Signs of the times as told by elders
By Thohahoken 2012 — yikes! People fear the end of the world. It’s in our minds. Organized religions and governments teach fear of death. Repent…
Opinion
Is there a duty to consult on legislation? SCC may decide
By Julie Abouchar, Charles Birchall, John J.P. Donihee and Nicole Petersen / Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP This week the SCC received an application to hear an appeal of the Federal…
Signs of the times as told by the earth and stars
By Thohahoken The 2010 documentary by Zach Kunuk titled, Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change catalogues a changing earth that was described by Inuit Elders —…
Reacting to the “Sixties Scoop” case
By Doug George-Kanentiio On February 14 Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba made a historic ruling by holding Canada responsible for the pain and suffering…
Story time
By Gary Farmer It’s been a few months in between my time at Standing Rock and this evolving story. So much has changed since the…
Signs of Kakaratsikowa told by the Old Ones and women today
By Thohahoken Here’s what one Ohsweken woman said when talking about this week’s weather: “our mother (earth) is going to go through some major changes…
Long-Term Consequences
By Grace Li Xiu Woo This is the final chapter in an article written by that originally appeared in the electronic law journal Law, Social Justice…
Signs of coming changes to our world
By Thohahoken On Friday February 24, 2017, the temperature will be 19 C. “All my intuitions are saying this is not right,” one grandmother writes.…
Mu WÎyan Î’uch: Thunder Woman speaks: Trickster Trudeau
There is no singular event or time that provides easy answers for the ongoing trauma that the original people have felt, still feel and will…
The Canadian Invation of Haudenosaunee Territory
6. The Canadian Invasion of Haudenosaunee Territory Charles Stewart, the new Superintendent of Indian Affairs under the MacKenzie King administration, does not seem to have…
Home and Native Land
By Elizabeth Doxtater The media (even some native media) describe us as ‘Native Canadian’ or ‘Canadian First Nations’. We are neither. This Canadian adjective can…
True colours begin to shine through for Justin’s government
By Thohahoken Last week, Justin Trudeau’s government tried to stop Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Belobaba from issuing a ruling promised for February 15, 2017…
Boyden: an imposter under Native Law
According to the customs of the Mohawk Nation, the author Joseph Boyden is a fraud, an impostor, an imposition and an impediment. One who has…
Help the people, not the knock-offs
The first time I travelled to Santa Fe, New Mexico, my family's kind and openhearted Hopi friends told us to “not purchase Kachina dolls” when…
Let each nation be responsible for its own members
At the beginning of the Revolutionary War the Iroquois tried to remain neutral but it did not take them long to realize that neither the…