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…

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…

The Power of Words and the Perpetuation of Stereotypes

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,…

What you don’t know about the Two Row Times didn’t tell you about wind turbines

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…

Stirring the Ashes

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,…

Don’t Ever Point. Ever.

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…

Free the eagles

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…

Good News or a Set-up for Failure?

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,…

Embrace Our Sovereignty or Continue the Genocide?

"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…

Republican-Democrats, Liberal-Conservatives…What’s the Difference?

Although I cannot embrace the rape of the planet and obscene support for the rich lords of capitalism that seems bound to Republican DNA, there…

The most sacred of all Hawai’i is facing a genocidal threat

At the Anishnabek Educational Institute on Muncey Delaware Territory I met up with a Hawiian woman named Waimakalani Iona. She described a scenario all too…

Another day to live excellently

Two years ago my husband and our kids moved in with family. In one of those moments that can only be described as “divine intervention”…

First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act Good News or a Set-up for Failure?

January 27, 2014, West Hill United got an answer from the Ministry of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development to its Petition (see Two Row Times,…

Calm before the storm

All was quiet around Tyendinaga Sunday morning. Getting off at the Shannonville Road exit, I expected to see warriors on the roads and a heavy…

A major pain in the rear

This week the entire staff of the Two Row Times was nominated in the “Winter Challenge 2014”. For those of you who don’t know this…