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Walkers peacefully promote equality for First Nations children in Canada

By Chezney Martin A demonstration walk was held in Brantford for the ‘Our Dreams Matter Too’ campaign in Brantford on Thursday.

Influenced by Shannen’s Dream and Jordan’s Principle, the walks have been organized by the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada to advocate for First Nation children’s equality.

Shannen Koostachin was an advocate from the Attawapiskat First Nation that unsuccessful tried to convince the Federal government to provide First Nations children proper education, before passing away in 2010 at the age of 15.

Jordan River Anderson from Norway House Cree First Nation in Manitoba was born with

complex medical needs and spent more than two years unnecessarily hospitalized while the Federal government and the Province of Manitoba “argued” over which would pay for his at home care.

Both have left an imprint on First Nations communities today and are the driving forces behind campaigns such as the Our Dreams Matter Too Walk.

Similar walks were held across the country to bring forth support for culturally based equity for First Nations children.

Brantford’s ‘Our Dreams Matter Too’ walkers travelled down Brant Avenue from Colbourne Street to St. Paul Avenue with signs, peacefully offering sheets with an address to send letters to the Prime Minister, along with a Twitter and email

and petition for people to sign in support of equitable treatment of First Nations children in Canada.

Last year the 4th annual national walk date was held, with over 31 individual walks held across Canada and over 4000 supporters.

This year, the walk was brought to the Dedwadadehsnye’s Aboriginal Health Centre in Brantford. Leigh Staats helped organize the walk.

“I think today went amazing. It was pretty short notice so to have the number of people that showed up is great. And it shows that people want to do something to create the awareness and advocate for our kids,” said Staats.

Staats said youth and children are very important to First Nations communities, and how even a

single person can make a difference.

“We’ll definitely organize something for next year and start planning early and see how we can make it bigger, and reach more people. Get school boards on board hopefully, bring students, or

have students do their own awareness things within their own neighbourhoods,” she said. “I think once people know what it’s about and somebody takes the initiative to create the awareness around what the fight is for, which is First Na-

tions children’s rights for equality and culturally based teachings, it will grow.”

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Understanding the emotional trauma suicide leaves behind

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – Positive steps are being made to address the cloud of suicide over Six Nations and New Credit with a workshop for the families and friend and those left behind.

Dorothy Russell-Paterson knows first hand the pain, guilt, grief, confusion, anger and helplessness of a mother who has lost a son to suicide.

Her adult son Adam, who was 38 and seemed to have the world by the tail at the time, committed suicide not that long ago leaving her with all of those emotions and more to deal with.

“Friday, June 26th at Six Nations Polytechnic Institute, beginning at 1:30 pm, we are having a community workshop,” Paterson announced this week. “Our theme is, ‘Brightening the Spirit, Breaking the Silence Understanding Suicide.’”

This experience and empathy for others in the same situation has caused her to reach out to help those left behind

to get “through” it, not “over” it. “One never really gets ‘over’ it,” she says.

It’s the culmination of some years of work to put together a community group of volunteers with a mission to “reduce the stigma of suicide on the Six Nations community and surrounding area, and to help people find some hope for recovery after such devastating loss and the impact on their lives which drastically impacts their lives.”

The conference has been given a grant from the Anglican Healing Fund, which is under the umbrella of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Further funding was provided by Derek Miller’s Swinefest Fund with $2,075.

“The work has been more difficult than I anticipated,” says Russell-Paterson, “because people don’t come forward readily for various reasons. But without the support of family and good friends to keep us going towards some safe

semblance of healing, or at least the beginning of that, we don’t often get to those places. That’s because of so many triggers within this ‘normal’ life you thought you had when it is suddenly turned upside down and you’ve got guilt, shame, sorrow and fear and always asking, ‘why’, which can stay with you forever.”

This initiative is not only for those who have lost someone due to suicide, but also for those parents and loved ones who may fear for a family member or for a friend’s emotional state.

Coming in for the conference are recognized champions of grief management following suicide including Clinton Debogorski, a PHD doctoral student whose work has involved issues around residential schools and the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee.

Keynote speaker will be Ph.D Shaunessy M. Mckay, who, along with Roland D. Chrisjohn, co-authored the

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book, “Dying to Please You — Indigenous Suicide in Contemporary Canada.”

Although the book has not been officially released to date, there will be advance copies available at the conference.

Following an address by Mckay, there will be a panel for question and answers from the community. The event will conclude at 4:30 with a feast catered

by Virginia General.

The conference is free, but one must register so organizers can prepare for whatever numbers plan to attend.

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Dolezal Politics Rachel Dolezal, a Washington State woman of Czechoslovakian and German descent became the president of the Spokane Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) by posing as an African-American woman since at least 2007. She was outed by her biological parents who are both white.

In an interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer, Dolezal was bluntly asked if she is African-America. “I identify as black” was her response. Nonetheless Dolezal stepped down and resigned from her position in the NAACP earlier this week amidst the firestorm that has been raging online over self-identification, white privilege, and cultural misappropriation.

There have been many different kinds of reactions to this story because it impacts individuals in many different ways. Some say it did no harm and we should be focusing on more important issues. Parallels have been drawn between the Bruce Jenner story using the word ‘transracial’ – and a backlash over the misuse of the word. But at the core of this story is something that has been forced upon indigenous peoples for centuries – the concept of race.

It’s important to remember that the Six Nations people welcomed European’s and people of all nationalities to sit as brothers here in our land. At the Two Row Times our staff is multi-cultural and we honor and respect people of all backgrounds. But the ideas of race began in 1779 by a German named Johann Friedrich Blumenbach as he measured human skulls and categorized mankind into 5 broad racial groups. This began a dark era within the scientific establishment as evolutionary theory was used to suggest that certain “races” were more evolved than others.

The end of the era came in 1945 when the world witnessed the horrors of the Nazi death camps and the implementation of eugenic ideologies. It wasn’t until 1978 that The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared “All human beings belong to a single species.” But the idea that ethnic and cultural groups are divided by scientific racial barriers persists even today.

The constitution of Six Nations the GAYANESHAKGOWA does not speak of race. It talks about the roots of Peace that invite people from the four directions to trace their path back to the shelter of the Tree. There is no blood quantum and there is no race to the “finish line” – only family, honour and respect. So we see that race doesn’t exist but there is a delineation between ethnic groups with drastically different levels of capital, influence and power.

Family is lineage, and lineage is truth. The problem begins after centuries of well-intentioned Europeans coming to the reserves like Rachel Dolezal and bolding saying “I am Indian, I was born in a teepee.” Because of the romanticized image of native people in movies like ‘Dances With Wolves’ the race relations between Indians and Whites is built upon ignorance and lies.

Settlers either hate Indians because they are drunk and lazy or they love them because they are the noble savages, the lords of the forest. Both views are problematic because the Indian is fetishized, objectified and reduced to something other than fully human.

And this brings us to the crux of the Dolezal issue. She does not come from 400 years of oppression, slavery, torment and abuse. She is living as a black caricature invented by her white perception of what blackness is. This is the epitome of white privilege – when white people can become anything they want.

For her to choose to identify as a descendent of African-American victims is not only dishonest – it is disrespectful. It is disrespectful to the millions of black people who suffered and died in chains. It is also disrespectful to her proud European ancestors whom she is rejecting and denying. It doesn’t matter if she wanted to be black from the age of five, the fact is both of her parents are not black. Try to imagine Rachel Dolezal giving a lecture on what it means to be African-American without squirming in your seat.

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Another baby: post-mastectomy

By Nahnda Garlow This week marks the 3 year anniversary since my double mastectomy. It also marks the beginning of the fifth month of my third pregnancy. Yes you read that right. I am having a baby.

This was a huge shock and surprise for my husband and I. Babies weren’t exactly on the “to-do” list.

However, as all babies are blessings from above I am taking my gift and cherishing it dearly.

There’s a lot of mixed emotions in pregnancy after cancer. Will my implants hurt the developing baby?

Will I get sick again? How in the world am I going to feed my baby? With my first two daughters I felt like the champion breastfeeder. I had zero issues, my babies fed well and I enjoyed the process. However with this child I am riddled with anxiety. Will it be different?

Where can I find GMO free formula? And how in the

heck do you give a newborn a bottle?

So, in many ways it’s like this is a whole new experience. My family is really happy though. It’s like my story has gone from sadness to joy and this child is the sunshine after the storm. My little bright sky baby. I’m so excited. Now that I am done being sick, terrified and filled with anxiety over not being able to breastfeed. Finally I can sit back and exhale - this is going to be wonderful.

My children are excited too. My youngest daughter is really growing interested in the races of mankind.

Everywhere she goes if she sees a person of another ethnicity or someone with a physical challenge she gravitates toward them and wants to hang out.

Tonight I was craving fried chicken - after we got our dinner I was explaining racism to my kids.

As we were driving home from KFC the conversation grew from how good fried

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chicken is, how I was craving certain foods because I am pregnant, and how sadly some people make racist cartoons about black people loving fried chicken - and we talked about racism for a little bit. I thought I was doing an excellent job taking a regular conversation and turning it into a teachable moment about a serious issue for my kids.

Then - suddenly my youngest daughter - *bless her sweet sweet heart* got very excited and lit right up, clapped her hands, gasped and said, “Are we going to have a little black baby? Oh please oh please say he’s going to be a little black boy!!!”

I had to stop myself from giggling. I didn’t want to embarrass her because she was so excited at the idea of having a little black brother or sister. And she totally missed the lesson on racism — but still it was such an innocent and pure moment of excitement from her that I just had to let her have it.

