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CONTENTS Local ...... 2 Editoral...... 6 Sports...... 8 Classified...... 19 Notices...... 22 Careers...... 22 Business Directory...... 23 Price $1.25 (plus taxes where applicable) I TURTLE ISLAND NEWS I TSIOTORHKÓ:WA / JANUARY 1, 2020 I PAGE 2 I I LOCAL / ORÌ:WASE NE KÈN:THOR I www.theturtleislandnews.com Advertising deadline is 5 pm Fridays Phone: 445-0868 • Fax: 445-0865 LOCAL aboriginalbusinessmagazine.com [email protected] Survivor Series Educates Tourists About Residential Schools By Donna Duric and church-run residen- attended. for children,” he said. He Writer tial schools that operated On June 11, 2008, then- was no longer Geronimo at They were just kids. Yet across the country in an Prime Minister Stephen the Mush Hole. He was a they were forced to live in effort to assimilate Indig- Harper issued a formal number. conditions comparable to a enous children into Eu- apology on behalf of the “Everybody had a number. prison, filled with abuse of ro-Christian society. Canadian government for My number was 48.” every kind, leaving a last- Woodland Cultural Cen- the legacy of residential He was called by his num- ing impact on generations tre, which sits on the site schools. ber instead of his name for of families of all those lit- of the Mohawk Institute The words “help me” scrawled into the bricks at the “In our communities to- the next 11 years. tle ones who attended the in , is hosting an day, a huge number of In- The first thing that hap- Mush Hole. “Mush Hole.” on-going “survivor series” digenous people have been pened when he was The Mush Hole, a nick- to educate tourists who featuring a talk by survivor removed from their homes impacted by residential dropped off at the school name for the Mohawk Insti- come to the museum about Geronimo Henry. and placed in the schools schools,” said Hill. was getting his hair shaved tute Residential School in the horrors of residential The current brick building “to further remove them They resulted in violence, off. Brantford, closed down in schools. that used to house the Mo- from the influences of their addictions and loss of cul- “That’s the first thing they 1970 but the heartbreaking A different survivor tells hawk Institute was built parents.” ture, she said. do to try to civilize us,” he stories from the kids who their story every month in 1903, after the previ- In 1879, Sir John A Mac- Nearly half of all children said. He spoke of the phys- attended are still being during the Survivor Series ous building had been set Donald, the first prime living in poverty in Canada ical, sexual and emotional told today in an effort to at Woodland Cultural Cen- on fire and burnt down by minister of Canada, stat- are First Nation children. abuse at the school. educate the general public tre. some of the boys who at- ed that: “Indian children There are three times as “There was a lot of strap- about what really went on Loretta Hill, cultural in- tended the school. They should be withdrawn as many Indigenous children pings that went on at the behind the doors of one of terpreter and outreach were sent to reformatory much as possible from pa- in the child protection sys- school.” Canada’s most notorious facilitator at Woodland schools and one was even rental influence, and the tem than non-Indigenous The children were always residential schools. Cultural Centre, recounted sent to Kingston Peniten- only way to do that would children, despite making up hungry, he remembered, The Mohawk Institute, the history of the Mohawk tiary as punishment. be to put them in central only 5 per cent of the Ca- even though there was a first built in 1828, was one Institute for about two “We see the harshness training industrial schools nadian population. There farm and fresh produce, of dozens of government dozen visitors on Dec. 16, start pretty early on as where they will acquire are more children in the meat and eggs but that punishment of the youth the habits and modes of child welfare system today food went to the teachers and it’s a trend of residen- thought of white men.” than there were children or it was sold to residents Six Nations Man Wins Big tial schools,” said Hill. The Canadian government at the height of residential of Brantford. She said the concept of called residential schools a school attendance. There “We got very little of that in Lottery residential schools was process of “aggressive as- are about 245,000 children stuff,” he said. actually introduced in the similation” and their pur- in child protective services, Henry said they got skim 1600s, through Franciscan pose was to indoctrinate whereas the height of res- milk instead of whole milk monks, Jesuit priests and Indigenous children to Eu- idential school attendance and they would often for- Ursuline nuns. They trav- ro-christian Canadian soci- was 165,000. Suicide rates age at the local dump for elled to Indigenous com- ety, said Hill. among Indigenous youth food and discarded candy munities on mission work About 15,000 students are seven times higher than from the local candy fac- encouraging Indigenous attended the Mohawk in- non-Indigenous youth and tory. peoples to learn about stitute. There was actually over 100 First Nation com- “All of these abuses are them. They were quick- a time when the Mohawk munities are under boil wa- damaging to the soul,” he ly repelled by Indigenous institute had a waiting list ter advisories. said. “I’m still suffering communities who were not of students to attend, said “Across Canada, the ef- from that.” interested in their mission Hill. fects of colonization and He said many students work. In the early 1900s, the residential schools are still left the schools with post It wasn’t until 1828 that rate of contracting com- being felt today,” said Hill. traumatic stress disorder, the Mohawk residential municable illnesses was 25 Geronimo Henry spoke similar to soldiers returning school opened. But it first per cent, the same rate of about his experience at the from combat. operated as the Mohawk infection seen among sol- Mohawk Institute, from “We were just kids. That’s Industrial School, with diers in World War 2, due the time he was five until the sad part about it. These about 14 boys attending to poor nutrition, abuse, he turned 16. He was sent are innocent kids that had Randolph Miller is $100,000 richer thanks to a lottery to learn about carpentry, inadequate clothing, and to the Mush Hole in 1942. to go through all that trau- win. (Submitted photo) agriculture and farming long working hours, she “I call them assimilation ma. It’s no wonder we’re techniques. The school was said. Many children