The Spirit of All Nations.
Six Nations actor Graham Greene stars in a new film to be released this spring. “Maina”, directed by Canadian filmmaker Michel Poulette, is an action/adventure/love story taking place in pre-contact Labrador and Nunavut.
No matter where you go in Haudenosaune territory, somewhere along the path is the art of Arnold Jacobs. His murals decorate buildings everywhere, and his art even dons the side of an Air Canada Boeing 767. His body of work has become synonymous with Six Nations identity.
Ronatahskats, the Community Living Gift Shop on Chiefswood Road has been renovated, and is moving forward in a new adventure, building a social enterprise where community members and clients with intellectual disabilities can interact.
The statistics are shocking. There are 7 billion people on this planet. Half of them are women. One third of these women will be raped or beaten in their lifetime. And according to the One Billion Rising website, on February 14, “over one billion people will rise, release, and dance to demand justice for all survivors of gender violence, and call for an end to the rampant impunity that prevails globally.”
OHSWEKEN – The Six Nations Novice squad lost a 6-3 decision to the visiting Twin-Centre Stars Sunday afternoon at the GPA in Southern Counties playoff action.
BRANTFORD – In the beginning some people thought the Mohawk Workers’ plan to return stolen Mohawk Village land under the Haldimand Proclamation, rather than through the Ontario Realty Corp., was a crazy idea.
The Six Nations Forest Theatre Pageant is starting to gear up for another community play which is going into its 66th year and is held in August of each year.
OHSWEKEN – Led by a four goal performance by Brenden Anderson, the OMHA Six Nations Atoms crushed the Burford Coyotes 6-1 in playoff action at the Gaylord Powless Arena in Ohsweken Sunday afternoon.
OHSWEKEN – Sunday afternoon, the Six Nations OMHA PeeWee’s lost a 1-0 heartbreaker to St. George in playoff action at the GPA. The two teams were very evenly matched and both had outstanding goal-tending, as the score would indicate.
It has been argued that the British Crown only gave Joseph Brant’s Mohawks and such others, “usufruct rights” to land named under the Haldimand Deed – meaning that they did not give them the land in “Fee Simple,” which is how the Crown gave land to its own subjects. They say, the right to use the soil was all that Joseph Brant got.
Although the Six Nations Station #1 Fire Hall was condemned due to mold back in June 2013, the fire department officially moved out about two weeks ago.
AKWESASNE –Cornwall Island (Kawehnoke) may one day have a different political governance structure if one local political activist has her way.
SIX NATIONS – It’s the end of training camp for all Canadian Lacrosse League (Clax) teams, and last Friday night and Saturday’s Saturday’s showcase series of games at the ILA solidified the rosters of all Canadian Lacrosse League franchise teams.
SIX NATIONS – Arrows Express Sports and the Two Row Times have joined forces to help indigenous children rediscover their heritage through the game of lacrosse.
Her name was Lavinia Daisy Henry, but everyone called her Daisy. I sat in my Gram’s kitchen day after day watching her cook; her long hair braided and wrapped in a bun, her chunky behind singing and dancing Ganeho in between stirring. I would follow behind her dancing.