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Fighting on in memory of Makayla Rain

By Jonathan Garlow NEW CREDIT – Since Makayla Sault’s passing in January 2015 it has been a tremendously difficult time for her family and for her community as they deal with the loss. Although she died from a stroke the Sault family maintains it was the early stages of chemotherapy treatment for Leukaemia that weakened her body from which she could not recover. They are now honouring the memory of Makayla by letting her legacy live on.

“Because she was such a fighter we have to keep fighting on,” Sonya Sault said from her home on the New Credit First Nation “She loved the community and her heart was here. She loved when people came together – being one.”

On June 15, the Sault family celebrated Mak’s 12th birthday in her absence. They remembered how Makay-

Makayla Sault won her battle for rights affirmed in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples which Canada has yet to recognize. She has been remembered and honoured by many nations. la loved celebrations and connecting with other people. “We really appreciate our community who stood with us, our Chiefs, our leaders all across Canada,” said Kenny Sault. “Makayla built bridges between many different people of different backgrounds and that’s something we want to continue to do.”

From June 21 to June 28 the Sault family

will be hosting a weeklong tent meeting which they call the “Gathering of the Nations” outside their church on New Credit. Many of Makayla’s favourite singers and speakers will be there including the award winning southern gospel vocalist and recording artist Adam Crabb. The events will be held at 2829 First Line Road near Highway #6. The Sault’s welcome everyone to attend.

The family and community members also plan to wear pink in honour of Makayla at the Pan-Am Games Torch Relay which passes through New Credit First Nation on Friday June 19th.

A week after that on June 26 they will be releasing lanterns in memory of Makayla after an evening ceremony outside their home.

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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library comes to Six Nations

By Jim Windle OHSWEKEN – Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is about to roll into Six Nations thanks to a few local parents and a growing team of sponsors, contributors and volunteers.

The country music icon began the program in her Smokey Mountain home community of Sevier County, Tennessee in 1996 to help kids from birth to age five with preschool literacy.

The plan was simple.

Send an age-appropriate book to every enrolled child, free, to encourage parents to read to their young ones as early as possible.

Beyond that, it is a valuable opportunity for families to take time together focused on the upbringing of their children.

Reading is the key to success and confidence for a youngster in very tangible ways.

After seeing the success her program had in her own community, Parton opened the program up to England, Australia and eventually in 2006 — to Canada.

Today the program boasts distributing 840,000 books per month world-wide.

There is no charge to register ones children in the program and receive monthly books absolutely

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program got a huge kickoff with the first two sponsors, Wayne Branchhaud, of Stepright Capital Planning, and Glenn Styres on behalf of his family and the Speedway, who each presented a cheque for $1000. Those two donations alone will sponsor 40 children with an age-appropriate book for one full year. Great start, but much more is needed to ensure that every Six Nations child receives their own book, every month from birth to their fifth birthday. The volunteers, as well as Ontario Director Jeanne Smitiuch were on hand to receive the first of many donations. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE free. The tab is picked up by sponsors. The average cost of the books, labeling and mailing is $3.55 per book, per month.

Ontario Director of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program, Jeanne Smitiuch was on hand, along with the Six Nations Imagination Library volunteer committee Chairperson Holly Frank; Vice-Chair Misty Lad; Treasurer Abby Powless; Fundraiser Charlotte Maracle; Data Management Connie VanEvery; and Cole Squire for Marketing and Advertising.

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Wayne Branchhaud, of Stepright Capital Planning, and Glenn Styres on behalf of his family and the Ohsweken Speedway each presented a cheque for $1000.

Those two donations alone will enroll 40 Six Nations preschoolers for one year. Six Nations has approximately 650 children eligible of enrolment. Also on hand was Sawehate Bomberry, daughter of Lindsay Bomberry, the first Six Nations child enrolled in the Imagination Library.

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“Everybody needs to know how to read to move ahead in this world,” says Holly Frank.

“Without that, you have nothing.”

For more information and to register your child, call Holly Frank at 519-774-3279 or email her at, sixnations.dpil@ gmail.com. The website is http://imaginationlibrary.com.

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The First Pen Pal Gathering is Held

By Chezney Martin SIX NATIONS – The Pen Pal Project held one of three gatherings at the I.L.A on Friday, June 12 with the theme “Reflecting on our Relationships” for J/K, S/K students and Grades 1-3.

Proceeding with it’s 9th year of relationship building between communities and cultures, the award winning project allows native and non-native students that have been “pen pals” throughout the year to

meet in person.

Students from elementary schools in Haldimand County, Six Nations of the Grand River and Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation have the opportunity become pen pals — at the same time learning about each other’s culture, interests, and families. The aim is to foster cultural understanding and relationships between the children.

This year over 1200 students from Six Nations, New Credit and

Haldimand County will be taking part in the gathering.

The gathering offered a performance by “The Saidat Show” along with DJ K.2., to inspire motivation and positivity in friendship. “The show travels across the country building self-esteem and boosts confidence in children of all ages,” wrote Dj K.2.. “The Saidat Show has been to over 1000 schools and reached over 500 students.”

Students were given

with a fundraiser, not for herself, but for “Feed the Children” as part of the prerequisites of participating and will be judged and scored on that as well.

The minimum to be raised by each candidate is $400, but the more you raise, the higher a score you get. McKay’s goal is $3,000 and she is looking for 100, $30 sponsors. For every $30 raised McKay says she will perform a dare selected from a listed of possibilities provided by the pageant.

“Even if I only get half-way there, it’s still $1,500,” she said.

Two Row Times’ own Miss Six Nations, Chezney Martin, has thrown her support behind McKay’s

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the opportunity to interact with the performance and mingle with the other students while

participating in activities such as the “Cha Cha Slide”, and a photo booth was provided. The experience offered cultural

and communal understanding to students.

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“I have met Aleria and her mom and I know by how she talks and carries herself that she would be a great candidate for the Miss Teenage Canada,”

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“I know that later on this year, I will be doing the same thing and I know I’d like to have support from community members and ambassa-

dors as well,” Martin said.

“That’s why I am supporting her. She is going as a representation of this community but she would be a good candidate for any community.”

Miss Teenage Six Nations running for Miss Teenage Canada

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – This summer Miss Teenage Six Nations, Aleria McKay, will be representing Six Nations at this year’s Miss Teenage Canada held in Toronto August 9. There has never been a Native girl who has won this pageant before and she would like to be the first.

“I thought it would be a really good way to promote and support our community,” McKay said.

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Cayuga Nation Canoeing Across Cayuga Lake SENECA FALLS, NY— Two canoes and three kayaks paddled by two Cayugas, two Mohawks, one Onondaga, a Menominee, and a Navajo launched from Cayuga Lake State Park to paddle four miles across the lake, on their way to the Cayuga Nation’s annual picnic at the Cayuga Nation SHARE Farm in Union Springs, which starts Saturday.

The rowers did it in honour of their ancestors, for whom traveling from village to village by canoe was a way of life, and for the sheer enjoyment of it. They intend to make it an annual event.

“Canoeing on Cayuga Lake, there is this profound sense of rightness,” explained Jacqueline House, Cayuga Nation, who organized the paddle. “This is where we’re supposed to be.”

As they crossed the lake, the paddlers stopped by Frontenac Island.

“It was an honour to come to the island by canoe to pay respect to our ancestors,” reflected House. “I’ll never forget it.”

Cayuga Nation members began moving back to the Canandaigua Treaty protected lands around the north end of

artist vendors, lacrosse games, and impromptu performances and dances. Music ranges from traditional songs to rock and blues. Performers include Dos”yo:we”h Singers; Table Top 3; Paleface; Gunrunners; Akwesasne Women Singers; The Wolfpack; and Pappy Johns Band, an award-winning blues group from Grand River Six Nations. All performances are powered by solar energy. The event is open to the public. The SHARE Farm is located at 4061 Truesdale Road, Union Springs NY. L to R: Hickory Edwards, Onondaga; Jesse Beeson, Mohawk; Jacqueline House, Cayuga; Dean George, Mohawk; Nora Weber, Navajo; Spencer Gauthier, Menominee; Dusty Parker, Cayuga. SUBMITTED PHOTO Cayuga Lake ten years ago. The 1794 Canandaigua Treaty with the United States reserved for the Cayuga Nation 64,000 acres around the north end of Cayuga Lake. In the following decades New York State illegally laid claim to the lands and Cayugas were pressured to move westward to live on Seneca lands or at Grand River Six Nations territory.

In 2005, U.S. Federal courts held that New York State had acquired the land illegally, but that no legal remedy was

available to the Cayuga Nation in U.S. courts.

Undaunted, and determined to return to the lands of their ancestors, the Cayuga Nation began to simply acquire lands within the reservation.

The Canandaigua Treaty is still in effect, and the reservation has never been disestablished.

The first property was the SHARE (Strengthening Haudenosaunee – American Relations through Education) Farm, where Saturday’s picnic will be held. It was purchased

by a group of local professors and neighbours in 2005, who had gotten to know the Cayugas and wanted to help them come home.

Every year since, a picnic has been held on the property celebrating the Cayuga Nation’s homecoming, and members of SHARE donate a peach tree, to eventually regrow the Cayuga peach orchards burned by the 1779 Sullivan Clinton campaign.

The Cayuga Nation Picnic starts at noon on June 13th and goes until

“dark thirty.” The event features music, food, fun,

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Emerald Ash Borer Beetle invades Tyendinaga

By Erica L Jamieson Since its’ introduction into North America, “The beetle attacks and kills all native species of ash and is estimated to have killed as many as 100 million ash trees in Southern Ontario, Michigan and surrounding areas,” as stated by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

The beetle has gotten the attention of Nicole Storm, Tyendinaga band member, and has raised questions about its impact on Haudenosaunee culture.

