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Ontario Fire Marshall investigates possible cause of Sixth Line house fire which sent a local man to the hospital by air ambulance. PHOTO BY DAVE LAFORCE

Local man sent to hospital after Sixth Line house fire

By Nahnda Garlow

SIX NATIONS - A devastating house fire sent one local man to hospital late last week.

At 1:14am on Friday morning Six Nations Firefighters were dispatched to a house on Sixth Line with reports of a house fire and someone possibly trapped inside.

Six Nations Firefighters responded quickly and arrived to find the home engulfed in flames and smoke. A man from Six Nations was located inside the house and rescued by first responders.

The man was treated on the scene by Six Nations Advanced Care Paramedics and Haldimand County Ambulance.

He was later transported to West Haldimand General Hospital in Hagers-

ville and then air lifted to a Hamilton hospital for further treatment.

In a Facebook comment, Fire Chief Matt Miller thanked the volunteer firefighters for their quick response to the early morning blaze.

Miller shared an emotional statement to the volunteer squad saying, “I want to recognize the efforts of our brother & sister firefighters Dakota Brant, Mark Starrett, Nichole Martin, Mark Johnson, Brent Cronkwright & Captain Howard VanEvery who responded to the structure fire early this morning. SNFD was once again pushed to our limits at last night’s house fire but those who responded were still able to get the job done, successfully rescue a member of our community as well as

extinguish the fire. Last night’s efforts would not have been successful had it not been for the timely response and efforts put in by all involved.”

Miller wrote, “As a result of the team work displayed the rescued victim arrived at a specialty medical centre in Hamilton in an extremely timely manner. Cameron, Dakota, Mark S, Nichole, Mark J, Brent & Howie, you saved a life. I cannot put into words how proud I am of all you and what you all did this morning as a team. Thank You.” Firefighters aggressively fought the house fire and were able to contain the blaze and protect other homes nearby. Official cause of the fire and damage estimates have not been released at this time.

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SN man dies in possible industrial accident

By Jim Windle NANTICOKE – A Six Nations man has died after what is yet to be determined an industrial accident at the Imperial Oil refinery in Nanticoke.

Christopher Powless, son of lacrosse legend Gaylord Powless and former Six Nations Jr. A Arrow was alone when the incident occurred and to date there is no one who has come forward who may have witnessed what happened.

The OPP as well as the Ontario coroners office are investigating the incident which occured Monday at around 2:20 pm at

the Imperial Oil refinery at Nanticoke’s, 225 Concession 2 site.

“At this time, it has not been determined if this fatality is work related. So the OPP and the coroner have lead of this investigation at this time,” according to the Ministry of Labour.

Mr. Powless was a contractor for Safway Services Canada of Stoney Creek, which supplies scaffolding and insulation for Imperial Oil’s Nanticoke facility.

A spokesperson for parent company said it’s not yet known what led to Mr. Powless’ death. As of

press time, it was also not determined what he was doing and where exactly in the Nanticoke facility he was working when he died.

“As a company, we’re greatly saddened by this incident and we express our deepest sympathies with the family and co-workers of our colleague,” said Imperial Oil spokesperson Killeen Kelly.

The 34 year old Six Nations man leaves behind his wife, mother, sister and several other grieved family members. Funeral services will be held on Saturday in Ohsweken.

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Emily C General Track and Field Day Results Top overall winners included Primary Girls, Kieran Martin with 14 points; Primary Boys, Cruz General with 15 points; Jr. Girls winner Peyton Martin and Tilia Skye tied with 14 points for the top spot; Jr. Boys winner was Davin Jamieson with 15 points; Intermediate Boys winner was Noah Williams with a perfect 15 points; Intermediate Girls winner was Brooklyn Hill with 15 points; Sr. Girls winner was Ebony Maracle with 15 points; and Sr. Boys winner was Reid Bomberry with 15 points.

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Great Peace or Great Law?

Lately people have been discussing the word “sovereignty.” It has its roots in the Monarchial system of Europe and the underlying connotation is a royal bloodline chosen by God to rule over the lesser people.

When the first settlers arrived here in this continent, they wanted to speak to the Great Indian King of the Forest. “Take me to your leader!” they said. There is no possible way the European visitors could conceive of the political system of equality and freedom that the indigenous peoples actually enjoyed. That’s why some early documents refer to the Hodiyanehso (Chiefs) as Confederate Lords.

Because of our constitution the GAYANESHAKGOWA, each clan family has a type of independence or autonomy depending on how you want to word it in the English language. The wolves cannot command the turtles and the turtles cannot control the bears. Each clan is made of families who can trace their matrilineal bloodlines to the 50 clan mothers who received their symbolic animal line that continues today.

Further to that, each member of the clan family has personal autonomy and self-determination – as long as it does not undermine or jeopardize the collective. That’s a fancy way of saying everybody is equal. They say that the Clan Mother knows what the clan is thinking and feeling because she is in constant communication with the people, so she gives a message to her Chief, who speaks on everyone’s behalf at council. That is the power of the Great Peace.

At the last Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council, the official representative for the Onondaga Beaver clan asked the council how they can pass laws over people. He claimed that in the old ways, there has never been a manmade law that was enforced through punishment. Other leaders have said in times past that our society was governed by natural law, clean conscience and good faith. We used common sense.

So if we were a self-governing people in the past, how can we integrate our ancient ways with the need to protect each other from the criminalization of tobacco? Bill C-10 is targeting the Six Nations tobacco industry and could possibly send good people to jail. The Haudenosaunee Trade Collective seems to be doing all it can to engage the community for support and for feedback.

Maybe all the Hodiyanehso need to do is reemphasize our legitimacy as a government and as a people. What right does a visiting government have to pass laws over the original one? Under international law, OPP or RCMP agents invading Six Nations Territory under the pretense of Canadian legislation could be viewed as an act of war.

What would happen if these Canadian agencies tried to shut down tobacco plants in North Korea or China? We are being bullied.

The Indigenize Video project comissioned by the Student Success Research Consortium had a writing contest for Six Nations children. Lakendra VanEvery Gr. 7 from J.C. Hill won the PS4 donated by Weken Electronics with her story about her older sister Megan. Over 80 stories were submitted and teachers organized their classrooms OMSK grade 4/5, OMSK grade 6, ECG grade 4/5, ECG grade 8 to take part in the contest as well. The video premiere has not yet been determined.

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Dear Editor, It is good news to learn about your recent decision to reject a plan to incinerate your waste. As you know, burning waste produces emissions that are harmful to human health and the environment.

Incinerating waste also destroys resources forever - resources that, when properly sorted, provide much needed local employment to recover materials for reuse, recycling or composting. It simply doesn’t make financial or environmental sense to destroy wasted resources.

The City of Ottawa was recently bamboozled by an incinerator company promising a quick fix to their waste woes. This ended up costing taxpayers a large sum of money, money which could otherwise have been used to develop sustainable programs to further reduce waste. The fact is, incineration companies are quick to sign up municipalities struggling to solve garbage problems.

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We need all levels of government to act on responsible programs that reduce waste and reuse, recycle, and compost our resources in a sustainable and financially responsible manner.

Ontario’s Minister of Environment & Climate Change, Mr. Glen Murray has promised to make producers responsible for the products and packaging they produce.

Provincial and federal regulations are quickly needed to require producers to eliminate waste at the source.

Standards are needed to require safe products and packaging that can be easily reused, recycled, or composted. Municipalities simply cannot afford to continue to clean up after industry’s end-of-life products.

Consider the problem of disposable diapers. This is a multi-billion dollar industry that is being subsidized 100% by municipal taxpayers who finance disposal costs of its product. This industry must be required

to collect and process this waste at its own expense.

Disposable diapers have been a growing problem for decades. Now, not only infants, but all ages are wrapped in this chemically-laced plastic waste. We should have seen this coming. An Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program is urgently needed for this waste!

Another EPR program that Ontario can quickly implement is Deposit-Returns.

Deposit-Return systems can be effective for a variety of products. The benefits of Deposit-Returns include: higher diversion rates; better quality materials; increasing local employment opportunities; reducing litter and, of course, making producers (and those consuming their products) financially responsible for the full life cycle of the product, instead of externalizing those costs to all taxpayers, which is currently the case in Ontario. A Deposit-Return

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program for all beverage containers could be implemented by Ontario immediately, similar to almost every other province in Canada.

A common Deposit-Return program across the country would benefit us all.

Solutions are not rocket science. Local governments must take a stand and band together to demand provincial and federal governments to make these important changes - to put in place EPR programs that require producers to accept full financial and physical responsibility for their products and packaging, and to develop strategies that will allow communities to quickly adopt aggressive waste reduction policies, and reuse, recycling, and composting programs.

Congratulations and thank you again for your decision to stop incineration in your community. We will all benefit from your decision.

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FEATURE COLUMN:

Sconedogs & Seed Beads

Learning about diversity

By Nahnda Garlow This week I was driving about doing some shopping with my youngest daughter and we happened upon a parade running through the north end of Brantford.

At least a thousand Sihk men, women and children walked in colourful procession for Khalsa Day - a tradition in the Sihk religion.

Sihkism is an Eastern Indian tradition from the Punjab region of India.

And this Khalsa day there were signs about that said “Nagar Kirtan”. That is a tradition where the Sihk will walk through town singing holy hymns.

At least that is what Wikipedia told me when I got home.

As I sat in the car with my youngest daughter, we watched the procession pass us by. The men were all wearing bright orange turbans and the women were swathed in flowing orange and navy blue scarves.

“Mom these are my third favourite people,” my youngest daughter said.

I smiled and asked, “Oh really? Who are your other two favourite?”

She said, “Dwarf people and Chinese people.”

Earlier in the week we came across another mother-daughter combination shopping beside us in the drugstore. They were both ‘little people’ and I don’t think this daughter had ever seen a real little person before.

She followed them all through the store peeking around corners to watch them shop. She looked up at me with big eyes and signaled to me that she wanted to whisper into my ear. I leaned down to her and she said, “Mom I saw dwarf people.

I think they’re cool.” Then she looked up at me with the brightest and most pure smile of discovering something about the world on her own.

This is precious. Discovering humanity in all of it’s diverse forms. And teaching our children to honour humans in all the shapes, colours and forms they come forward as.

She was learning to love diversity - and I was loving the lesson.

As we sat there

watching the Sihk community march by I started thinking about human diversity. There were men playing strange instruments, flags blowing in the air with a script I couldn’t read on it and a large glass temple where the gurus were singing and drumming beautiful songs honouring the Creator. A crowd of people followed the temple, singing with their hands folded in prayer. One woman in particular caught my eye. She was pushing a baby stroller, was singing the hymns and wearing a bright fuchsia scarf.

We made eye contact and smiled at one another and as she continued on her way I choked up and started to shed a few tears at the beautiful thing I was watching.

My daughter asked, “Mom why are they doing all of this? What’s it for?”

“Because being able to express yourself in public is a very precious thing my babe,” I answered her.

It’s so easy to get focused on our own oppression as indigenous peo-

7 ple. We were colonized by newcomers to this land and subsequently disinherited from our lands.

It’s easy to get angry - and stay angry at any newcomer who doesn’t know what’s what. Especially when the government of Canada gets the final say on “history” regarding the Haudenosaune people.

Many immigrant people I have met are shocked to hear my side of the story regarding colonization and the oppression of indigenous people. They were taught something totally different when they came to Canada.

You know, when someone has something despicable that they want to hide they do two things. First, they hide the truth and replace it with a different version - the story they want you to think is true. And the second thing they do is they pump up their own image by bragging about all the good things they’ve done - a long list of successes and accomplishments they want you to look at instead.

This is the same across all nations, communities and territories.

It is a deception. And when people in public offices such as the government of Canada, lie about history, to the public. It’s not necessarily the public’s fault for believing them. We all put faith in our leadership - whomever they may be. And we expect them to tell the truth.

I think that is why I cried. I looked this woman straight in the eyes and for a moment our souls connected. She maybe didn’t recognize that I was Ongwehowe but I recognized that she trusts the people who are leading her to tell the truth - that we are all vulnerable to those who want to lead - and that the freedom of publicly expressing who you are and what you stand for is a very precious thing indeed.

COLUMN: LUV, RESPECT & DEFIANCE

Respecting the mothers for the great good

By Bubzy Martin The rise in the mothers of the world is tantamount to the great peace: after all, mothers are the backbone of humanity. Persons with this degree of importance in the natural family should be given absolute equality in every aspect of being. That’s just the way the Creator set it down upon the natural world.

Matriarchal authority was just as much a given in Mohawk villages as breathing. Mothers run our society because of the benevolent inherent love and truth in them. The same kind of sublime feelings that are the gifts of the Creator.

Many settler European women fled the original 13 colonies and ran to the female status quo of the Iroquois confederacy of Peace, Power and Reason.

The rise of the mother is unstoppable and ideolog-

ically prophetic and there is no stopping this - no matter how much insecure corporate business men are threatened by this rise.

However there needs to be a fundamental shift in the power dynamic between men & women.

North America being “the birthplace of equality, liberty and freedom” and the home of the last remaining world power. It is only practical that this shift will come vibrating out of North American soil and regenerate into world consciousness since the United States of Americas founding fathers were schooled in the teachings of The Peacemaker.

They used the Kayenerakowa - the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace as a template for the rise of a free nation. The only problem is that they never accepted the most crucial fundamentals of this harmony: a women’s love,

equality and respect for nature.

The suppression of women in European society sprang from millennia of male domination and warfare. Which cut their society off from compassion. This launched a vicious cycle of rape and war that lead to more blood shed. If we are as advanced in society as we like to claim to the world we are than all women must be given their justified right to true equality in every aspect of life: equal wages for equal work, honor and respect in fields that were predominantly male. This is the true path to righteousness.

