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…

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…

WANTED

Wanted: Selfless individuals who are steadfast, yet flexible; respectful of their history yet able to change with the times; tough but sensitive toward others; knowledgeable…

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.…

Year One

They say that time really flies when you’re having fun, or when you’re busy. When it comes to the first year of operation for the…

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…