died schools,” said Henry. “They suffering from post-trau- It was a very Merry Christmas for Six Nations man Ran- funded by the New England while attending residential took my language, they matic stress.” dolph Miller, after hitting it big on an instant lottery game. Company under the Angli- schools, said Hill, and the took my culture, and they Henry said he tried to Miller is now $100,000 richer after winning on the lot- can denomination. Mohawk Institute finally took my beliefs away from commit suicide at one tery game Instant Chill Play Vacay. In 1831, it was estab- closed down in 1970. me.” point due to the trauma he Instant Chill Play Vacay is available for $5 a play and the lished as the first residen- The last residential school He spent 11 years there. experienced. top prize is $100,000. Odds of winning any prize are 1 tial school in Canada where in Canada closed down in He said his mom dropped He said he found healing him off there and didn’t by visiting with elders and in 3.97. religion was taught on a 1996 in Saskatchewan. come to visit him the whole talking with them. “I played and scanned my ticket,” said Miller, a driver, daily basis. In 2005, the courts ap- time he went there. He still “I found that much better while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up his Children were also forced proved a $5 billion class-ac- to take part in farming, tion lawsuit against the questions to this day why than talking to a psychia- cheque. “When it came up a winner, I couldn’t believe it!” doing laundry and other churches and Canadian she didn’t come to visit trist.” The 54-year-old plans to save and invest his windfall. forms of manual labour. government to compen- him or bring him home for Henry now travels around “This win makes me happy,” said Randolph. In 1842, the Bagot Com- sate survivors of residential the summer, but he’s never talking about his The winning ticket was purchased at Gateway New- mission recommended schools for the harms and gotten an answer. experience as a survivor of stands on Lynden Road in Brantford. that Indigenous youth be abuses suffered while they “They were like a prison residential schools. 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Photos by T. Brant Terrylynn Brant travels the Dish with One Spoon treaty area throughout Canada and the U.S., her longhouse basket in hand, reclaiming indigenous food sovereignty through foraging, gathering and collecting Haudenosaunee seeds. With a Masters in Science and teaching degree she shares her knowledge in workshops and speaking engagements. You can reach her through her Mohawk Seedkeepers facebook page. “Hey’all! See you at the Boucherie!”

By Terrylynn Brant Then to watch the at dawn for the killing ter of abandon factories he White Hills Farm teams of local farmers of the animals teaching and decommission nu- was a hive of butch- and chefs cook on open locals how to humanely clear projects are causing Tery, pit cooking and pits, in modern smokers, go through the process many hazardous materi- eating barbebque as lo- with only the basics of including staying with als to show up in the river. cals converged on their equipment was inspiring. the animals at all times. The chemicals settle fi rst outdoor “Boucherie” Regional experts in meat This time gave parents in the aquatic plants. The and Mohawk Seedkeeper cuts and dishes provided an opportunity to share small fi sh eat the plants Team Indigenous was lead by Chef Tawnya Brant(center) Mohawk, from Six Nations Gardens were happy in- instruction and shared the humanity in the pro- and the chemicals build- and included Chef Rick Powless (left), Oneida now from Six Nations and Dave “Smoke” vited guests to this local their secrets willingly. cess with their children, up in their bodies. They McClusky (right) Mohawk, Akwesasne current residing in South Carolina. McClusky a food security event. Having an opportunity to helping children learn the are eaten by medium size master of the smoker was one of the main organizers of the 3 day event in Augusta, fi sh, who are eaten by Georgia. McClusky hopes to make this an annual event to help revitalize the tradition large fi sh and each time and add a bit of indigenous fl are ! whatever chemical builds their children good, cul- up is deposited in the I was able to share turally appropriate food. body of the next fi sh. The about “Indigenous Wom- The network of indig- toxic buildup increases en in Agriculture” . My enous female farmers is at each level of the food message focused on how a growing demographic web. in traditional agricul- in our communities. At the close of the speakers event I was gift- ed with several heritage seed varieties believed to be the oldest surviving varieties in Georgia/South Carolina area. My gift was from Dr. David Shields, U Mohawk Seedkeeper, Terrylynn Brant was invited to the Augusta Boucherie to do a presen- of S Carolina, Chairman tation on “Indigenous Women in Agricultural.” The event allowed plenty of time between of the Carolina Gold Rice workshops for everyone to help the chefs with their meals and learn a few new skills in Foundation and Chair Mohawk Chef Tawnya culinary open fi re pit cooking. of the Slow Food Ark of Brant was dubbed “Queen Taste Southern Region Hunters, Chefs, Speak- learn, watch and share reality of where their food of The Pit” as she bounced and heritage seed expert. ers and local families ideas is a must today as comes from. between the numerous The varieties were beau- had the opportunity to we struggle with the ba- There were many Chef open pits and grills. She attend and revitalize an sics of food security. We Teams and Team Indig- was able to share some old local tradition of food are so tied to the gro- enous was led by Six Haudenosaunee Black security. There were ani- cery store mentality and Nations Mohawk Chef Sweet Corn Cakes with the mals of every kind, deer, dependence that most Tawnya Brant and includ- Southern Barbecue crowd, pig, goat, chicken, duck wouldn’t have a clue ed Mohawk Chef Dave which was a delicious roasted twist on the local etc. that were butchered where to start butchering Smoke-McCluskey and The Augusta Boucherie was the place to be if you were on their own. Local veg- Six Nations Onieda Chef Johnny Cakes many were on day one of the event. looking to learn about butchering animals. There was a Everyone gathered to etable farmers and food Rick Powless. This team used to! wide array of animals that brought people together to en- help butcher livestock artisans added regional was the talk of the day joy the aged old rural tradition, of collectively butchering tiful and I will be planting and wild animals