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Opinion

May 6, 2014May 6, 2014

Our Indian Tobacco

MNN. May 6, 2014. We own Indian tobacco! “Organized Crime” is the courts, police and all of the corporations masquerading as sovereigns in our territory. They are cracking down on a business essential to our economy in this matrix they have created. This attack is a declaration of war! They are attacking our only economy to feed our children. They are ripping off the Canadian public to continue the monopoly of corporate “big tobacco” who charge $10 a pack. We only charge $5. So they attack us and call us criminals. The main object is “get rid of the f—king Mohawks!” The bankers have been trying to do this since 1609 when they sent over their agent Champlain.

Scone Dogs & Seed Beads

April 30, 2014May 3, 2014

Nahnda Garlow

Initiating the white man

It’s an exciting time for rez families when a non-native person is seeking initiation. It is the proverbial turned table of colonization, and it typically begins a very long process of humiliation for the non-native person. How you ask? We tease them. And then we re-tell the story of their humiliation over and over like a war story to all our other Ongwehowe friends and relatives and then they all laugh too. Non-native friends take note: in most cases if you’ve made it this far…you’re in.

Lets Talk Native

April 29, 2014March 9, 2016

John Kane

No Honor Among Chiefs or Thieves

I have to begin my column this week by stating up front that I am Haudenosaunee. I support traditional governance based on the Kaianerehkowa and a culture grounded with the Ohenton Karihwatehkwen (Words Before All Else) and the Tiohateh (the Two Row Wampum). I must emphasize that it is traditional governance I support rather than “traditional government.”

Scone Dogs & Seed Beads

April 23, 2014April 24, 2014

Nahnda Garlow

What’s in a name?

It’s a really taboo subject to discuss out loud. If babies are born to Haudenosaune mothers with white men, they are sometimes granted a nation, a clan, and a name through ceremony. Less likely if the child is born from a white mother and a Haudenosaune man. Similarly, what about “full blooded” Haudenosaune who lost their lineage because of colonization, or children from Ojibwe mothers and Haudenosaune fathers?

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Opinion

April 23, 2014April 25, 2014

Letter to the Editor

Stop Harper’s War on Indigenous Communities: Say NO to Bill C-10

The latest in a series of recent attacks on Indigenous peoples’ rights and sovereignty in Canada is being prepared right now by the Federal Conservative government. Bill C-10 – formally called the Tackling Contraband Tobacco Act – will criminalize the Native tobacco trade and destroy one of the few remaining economic infrastructures in indigenous communities that allows many people to remain in their ancestral territories and communities.

Letters

April 23, 2014April 23, 2014

Letter to the Editor

Brantford Injunction story

This letter is in regards to the story “Brantford injunction settlement may have sparked libel suit” in a local newspaper April 16, 2014. The story goes on to say that a libel suit may be pending against the Two Row Times, its owners and writer Jim Windle. This possible libel suit falls on the heels of Jim Windle’s story in the Two Row Times (April 9, 2014) “Brantford accepts $125,000 injunction deal.”

Lets Talk Native

April 23, 2014April 24, 2014

John Kane

It’s not Just the Pipe… It’s What’s in It

As this column hits the press, thousands are gathering in Washington, DC to take a stand against the Keystone XL Pipeline. During a week that a decision was expected out of the Obama Administration on this issue, the Reject and Protect call to action will set up camp near the White House and tell the President to reject the pipeline. As it turns out, an announcement just came from the White House that the Administration has decided to kick the can on this decision for what seems like the tenth time.

Letters

April 17, 2014April 17, 2014

Letter to the Editor

Mohawk Anti-tax steering committee at Ahkwesahsne

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 was presumed I could offer methods other than doing same thing over and over again expecting different results. The intent of some of the committee was to use the so-called “Longhouse Way” against US and NYS tax. Funding was to be acquired through the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council Inc’s (DC initial file # 822713, NYDOS ID # 1539007) Restricted Tax Legislation Revenue account, which, had over $1.2 million. The Committee and I met with the last Administration of Tribal Council in 2012 in regards to transfer of funds.

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Scone Dogs & Seed Beads

April 16, 2014April 16, 2014

Nahnda Garlow

Let’s Grow a Garden Together

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 to share a letter sent in by a self-described “white girl” about her thoughts on Decolonization. I loved it. I’m sure you will too.

Lets Talk Native

April 15, 2014April 23, 2014

John Kane

Who You Calling Formerly Colonized?

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 my Facebook conversations, I am not entirely comfortable with the expression.

Scone Dogs & Seed Beads

April 9, 2014April 9, 2014

Nahnda Garlow

Got decolonization?

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 not surprisingly the backyard has been a little neglected. After the spring melt I went out to do some cleaning, spending the better part of the afternoon raking the leaves and twigs.

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Opinion

April 9, 2014April 9, 2014

Erica Jamieson

Finding your home through a barricade

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 and its’ residents quicker than a good ole Mohawk barricade. If that is the intent, which it seems to be, then kudos to those who are willing to participate. However, the attention is not the only good that comes out these blockades.

Lets Talk Native

April 8, 2014

John Kane

The Unwritten Rules of the Cuomo Cabal

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 a couple of simple questions. Matt Hill, Paul Delaronde and I met with New York State Senator George Maziarz, Republican from the 62nd Senate District of New York, to see if a State Senator could get an answer to a question that the State’s tax department refused to give us. We sat with the Senator and first queried him on his position on Native-to-Native trade and the State’s authority over our commerce and our manufactured goods.

Scone Dogs & Seed Beads

April 6, 2014April 6, 2014

Nahnda Garlow

Indigenous Identity in the Corporation of Canada

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 labels for your new baby to help them ease into the corporation as smoothly as possible. This is something that might be hard for parents of newborns living within the geographical borders of the corporation of Canada to understand, so we’ve come up with this little cheat sheet to help you out!

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