect, we have to show respect. After the adoption of the UNDRIP, we anxiously awaited concurrence from the United States and Canada to that declaration. We demand their recognition of our human rights to be Indigenous. Yet, in what way to we recognize the human rights of other people within the Territory of the Haudenosaunee? If we apply all of the same standards we have declared in that resolution to people without a clan, we would be living a very different life. Can we demand what we are not willing to give? Are our current attitudes and practices racist or exclusionary? International rights are a two way street as well. What are OUR requirements in claiming

rights under international law? What was the Peacemaker’s vision of multiculturalism and affirmative action? Today we are caught between two sets of laws and regulations. It applies to nearly every aspect of our lives. A current case at Kahnawake seems to illustrate this situation best. Under British-Canadian law, reserves are for status ”Indians.” In the 1970s The Kahnawake Warrior Society forcibly evicted non-Natives from their community. Outside courts intervened and those warriors who faced conviction and jail fled to New York State, where they were not subject to Quebec courts, and they established the community now known as Ganienkeh, as an independent community of Mohawk people. Ironically, Kahnawake Mohawks are comprised of many bloodlines that grew out of their political association with the Seven Nations of Canada. Many Christian converts sought refuge there and Abenaki, Nippissing, Algonkian, and Huron blood became mixed. Mohawk became the language of choice and Mohawk identity was adopted by all. In many ways this is a manifestation of the vision of the Peacemaker – many families becoming one. Today, the prevalence of light skin, hair and eyes at Kahanwake, as elsewhere among the Haudenosaunee, shows that intermarriage was a tradition.

In 1981 the Kahnawake Band Council passed a moratorium on mixed marriages, people who “married out” had to leave the community. In 1984, the Band Council added a 50% blood quantum regulation in order for a marriage to qualify under the previous regulation and for band enrollment. This means that at least one of your parents had to have 100 % Kahnawake Mohawk blood (or any combination of blood from both parents that would add up to 50% in the children). Some chose to ignore these regulations, married or co-habitated with whites, taking up residence at Kahnawake. Recently, the Band Council has moved to evict those in violation of their by-law. Now, a woman from a well-known activist family in the community is caught in the middle. She is married to a white man and is being evicted from her home community. She has taken her case to the outside courts stating that human rights are being violated. She is asking Canada to impose their will upon her community. Most longhouse people favour the same rule. The Onondaga Nation evicted white people from their community a few decades ago, allowing for life-leases to the local ministers of churches on the territory. Families were torn apart and one chief was dehorned over this matter. One thing we have to think about is the Circle Wampum. In most readings of those strings, it is said that we are born within this great circle of peace, containing all things Ongweonwe. Our Chiefs and Clan Mothers are to provide a perimeter defense for what is on the inside, and any Chief who leaves the circle must leave his antlers on the inside. Somehow that got extended to all people and all kinds of situations. By 1970s when I began to learn about it, our leaders were saying that some conducts will put you outside of that circle, and you will no longer be considered Haudenosaunee. These include converting to Christianity, marrying a Caucasian, voting in any

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election, taking an oath to any foreign government. This made it very difficult for many of us. Many were born of Christian parents or grandparents. Many had married non-Natives. Many were required by their work to make such pledges. Many had served in the U.S. and Canadian military. Many voted in local elections. After a while you began to wonder who was left inside the circle. We had a habit of wanting to push those who disagreed with us out of the circle. It became a noose wielded by gatekeepers, who required a blood quantum in order to be considered Haudenosaunee. But, how else to protect our inheritance? The doors to the longhouse which were once open to all, began to slowly close after centuries of contact with newcomers. With each conniving missionary, each violent military officer, with each murderous farmer, lying land spectator, or with each duplicitous government agent, the doors began to close more and more. It is understandable. Our ancestors were concerned that our fires would be extinguished by not guarding our doors to our longhouse carefully. That history needs to be balanced off with what the Peacemaker told us would bring peace to our lives – universal justice. Not just justice for ourselves, but for everyone. In fact, he was very clear when he said that ANYONE can trace the Great White Roots to their source at the Tree of Peace, and thereby learn of the Great Law. Anyone. Not just card carrying Natives. The Peacemaker wanted peace to dominate the landscape. We are facing a difficult time. It is reported that half of the marriage at Grand River are to outsiders. How do we create and maintain peace among ourselves first. Can we use of tradition of coming to One Mind in this matter as well. Getting beyond romantic notions of an ideal past, we have deal with the realties we find ourselves in. In the next essay, we will explore ways that can make that possible.