and fl avours and created new with their offerings of an animals at harvest time. The collective events have their one of the oldest corn preserve meat in the fall. ones The Savannah River amazing Smoked Veni- roots in Acadian cultures of the Southern states. varieties from the region. They make sure that all area heritage was well son Jerky and Blue Corn Hope it grows! parts of the animal are represented with harvest Cakes. Humans eat fi sh or The night air was fi lled We at Mohawk Seed- tural Nations, the women used for sustenance and and prepared fi sh and This Food Security oysters and digest the with the smell of delicious keeper Gardens sup- play the lead role in food the extra hands make the oysters. Event invited me to be a chemical, some that are secret marinades and rubs port initiatives for food growing. I believe it is work light and fun, plus Local Mohawk Chef guest speaker along with cancer causing. It is im- as animals such as this security and hope to necessary for women to you get to eat for two Dave Smoke-McCluskey many local knowledge portant for all segments, goat were slow cooked and organize our own Slow step up once again and days straight! was one of the event or- holders. From Tonya Bo- especially those in the smoked over night. Slow Collective for all take this lead as at the It was a time to learn ganizers who added an nitatibus, a “Savanna food producing web to be The days were spent eat- interested foodies, con- end of the day women about home butchering indigenous element of re- Riverkeeper” spoke on diligent and committed to ing and enjoying the fall tact us on facebook@ are truly concerned and from those with years of specting animals. He or- the Savannah River eco- stopping pollution for ev- harvest from the many or- Mohawk Seedkeepers responsible for feeding experience. ganized tobacco offerings system and how the mat- eryone’s health. ganic farms in the area. for more info. I TURTLE ISLAND NEWS I TSIOTORHKÓ:WA / JANUARY 1, 2020 I PAGE 4 I I LOCAL / ORÌ:WASE NE KÈN:THOR I 2019 Year in Review January 2nd, 2019 resigned from Justin SNC Lavalin scandal rocked senting the builders of the Ava Hill and members of The controversial Six Na- Newly elected mayors of Trudeau’s cabinet and her Trudeau’s government. The Gaylord Powless Arena the Elected Council en- tions Citizenship Code Branford, Kevin Davis, and post as Veterans Affairs scandal saw its second ca- requests that the name of gaged members of the com- with a vote of 414 for and Brant County, David Bailey, Minister, a role she was munity at the NRL site in 196 against. Director of both tell Turtle Island News moved into after being the an attempt to get work re- Lands and Resources Lon- that re-establishing the re- first Indigenous Attorney started. The heated meet- ny Bomberry said that the lationship with the Six Na- General. The move marks ing ended with the contin- code takes the Six Nations tions is a priority of theirs. the start of the SNC Lavalin ued shut down of the site. citizenship out of the hands January 9th, 2019 scandal. May 8th, 2019 of the government prevent- Six Nations community ing the addition of tens of members marked Red Dress thousands of people to the Day in Veterans Park on band membership list. May 5th with dozens of June 12th, 2019 empty red dresses hung up Six Nations community to commemorate the over members stormed the Nes- 1,200 Missing and Mur- tle bottling plant to protest dered Indigenous Women the taking of 3.6 million li- Arrests announced in Triple Homicide and Girls in Canada. tres a day of water from the May 15th, 2019 Six Nations watershed. sualty as Treasury Board the arena is changed back A proposed Citizenship June 19th, 2019 president Jane Philpott to its original name of the Code being worked on by As a result of talks be- resigned from Trudeau’s Six Nations Sports and Cul- the Elected Council is met tween the HCCC and SNEC First baby of 2019 cabinet after losing faith in tural Memorial Centre. with opposition from the based around the con- Trudeau. April 10th, 2019 community during two tinued occupation of the Logan Robert Larouche is February 20th, 2019 March 13th, 2019 The Lifelong Learning Task heated community meet- band administration office, the first Six Nations baby Six Nations of the Grand Nicholas Shipman, Thom- Force hosts a sparsely at- ings. The code aims to members of the Six Nations of 2019 after being born River Development Corpo- as Bomberry and Jamie tending community meet- control membership to the community began farming on January 4th to parents ration’s (SNGRDC) rep- Beaver were arrested and ing where manager Julia band list in the wake of the the Burtch Lands for the Bryce Larouche and Kalena resentatives attended charged in the 2018 deaths Candlish explained the federal S-3 legislation that first time since SNEC took Rayne Burning. Haudenosaunee Confeder- of Melissa Miller, Alan costs related to a takeover could add an estimated farmer Kris Hill to court in January 16th, 2019 acy Chiefs Council to tell Porter and Michael Jamie- of education on the Six Na- 70,000 people to the list. 2017. The Day of Action sees the confederacy to lift the son. The arrests were an- tions from the federal gov- the Six Nations Mens’ Fire Cease and Desist order from nounced during a police ernment. The plan hinges lead a one-day shutdown the NRL. HCCC responded press conference at the on $2.2 billion in funding of Cockshutt Road in sup- that Hydro One needs to Gathering Place on the for just the first ten years. port of B.C.’s Wet’su- consult with them. Grand. April 17th, 2019 wet’en while other Haude- February 27th, 2019 March 20th, 2019 During a Special Chiefs of nosaunee across Ontario At a testy community It’s revealed that the Ontario meeting, Regional hold slowdowns on major meeting the SNGRDC said controversial Six Nations Chief RoseAnne Archibald Kirsten Bomberry found not guilty. highways. that they are losing mon- Cannabis Control Law was said that the Chiefs of On- January 23rd, 2019 ey as a result of the Cease passed in closed council on tario are on their way to May 22nd, 2019 June 26th, 2019 Prime Minister Justin and Desist order. A woman March 12th without any clearing up an organization Six Nations Ontario Kirsten Bomberry was ac- Trudeau is met by Wet’su- was assaulted leaving the notice to the community. deficit over $1 million as Works office was closed on quitted of charges of three wet’en supporters who meeting, sparking concerns well as administration is- May 17th after Carfentanil, counts of the accessory blocked his entry to Brock about community violence. sues. a drug that is 10,000 times after the fact to murder in