We as the Iroquois Confederacy and holders of this truly unique and natural world perspective must push for this for we are the spark that is going to catch the whole damn world on fire and there is no stopping it. This is the

re-raising of the Tree of Peace.

We must push America to fill in the loop holes their founding fathers left with truth. The true vision of the Peacemaker’s Utopia is women equal in their proper place running society. Operating in free-

dom of thought and action with peaceful respect of the natural word and its inhabitants.

Most importantly the ceremonies that give power to the natural world circle us, reciprocating energy. If we want a perfect society we have to work

hard for it. We Haudenosaunee were told to take our Great Law out to every shore in North America.

Now it is time to push out farther - to the entire planet. Wakiro!

CORRECTION: HDI LAWYER REPORT Last week’s article entitled, “Report says HDI lawyer accused of overcharging clients” had at its source an independent, third party report prepared by the Toronto law firm of Solmon Rothbart Goodman LLP on request from the Chief and Council of the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation, also known as Whitefish Lake.

Let it be known that the report referred to in the article was not leaked to us by Chief Steve Miller, nor anyone in his council as some have assumed. Although we will not reveal the source of the documents, we unequivocally deny that Chief Miller or his council leaked it to us. We apologize to Chief Miller of the AAFN for any confusion over the source of the information we published.

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Enbridge oil pipeline over Grand could devastate Six Nations water

By Mari Reeve OHSWEKEN – Approximately 50 people gathered at the GREAT Theatre to hear information about Enbridge’s Line 9 - which runs through Six Nations territory.

Line 9 begins in Aamjiwnaang First Nation, otherwise known as Sarnia, and ends in Montreal. In June, Enbridge plans for Line 9B to begin pumping toxic diluted bitumen through the pipeline all the way to Montreal.

A Line 9 pipeline spill would affect over 9 million people along the pipeline, possibly polluting over 100 communities from small towns to large urban centres like Toronto. Presenters at the event said that 18 of those communities are indigenous territories and 11 of these First Nations communities were ignored with no prior, informed consent of the toxic materials that will flow across their lands.

Speakers at the event shared that according to Enbridge’s own inspection tools there are 12,961 findings of cracks, dents, or corrosion damages along the pipeline.

There have been obvious warning signs and red flags. Like the current record of 35 pipeline

ruptures over 40 years of Line 9’s existence, or Enbridge’s pipeline 6B spill in July of 2010.

Line 6B, which is almost identical to Line 9 in age, construction, and operation, burst and contaminated the Talmadge River in Minnesota. Diluted bitumen from the tar sands flowed from a six foot break in the pipline in what was recorded as the biggest inland oil spill in US history.

Bitumen rolled down the Talmadge and into

the Kalamazoo River in Michigan. Presenters at this week’s event confirmed that even today, five years later, Enbridge’s clean up from that spill is not yet complete and there have been no public reports or government efforts to inform the people of the ongoing environmental and health effects of the spill.

There has been vocal community resistance all along Line 9, such as an occupation of sites that cross the Grand River,

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one action even leading to 6 arrests in Westover. Still Line 9 and many other pipelines continue to operate daily and are in the process of being built.

Considering the track record of these pipelines protesters have a strong argument. A ‘pipeline for the economy now, worry about the consequences after’ mentality leaves water, food and land security at high risk. Why spend money protecting the water or land?

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shared that there is also no Canadian government agency or department that is responsible for cleaning up environmental disasters. And there is little is known about the process of oil spill clean up. This means that there is likely no action plan in place to protect the Grand River from an environmental disaster much like the Talmadge River.

MAP ABOVE: Line 9 Peoples Map: Map of 40-yearold Line 9 beginning in

Aamjiwnaang (Sarnia, ON). Line 9B is where the toxic diluted bitumen would be reversed through the pipeline, beginning in Westover and continuing through to Montreal. A pipeline spill would affect over 9 Million people and 100 large and small communities, 18 of them are Onkwehon:we territories.

Map from Rabble News, ‘Ethical Enbridge? The real story of Line 9 and the tar sands giga-project, 2013’, by SONIA GRANT, SAKURA SAUNDERS, and DAVE VASEY. Source: http://rabble.ca/ news/2013/01/mcet hicaltm-enbridge-line-9and-tar-sands-gigaproject Tar Sands Pipeline Map: The current and proposed Canadian and U.S. oil company pipelines, which carry tar sands oils. The proposed TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline would cross the U.S.-Canadian border and six U.S. states. Map taken from ‘The Facts on Oil Sands Report 2012’, produced by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. Source: ht t p://response.restoration.noaa.gov/about/ m e d i a / w h a t- a r e -i n creased-risks-transporting-tar-sands-oil.html

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Six Nations new Fire Chief Matt Miller greets his biggest fan at the Six Nations First Responders Breakfast. Six Nations Elected Council hosted a community breakfast last week to honour all those men and women in the community who work in emergency response services such as the Six Nations Police, Firefighters and Emergency Medical staff. PHOTO BY NAHNDA GARLOW

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Families are now able to mourn and support is being sent from all Haudenosaunee communities to help grieve the loss of two young men who have passed away recently. This is a photo of the area near the sacred fire that will remain burning until Sunday May 17th for those who would like to burn tobacco.

Missing Tyendinaga men finally found and brought home

By Erica L Jamieson There is now closure for the families of the two young men who went missing more than two weeks ago on April 26th. Tyler Maracle, 21, and Matthew Fairman, 26, were discovered by two boaters on Friday afternoon, May 8th.

Bell Media reported the OPP Marine unit had responded to a radio alert and were recovering one of the two men when another boater notified the OPP of the whereabouts of the second young man. They were found halfway between the Skyway Bridge and Lighthouse Island.

Dan Doreen, spokesperson for Matthew Fairman’s family, told Two Row Times that earlier in the day he’d seen dead fish starting to float so he knew that was the day they would be found.

Despite the whirlwind of emotions felt by the family, they are trying to take some comfort in having the men home and in being able to put them to “proper rest”.

Two Row Times also asked Doreen if the boat had been located. Apparently OPP Marine unit used Sonar in the

It was a difficult time searching for the bodies of two Tydendinaga men in the Bay of Quinte but the search is now over. Tyler Maracle, 21, and Matthew Fairmen, 26 were discovered on May 8th. There was no foul play and the boys had drowned. PHOTO BY ERICA L. JAMIESON area the young men were found and the boat was also found on the floor of the Bay. Doreen said, “they identified them by dental records, the family wanted to make sure with some Ongwehonwe eyes. I did one [identification] for Matty. It has also been determined there was no foul play and the boys had drowned.” Doreen wants to put to rest any rumours regarding foul play and that “at least

they’re home, the families can get some closure on it.”

The sacred fire will continue to burn until Sunday May 17th if anyone wants to come and burn tobacco. You can bring your own tobacco or they have some at the fire.

Doreen also appreciates the kind words of so many people from all of the Haudenosaunee communities. He discusses the pride and comfort the families felt

due to the overwhelming response of all the people who came out to search tirelessly every day, the women who did what they could and what needed to be done and the Firekeepers who kept the sacred fire going.

Funeral arrangements had not been made at the time of writing but will be made soon.

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FN woman receives justice in sexual discrimination case NOVA SCOTIA – A woman from the Millbrook First Nation received long-overdue justice on Apr. 29 after the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruled that she’d been passed over for fishing jobs throughout the years solely because of her sex.

The tribunal found that since the late 1990s, Stacey Marshal-Tabor had experienced discrimination ranging from sexist, derogatory comments regarding her abilities to actually having her applications for work denied.

At one point, even her husband, whose only experience was “preparing gear and painting buoys,” reported the Canadian Press, was favoured for a job instead of her.

All of this meant mediocre jobs, lower pay and not being able to apply for captain status, despite being certified for it, in addition to the mental hardship it all caused her, reported the Toronto Star.

M a r s h a l l -Ta b o r comes from a family of fighters. Her uncle, the late Donald Marshall Jr., famously defended fishing rights for his Mi’kmaq band and served 11 years for a murder he did not commit.

Her grandmother was the first

woman to serve as band chief on another First Nation.

Marshal-Tabor said she hoped the ruling would help grant her and other women equal opportunities in the first nation.

Communities oppose proposal to dump nuclear waste near Lake Huron

KINCARDINE, ON – Despite the objection of 152 communities, a Canadian Joint Review Panel has approved a project that will bury more than seven million cubic feet of nuclear waste near the shore of Lake Huron.

The project, called Deep Geologic Repository, proposes to dump the waste more than 2000 feet underground near Kincardine, Ont., at the Bruce Power generating station, inside rock formations more than 450 million years old. The panel found that if OPG follows certain guidelines, it “is not likely” to affect the environment or lakes, reported Sputnik News.

But dozens of municipal councils around the Great Lakes, hundreds of communities, and even members of the U.S. Congress and Michigan state legislators are opposing the project and protesting the panel’s decision to approve it, citing great

risks to the environment.

Beverly Fernandez, member of Stop the Great Lakes Nuclear Dump, told Sputnik News “The last place to bury and abandon radioactive nuclear waste is beside the largest body of fresh-water in the world.”

Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq is expected to issue a decision within 120 days, after which a review panel will decide whether or not to issue a construction licence.

PhD candidate shuns punctuation as protest VANCOUVER, BC -- PhD candidate Patrick Stewart successfully defended a dissertation at the University of British Columbia last month which he described as “one long, run-on sentence from cover to cover,” according to the National Post.

Stewart, 61, from the Nisga’a First Nation, had to defend his 52,438word dissertation after it was described as “deficient” due to the fact that it contained virtually no punctuation and did not follow regular formatting guidelines. He told the National Post that this was deliberate, a sort of protest against the “blind acceptance of English language conventions in Canada” brought on by a history of colonialism.

Stewart, who grew up homeless and in a se-

ries of foster homes as a youth, is an architect who has designed many high-profile buildings, including the Aboriginal Children’s Village for foster children in Vancouver.

He titled his dissertation “Indigenous Architecture through Indigenous Knowledge” as a way to “marry both his professional and personal interests in architecture to indigenous cultures,” reported the National Post.

On Apr. 23, after a 30-minute oral exam in which he defended his work in front of five examiners and an audience, Stewart finally achieved his doctorate in interdisciplinary studies.

raising undue alarm in the community,” according to APTN. He has had support from the community throughout all his ordeals, including in 2009 when it successfully came together to demand that the last charge against him (causing undue alarm) be dropped.

He has served the community with 24/7 on-call medical care, and developed many close relationships. Two new doctors will arrive to serve the community, he told APTN News, but it will take time before they

Community-liked doctor fired by health board with no reasons FORT CHIPEWYAN, AB -- Dr. John O’Connor, widely known for linking elevated cancer rates in Northern Alberta to tar sands development, (a claim confirmed by a study partially funded by Health Canada), has been fired with no explanation, reported APTN News.

He first raised concerns of elevated cancer rates among the 1500 members of the Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations in 2003.

Four years later, Health Canada accused him of “engendering mistrust, blocking access to files, billing irregularities, and

are familiar with the patients’ specific needs.

He will remain the health director and family physician in Fort McKay First Nation, and will continue to push the government toward a comprehensive health study of cancer rates in the region.

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Six Nations Firefighters looking for new recruits

By Nahnda Garlow The Six Nations Firefighters are holding recruiting sessions across the territory for Community Awareness Week.

Interested candidates must be between 18 and 65 years of age.

Other requirements are that they could be able to understand English in stressful situations, be able to a minimum percentage of calls during the year, been pardoned from any previous criminal offenses and possess a minimum class G drivers license.

Information sessions will be held for those candidates to gather more information about what it takes to be a Six Nations Firefighter. Volunteer firefighters will perform rescue work, check carbon monoxide detectors and fire alarms, educate the public about fire prevention, respond to emergency hazardous material situations, conduct inspections, respond to medical emergencies, respond to motor vehicle accidents and conduct ice & water rescues.

The recruitment ends on May 31st. Selection, testing and interviews will go on through to June 6th and new recruit classes will begin on June 27th with a graduation ceremony in mid-July.

The volunteer squad currently has a high percentage of female firefighters. More than on any other first nation in the province. Candidates must also pass a fitness assessment and be willing to be on-call throughout the year.

Recruitment booths will be at the Ohsweken Village plaza this Wednesday and Friday from 11am till 1:30pm and then at the Ohsweken Speedway on May 15th, 22nd and 29th from 5pm till 8pm. Interested candidates can pick up an application at those times or contact the Six Nations Fire Department directly by calling 519-445-4054.

TOP RIGHT: Six Nations Firefighters at a recruitment booth in the Village Plaza take a moment to smile for the camera.

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Welcome to Six Nations Community Awareness Week

By Chezney Martin Victoria Day is May 18 this year and this welcomes the beginning of Six Nation’s 27th Annual Community Awareness Week (CAW). With over 60 events planned for this year’s Community Awareness Week, it is sure to be the best one yet.

Last year’s events were comprised of traditional, educational and fun activities for families and individuals. From “Drug Awareness” by the Six Nations Police, to the “Big Bike for Heart and Stroke” by the Heart Health Committee, it’s safe to say that last year set the bar high.

Former member of the Community Awareness Week Committee Connie Bomberry from Six Nations Lands and Resources says the CAW event has grown over the years.

“It’s got more of the community departments,

like the community businesses are involved more now,” said Bomberry.

“Each department still does their own event, but they add more so the community gets involved,” Bomberry explained.

