Onkwehon:we week in Review: March 30th 2016
Indigenous language immersion houses popping up across the country Onaman Collective, an arts based group, has been busy helping to rejuvenate Indigenous language through immersion…
Opinion
New adoption “law” is a farce
The amount of people disgusted by a recent decision to make adopting a non-Native child “an offence,” where a Mohawk couple would lose their rights,…
“It’s Only A Month Away”
In regards to what I will be facing in the upcoming month; I already submitted two letters of recommendation and an essay to the Miss…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review: March 23
Justice Murray Sinclair accepts appointment to Canadian Senate Appointed by the Liberal government on March 18, Justice Murray Sinclair accepted his “sacred” appointment to the…
Former Chief concerned with non-natives “Grants, etc., of reserved lands void”
Letter to the Editor, The behind the scenes relationships and joint ventures of the local business community recently came out of the shadows and should…
A case for sovereignty
Posthumously by Alma Greene SIX NATIONS ‑ It has been said by revisionists with obvious vested interest, that Six Nations or any of it’s member…
What Ontario Land Registry?
BRANTFORD – Not very many people living in Ontario are aware that there is no such thing as the Ontario land registry, which registers and…
Onkwehonwe Week in Review (March. 2 – March 9)
Chief confronted over medicine pouch by airport security The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority is facing controversy over two separate debacles regarding sacred items belonging…
Canadian youth declare visions for a reconciled Canada through art
By Susan Hickman When seven-year-old Laurick Corriveau explained the concept behind his simple drawing of a parent and child holding hands, Carleton PhD candidate Trina…
Ethnic Cleansing; But By Who and For Who? The Farce of Blood Quantum Requirements!
There is probably no greater threat of extinction to Native peoples than the measure of those people by the irrelevant, scientifically false and prejudicial use…
Skywoman: A Story Before Time
By Santee Smith A Story Before Time from kahawidance on Vimeo. A very long time ago there existed a wondrous place called Sky World. In…
Gettin‘er done
Allow me to welcome you into my crisis for a moment. Today has been one of those days. I have eaten the topping off two…
Etymology of the word bwoot
Among the Haudeonsaunee of Six Nations is a long standing debate over the word “bwoot”. Bwoot, for those of you who don’t know, is the…
Ontario being bought by off-shore investors
By Ella Haley After the Provincial Government created the Ontario Greenbelt in 2005, an unforeseen land-buying frenzy began just beyond its borders. Developers, land bankers…
Can anything Samuel Jarvis did be trusted?
BIOGRAPHY Former Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Samuel Peters Jarvis, who orchestrated the questionable ‘surrender’ of the Haldimand Tract, was removed from office on May 10, 1845.…