University for a town hall April 24th, 2019 more toxic than morphine, the 2018 deaths of Melis- meeting. SNEC heard from Ger- is found inside the office. sa Miller, Alan Porter and January 30th, 2019 ry Best from Indigenous May 29th, 2019 Michael Jamieson. The ac- The proposed Six Nations Services Canada about a The Six Nations band ad- quittal was met with sad- Cannabis Control Law ‘Health Services Trans- ministration building is ness and anger by the Six came under fire during a formation’ which would shut down by community Nations community and community meeting where see the running of health members in a protest that the families of the three community members services come under band began as part of the Day victims. voiced concerns with an control. of Action on May 27th but July 3rd, 2019 eight per cent community In the midst of a string contribution among other Wray Maracle passes. of fires across the Six Na- aspects of the law. tions, Elected Councillor February 6th, 2019 March 27th, 2019 Melba Thomas’ home was Haudenosaunee Con- The Six Nations commu- completely destroyed by federacy Chiefs Council nity mourned the passing a fire which authorities (HCCC) and Hydro One of long time Elected Coun- deemed suspicious. It took held several meetings after Jody Wilson-Raybould cillor Wray Maracle who 60 fire fighters from the Six a Cease and Desist order testifies at House of Com- passed away on March Nations and neighbouring stopped work at the Ni- mons Justice Committee 20th at the age of 58. communities to contain agara Reinforcement Line March 6th, 2019 April 3rd, 2019 Niagara Reinforcement Line Shutdown. the fire. along Highway 6 Bypass. Jody Wilson-Raybould A Committee of the July 10th, 2019 had an explosive testimony Whole meeting was the May 1st, 2019 ended up lasting for two The HCCC, Haudenos- February 13th, 2019 at the House of Commons site of emotional discus- SNGRDC management, months. aunee Development Insti- Jody Wilson-Raybould Justice Committee as the sion after a group repre- A6N workers, Elected Chief June 5th, 2019 (continued on page 5) I LOCAL / ORÌ:WASE NE KÈN:THOR I I TURTLE ISLAND NEWS I TSIOTORHKÓ:WA / JANUARY 1, 2020 I PAGE 5 I 2019 Year in Review 140,000 people who at- the target of arson as a with the use of online tended an Indian School re- truck hit the building be- voting and the conduct of ceive between $10,000 and fore being set on fire with Chief Electoral Polling Offi- $200,000 for abuse suf- gasoline. There was dam- cer Steve Williams. fered at Indian Day Schools. September 25th, 2019 Indigenous youth are among the organizers of a Climate Action March in as millions of youth around the world Melba Thomas’ house set on fire. Passing of Dave Hill take to the streets to de- (continued from page 4) and protestors, there were the age of 71. He served as mand the governments tution and 18 community no physical altercations or an Elected Councillor for of the world take climate members were hit with an arrests made. 23 years and is the third change seriously and stop injunction by Hydro One in August 7th, 2019 sitting councillor to pass the use of fossil fuels. an attempt to get the court The removal of a member away during the term of October 2nd, 2019 Turtle Island News target of arson to lift the Cease and Desist of the Six Nations Canna- the 57th Elected Council. The SNGRDC released order preventing work at their audit which showed age done to both the inte- November 27, 2019 the NRL. that the Bingo Hall con- rior and the exterior of the Santee Smith installed as July 17th, 2019 tinues to generate the building. the 19th Chancellor of Mc- The SNEC levies a second bulk (90 per cent) of the November 6th Master University. She is injunction against Six Na- $30,567,266 in revenue Mark Hill, Cynthia Jamie- the first Indigenous person tions community members generated by on-reserve son and Courtney Skye and just the second woman and ‘Jane/John Doe’ in an community owned busi- squared off in the Chiefs to be named Chancellor of attempt to remove the pro- nesses. Debate organized by Turtle the McMaster. test from the band admin- December 4th, 2019 istration site. This comes Rob Davis is the first per- son from the Six Nations as the court grants Hydro Band Council occupation One’s injunction against to be made Brantford’s the HCCC and community Chief of Police when he members. bis Commission sparked August 28th, 2019 was sworn in on Novem- July 24th, 2019 the addition of two Elected With the Six Nations Can- ber 29th. Davis began his The SNEC cites the nega- Councillors to the commis- nabis Commission continu- career with the Six Nations tive impact on the Six Na- sion in an attempt to gain ing to flounder, a group of Police in the 90’s. tions Pow Wow as reason control over the commis- community members begin December 11th, 2019 for the injunction against sion. Since being imple- looking at installing their Jody Wilson-Raybould re-elected. A second appeal to the Six Nations community mented on May 21st, 2019 own cannabis regulation 58th General Election is members occupying the the commission had yet to while the HCCC also agreed October 9th, 2019 Island News, Thru the Red rejected by the ‘Anony- band administration build- establish permits or regula- to look at regulating canna- SNEC released their an- Door and CKRZ 100.3FM. mous’ Appeals Committee. ing. The Superior Court of tions on cannabis. bis on the Six Nations. nual audit several months The fourth candidate for Concerns Alaina VanEvery Justice in Brantford grants August 14th, 2019 September 4th, 2019 late. The audit showed Chief Harv Powless did not had with how the election an interim injunction. The Six Nations Commu- Elected Council learned that SNEC needed almost attend the debate. was run, the conduct of that a typo in the new $25 million of its source November 13th, 2019 the Chief Electoral Polling Election Code means that revenue to keep the band Mark Hill is made young- Officer and the use of on- a new eligibility require- operations running despite est Elected Chief ever with line voting were deemed ment limiting councillors seeing increases in federal a staggering 700 votes. The ‘irrelevant’ by the Appeals to serving just two consec- and provincial funds and Election saw online voting Committee. utive terms would not be decreases in costs for the used for the first time and December 18th, 2019 enforced in the upcoming Elected Council. Inside of a packed Coun- general election. October 16th, 2019 cil Chambers the Elected September 11th, 2019 The HCCC told the Life- Council approved a motion Work on the Niagara Re- long Learning Taskforce to look into stopping the that they will not