Cody Jamieson and Craig Point were at the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre this week to hand out free lacrosse sticks to indigenous youth.
The sticks were donated by Arrow Express Sports (AES) as a part of ‘Walk With Me’; a new initiative looking to connect dis-engaged First Nations youth with their sporting culture.
When I was a child, there was nothing as lovely as waking up at my grandparents cottage. Imagine a little log cabin, with a little dock nestled on the water’s edge between two clear lakes.
The beds were always warm and clean. More often than not I woke up to the call of loons out on the bay. There is nothing more gentle and calming than that.
Craft shows were held simultaneously at the Woodland Cultural Centre, Six Nations Community Hall, J.C.Hill School, Two Row Architect and the Social Services Gym. Haudenosaune artisans from as far away as Akwesasne had their best works on display; from handmade traditional corn husk dolls, to wallets completely made out of duct tape.
Times to his farm this weekend to discuss the corn shortage and what some have been calling the ‘Corn Crisis of 2013’.
“I’ve head people say our land isn’t fertile, that we can’t grow this stuff anymore.” says Hill. “There was a whole negativity that was brought to it. I thought, no that isn’t happening there is nothing wrong with our fields. Our fields can grow cow corn, they can grow wheat, beans, gardens are growing perfectly fine, there’s tobacco. I was on the board for the Indian Agricultural Program of Ontario, and there is more native farmers on this reserve than there ever has been.”
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