“Council decided in 1988 they wanted a community event where it would promote the council departments as to what is available to the community. So in May of ‘89 is when the first one was,” Bomberry said. “It was a Social Services Committee that did it in the beginning.”

Bomberry used to help with fundraising for the Community Awareness Committee. “I always did the 50/50’s, and whenever we did the 50/50s it was always over two thousand [dollars],” she said.

Bomberry explained that over the years the booklets offered to the community went from a book of flyers to compi-

lations of pictures taken during the week.

Six Nations Lands and Resources will be hosting an open house for Community Awareness Week, giving out information and using displays to tell about what they do in the community. “It’s just like a walk-through information thing, where we have our 50/50s here and door prizes. We have free hotdogs and hamburgs to try and get [the public] in here to gather information and to ask any questions.”

She mentioned the Grand River Conservation Authority will be delivering trees to be offered to visitors, with a selection of one of five different kinds of trees as they leave the department.

With the collective efforts of the community, this year’s Community Awareness Week will definitely be a memorable one.

Previous booklets from past Community Awareness Weeks, offered by Connie Bomberry. (from top left: 1997, 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011). PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN

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Message From The Chief of the 56th Elected Council – Six Nations of the Grand River This year marks the 27th Annual Six Nations Community Awareness Week. This year’s events are scheduled to take place from May 13th to May 26th, 2015. On May 18th, 2015, Six Nations of the Grand River will also celebrate its 91st year of our Annual Bread and Cheese Day. The Six Nations Elected Council would like to welcome the participation of community members in the Community Awareness Week events. These events provide an opportunity for the Departments of the Six Nations Elected Council, local businesses, schools and other organizations, to share their services and the many talents that are available to the community. Although we do provide a number of programs and services, we find that they are not used by community members as much as they could be.

We encourage all of you to come out to find out more about these services and to have some fun.

We would like to acknowledge the Community Awareness Committee for all the hard work they have undertaken to organize the various events, as well as the local businesses, schools and organizations who have taken the time to make arrangements for a successful Community Awareness Week.

The Six Nations Elected Council looks forward to seeing you at the Administration Building for its Charity BBQ on Friday, May 22nd, 2015.

I also want to take this opportunity to call upon all community members to join us in a Public Campaign related to drug and alcohol abuse and bullying and suicide.

Please watch for the information and do take part in the Campaign. This is our community and we all need to work together to make it a safe and healthy place for us to live.

Sincerely

Chief G. Ava Hill Six Nations of the Grand River

Message from the Community Awareness Week Co-ordinator

A Very Special Thank You As Co-ordinator of the Six Nations Community Awareness Committee I would like to take this opportunity to thank our community members who came out and participated to learn more about our annual events and making it again a memorable one.

Also, a special thanks to the Community Awareness Committee members who participated in organizing our special events this year and making it an- other great success! Thanks to the businesses, organizations and various Six Nations Council departments that participated in opening their doors for the Community to visit with them to learn more about their services.

Thanks to the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation for sponsoring the bike prize to our annual Community Awareness for the stamp draw contest.

Thanks to the Committee members who graciously vol- unteered to pick-up the prizes this year for the contest.

Please visit our community events listing at www.sixnations.ca Sincerely, Marilyn Mt.Pleasant Community Awareness Co ordinator

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BY Chezney Martin Housed at the White Pines Wellness Centre in Ohsweken, Health Services is releasing an innovative mission statement and brand-new ideas in accordance to Community Awareness Week.

Along with an Open House and Free Hearing Clinic organized by the LTC/HCC Program on May 20, several other departments will be hosting an open house for the community at the centre.

With programs branching throughout the health umbrella, Health Services touches the lives of many within the Six Nations Community.

Titled the “Mission, Vision, Values Statement,” the online form of the “mission” section of the statement entails; “Six Nations Health Services is dedicated to building a healthy community and will provide, promote and protect culturally appropriate superior health programs and services for the Six Nations Community.”

The “Vision” section of the statement reads; “Six Nations Health Ser-

A roads-eye view of the centre, completed in July of 2007 by STM Construction. PHOTO BY CHEZNEY MARTIN vices, in partnership, envisions each community member will achieve and maintain their highest level of health, functioning and independence.”

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Gasparelli supervises three distinct programs including the Diabetes Education Program.

“They provide essentially advice as far as managing diabetes, to type one or type two diabetes and then people who are at risk for type two as well,” said Gasparelli. “You can have your family doctor refer you to the program,

but you can also self-refer and you can just come by the office and say ‘I’d like an appointment.’ If somebody’s free they’ll see you right then, if not then they’ll book an appointment within a week or two,” she continued. She further explained that the DEP is provincially funded, as many of the programs are.

With this in mind, the question as to how to sign up for an activity program is a wonder to many.

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In defense of Joseph Brant and the Mohawks

By Jim Windle KANATA VILLAGE, SIX NATIONS – Revisionism isn’t the exclusive domain of non-Native governments and lop-sided google-historians. It can also be held that even amongst Six Nations traditionalists there is a lot of revisionism believed by some to be true accounts of “the way we were” so to speak.

Looking back over more than 300 years of history from our place in 2015, it is next to impossible to determine exactly what the contemporary understanding of any historical event or agreement was to those who participated in it. That is why reading old documents recorded by those directly involved are so very important.

The Mohawk Workers submitted to the Two Row Times the minutes of a meeting of the Confederacy Council of the Grand River with the Superintendent of Indian Affairs, dated 1805.

This document explains quite clearly what the accepted understanding within the Confederacy Chiefs of the day was regarding the Haldimand Deed as well as the Mohawk Nation’s place within the Grand River Tract.

It also defends Joseph Brant himself who was being accused by some of seeking personal gain by his work on behalf of the Six Nations.

All have opinions on these matters, but we thought it would be most valuable to publish this

original document verbatim to see what the people of the day thought. These minutes were recorded only 20 years after arrival on the Haldimand Tract and two years before the death of Brant.

The Two Row Times welcomes the submission of other historical documents for printing in our newspaper so we can bring the words of the past to light in the current day.

Grand River May 4th 1805

At our usual Annual Meeting at our Council House.

Brothers: (Henry Tekarahogen principal Chief and first Sachem of the Mohawk Nation speaks]

In consequence of some late extraordinary transactions at a pretended Council at Buffalo Creek and afterwards at Niagara, we think it necessary to inform the public of their sentiments in regard to these affairs. In order to do this it will be necessary to mention some things that have happened many years ago.

Brothers: At the commencement of the trouble between Great Britain and the late Colonies the Mohawks and some other(s) mindful of the engagement of their ancestors took a decided and active part in favour of his Majesty and at the hazard of their lives brought Johnson and the Indian

Department through a hostile country from the Mohawk River to Lower Canada.

Brothers: In the year 1775, Sir Guy Carlton one of His Majesty’ Generals and then Commander in Chief of that Province of Quebec promised the Indians in general that any loss they might sustain by the war which had now commenced should be fully and amply compensated; …confiding in his Excellency’s promise, the Mohawk exerted themselves to the utmost of their abilities, they were also instrumental in confirming others of the Six Nations in their attachment to the King and their conduct during the war is still fresh in our memory.

Brothers: The promise of Sir Guy Carlton was confirmed by his successor General Haldimand and at the peace a Deed was executed by him for lands we now possess on the Grand River, this grant was at first intended for those Indians who had lost their lands on the Mohawk and Susquehanna Rivers, and at their request extended to such others of the Six Nations as wished to settle there, ...at this time we were invited to remain within the American territories but such was our attachment to the King our Father, that we preferred retiring to an uncultivated wilderness in Upper Canada with our Brother Soldiers and fellow sufferers the Loyalists.

Brothers: At the time we obtained our grant

from his Excellency General Haldimand, we represented to him the advantage it would be to us to have a few white families settled among us in order to show our people the benefits of agriculture and the advantage of having good roads to which his Excellency readily ascended and there are now a sufficient number settled for these purposes.

Brothers: After several years residence on the Grand River we considered it to be for the interest of the people that part of our lands should be sold and the proceeds put to interest, we accordingly with consent and approbation of the Chiefs sold part of the said lands and received some of the interest which was applied to sundry public uses for the benefit of our

people.

Brothers: The purchases (purchasers) inability to make the payments as stipulated caused some of the Lower Mohawks and old women to murmur and some young men not capable of distinguishing right from wrong, or of judging of the nature of disappointments, began also to be CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Portrait of Joseph Brant, Thayendanegea, by Ezra Ames, 1806 one year before his untimely death. time disregarded these unfounded aspersions, when we found however that our very silence was construed into guilt and the evil spread wider and wider, we convened a Council of all the Sachems at the Mohawk village in June 1804, at which the Commandant of Fort George and the Deputy Superintendent General assisted. At this Council all the Acts of our Chiefs were approved and to be

too weak and inadequate to the task they had undertaken, and yet discouraged, they repaired with all speed to the King’s Council Fire at Niagara to regulate our affairs and make Chiefs for our Nations. Articles of impeachment were there drawn up without citing us to appear at their tribunal, and without even the form and ceremony of a treat, we were deposed and five new Chiefs with the title of Warrior Chiefs appointed in our stead.

Permit us to ask what right the Senecas have to intermeddle in our affairs, let us ask these august legislators from whence they deserves the Right of putting down and raising up Chiefs at their pleasure. Is it from our customs or the customs of our ancestors.

Can any Chief or Sachem be made except by the Chief and Sachems of his Nation and at their Council fire and is not merit the only ladder by which they attain to that honor and distinction and can these Warrior Chiefs claim any for themselves?

Brothers: We earnestly hope that the Superintendent of Indian

Affairs will discourage and frown upon these unjust and unwarrantable proceedings, we hope he will endeavor to promote a spirit of peace and harmony amongst His Majesty’s’ Indian allies and that he will not calmly look on, and suffer those who have often shed their blood, and who will always be ready to do it for the service of the King, to become the sport of a few designing men.

We hope the eyes of our people may be opened and that they may see the evil consequences of discord and disunion and to distinguish their real from pretended friends; such proceedings as we have now stated appear like the act of a mob, who imagine that numbers authorize them to trample upon honor and Justice; if any of our proceedings are wrong or that we have acted against the interest of the King our Father we earnestly request that we may be informed of it, that if in our power it may be rectified.

Brothers: As the proceedings in the late Council at Niagara appear to be leveled chiefly against Captain Brant, permit me

in a few words to state some of his services. By his going to England he was highly instrumental in obtaining for us the lands and also a remuneration for our losses during the war which was paid us in money and goods at Black Rock; how often has he been to Quebec to the Westward and to the United States upon our Service, and have we ever contributed one shilling to bear his expenses, and shall we after he is grown old in the public service be led away by designing men; No, we cannot be so ungrateful, we hope the time is not far distant when the eyes of our Brethren may be open and that we may yet live in that unity that has always been recommended by our Ancestors and by our Brethren the British. We therefore Brothers confirm the Rank that Captain Brant has heretofore held amongst us and to which we will adhere as long as we live.

Present at this meeting the Principal Chiefs of the Mohawks, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Oghgwagos (sic) or Oneidas and all the Delawares.

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dissatisfied; some malicious person fanned the flames of discontent and actually impressed on the minds of some of our weaker Brethren a belief that, we, in conjunction with Captain Brant our principal Chief and Warrior had embezzled their money.

Brothers: Conscious that in all our transactions we had adhered to the strictest Rules of Justice, we for a long

buried in oblivion. Nothing however was sufficient to satisfy the malcontents, like the Jacobins of France they panted for nothing less than a total change in the whole order of things, an abolition of all the customs and institutions of their ancestors and to accomplish this, it was necessary in some way or other to sacrifice our much esteemed Brother and Principal Chief Captain Brant and the other Chiefs who adhered to him and his Council. Defeated however in this malicious scheme in a Council of the nations who are the only competent Judges of their Chiefs who know and acknowledge his great merit and usefulness to the Nation who had often witnessed and admired his valor in the field and his wisdom in the council, they repaired to Buffalo Creek within the limits of the United States and held a Council with the Senecas and others. What was transacted at that strange self created Council it is impossible for us to say, but as the leaders do not tell us of anything we conclude they found their powers

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Six Nations Village Plaza welcomes Organic Juice and Salad Bar

By Nahnda Garlow The long awaited opening of The Sweet Spot Organic Juice and Salad Bar is coming! Six Nations residents Kahontiyo Denise McQueen and her partner Matt Carpenter have worked since last fall to renovate the former electronics store space in the Village Plaza into a beautifully colourful healthy cafe.

The duo are both from Six Nations and started out growing sprouts in their home for their own use. Word got out that they had a green thumb so they started growing sprouts for their friends and eventually that birthed into a small business of it’s own where they were growing sprouts and selling them.

Kahontiyo, whose name means ‘good greens’ in the Mohawk language, self-educated herself in the areas of holistic and organic nu-

From left to right: Matt Carpenter, Kahontiyo Denise McQueen, Lou Johnson and Lori Sowden trition - taking classes at the Hippocrates Health Institute and many other places to up her knowledge of holistic nutrition. McQueen said, “You cant unlearn this stuff. Once you learn it you’re hungry for more and more. When it comes to nutrition there’s not a

lot out there, you have to dig for it yourself so I want to help the community do that.”

The couple are hoping the Sweet Spot becomes a hub of education as well as a delicious place for locals to grab an organic, raw lunch. McQueen says she

will host classes for the community soon. “I can’t wait to start doing classes and start education people. I just want to help people understand and start bringing this into their homes. Whether its growing their own wheatgrass, making their own almond milk

or learning to make a raw salad dressing - the education - that’s my favourite part.”