support multiple injunctions past Band Council retake administration building. inforcement Line was com- pleted by A6N and Hydro any takeover of education councils have put on Six July 31st, 2019 One. SNGRDC and the at the Six Nations without Nations community mem- The two month long oc- nity Development Trust re- Mississaugas of the Credit agreements from the feder- bers. cupation of the band ad- leases its official list of re- First Nation partnered with al government for perma- December 25th, 2019 ministration office comes cipients of the $1.3 million Hydro One on the line and nent funding. Six Nations Community to an end as SNEC and in funding in 2018. Among have equity ownership. October 23rd, 2019 Mark Hill elected as Chief Members Election Con- their employees retake the the 20 organizations are September 18th, 2019 Justin Trudeau’s govern- cerns Unanswered. Con- building, removing all the the Woodland Cultural Several hundred commu- ment survived the election the highest number of bal- cerns with the Election, the tents, blockades and other Center, Six Nations Police nity members packed the with a minority government lots cast with 2065. Election Code and Chief items set up by the protes- and Oliver M. Smith School. Community Hall to hear while former Attorney November 20th, 2019 Electoral Polling Officer tors while the Six Nations August 21st, 2019 about the Indian Day General Jody Wilson-Ray- The conclusion of the were back on the General Police escort the protes- The Six Nations mourns School Settlement. If ap- bould was re-elected as an 58th General Election is Council agenda for a third tors off the site. Despite the loss of Elected Coun- proved by the federal gov- independent. met with appeals by Brenda time in the past month. some heated moments cillor Dave Hill who passed ernment the settlement October 30th, 2019 Johnson and Alaina VanEv- between band employees away on August 15th at would see an estimated Turtle Island News was ery who were concerned I TURTLE ISLAND NEWS I TSIOTORHKÓ:WA / JANUARY 1, 2020 I PAGE 6 I I COMMENTARY I TSI NAHÒ:TEN RÓN:TON I

Facing 2020 with resilency You know the old saying when times get tough, the tough...well they look to the new year with hope. 2019 has been both a time to celebrate and a tu- multuous time for Indigenous people. Indigenous people worldwide celebrated when the United Nations declared 2019 the International Year of Indigenous Languages. Then paused as Canada stalled on bringing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indig- enous People (UNDRIP) into law. In November B.C. showed Ottawa how it’s done by becoming the first jurisdiction in Canada to formally enshrine the ... UNDRIP into law. In July Prime Minister Trudeau bought a pipeline, in December the British media outlet The Guardian re- ported the RCMP’s strategy to remove First Nations protesters from Trans- Canada’s $40 billion lique- fied natural gas project in January was to instruct officers to use as much violence as they wanted, including “lethal overwatch” a term the newspaper Letters to the Editor: said is used to represent the deployment of snipers. In order to foster public discussion of matters effecting the residents of the Grand River Territory, Turtle Island News wel- comes all opinion pieces and letters to the editor. Letters must be signed and include an address and phone number Turtle This summer the country sent the Liberals back Island News reserves the right to edit any submission for length, grammar, spelling and clarity. Turtle Island News, P.O. Box to Ottawa, albeit in significally fewer numbers while 329, Ohsweken, Ont., N0A 1M0 fax; (519) 445-0865 email: [email protected]. thye number of Indigenous people voting increased so did the concern that Prime Minister Trudeau (Continued from left...) out, than letting them in. dollar you spend on a pro- nity, don’t hide from would not uphold his many promises. as a newly elected council Both councils at Six Na- gram or purchase comes it as the community has In June, the National Inquiry into Murdered and is turning them away. tions would be wise to out of the community’s seen in recent years. And Missing Indigenous Women and Girls found Canada Concerns continue remember that they have funds, dollars not meant remember why you got to be guilty of both historic and ongoing genocide. to emerge over the re- taken on societal respon- to enrich bank accounts into public service in the And it took a Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg to cent election, questions sibility, and therefore but community life. first place. make the world take notice of the struggles of the about numbers,an oddly have a greater obligation Elected or traditional Each new year comes world’s indigenous peoples fighting on their own unaccountable appeals to improve on behalf of leadership need to re- with a resurgence of hope. against climate change. committee that sought the people they serve. To member you are not a We see it always charac- Indigenous people from Canada, the United States, to remain anonymous work for them not fight member of a secret soci- terized by the depiction South America and Australia are becoming increas- after rejecting appeals with them.To find a path ety. The government be- of the old year as old Fa- ingly vocal against new fossil fuel projects arguing of the recent election forward, not a step back- longs to the people, and ther Time contrasted with Indigneous people create almost none of the fossil led to heated confronta- ward. To be both fiscally you have an obligation to the baby representing the fuels emissions driving climate change but bear the tions between commu- and socially responsibile. allow the people access incoming new year. brunt of the extreme weather reactions hitting their nity members and newly 2020 can be that year to your decision-making For 2020 local leaders communities coupled with significant loss of wild- elected Chief Mark Hill when governance begins and deliberations and should remember, the life. and served only to leave to answer to the people when in doubt, err on the Haudenosaunee are resil- Indigenous people are being forced to deal with is- people disillusioned with and unity takes birth. side of transparency. The ient and tenacious. We sues they did not create. a process that appears to The mantel leadership public has a right to know can ride the storms and At the Madrid, Spain conference earlier this month have been built to keep wears begins with fis- what you’re doing, and as come out on the other they warned the climate crisis is a spiritual crisis for the public out, not let cal responsibility, proper a servant of the people, side because we know, the entire world. Solutions that combine science them in. budgetting, complet- you have an obligation deep in our hearts, that with spirituality and traditional ecological knowl- A process he did not ing projects on time and to tell them what you are things will get better. edge with technology are needed now. write, but has inherited within budget and an- doing at all times. No:ia to all our readers. Change needs to happen. Governments need to from a system that has swering for spending. The new elected council Here is hope for a brighter work with their people. continued to invest more Every dollar you collect in should take this time to 2020 for you all. At Six Nations we are watching (Continued right) in keeping the people compensation and every reach out to the commu-

