The Spirit of All Nations.
The Woodland Cultural Centre announced Sunday evening that the former Mohawk Institute, the first residential school in Canada, will remain standing. The site will also receive a bronze cast National Commemorative Marker recognizing the dark legacy of Canada & Churches Indian Residential Schools.
One of the biggest challenges for any people is broad participation in the issues that affect everyone. And when you stop and think about it, there is very little from the smallest ripples in a family to major calamities in a community that occurs without impacting others.
SIX NATIONS – The Six Nations Health Foundation held their annual Elders Gala & Silent Auction over the weekend which seen a crowd of around 60-70 people. The funds raised will go towards the Dialysis Unit at the White Pine Complex.
Mississaugas of the New Credit – This past weekend, Anishinabe Kwe, Val King, held her second annual Honouring and Respecting Water Gathering at Lloyd S. King School on the New Credit Reserve.
Six Nations – Over a hundred people attended the Circle of Courage Conference, which was hosted by Six Nations Band Council and featured lectures by Lakota man, Dr. Martin Brokenleg. Brokenleg is the co-founder of the Circle of Courage and holds a doctorate in psychology and is also a graduate of the Episcopal Divinity School. He is an Emeritus Professor and was most recently Director of Native Ministries and Professor of Native American Theology and Ministries at the Vancouver School of Theology in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The students of Kawenna on:we Primary Mohawk Immersion were asked to open the Tribe Called Red concert held at Queen’s University in Kingston on March 19th. The students were very enthusiastic and with very little prompting they were able to recite an approximately fifteen minute Thanksgiving Opening Address entirely in Kanyen’kehà:ka (Mohawk).
Throughout the weekend the Truth and Reconciliation Commission will be live streaming the National Event in Edmonton, AB. This is the seventh and final National Event, this year the focus is on Wisdom.
If you want to go for a walk on the rez you don’t get sidewalks and stoplights, just ditches and culverts. So when my daughter was small I had to make a conscious effort to take her to town, get out of the car and walk around to acclimatize her to the concrete jungle that is Brantford.
SIX NATIONS – A group of community members delivered a statement on Sunday morning telling the non-native leadership of Eagle’s Nest, a church on Tuscarora Road, that they are no longer welcome at Six Nations.
It’s funny that an eagle comes onto Indian reserve and right away a white man screams “that’s my eagle.” If it was his eagle, I’m glad it’s free and broke its chains. There are 5-7 eagles nesting on Six Nations. Free eagles. Nature can still live here. It’s our eagle now to protect. Our job is to ensure it remains free. A 20-year-old eagle needs to be free. The dude needs to try a dog or a cat now. If this dude didn’t use “this” birds to hunt or feed his family, then they can’t call themselves a falconer. They are just captive. Init?
In speaking only for myself and not the rest of the Elected Council, I believe there is a double standard in our community when it comes to accommodation deals with developers wanting to develop on our land and I’m fed up with it. Both the Elected Council (EC) and the Confederacy Council (CC)/Haudenosaunnee Development Institute (HDI) make deals on behalf of the community and both councils should be held to the same standards of accountability. But that doesn’t happen. Oh yes, rest assured the EC is held accountable but when it comes to the CC/HDI the community and the media close a blind eye.
Making a living as an artist is not an easy thing to do but most of the time the rewards are amazing. As a writer I understand that money is not the big motivation to write. Most writers in this country just get by. However, even if the monetary rewards are not great I find there is a lot of satisfaction in being able to work at something I have a passion for. I believe that is the case for most artists whether they are writers, visual artists, performance artists, dancers or musicians.
The Toronto Aboriginal Business Association (TABA) Awards celebrated four Aboriginal entrepreneurs’ accomplishment on March 19 at the Grand Hotel. The awards were given to Ruby Dreger – Lifetime Achievement; Theresa Ducharme – Businesswoman of the Year; Jesse Sargent – Businessman of the Year; and Louise Solomon – Youth Entrepreneur.
NDP leader Thomas Mulclair was in Brantford Tuesday night as a guest of Marc Laferrier, the local candidate of record, for a talk and Q&A with about 160 party faithful and others curious about the NDP platform.
Six Nations – Renowned Gwich’in/Tuscarora Chef, Rich Francis, who is also currently starring in Top Chef Canada, was at The Bears Inn last Saturday evening, cooking up a delicious culinary masterpiece for the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto.
