The Meeting of a Nation

Earlier this year I wrote a story asking the question, ‘how does one decolonize’? Well just a few weeks ago the Oneida Nation did something…

An attitude of gratitude

This morning I woke up in one of those beautifully peaceful moments that the Creator orchestrates to demonstrate His Love for us. The sounds of…

Multi-Cultural Food for Thought: An Ode to Canada Day.

My “Canadian Friends” were taught to value their Canadian culture and to de-value the things “Six Nay Me” values! On the flip side I was…

Innocent until proven non-status

Last week Six Nations Elected Council made a choice – after being presented with an official complaint – to send a letter ordering a young…

The best strawberries I ever had…

As I listened to the water pouring into the bath, a million emotions began pouring out of me as well. I expected that the first…

The time I cried like a baby…

About a year ago I was filling up my truck with gas in Ohsweken. When I went inside the store to pay, there sitting on…

Mainstream Media racist attack on Makayla Sault case just to sell newspapers

We in the indigenous world are so familiar with mainstream media ‘Spam’-flavoured framing on stories dealing with indigenous matters, that for the most part we…

Correction and Strong Medicine

I can’t speak for what went on Down Below, but on the Upper End of Six Nay during the Eighties it was quite traditional for…

Do not be afraid

As I sit, peacefully reflecting on the last week, I am enjoying the most perfect bowl of cornsoup. My children are resting peacefully in the…

Obligatory eating

Fewer things are more distinctly Six Nations than Bread and Cheese Day. For those of you who don’t have a clue what I am talking…

My Story

When people find out that I am a cancer survivor they typically reply with shock and disbelief.

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…

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,…

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…

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…