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By Jim WindleBRANTFORD

It would appear that the “funky year” Brantford Mayor Chris Friel predict-ed for 2013 on New Years Day has begun.

The Kanyen’kekake of the Ouse / Grand River Territo-ry (Mohawk Workers) have been pursuing legal means to access vital information regarding land that has been presumed to belong to the city or the county.

Several weeks ago the Mohawks began collec-tions procedures through a US based commercial col-lections agency demanding payment of $734 billion in back lease payments and revenues through sales of land throughout Brantford and the County of Brant.

Beyond the apparent in-ability of the city or county to produce legal documen-tation of proper transfer or surrender of certain lands in and around Brantford, the claim is also based on statements made by two city mayors.

On April 19th, 1994, then Mayor Bob Taylor acknowl-edged the debt owed and the unaccounted for land and struck a committee to look into it.

“About 80% of Brantford is under land claim and the total monetary value of the claims is about $250 bil-lion,” said Mayor Taylor at the time.

By adding the government standard interest rate of 6% compounded interest, that figure is now $734 billion.

Mayor Taylor’s acknowl-edgement came a year be-fore Six Nations Elected Band Council filed its 29 land claims with the feder-al government seeking the same things the Mohawks are still seeking today: An accounting of lands and money. These claims have languished in dusty govern-ment files ever since.

It appeared the issue was going to get the atten-tion it deserves when a new and fresh thinking Mayor took office in the person of Chris Friel who made many friends at Six Nations with his willingness to listen and to research the true history of Brantford and its relation-ship with Six Nations.

In 2000, Mayor Friel made some bold statements

in an article titled “Friel backs Native land claims” published in the Exposi-tor’s August 28th edition, in which he is seeking fair and diligent attention to these long ignored land claims.

“I believe that land claim is totally valid,” he said then as he called for a “true ac-counting of money that is owed and land that belongs to Six Nations’ peoples .... It’s time to honour what we have taken and give it back.”

He told the Expositor that he has spent much time over his six years in office at-tempting to understand the relationship shared between local native and non-native people. He also had at his disposal the committee re-port that Taylor had ordered years before to reference. He was not a novice in local na-tive issues, even at a very young age, and his com-ments were based on study and facts as he knew them at the time.

He estimated a figure in the “hundreds of millions” saying it was worth paying to resolve the issues once and for all.

Now, 12 years later, in a response to the collection agency employed to seek restitution on behalf of the Kanyen’kekake of the Ouse / Grand River Territory, the official stance of city hall is that they owe nothing to Six Nations or the Mohawks. But Friel does not see any inconsistency on the matter at all.

“Part of that statement was the moneys as they re-late to the Six Nations trust fund and are separate from the land itself and should not be lumped together,” Friel said in a telephone inter-view Tuesday morning. “My statements under this coun-cil have been very clear, that we get to the table and ne-gotiate these issues. There has been no change in our position.”

Monday, Jason Bow-man, an assistant to Bill Squire who is the delegat-ed spokesperson for the Mohawk Workers, request-ed city clerk Lori Wolfe to produce public records, in-cluding the results of Mayor Taylor’s committee and any subsequent committees into the land claims issue, for in-spection by the Mohawks’ delegation, using section 253 (1) of the Municipal

Act, Chapter 25.Wolfe informed Bowman

Monday that pulling these documents for inspection would take more time, but said she would comply, per-haps by Tuesday or Wednes-day.

The Mohawk Workers be-lieve that both mayors made their statements independent of each other and several years apart after seeing the results of previous histori-cal records and committee studies. These are the re-cords and documents the Mohawks are trying to gain access to.

Friel does not acknowl-edge as legitimate the Mo-hawk Workers who have been occupying the for-mer Kanata Village for five years, and he makes his po-sition on that clear as well.

“I want to make it very clear that I will not sup-port this group and any reference that I made deal-ing with land claims in the Haldimand Tract, which has been my position for-ever, has nothing to do with this group,” says Friel. “If I am discussing claims, we talk as a municipal council first to the Elected Council of Six Nations. That is the group that we went to Ot-tawa to lobby with the Tri-council initiative. We have gone to the Longhouse and have spoken with the Con-federacy and that would be the other group that we have spoken to in the past

and would acknowledge. But I don’t understand the position of these individuals (Mohawk Workers).

It is the Mohawk Workers stance that the Haldimand Proclamation was and is a Mohawk document which

includes “such others” as it is worded but was made manifest by the Mohawk Nation.

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Brantford Mayor Chris Friel’s New Years prediction that 2013 would be a “funky year” is coming true already. The Kanyen’kekake of the Ouse / Grand River Territory (Mohawk Workers) are seeking restitution for two hundred years of what they believe have been systematic land thefts and assumed title. (Photo by Jim Windle)

Friels “funky year” has begun

By Stephanie DearingBRANTFORD

Weighing in at six pounds, nine ounces little Bryan Hill Jr. is the first Six Nations baby of the New Year.

Born on New Year's Day at 12:40 p.m., Bryan was the second baby of the year born at the Brantford Gen-

eral Hospital.Proud mother, Tiffany

and her partner, Bryan Hill Sr. were happy to see Bry-an's button nose. Because she is diabetic, the birth of Bryan could have taken a tragic turn, and indeed, Bryan was born a bit soon-er than anticipated.