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The Corvairs bounced back with two wins after being surprised, 3-2, in Game #1 of the Sutherland Cup Finals in front of their hometown crowd. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE Game #1 last week in Caledonia - with an empty netter doing the final damage in front of a large, stunned hometown crowd. They seemed surprised by the speed and cohesion of the cross divisional opponents, but late in Game #2, played in LaSalle, they finally found the key to the Vipers cage to rally from a 3-2 deficit

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Rivermen open season with back to back wins By Jim Windle

OHSWEKEN – Roger Vyse helped get the Six Nations Sr. B Rivermen off on the right paddle with two goals and two assists in Friday night’s 7-3 season opening win against the Ennismore James Gang at the Gaylord Powless Arena. Vyse followed that with an eight pointer the next night, in Wallaceburg, to lead the Rivermen past the Red Devils 10-7. The Rivermen Roster is stacked with talent and with many familiar names, like Roger Vyse, Wayne VanEvery, Rodd Squire, Delby Powless, Cory Bomberry, Wenster Green, and a virtual who’s-who of profession-

al and University Six Nations lacrosse stars. They came within a game of winning the Presidents Cup last year and are loaded for revenge. Friday night, they faced the Ennismore James Gang, the team that beat them for last year’s Cup, and they seemed to relish the 7-3 win. Six Nations’ Chase Martin and the James Gang’s Cole Murray held all shooters off the scoreboard for the first 20 minutes of the new season. They traded three goals each in the second period with VanEvery accounting for two and Roger Vyse for one for the Rivermen. Everything started to fit together for Six Na-

tions in the third period as Ian Martin notched two while Roger Vyse and Delby Powless added one each to take the 7-3 win. The second game of the year was on the road in Wallaceburg Saturday afternoon and the Rivermen kept the momentum from Friday night going. Roger Vyse held the hot stick Saturday night scoring three and assisting on five for an eightpoint night and Wayne VanEvery cashed in a seven-point game with a goal and six assists. Rodd Squire scored four and assisted on two to lead the Rivermen offense. Murray Porter amassed 21 penalty minutes along the way. Rodd Squire notched

two after Roger Vyse opened the scoring with David Veitch accounting the lone Thrashers’ goal in the first period. All five second period goals were scored on powerplays. Stu Hill scored back to back extra man goals 20 seconds apart very early in the feisty middle frame but the Rivermen ran into some penalty trouble later in the period allowing the Thrashers three powerplay goals to end the period with River-

men leading 5-4. Six Nations’ Murray Porter, and Thrashers’ Jesse Gross were tossed from the game for fighting before the period ended. Vyse opened the third period to extend the Rivermen’s lead to 6-4, assisted by Squire and Hill. Subsequent goals by Chadd Murphy, Wayne VanEvery, and Kyle O’Donnell brought the score to 7-6, Rivermen, with 10 minutes left to play.

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Little grapplers place at Provincials Submitted Story MILTON – This past weekend members of the Daredevils Wrestling Club traveled to Milton, Ontario to compete in the Ontario Youth Wrestling Championships. Three of the athletes who participated in the tournament were from Six Nations. Kaidyn Lickers, Aysen Lickers, and Nevayah Powless all wrestled very well and were rewarded with bronze, silver and gold trophies for their efforts. All three are in their first season of wrestling and competed in the Tyke division (born 2007-2008), which is the youngest age division in the Province. Kaidyn Lickers 6,

wrestled extremely hard throughout the tournament. Though he was placed in a very tough weight class he managed to come away with bronze. Kaidyn had shown steady improvement as the season went on and as a first year Tyke did well against sometimes older opponents. The bronze at Provincials is his second placing of the season as he also won gold at the Durham Classic Wrestling Tournament two weeks ago. Aysen Lickers 7, competed in a weight class higher than his brother Kaidyn and did a great job at the Provincial tournament winning a silver. Aysen improved a lot as well and scored more

