Feb 13th #ShutDownCanada protest gains momentum

The Two Row Times recently caught up with some of the organizers of the February 13th nation wide day of action to #ShutDownCanada. Momentum for…

Kearns machine fails the test

SIX NATIONS – The long awaited test results from the Kearns Disintegrator System conducted by RWDI Engineering in November are in, and they show that…

Finding the motivation to keep going

One of the biggest hurdles to sticking with any lifestyle plan is that moment when giving up looks way more fun than powering through. Say…

Celebrating Ongwehowe Authors (Continued)

The Rotinonshonni: A Traditional Iroquoian History Through the Eyes of Teharonhia:wako and Sawiskera by Mohawk scholar Brian Rice offers a comprehensive history based on the…

Morningstar

Morningstar Mercredi is an accomplished author who wrote about her unflinching personal journey of abuse, racism and her triumph over trauma and childhood sexual exploitation in her memoir ‘Morningstar,…

Before there was Angry Birds, there was Angry Giibwanisi.

I’ve led a very tumultuous life of drugs, violence death, and abuse. Some inflicted upon me, and worse, times when I’ve unilaterally inflicted it upon…

Mississaugas addition to reserve request blocked by Six Nations

NEW CREDIT/SIX NATIONS – Separating fact from folklore in the relationship between the Six Nations confederacy and the Three Fires Confederacy of the Ojibwa (Mississaugas),…

 Onkwehonwe Week in Review: January 21, 2015

Human Rights Watch report discovers culture of abuse inside RCMP TORONTO – Human Rights Watch has published a report blasting the RCMP not only for…

#ShutDownCanada planned for Feb 13 reaches the thousands/masses

On February 13th 2015, thousands of people plan to partake in a variety of direct actions and demonstrations to “shut down Canada”. Over 3700 people…

Luv, respect and defiance: A column from prison

I knew this man last year. The inmates called him “Chief” which is a common name for aboriginal inmates. In the shady paranoid world of…

What to do without salt

In last week’s column I walked through the steps of preserving a duck leg by curing it in maple syrup and cooking and storing it…

Let’s celebrate surviving Sir John A. Macdonald

On January 11, Prime Minister Stephen Harper led Canada in a celebration of Sir John A. Macdonald, saying, “Without Sir. John A. Macdonald, Canada as…

Who paid who to jump in their playpen?

I am glad that the referendum on alcohol didn’t pass. But my question is who paid elected council to push for the referendum in the…

The beautiful soul of Makayla

I’ll never forget the first time I ever met Makayla Sault. She was just about five years old. It was my first time going inside…

Squaw Island – Why It Matters

On January 19 2015, the United States celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day – a federal holiday to honor the legacy of one of the…