Tiffany said she had planned a natural birth, but

when little Bryan's heart rate began dropping, action had to be taken, and Bryan was born via a Cesarean section.

The little guy who, with his adorable cheeks and full head of fine black hair, is al-ready a heart-breaker nicely and is now doing very well. The family is now happily back at home.

Proud mother, Tiffany and her partner, Bryan Hill Sr. with little Bryan Hill Jr.

First baby of year already a heart-breaker


By Stephanie DearingHAMILTON

Between 200 and 300 people – the young, the old, able-bodied and disabled, Native and non-Native – met up at the Fortino's grocery plaza on Dundurn Road in Hamilton on January 5 with a plan for a march and a tem-porary blockade of Highway 403.

The rally was a loud mes-sage to anyone listening, making it known there is widespread support for a reconfigured relationship between Canada and First Nations and support for Chief Theresa Spence in her hunger strike.

The gathered crowd was largely non-Native, al-though a number of Six Na-tions members participated in the rally and blockade of the highway. Some carried yoga mats while others had their dogs with them.

While people expressed discontent and even anger for the budget omnibus bill C-45 pushed through par-liament by the Conserva-tive government, the mood of those who gathered was buoyant, positive and proud-ly determined.

“It's good to see our own people finally standing up and fighting for our rights,” said Six Nations member Kahyonhan-oron. “Bill C-45 will affect non-Natives just as much as us. It's good we're standing together. I'm so proud.”

Another Six Nations member who called himself Brian Canadian, spoke about the residential schools, and how his grandparents were “locked up in the Mush Hole,” not allowed to speak their language. “I never learned how to speak Mo-hawk myself because it was against us. And now, with Canada, they're allowed to speak all different types of nationalities.”

Todd Baumer said he was there because he had been thinking and concluded “the president of the Royal Bank wouldn't have to go on a hunger strike to meet the Prime Minister.”

Organizer Myka Burning said the purpose of the ral-

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Hundreds of people gathered in Hamilton on January 5 to send a message to Prime Minister Stephen Harper that the Idle No More movement is not go-ing away any time soon. A peaceful march led to a temporary blockade of Highway 403, where protesters briefly took possession of the pavement with a Round Dance. (Photograph by Stephanie Dearing).

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ly and blockade was “to support the Idle No More movement and just to keep it in Harper's vision that we're not going away like he was hoping ... He's still not do-ing anything so we're not going to stop. We're going to continue.”

Burning said while people were in support of the Aboriginal movement, they were also pro-testing legislation “that will detri-mentally affect our water, our air and our land. We're not the only people who drink water, we're not the only people that need air.”

“It's important to protect Moth-er Earth,” said Six Nations mem-ber Yvonne Maracle addressing the crowd before they briefly shut done the westbound lanes of the 403.

Tekawennake spoke to Mara-cle when the protesters stopped to take possession of the 403 with a Round Dance.

First Nations leaders, said Ma-racle, “are supportive over all and trying to encourage” their people. “This is one of the few times in history that we're actually going out and keeping it alive, the is-sues. Considering our whole his-tory of things, we've come a long way and like Idle says Idle No

More, we're not idling by any-more. We are standing up for our rights, we are standing up as a people to talk about these issues and to try to bring awareness.”

“Unfortunately in Canadian history, there is a lack of edu-cation, and no disrespect, but I think the Canadian public is re-ally ignorant about the history of Aboriginal people. We were not a conquered people ... when the non-Natives came to this land we agreed to live together,” said Ma-racle.

She described the movement “as a time for people to be unit-ed, to come together. It's a good start, because people are starting to listen.”

Maracle appreciated the sup-port from non-Native people, and pointed out Bill C-45 affects the land and water, which affects all Canadians “and affects the chil-dren to come too. So if we don't start to look after it, who is go-ing to?”

The march took about two hours, and while the eastbound traffic on the 403 was not directly affected, drivers slowed down to get a good look. There was one fender-bender as a result.


By Stephanie DearingSIX NATIONS

“I just knew intuitively I had to go,” said a Six Na-tions elder, speaking of her recent visit with Attawapis-kat Chief Theresa Spence.

Spence is currently camped on Victoria Island in Ottawa, where she is on a hunger strike in a bid to have Prime Minister Ste-phen Harper and a crown representative meet with First Nations leaders to dis-cuss establishing a new re-lationship.

Harper broke his silence and issued a statement on January 5, saying he will meet with a delegation se-lected by the Assembly of First Nations on January 11, 2013.

Kahehti:io travelled to Ottawa to see Chief Spence just after Christmas. The Chief was resting that day “because she was feeling tired and a little weak. We managed to see her around 6:30 pm.”

The 20 minute visit with Chief Spence “gave me strength, just heightened my strength and my belief in what we can do, what we can achieve,” said the Kahehti:io. “She is just amazing. She said I have to do this for my people. I have to do this.”

