Wishful Thinking and Political Reality on the Six Nations of the Grand River
There are two concepts present here in this Iroquois community along the Grand River that appear to confuse many people: the concept of Wishful Thinking…
Opinion
OPINION: Vegas shooting – not the worst in American history
LAS VEGAS — The horrific shooting in Las Vegas over the weekend has raised the eyebrows of police and security officers around the world. How…
OPINION: The Masked Bandit
The weather has been fluctuating as per usual during this time of year. Like an innocent soul waking up from a long nap, the temperature…
OPINION: My son Henry was brutally attacked at King George Public School in 2014.
My son Henry was brutally attacked at King George Public School in 2014. After switching schools the following year, he never saw the students who…
OPINION: Please speak up! Help improve the Canadian Environmental Protection Act
I am Cayuga nation, wolf clan, a band member and resident of Six Nations. As a new employee at the David Suzuki Foundation, I work…
Opinion: Green cracks
Blink your eyes if you are perfect. Did you blink? If you did, you probably think your bwoot don’t stink, either. But for some of…
Thunder Woman Speaks: Current Indigenous Battles are to Protect Both Sides Battling
The original people of this land moved or settled in particular areas with specific reasons. Some nations moved, some stayed closer to settled lifestyles. The…
LETTER TO EDITOR: Two Legs One Heart
My name is Colleen Davis and I am a member of the Mohawk Nation, Bear Clan and I am a proud, yet concerned, member of…
MMIW on the big screen in Wind River
The movie Wind River portrays a real Indigenous world. This world of drugs and alcohol is placed in the same country portrayed in the movie…
Opinion: Be honest, but not too honest
Some people tell me that I'm too honest. What exactly does that mean? I've never understood the term "too honest". Aside from deliberately hurting the…
Haldimand Proclamation trustees say Mohawks not represented
Current situations involving protests, misunderstandings and maybe a little self-seeking over the return of the Burtch Lands as promised by Honourable David Peterson in 2006, has created…
1864, the Sand Creek massacre investigation
Colorado, November 29, 1864: Washington, December 20, 1864 — "The affair at Fort Lyon, Colorado, in which Colonel Chivington destroyed a large Indian village, and all its…
Rabies, raccoons and cougars
Yes, folks all three of the above are alive and well and living in your backyard and in the nearby forests and fields here on…
Erasing John A. from the landscape
BRANTFORD – I took my grandchildren and children to the Mohawk residential school laneway leading to the Woodland Centre that is lined with a photography…
Reconciliation is an unattainable myth
Canada’s federal government has made many pre-election promises and continues to make promises to resolve the chasm between mainstream life in Canada versus life for…