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( 12 Months ) I LOCAL / ORÌ:WASE NE KÈN:THOR I I TURTLE ISLAND NEWS I TSIOTORHKÓ:WA / JANUARY 1, 2020 I PAGE 7 I Community Members Affected by LifeLabs Hack Six Nations communi- mation that was breached and CEO Charles Brown say missioners of the breach covered the company did investigations, including ty members are part of includes patient names, they have fixed the system and they are investigating pay a ransom to retrieve monitoring of the dark web the 15 million customers addresses, birth dates, log- issues related to the breach the incident and LifeLabs the sensitive information of and other online locations.” whose data may have been ins, passwords, health card and are working to put ad- has also notified their gov- millions of customers and There is a dedicated call breached from LifeLabs, a numbers and lab results. ditional safeguards into ernment partners. President Brown said that they have centre related to the inci- Canadian laboratory testing As Canada’s largest com- place. Brown added that the inci- monitored the internet to dent where customers can company. munity lab, LifeLabs does a “Personally I want to say dent is a wake-up call to ensure that the informa- find out more about the The Elected Council re- variety of testing from diag- I am sorry that this hap- LifeLabs. tion is not being used ma- breach as well as receive a ports that some of the nostic tests, naturopathic pened. As we manage “While we’ve taken steps liciously. unique activation code for a health service departments tests and genetics tests. through this issue, my team over the last several years “I want to emphasize that free year of cyber security on the Six Nations partner LifeLabs report that the and I remain focused on the to strengthen our cyber de- at this time, our cyber se- protection services. with LifeLabs for diagnostic majority of the custom- best interests of our cus- fences, this has served as a curity firms have advised Customers can call 1-888- testing of patients and so ers affected were located tomers. You entrust us with reminder that we need to that the risk to our cus- 918-0467 to speak to community members infor- in B.C. and Ontario with important health informa- stay ahead of cybercrime tomers in connection with someone about the in- mation may be affected by 85,000 customers from tion, and we take that re- which has become a perva- this cyber-attack is low and cident or visit customer. the breach. According to 2016 and earlier located in sponsibility very seriously.” sive issue around the world that they have not seen any lifelabs.com for more infor- the LifeLabs investigation Ontario. In a notice to cus- He adds that they have in all sectors.” public disclosure of cus- mation about the incident. into the incident the infor- tomers LifeLabs President notified the privacy com- After the incident was dis- tomer data as part of their Modern annuity a game-changer for First Nation families By Sheilla Jones and about the damage done to individual annuities were “medicine chest” clauses the potential to immedi- and attitudes in Canada Sheila North communities by the battle written into the Robinson in Treaty 6, for instance, ately remove almost all have changed. The Truth The origin of a potential- for power and money that Huron and Superior trea- had long since been “mod- First Nation families out and Reconciliation Com- ly groundbreaking step always flowed from the top ties in 1850 as a promise ernized” to mean social as- of welfare dependency and mission (TRC) awakened toward meaningful recon- down, controlled by IA. to the first people to share sistance and federal health control by Indian Affairs. people to the importance ciliation between Canada’s He greatly feared that the in the prosperity of the set- care services for all First Opinion of reconciliation, and a new first people and settlers can suffering of the people was tled lands through increas- Nations communities. But Trudeau gets personal. generation of First Nation be laid at the feet of Métis without end; their poverty ing annuities. But it was the annuity remained fro- Here are 10 things he re- leaders stepped to the fore. leader Louis Riel. Literally. and suffering was the jus- also a way of reducing the zen at $4 or $5. veals about himself A modern annuity is now, In 1994, Métis activ- tification for keeping the upfront costs of acquiring Allard lost his battle to In 2002, Helgason and more than ever, a power- ist Jean Allard had lots of money rolling for more and First Nation lands to make save the statue of his great- Allard founded the Treaty ful response to the TRC time to think after chaining more IA programs. way for settlers, while de- great-uncle, but he had a Annuity Working Group, Calls to Action, and to the himself to the controver- What if, Allard wondered, ferring annuity costs into new cause. There was no a team of Indigenous and Missing and Murdered In- sial “tortured” statue of the money and power the future. The Robinson legal barrier to increasing non-Indigenous men and digenous Women and Girls Riel to protest its removal flowed to the ordinary peo- annuities increased only annuities. The Indian Act women, to examine a mod- Calls to Justice. It is a prac- from the grounds of the ple instead, with their lead- once, in 1878, when Parlia- was silent on the value and ern annuity. They recom- tical and realistic means for Manitoba Legislature. As a ers accountable to them? ment voted to increase the distribution of the annuity. mended that a modern an- settlers to share the pros- former Indian Affairs (IA) Treaty annuities were al- annuity from 96-cents per All it would take was the nuity could work if it was perity of the land with the project manager, who was ready being paid directly to person to $4. political will of the prime linked to modern