The Emerald Ash may not have made Tyendinaga’s Species at Risk “endangered” list like the Butternut (Juglan Cinerea), but Nicole Storm, Tyendinaga band member, is becoming concerned.

Storm said, “I am just trying to educate people right now and make them aware…it’s not too late.”

Storm’s concern for the ash tree arises from

The Emerald Ash Borer creates tunnels and infects the ash tree with their larvae. Symptoms of affects trees are dead branches near the top of the tree. an understanding of how important they are to our Haudenosaunee culture.

Nick Reo, American Indian Liaison with Michigan State University Extension writes, “These [Ash] trees have been historically and are currently relied upon for multiple uses, most notable the use of black ash (Fraxinus nigra) wood

splints by traditional basket makers.” He goes on to write, “[Ash trees are used] in the construction of many different items including, but not limited to, baskets, snowshoes, hunting and fishing decoys and canoe paddles.”

The United States Department of Agriculture (USADA) provides telltale

The

signs of an ash tree that has been infected. Symptoms of an infected tree will be noticeable with the S-shaped tunnels made by the EAB larvae, and D-shaped exit holes in tree.

The USADA also recommends removal of the tree if it has been infected.

Perhaps one of the most noted symptoms

includes, “dead branches near the top of a tree.” The significance of trees dying from the top down is mentioned in the Kayanere’kowa. Tehawennahkwa Miller, Kanyen’keha speaker, says one of the prophecies in the Kayanere’kowa is the trees dying from the top down.

The Canadian Food

Inspection Agency (CFIA) literature asserts the first sighting of the EAB was in the Windsor/Detroit area back in 2002. Now they can be found spreading across, Southern Ontario, Michigan, New York and Quebec.

CFIA website believes they arrived in North America in wood packaging or some other crating material, therefore, CFIA, “has issued a ministerial order to prohibit movement of firewood, and ash-tree products such as nursery stock, logs, branches and wood chips from areas of Ottawa and Gatineau to any other surrounding regions to limit the spread…,” on the Ottawa website.

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Kanienke'ha teacher receives honorary doctorate

By Nahnda Garlow Brian Maracle; author, journalist and noted Kanienke’ha language teacher from Six Nations —has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Wilfrid Laurier Univerisity in Brantford this week.

Maracle has written for several national publications, bringing an authentic indigenous voice into the very public discussions. Along with his wife, Maracle also founded the full-time adult Mohawk immersion program, Onkwawenna Kentyohkwa, which has helped numerous Haudenosaune people reclaim the Kanienke’ha

language.

Dr. Owennatekha Brian Maracle humbly accepted the honour saying, “Kanienke’ha is now the first language of some young children growing up — something that hasn’t happened at Grand River in more than three generations.”

Maracle said, “I am very pleased with this honour today but I got my reward long ago when I became able to speak with our elders in our ancestral language and I have been rewarded every day since.

When I hear young people use Kanienke’ha as their language of choice to communicate with

the small but growing pool of young speakers - when I hear small children using the language to communicate with their parents - it lifts my heart.”

Maracle said that the need for a renaissance in the traditional languages of the Haudenosaunee is rooted in the Canadian policy of removing indigenous children during the residential schools.

Maracle was invited to address the graduates of the class of 2015 - and he encouraged them to carry forward a spirit of thankfulness, thoughtfulness, kindness and respect in walking out their futures.

THE MISSISSAUGAS OF THE NEW CREDIT FIRST NATION is now accepting applications for the Permanent Part-Time position of “Resource Teacher” Closing Date: Thursday June 25, 2015 @ 12:00 noon

39 King George Rd 519.752.8459 medixcollege.ca

HIRED! Nicole F.

Developmental Service Worker

Medix College would like to send our sincerest congrats to the Six Nations and New Credit communities this National Aboriginal Day THE LSK EDUCATION AUTHORITY of the MISSISSAUGAS of the NEW CREDIT FIRST NATION Is now accepting applications for the permanent position of “LSK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL” Closing Date: June 25, 2015

Job Summary:

To provide integration and inclusion principals with parental consent to Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation (MNCFN) children are between the ages of 0-6; Conducting the appropriate level of risk assessment in carrying out all duties, in the interest of the safety and security of staff, others and property; Carrying out functional assessments of children and assist with the requirements for inclusion in the Children’s Centre; Assisting with the early identification of children with special needs, and provide consultation to further referral; Meeting with staff regularly to discuss observations of the children’s development; Assisting the family with any planning and decision making about supports required by their child(ren) to participate in the Ekwaamjigenang Children’s Centre; Assisting, monitoring and supporting implementation of family goals in the home and Ekwaamjigenang Children’s Centre through case coordination, inclusion strategies and modelling

The Principal is responsible for student welfare and the management of the educational instruction system. The Principal provides leadership and co-ordination of educational planning and development. The Principal maintains discipline according to the school’s policy Basic Mandatory Requirements: 

Qualifications:

* Must hold a Resource Teacher or Consultant Certificate from a recognized college Must hold a Diploma in Early Childhood Education from an Ontario College of Applied Arts and Technology Or, OR a diploma from a recognized post-secondary program recognized by the College of Early Childhood Educators, OR a letter of recognition of equivalency issued by the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario (AECEO) *Ability to lift up to 50 lbs *Must be a member in good standing with the College of Early Childhood Educators *Prior to starting employment the successful candidate must provide the results of a current criminal record check including vulnerable sector check and must provide a current health assessment and up to date record of immunization. Will have a vehicle and a valid class “G” Ontario driver’s license Salary Range: Hours of Work:

Job Summary

$29,302.00 - $41,548.00 per annum 25 hours per week

Please submit your Cover Letter, Resume, Proof of Qualifications, and three (3) current references, with two of the references being work related if possible to: The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Attention: MNCFN Personnel Committee 2789 Mississaugas Rd., R.R. #6 Hagersville, Ontario N0A 1H0 Closing Date: Thursday, June 25, 2015 @ 12:00 Noon A detailed Job Description is available at the Mississaugas of the New Credit Administration Building, website: www.newcreditfirstnation.com or by emailing caitlin.montgomery@newcreditfirstnation.com. Only those candidates successful in the Selection & Hiring Process will be contacted.

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent plus 5 years teaching experience, certification in three divisions (primary, junior, intermediate, senior), Two Specialist or Honour Specialist additional qualifications or a Master’s degree; completion of the Principal’s Qualification Program or equivalent; member in good standing with the Ontario College of Teachers

Hours: Term: Wage: Apply to: Deadline:

37.5 hours per week Permanent Based on Experience LSK Education Authority, 468 New Credit Road, R.R. # 6 Hagersville, ON N0A 1H0 June 25, 2015 @ 4 p.m.

For consideration, all applications MUST INCLUDE the following:  A cover letter  Resume  Copy of educational credentials and valid membership organization(s)  CPIC and Vulnerable Sector Screening (or willing to provide)  3 current references (work related preferred) A copy of a detailed job description may be obtained at the Mississaugas of the New Credit Education Office (T: 905-768-7107 or by email to education.director@newcreditfirstnation.com). Only those candidates successful in the Selection and Hiring process will be contacted.

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Strodes BBQ & Deli: Quality food, great customer service for over 75 years

By Nahnda Garlow Strode’s has been serving Brantford and the surrounding area since 1937 - and it is certain that with a 78 year history they’ve been doing something wonderfully right since the beginning.

Brian Witteveen from Strodes said it’s a very simple answer. “Service. That is why they come. They can get this stuff anywhere but they get the best service right here.”

Customers can come into the deli with a custom order, looking for the cut and size they need and Strodes has butchers on staff to prepare what they need, how they need it and when. Brian said, “The butcher has three times the quality you will find anywhere else; perfectly aged beef, pork, chicken.

It’s better quality, end of story.”

Strode’s is also home

to the most talked about deli counter in the entire city of Brantford. Homemade lunches cooked from scratch are served from 11am-5pm Monday to Friday and from 11am - 3pm on Saturdays. Most days the lunch hour line up heads straight out the front door.

Brian said the notable favourite is the Chicken Schnitzel on a Bun - however other delicious options, such as Pulled Pork Sandwiches, Pierogis, Cabbage Rolls and Lasagna are also hot and ready throughout the week.

Staff at Strodes have also taken to giving back to the community, supporting a number of organizations from the Brantford Red Sox to the Sanderson Centre - and even hosting the annual Chilly Willi Chilli Cook-Off in Harmony Square each year.

Brian said participating in supporting the City

of Brantford has been intentional throughout the years. “You gotta give back to your community or you don’t survive.”

Strodes is also involved with the Six Nations community, supporting racing at the Ohsweken Speedway and participating in catering for events on the territory. Sausages and hamburgers for the Thru the Red Door Community Awareness Week event were graciously donated by Strodes Deli where over 250 visitors were served.

Catering is a big part of the business. For about $15 per person Strodes can provide a full turkey dinner for your group event. Other catering options from Salads to Pasta to Roast Beef are also available. Catering menus can be found on their website at www.strodes.ca.

If you’re looking to do your own cooking and ex-

perience the full aesthetic of becoming the BBQ master or your family grill, Strodes is definitely the place to glean some BBQ wisdom. Not only do they carry a line of award winning rubs, sauces, smokers, wood chips and barbecues to check out. But Strodes boasts a long history of barbecue championship

Proud sponsor of the

titles - they are one of the invited to the Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennesessee for the Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue.

Strodes BBQ and Deli has two locations in Brantford - the Main Location/ Butcher Counter is at 403 Fairview Drive in Brantford and is open Monday to

Friday from 8am to 5pm; Saturdays 8am to 6pm.

