The Maple: Chief of all Trees
When the Creator-Sonkweiiateson in Mohawk-planted the trees of the world a decision was made to make Wahta-the Maple-the chief of all trees. Not only did…
Opinion
Today I killed a sapling
Who can deny how powerful Spring is? It’s the act of coming alive in a single pirouette of breath and energy. The beginning is the…
Nature Connections
Many years ago, every morning, my grandfather would walk the grounds of our family property on Six Nations. Papa was the caretaker of the land…
The Original People will Never Stop Fighting for the Land
Since the coming of the settler colonizers, the original people have been at odds trying to express their relationship to the land. For the colonizer,…
Stephen Hawking passes away at 76, leaves behind an enigma
Physics — one of the most existential-crisis-creating fields was where the mind of Stephen Hawking explored comfortably as he pursued the answer to “who created…
Do settled land claims count as reconciliation?
One of Ontario’s First Nations has finally settled an outstanding land claim. As part of the settlement Mitaanjigamiing will have 1656 hectares added to their…
Comparative Population of Albany
From: New York Colonial Manuscripts The 9-years-War, or the French and Indian War involved the American colonies, which were still British at the time. Comparative Population of Albany…
The Good Fight
Lots of weather we’ve been having lately! I know you might be thinking, “Another weather article?” It's definitely how I feel like I've been writing…
Coming Together
Tiffany Thomas – Recent events on Cayuga Road have led the community into a state of confusion; finger pointing and blaming. Aside from all of…
Heads under water
By Quin Staats – I guess it would be a little predictable for me to write about the recent flooding, but true to my own…
Marginalization of Indigenous in the Canadian Justice system
Tina Fontaine, Helen Betty Osborne, Cindy Gladue—all names of First Nation women that have been killed in their own land. These women were killed because…
Indigenous Injustices
By Doug Whitlow BA – The Canadian Government and visa-vie, the non-native Canadian public have a legal system which is inherently unjust towards indigenous people.…
White Blanket
By Quin Staats – If there was one piece of advice that I had to share; ‘words to live by’ that, in my opinion, are…
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…