land val- first people. a member of the legislature every treaty man, woman There was a strong case minister and federal cabi- ues, extended to all Status Such a revolutionary but in Premier Ed Schreyer’s and child for the sharing for modernizing the single net. (Registered) Indians, paid logical idea should not NDP government, he knew of the land. But those an- provision in the treaties for Wayne Helgason, the directly to eligible recipi- require anyone to chain first-hand how ordinary nuities had been frozen at the benefit of individuals Ojibway executive direc- ents outside the control of themselves to a statue. All First Nations (FN) people $5 (or $4 for some treaties) and families. Nearly every tor of the Social Planning Indian Affairs, and was rev- it needs is the support of were being crushed under for some 150 years. What provision for the benefit Council of Winnipeg, saw enue neutral. The Working Canadians who value rec- the weight of an enormous if the treaty annuity was of the collective had al- a modern annuity as a Group’s 2004 report was onciliation. Federal politi- Indian Affairs bureaucracy. modernized? ready been adapted to the game-changer for First Na- summarily dismissed by cians cannot act without it. As Allard sat in chains at It was a remarkably simple modern era. The “pesti- tion families, both on re- the IA minister. the feet of Riel, he fretted and elegant solution. The lence and famine” and the serve and in cities. It had Fifteen years later, times I TURTLE ISLAND NEWS I TSIOTHORHKÓ:WA / JANUARY 1, 2019 I PAGE 8 I SPORTS / TEHONTKAHRI’TSHERÓN:NISI I

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Failing ice cellars signal change in Alaska

Installation of a shelter covering the entrance to a new community ice cellar. This type of underground food cache was dug into the per- mafrost to provide natural refrigeration and used for generations in far-north communities. Naturally cooled underground ice cellars, used in Alaska Native communities for generations, are becoming increasingly unreliable as a warming climate and other factors touch multiple facets of life in the far north. (Submitted Photo)

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By Rachel D’Oro THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska - For generations, people in Alas- ka’s far-north villages have relied on hand-built ice cellars dug deep into the permafrost to age their whale and walrus meat to ice cellar failures, citing an ronment, the village of Ka- perfection and keep it cold absence of extensive scien- ktovik, on the Beaufort Sea throughout the year. tific analysis. coast, took ambitious steps Scores of the naturally Researchers mapped 71 after it lost all but one fami- refrigerated food caches lie ice cellar locations around ly’s cellar to flooding. beneath these largely Inu- town and monitored five In 2013, the village piat communities, where functioning cellars from launched a project to build many rely on hunting and 2005 to 2015, finding little a community ice cellar in- fishing to feed their families. thermal change over that corporating traditional de- The ice cellars range from relatively short timeframe. signs with contemporary small arctic root cellars to One of those cellars has technology used in Alaska’s spacious, wood-lined cham- since failed, however, and North Slope oil fields- ther- bers, some topped with Brower recently communities from powerful another is starting to col- mosyphons, off-grid tube- sheds. asked his son to retrieve storms. Other factors in- able to feed our people that lapse, according to one of like refrigeration devices Now, a growing number some whale meat from one clude development and soil acquired taste,’’ Lane said. the study’s authors, George that cool the ground by of these underground cel- of the cellars, and discov- conditions. Despite the unprece- Washington University re- transferring heat outside. lars are being rendered un- ered liquids had collected in The changes have in- dented rate of climate search scientist Kelsey Ny- The hand-excavated cel- reliable as global warming both. creased vulnerability to change today, however, ice land. lar was ready for use in 2017, and other modern factors ``He came back and said, foodborne illnesses and cellars failed in the past, The study concluded but it has yet to be filled. force changes to an ancient `Dad, there’s a pool of blood raised concerns about food including one account of a that while a changing cli- Whaling captains want to way of life. Some whaling and water at the bottom,’’’ security, according to stud- expand it first, according to villages are working to recalled Brower, the North ies by the Alaska Native whaling captain George Ka- adapt as more cellars, some Slope Borough’s planning Tribal Health Consortium. leak Sr., who represents Kak- stocked with tons of sub- and development director. The group and state health tovik on the Alaska Eskimo sistence food, turn up with He pulled the community officials say they have so far Whaling Commission. pooling water and mould. meat outside and has kept not heard of anyone getting Temperature sensors in- `I’m worried,’’ said Gor- it under a tarp because the sick. side the cellar show it’s don Brower, a whaling cap- weather is cold enough now There were once at least working as intended, Kaleak tain who lives in Utqiagvik, to keep it from spoiling. 50 ice cellars in Point Hope, said. He expects the expan- the nation’s northernmost ``It seems like slight tem- an Inupiat whaling village sion to begin as early as community, which logged porary variations in the per- built on a triangular spit next spring. its warmest May through mafrost, that active layer, is surrounded by a large inlet In the meantime, subsis- September on record this affecting the temperature of and the Chukchi and Arctic tence foods are stored in year. our cellar,’’Brower said. oceans. Now, fewer than 20 three 40-foot (12-meter) vil- His family has two ice Residents and researchers remain, according to village Game stored in ice cellar. (Photo on-line) lage freezer vans. But that cellars: One is more than 100 say the problem has been services supervisor Russell equipment is no substitute years old and used to store building for decades as a Lane, a whaling captain who cellar developing mould in mate has great potential to for imparting that aged at least 2 tons (1.8 metric warming climate touches has lived his 52 years in the the early 1900s, according affect ice cellars, there are taste so prized in the region, tons) of frozen bowhead multiple facets of life in the community of 750. The to a study published in 2017 other factors, including soil Kaleak noted. whale meat set aside for far north, thawing perma- problems with cellars have that looked at traditional conditions and urban devel- He hopes the new cellar community feasts; the other frost, disruptions in hunting become more pronounced cellars in Utqiagvik, for- opment. For example, some mimics that process. was built in 1955, and is used patterns and shorter peri- in the past two decades, he merly named Barrow, follow- Utqiagvik residents might ``There’s nothing that as the family’s private sub- ods of coastal ice that his- said. ing reports of flooded and inadvertently warm the tastes better than ice cellar sistence-food cache. torically protected coastal To compensate, Point collapsed cellars. soil beneath their cellars by food,’’ he said. I TURTLE ISLAND NEWS I TSIOTORHKÓ:WA / JANUARY 1, 2020 I PAGE 10 I I SPECIAL I Turtle Island News NO:IA

