The story of J.J. - her healing journey
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- April 29, 2015
The story of J.J. – her healing journey
Bring up the name J.J. to most Canadians and you’d likely see adults with furrowed brows and looks of deep...
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In defense of myself and the land
My name is Nowendawih and I am under the wing of the Onondaga Beaver Clan - a natural born Haudenosaune...
How to celebrate spring in your Indian Car
Is it just me or was this winter absolutely gruelling? Six entire months of cloudy snow and gray skies are...
Scone Dogs & Seed Beads: The Hot Wing Hurl
I don’t get manliness. While I respect it in all of its forms there are things that confuse me. Case...
You CAN overcome bullying – with “the love among us”
For the first time in twenty years, this fall I went back to the school where I was bullied. As...
Spring will bring victory for Six Nations
Something beautiful lit up in my spirit recently and I had an a-ha moment: I am certain that this is...
Makayla Sault and how the media failed Canadians
In our area - two girls, both 11, were diagnosed with leukaemia in 2014. Makayla Sault was diagnosed in January...
Scone Dogs & Seed Beads: Pond Skating at Night ‘Down the Bush’
Like many other families on the rez, a lot of my relatives live on a family plot that has been...
My ‘Why’ – Curveball and the June Bugs
Breast cancer was never on my radar. It was never even a consideration. In fact out of everyone that was...
What if Six Nations never existed?
Although I am born and raised a Six Nations rez girl, my matrilineal ancestry is not Haudenosaune but British. My...
To vote or not to vote: that is the question
There are many people who abstain from federal politics on our territory. This position of abstinence is rooted in the...
New perspectives on old traditions
I had a really great visit with a woman from my community earlier this month. She told me that she...
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