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…

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…

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…

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…

The Honour of the Crown in decline

History is funny sometimes, how things that go around come around. Like many people attending Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country I turned my back…

Sticks & Stones Might Break My Bones

When I was in eighth grade, there was a group of five girls who made my life a living hell. Every day was torture, and…

Haudenosaunee Grand Council Reiterates Position on Elected Councils

Greetings from the Chiefs, Clanmothers, Faithkeepers, and people of the Haudenosaunee Six Nations Confederacy, People of the Longhouse. The Grand Council of Chiefs would like…

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…

Nagaland shawl on your front cover

Is it happenstance that the photograph on the cover of last Wednesday's Two Row Times features a vivid shawl woven by another corn-growing people fighting…

We are all survivors

When I was a child, there was nothing as lovely as waking up at my grandparents cottage. Imagine a little log cabin, with a little…

I Am Ready This Year!

Okay, I admit it. Last year when our special month of November rolled around, National Native American Heritage Month, I purposely kept quiet about it…