The cafe has an extensive juice and smoothie list. A percentage of proceeds for certain special smoothies - named Rebel and Warrior - will go back into the community to sponsor the Six Nations Rebels and other Jr. A Lacrosse teams. “We just want to give back,” said McQueen.

The menu has no meat, no dairy and is all organic. They will have raw, organic salads with juices, smoothies and raw desserts as well.

Another great feature of the cafe is that is offers free wi-fi. “We’ll be open from 7am till 9pm. We wanted kids in the community to have someplace to be thats safe. There’s free wi-fi so if they have homework to do they can come. It’s healthy. It’s nice, it’s fun.

Anybody can come and

just spend their evenings here,” said McQueen.

This is a fantastic blessing to the Six Nations community and a growing trend for entrepreneurs in the community to branch out into the holistic nutrition. In 2015, Six Nations saw the opening of two fresh juice bars and a holistic grocery store on the territory.

There has been a tremendous level of growth in small businesses on Six Nations in the last twenty years.

Today there are currently approximately 350 business on Six Nations outside of the cigarette trade. Historical statistics from 1990 show there was previously only 50 businesses on both Six Nations and New Credit combined.

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Hill’s Native Foods customer appreciation during CAW2015

By Chezney Martin Hill’s Native Foods, owned

by Scott Hill, will be celebrating their 50th year in business with a Customer Appreciation Day during Community Awareness Week.

One of the main distributors of white corn in the Six Nations community, Hill’s Native Foods will be offering a free bowl of corn soup, cornbread, drink and dessert to each individual customer that visits their location on Tuesday May 19th at 7493 Indian Line from 12 p.m. until supplies last.

Hill said the business provided him with something he really enjoyed doing. “I know my parents started in 1965. My mom was asked to supply a friend’s store with corn and it kinda ventured out from there.”

Hill said that his parents are Donny and Louise Hill, and explained that the business has been on Indian Line since 2000 and has grown since.

“My father grew the corn and it was pretty much a family affair. I didn’t come along ‘til 1973, but I have two older sisters and an older brother and either one, you pretty much knew when it was time to plant corn. We had to shell, we had to sort, I remember sitting in front of the T.V. as a kid. We’d get like the best cobs, and we’d shell the ends off and we’d all just sit there and like watch T.V. and get the soup corn ready,” said Hill.

Hill explained that his father used to plant one to two acres of corn and used a one-row corn picker.

Now, fifty years later, the business plants 40 acres and has an entire barn for

White corn plays a large part in the natural Haudenosaunee diet.

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“You know, we shelled by hand. I always helped my mom deliver. I was always interested in that,” Hill said. “I remember being in high school one time and my guidance counsellor said to me, ‘What are you gonna do after high school?’ and I said, ‘I think I’m gonna take my mom’s corn business over,’ and she said, ‘Well, really, is there any money in that?

Like will you be able to feed a family to be able to do that?’ And I just kinda chuckled.”

Hill said that the business receives calls from California, British Columbia and other areas, as well. “I think there’s an opportunity there, I’ll see non-natives in the store and they’ll grab a bag of corn,” Hill said.

Hill said he is grateful his mother kept the white

corn tradition alive and now he is proud to carry on the task. “Another big part of it is it’s keeping our native foods alive. I wasn’t really lucky enough to pick up on our languages or to, you know, take the time to learn our languages. And I’ve grown up with a traditional mother. To me it’s as much a part of us as our languages and our traditions.”

“It’s not just me pro-

viding to the community, it’s the community providing for me, too, so it’s kind of a two-way street,” said Hill. “I think that’s kinda where this customer appreciation falls into place, we’ve never ever done anything like that you know, but we’re saying thanks back. I think it’s important to give thanks back,” he continued.

SIX NATIONS COMMUNITY AWARENES Tuesday May 12th, 2015 Start: 12pm End: 2pm

Reclaiming Well Being: Cancer Free Lives Celebration

Screen for life Bus Tours & Free Traditional Lunch Location: Community Hall Organization: Reclaiming Well Being Committee & Screen for Life Coach

Wednesday May 13th, 2015 Start: 9am End: 3pm

How Well is Your Well

Private well & cistern water testing. Also on May 19, 20, 25, 26.

Location: 1769 Chiefswood Road, Ohsweken ON Organization: New Directions

Reclaiming Well Being: Cancer Free Lives Celebration Start: 9am End: 3pm

Screen for life Bus Cancer Screening. Runs from May 13th - 15th.

Location: White Pines / Iroquois Village Plaza Contact: Stephanie Morningstar Organization: Reclaiming Well Being Committee & Screen for Life Coach

Rollin’ Over Hunger Start: 12pm End: 7pm

Start: 3pm End: 6pm

Start: 4pm End: 7pm

Start: 4pm End: 7pm

Start: 4pm End: 7pm

Start: 4pm End: 7pm

Start: 6pm End: 8pm

Food Drive, Fundraiser & Food Trucks.

Location: Six Nations Community Food Bank Organization: Six Nations Community Food Bank

Lil’ T’s BBQ, Draws & Door Prizes Location: 2298 Chiefswood Rd. Unit 3 Contact: Bethaney Jamieson Organization: Lil T’s

Spring Time Traditions

Learn & Plant! Go home with the start of your own garden! Tours & scavenger hunt!

Location: Six Nations Polytechnic, 2160 Fourth Line Organization: Deyohaha:ge: (Indigenous Knowledge Centre)

Piggy Pull & Scavenger Hunt

Pull a pig, win a prize.

Location: Six Nations Polytechnic, 2160 Fourth Line Organization: Grand River Post Secondary Education Office

Fun with Trivia & Scavenger Hunt

Answer question correctly, win a prize Location: Six Nations Achievement Classroom, 2160 Fourth Line Organization: Six Nations Achievement Centre

Exploring Indigenous Visual Arts

Artist Demonstrations, Scavenger Hunt, DJ, Beef on a bun, by donation Location: Six Nations Polytechnic, 2160 Fourth Line Organization: Six Nations Polytechnic

Fun with Food Workshop

An informative & engaging presentation on making mealtime fun!

Location: Everlasting Tree School, 775 Seneca Road Organization: The Everlasting Tree School

Thursday May 14th, 2015 Start: 4pm End: 7pm

Start: 4pm End: 9pm

Bologna Fest

Bologna Cookoff & Fact or Balogna Trivia Centre, Free BBQ Location: Ganohkwasra 1781 Chiefswood Road Organization: Ganohkwasra

Six Nations Language Commission Open House

Open House & Social; Free Corn Soup, ham & scone, drinks. Interactive displays from the language programs Location: Six Nations Community Hall, Ohsweken Organization: Six Nations Language Commission

Friday May 15th, 2015 Start: 7am End: 9pm

The Sweet Spot Grand Opening

Fresh juices, smoothies, salads, organic coffee and more.

Location: Village Plaza Organization: The Sweet Spot

Open House BBQ Fundraiser

Start: 11:30am BBQ buys a raffle ticket, scholarships/bursaries, tour the offices.

Location: Oneida Business Park, 4th Line End: 2pm

Organizations: Indspire, Community Trust, NPAAMG, SN Language Commission

Start: 7pm

40th Anniversary of First Nations Art Opening Reception

Celebrating the longest running First Nations Art Exhibition. Speakers, music & light refreshments.

End: 10:30pm Location: Woodland Cultural Centre, 184 Mohawk St. Brantford ON Organizations: The Woodland Cultural Centre

Start: 8pm

Saturday May 16th, 2015 Start: 8am End: 1pm

Great family shopping as well as vendors. Proceeds help to fund our early years program.

Location: Everlasting Tree School, 775 Seneca Road Organization: Everlasting Tree School

Start: 8am

Community Indoor Yardsale

End: 12pm Start: 9am End: 3pm

Start: 9am End: 1pm

Start: 9am

Location: Gaylord Powless Arena, Ohsweken Organization: Six Nations Parks & Recreation

Bubble Soccer

Team of 5, $200 a team, 5 games.

Location: Six Nations Sports fields, Ohsweken Organization: Aka:we Canoe Club - OC6 Women’s Crew

Gardening Body Health

Tips & techniques to avoid gardening injuries.

Location: 2676 Fourth Line Organization: Six Nations Therapy Services - Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy

Community Yard Sale/Food Sale

End: 6pm

Food sale from Noon - 6pm. Bring your own tables, no charge. Arrive early for a good spot. Indoor location for rain.

Location: Sour Springs Longhouse, 3rd Line Organization: Sour Springs Longhouse

Start: 9am

First Outdoor Farmer’s Market 2015

End: 1pm

Start: 10am

Location: 2676 Fourth Line - Beside the Greenhouse!

Organization: Our Sustenance

Six Nations Health Foundation Barbeque in the Park plus Yard & Bake Sale

End: 2pm

All proceeds go to Dialysis building & supplies.

Location: Six Nations Veterans Park Organization: Six Nations Health Foundation

Start: 12pm

Household Hazardous Waste Day

End: 4pm

Start: 1pm End: 5pm

Location: Six Nations Landfill Site - Recycling Depot, 2470 Fourth Line Ohsweken Organization: Six Nations Public Works Dept.

Saturday in the Park

Lacrosse Demo, Fundraising Bingo, Chiefswood Museum Opening, Dev Corp Program Info Booths and Draws Location: Chiefswood National Historic Site Organization: Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation

Sunday May 17th, 2015 Start: 8am

Longhouse Breakfast/Yard Sale

End: 12pm

$8 all you can eat. Blanket raffle and other items. Twoonie table, and 50/50 draw. Proceeds for new building.

Location: Sour Springs Longhouse, 3rd Line Organization: Sour Springs Longhouse

Start: 12pm

Car Seat Safety

End: 3pm

Start: 12pm End: 3pm

Location: Birthing Centre, 1350 Sour Springs Road, RR6 Hagersville Organization: Healthy Babies/Healthy Children

Annual Birthday Party / Aboriginal Midwifery Day

Celebrate all babies born at Birthing Centre and Aboriginal Midwifery.

Location: Tsi Non:we Ionnakeratstha Ona:grahsta (Birthing Centre) 1350 Sour Springs Rd. Organization: Tsi Non:we Ionnakeratstha Ona:grahsta

Monday May 18th, 2015 Information Display Booth

Start: 8:30am Display will promote the Master Drainage Plan and Flood Remediation Study.

Location: Community Centre - Outdoors End: 4pm Organization: Environment Office

Start: 4pm End: 6pm

Jr. A Lacrosse Game

Six Nations Arrows vs Peterborough Location: Iroquois Lacrosse Arena Organization: Six Nations Arrows

Tuesday May 19th, 2015 Start: 9am End: 3pm

Start: 12pm End: 5pm

Start: 12pm End: 3pm

Movie Night in the Park

Healthy alternative to substance use.

End: 10:30pm Location: Chiefswood Park Organizations: New Directions Group

Mom to Mom Sale (2nd Annual)

Start: 5pm End: 8pm

Reclaiming Well Being: Cancer Free Lives Celebration

Screen for life Bus Cancer Screening. Also on the 20th.

Location: Iroquois Village Plaza Organization: Reclaiming Well Being Committee & Screen for Life Coach

Flowers by Leenie & Just a Little Bit Dollar Store BBQ, Flower Spin Wheel, Mini Putt.

Location: 1721 Chiefswood Road, (Iroquois Plaza) Organization: Flowers by Leenie

Hill’s Native Foods - Celebrating 50 Years!

Customer Appreciation Day - free bowl of cornsoup, cornbread, drink and dessert - one per customer in attendance.

Location: Hill’s Native Foods - 7493 Indian Line follow the signs to business Organization: Hills Native Foods

Free Community Presentation

What does Healing mean?

Location: Social Services Gym Organization: Six Nations Mental Health Team

SS WEEK 2015 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Wednesday May 20th, 2015 Start: 10am

CLSN Blind Volleyball & BBQ

End: 3pm

BBQ Sale sponsor by Qualia Counselling Services, Six Nations.

Location: 30 Cao Lane Organization: Six Nations Community Living

Start: 11am

Car Seat Checks

End: 1pm

Start: 11am End: 2pm

Start: 11am End: 3pm

Start: 12pm End: 4pm

Start: 1pm End: 6pm

Start: 1pm End: 6pm

Start: 1pm

Location: Ohsweken Plaza Organization: Six Nations Police & Health Services

Lands & Resources Open House

Free Food, Door Prizes, Free Trees, Information Booths, Land Rights information and exhibits.

Location: Tourism Building 2498 Chiefswood Road Organization: Six Nations Lands and Resources Department

Open House - Prize Draw

Location: White Pines Wellness Centre, 1745 Chiefswood Road Organization: Adult Day Centre, LTC/HCC Program

Tehonwatish:nie Grand Opening Tehonwatish:nie, (She takes care of everyone).

Location: Above Oasis on Hwy. 54 Organization: Business

Open House

Corn Bread Demonstration.

Location: White Pines Wellness Centre Organization: SN Mental Health Team & Health Promotion Nutrition Services

WPWC Open House

Location: White Pines Wellness Centre Organization: Six Nations Health Services

Just Wash Your Hands!

End: 6pm

Fun & Interactive hand hygiene.

Location: White Pines Wellness Centre Organization: Six Nations Health Services - Infection Control Committee

Start: 1pm

Physical Activity Circuit

End: 6pm

Start: 1pm End: 5pm

Start: 1pm End: 6pm

Start: 1pm End: 6pm

Start: 2pm

Location: White Pines Wellness Centre Organization: Health Promotion & Nutrition

Finding Your Way to Wellness

Super fun scavenger hunt! Prizes for participating plus a chance to win bigger prizes.

