Florida High School gives racist pow-wow lesson to pre-schoolers
A racist video depicting caucasian youth impersonating a pow-wow is circulating around the internet this week and landed in the hands of indigenous media.
What You Don’t Know Could Kill You: BC to Make Methadone Ten Times Stronger
In BC, methadone will get ten times stronger in just a few weeks – but most patients don’t know about it – raising the spectre of accidental overdose and death.
Interview with Gary Horsnell
Friday the 13th of December, Gary Horsnell, a former Ontario Ministry of the Environment worker, held a candid interview with the Tow Row Times in his Brantford residence, amid a gathering snow blizzard outside.”
John Kane is Recipient of Community Leader Media Award from the National Federation of Just Communities of Western New York
(WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 2, 2014) – John Kane, Mohawk activist and national expert commentator on Native issues, will receive a Community Leader Media Award from the National Federation of Just Communities of Western New York.
Corvairs down Canucks 4-3
CALEDONIA — The Caledonia Pro-Fit Corvairs had their hands full Saturday night with the sixth place Niagara Falls Canucks at the Haldimand Centre Arena in Caledonia.
Idle No More: the indigenous news event of 2013
From an Onkwehon:we perspective, there are few more important stories in 2013 than the rise to prominence of the Idle No More movement.
Yellow Box Cheerios says NO to GMO
One year ago, the group used social media efforts to rally consumers to pressure General Mills to make Cheerios without GMOs.
From the desk of Jonathan Garlow
When people in the community see me in the village or at a restaurant, I am often asked “so how’s the paper going?” In the spirit of small talk I will usually answer “oh pretty good”.
Native American actor Charlie Hill, 62, has lost battle with lymphoma
Two Row Times has confirmed that Haudenosaune/Cree actor Charlie Hill passed away early Monday morning following a lengthy illness. He was 62 years old.
America’s Greatest Public Execution
The story of the executions in Mankato, Minnesota that would be the final chapter of the Dakota War of 1862 seems to always miss the mark, at least for me.
The happiest kids on Sour Springs Road
Every year down on Six at New Years you will hear folks greeting each other with a festive “Nu-yah! Nu-yah!”. For some it is just another rez term. Nobody knows where it originated from. Nor do they know why you have to say it twice: that’s just how it is and how it always was.
High PCBs linked to lower testosterone in Mohawk boys
A new study has linked PCBs exposure to the production of lower amounts of testosterone in Onkwehon:we boys along the St. Lawrence River.
Stopping the Flow: Line 9 organizing in context
HAUDENOSAUNEE TERRITORY (KITCHENER) – A disquieting black hue to the water, animals struggling to breathe amid toxic fumes, a boom dragged across the river’s width signalling the pipeline’s rupture and a long, difficult clean-up ahead.
A good old fashioned Indian Donut recipe
‘Nu-Yah’ is fast approaching and is synonymous with Indian Donuts here on Six. This is one I am settled on although I have been known to add raisins much to my family’s dismay. This is the most basic recipe I’ve found. Give it a try!
2013 Akwesasne Year in Review
December 2012 – A federal search warrant raid on Dec. 18 on the closed Three Feathers Class II Casino resulted in the arrest of the Wolf Clan Representative from the Akwesasne Men’s Council. The raid and arrests of two other Akwesasne men left many questions for Kanienkehaka Kaianerehkowa Kanonhsesne clan members.