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The Six Nations Senior Masters Lacrosse Team captured the Elwin “Chiefy” Jones 10 Year Anniversary Memorial Old Sticks Tournament this past weekend, by defeating Newtown Masters in the Championship Game. During the preliminary rounds on Saturday, they lost their first game to Newtown 119, but defeated the Rez Dogs 9-3 and Buffalo 9-3. This placed them against Bucktown on Sunday morning in the Semi-Finals, Six Nations came out on top with a 14-6 win over Bucktown. Once

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3rd Annual Dreamcatcher Tournament won by Wildcats By Jim Windle with notes from Dave Laforce PARIS, ON – The 3rd Annual Dreamcatcher Men’s Ice Hockey no body contact Tournament, held last weekend at the Brant Sports Complex in Paris, Ontario, was won, for the third year straight, by the NOVC Wildcats from the Haldimand area. The tournament hosted 10 teams from throughout Ontario including the second place Wiky T-birds. The Six Nations Silverhawks and the T-birds provided what many called the best game of the entire tournament in the semi-final. Wiki’s Trent Hope scored first from Jason Peltier but Silverhawks’ Kyle Gee answered from Dwayne Doxtator. Hope notched his stick a second time with 1:50 remaining in the first period to restore the Wiki lead, but Six Nations evened it up again with Rob Monteforte scoring with 54 seconds remaining with Stu Johnson assisting. Wiki came out strong in the second period with Mike Bundy adding a goal to put them ahead 3-2 with one period left.

There was loads of hi-flying action in the semi-final game of the 3rd Annual Dreamcatcher Men's Ice Hockey Tournament held last weekend in Paris, Ont. The Six Nations Silverhawks versus the Wiki T-birds proved to be the highlight game of the entire tournament going to a shootout, which was won by Wiki to advance into the final game against the Wildcats, who eventually won first prize. PHOTO BY DAVE LAFORCE Travis Anderson evened the score early in the third, while Tim Porter kept the Wiki shooters frustrated. The third period ended tied at 3-3 sending and it was now going into overtime, but neither side could net that deciding goal in the

15-minute extra frame. That brought it down to a shootout, which Wiki’s Trent Hope won with his third of the game to eliminate the pesky Silverhawks and move on to the final game. The Wiki T-birds had to get right back on

The winners of the third annual Dreamcatcher Hockey Tournament and the $5,000 grand prize are the NOVC Wildcats. Back row (L to R): Joey MacArthur, Shayne Baylis, Phillip Bethune, Jamie Baird, Derek Long, Ryan Devos, Nate Smith. Front row (L to R): Chase Brunton, Evan Weber, Cory Bethune, Craig Long, Scott Sheppard, Zach Gralsey. Absent from the photo is captain Mike Tobin. The Wildcats want to thank the Dreamcatcher Foundation for putting on the tournament. PHOTO BY DAVE LAFORCE

with the Brant facility and the help they got from the arena staff. “It’s our second year there and we are very pleased with the quality and friendliness of the

"The young people look up to us as I looked up to my elders," Jesse Peltier. PHOTO BY DAVE LAFORCE

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the ice to face the rested Wildcats for the championship. They kept pace with the Wildcats in the first period which ended in a 1-1 tie thanks to goals scored by Wildcat’s Shane Baylis and Wiki’s Jason Pentier, but they had nothing left in the tank as the Wildcats began to take over in the second period and never looked back to win it 6-1 with Wildcats goals scored by Phil Bethune, Cory Bethune, Chase Brunton, Craig Long and Jamie Baird. “I am very pleased with how the tournament went,” said organizer Josh Powless. “There was a lot of talent on the ice and some very fast games, especially as the tournament went on. Being an NBC tournament it made for some fast moving and exciting playmaking all weekend. Organizers and teams were also happy

thanks to the volunteers and referees who kept the schedule on time, and a positive environment. The Wildcats took the $5,000 first place prize with $1,000 going to the Wiky T-birds, which was donated to Manitoulin youth hockey. Jesse Peltier helped get the T-Birds restarted after a five-year hiatus after the older guys who used to play for the T-Birds looked to him to get the team going again. He took up the challenge, not for himself, but to help the youth of his community. “The young people look up to us as I looked up to my elders,” said Peltier following the game. The T-Birds are not just a hockey team. They go to tournaments to show a good example to the community and not to go just to party and drink. “We are playing to help the cause,” says Peltier. Throughout the year they have many fundraising events such as bingo, scratch cards and barbecues to raise funds for youth sports. This year they hope to host a golf tournament, which everyone is welcome to participate in. “It’s good to travel and see what lies beyond the bridge at Manitoulin Island,” Peltier adds. The second place purse of $1,000 will go to fund up to four kids to play minor hockey this September. The Dreamcatcher Foundation helps out a lot at Wikwemikong and pretty well every reserve in Ontario and the T-Birds are happy to give a little back. They will be back later this summer for the All Ontario Native Fastball Championship at Six Nations.

