Editorial: The Alcohol Debate. What about the 1922 raid?
On-reserve or off-reserve Alcohol will always bring about great debate. It is usually the act of weighing against each other the fervent testimony of an…
Editorial
Closing the books on MCH Saga
A chapter has been brought to a close in the ongoing saga involving McMaster Children’s Hospital’s attempts to force two Six Nations children to undertake…
Editorial – Signed with an X
The Haudenosaunee people have an oral history that is credible, reliable and consistent. This method of transmitting information has come under scrutiny by the Canadian…
The crime of acting sovereign
The passing of the anti-native tobacco Bill C-10 through the Senate last week was an ominous sign. Once again the Harper government is plowing ahead…
Mainstream politicians beginning to understand
It could still be all political hand-grenade tossing, but on the surface anyhow, it would appear that Canadian mainstream politicians are starting to get it.…
Zombie Walks and Ghostdances
Six Nations is organizing a Zombie Walk fundraiser on October 4th to help Jada’s family pay for medical costs as they battle leukemia and as…
A new partnership?
This week’s launch of the organization Canadians For a New Partnership (CFNP) – a high profile group bringing together Canadian politicians, business people, and Indigenous…
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
For 200 years in ancient rome, Christianity was a rogue religion, punishable by death. Early followers of Christ spent so much time dying for their…
One over par
A few weeks ago the Two Row Times participated in the 18th Annual Grand River Employment and Training Golf Tournament and it was a blast. Our team finished one over par after 18 holes of best ball play at the beautiful Greens at Renton.
Ambidextrous Politics
As a human I am ambidextrious, I write with my left and throw a ball with my right. When it comes to politics I am…
Complicity
Canadians are used to governments or powerful institutions acting on their behalf, since that is how these institutions were designed to operate.
HAMBURGERS NO MORE
Last week in the land of Facebook the question was asked, "What does decolonization mean to you?". Amidst the variety of comical and thought-provoking answers…
Tools in the tool box
Social media was abuzz last week when the Supreme Court of Canada announced its unanimous ruling to extend “aboriginal title” to all ancestral lands of indigenous peoples that did not make treaties with the state. As soon as the ruling was announced, many rushed to post the news to social media websites. As has been noted by many, this was a monumental ruling.