Letters

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…

Dear Editors, Workers at Brant Family and Children’s Services (FACS) are deeply saddened and dismayed as our agency shuts down on August 1, for a…

In light of the recent article regarding the residency by-law, I wanted to make a few points and raise some serious concerns.

I had a dream and I was asked a question. If I could not speak to another woman, what would it sound like?

Let’s get one thing straight: In speaking only for myself and not the full Council I don’t mind people expressing their opinions or raising their concerns in a peaceful, respectful way but when people start demanding or threatening that’s different.

I would like to address some of the information in the letter “Foreign Agents on Six Nations Territory” that was published in the Two Row Times.

As a non-Native resident of Brantford, and first generation Canadian of Hungarian heritage who understands the importance of keeping one’s heritage and language, I was pleased to hear that Brian Maracle is continuing his Kanien’keha’:ka language classes. I was first introduced to Brian and his book “Back on the Rez” (1996), and all of the interesting stories he had to tell about coming back to Six Nations to live.

I was taught that the meaning of the word “Onkwehon:we” is literally “the shell that holds the spirit.” Our ancestors were wise and knew that a good spirit could be found in a body that had no lineage outside of the Rotinonhsón:ni confederacy. This is why we always had the adoption process through ceremony and in accordance with the Great Law of Peace/Kaianerekó:wa. Even before European contact; as we know the Confederacy has adopted the Tuscarora Nation.

This year marks the 26th annual Six Nations Community Awareness Week. This year’s event is scheduled for May 14th to May 27th, 2014.

Kind of an essay, but worth the read I think… As John’s funding campaign is coming to a close for this quarter, I was musing over the fact how fortunate the native community is to have someone so dedicated to their issues. I wish I could stick his spirit in a Xerox machine so I could have a copy to utilize for other issues!

For most Native communities today, tobacco is what makes the economy go around. Over the last 30 years the tobacco trade has become the largest employer among Native people in our communities. The proposed Bill C-10 would destroy the economic foundation of our sovereign rights as Native people.