Thanksgiving Day is gone again and Christmas is upon us

My Beloved People, Thanksgiving Day is gone again and Christmas is upon us. I spoke to a Longhouse woman recently. She said, “Just like Christmas,…

Stephen Harper dismisses the need for a national inquiry

Dear Editor: I was disappointed to hear Stephen Harper dismiss once again the need for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, stating…

Hunting Season at Six Nations

It’s hunting season on Six Nations. Time for us good Onkwehon:we men to get out our spotlights, 4x4s, quads and blood hounds! Creep around the…

David Suzuki visits Six Nations on Blue Dot tour

The Confederacy Council meeting scheduled for Saturday, October 4 was cancelled due to a death, but a small crowd that included Confederacy Chiefs, Clanmothers and…

Walking With Our Sisters opened in Edmonton on October 2, 2013

It’s been one year since Walking With Our Sisters opened in Edmonton on October 2, 2013. Hard to believe it’s been only one, actually. When…

Colonialist attitudes regarding Tina Fontaine

Dear Editors, I would like to direct this letter to the many individuals in the mainstream who think that it is valid and appropriate to…

To everything there is a season

In June of 1990 I embarked on the world of work with my diploma in hand and four rambunctious kids at home. Little did I…

Cancer support group thanks donors

Dear Editors, The Miles To Go Cancer Support Group would like to thank all the people that donated food, money, prizes and/or time and to…

Some thoughts about the Cayuga Nation

Dear editors, I am writing my personal thoughts from the Cayuga Nation, in upstate New York. I was introduced to the homelands September 2007 at…

Breaking the impasse

The People of the Six Nations will know that self-determination happens before self-government. Here’s how I see some changes that should happen to break the…

TEIEHKWA’S JOURNEY

Dear editors, I would like to keep everyone informed of the health care plan developed for, and with, Teiehkwa. The following are reasons for my…

Adoptees on the healing path

Thunderbird clan For Two Row Times Taking the Indian out of the Indian. Such is the kind of thing that the Children’s Aid Society did…

Recent article on the Mohawk Chapel.

Dear Editors, Thank you for the recent article on the Mohawk Chapel. You described some of the challenges we face in maintaining an edifice that…

Learning while playing together

This week I had the pleasure of helping plan a menu and facilitating an interactive workshop for the Tsya:ta nihati tehotinonnyahkwenh (Star Dancers) Summer Camp.…

Peoples Social Forum next week

Dear editors, For those Haudenosaunee that can attend the Peoples Social Forum next week from Aug 21-24 in Ottawa, we have a limited amount of…