In 2011 a member of the redeveloped Mohawk Anti-tax Steering Committee at Ahkwesahsne, asked that I join, which I accepted and was voted in. It…
Last week I wrote about decolonization, specifically asking the question “How?” We got a lot of good responses to that and this week I’d like…
During the past week I have had more conversations about "decolonization" than I have had in my whole life. As I mentioned in one of…
Anishnabe singer Nikki Shawana is stirring hearts online after video circulated this weekend of her first place performance in the Ann Arbour Pow Wow hand…
Over the years there have been many revisions to the look and feel of our ‘new’ old house. It was built in the 1850’s, and…
To some it may seem that barricades, blockades and Indians covered in camouflage and bandanas gets us nowhere. Although, nothing gets the attention of Canada…
Three years ago a couple of "Let's Talk Native..." regulars and I made the trip to Albany to try to get some straight answers to…
Congratulations on the birth of your new baby and welcome to the corporation of Canada! Soon the corporation will be handing out all the identification…
I think we can all agree that words carry incredible power and their meanings are often times not held in what is being said verbally,…
I cannot get behind the “local news” treatise condemning wind energy in the March 19th news piece entitled: “What you’re not being told about wind…
One of the biggest challenges for any people is broad participation in the issues that affect everyone. And when you stop and think about it,…
If you want to go for a walk on the rez you don’t get sidewalks and stoplights, just ditches and culverts. So when my daughter…
It’s funny that an eagle comes onto Indian reserve and right away a white man screams “that’s my eagle.” If it was his eagle, I’m…
Recently, the West Hill United Church got an answer from the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development to its Petition (see Two Row Times,…
"The most consistent theme in the descriptions penned about the New World was amazement at the Indians’ personal liberty, in particular their freedom from rulers…