Fear and rhetoric kick off elections at Six Nations

As we head into 2019, we head into an election year — and unfortunately Six Nations is not immune to the onslaught of dirty politics.…

Let 2019 be the year of unity and inclusion for Six Nations

The people of Six Nations are diverse. I like to think of this as the “such others” written about in the “Mohawks and such others”…

Fact or fiction: is depression really worse during the holidays?

It has become an adage that there are more suicides during the Christmas holidays than any other time of year. However according to Psychology Today…

Anyone can be a victim, but there is a preference

The facts about human trafficking are cut and dry and it is easy to recognize that there are numbers that go unaccounted for. Most people…

We Salute You

Eight out of 10 entrepreneurs who start businesses fail within the first 18 months, according to Bloomberg. That means a whopping 80% of businesses crash…

Resilient indigenous in an age of reconciliation

This week the government in Saskatchewan did something profound and important — making the choice to change a derogatory name of lakes in the province…

A spoonful of sugar

November is Diabetes Awareness Month and November 14 is World Diabetes Day. Diabetes is a chronic condition associated with abnormally high levels of sugar (glucose)…

Treaties Recognition Week – The beginning of new relationships

This week the province of Ontario marks Treaties Recognition Week. This is a time where the province’s official social media accounts raise awareness about the…

Telling the truth could cost ya

American cable tv news is incredibly polarized in 2018. Evidence of that polarization was dramatically present this last week after pipe bombs were mailed to…

Cannabis is legal again?

Canadians are calling it legalization but after reading over the many new laws coming into effect today it appears that Canada is still criminalizing cannabis…

Community Plan shows us how to use a good mind

A wise Haudenosaunee elder explained to me once what the traditional concept of using “the good mind” is. He said it very plain and simple:…

Don’t let Orange Shirts cover up the truth of residential school

Recently a Kahonwe that I know shared a story online. Said scone brought their child to school off the Rez and was talking to their…

The new wave of colonization

Colonization may have started with blankets and guns but it is still an on-going effort by modern day colonizers such as Ford to strip Indigenous…

It isn’t 1940

If the term “settler” makes you uncomfortable, being referred to as “the natives” is likewise. During production day I am seated at the back of…

Asbestos

I mostly went to #8 School growing up in the 1980s on Six Nations but one year my parents sent me to the portables at…