Strodes Express is located downtown at 117 Market Street and is open Monday to Thursday from 11am to 6pm and on Fridays 11am to 5pm. For specials and to keep connected check out their Facebook page or visit their website at www. strodes.ca.

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National Native News for the Week Of June 17, 2015

By Fernando Arce

Marking the 25th anniversary of Elijah Harper's opposition to Meech Lake Accord

MANITOBA – Between June 12 and 21, 1990, Elijah Harper stood up eight times in the Manitoba Legislature holding an eagle feather in opposition to the Meech Lake Accord. Last Saturday, June 13, an event marking the 25th anniversary of what some call a defining moment for indigenous peoples was held outside the Manitoba Legislature.

The Meech Lake Accord was a series of constitutional amendments aimed at keeping Quebec in Canada, though indigenous people opposed it on the grounds that it ignored their rights and place in Canada.

Phil Fontaine, then Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, told CBC News he had approached Harper to discuss how to defeat

the accord, which required unanimous ratification by parliament and all 10 provincial legislatures to pass.

After scuffling with security on the entrance to the Legislature on June 12, 1990, a group of chiefs who were meeting downtown Winnipeg managed to push their way in to see Harper stand up and say no, according to CBC News.

Soon after, Newfoundland and Labrador followed Harper’s example and the accord was defeated.

Human Rights Tribunal: Aboriginal Affairs department "retaliated" against human rights defender

OTTAWA – The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal recently found that the Aboriginal Affairs department “retaliated” against Cindy Blackstock when a senior official denied her entry to a 2009 meeting in the Ab-

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original Affairs building in Gatineau, Que. The tribunal awarded Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, $20,000 to be paid by the Aboriginal Affairs department.

Half of it is for pain and suffering, and half for the “willful and reckless conduct” of David McArthur, who denied her entrance because of a 2007 human rights complaint against the department which she filed along with the Assembly of First Nations.

According to the ruling, quoted by APTN News, McArthur “(n)ot only...admit(ted) that he was aware of the complaint, but he expressed that he was afraid that it would be discussed during the meeting.”

In a related Toronto Star article, Blackstock said she expects a decision on the 2007 human rights complaint any day, and added she plans to donate the money to children`s charities.

Aboriginal Affairs

department labeled “serial” offender in underspending budget Documents obtained

by CBC News show that the Aboriginal Affairs department is a “serial” offender when it comes to underspending the money they have budgeted for year after year.

It found that over the last five years, the department has withheld over $1 billion which should have gone towards social services – making it the only social-service department on a top-seven offenders list compiled by the Privy Council Office.

Though other social services departments have made headlines recently for shortfalls, Aboriginal Affairs was the only social service department that made the internal list, according to CBC News.

Though some shortfall is to be expected, according to the Parliamentary Budget Office, this report created for Privy Council Clerk Janice Charette proves that

a “trend... significant in magnitude” has developed in recent years, reported the CBC. This all comes just days after the Truth and Reconciliation Commit-

tee concluded that significantly more resources were needed to help residential school survivors heal.

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What changes should be made? We welcome hearing from you. For more information regarding the Review or to share your perspective, please visit the website at www.allocationreview.ca

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Your Voice Is Important It’s Our Community’s Future, Let’s Talk About It

The Niagara Region Wind Project

A Project for Discussion by Six Nations Community Members.

Engagement Period:

June 22nd, 2015 - July 17th, 2015

Upcoming Meetings: Thursday June 25th, 2015

Thursday July 16th, 2015

Six Nations Tourism Centre

Six Nations Tourism Centre

6:00pm - 8:00pm

6:00pm - 8:00pm

Make your voice heard by participating: • • •

Visit www.snfuture.com for more information Return your completed comment card Contact us to discuss this project

The Niagara Region Wind Project is a 230 MW renewable energy project located in the Township of West Lincoln, Town of Lincoln (Niagara Region) and Haldimand County. The project consists of 77 turbines. The energy produced by the 77 turbines will be sold to the Ontario Power Authority under the FIT1.0 program. An equity ownership of the project is being contemplated by the Six Nations of the Grand River Development Corporation.

NRWC began meeting with the Six Nations Consultation and Accommodation team about the project in 2011. Enercon Canada Inc. and Boralex Inc. recently purchased the project and are moving forward with the development of the project. It is estimated that the project will be completed construction in August 2016.

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Project ownership for Six Nations which will generate $30 million for the community over 20 years

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$20,000 per year to Grand River Post-Secondary Education

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Employment opportunities made available to Six Nations members and the Iron Workers Local 763 Hamilton

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Aboriginal Solidarity Day Events 2015 BRANTFORD

Brantford’s 4th Annual National Aboriginal Day Harmony Square; June 21, 2015 10 am - 2pm. All are invited to celebrate with us. Featuring local artisans, free food, splash pad, face painting and entertainment.

GUELPH

Guelph National Aboriginal Day Celebration June 21, 2015. Starts at 2pm.

Market Square; 1 Carden Street, Guelph, ON. Share in the free, family-friendly celebration on Sunday June 21 from 2-3:30 p.m. in Market Square!

Traditional Opening, Demonstrations, Drum Circle, Music and dancing, Children’s activities, Free tastings, Water play.

HAMILTON

Hamilton 19th Annual National Aboriginal Days Soaring Spirits Festival June 19 - June 21, 2015 Gage Park, 1000 Main St.

E, Hamilton.

FREE ADMISSION starts JUNE 19th at 7 am official opening 10:30am. 5pm Hamilton’s own ABORIGINAL IDOL- Friday Night.

3 Days Aboriginal Education, artists, Live Aboriginal Music - Missy Knott, Leah Belle, Jace Martin & the Pace, AK McLeod and The Healers, Lacey Hill and more. Saturday Aboriginal POW WOW, starts Saturday June 20 at 11 am. Registration opens at 10 closes @ 2pm.

Pow wow will break at 12 for the Pan Am TORCH.

LONDON

London Aboriginal Solidarity Day Friday June 19, 2015 Greenway Park; 50 Greenside Avenue, London.

In conjunction with Indigenous Services at Western University, Fanshawe College First Nations Centre, SOAHAC, Atlohsa Native Family Healing Services Inc. , London Police & N’Amerind (London) Friendship Centre. 6 am Sunrise Ceremony - held at Greenway Park. Open-

ing Prayer & Welcome.

12 pm - Grand Entry Pow Wow from 12pm til 4 pm.

Smoke Dance Competition. Community Speakers, Hand, Drum Contest, Vendors, Youth Activities.

ORANGEVILLE

Honouring Youth Pow Wow June 19 - 21, 2015.

Island Lake Conservation Area, 673067 Hurontario Street; Orangeville, ON Host Drum: Little Creek Singers. Karaoke with Blue Stone Cloud. Admission: $5 Adult, $3 Children/Senior. For more information call 519-2168174

OTTAWA

Ottawa Summer Solstice Festival 2015/ Aboriginal Festival and Competition Pow Wow Friday June 19 - Saunday June 21.

Vincent Massey Park, Ottawa.

Registration till 9pm Friday and 11am Saturday.

Friday Night Specials; Adult Men’s Traditional, Men’s Fancy Iron Man,

Men’s Prairie Chicken, Women’s Jingle and Women’s Fancy Iron Woman.

Dancers competing for over $75,000 in prizes!

Host Drum: Black Bear.

MC’s: Ryan McMahon & Mista Wasis. Arena Director: David White Deer Charette. Head Drum Judge: Jeremy Doxtator.

Head Male Dancer: Conrad Medicine-rope. Head Female Dancer: Raylene Medicine-rope.

National Aboriginal Day Commemorative and Wreath Laying Ceremony.

Sunday, June 21, 2015.

National Canadian Aboriginal War Veteran’s Monument - Confederation Park; Elgin Street, Ottawa.

Starts at 10:45am; Ceremony at 11am. Reception and light buffet luncheon at noon. Private individuals and families may lay commemorative wreaths from 11:30am to 11:45am

SARNIA

Aamjiwnaang First Nation 54th Annual Pow Wow

Saturday June 20 - Sunday June 21, 2015 Bear Park, 1972 Virgil Avenue, Sarnia, ON Gates Open at 10am both days. Grand Entry at 12pm & 6pm on Saturday and 12pm Sunday.

HOST DRUM: CHARGING HORSE. ADMISSION: $8 PER DAY/AGES 13-54. $5 PER DAY AGES 6-12. SENIORS 55+, KIDS 5 & UNDER Are FREE

TYENDINAGA

Tyendinaga Aboriginal Day Celebration Onkwe’hon:we Niwenhnisero:ten Saturday June 21, 2015 10am - 3pm Tsi Tkerhitoton Park (Pow Wow Park) Parade from Deseronto Centennial Park to the Pow Wow Park. Starts at 10am. For more information call Jamie Brant 613967-3635.

TORONTO

Indigenous Arts Festival June 18-20, 2015 Fort York National Historic Site The Indigenous Arts Festival @ Fort York celebrates traditional and contemporary music, dance, theatre, storytell-

ing, spoken word, visual arts, crafts, and food created by indigenous artis

14th Annual Na-Ma-Res Traditional Outdoor Pow Wow Sunday June 21, 2015 Fort York National Historic Site Host Drums Smoke Trail Singers and Eagle Flight Singers. Grand Entry is at noon. Gala Concert at 6pm.

Aboriginal Day Events at Toronto Public Library Sunday June 21, 2015 We Keep the Stories, 2 pm; doors open at 1:30 pm. The eh List Presents Lee Maracle and Marilyn Dumont, 3 pm; doors open at 2:50 pm. No More Silence, 4 pm; doors open at 3:50 pm.

National Aboriginal Day at Toronto Zoo Toronto Zoo visitors will receive FREE admission with presentation of Aboriginal status card, Métis card, or a First Nations Inuit Health Branch (FNIHB) Client Identification Number Card.

