_--= -- L _ - - t Library and Archives Canada Bibliotheue et Archives Canada } N oC' -' II 111111 II II II 3 3286 53446385 2 North America's #1 Native Weekly Newspaper .. , ,::: } r l P t I ! . , ': 1 rr rr k try)''-' Okarahsonha kenh Onkwehonwene iSix Nations of the Grand River Wednesday May 17, 2006 Caledonia _ Reclamation 4- 's Six Natiio I DAY 7 8 l' of OKA 1990 016118111110118k standoff lasted 78 days! C k `¡ Inside Local 2 ` Editorial 4 Sports . 8 National 17 Careers 20 h' Classified 22 -- W Business Directory 23 Price $1.25 1 n 1> '°r--` L Illrf+str i3 Ar. o 8 744ìo 04551 i r WET BASEMENT? ,4 ..M P * eir 04 vI 4 *ate?' t` e Discussions on who owns the Douglas Creek lands in Caledonia began last week with provincial representative Jane Stewart, federal representative Barb 0r11.,,.. MacDougall and Confederacy chiefs. Mohawk Chief Allen MacNaughton uses a condolence cane to point out the Haldimand Proclamation Tract owned by Sir Nations. Last week's discussions centred around Six Nations history and land rights . (Photo by Donna Duric) ' - . Ilsorist at de-ll Some Spodelhif WHO OWNS THE LAND? = ei Save Up to 50% Over Other Methods e We Solve Wet Basements Permanently I ei Nationally Backed lifetime Warranty Six Nations land rights talks continue as Douglas Creek 1 e Finished or Unfinished Basements I ei New Construction & Existing Homes lands barricades partially opened ei Dirt Crawl Space Solutions By Lynda Powless and days. Today marks the 78th day of end to begin a partial opening of talks with provincial and federal A, FREE Written Estimates & Inspection Donna Duric the Caledonia Crisis and as talks Highway 6. _ representatives Tuesday resulting in I1:11*.i *tl Turtle Island News opened Tuesday demonstration The opening gave negotiators the a promise of an open ended morato- FRO = es BBB In,pac,wn ln,utaian T CALEDONIA - The Caledonia organizers agreed to a partial road strength they needed to head into rium on (Continued on page 3) barricades are about to become the opening. , ir i -866. 875 -OMNI longest standing native standoff in On the eve of talks on the lands Feds approve $2 billion for lv 14w. (Jnrn l has'einC' n t s v s'te tns. crl )n . recent history. opening organizers agreed after The Oka crisis of 1990 lasted 78 marathon meetings over the week- rl residential school survivors toasted , , Deli Sandwiches OTTAWA (CP) -The federal cabinet sad legacy of residential has approved a $2- billion dealto schools, "Indian Affairs Minister IS` . compensate former students of Jim Prentice said Wednesday in the , tl native residential schools and will - Commons. fast -track $8,000 cheques to those We hope that today's announce- Ambulance gets through barricades and OPP barricade at Highway 6 and over age 65. ment will bring closure to former 1 s Fourth Line Tuesday (Photo by Jim C Powless) "This government recognizes the (Continued on page 5) L Indonesia's "Lost Garden of Eden" l paradise last seen by outsiders in the 19th cen- -r starting at JAKARTAO-AP -- Scientists have found a "lost world" - of unknown and rare species that are unafraid ofhumans high tury and previously known only from the r, plumage of dead birds collected by native I in the mist -shroudedjungles of western New Guinea. Assorted Cold Cuts 1--...-. hunters from an unknown location. Chicken Caesar The expedition, which used helicopters to reach the remote area in the Foja Several previous expeditions to the interior had Philly Cheese steak Oven Roasted Turkey Mountains of the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya, discovered dozens of failed to find it. new species, including frogs, butterflies, plants and an orange -faced hon- On the second day of the latest month -long , eyeater, the first new bird from the island of New Guinea in more than 60 expedition, the team of American, Indonesian / Made 282 on the Argyle SL years. and Australian scientists watched amazed as a 1 arms- I a SwO ipvin' it Caledonia Another surprise: "lost" bird of paradise. Berlepsch's six -wired bird of male Berlesch' six -wired (Coned on page 26) r NMI al Min MIM eMM NMI - MM EMI - al - al - NUM - IMO IM - - ata Iti ee- - - NMI 7 "'OF- 1 - 1 y l' 1 1 Purchase your vehicle at Lee Munro 1 1 1 receive a . `, r . 