Location: 2nd Floor, White Pines Wellness Centre Organization: Diabetes Education Program

Book Exchange & Family Reading Corner

Community and staff book exchange (children & adult books).

Location: White Pines - Physiotherapy Gym Organization: Six Nations Health Services - Therapy Services

Six Nations Health Research

Open house, Free snacks, Corn soup, Free draws.

Location: White Pines Wellness Centre, 2nd Floor Organization: Six Nations Health Services

Family Health Guest Speaker on “Children’s Health”

End: 3pm

Have your questions answered or come to listen to the small presentation. Door prizes, Electronic Tablet.

Location: White Pines Wellness Clinic Organization: Six Nations Family Health Team

Start: 3pm

Tee P’s BBQ, Draws & Door Prizes

End: 6pm

Location: 2298 Chiefswood Rd Unit 1 Organization: Tee P’s

Open House

Start: 4:30pm Free BBQ, bouncy castle, hypnotist show and door prizes.

Location: Child & Family Services, 15 Sunrise Court, Ohsweken End: 7pm Organization: Child & Family Services

Start: 5:30pm Movie Night Popcorn & Hotdogs End: 7pm

Location: 21 Bicentenial Trail Organization: Six Nations Child Care Services

Thursday May 21st, 2015 (cont’d) Start: 11am End: 2pm

Start: 11am End: 2pm

Community Appreciation Day

Traditional treats, handouts for kids, meet the staff.

Location: Bank of Montreal, 4th line & Chiefswood Road Organization: Bank of Montreal

Information Booth & Raffle

Awareness blitz for proper use of accessible parking spaces, free raffle prizes.

Location: Outside TNT at the Ohsweken Plaza Organization: Six Nations Elected Council Accessibility Advisory Committee

Start: 11:30am Six Nations Council & Central Admin BBQ End: 1pm

Start: 3pm End: 5pm

Start: 5pm End: 8pm

Location: Six Nations Administration Building - front lawn, 1695 Chiefswood Road, Ohsweken Organization: Six Nations Council & Administration Staff

Aka:we Canoe Club Open House Weather permitting - Paddling Location: Chiefswood Park Organization: Aka:we Canoe Club

“Trashed” - A documentary film about the world’s garbage crisis Come out for a great discussion on local and global garbage solutions.

Location: GREAT Theatre Organization: Six Nations Youth Council, Everlasting Tree School, Two Row Times

Friday May 22st, 2015 Start: 10am End: 2pm

Start: 10am End: 2pm

Start: 11am End: 2pm

Start: 11am End: 2pm

Community Awareness Giveaway Free surprise bag.

Location: 318 Colbourne St., Brantford Organization: Brantford Native Housing

BBQ Fundraiser

Hotdogs, Hamburgers, Potato & Macaroni Salad, Banana Bread & Info booth. Organic wild rice burgers.

Location: Veteran’s Park, Ohsweken Organization: Native Women’s Car Cooperative

G.R.E.A.T. Carnival

Free food & games (while supplies last), Grand Prize $200.00 Walmart Gift Certificate.

Location: GREAT Opportunity Centre, 16 Sunrise Court Organizations: Grand River Employment & Training, OSTTC, Two Rivers & HDI

Client Appreciation Day

Light refreshments, $25.00 gift card draw, “Leo the Lion”.

Location: RBC Royal Bank Organization: Royal Bank of Canada

Thru The Red Door & Two Row Times BBQ hosted by Logan Staats

Start: 11:30am Free BBQ, drinks, Open house, Speaker’s Corner video booth, Logan Staats performance at 1pm Location: 1579 4th Line, Ohsweken End: 2pm Organizations: Thru The RedDoor/Two Row Times

Saturday May 23rd, 2015 Start: 12pm

Dunk the new recruit / Six Nations Police vs SN Fire Dept. Baseball game

End: 4pm

Dunk tank, baseball game, BBQ, show & shine. Game starts at 2pm.

Location: Six Nations Ball Park Organizations: Six Nations Police & Six Nations Fire Department

Start: 5pm

Six Nations Council Awards Banquet

End: 8pm

Location: Six Nations Polytechnic - Grand River Room, 2160 Fourth Line, Ohsweken Organization: Six Nations Council

Monday May 25th, 2015 Spring

Start: 4:30pm Light supper, planting, colouring and door prizes.

Location: O’Gwadeni:deo - Stoneridge Day Care 2nd Floor End: 7pm Organization: O’Gwadeni:deo

Open House & Scavenger Hunt

Thursday May 21st, 2015 Start: 9am

Reclaiming Well Being: Cancer Free Lives Celebration

End: 3pm

Screen for life Bus Cancer Screening. Event also on the 22nd.

Location: Gane Yohs Organization: Reclaiming Well Being Committee & Screen for Life Coach

Start: 10am

LTC/HCC Community Support Services Open House & Silver Fox Loonie Auction

End: 2pm

Start: 10am

Location: Six Nations Community Hall, Ohsweken Organization: LTC/HCC - Community Support Services

Roc in my Mocs for a Month

End: 2pm

Test your money management skills with fun interactive stations. Free hotdogs.

Location: Ontario Works Office, 12 Sunrise Court Organization: Six Nations Ontario Works

Start: 10am

SNNG Mini Golf Challenge & Bob’s BBQ Buffet

End: 3:15pm

Location: 1953 Fourth Line Organization: Six Nations Natural Gas

Start: 5pm End: 7pm

Use main entrance for your family photos and passport, find clues along the way to complete your scavenger hunt.

Location: 18 Stoneridge Circle Organizations: Stoneridge Children’s Centre, SN Child Care Resource Centre, Special Needs Resourcing

Tuesday May 26th, 2015 Start: 11am End: 1pm

Start: 6pm End: 7pm

Housing & Lands Membership BBQ & Prize Draw BBQ & Prize Draw. Location: 67 Bicentennial Trail Organization: Six Nations Housing & Lands Membership

Family Scavenger Hunt

A scavenger hunt in the community (walking only) for families to encourage family communication and play development.

Location: White Pines Wellness Centre, Ohsweken Organization: Six Nations Therapy Services - Speech & OT

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SN post-secondary students can access bursaries and scholarships

By Chezney Martin Nearly all post-secondary aspiring students fear the oncoming sense of adulthood and responsibility.

Soon to possibly move away from home for the first time and have an abundance of independence, many students find beginning post-secondary education a challenge. The first step to finding a path to follow is often within an individuals high school, beginning with a guidance counsellor.

Dawn Martin, a Six Nations student entering her third year at Trent University says, “that it takes a lot of time and effort into getting them,” in regards to bursaries and scholarships.

Earning over $12,000 in awarded money from seven separate awards for her first year of university, Martin graduated high school with over 700 volunteer hours.

Outside of school, Martin put in over a hundred hours writing the required essays and obtain-

ing references to achieve the large sum of money she accumulated. Aboriginal Guidance Counsellor Melissa Turner from Hagersville Secondary School recommends students from Six Nations to start by accessing funding help through places like Indspire.

“Yeah absolutely. Always start with Indspire, because they have published on their website so many scholarships that aren’t even neces-

sarily through them, but they’ve still advertised for them. So, these are not all necessarily Indspire’s awards, but these are scholarships from all over,” said Turner.

Indspire is an indigenous-led charity that seeks to inspire achievement and education, while investing in indigenous people for the longterm benefit of these individuals and their families.

“The next place I’d go to is AMSSA online.

They’re a huge guide, mostly out West, but nonetheless they have tons of scholarships and bursaries listed right across North America,” she continued.

AMMSA is the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society Association which is available as an online site for all to “inform, impact and inspire.”

“If you have students going to school in the States, that’s an excellent place to look, be-

cause they have so many scholarships listed there for Canada and the U.S.,” Turner said. “Now in terms of aboriginal scholarships, those are probably the two best resources you can find,” “For Six Nations kids, the next place I would go to is Grand River Post Secondary Education Office (GRPSEO) because they’ll have scholarships listed just for Six Nations kids,” Turner continued.

GRPSEO offers financial education assistance to those students desiring to continue their education into post-secondary, and is readily accessible online and at Six Nations Polytechnic.

Turner says that institutional managed scholarships are also available.

“So if you’re applying, to Niagara College or Western University, I would get in touch with their aboriginal student coordinator there and find out about scholarships. I would check specifically with the program you are applying into as well for scholarships and bursa-

ries.”

Turner explained that the most successful students to have been awarded large sums of money, were those that applied to everything.

“And you know what, I would apply for everything, because they still say that there are hundreds of thousands of dollars that go unclaimed in scholarships. So even if you’re going into engineering but it’s a banking scholarship, I would still apply,” Turner said.

She agrees that most venues offering money that are not applied for by someone qualified, will still award the money to an applicant. “That’s just it, they’d rather give the money away than keep it. So, just apply to everything,” she explained.

Turner continued to explain that earning bursary and scholarship money does take focus and work, but it can be done.

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Six Nations means lacrosse

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SIX NATIONS – The Creators Game, is what Haudenosaunee people have call the sport of lacrosse since the earliest of times, long before European contact.

It was French missionaries who named it lacrosse because they felt the sticks resembled the crosier, or le crosse, carried by Catholic bishops.

The Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin and other tribes were already playing the game before first contact. In its beginnings lacrosse was called baggataway and was a wide-open game that was part religious ritual as well as a part of military training.

Six Nations is commonly recognized as the birthplace of the game, tradition says, was given by the Creator to the Haudenosaunee for conflict resolution as an alternative to all out war, as well as for keeping their young warriors in

A painting by George Catlin circa 1850 depicts the ancient roots of lacrosse. shape in case of conflict.

To the untrained European eye, it looked more like war than sport, with sometimes hundreds of players playing in an open field at the same time flailing each other with wooden sticks.

But the game was quickly adopted by European settlers who added their own rules and formed leagues, ironically, excluding any Onkwehon:we player from participating for many years.

Eventually, these leagues needed stars so Iroquois players were invited to join teams which were dominantly white. Dozens of Six Nations elders played on those teams of the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s and remember their glory days with great pride.

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The Creator’s Game has spread far beyond the Haudenosaunee.

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with teams and high caliber leagues emerging from countries around the world from Africa to Israel, from Viet Nam to Russia.

Early paintings by pioneer artist George Catlin depict Native lacrosse players in action.

Catlin travelled extensively among the Onkwehonwe across Turtle Island paining images of life among the original peoples. He died in December of 1872 leaving a legacy of priceless images.

While hockey, football, soccer and baseball have taken a lead role in today’s North America, at Six Nations, lacrosse is still king as evidenced by last season’s remarkable feet. The Sr. A Six Nations Chiefs won their second Mann Cup in a row, the Six Nations Jr. A Arrows Express won the

Minto Cup, and the Jr. B Six Nations Rebels won their remarkable fourth Founders Cup in succession, all national titles.

The professional National Lacrosse League and the Canadian Lacrosse League, as well as the Lacrosse Hall of Fame also boast many Six Nations stars of the modern game.

In recent years, women’s lacrosse has emerged as well with National titles in almost every age category. The World Women’s Lacrosse Championship will be hosted in Onondaga New York later this year, and the men’s Iroquois Nationals will compete in the world Men’s Championship this summer in Scotland. Lacrosse is the only sport that recognizes the Haudenosaunee as a Nation on the world stage.

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10:00AM Chiefswood National Historic Site Season Opening (free tours, children's activity-seed planting, new exhibit “Breaking Barriers,” free lemonade and cookies) 11:00AM “A Vision for Chiefswood Park” display with architect Bill Woodsworth 1:00PM Food and bingo card sales, pop-up smoothie bar from Whey Smooth 1:00PM Lacrosse demo and skill games 2:00PM Bingo games start 5:00PM Raffle ticket draw (Blue Jay tickets, Samsung TV, and other great prizes to be won)

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ILA Sports is a lacrosse players candy store

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – Since it first opened with the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena, ILA Sporting Goods, formerly Powless Sports, has become one of Canada’s top destination lacrosse outfitters. And what better location than at one of the finest year round lacrosse arenas in the country, in home of the Creators’ Game.

Recently ILA Sports has expanded in both floor space and product, now also carrying a top line of baseball and hockey gear. But make no mistake, it is still a “lacrosse player’s candy store,” says Jodi Powless, who specializes in team sales.

“We are definitely a destination lacrosse store,” says Powless.

“When you go to the mainstream sports stores you might see a small section of lacrosse sticks or equipment, so people get pretty excited when they come in here from off-reserve to play one of our teams and drop into the store.”

A broad range of top quality sporting goods is a big draw for their growing legion of customers, from peewee to pro.

ILA Sports is also a distributer of Under Armor athletic under gear who sponsor the National Lacrosse League. Warrior and Brine are also well

represented.

It is no secret that ILA Sports has great pricing on all kinds of quality merchandise especially team game jerseys or sportswear. That is where Jodi comes in. She will consult with you and help design an eye-catching jersey and uniform package distinctively yours.

“I tell people it’s well worth the drive,” says Powless.

The store remains open during most lacrosse games when many visiting players pick up whatever gear they may need before or after the game.

“Parents and fans from off-reserve are always impressed with the quantity and quality of what you can find there,” she says.

By broadening beyond lacrosse, ILA Sports has begun to attract area hockey and baseball players as well where they can get the same quality brands without paying that nasty tax, which can easily add up to hundreds of dollars in savings.

We contribute to a lot of athletes and sports teams,” manager Shelley Burnham-Shognosh is proud to point out. “We give back to our communities.”