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June 26: The Iroquois Roots Rugby team make their debut and impress in an exhibition game against Brantford. July 3: player Johnny Powless scores six points for the January 30 Six Nations Rivermen May 15 bringing not just talent, give it the renovations it tions Rebels lacrosse team but leadership to the built since they were in needed and deserved. held their first tryouts of team. kindergarten. May 8: Six Nations the season under first year July 10: The Six Nations April 17: The St. Cath- player Brandon Montour coach Dean Hill. Intermediate Girls La- erine’s Shockwaves cele- and Adam Henrique are an- February 6: Theo Fleury crosse team won gold at brate being the Arena La- nounced as joining Team was inspired by the “Me a local tournament where crosse League Champions Canada to play in the IIHF Too” movement and told they defeated Orillia for after defeating the Paris Championship tourna- his story to a crowd at the the crown. Riverwolves. ment. Gathering Place on the July 17: The Six Nations April 24: The Women’s May 15: Kawnni:io went Grand. Rebels swept the Wind- February 27 Shockwave team didn’t undefeated in the primary February 13: The Credit sor Clippers in a best of completed their sweep of out in the Little NHL quite get the same result school lacrosse tourna- First Nation Hockey Tour- five series cementing the Lambton Shore Pred- which saw a coach use a as the men’s team got ment and they took home I TURTLE ISLAND NEWS I TsIOTHOrHkó:wa / January 1, 2019 I PAGE 21 i Sports / Tehontkahri’tsherón:nisI I 2019 Year in Review

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November 20 September 11 bres Defenseman Brandon ing Place by the Grand. Montour for a practice He spent his time talking before the Bandits season about his struggles with began. their spot in the Western September 4: The Six mental health. December 11: USA Can- Conference Finals. Nations Rivermen win October 2: The Iroquois ada Cup has Six Nations July 24: San Diego Seals the President’s Cup after National Lacrosse team representation Alissa first round draft pick defeating the Akwesasne finished as runners up General. The Rangers Austin Staats wins the Bucks with a score of 9-5. again as they fell to Team were pretty successful for NLL Rookie of the Year September 11: Josh September 18 themselves winning three games and tying one. December 11: The Hal- ifax Thunderbirds win their first official game in team history when they defeated another expan- sion team, the New York November 27 December 4 September 25 July 10 Six Nations player Austin July 31 Award, even after losing Garlow-Henry are elimi- the last month of the sea- nated in the OFC Cham- son to an ACL injury. pionships semi-finals after July 31: Halifax Thun- suffering a defeat from the derbirds Owner and Gen- London Beefeaters. October 30 eral Manager gets to To- : Dharma ronto and Hamilton on his Clause takes home first Canada with a score of 19- three-month long canoe place in the Demolition 2. trip from Rochester to Derby Straight Stock Divi- October 9: Curt Styres Halifax to introduce his sion by driving a 97 Chevy finally completes his ca- new NLL team. Aluminum. noe trip to Halifax along August 7: The Six Na- September 18: Six Na- with the rest of the Hal- tions Rebels force a game tions players Asher Mar- ifax Thunderbirds team 5 in the Ontario Junior ‘B’ tin and KaleymRacette- and were welcomed with Lacrosse championship. Monture both score a pair Indigenous singers, drum- They would eventually go of goals each to lead the mers and dancers. October 2 Riptide with a score of on to win the game. Brantford 99ers AAA Mi- October 16: Iroquois tions lacrosse player 12-4. August 14: The Iroquois nor Bantam team to a 6-1 Roots Rugby team com- Johnny Powless commits December 18: First ever Junior Lacrosse team wins victory over the Chatham peted at the Q Meta Cup to playing another year OMSK Teachers vs. Stu- silver at the 2019 World Cyclones. competition which saw with the Toronto Rock in dents hockey game where Junior Lacrosse Champi- September 25: Former the first try in team his- the NLL. the teachers won 18-11. onship when they fell to Six Nations NHL player tory scored by Emma Lint. November 20: As the December 25: Matt King team Canada. Jordin Tootoo visited World Lacrosse qualifiers is the inaugural basketball August 21: Former, cur- October 16 were underway, the Wom- coach for the U12 and U14 rent and future NHL play- en’s Haudenosaunee team teams at the Dajoh. ers all took place in a Green wins the Heather Jamieson Memorial Award dominated every game on fun exhibition game for their way to a champion- Hockey Night in Brantford. for her excellent perfor- mance on the baseball dia- ship victory. Which saw Six Nations November 27: Assump- player Brandon Montour mond this past season. November 6:Two Indige- tion College School won also play. the CWOSSA Champion- August 28: Six Nations nous Athletes get inducted into the Canadian Sports ship in demanding fash- Bantam 3 coach Max Henry ion, only to lose a heart- was named Six Nations Hall of Fame. Waneek Horn- Miller was a part of the breaking game at OFSAA Coach of the Year and he August 21 against the Nelson Lords. emphasized teamwork as Canadian Water Polo team and Metis Paralympian Co- December 4: The Buf- what makes a successful Ohsweken and addressed October 23: The Hamil- lette Bourgonje. falo Bandits Lacrosse team team. a crowd at the Gather- ton Hurricanes along with November 13: Six Na- was visited by Buffalo Sa- December 11 I TURTLE ISLAND NEWS I TSIOTORHKÓ:WA / JANUARY 1, 2020 I PAGE 30 I I CAREERS & NOTICES I I BUSINESS DIRECTORY I I TURTLE ISLAND NEWS I TSIOTORHKÓ:WA / JANUARY 1, 2020 I PAGE 23 I

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