The Birketts Lane project: Indigenous Society is alive and doing well

TSI KANATAHERE – Saturday’s (Nov. 23) marathon meeting to discuss the real estate development project at Birketts Lane and Erie Avenue had all the ingredients…

Pearls of Wisdom from my Mother-in-law

After weeks of life taking over my schedule I finally found some time to clean. Together the kids and I determined to sort through old…

Our “Special Month” — Almost in the Bag

So as we head into the final week of National Native American Heritage Month as proclaimed by the 44th Rahnatakaias, or as I call it,…

Morning Coffee Thought: Warriors, Sobriety and all that stuff

Until my involvement with ACTION and Oshkimaadziig Unity Camp, I have never been to a blockade or to a land reclamation. Does being at a…

Two Row Times on Talking Radical Radio

[soundcloud id='121047930' color='#e0a8e6'] On this week's episode of Talking Radical Radio, publisher Jonathan Garlow talks about a new newspaper and website inspired by a new…

Land ownership and the Brantford injunction

I am one of the litigants named in the Injunction at Brantford, Ontario. I have just learned that the appeal launched by the Haudenosaunee Development…

Farewell to Jake

The greatest leader of the Onyota’aka died last week. There, I said it — the greatest leader. And let there be no mistake, because in…

Grave robbing universities should return our ancestors

Did you know that many colleges and universities continue to not only have ancestral human remains and burial goods in their collections but also refuse…

Canada’s Problems with the Law

Rob Ford, now universally referred to as “the crack-smoking mayor of Toronto,” continues to astonish us – not just because he can't open his mouth…

Who defines the seventh generation?

When I was growing up, whenever my mom referred to a mixed breed of anything she would call them a Heinz 57. Usually this was…

The Two Row Wampum and the Rules of Law

An agreement between the Mohawk Workers and Guswenta Holdings Incorporated (a Canadian Holdings Company) has the Kanienke:haka and the Haudenosaunee community-at-large conflicted with the recent…

Rob Ford: Liability in Chief

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has had a pretty rough two weeks. First came the revelation that a long-rumoured video in which he smokes crack cocaine…

Thinking about Remembrance day

I am not sure what to think of Remembrance day. I mean, when you really think about it, back in the day during World War…

It’s Not What You Say, It’s What You Do

Almost a year ago federal agents invaded the Kaniekeha community of Akwesasne, breaking into the Three Feathers Casino which had been closed for more than…

Understanding the Duty to Consult

In 2004, the Supreme Court of Canada set out the legal framework for the Crown’s duty to consult and accommodate in the Haida and Taku…