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Six Nations – Over a hundred people attended the Circle of Courage Conference, which was hosted by Six Nations Band Council and featured lectures by Lakota man, Dr. Martin Brokenleg. Brokenleg is the co-founder of the Circle of Courage and holds a doctorate in psychology and is also a graduate of the Episcopal Divinity School. He is an Emeritus Professor and was most recently Director of Native Ministries and Professor of Native American Theology and Ministries at the Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, British Columbia.

NDP leader Thomas Mulclair was in Brantford Tuesday night as a guest of Marc Laferrier, the local candidate of record, for a talk and Q&A with about 160 party faithful and others curious about the NDP platform.

Owner and founder of G&M Sportswear, Marilyn Frank (nee VanEvery) first opened her doors in October of 1995. Located at 583 Mohawk Road, between First and Second Line, G&M Sportswear has anything you need: from work wear, work boots, to team shirts, team shorts and embroidery and digitizing items. Digitizing items include various logos, which can be put on such products as memory sticks.

TORONTO – Tensions were high last week as members of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River (MNGR), formerly known as the Mohawk Workers, were at the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto asserting their sovereignty to not only the federal court but the federal government as well.

Six Nations – The trial has finally begun for the third person charged in the murder of 2 year old Marissa Whalen, whose remains were found on Six Nations territory on October 16, 2011. Her remains were positively identified in January of 2012. Investigators determined however, that she hadn’t been seen since the previous July.

SIX NATIONS – Six Nations Economic Development (SNED) was before Band Council once again last week to give an update on the two wind turbine projects that Six Nations Elected Council is planning to sign agreements with.

SIX NATIONS – The Haudenosaunee Development Institute delivered its March 1st report to the Confederacy Chiefs and Clan Mothers this past Saturday at the Onondaga Longhouse, at Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. There were several items to report, beginning with an update on the Samsung wind energy project.

SIX NATIONS – Four representatives from the Turtle Island Trade and Commerce (TITAC) organization at Six Nations, requested a position paper from the Chiefs Council on taxation of Haudenosaunee people and their economy through Bill C-10 and other legislation.