My name is Nowendawih and I am under the wing of the Onondaga Beaver Clan – a natural born Haudenosaune of the Grand River Territory…
Is it just me or was this winter absolutely gruelling? Six entire months of cloudy snow and gray skies are just too much for anyone…
I don’t get manliness. While I respect it in all of its forms there are things that confuse me. Case in point: the Garlow Hot…
For the first time in twenty years, this fall I went back to the school where I was bullied. As soon as I stepped into…
Something beautiful lit up in my spirit recently and I had an a-ha moment: I am certain that this is going to be a victorious…
In our area – two girls, both 11, were diagnosed with leukaemia in 2014. Makayla Sault was diagnosed in January 2014 with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia…
Like many other families on the rez, a lot of my relatives live on a family plot that has been with us for generations. Ours…
Breast cancer was never on my radar. It was never even a consideration. In fact out of everyone that was in my circle of friends…
Although I am born and raised a Six Nations rez girl, my matrilineal ancestry is not Haudenosaune but British. My parents settled onto Six Nations…
There are many people who abstain from federal politics on our territory. This position of abstinence is rooted in the atrocious act of the way…
I had a really great visit with a woman from my community earlier this month. She told me that she doesn’t do Christmas. “What?!” I…
It was a cold and peaceful morning. My alarm went off and gently beckoned me, ‘Rise and shine sweetheart! It’s 7am! Time to get up,…
This weekend as I was daydreaming and looking out my window the sunny skies suddenly began to change and a huge storm rolled in. Black…
One of my favorite visualizations of the Rez is how quiet it gets in the winter. Close your eyes for a minute and dream it.…
When I was in high school I became friends with this Iranian kid named Pej. He was first generation Canadian. His parents fled Iran because…