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Gaweni:yo students following the footsteps of the Great Peacemaker

By Chezney Martin Eleven students attending the Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo High School, alongside their instructors Jess Bomberry and Joanne Longboat - have just completed travelling a 9 day journey along the historic route of the messenger to the Haudenosaunee people, also known as ‘The Peacemaker’.

The Great Peacemaker was, according to Haudenosaunee traditional teachings, born of a virgin. He was sent to the Haudenosaunee people with a message from the Creator - that the people were to come to one mind, with a spirit of peace and friendship, lay down their weapons of war among each other and unite in everlasting peace.

Legend says that the Peacemaker travelled from village to village throughout the Finger Lakes region of Upper New York State bringing his message of peace. This message was adopted by the Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga and Cayuga Nations - who would even-

The students pose for a photo before canoeing with the Akwesasne Child and Family Services Team. PHOTO

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tually form the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. Later, the Tuscarora Nation would also join the Confederacy.

As a symbol of that everlasting peace, it is said that the Peacemaker cast the weapons of war into a great hole and buried them beneath the tallest white pine tree - known as the tree of peace. This would become a symbol of solidarity and peace among the Haudenosaunee Confederacy for generations.

Teachers at the Kawenni:io/Gawenniyo High School brainstormed what they would like the students to experience,

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and finalized their trip plans in just three weeks.

The trip took the students to the areas the Peacemaker travelled and the students learned different pieces of the story of the Peacemaker in each community.

Before their departure, Skahendowaneh Swamp burned tobacco to ask for safety on their journey. Swamp had helped with the Mohawk language section for a short time at the High-school, and helped with the plans in Akwesasne.

With two vans full of students, they travelled from the birthplace of the

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Peacemaker at Tyendinega; on to Akwesasne, Kanienke, Cohoes Falls, Kanatsohareke, to Oneida, Tully Lake, Cayuga Lake/ Seneca Falls, Tonawanda and Seneca Allegheny over the span of nine days.

Students met with knowledgeable individuals such as Clanmother Judy Swamp, Glen Swamp, Sub-Chief Joey David, Lacrosse Stick-maker Mike Thompson, Knowledge Keeper Ray Fadden, Jake Edwards, Chief Roger Silversmith, Chief Sam George, Cayuga Sub-Chief Karl Hill and the favourite Tom Porter on their journey. They visited several

knowledge centres as well, including the Shakowi Cultural Centre, Kawenna’onwe Immersion School, Six Nations Indian Museum, Rochester Museum and the Ganondagen Replica Longhouse.

One of the eleven students, Claudia Doolittle said she “can’t wait to go again.” She explained that she did not realize how many opportunities were within her home community, including the opportunity to go on the trip.

“It was a great experience. It changed how I view things, like a lot actually. It opened my eyes up to a lot and just how lucky we are to have this school and all of the opportunities we have in this community, compared to the ones we went to,” said Doolittle.

Instructor Joanne Longboat said she was “really excited” about the trip.

“It was my first time to go myself because I’m new to the high school,” said Longboat.

She explained that besides learning about the Peacemaker, the students learned about horticulture, medicines and oth-

er traditional knowledge from each individual community.

“In setting up the whole schedule and all of the speakers we tried to include things from their classes too, so besides what they learned from the native studies course, we tried to include all of our history into it and learn about the leadership in the Great Law, and the peacemakers journey,” said Longboat.

“We were welcomed traditionally by everyone all over, that was really nice. It was really like we got personal messages from them too, we got a lot of encouragement,” Longboat said. She further explained that the journey is something others embark as well, but is unique to Kawenni:io/Gawenniyo as a class trip.

Three of the students present, including Casey Miller, Claudia Doolittle, Emily Maracle-Williams and Kawerine Hill each agreed that they would take the journey all over again as it was “a great experience.”

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By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – The Six Nations Rebels seemed to be playing with the visiting St. Catharines Spartans like a cat with a mouse for most of Friday night’s 14-9 win but when it all counted, the Rebels turned it on in the third, out-scoring the Spartans 6-2 to put the “W” up on their side of the ledger.

The Rebels are now 17-0 heading into what is expected to be a very tough Tuesday night game in Niagara against the second place Thunderhawks.

The Rebels started very slowly against the Spartans who were getting outstanding goaltending from David Herkimer in the St. Catharines net.

Six Nations shooters still managed a 5-4 first period lead with goals scored by Ricky Smith, Clayton King, Garret Vyse-Square, Mitch Green and Kessler Doolittle.

Kyle Adams evened

the score for St. Kitts which Travis Longboat, Mitch Green and Sherman Williams answered. However, Elliott KcKibbon and Brian Erskine closed the second period for the Spartans with 20 minutes left and only one goal down.

They came out of the dressing room loud and all stoked up to be the first team this season to beat the Rebels, but after Danny Bionco tied the score at 8-8, the Rebels either got bored or scared and dug in to leave the Spartans in the dust.

Josh Miller, Mitch Green, Travis Longboat and Layne Smith put the game out of reach for the visitors. The string was broken by Erskine, but it didn’t stop the Arrows from netting two more as Miller scored his second of the game and Travis Longboat collected his third to add to his four assists for a seven point game.

Six Nations outshot the Spartans 61-28 with

Briley Miller earning the win blocking 19 of 28 St. Catharines shots.

Thursday night, in Hamilton, the Rebs tripled up on the Bengals 15-5 with Justin Martin carrying the hot stick with three goals and two assists. Miller earned his 16th win of the season Looking ahead, the Rebels may not have the luxury of letting their opponents build any kind of momentum Monday night in Niagara. The Thunderhawks are a well-coached and explosive team, especially in their own barn, and the Jr. B Rebels will need to bring their “A” game to keep their winning streak alive.

TOP: Rebels #14, Josh Miller takes a two hander to the back of the head, but scores anyhow in Friday night's come from behind Rebels win. They are now 17-0 as they prepare for their Drive for Five Founders Cup playoff season.

Photo by Jim Windle.

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – The Six Nations Jr. C Warriors scored three goals before the first minute of Saturday night’s game at the ILA against the Mimico Mountaineers and coasted the rest of the way to a 27-4 massacre.

Fortunately for the Mountaineers, pain only lasted an hour and a have in a very quick game with virtually no penalties.

Leading the Warriors were Justin Martin (5G,3A), Wesley Whitlow (1G,7A), and Isaiah Mt. Pleasant (4G,4A). Elan Henhawk recorded his fifth straight win in the Warriors net.

The Warriors at 11-0 share the lead in the West Division with 22 points with Wilmot, 11-1-0, one point short of the Cornwall Celtics who top the East with 23 points in 14 games played.

Because of the glut of

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The creation of the Jr. C Warriors has created another option for up and coming lacrosse stars as well as a miles deep feeder system for both the

Arrows and the Rebels to pull Associate Players (AP’s) from when needed.

It will be a very busy week starting Thursday June 18th, when the Warriors will be in Oakville followed by a Friday night date in Shelburne to take on the Vets. Then, after a long bus ride home, they will suit up again Saturday afternoon at 1 pm to face the well-rested and strong Wilmot Wild.

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Arrows’ Jamieson 33 seconds from a shut out

By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS – The KW Braves put up little resistance Sunday night as the Six Nations Arrows Express walked to a 14-1 win and still remain in first place.

It was right down to business as Dallas John, Austin Staats, Jake McNabb and Bo Henhawk gave the Arrows a 4-0 first period led, which Staats, with his second and third, Jordan Durston, Josh Johnson with two, and Tehoka Nanticoke added to in the second to take a 10-0 lead.

That quickly became 11-0 at 1:14 of the third with Durston scoring from Brendan Bomberry and Staats.

There were no penalties called on either team until the Braves’ Blain Adams was tagged with an

illegal cross-check. Austin Staats made them pay right away from Durston and Bomberry and suddenly it was 12-0. Dallas John and Bomberry made it 14-0 minutes later Doug Jamieson came within 33 seconds of a rare lacrosse shut out when KW’s Damon Currie finally got one past him at 19:27 for a 14-1 final.

Friday, June 12th, the Arrows overcame a 7-5 second period deficit to defeat the Orangeville Northmen 10-7 with a five-goal string in the third period.

Orangeville got the hometown crowd into the game at the Alder Arena with the first three goals before Tehoke Nanticoke and Josh Johnson closed the gap to 3-2 going into the second period.

The Northmen scored

It was almost 14-0 on Sunday night but KW Braves managed to put one past Doug Jamieson at the last minute. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE the first two of the second before Dallas John and Brendan Bomberry matched them. The Northmen pulled out ahead again, 7-4 before Johnson added the Arrows fifth

goal.

The wind was quickly knocked out of the sails of the Northmen in the third.

As goalie Doug Jamieson and his defense held down the Northmen, the Arrows

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Brendan Bomberry scored two and assisted on four more while Josh Johnson racked up three goals and two assists, Jordan Durston scored two and assisted on two.

Upcoming games will see the Arrows travel to Whitby to face the Warriors Tuesday night and Barrie Friday night before returning home to the ILA for a rematch with the Warriors, Sunday, June 21st, at 7 pm.

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Chiefs bombard Brampton and Brooklin

By Jim Windle SIX NATIONS – June has been a prosperous month so far for the Six Nations Chiefs. They have out scored their opponents 51-9 in only three games played so far and have five more games to play before July.

The Six Nations Chiefs share first place with the Peterborough Lakers after last week’s OLA Major Series games.

The Chiefs blew out the Brampton Excelsiors 19-5 last Thursday night in Brampton with an awesome show of offensive power led by Ryan Benesch with five goals and four assists.