Manager of team sales, Jodi Powless calls the store, "a lacrosse players candy store," and for good reason. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

ILA Sports located within the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena on Second Line Road at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory is quickly becoming the destination location for sporting equipment and team uniforms. ILA has expanded to include quality brand name sporting equipment for baseball and hockey, but still remains the largest concentration of lacrosse equipment in the region, if not the country. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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The logo, designed by Bill Powless was made to bring together both Anishnabe and Haudenosaunee artistry using trade silver style, as the centre brings together many types of First Nations artwork.

40th Annual First Nations Art Exhibit opens

By Chezney Martin

On Friday, May 15 at 7 p.m., the Woodland Cultural Centre will be celebrating the 40th year of the Annual First Nations Art Exhibition with Elizabeth “Betts” Doxtator as this year’s featured artist. The exhibit opening will have Chief Ava Hill and M.P. Phil McColeman as dignitary speakers.

The First Nations Art Exhibit runs until July 11, and offers the opportunity for Indigenous artists to sell and showcase three pieces of their own unique art.

Woodland Cultural Centre’s Artistic Director Naomi Johnson said, “There’s definitely more art this year,” with work spanning from the Yukon and British Columbia.

“I’m really happy with this year’s work. It’s exactly what First Nations Art should be. It’s a mix of materials: we have photographs, we’ve got paintings, drawings, corn husk, sculpture. It’s a little bit of everything and like I said, it’s artists of all ages and

An art piece titled "Massacre," by Janice Toulouse, an example of what is to be shown at the exhibit this year. PHOTO OF ART BY CHEZNEY MARTIN experiences,” said Johnson.

She explained that showcasing art in the exhibit is an opportunity for aspiring artists to be featured alongside estab-

lished artists. “We have returning artists who have started at this place, who have gone on to have their own solo shows and gone on to other galleries. They

still come back to this exhibition.”

The Woodland Cultural Centre opened as an indigenous museum and art gallery upon the closure of

the Mohawk Institute Residential School in October of 1972. Its main focus was to collect and maintain Indigenous artifacts and research to build a museum. Today it offers a rich heritage space, telling the story of the Woodland peoples – including a library and archives, and tours on indigenous culture and the residential school system to visitors. It is home to over 5,900 square feet of gallery space full of Indigenous art and over 35,000 artifacts in the museum.

The featured artist for the First Nations Art exhibition this year, Elizabeth Doxtator said that she welcomes everybody to her Everything Cornhusk gallery in the Ohsweken Plaza. Several of her pieces will be sent to the centre, while her “Encircles Everything” piece was returned to her gallery on Tuesday of last week.

“I tried to study the Great Law to have a good understanding of it. I wanted to depict what I was learning, and that this seemed like the most logical way to do it,” said

Doxtater. “When I was studying it, I was really trying to visualize what it would have looked like and so, this is how it came out,” she explained.

Her piece shows the plight of the Peacemaker finalizing the Great Law and Haudenosaunee Confederacy, with over 50 doll fixtures surrounding a cornhusk tree. Many of her other pieces showcase Haudenosaunee history, while her paintings depict what she calls “reversed colonialism.”

For Community Awareness Week Doxtator was invited to show pieces of her work at Six Nations Polytechnic, and is willing to provide self-guided tours of her gallery to explain the background behind her available pieces.

Along with the exhibit opening, Doxtator was invited to showcase in Planet IndigenUS, an upcoming event at the Woodland Cultural Centre on July 31. The opening of the event will feature Don Burnstick and Buffy Sainte-Marie, and tickets are on sale at the Sanderson Centre.

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Recording in luxury at Jukasa Studios

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SIX NATIONS – One of the finest state-of-theart multimedia recording studios in Canada is not in Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal, but rather at the intersection of Sixth Line Road and Cayuga Road on the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory Reserve.

For lead engineer Darren Magierowski, landing this job was like winning the lottery. He gets to work in a brand new, multi-media studio with only the best equipment the industry has to offer for not only musical recordings, but also soundtrack work for TV and the biggest blockbuster movies out of Hollywood.

Owner Kenneth Hill has a bittersweet connection to the creation and naming of Jukasa Studios.

He named it in memory of his three nieces, Justine, Karen and Sarah, who all died tragically in traffic-related accidents.

But out of the tragedy, a reachable goal for First Nations artists to be recorded and presented in a highly professional manner in a world-class facility was born.

“It is definitely on par with anything you would find in New York or Nashville,” says Magierowski.

But Jukasa isn’t just for the fledgling Native artist. It is becoming one of the most talked about destination studios for some very well known mainstream artists as well.

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Jukasa Studios features a state of the art film suite with precisely calibrated 39.2 surround sound which is one of few in the world. High profile clients from Hollywood are becoming interested in using this suite to privately screen unreleased footage. PHOTO BY DAVID LAFORCE the multi-million dollar audio recording facility is its heavily modified Abbey Road SSL 8072G+ console with Ultimation and Total Recall. To the uninitiated, these are just names and numbers, but for anyone inside the industry, this is one impressive piece of equipment straight out of Abby Road Studios in England.

“I simply believe there is an incredible depth of talented musicians in our country and I am proud to invite artists to Jukasa to experience not only the recording process, but also to be a part of our community,” says Hill.

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Everything, including lodging and a quiet rural atmosphere is available for artists to enjoy while at Jukasa.

There are other advantages to recording at Jukasa as well.

“Everything is taxfree,” says Magierowski.

“It’s tax-free. That is an immediate 13% savings.

On top of that, California has instituted an entertainment tax on studios in and around Hollywood, plus, with the American dollar being so high, it makes even more sense for U.S.-based movie studios or recording artists to consider Jukasa.”

A stay at Jukasa also gives an artist or engineer lots of quality down time. Features include

a well-equipped lounge area, top-flight gym, and a golf course to unwind on.

All this, and only an hour from the Toronto airport and a half hour from Hamilton.

The most recent addition is maybe its most exciting. Jukasa is now equipped to mix the world’s biggest ticket

movie soundtracks in a new and beautifully designed, fully equipped Dolby Atmos surround sound post-production facility, complete with a multi-seat mini-theatre.

This new technology produces surround sound generated from multiple sources around the room as well as from above.

This makes the standard 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound system obsolete, according to movie insiders.

“That would make our room 39.2 station surround sound, which blockbuster movies like The Avengers, The Hobbit, Transformers and many others are now using,” says Magierowski.

Add to that a recording basics school for newcomers into the industry to learn the ropes of the recording business and sound engineering, and you’ve got a world-class recording studio for amateurs and professionals alike.

It has been slow, but the word about the Jukasa studios at Six Nations is beginning to be the talk of the industry with stars like Steven Segal, Hulk Hogan and Emmanuel Lewis dropping by to see the facility.

“We have everything we need. It’s now all about getting the word out,” says Magierowski.

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Unwind in natural beauty at Six Nations’ own destination spa

All staff at Grand River Spa are fully trained in aesthetics, massage and hairstyling. The 10 year anniversary event will be held May 30th. From left: Jaylynn B., Amanda D., Jen D., Mariah C., Regina M. and Andrea C. PHOTO BY NAHNDA GARLOW OHSWEKEN – With the commotion and responsibilities that surround our daily lives taking time to unwind is vital. But getting away for some rest and relaxation doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg. With the overwhelming popularity of ‘staycations’ heading to local destination spas is a great alternative for shutting down and tuning into your own wellbeing.

Grand River Spa has been open on the Six Nations of the Grand River territory for ten years and this week they are celebrating that anniversary with an anniversary relaunch.

“We wanted to create a place where you could come and relax and unwind. It was always an

idea to have a good quality spa,” said spa director Joanna Pietras.

And Grand River Spa is definitely that place. It is on 26 lush acres of Six Nations land. A nature trail, serene pond and a 2000 square foot deck are just a few of the outdoor features here. Guests can come for any number of full spa services throughout the day and take full advantage of the property, walking the trails or just relaxing in the sun on the patio and taking in the calming sounds of the Carolinian forest wildlife.

Also located on the property is the new wellness centre and the ProFit Health Centre. Joanna says that guests to the spa can put together retreat packages and stay on the

property for a total getaway.

“It’s so hard in this area to find another spa that is in such beautiful surroundings. Everything in the city is wedged between a liquor store or a grocery store or a pharmacy. So you here you can really have that full spa experience and relax,” said Pietras.

Grand River Spa can also accommodate full bridal parties with a full service hair salon, nail spa, facial menus, body treatments and a salt water pool for the ultimate pampering package before the big day.

The aestheticians on staff are fully trained in the product lines that the spa is providing and can asses what your needs are

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Pietras said, “Whether you want to rejuvenate, reverse aging or rehydrate. The aestheticians can provide you with the products to accomplish your best results.”

Pietras says that it was always a goal to bring in top quality products to provide to their clients.

That includes a new focus on delivering high quality eco-friendly products such as nail treatments that are organic and cruelty free, paraben free cosmetics and a world class self tanning line to help you get that summertime glow with out the UV rays.

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“It was always our intention to be on top of industry standards, not just fall in-between but be on the cutting edge - and still be affordable,” said Pietras. “That is what we want to deliver to our clients: awesome customer service and the product lines to back it up. We want to make your day worthwhile and forget about what you have to deal with day to day. We want you to come to relax, kick back, don’t worry about anything or anyone else.

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

Lucas Duguid

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Jonathan Garlow

Attempting to achieve unity without diversity leads to conformity. The teachings of the Haudenosaunee people emphasize a place 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 the most racist thing you’ve ever witnessed?

Lucas Duguid: When I was very young, probably not even 10 years old, I was playing with some neighbourhood kids near the school where I grew up. Two older boys (who’s family emigrated to Canada from the Ivory Coast) joined us on the playground. I can’t tell you for the life of me what game we were playing but at one point there was a disagreement between one of the neighbourhood kids and one of the older boys. It seemed to escalate quickly until one of the neighbourhood kids blurted out the N word.

The playground went pin drop quiet. No one knew what to do. No one said anything. It was a shocking and uncomfortable feeling.

Adrian Harjo: I think the most racist thing I have ever witnessed is a process thats still going on to this day. The forced Assimilation and demise of our First Nation’s culture

and language to a more “Christian” aka American/Canadian way of life.

To think that these great countries of ours only exist because of a racist idea known as the “Doctrine of Discovery” which suggest we as a people were “Godless Savages” and therefore gave the right to Kings and Queens to claim land they’ve never even been to, all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Nicole Staats: My mothers side of the family would not allow me as a newborn baby to carry their last name because my father was an “Indian Outlaw”. I heard of this growing up and I never thought they liked me, or native people. It was kind of sad, I always looked for their approval it seemed and it caused a lot of false feelings of myself.

Jonathan Garlow: I’ve seen physical violence over racial prejudice. But it’s the insidious “quiet” racism that hurts the most for some reason.

There was a time my

family was ignored and not even served water at a restaurant in Hamilton. Having to explain to my children why we left without eating was one of the most painful racism based moments in my life.

I can safely say we were discriminated against because we waited for 30 minutes and families on either side of us ordered food and when they started eating is when we stood up and left. I’m glad to say that restaurant is now out of business.

Q2. Why did you think it was racist?

LD: At that age my world view was pretty limited but I was well aware that what happened was wrong. I didn’t need a parent or teacher to tell me. The feeling it left in my stomach was as terrible as it was immediate.

I felt sick for the older boys. I immediately told my parents when I got home. The person who uttered the phrase was of a Western European background. We lived in

a quiet, working-class neighbourhood that was pretty nondescript. Looking back as an adult it’s easier to articulate the reasons, influences and motivations around the “why”.... but to be honest, what stands out in my mind to this day was how raw and terrible the feeling was in my stomach in that moment.

AH: Its been proven to be a very racist idea being that the UN is calling on the US and Canada to admit to their treatment of Native American and First Nation People’s be considered GENOCIDE!!-Doesn’t get much more racist than that folks!

NS: Shunning a child from the family because of their partial race is pretty racist to me...

We never felt as loved as the other kids around.

JG: We didn’t even get water!

Q3. What is privilege?

How can it be applied to race? Who has it? Who does not? How can people with privilege affect

society in ways people without privilege cannot?

AH: Privilege can be traced back to Sovereignty which was originally given only by the Pope, which meant they were chosen by God. This is also the reason for the iconic golden “Crown” Kings and Queens wear symbolizing the yellow-goldish “Orb” that always surrounds Jesus’ head. This meant, “We’re better then you, and we know it!”--White Goodman NS: Privilege is something that you earn the right to have... In my opinion, When applied to race, privilege is something that not many aboriginal people get when growing up, my brother and I weren’t privileged enough to have the family last name because we had a native father, which then caused us to not get the same treatment as the others in that family right from birth...I also believe that a lot of white people are more privileged then

most, and In society they aren’t judged as much and given more opportunities to advance because of their race, aboriginal people have to work twice as hard to get some of the privileges that white people have, right from birth..

JG: There are so many good articles online about privilege and the common message I’ve learned is that privilege is invisible to people who benefit from it and it’s not obvious until it’s gone.

I think a simple example of white privilege is skin-tone products such as band-aids. A white person may never know the plight of a black person who is taught from a very early age that white skin is normal and dark skin is ‘ethnic’ or in the other category. Now multiply that tiny example by a thousand and that is what non-white people in North America struggle with on a daily basis.

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Haudenosaunee Diversity - Part Four

Covenant Chain – the thing by which we link arms

By Rick Hill One way of making peace between diverse groups was to extend the rafters of our longhouse to them. This was actually the underlying protocol in treaty-making. We were following an ancient pattern of trying to make peace within the “house.”

To do so, we had to treat everyone as if they were part of one big family. In the mind of our ancestors this meant to make the newcomers a part of our family. We gave names and titles to all of the colonial, state, provincial, and federal we engaged with.