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‘Ridiculous 6’ the latest racial attack on Native Americans By Nahnda Garlow

It seems like there is a new story breaking each week, usually coming out of the United States, where indigenous people are being objectified and humiliated by someone new. This week its Saturday Night Live alumni Adam Sandler. Sandler’s current film in production is a ‘Netflix’ original called ‘Ridiculous 6’ and is described as being a “satire” on the western movies of the 1950’s and 60’s. The film called for indigenous actors to come in and play Native American characters, whom Sandler was raised by after being abandoned by his own family. The film hired cultural consultants and “actual” indigenous people to play the roles of the Native Americans. However

this is where “actual” consideration ended. Indigenous female elders were given character names like ‘Beavers Breath’ and ‘No Bra’. The script also reveals scenes where one unconscious native american characters was awoken by the smell of a beer, and numerous sexual inferences toward indigenous women that the cast felt were dishonourable and offensive. Given the national stereotypes latent in North American pop culture about indigenous people - these satirical jabs were not funny. Especially to the Native American talent and cultural co-ordinators on the scene. So they cast got together and confronted producers on the set and raised their concerns. To say the least - they were not heard. The worst part about

the entire debacle comes from a cellphone video taken on the set by one of the Native American actors hired to be in the film. During the clip, one of the film’s producers is heard telling the Native American people that the points they raised are “not offensive” and that if they are “overly- sensitive” to the content in the script that they should just leave. Needless to say, the cultural consultant and native american actors for the film walked off the set immediately and have not returned. This raises huge concerns for any further Native American content in the American film industry. If consultants are brought in and they raise concerns that producers brush off - why hire them in the first place? What are the

ethical standards of the American film industry? And what is Netflix thinking? A spokesperson for Netflix did release the following statement on the situation saying the film ”…has ridiculous in the title for a reason: because it is ridiculous. It is a broad satire of Western movies and the stereotypes they popularized, featuring a diverse cast that is not only part of—but in on— the joke.”

Interesting is that the issue broke across national media the same time that Gathering of Nations - North America’s largest pow wow was taking place in Albuquerque, New Mexico this past week. During the event, POTUS Barak Obama released a statement via video inviting indigenous youth to take part in his Generation Indigenous initiative this summer and promised that he will “do everything I can

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to honour the trust that we share - and do right by your nations and your future.” The film is being produced by Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions, is directed by Frank Coraci and stars Sandler, ‘Twilight’ heartthrob Taylor Lautner, and Rob Schneider.

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Native American actors and cultural consultants walked off the set of Adam Sandler’s latest film Ridiculous 6. The cast felt ignored and dismissed when they raised concerns about disrespectful language in the script. Producers on set told the cast they were being overly sensitive and invited them to leave the set. They did.

To reserve a spot please contact Heather George or Jaquie Jamieson at Six Nations Tourism Phone: 519-758-5444 Email: chiefswood@sixnations.ca

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Utilizing garlic mustard Garlic mustard was, like the dandelion brought over by European settlers and planted for medicinal applications. Over time it has come to be considered to be an invasive species because it displaces indigenous wild flowers and other natural growth. The easiest way to keep this wild edible under control is to harvest it. As a member of the brassica family it is edible and tasty. It is also nutritious as it contains substantial amount of vitamins A, C, E, potassium, iron and omega-3 fatty acids and more. The only negative nutritional aspect that is important to be aware of is that, much like apple seeds and apricot kernels, it contains trace amounts of cyanide. So just to be safe I don’t usually consume a ridiculous amount at any given