Johnny Powless and Roger Vyse made it 2-0 for the Chiefs to start the game but the Excelsiors responded with the next

two goals to make it a new game. From that moment on, it was all Chiefs. Randy Staats, Kasey Beirnes, Dhane Smith, Benesch, and Vaughn Harris put the game in the bag, 7-2, by the end of the first period.

Benesch delivered the first three goals of the second period and added another later in the frame to power the Chiefs offense.

Also putting up points in the second period were Craig Point, Jeff Shattler and Randy Staats with two each.

Brampton’s Kyle Perreira scored the last goal of the period to make it 16-3 with 20 long minutes for Brampton fans to endure.

Dhane Smith, Harris and Point added third period goals for Six Nations while Connor Sellars and Brandon Benn scored for

the home team for the 19-5 final score.

The Mann Cup defending Chiefs manhandled the Brooklin Redmen 13-2 last Tuesday night at the ILA, with Dillon Ward in net stopping 37 of 39 Brooklin shots.

Six Nations goal scorers were: Randy Staats (3G,1A), Craig Point (3G1A), Ryan Benesch (1G,4A), Vaughn Harris (2G,1A), Jeff Shattler (1G,4A), Dhane Smith (2G,3A).

This week’s action will include a Tuesday night home game where they can take another kick at the Brampton Excelsiors, and a Thursday night road game in Peterborough in the first leg of a home and home set which will continue next Tuesday night, June 23rd, at the ILA.

Jamieson Takes Gold at District Tournament

Last season the Chiefs barely made the playoffs at all but in the post season became a different team and took it all the way to their second consecutive Mann Cup. This year, they are looking like the Champions they are as they try for the three-peat to match the Chiefs’ feat of 1994-‘95-‘96.

In their last three games, the Chiefs have scored 51 goals and allowed nine.

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By Chezney Martin The Jamieson Elementary Junior Boys lacrosse team took home gold for the sixth consecutive year at the Mary Louis Memorial Six Nations District Lacrosse Tournament hosted at the I.L.A. on Thursday. The game ended 11-2 against Kawenni:io/ Gawennyo Elementary School, who combined with the Everlasting Tree School.

With goals scored by Blair Green (1), Donovan Monteforte (1), Keelan Point (2), Owyn Smith (2), Dayton Sawyer (1), Brendan Anderson (3)

and Kole Bomberry (1), Jamieson went undefeated with a 9 point lead.

K/G returned two goals scored by Nick Johns and “Thunder.”

After defeating I.L. Thomas 9-4 and K/G 7-4, Jamieson was guaranteed a spot in the championship. By losing to Jamieson in their third game, K/G would have to defeat Jamieson with a double knock-out to obtain gold.

Both teams fought hard, but the Jamieson defence re-obtained possession quickly as they hurdled ahead leading into the second period.

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Davis explained that he was thankful for the many volunteers that helped make the tournament successful. “I would like to give thanks to all of the participants, all of the parents, and Curt Styres for lending us the floor.”

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Why we should save the bees (and other pollinators)

By Laura Hill In recent years, there has been a growing concern among beekeepers and environmentalists about the rapid decline of honeybees. Just last year alone, Ontario beekeepers reported a 58 per cent loss of the province’s honeybee population. With these little creatures responsible for the cross-pollination of a third of the world’s food crops, losing them could prove to be a devastating event.

Just last week, the Government of Ontario acknowledged the important work of beekeepers and honeybees when they implemented new

rules that would restrict a widely used bee-killing pesticide by 80 per cent in just 2 years. Nearly all corn crops and 60 per cent of soy bean crops in Ontario are currently treated with neonicotinoids, which have been shown in numerous studies to be a major contributing factor in bee deaths.

The Ontario Bee Association responded to the new restrictions in a press release, stating that there’s still more work to be done when it comes to protecting the bees.

“Our bees continue to die from the overuse of neonicotinoids,” said Tibor Szabo, OBA president, “And while the new regs may

are also many things that can be done at home to support bee population and health. Creating a bee-friendly environment will support pollinator health and may lead to a bountiful harvest later on in the growing season.

Cutline: Responsible beekeeping can help honeybee populations thrive not be perfect, in the end, the Ontario government

Dear Kitty, I have planted a garden in my backyard for the first time and I am very excited to eat food I have grown myself. A friend told me I need to get bees or I won’t get any vegetables. I wondered if there are any tips I can get for attracting bees to my garden or should I get bees since its a new garden.

Thank you for any help!

Thanks so much!

Bee-less in the territory

Dear Beeless, What a great question! First of all congratulations on having your own garden, wanting to grow food and wanting to attract and feed bees!! Bees are very important to our food source system! As matter of fact 3/4 of our food grown needs to be pollinated by bees.

This may surprise you but there are many many kinds of bees. We have grown accustomed to the honeybee and its size, but there are bees as small as

did the right thing.”

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the head of a pin. All of the different bees do their part to keep pollination happening.

Attracting bees can be done quite easily with plants so here (see below) is a small and general list of plants bees would be delighted to find in your garden! Once the bee find your garden they will share the info with other bees and your bee population will grow.

Early Blueberry Cotoneaster Crabapple Cranberry Crocus Foxglove Heliotrope Hazelnut Heather Primrose Willow

use of neonics is a step in the right direction, there

Bees need a place to get a drink, they will travel to water but it would be nice to have a birdbath filled with pebbles or marbles or line a shallow bowl or plate with rocks, add enough water that the rocks or pebbles are not all submerged.

Another suggestion is to find your local beekeeper and ask for tips and tricks to attracting bees. Beekeepers I’m sure have a special fondness for gardeners

Mid-season Blackberry Cat mint Catnip Chives Dahlia Hyssop Lavender Raspberry Sunflower Yarrow

Pollinator-friendly Garden Grow plants that attract bees. Choose a variety of plants that will bloom at different points throughout the season so there is always a source of nutrition for bees. As a general rule of thumb, native plants attract native bees and exotic plants attract honeybees.

Cont’d on next page:

who want attract bees and might even have a sweet honey treat to share! These are a few easy ideas to get started attracting bees to your garden space! The secret of planting flowers/ plants bees love will also be appealing to your gardeners heart and soul!

Happy Bee attracting and garden growing!

Kitty

Late Aster (perennial) Beggar’s tricks Borage Coneflower Cornflower Cosmos Goldenrod Pumpkin Sedum Squash

Bee Hotels Even bees need a temporary resting place from time to time. Solitary bees – or native bees – nest in

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Become a beekeeper The more people who are interested in responsible beekeeping, the better chance we have at supporting and sustaining the bee population as a whole. The Two Row Times, Six Nations Health Services and the Our Sustenance program present a free workshop on beekeeping basics tonight, Wednesday June 17 from 6pm – 8 pm. Join us at Our Sustenance Greenhouse, 2676 4th Line Road, for a talk on beekeeping and to see a hive in action. Call 519-445-4779 to register.

The manager and staff at the Royal Bank located on the Ohsweken Village Plaza in Ohsweken, joined in support of the Two Row Times/Health Services/Our Sustenance Greenhouse, Healthy Roots initiative by proudly wearing our wearing T-shirts last week. PHOTO BY JIM WINDLE

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Watering Station Like us, bees need a reliable source of water to live and thrive. Conventional back yard water in ponds, birdbaths, and rain barrels are often difficult for bees to access because they need something to land on. For a very low cost or free you can make a bee bath.

Instructions: Line a shallow bowl, tray or plate with rocks, then add water.

Do not submerge tops of rocks in water as bees will need these as a landing surface. Place the bee bath at ground level. Replenish the water supply every morning. Interestingly enough, if you place the bee bath near plants that are challenged by aphids, the bees will work on correcting the infestation.

tunnels in the ground, but you can make their work easier by building a bee hotel. Bee hotels can be simple or creative – Fairmont Royal York in Toronto has a rooftop bee hotel that’s designed to resemble the CN Tower! Building a bee hotel is easy and low cost or free depending on what materials you have at home.

Instructions: Gather hollow stems (bamboo works perfectly). Make sure they are at least 20 cm in length OR – Gather large branches, wood scraps, etc and drill holes 20 cm deep with a 1 cm opening Arrange bundled stems, branches or wood stacks into a wood box or empty milk carton with the top cut off. Another option is to place your materials inside stacked wooden pallets. This is your bee hotel!

Place it off the ground in a sunny area, and wait for solitary bees to enjoy their new resting place.

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Cont’d from previous page: Be aware that flowers bred to simply please the human eye are sometimes lacking in nutrition for pollinators. Choose heirloom or native varieties whenever possible.

Flowers: Bee balm, Milkweed, Lavender, New England Aster, Cosmos, Foxglove, Coneflower Shrubs: Chokecherry, Common ninebark, Common elderberry, New Jersey tea, Serviceberry Trees: Sugar maple, Eastern hemlock, Staghorn sumac, Black cherry, Black willow, Red maple

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Free Workshops & Special Events

Our Sustenance Greenhouse, 2676 4th Line Rd Two sessions, 6pm-7pm or 7pm-8pm Learn the basics of beekeeping, try on a bee suit, help the beekeeper check on his hive

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Our Sustenance Greenhouse, 2676 4th Line Rd 6pm – 8pm Socialize, taste locally sourced and prepared Healthy Roots appetizers, keynote address.

With featured workshop, Seed renewables with Ki y Lickers, learn what food can be planted again and again over the course of the season 519-445-4779 to register for workshops

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Neat Facts About Bees There are three kinds of bees in a hive: Queen, Worker and Drone.

Only the Queen in the hive lays eggs. She communicates with her hive with her own special scent called pheromones. The queen will lay around 1,500 eggs per day.