We told them that they are our “brothers.”

We extended to them all of the same principles and protocols required by the Great Law of Peace.

Every treaty council began with the wiping of their tears, clearing of the ears and throats to restore their humanity and so that we could treat each other with dignity and respect.

The Two Row linked our vessels together forever. The Covenant Chain of Peace soon followed as a way to perpetuate the peace, through troubled political, economic and social upheavals. There are hundreds of references to the Chain in the historical documents, as our ancestors would hold council to rekindle the fire between our peoples, renew their commitments to one another and re-polish the chain to remove any sources of harm being done to one another. This is the treaty process that was in place for nearly three centuries.

In reality, this was also the premise of our treaty making. By coming to one mind to co-exist in peace, we extended the rafters of our longhouse to provide sanctuary for the newcomers. How the newcomers repaid that welcome is another matter. However, if we let historical trauma change our commitment to our cultural principles, we effectively colonize ourselves.

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 lesser known part of that Chain was how it worked between Native Nations. The Haudenosaunee maintained the treaty relationship with many diverse peoples.

Premised on the ideas of the Dish with One Spoon wampum, our ancestors tried to maintain the principles of sharing and caring through the Covenant Chain. However, divided loyalties to our trading partners often forced us to abandon those principles in favor of their interests.

Is individual and collective conflict always the result of the intersection of different ideologies? When our ancestors agreed to the Two Row Wampum Treaty they already had at least three generations of contact with Europeans, particularly the French. Some of those encounters were not good, especially with the introduction of firearms in 1609. However, when the treaty was made, our ancestors decided on a different strategy, one

founded upon tradition.

They decide to welcome the newcomers to our lands, extend the rafters of our metaphysical longhouse over them, teach them how to hunt and plant, and pledged to use rational thought instead of violence to resolve any difficulties. From that moment forward, we were to think of the newcomers as our little brothers.

The actual reading of the Two Row Wampum, unlike what you read on the Internet, states that grandchildren in the ship will be related to the grandchildren in the canoe. You must remember that we tied our vessels to one another at that time.

It is true that we pledged to not interfere in each’s operation of their vessel, but we also said that we are now dependent upon each other. We understood that Europeans were diverse and we tried to make peace with each one – French, Dutch, English, Swedes, and Palatines. We went so far as to adopt their religious prac-

tices, understanding that there was also diversity in those as well. It was not the Haudenosaunee who drove their converted relatives away. The white missionaries removed them away from any influence that traditionality might bring.

Therefore there was an ironic twist to our sense of diversity. Similar to the Borg in Star Trek, our ancestors believed that once people get to know us, follow our cultural protocols, they will become like us. During the Fur trade era, our ancestors proved that resistance was futile. Haudenosaunee-ness grew to embrace many kinds of people, languages, ways of thinking, but all co-existing under the principles of peacefulness. Even when our ancestors relocated to Grand River, there were several other groups among us – Delaware, Tutelo, Munsee, Cherokee and Creek. Eventually, they disappeared as political entities. They became us. Their blood flows

through our veins. We are diverse people as a result.

When I lived in New Mexico, the Pueblo people manifested this idea by providing free access to their home and dinner tables during their annual feast days. Anyone can visit their communities, stop by any open house, and share some food. As hosts, they do not discriminate. By welcoming strangers, sharing food and good conversation, the Pueblo people extend their culture to all visitors.

If we look at the narrative of the formation of the Great Law, we can see it as a process of reconciliation of diverse social groups, nations and ideologies. Where would we be today if the Peacemaker advocated exclusion to the warriors, war chiefs, Jikonsase and Todadaho?

Instead, he advocated inclusion. The genius of the Peacemaker’s plan is that you have to turn the mind of the dissenters and make them part of the solution.

We have to be able to see

the common humanity of all people. In fact the premise of our law is that equality and fairness are the foundations for building a safe and productive society. How can we discriminate against some people and be true to the vision of the Peacemaker?

It is also true that he set up a mechanism to oust those who seek to undermine our Great Law. We need to protect the sanctity of the Council Fire, and the atmosphere in which the Good Mind can thrive. But the first course of action, in the words of the Peacemaker, was to seek peace through the power of reason, and create a strong sense of connectedness. He advocated for reasoned dialogue, not shouting and swearing. He said we were to treat ALL people as if we were members of the same family. One family, one hearth, one mind.

It is simple in concept, but hard to manifest.

Today, we have to balance that intention with how we actually treat people in our community, and our neighbors. Racism, bigotry and sexism have invaded our Good Minds.

Anger, fear and hatred often fuel our negative decision-making and affect our relationships, even with our own relatives.

Oneida scholar Robert Antone, Ph.D., discusses the need to decolonize and rebuild our indigenous identities by taking a hard look at ourselves.

Do we demonstrate the kind of behavior that was envisioned by the Creator or the Peacemaker? Do we believe in our great tradition of diversity or not?

Time has come to work this out for the sake of the coming faces yet to be born. If we want peace to prevail, as is the intention of our Creator, then we have to burying the weapons of hatred and bigotry that we turn against each other.

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Cauterizing infected wounds: On boats, canoes and being bi-racial

By Alicia Elliott After we moved to Six Nations, my father always told me, “You’re either in the boat or in the canoe.”

Even though I was raised primarily in poor pockets of New York and Ohio, he made sure I knew what he meant. He was referring to the Two Row Wampum, of course: the treaty originally made with the Dutch, then accepted by the British that basically said our people and their people wouldn’t interfere with one another’s affairs.

This made sense to me politically, but trying to apply it personally?

Considering who my father married – my mother was a white Catholic woman from Buffalo with a sixth degree black belt and a weakness for computer languages – I wasn’t sure how staying in the canoe actually looked. Did he include my mother in his metaphorical canoe?

Did he include me?

I passed for white in every context. It didn’t matter that I went to protests, joined Native youth groups, helped organize the Unity Ride and Run between our territories, volunteered at ceremonies – struggling to learn in short time what other Haudenosaunee knew

since birth. I couldn’t ever erase the fact of my skin, my lineage.

When the reclamation at Kanonhstaton started, I was in my last year of high school and looking for a documentary subject to complete a class. One couldn’t find a more compelling subject than that, so I brought a handheld camera to the site and started filming.

The barricades were up, closing access to Highway 6. It was night. On Six Nations’ side small fires flickered like distant stars around the site. On Caledonia’s side angry citizens raged, almost all white, screaming and chanting in the Canadian Tire parking

lot. It was such a startling juxtaposition, the kind documentary filmmakers spend years waiting for. I grabbed my camera and snuck past the barricades to the Canadian Tire.

One of the first things I shot was a visibly Native woman being told to “get back to [her] side.” She’d lived in Caledonia her entire life, she yelled, she was on her side. Obviously, none of her neighbours agreed. When she started to cry, the taunts intensified, their fury more focused, like bullets guided by laser sights. Yet I, who had been on the other side less than ten minutes before, could interview white citizens on-cam-

era without so much as a raised eyebrow. Everyone was perfectly friendly to me. They thought I was a shiny, white Caledonian girl and I let them. Though I felt like lashing out with each spit of their racist venom, I didn’t. I didn’t raise my voice in defence of that woman or myself.

It was for the documentary, I rationalized. I tried to believe it.

A few years ago, an art exhibit opened in Brantford called “Mush Hole Remembered.” The artist, R.G. Miller, served 11 years there, in Brantford’s residential school.

He’s suffered addiction, depression, mental illness. He’s attempted sui-

cide numerous times. The work was disturbing--full of dark, furious pieces.

This art was not catharsis, but possession. Beneath each stroke of charcoal, pencil, or paint I saw traces of self-loathing, impenetrable and complete. I don’t know if other people could see it as lucidly as I. Perhaps it takes one to know one.

In his artist’s statement, Miller writes, “You cannot cauterize an infected wound.” Residential schools were an infected wound in my family generations before me. And yet I still feel the sickness--shame and silence and self-loathing passed on from my father, inadvertently nurtured by my mother--feel them like tremors after an earthquake. A blood borne disease. The irony that my grandmother left her home so future generations wouldn’t have to feel that way doesn’t escape me. In a way, I think, society is its own residential school. Everything we as Indigenous people go through is a form of apology. Linguistically apologizing by learning English.

Theologically apologizing by going to church. Bodily apologizing by self-medicating and self-mutilating.

And the hard discipline

of nuns and priests has been enthusiastically taken up by police officers who arbitrarily target us, or legislators who legally belittle us, or white frat boys picking us up on the streets of Vancouver, never intending to drop us off alive.

In a society bent on punishing indigenous peoples for existing, I certainly can’t deny how looking white has kept the crosshairs off my back. Yet the society that bestows that privilege only wants me to acknowledge my Native identity to uphold the status quo. (“I’m Native, and I’m not offended,” etc.)

So what does that mean for my identity?

Am I Haudenosaunee if I had a white mother and my clan should be passed through her? Yes and no.

Am I white if I spurn the privilege that gives me, if I don’t identify with it as closely? Again, yes and no.

Maybe no one has to cauterize infected wounds. Maybe we can just accept that we are all multiple, that two options are rarely enough. Maybe we can embrace all of ourselves, all of our history – scars, pockmarks and all – and celebrate that despite everything, we are still here. We are still here.

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Fleeting Fiddleheads

By Joe Farrell Fiddleheads are young ostrich ferns that show up in wet areas in early to mid-spring. The season usually lasts for a couple weeks. One day can be the difference between a young tightly curled fiddlehead or an unraveled fully grown frond.

They are a wonderfully delicious gift of spring full of antioxidants, omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, iron and fibre. Some people relate their flavour to that of asparagus, I think they have a unique sweet, earthy quality to them. To me, fiddleheads taste like spring and are best prepared as simply as possible.

I had the pleasure of collecting some last week to share at a fundraiser for the Our Sustenance program. I had the pleasure and honour of cook-

ing freshly picked asparagus, peas, an assortment of herbs and wild edibles.

Everything was prepared as simply as possible to showcase their natural deliciousness. When cooking with love and good technique the cook has the opportunity to help fully develop the flavours of each ingredient.

When foraging for fiddleheads it is important to remember that they are a gift and gratitude should be expressed.

To me that gratitude can be shown by not over-harvesting and leaving enough for the next person. This is so they can continue to thrive and nourish us now and for generations.

Whenever I forage for sustenance I feel a responsibility to share the abundance of nature in a genuine way. This practice leads to collective

sharing and learning, especially when someone tries something for the first time. It is another way to be engaged with food and the land we all share.

How to prepare fiddleheads First, learn to identify which ferns are safe to eat. If you are not sure, don’t eat it. There is a lot of information online to help you learn.

Cleaning fiddleheads well is important because they grow in the wild.

There is always the possibility that any number of things can come in contact with them that can make you sick.

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Rivermen drop two games to the Saints

By Jim Windle OHSWEKEN – The Six Nations Rivermen dropped back-to-back games against the St. Catharines Saints this week in OLA Sr. B lacrosse action. Thursday night in St. Kitts, they lost 9-7 and on Sunday afternoon, they lost 7-5 at home.

It’s hard to tell if the visiting St. Catharines Saints won Sunday at the Gaylord Powless Arena or if the Six Nations beat themselves with untimely and unnecessary penalties and a general lackluster performance. Either way, the Rivermen lost both legs of the home-andhome series against the St. Catharines Saints this week.

They are still in first place with a 3-2 record, but have played three more games than second place Brooklin and two more games than third place Ennismore.

Six straight penalties assessed to the Rivermen in the first period Sunday made it very hard to mount any kind of offense. Although the

the Saints and Wayne VanEvery for the Rivermen.

In the first leg of the home and home series Thursday night in St. Kitts, the Saints came back from a 6-3 second period deficit to tie the game and send it into an extra ten minute OT period. The Saints scored twice to earn the 9-7 win and hand the Rivermen their first loss of the early season.

This coming week, the Rivermen will try to right the canoe when they take on the James Gang in Ennismore on Friday night in their only game of the week.

Murray Porter lays a little lumber on a St. Catharines Saints attacker in front of goalie Chase Martin in Sunday's 9-7 loss at the GPA. Photo by Jim Windle.

Saints could not cash in on any of the penalties, they did manage four even strength goals after Wayne VanEvery got things going at 1:55 from Roger Vyse and Rodd Squire.

The Rivermen looked slow and disinterested throughout the

game while taking lazy and unnecessary penalties whenever they seemed to be gaining some momentum.

If not for some fine goaltending by Chase Martin in the Six Nations goal, the score would have been much worse for the Rivermen.

Roger Vyse led the Rivermen with a pair of goals and three assists for a five pointer.

Chris Attwood, this year playing for the Saints, scored the last goal of the first period and the first goal of the second, adding three assists to lead the Saints’

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The Rivermen looked a little livelier in the middle frame with Stu Hill scoring twice and Roger Vyse closing the period with the Saints leading 6-4.

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TOP PHOTO: It looked more like a soccer game than a lacrosse game between the Six Nations Rivermen and the St. Catharines Saints Sunday afternoon at the Gaylord Powless Arena when a possession change was blown by the referee with less than a second remaining in the first period. That left only one option: one quick shot on the Saints goal. In a move resembling a soccer free-kick defense, both teams created a wall in front of the Saints goal.

The shot was blocked before it reached the net and the period ended. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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Warriors Jr. C’s power into 2015 Season TRT Staff Six Nations Warriors Jr. C’s have opened their 2015 season on the right note after last week’s 11-9 win over Huntsville and this week’s 20-6 lashing of the Caledon Bandits at the ILA. The Warriors took a 1-0 lead less than a minute into the game Saturday night with 15-yearold midget call-up Cecil Monture proving he is more than capable of filling a spot on the Warriors lineup when called upon.