1 L 1 7, 1 1 1 LEE . 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WITH SAME 9 r smmo. during ono of town's 9n °'o I D .'_ nw IsI. dhow people so Nations ,teal. 6 road o cal NAME w if r-le 1 Highway 6 opened to local traffic and emergency vehicles,traffic flowing . ht.m nmdfromfron, 900001 mamma,.. k,e meal U.N. chastises Canada for treatment [ ra '1411 the .. construction signed, lknplu L'rakluub .- n sealed and the pIne _ of. people .deli Way mar ,maul. -WtJeerinxll.livtlmof - aboriginal cal activities of Six shier Leroy Hill Nations purple a in 1979 to .IHe in defending then ly flp..,Q/IC Our objective wa to embarrass tory as teenage to go said they will with lands r Canada. I believe reached our school, and living rJ we N arm of murk arm o - marta. both regommm an Mow . dam Con ates from ound ob ec society to be too laoS for Doreen Silversmith and Emiy Pampa of FORWARD -0, a ce e on the Proved tlabe issues end M the r'.,rreder, Pre the chastised Cauda for its made the Np two her to handle. She became pregnant where she e.0 a, agawa. PP raid an Si Nanmwyeo Omaha creek Mold Silversmith So far, he said issues la.s eI nimm. tree of re db treareent of aborigiwl people at a wales l ago to Ne 36th session of the while she was homeless on the her UNa Dodd an edaeational campaign for __ .. have been addressed, open 7 _ .:mes,)"- _ conference held in Geneva two ON Committee on Economic, seeds of Toronto, and after the Me rich and poor has grown wider, operating e a emplus r the last Ooamiorsidenö,ncluNngNeciti- - ` ended ....ream returning f '% -° t weeks ago attended by Sù Nations Social and Culaural Rights (UN baby boor, the province took and even make the ursof Caedwua. w, many people don't it eight years.On May l9, UN will Burtch ten. and an archeological ' tights advocate Doreen CESCR) as a member of the her away Rom her. Silversmith into poverty statistics because its -mu has ono aboutpithog they be releasing concluding observe- ass..t done m the WW. Silversmith. Toronto-based human rights gaup wonders why it didn't provide her are She also said son Canada, and both women Six Nations people against He mid -n: art to aY we Mve Oan-.1..6..er.ru ekn Vet m.a,rra n/-h Particularly, delegates express. FORWARD (Feminist Organization and her baby with the support they alNmghuthndusNal.ed are say to the Cale.. residents. This is about ü5 kedng eÑ nations they plan hold govern. stem some positive steps fern. egen waßOu P vgh.Y(PFwo rÌ, CPm linage and shock upon heating fm Women's Advancement, Rights, need.. "1 began drinking. I could- requltedto contribute 0.7 per cent af moles fret to the the to ensure it Su Pons land righe and the Nay "His protest as lawful D a i your, reaching "peaceful remlutio anted to see the roadway opened . about the OPP raids that occurred and Dignity). n't handle the culture shock, the their Gross Domestic Notion for- follows Nrough with any imam. Inc 8 mono. e g o f Sù Spokeswoman Hazel Hill aid said OPP Senior Co. is and he earned see the babi- We need to move forward. Right April 20th when refine muck onto SJVentnie and fellow FORWARD racism, the sexism When it in eign 'd Canada doesn't do Nm, mwdntons the IN makes Nations .st Net were under Monday night the the roadway Casa lks ax -pay oaks wed J N: k. now were a sWemsk. Name the Sir Nations reclamation site in member Emily Pad ,a told the your face, it does something to your m though the count, Fat boon nt tM federal sown but would be opens local trafic and mit of Carrels. Smite Men pert The anemment came after happening and we know their haveNappurd ovtt the attempt to remove protestes, cm tm 'mad. w viola- spurt Yeats. We peaceful OPP INVESTIGATE RACIST MESSAGE emergency vehicles. point, they're having unity moly at Six Nations (Canadian, history. They did It at said Silversmith, adding Canadian tion of many human rights, espe- Her b.f.. alcoholism didn't last hope Caledonia residents will Join Our Tuesday name wank was dohs,' he said of the man from last Thursday in which audience Oka, they did it at ppm.ad.