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…
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…
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…
Last week Six Nations Elected Council made a choice – after being presented with an official complaint – to send a letter ordering a young…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
When people find out that I am a cancer survivor they typically reply with shock and disbelief.
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…
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,…
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…
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…