time. Identifying the plants is easy, first year plants are short with heart shaped leaves that grow close to the ground. The second year it grows to about three feet high before flowering and going to seed. When rubbed the leaves give off the aroma of both garlic and mustard. Every part of the plant is edible, the leaves being the most commonly consumed. They are best collected before it gets hot making the leaves bitter. The root is best harvested in spring or fall and has a peppery taste like horseradish. I have yet to try the seeds but am told they taste similar to a mustard seed and can be used in much the same way. When preparing the leaves, the easiest way is to simply add them

to your salad. They also make a great addition to cooked greens like collards, kale or spinach. My personal favourite preparation is to put them in some kind of herb puree with oil. Garlic Mustard with Sunflower Seeds and Sunflower Oil I simply grind up the leaves with a mortar and pestle to release the flavourful oils. You can also finely chop it with your knife or food processor. I then add a pinch or two of salt. I prefer to dry toast my seeds in a pan on medium heat until they are golden brown and aromatic. I then give them the same treatment I gave the leaves. Then I combine the two in a bowl, then add enough oil so they are just submerged.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2015

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CLUES ACROSS 1. William the Conquerer’s birth city 5. Expired 9. Muslim greeting 11. Hangs cloth in loose folds 13. -__, denotes past 14. Jog 16. Ocean shore 17. Promotion of a product 18. The Constitution State 20. Russian space station 22. Paper mulberry bark cloth 23. Fiddler crabs 24. Drunkards 27. Domestic hog 28. Before 29. Papua New Guinea monetary unit 31. Existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul 33. V.P. Quayle 34. Expression of surprise 35. Declares untrue 38. Corn dough 40. Ocean 41. Supply with men 42. Spring tides 44. Spooky month 45. To tie in Spanish 47. Possessed 49. Br. Architect Wren 54. Prosecutor for a district 55. Tribal chieftains 56. Fulfill a command 58. Location of White House 59. Happy facial gestures 60. Cheap showy jewelry or ornament 62. Over again 63. Inhabitants of ancient Media CLUES DOWN 1. Coarse woolen braid 2. Gangster Capone 3. Ingest 4. Drug enforcement officer (slang)

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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 You are a mystery lately, Aries. No one is quite sure what you will do next and you may like to surprise. But share your plans every so often with those closest to you.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, surround yourself with positive people who maintain optimistic outlooks. Many opportunities will open up if you keep a positive attitude.

GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you may resist social activities this week at first, but soon you will get swept up in the fun and lose your inhibitions. Use social activities as a way to network. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Cancer, if you are thinking about a career move, it’s about time you put your plans in motion. This week you may find you are full of energy and ready for a new challenge.

5. Expression of annoyance 6. Romanian capital until 1861 7. A person who enjoys good food and drink 8. A way to reason 9. Sewing junction 10. Sound of bovines 11. Metric weight unit 12. Stalk of a moss capsule 15. Explosive 16. Reddish brown 19. Short sleeps 21. Decay 25. Crepe fern genus 26. Actor Connery 28. Wipe out recorded information 30. Imparts motion to

Answers for April 29, 2015 Crossword Puzzle

32. Compared to 35. Alight from train 36. N.H. 03832 37. 2 piece clothing fastener 39. Express pleasure 40. A plan, outline or model 43. Give a spanking to 44. NY Times publisher Adolph Simon 46. 17th Greek letter 48. Small, stout cyprinid fish 50. Lazy 51. Merganser 52. Fall back from 53. Enlarge hole 57. Hong Kong dialect 61. Initials of “10” actress

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LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, a renewed sense of enthusiasm has you eager to get started on future plans. Perhaps a new course of study will suffice and pave the way for new experiences. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 A chance encounter with an old flame stirs up feelings you didn’t realize you still had, Virgo. Even if these feelings are less dramatic, you’re still tempted to act on them. LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, it is up to you to initiate action in a situation that leaves you somewhat uncomfortable this week. Don’t hesitate to step up and take charge.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 A difference of opinion may be highlighted at work this week when you are confronted by a coworker, Scorpio. Act with integrity, but be firm with your resolve. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, others may try to stop you from having fun, but you are determined to enjoy yourself. Your entire week is focused on having a good time with friends and family. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, although you cannot control all of the changes in your life, you do have firm control over your personal health. Don’t put off revamping your diet and exercise plan. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, close friends will keep you pretty busy over the next few days, but you can handle it. Let off steam with a few different fun activities when time allows.

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