Allegiant to Law of the Land

In becoming a naturalized Canadian citizen you must recite the oath of citizenship, which some view as offensive to their values. In an attempt to…

Op-Ed: The Death Knock – ethics in reporting

The more that numbers are used to represent people, the less human those numbers become. That is fact. The media, especially non-indigenous media, has created…

An example of selective hearing

The Handmaid’s Tale was originally a novel written by Margaret Atwood which tells the story of a handmaid living in the theocratic and totalitarian state…

It’s not as easy as it looks

Imagine that your name has been called to a stage. You are competing against other competitors to be selected as the new face for an…

Indian Residential Schools: why and how they came to be

By Doug Whitlow In the years following the so-called “discovery of America” by Christopher Columbus in 1492; one thing became very clear to the various…

Opinion: Who Decides Who is Mohawk?

One of the basic rights of any people is to decided who, and who is not, a member. This determination is done among families, religious…

Familiar stories in unfamiliar lands

By Lyle Hill Lacrosse has always been more than just a game for the Iroquois people, it is medicine. It begins with the little ones…

Opinion: Stanley acquittal demonstrates systemic injustice for brown people facing Canada’s courts

Gerald Stanley, a Saskatchewan farmer held that gun that killed Colten Boushie. This is a perspective on what happened the day Colten Boushie died. Colten…

Staying silent while the Oppressor Speaks

Indigenous people have the true voices in this land. It is voices and languages that flow, like a mountain stream, gurgling like infants. It is…

Representation, and taxation without proper representation

If I do not have a right to tax my neighbor, how can I assign that right to the government to tax my neighbor? Magic!?…

Decolonizing our lives with Conscious Intention

By Mike Myers I recently had a conversation with my brother about a workshop he attended focused on “Conscious Discipline” which is described as: “Conscious…

Disambiguation

English common law is the system of law based on the decision of courts of England without authority of written law but rather on customary…

Cars and weather

By Gary Farmer Traffic deaths surged last year as drivers racked up more miles behind the wheel than ever before, a result of an improved…

Aren’t There Two Teams Out There?

The definition of racism within the Merriam-Webster Dictionary is: “poor treatment of or violence against people because of their race.” Now that’s a bit of…

On reconciliation time: why is Six Nations identity divided by corporations?

By Gary Farmer For years I thought, why do we have two postals codes — well, more like 5 postal codes — and two area…