The Spirit of All Nations.
Montreal – The Sûreté du Québec, the police force known throughout indigenous Canada as the force involved in the “Oka Crisis” of 1990, carried out an organized raid in Montreal, Akwesasne and Kahnawake territories today regarding “contraband” tobacco.
Amanda Vallieres, Chippewa from Aamjiwnaang First Nation in Sarnia, Ont., is a national finalist for the Miss Universe Canada 2014 pageant. Vallieres, 26, has the heart of a humanitarian. She advocates for the environment with her Toronto business and volunteers for a First Nations children’s program.
Santee Smith’s first solo work NeoIndigena is set and ready to go at the Harbourfront Centre this week, making its debut May 1st.
There is nothing more savoury then a homemade burger that is grilled to perfection. That’s exactly what you can expect at Burger Barn, located on the Six Nations Reserve. Open seven days a week, Burger Barn has a wide variety of food choices on their menu. Dine-in or take-out, you won’t be let down.
KANONHSTATON – Eight years ago, Six Nations land protectors led by a group of women including Janie Jamieson and Dawn Smith reclaimed 40 hectares of land earmarked for a 600 home housing development. The development was made without consultation with Six Nations and without the authority to do so, since the land was never legally surrendered for sale.
SIX NATIONS – Tehennei’kwe:tarons, aka David R. Maracle, is a multi-talented Mohawk artist/musician/poet/chef/activist, and Native youth worker from Tyendinaga that most people likely would have heard before knowing who he was or even what instruments he creates with.
In an attempt to stop vandalism at all schools on the territory, Elected Chief Ava Hill stated,
“Public Works staff informed us that there has been a lot of vandalism at all of the schools in our community with windows being broken and alarms going off. It not only costs money to repair the broken windows but also staff time to attend the schools to figure out why alarms are going off. We will be installing cameras at the schools. We’ll be asking the police to patrol the schools on a regular basis and if we catch the perpetrators of these vandalisms, they will be punished and they will be required to pay the damages that are being caused.”
SIX NATIONS – The revolutionary and controversial Kearns disintegrator actually works. That was the determination made by a committee struck by the Elected Band Council to observe and oversee the test running of a garbage disposal system that promises to clean up Six Nations’ critical waste management problem.
HAMILTON – A no-jury trial has begun this week for Travis Squire-Hill who stands accused of two counts of criminal negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle causing death, criminal negligence in the operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm, two counts of impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodily harm, failure to remain at the scene of an accident, driving while disqualified, theft of motor vehicle and breach of probation.
SIX NATIONS – Six Nations Economic Development held another information session last Thursday at the Six Nations Community Hall in regards to the Port Dover and Nanticoke Wind Projects, which was poorly attended. Less then 20 people were in attendance to listen to Community Planner, Amy Lickers talk of how the project was already operating without consulting with the Six Nations community first. “The project which is owned and operated by Capital Power has already been constructed and started in November 2013 and consists of 58 wind turbines,” stated Lickers. Despite this, those gathered didn’t seem to be concerned as to why the project was already given the green light without consultation with the Six Nations community.
TORONTO – The graphic evidence of the murder of a Plains Indian child from the late 19th century that went up for auction at Toronto auction house as “decorative art” was abruptly removed from display and taken out of the auction’s catalogue Monday after public outcry.
At the Edge of the Woods farm we would like to announce the birth of our third lamb. A lamb is a young sheep under the age of 12 months old. The fate of our lambs has not yet been decided, as we would like to increase the size of our flock. Still, I can’t help but think of all the delicious ways I could potentially be cooking them.
It’s an exciting time for rez families when a non-native person is seeking initiation. It is the proverbial turned table of colonization, and it typically begins a very long process of humiliation for the non-native person. How you ask? We tease them. And then we re-tell the story of their humiliation over and over like a war story to all our other Ongwehowe friends and relatives and then they all laugh too. Non-native friends take note: in most cases if you’ve made it this far…you’re in.
OHSWEKEN – The Six Nations Rivermen skinned the Sarnia Beavers 18-6 at the Gaylord Powless Arena, Sunday, afternoon after being doubled up on by the Ennismore James Gang 10-5 in Friday night’s home opener, also at the GPA.
ROCHESTER – While the Rochester Knighthawks earned a buy in the first round of the NLL playoffs, the 9-9 Buffalo Bandits will be duking it…