Adding first period goals for Six Nations were Chauncey Hill, Isaiah Hill, Justin Martin and two by Lyle Hill for a 6-2 score after the first 20 minutes.

The wheels fell off the wagon for Caledon in the second period as the Warriors filled the net with 9 second period

goals to take a 15-3 lead with 20 minutes remaining. The Warriors in the second period were Mt. Pleasant, Vern Hill with three, Cecil Monture’s second of the game, Tyler Brown, Owen Hill, Justin Martin, and Bailey Skye.

The Warriors coasted through the third period towards the 20-6 win with Bradley Hill, Madison General, two more for Bailey Skye, and Isaiah Mt. Pleasant’s third of the game.

Elan Henhawk earned the win in the Warriors goal.

The Shelburne Vets and the Huntsville Vets will be hosted this coming Saturday at 7 p.m., and Sunday afternoon at 2 p.m., respectively.

Less than a minute in to the game, 15-year-old Cecil Monture scores his first goal of the 2015 Jr. C lacrosse season as an AP call-up player for the Warriors, Saturday night at the ILA. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

Rebels show no signs of weakening

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – Even with more than half of last season’s Founders Cup Championship team going overage or moving up to the Jr. A during the off season, the Six Nations Rebels organization doesn’t seem to be hurting for new talent to replace them.

The Rebels were a perfect 6-0, scoring 82 goals while allowing 31, as they made the trip to Point Edward to face the Pacers Sunday afternoon.

By 6 p.m. the Rebels were 7-0 after pounding the Pacers 12-5 at the Point Edward Arena in a nasty tempered game that saw referees Stephen Ellis and Brent Coulombe assess 104 minutes in penalties to the Pacers and 73 minutes to the Rebels.

The Pacers’ Dawson Vautour and Rebels’ Josh Miller became entangled at the halfway point of the first period. Both were tossed from the game, but the bad energy continued throughout the rest of the period.

The Rebels were ahead 3-2 entering the

second period after Chayton King put up two goals for Six Nations and Garret Vyse-Square put up one.

In the second period all hell broke loose for the Pacers, who decided to try to beat the Rebels in the ally. It was a poor decision, as the Rebels were up for the challenge, socking away another six unanswered goals in the middle, fight-filled frame.

Port Edward tried to get back to playing lacrosse in the third period, but by then it was too late.

The Rebels took the two points with an impressive 12-5 win, featuring five powerplay goals, an extra attacker goal and a short hander.

The Rebels took a few prospects from the Jr. C Warriors with them to Port Edward to see how they faired at the Jr. B level. Kevin Owen Hill, back up goalie Josh Daly, Coleman Powless and Ceaton Smoke.

Friday night, the Rebels downed the Elora Mohawks 13-4 at the ILA in Six Nations with very little trouble.

The Rebels took a 5-0 first period lead with

goals provided by first year Rebels Kevin Hill and Chayton King, with veteran Josh Miller adding two more.

The Mohawks chipped away at the Six Nations lead in the second with goals scored

by Kurtis Woodland and Todd Kelloway, but the

Rebels responded with four more goals strung together by Danton Miller, Garret Vyse-Square, Jerry Staats and King.

Woodland scored his second of the game for Elora and Cody Stannard closed the second period with the Rebels leading 8-4. Briley Miller held

firm in the third period, while Josh Miller, Ceaton Smoke – a call up from the Six Nations Minor System – Danton Miller and Ashton Jacobs all contributed for the 13-4 final score.

This coming week’s Jr. B action includes Friday, May 15th’s visit to the ILA from the Niagara

Thunderhawks at 8 p.m., and Saturday’s road trip to Guelph to see the Regals at 7 p.m.

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NLL Rochester Knighthawks go for four

By Jeremy Pike for NLL. com.

ROCHESTER – The three-time defending NLL champion Rochester Knighthawks took the next step in their quest for an unprecedented 4-Peat by defeating their Thruway rival Buffalo Bandits in the East Division Semifinal of the NLL Playoffs by a score of 1411 at Blue Cross Arena on Saturday night.

With the win, the Knighthawks have now won 12 straight playoff games at home. Their last home playoff loss came at the hands of the Bandits back on April 17, 2004.

The Knighthawks also won all four meetings against the Bandits this season.

“It’s tough to beat anyone four times,” said Bandits forward John Tavares. “So give them credit for beating us.”

Home floor advantage in the postseason for any length of time is the next step after making the playoffs and tonight showed why. The atmosphere at the BCA was amazing in the lead up to the game. The 6,527 fans in attendence were split on their fandom. And even though the denizens of Banditland made the trek down the Thruway and made their voices heard, the Knighthawks faithful were still able to make their presence felt.

“Getting into the playoffs is step one,” said Knighthawks forward Dan Dawson. “Getting home field advantage is step two.”

“A home playoff game is very important,” Tavares said. “Home floor advantage is key, just having that extra confidence, that familiarity with the home arena and the routine of it all, it makes a big difference.”

It seems fitting that a former Bandit rose to the occasion against his former team in the playoffs. Joe Resetarits was traded by the Bandits in exchange for defender Jamie Batson from the Knighthawks. Batson was a scratch for the game. Resetarits scored four times against his old

team to lead the Knighthawks, including a natural hat trick in the third after the Bandits got back within one at 8-7.

“There was a lot of emotions,” said Resetarits. “Before the game, I was thinking a lot. But once it got close to game time, I just flushed it all out and realized it was a playoff game more than that... When you’ve got all those guys that can just get you the ball, it’s a matter of time. You just have to put it in. You’re going to get a lot of chances with this team.”

“Joey Res, he’s been good every time, ever since he stepped into this lineup for us,” said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. “He’s quick, he’s dynamic, he can finish, and he does a lot of little things for the guy beside him. He’s been a great, welcome addition and it seems like he has been here for years because he’s rolling with these guys and these guys are rolling with him.”

Resetarits may have led the Knighthawks in goals, but when it comes to the playoffs, it always seems that the spotlight finds Cody Jamieson. Jamieson finished the night with nine points (2+7) to lead all scorers.

“When the chips are down, we rely on him to do a lot of things,” Hasen said. “Tonight, it was good. Got two good, big goals and did a lot of little things that showed up on the scoresheet but a lot of little things that did not show up on the scoresheet. Getting off the floor late in that fourth quarter to stop their transition and not allow them to run on us was a big thing.”

Even though the Bandits opened the scoring 26 seconds in, they trailed 5-2 after one. The Bandits stayed close the rest of the night but could never quite dig themselves all the way out. During the regular season, the Bandits were 9-0 when scoring the first goal of the game.

“We were not good tonight,” said Bandits head coach Troy Cordingley. “It’s disappointing the way that we were play-

ing down the stretch, but they’re the champs and taught us another lesson.

They outwilled us in every aspect of the game.

It’s a bitter pill here.”

The Bandits offense was on fire down the stretch of the regular season, helping key a fourgame winning streak.

The Knighthawks defense kept that red-hot offense in check early and always seemed to make the necessary plays down the stretch. Some off-target passing by the Bandits certainly helped though.

So was it the self-inflicted wounds that did the Bandits in or was it the relentless Knighthawks defense?

“They took us out of our gameplan,” Tavares said. “We’ve been moving the ball a lot, sharing the ball. It seemed not to move as much. They were forcing us down and we were trying to not do that. They were kind of dictating what was happening to our offense instead of us dictating what we wanted to do. So kudos to their defense too.”

“Those guys do what they do,” Hasen said.

“They just make it hard.

They get in lanes. They do their best to allow ‘V’ (goalie Matt Vinc) to see the ball and make those easy saves. At the end of the day, they shut the door when they had to.”

“We did a good job matching their intensity,” Resetarits said. “We knew it was going to be a game just like that. Buffalo is a great team. They’ve been playing great the end of the year. We knew it was going to be a dog fight but we stuck to the way we play. It’s going to be tough to beat us especially at home when we’re playing like that.”

Just when it seemed like the Bandits were pushing late in the fourth quarter, another Knighthawks forward stepped up to deliver the proverbial dagger. This time, it was Stephen Keogh with 4:39 left to restore the three-goal lead and the final margin of victory.

“It was kind of like one of those ‘nail in the coffins’ for the most part,” Hasen said. “He had

tons of opportunities and finally one dropped for him. It was well-needed and it seemed like a long time coming for him tonight.”

The Knighthawks have eliminated the Bandits in the playoffs in back-to-back years.

“It’s tough, it’s tough,” Cordingley said. “You put all the time and effort into it, and to have a big game like this and not to perform, we’ve got some problems.”

The Knighthawks host the Toronto Rock next Saturday night at

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Thank you to the Dreamcatcher Foundation!

My novice hockey season was awesome!!

Justin V.

The Everlasting Tree Schools 2nd annual momto-mom sale that was scheduled for May 16, 2015 has been CANCELLED. We truly apologize for any inconvenience.

Niawen:kowa for your continued support.

Obituary

POWLESS: CHRISTOPHER GAYLORD Suddenly on May 11, 2015 at the age of 34 years. Beloved husband and best friend of Jessica. Loving son of Patti and the late Gaylord Powless. Dear brother of Gaylene and Beege. Special Gaga to Kahner, and Kali. Son-in-law of Lowell and Vicki Thomas. Brother-in-law of Aaron, and Calvin. Grandson of Elva and the late Jack Broker, Barb Martin, and the late Ross and Wilma Powless. Chris will also be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. He was a carpenter with Local 18, Hamilton. The family will honour his life with visitation at the Hyde & Mott Chapel, R.H.B. Anderson Funeral Homes Ltd., 60 Main Street, South, Hagersville on Friday from 6-9 p.m. where Funeral Service will be held on Saturday May 16, 2015 at 11 a.m. with cremation to follow. www.rhbanderson. com

Thank You

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We the Cayuga Snipe Clan wish to thank each and everyone who helped with the cooking, cleaning, loans of picnic tables, gazebos, monetary donations, food donations, mowing of the grass, in the condoling of Roger Silversmith as Chief of the Cayuga Snipe Clan.

We especially thank and pay tribute to the Clan Moms, Chiefs and Faithkeepers who appeared and rendered their assistance. Also, we thank those attendees who traveled from afar and a big thank you goes out to our local people who attended. We are very much appreciative of everyone.

In Spirit, Strength and Hope Many Nya:wehs The Cayuga Snipe Clan

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The 1st Annual Memorial Ray “Wheels” Hill Lacrosse Tournament will take place at Lower Cayuga Longhouse on Sunday, May 17, 2015 between 9am and 3pm.

Various divisions starting at age 8. No body contact.

To register a team, send a text to (519)7715052. Registration is $5 per player. Proceeds to Longhouse upkeep.

Yard and Bake Sale

Yard & Bake Sale & B.B.Q. Monday, May 18, 2015 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Ohsweken Baptist Church Vendors wanted for Yard Sale You can have a space in our parking lot for $10.00 Call: 519-445-2889 to reserve a space

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Multi Family Yard Sale Saturday May 16, 2015 2735 6th Line 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Food and beverages for sale Household items, tools, toys, kids & adult clothing, furniture sports equipment and much more, something for everyone

YARD SALE Sat. May 16 & Sun. May 17, 2015 1753 Third Line West 8-3pm both days Come check it out... something for everyone.

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Auction Sale

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ANDERSON AUCTION Sat. May 23 Preview- 8:30 Sale-10:00 1931 Sixth Line, Six Nations Selling the remaining contents for the estate of Florence Hill

General Household - Dining room set, hospital bed, number of end tables, side tables, chairs, boxes of glass and china, linens, books, silverplate items, Victorian chaise lounge; Oriental end tables; books; 50 year Confederation plaque, etc.

ART - number of original paintings by Hubert Wackermann. Mr. Wackermann spent a year on the Six Nations reserve painting various scenes and members of the Six Nations before moving to southern U.S.A. His paintings have been sold at a number of auction houses and galleries in Canada and USA. Framed Cardinal painting by Florence Hill; Tom Hill graphite sketch; others.

JEWELLERY - large quantity of native jewellery including sterling silver rings, bracelets, necklaces; 14k ladies ring; pearls; broaches; beaded necklaces.

NATIVE ITEMS - 3 cornhusk figures; clay pipe, Six Nations beadwork; Six Nations dolls; painted turtle shell; snapping turtle shell shoulder bag; cowhidecovered drum; Terri Godfrey iridescent bowl; birdseye/ curled maple contemporary lute.

POTTERY - 4 pcs. of Mohawk pottery, all with minor damage; ceramic cast chiefs head jar; Six Nations Pottery jars; Clans of the Iroquois SNP jug - Karen Williams; Jason Miller (apprentice) Mohawk Pottery jar, native dec.; 8 other pottery pieces.

TERMS - cash, good cheque, debit, Visa, M/C. 10 % buyers premium.

All items become the buyer’s responsibility immediately upon purchase.

Join us for a great country auction. See our website for lots of photos. Food booth by Team Profit Ride to Conquer Cancer. Facilities on site.

DIRECTIONS: from Hwy 54 (about midway between Caledonia and Brantford), turn south on Chiefswood Rd. (at the traffic light), cross the Grand River bridge and immediately turn left onto 6th Line. About 1/2 mile on the left. Watch for auction signs.

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Chiefswood Christian Fellowship Open Jam Fundraiser for Burle Laforme & family Proceeds to go towards making their first CD Saturday May 16, 2015 Start 1pm 506 River Rd (4th Line) info: Phil Sault 905.768.5442

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