Learning while playing together
This week I had the pleasure of helping plan a menu and facilitating an interactive workshop for the Tsya:ta nihati tehotinonnyahkwenh (Star Dancers) Summer Camp.…
Arrows aiming to bring Minto Cup back to Six Nations
SIX NATIONS – The Six Nations Arrows Express represent the first Six Nations lacrosse team to appear in a national title championship this season. The…
Peoples Social Forum next week
Dear editors, For those Haudenosaunee that can attend the Peoples Social Forum next week from Aug 21-24 in Ottawa, we have a limited amount of…
Rebels win 4th OLA title – Next stop, Halifax
SIX NATIONS – Rebels fans were counting down the last seconds Sunday night at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena in anticipation of a 13-5, Game #3 win to sweep the Halton Hills Bulldogs in three games straight in the best-of-five OLA Jr. B lacrosse finals.
List targets nearly 200 non-native Kahnawà:ke residents for removal from territory
KAHNAWAKE – A grassroots collective of band members has compiled a list of names and is seeking to enforce and evict those in violation of the residency laws on Kahnawake, a Kanienkehaka Reserve just south of Montreal.
There are No DNA Checkpoints under the Tree of Peace
Over the last few days I have been watching my community implode as members try to stop a woman from building her home. Why? Because she has a non-native husband. This issue brings out the worst in our people, and social media is hot with hate. Characterized by some as “a Nazi witch hunt”, this debacle is difficult to watch, yet much like a train wreck, it’s hard to look away, and that all the more so because my own family is affected. Community members are submitting names to a list of individuals living with non-natives in the territory and my sister and her partner are second down the line.
Tony Stewart involved in death of young driver
NEW YORK – Tony Stewart, three time NASCAR Champion and a frequent visitor to the Ohsweken Speedway, was involved in the tragic death of fellow driver Kevin Ward, a 20-year-old Sprint Car driver at the Canandaigua Motorsports Park in Canandaigua, New York on Saturday night.
The rule of law vs. the rule of judicial discretion: the Tsilhqot’in Nation case
By the year 1897 constitutional law was settled in Canada based upon the interpretation in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of section 109…
Chiefs and Redmen making for a good series
SIX NATIONS – The Six Nations Chiefs took Game #1 by a narrow 9-8 win in their best-of-seven Major Series Lacrosse semi-finals against the first…
FROM THE CHEAP SEATS: Four for the Show
It’s playoff time and Six Nations lacrosse teams are lining up for the hardware. No other community of this size could possibly boast the number…
Stopping the Iron Snake
The Iron Snake, a film by Clifton Arihwakehte Nicolas, is thought provoking and frightening in its content. The footage of the tar sands and pipeline…
Wabun youth gathering: a template for suicide prevention
Suicide is a major problem in First Nations right across the country. As a First Nation person, I have been touched by suicide in the…
Haudenosaunee couple prepare to build earth ship
A Six Nations family are building an earth ship on the territory. Married couple Skyler and Kahsenniyo Williams, have recently broke ground in their anticipated…
Trade Collective takes up fight against Bill C-10
OHSWEKEN – Approximately 35 community members attended the first public meeting of the Haudenosaunee Trade Collective (HTC) last Wednesday evening. The HTC is an organization made…
Opposition to Kanonhstaton fence opens familiar wounds
KANONHSTATON – Despite some frantic and grossly exaggerated posts on local blogs, only a couple of families with property abutting the former Douglas Creek lands,…