The Spirit of All Nations.
The Indigenous Education Coalition (IEC) held their 7th annual storytelling event at the Antler River Elementary school on the Chippewa of the Thames territory this past Wednesday. The event had youth from the Standing Stone elementary of the Oneida of the Thames, Antler River elementary of the Chippewa of the Thames, and Kettle and Stony Point Hillside Elementary Schools from grades four to eight competing for the prize of best storyteller.
The Woodland Cultural Centre announced Sunday evening that the former Mohawk Institute, the first residential school in Canada, will remain standing. The site will also receive a bronze cast National Commemorative Marker recognizing the dark legacy of Canada & Churches Indian Residential Schools.
SIX NATIONS – The Six Nations Health Foundation held their annual Elders Gala & Silent Auction over the weekend which seen a crowd of around 60-70 people. The funds raised will go towards the Dialysis Unit at the White Pine Complex.
Mississaugas of the New Credit – This past weekend, Anishinabe Kwe, Val King, held her second annual Honouring and Respecting Water Gathering at Lloyd S. King School on the New Credit Reserve.
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.
The students of Kawenna on:we Primary Mohawk Immersion were asked to open the Tribe Called Red concert held at Queen’s University in Kingston on March 19th. The students were very enthusiastic and with very little prompting they were able to recite an approximately fifteen minute Thanksgiving Opening Address entirely in Kanyen’kehà:ka (Mohawk).
Throughout the weekend the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be live streaming the National Event in Edmonton, AB. This is the seventh and final National Event, this year the focus is on Wisdom.
SIX NATIONS – A group of community members delivered a statement on Sunday morning telling the non-native leadership of Eagle’s Nest, a church on Tuscarora Road, that they are no longer welcome at Six Nations.
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.
AKWESASNE – Recent comments by Quebec provincial leaders regarding the possibility of Quebec leaving Canada have led to a First Nation backlash. Some Mohawk band councils wasted no time in putting their two cents in following the referendum speculation. The Quebec provincial election takes place on Monday, April 7, 2014.
Anna Faulds is Dene Suline from Lue’ Chok Tue’ (Cold Lake, AB) who grew up in and currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta. Anna appears on the APTN series Blackstone as Teresa the band council office manager. Anna is currently involved with the return of one of the most sacred items of the Cree and Blackfoot peoples – the Manitou Stone.
“This is Harriet Boots, and I’m looking for my son,” Stacey’s mother told the OPP detachment at Long Sault on the afternoon of March 22, just a couple hours after the Mohawk Akwesasne police had executed the warrant on behalf of the OPP.
Hamilton – Yesterday was the third day of testimony of Rainbow Hill, who was charged in the death of 2-year-old Marissa Whalen, whose remains were found on Third Line west of Chiefswood Road back in October 2011. Hill was convicted in her death back in August 2013 and sentenced to life in prison. Roseanne Whalen, mother of Marissa, is now on trial for second degree murder, criminal negligence causing death and accessory after the fact to murder, which she has plead not guilty to. The jury trial consists of 8 women and 4 men.
TYENDINAGA – At 1:15 PM, the skies were overcast but much warmer for the women of Tyendinaga as they stood their ground about 52 feet from the tracks at the Wyman Road location on the edge of Mohawk Territory.
On March 8, following a week of action demanding a national inquiry into the at least 825 missing and murdered indigenous women across Canada, warriors from Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory blocked the CN mainline.
