Northern Fun: Pikangikum

PIKANGIKUM – As we travelled from community to community we were warned about staying overnight in Pikangikum. We were told how rough it was, how…

Sandy Lake, Deer Lake, Pikangikum, Cat Lake

NORTHERN ONTARIO – Last week, I had the pleasure, honour, privilege, and opportunity to travel with the Dreamcatcher Foundation to four fly-in communities in Northern…

Northern Fun: Sandy Lake

SANDY LAKE, ON – We arrived in Sandy Lake on Monday afternoon. Our tiny little plane landed on the dirt runway and on one hand…

RE: Fake Mohawk and Other Such Silliness

I wanted to take a few moments to respond to last week’s TRT article written by Jim Windle on the loss and change of the…

Letter to the Editor Re: Mohawk Language

Languages begin to die when they are no longer passed on from parent to child. That started happening to the Mohawk language here a long…

Love, Respect and Defiance: Ashes to Ashes

By: Bubzy Martin Sago, Ashes to ashes, let us give thanks for the faces in the earth that have yet to be born. Tread lightly,…

Onkwehonwe Week in Review – Week of September 16

By Danielle Boissoneau Conservative Director ousted from board after racist comments Sue MacDonnell, former police sergeant with the Toronto Police Services, was on the Board…

An Open Letter on the 20th Anniversary of the Shooting Death of Dudley George

On September 6 it will be 20 years since Anthony “Dudley” George, an unarmed First Nation man, was shot by the Ontario Provincial Police and…

HDI Meeting Concerns

Hazel Hill is currently acting as: Chief Executive Officer of “the corporation”, the Executive Director of HDI, she also sits on the board of HDI,…

Skywoman

Sago Akwatsire, The Onkwehonwe community in London are on the march protesting the missing and murdered brothers and sisters. There were Iroquois ceremonial songs in…

Re: Position of Owatsa?t tha Family

Letter to HDI dated August 27, 2015 Re: Position of Owatsa?t tha Family You are in receipt of this letter, due to the alarming facts…

Partnerships with First Nations would supercharge the economy

By Isadore Day, Wiindawtegowinini It’s official. Canada is in a recession. The cold hard truth is First Nations have been in economic depression since Canada…

Gustafsen Lake inside out — how the RCMP really works Part #2

By Doug Whitlow – reprinted with the permission of “The Other Press”, Douglas College. BC. Gustafsen Lake trial, 1997-98 The jury heard more evidence of…

Love, respect and Defiance: Power is Sacred

Many times we get into rough waters as the Haudenosaunee family. Sometimes with each other we quarrel. When we do this we’re playing into a…

Tewasarake – Just Skenna

Sago sago, There has been a recurring theme that comes up over and over which drives good people away from adding to the rafters of…