Overcoming the stereotypes of Native American culture
Over the years there has been a plethora of cartoons and half-truths disseminated about Native Americans. They have been pictured as driving Cadillacs with oil…
Opinion
A sincere thank you to government leaders
Thank you, Government Leaders, for your refusal to treat Indigenous Women with respect and dignity. Don’t listen, don’t act and turn the other way. You…
Lest We Forget
Lest we forget. That is the resounding phrase that reminds us all of the horrors of war and of all those who lost their lives…
The greatest power
We call ourselves the people of the earth. While we are walking this earth, we look at power and what is real. We call it in…
McHale shows his colours again
Its sickening how quickly some individuals will hijack any public happening to jump on their bandwagon and pump up their egos. Last Wednesday, most of…
Meet Ian Mosby: the Man Who Exposed Canada’s Experiments on Aboriginals
Ian Mosby, a post-doctoral researcher in the history of science at the University of Guelph, was investigating Canada’s nutrition policies during the Second World War when he saw a paper by a federal scientist comparing Aboriginal children with white children. Scientific curiosity had Mosby wondering where this data had come from, but tracking it down did more than just sate his interest. Mosby’s digging led him to one of the biggest stories ever told of biomedical research in the North, a story of experiments on Aboriginals in the 1940s and 50s that ranks among the most unethical research projects in Canadian history.
‘Huron Honeys?!’: Hallowe’en flavoured racism in Canada against indigenous women
What was probably the most disturbing though was the costume offerings for women. Scantily clad white women in faux leather miniskirts and bouffant hairstyles beckoning you in to touch their exposed skin with titles like ‘Reservation Royalty’ and ‘Huron Honey’. Even worse was the costume entitled ‘Wild Frontier’, worn by an alluring white girl donning a come hither stare – cementing the ever-racist “dark and forbidden” sexual fantasy – that women of indigenous heritage are here for the consumption and satisfaction of everyone’s sexual appetites. Barf.
Thanksgiving Day is gone again and Christmas is upon us
My Beloved People, Thanksgiving Day is gone again and Christmas is upon us. I spoke to a Longhouse woman recently. She said, "Just like Christmas,…
Stephen Harper dismisses the need for a national inquiry
Dear Editor: I was disappointed to hear Stephen Harper dismiss once again the need for a national inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, stating…
The House We’re Building
This weekend I was a part of some extensive renovations at my father-in-law’s home. Sadly, there were no sledgehammers involved. But I did get to…
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…