My Story
When people find out that I am a cancer survivor they typically reply with shock and disbelief.
Nahnda Garlow
Nahnda Garlow is former writer for the Two Row Times. Stories have been archived for continuity.
New Credit child resists forced chemotherapy treatment
NEW CREDIT – Makayla Sault, daughter of Pastors Ken and Sonya Sault has taken a very brave and bold move to assert herself. The 11 year old, who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukaemia in January, has asked her parents to stop chemotherapy treatments and instead give her Ongwehowe Onǫhgwatri:yo: (traditional medicines)
Authentic hickory smoked BBQ on the Grand
There is nothing like the smell of food being grilled on the barbecue to get your mouth watering. If you are a barbecue fan and…
NeoIndigena to premiere this week
Santee Smith’s first solo work NeoIndigena is set and ready to go at the Harbourfront Centre this week, making its debut May 1st.
Initiating the white man
It’s an exciting time for rez families when a non-native person is seeking initiation. It is the proverbial turned table of colonization, and it typically begins a very long process of humiliation for the non-native person. How you ask? We tease them. And then we re-tell the story of their humiliation over and over like a war story to all our other Ongwehowe friends and relatives and then they all laugh too. Non-native friends take note: in most cases if you’ve made it this far…you’re in.
Tonight is for homeless cats.
This statement is full of implications. Missing and murdered indigenous women are an issue that the Harper government continually refuses to address despite huge public outcry. Mrs. Harper was put on the spot and made a choice to respond, finally offering the Canadian population the only, if even unofficial, response to that outcry.
What’s in a name?
It’s a really taboo subject to discuss out loud. If babies are born to Haudenosaune mothers with white men, they are sometimes granted a nation, a clan, and a name through ceremony. Less likely if the child is born from a white mother and a Haudenosaune man. Similarly, what about “full blooded” Haudenosaune who lost their lineage because of colonization, or children from Ojibwe mothers and Haudenosaune fathers?
Let’s Grow a Garden Together
Last week I wrote about decolonization, specifically asking the question “How?” We got a lot of good responses to that and this week I’d like to share a letter sent in by a self-described “white girl” about her thoughts on Decolonization. I loved it. I’m sure you will too.
What’s #Trending
Anishnabe singer Nikki Shawana is stirring hearts online after video circulated this weekend of her first place performance in the Ann Arbour Pow Wow hand drum contest.
Got decolonization?
Over the years there have been many revisions to the look and feel of our ‘new’ old house. It was built in the 1850’s, and not surprisingly the backyard has been a little neglected. After the spring melt I went out to do some cleaning, spending the better part of the afternoon raking the leaves and twigs.
Have you heard about Kaniehtiio Horn?
Meet Kaniehtiio Horn, Kanien’kehaka from Kahnawake, Bear clan. This fantastic actress from Kahnawake is showing up all over the small screen, currently starring in two series; as Irathient alien Rynn in Syfy’s Defiance and gypsy-brat Destiny in the Netflix original horror series Hemlock Grove.
Indigenous Identity in the Corporation of Canada
Congratulations on the birth of your new baby and welcome to the corporation of Canada!
Soon the corporation will be handing out all the identification labels for your new baby to help them ease into the corporation as smoothly as possible. This is something that might be hard for parents of newborns living within the geographical borders of the corporation of Canada to understand, so we’ve come up with this little cheat sheet to help you out!
Mush Hole will be preserved; getting commemorative monument
The Woodland Cultural Centre announced Sunday evening that the former Mohawk Institute, the first residential school in Canada, will remain standing. The site will also receive a bronze cast National Commemorative Marker recognizing the dark legacy of Canada & Churches Indian Residential Schools.
WATCH the Truth and Reconciliation Commission National Event – Wisdom
Throughout the weekend the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be live streaming the National Event in Edmonton, AB. This is the seventh and final National Event, this year the focus is on Wisdom.