Impacts of Tsilhqot’in Part II: Federal and Provincial Laws on Aboriginal Title Land

In Part II of our seven-part series on Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, we ask and answer the following important question: can the Canadian government…

Hunting Season at Six Nations

It’s hunting season on Six Nations. Time for us good Onkwehon:we men to get out our spotlights, 4x4s, quads and blood hounds! Creep around the…

Opposing worldviews

In Michael Delisle Jr.’s email response to the article in the National Post’s column of the September 22nd edition entitled “The one place in Canada…

I write because I’m free

One of my favorite singers of all time is Mahalia Jackson. For those of you who have never heard her do yourself a favor, hop…

David Suzuki visits Six Nations on Blue Dot tour

The Confederacy Council meeting scheduled for Saturday, October 4 was cancelled due to a death, but a small crowd that included Confederacy Chiefs, Clanmothers and…

Walking With Our Sisters opened in Edmonton on October 2, 2013

It’s been one year since Walking With Our Sisters opened in Edmonton on October 2, 2013. Hard to believe it’s been only one, actually. When…

Colonialist attitudes regarding Tina Fontaine

Dear Editors, I would like to direct this letter to the many individuals in the mainstream who think that it is valid and appropriate to…

For the love of Zombies

Last weekend I witnessed something amazing – a community fundraiser for a little girl battling leukemia. It started as a random Facebook status from a…

To everything there is a season

In June of 1990 I embarked on the world of work with my diploma in hand and four rambunctious kids at home. Little did I…

Don’t be strong – just endure

When facing a mastectomy, doctors typically give patients two options: undergo breast reconstruction, or live without breasts at all. The choice is very personal. Every…

What if?

One day not too long ago I grabbed my kids from school early to get a yummy treat and sit outside in the fall sunshine.…

Cancer support group thanks donors

Dear Editors, The Miles To Go Cancer Support Group would like to thank all the people that donated food, money, prizes and/or time and to…

“Brothers we will not pick a side” – my thoughts on war and history

I’m not one to just totally believe everything that I read especially when it comes to Haudenosaunee history. Especially on the internets. (And yes I…

Some thoughts about the Cayuga Nation

Dear editors, I am writing my personal thoughts from the Cayuga Nation, in upstate New York. I was introduced to the homelands September 2007 at…

Breaking the impasse

The People of the Six Nations will know that self-determination happens before self-government. Here’s how I see some changes that should happen to break the…