The worker bees are all female and they do all the work for the hive. Workers perform the following tasks inside the hive as a House Bee: Cleaning, feeding the baby bees, feeding and taking care of the queen, packing pollen and nectar into cells, capping cells, building and repairing honeycombs, fanning to cool the hive and guarding the hive.

Workers perform the following tasks outside the hive as Field Bees: Gathering nectar and pollen from flowers, collecting water and a sticky substance called propolis.

The male bees in the hive are called drones. Their job in the hive is to find a queen to mate with. Male bees fly out and meet in special drone congregation areas where they hope to meet a queen. Male drone bees don't have a stinger.

Nectar is a sweet watery substance that the bees gather. After they process the nectar in their stomach they regurgitate it into the honeycomb cells. Then they fan with their wings to remove excess moisture. The final result is honey.

Bees are the only insect in the world that make food that humans can eat.

A honeybee can fly 24 km in an hour at a speed of 15 mph. Its wings beat 200 times per second or 12,000 beats per minute.

Bees carry pollen on their hind legs called a pollen basket. Pollen is a source of protein for the hive and is needed to feed to the baby bees to help them grow.

A beehive in summer can have as many as 50,000 to 80,000 bees.

A bee must collect nectar from about 2 million flowers to make 1 pound of honey. It requires 556 worker bees to gather a pound of honey.

Bees fly more than once around the world to gather a pound of honey. The average worker bee makes about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.

Every 3rd mouthful of food is produced by bees pollinating crops. Flowering plants rely on bees for pollination so that they can produce fruit and seeds. Without bees pollinating these plants, there would not be very many fruits or vegetables to eat.

Propolis is a sticky substance that bees collect from the buds of trees. Bees use propolis to weatherproof their hive against drafts or in spots where rain might leak in. People have discovered the anti-bacterial properties of propolis for use in the medical field.

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Although bears do like honey, they prefer to eat the bee larvae.

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It's Strawberry Time Again: Strawberry Sorbet

By Joe Farrell It was nearly two years ago that I woke up and realized I had the confidence to make a change in my life. It was time to start a journey to authentically connect with the land by engaging in meaningful reciprocal relationships with food and community. This happened during strawberry season when I was doing the ordering for the restaurant I worked at.

I was told by our contractual produce supplier that they weren’t carrying local strawberries. They told me they were not keeping well because of a bad season. Not to mention they were selling the local ones for a significant amount more than the ones that were imported. I was upset and con-

fused. Living in the city I had no real connection to any local strawberry patch to corroborate their story. The only way to truly know was to get out there and be on the land where things grow.

This was part of a chain of events that would lead to me giving up my apartment and job. I decided to enter into the unknown. All I knew was that I was searching for a connection to the land and to my sense of self.

Someone once told me, when you hear something true, it will sound and feel familiar. I believe an open mind and an open heart is necessary for this to happen. I am grateful when I share moments that remind me we are all connected in a way I do not yet have the words for.

Strawberry Sorbet A delicious and refreshing way to enjoy berries is in the form of a frozen treat. Simply pureed with maple syrup and water then frozen.

I have updated and simplified this recipe from last year.

You can use your own ratios. I let my mood guide me and make it to the taste I am seeking at that time.

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Mash or puree berries with maple syrup and water. Add more water if needed. Taste and adjust sweetness to your liking. Place in a shallow container, wrap and place in your freezer. As it starts to freeze take a fork and give it a stir.

Continue to do this until it is frozen. The more it is forked, the smoother the end result will be.

For a smoother result you can puree it in a food processor when it’s partially frozen.

If it is not sweet enough for you let it melt and add more maple syrup and repeat the freezing process. Enjoy!

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What were some of the biggest challenges after going zero waste for one week?

AG: There were little things that had not thought about or considered until starting the waste less challenge. For example, in any public washroom, there is usually either a paper towels or a hand dryer. I was a little astonished to see how many businesses opt for paper towels rather than hand dryers. Financially, you would think the hand dryer is the better option and a lot less wasteful.

CJ: The biggest challenge by far has been re-conditioning my mind to not reach for the wasteful products automatically. Like reaching for a paper napkin instead of cloth. It’s become such a habit and so engrained in you that it happens on a subconscious level.

That’s been the hardest thing by far.

CM: I would have to say being totally prepared for this challenge and being

conscious of my actions. For instance washing my hands without a rag was pretty rough. I would have to then dry my hands off on my friends shirts or on my pants.

How has this changed your awareness of how much waste you produce?

AG: I used to think very singularly like, “This goes into the garbage”, and now I force myself to choose “Recycle?

Compost? Up-cycle?”.

This challenge has really made me aware of how many little things we choose to throw away out of convenience when there are better, more environmentally friendly options.

CJ: I now realize how pointless a lot of the things we throw away are. The worst offenders are the single use items like Keurig cups, paper napkins, paper towels, q-tips, makeup wipes. There’s absolutely no reason, other than convenience, that we

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should be wasting this way.

CM: I was given a straw at a restaurant, and without thinking i cracked it open.

I thought to myself, how unnecessary, but i have been used to getting and using them that I never gave it much consideration. So to me, its like even the little straw creates waste.

Seems harmless but definitely will add up.

What’s been the most unexpected thing?

AG: My daughter wanting to recycle with me! I sat down on the porch to go through my recycling and she asked me if she could help. So I explained where everything went and she assisted in the sorting. It was awesome to see her eager, interested in engaged in something that I believe is building a better future for her.

CJ: It’s actually been surprisingly liberating and an extremely eye opening experience so far. I feel like I’m free from the confines of ex-

cess packaging, junk food, and trash.

CM: The most unexpected thing is how we define waste. I immediately think of trash. But it branches out into other facets such as electricity and water. So I have been conscious of how long I keep my electronics plugged in, how long i shower and shutting lights off when they don’t need to be on.

Have you found anyway to re-use or up cycle anything in your house?

AG: Yes! I know it’s a long way off but I gave a friend a Halloween costume I had refitted for my daughter last year.

It is the perfect size for her little one and I was happy it could be reused! I have also been taking used coffee grinds and using them to fertilize my garden (this is a tip my mom gave me and it has worked really well for house plants) CJ: I’ve definitely been trying to re-use, but most importantly reduce the amount of things I purchase. I purchase peanut but-

ter and other items in glass containers if I can. That way I can re-use them for drinking glasses or use them to store bulk items that I buy at the grocery store.

CM: I would say just deciding not to use any paper plates or plastic utensils.

When I go out for lunch and get any plastic forks I’ll just keep it and bring them back to the office.

Are you finding it to be more or less expensive than before?

AG: I haven’t noticed too much of a price difference so far. Reusable grocery bags and refillable coffee cups have cut back on some unnecessary expenses.

CJ: It’s surprisingly less expensive since I don’t find myself purchasing things I don’t need and making some things myself. Realizing you already have everything you need in your house is refreshing. It’s easier to see how much materialistic values of Western culture have

Name: Chris Martin Age: 24 Occupation: Environmental Field Technical Assistant. I’m working on a master drainage study for our creeks and tributaries on the reserve.

Children: 1 - a two year old son named Everett.

impacted our lives and the decisions we make.

CM: I am sure that as this becomes more ingrained into my life I will be saving more money. But as for right now, it is basically the same.

What is the biggest lifestyle change?

AG: Being more mindful has been the biggest lifestyle change so far. I don’t think I have ever taken such careful consideration with what I buy, or where a product goes once I am done with it.

CJ: So far it’s definitely been my diet.

I’m no longer able to buy the junk food that comes in packaging so I eat a lot more fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds than I used to.

CM: Not drinking bottled water. Just keeping my reusable water bottle with me has been great. And it is always there to remind me of this challenge. It is a step in the right direction for me.

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Upcycling: an awesome way to recycle

By Chelsey Johnson Last week we talked about the importance of including recycling in your overall waste management plan. This week, we’re going to talk about another important piece of a good waste reduction plan called up-

cycling.

Upcycling is when you find a creative way to transform household items that no longer serve their original purpose, into something new and practical.

With our end goal being the overall reduction of waste, re-purpos-

ing items is essential to stop them from ending up in the landfill.

You can find items that you already have around your house to upcycle, or you can upcycle new things that you buy. Almost every item in your house can be upcycled and trans-

formed into anything you might need.

Items that can be upcycled include but are not limited to: toilet paper rolls; broken crayons; CD holders; socks; mason jars; wine bottles; corks; wooden pallets; picture frames; bicycles; paper clips; Tic

Tac containers; old musical instruments; tennis rackets; keys and much more. The possibilities are endless.

If you’re the creative type, you can probably come up with ways to reuse old items on your own. However, if you can’t think of anything

there are lots of books on the topic, or you can search the Internet.

That’s how we found the ideas that we’re going to share with you below:

Turn Toilet Paper Rolls into Seed Starters Turn Wine Bottles into Flower Vases

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Step 1: Cut vertical quarter inch slits into the bottom of your toilet paper roll and fold them down so they overlap to create a bottom that will hold the soil Step 2: Fill the roll with moist soil and leave half an inch at the top of the roll Step 3: Sow one seed in each roll Step 4: Transplant the tubes about 2-4 weeks after the seeds have germinated Source: yougrowgirl.com/toilet-roll-seed-starter

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Step 1: If desired, remove label from bottle Step 2: Paint, decorate with twine, newspaper, and anything you have around your house. The idea is to use items that you would already have in your house, and not buy new things, creating more waste Step 3: Insert flowers and enjoy Source: www.popsugar.com

There are endless possibilities to re-use old items so think twice before throwing something away. You might just be able to use it for a completely new and practical purpose.

Everlasting Tree School: nurturing mindfulness for a healthier planet

By Alyssa General Living a waste-less lifestyle can be a challenge for any individual. It demands time, commitment and effort in our already busy lives. However, these sacrifices are well worth the reward of creating and modeling a healthy and sustainable future for our children. It brings us back to the foundation of Haudenosaunee culture; respecting and honouring our relationship to each-other and the earth.

The Everlasting Tree School does not limit their efforts to just recycling and composting.

The school also works to eliminate waste by buying in bulk, using fresh produce, upcycling and reducing the demand for paper products.

“Our goal is to have as minimal impact as possible on Mother Earth in all that we do. Our long term goal is to be self-sustainable, with zero impact”, said Amy Bomberry from the Everlasting Tree School.

The Everlasting Tree School has made an incredible and concerted effort to ensure our children are aware of their responsibilities to the environment and to the future. Each class practices recycling and composting as a part of their daily classroom duties.

As a result the students are very mindful of managing their waste properly and often encourage others to reconsider their options when throwing something into the trash.

During the month of April, I spent sometime working with the Everlasting Tree School and was amazed to see that in a week’s time, the only garbage they accumulated was the dust swept from the floor.

What was even more inspiring was how aware students were of what was being put into the garbage can. I can remember absentmindedly placing a crushed cardboard box into the trash. Almost the instant it dropped, one of the students joy-

fully shouted, “That can be recycled!” and quickly plucked it from the garbage and placed it in the recycling bin. I was completely awestruck not only by the enthusiasm to recycle, and also by his actions; he was being mindful.

This mindful way of thinking is important and crucial if we hope to reduce our impact on the environment and reclaim who we are as Haudenosaunee. When we consider how our actions impact others or the environment, we are being mindful. And to me this reaffirms our own beliefs of peace, power and a good mind.

It is inspiring to see these students taking the initiative to live a wasteless lifestyle at such a young age. Every day spent with this type of mindset is a step towards a healthier community and a healthier planet.

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From L to R: Taylor May, Shayne May, Ashley Buchholtz of U.S.S., and Kira Assiniwe, working on "Drowning" in the Coalition Music Studios.

Coalition Music creates a new tempo keeping FN youth in school

By Andre Morriseau Toronto based Artist Management and Independent Record Company Coalition Music started in 1991, whose current client roster includes Our Lady Peace, Simple Plan, Finger Eleven and others is using young people’s love of music to make a difference and keep Aboriginal youth in school.

Within the renovated walls of a former convent in Toronto, Eric Lawrence and co-founder Rob Lanni built studios and a performance space in an effort to provide artists a place to create, learn and hone their skills.

Currently they are working with Wasse Abin High School (Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve, Manitoulin Island) and Nbisiing High School (Nipissing First Nation, North Bay) bringing the unique TEMPO learning experience to Northern First Nations youth.

The first exciting accomplishment for two current students in the program will be on display for the entire country to share when sisters Shayne and Taylor May from Wikwemikong Unceded First Nation on Manitoulin Island, will perform their first single “Drowning” on the main stage at APTN’s Aboriginal Day Live and Celebration June 20th in Winnipeg.

TEMPO, a registered charity since 2013, began delivering ‘The Music Business’ high school credit program

From L to R: Taylor May, Shayne May and Ashley Buchholtz of U.S.S. working on "Drowning" in the Coalition Music Studios. SUBMITTED PHOTO working in partnership with school boards and Aboriginal communities offering music business education and entrepreneurship programs at the high school level.

The Grade 12 Course has a 50% focus on creative elements like song writing, performance and recording, and a 50% focus on general and music specific business concepts, like law

and copyright, marketing, branding, and communications. It is available for students with an interest in music or music industry who have some degree of past musical experience.

As a course feature, all students have an opportunity to record their original songs written in the course at Coalition Music.

Aboriginal youth

represent the fastest growing demographic in Canada today with more than 50% of the Aboriginal population being under the age of 25. The socio-economic challenges faced by FN youth — from education, suicide, isolation and systemic racism — place them in a situation of greater socio-economic needs.

The primary message is that musicians/

recording artists/songwriters are more than entertainers — they are starter companies and they face the same challenges and obstacles as any other small business.

Students also coordinate a culminating live music event in their respective communities to showcase the music they’ve written through performance, and to im-

plement the entrepreneurial and music industry knowledge they have accumulated over the course of the semester. In 2014, the Wasse Abin ‘Music Business’ class’ live music event, called Rezfest named by the kids at Wiki, sold out the local arena with over 400 community members in attendance.

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Clinic brings indigenous and western medicine together in harmony

By Nahnda Garlow SIX NATIONS – Integrating indigenous medicine and western medicine has become a goal of the greater medical community. In the last year, many health organizations have recognized the need to incorporate indigenous wisdom with western health modalities. And on Six Nations, Juddah’s Place is quickly becoming the focal point of practitioners taking those goals and going forward.

Dr. Karen Hill and Elva Jamieson have been practising medicine together for just about three years. In that time the patient roster has grown to just under 750 for Hill.

Elva Jamieson, who is the indigenous medicine practitioner in the practise, does not have an exact number of her patient roster, however she is travelling the Haudenosaunee communities and practises throughout the Great Lakes area - bringing indigenous medicines to patients as far away as Akwesasne, Allegany, Kahnawake, Oneida, and beyond.

“In the larger picture

that is what people are saying, that as indigenous people integrated medicine is what we need — to pick that knowledge back up. And as an indigenous physician then how can I not have that be a part of what I am doing? It’s the cornerstone of everything,” said Hill.

“That’s what were trying to do; bring that knowledge back to our people, strengthen that identity on who we are each from our own place, each within our own way.”

Thus far the results have been phenomenal.

The small practise is located in a house on Sixth Line on Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve, but the notoriety is anything but small. Earlier this year Hill was awarded by the inaugural Dr. Thom-

Save Your Sight

as Dignan Indigenous Health Award from the Royal College of Physicians for her dedication to bridging the gap between Indigenous health values and the practice of western medicine.

Hill and Jamieson will see patients together. Hill said, “We talk to them at that first visit on how we are approaching health and how we are working together. So they are aware on how what we are doing here is different. It then puts the responsibility of that person’s well being back into their lap.”

Hill said, “I have a picture of a tree that I use and I say to my patients, ‘Our health is like this tree. and if you have a tree in the front of your house

and not feel like we’re going to critical of those choices.”

Jamieson also works with oncologists at the Juravinski Cancer Centre in order to help her patients who choose to utilize both Onongwatri:yo (indigenous medicine) and Chemotherapy drugs.

Oncologists will send Jamieson the blood work for her patients and she will adjust her medicines in order to offer her medicinal support to her patients. “Usually it’s the liver stuff - and that is how I have to adjust the medicines.”

Jamieson said that her practise at Juddah’s place has opened a positive working relationship with Juravinski where patients are choosing to start chemotherapy on the condition that they are able to continue taking indigenous medicines simultaneously.

“This medicine supports them while they are in the chemotherapy.”

Jamieson said that the last report she got from Oncologists at Juravinski who opt to utilize a hy-

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“It gives our people an option to help them.”

The clinic is not federally funded and is self sufficient, which has presented challenges of it’s own. However both Hill and Jamieson just smile knowingly and say, “It’s not about us. It’s about this journey we are on and where the spirit is leading us.” Both practitioners acknowledge that the journey they are on is very much led by - a common passion for a truly holistic approach to helping patients and guidance from above.

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The use of indigenous medicine hit international news last year as two children from the territory opted for Onongwatri:yo instead of chemotherapy. That in itself has restored a dignity to patients in the area who wish to pursue wellness through the use of traditional medicines.

When patients are presenting with complex medical issues such as cancer Hill said, “We open the dialogue and say, ‘How do you want to deal with this?’ I’ve had patients say, ‘I’m not going for chemo. I want to try traditional medicine first.’ People know what they want. They will ask if they can try both approaches. I tell them whatever it is that they want - we’ll help you to do that. It’s about opening up that space for the person to make those decisions

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Obituary DAVIS: MARVIN

Peacefully at the Steadman Hospice Hankinson House, Brantford on Friday June 12, 2015 at the age of 86 years.

Beloved husband of 46 years to Barb (Elliott) Davis.

Loving father of Randy and Carol, Ronald and Margie, Dawn and Chris, and Carla and Gary. Dear Grandpa of 7 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. Brother of Cora Heukrath. Also survived by several nieces and nephews. Predeceased by granddaughter Summer Dawn; parents, Cameron and Rosamond (Martin) Davis and his brother Charlie. Cremation has taken place. A Gathering was held at the Six Nations Veteran’s Hall on Monday June 15, 2015 at 1 p.m. www.rhbanderson.com CLAUS: PAT December 23, 1938 - June 12, 2015 Passed away peacefully surrounded by her family.

Beloved wife of Robert Claus. Loving mother of Rodney and Tammy, Undy and Clyde, Jason, Derrick and Tammy, and Trevor and Lesley. Dear grandmother of 28 grandchildren and 21 great grandchildren. Daughter of the late Isaac and Annie (General) Green. Sister of Gene, Jesse, and the late Barney, Elwood, Marion, Anne, and Ben. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Resting at home 2000 6th Line, Six Nations after 6 p.m. Saturday.

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LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you may feel as though you are in unfamiliar surroundings this week. Don’t get too scared, as this break from the norm might provide a little extra hop in your step.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Recognize the potential for magic wherever you go this week, Scorpio. You have the ability to see beauty where others only see blemishes. Turn others on to your way of thinking.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, encourage family members to gather in the coming days. Planning a day or evening with those you love most is a great way to escape the daily grind.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, honor all of your commitments in the coming days. Recognize others are counting on you and do your best to live up to their expectations.

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