“My question was, as Haudenosaunee people, with Clan Mothers and Chiefs and a big communi-ty, I said Theresa, what can we do ... to further our heal-ing and what we need. She said, Jan go back and tell your people, the Chiefs and the Clan Mothers and your community ... tell them that you must unite. You must all unite and come to resolu-tions for your needs in your community. And then she said that's what we must all do across Turtle Island is to come to focus on our spiritual, physical, mental, emotional needs through resolutions.”

Kahehti:io credits Chief Spence with bringing the attention of the world to In-digenous issues in Canada. “I call her our Indian angel,” said Kahehti:io. “She's cre-ated awareness around the world.”

While she does not char-acterize herself as an activ-ist, Kahehti:io is perturbed that neither Six Nations Elected Council nor Con-

federacy Council have is-sued statements on Chief Spence's hunger strike.

“I have to speak the words of our elders, our ancestors. They said never give up be-cause once you give up all the generations will suffer,” said Kahehti:io. She said the way Six Nations can re-turn to strength is to “bring back our own” education, laws and religion.

Kahehti:io has not only spent one day fasting in support of Chief Spence, she also spent Christmas day with Aamjiwnaang First Nation members, who were blockading a CN rail line in Sarnia at the time as part of the Idle No More move-ment.

She was also recently in-vited to meet and participate with a National Women's Committee, comprised of Native representatives from all nations across the coun-try. “We're going to come together to put forth some resolutions for each nation. Hopefully those resolutions then will be incorporated into other people's resolu-tions, whereby we can come up with a national resolution for our people.”

“I'm excited about that, we're going to meet as soon as we can. That's my next step.” But Kahehti:io said she won't stop working to support Six Nations Clan Mothers “to help the m find their voice as Onkwe hon'we women.” Kahehti:io has been meeting with some Clan Mothers and giving them information about Idle No More and the proposed legislation being considered by the federal government.

Kahehti:io is holding a to-

bacco ceremony on January 11, 8:15 am at the old Coun-cil House to lend strength to the First Nation representa-tives who will be meeting with Harper. “We must sent out that energy and ask the Creator for guidance and

support for our leaders” for the meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper that has been scheduled for that day.

January 11, 2013 has been designated as a national day of action.

Six Nations Elder Janice Longboat met with Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence December 27th at her encampment on Victoria Island, across from the parliament buildings in Ottawa. Longboat brought a message from Chief Spence back to Six Nations. (Photo by Lisa VanEvery)

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By Stephanie DearingOHSWEKEN

When it comes to the Idle No More movement, Six Nations Elected Council ap-peared torn on what approach it should take during the Jan-uary 7 meeting of the Com-mittee of the Whole.

Elected Chief William Montour had tabled the item on the agenda. “I've been deluged by calls wondering what we're going to do,” he told his colleagues. “I've ac-tually not said nothing on it because I didn't want to jump ahead of the community.”

To date, Elected Coun-cil has not issued a state-ment on the movement or on Chief Theresa Spence's hun-ger strike, which is nearing 30 days. However, Council did pay for a bus to take com-munity members to Ottawa for a National Day of Action on December 22.

“I'm a little concerned that a number of chiefs seem to be using that as a platform and I'm not in favour of that. This is a grassroots movement and it deserves the respect of leadership to accept it as that,” Montour continued.

Elected Chief Montour said he wanted direction from

council “and the community of what they want us to do as the leadership of the com-munity, where they want us to take this.”

Despite that expression, Montour and Elected Coun-cillor Ava Hill (District Two) travelled to Ottawa Tuesday, and are expected to be in the city for most of the week, said Six Nations Communi-cation Officer Karen Best. It is not yet known if Mon-tour or Hill might be part of the delegation that is to meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Friday January 11.

“There are only 20 seats,” said Best. The Prime Min-ister tasked the Assembly of First Nations with selecting delegates for the meeting.

Six Nations consultant Richard Powless is in the process of preparing an anal-ysis of the legislation that has been passed by the federal government (Budget Omni-bus Bill C-45) as well as oth-er legislation that is currently being considered by either the senate or by parliament. Elected Council will make that analysis widely avail-able to the community.

During a prolonged discus-sion on Idle No More Elect-ed Councillor Lewis Staats

(District Six) urged his col-leagues to make a definitive statement on the legislation that would be shared not just with the community but with the Prime Minister and other relevant government minis-ters.

Outspoken District Four

Councillor Helen Miller ad-vocated Six Nations simply put the Prime Minister on no-tice that “his laws don't apply here.”

District Two Elected Coun-cillor Ava Hill advocated empowering Six Nations members by providing them

with correct information about parliamentary legisla-tion. “There's a lot of mis-information out there,” she said.

She suggested council be involved at the chief's level to “keep on top of things,” while encouraging “grass roots. Let's do it together, let's be unified.”

Elected Councillor Mel-ba Thomas also agreed with the message of unity, calling on her colleagues to offer a peaceful hand out to Bill Squires and the Mohawk Workers as well as Confed-eracy Council.

During the discussion, community member Leona Moses asked for some time to talk. She read two let-ters to the Commitee of the Whole, one from the Angli-can Church of Canada, the other from the Lutheran and Mennonite Churches.

Both letters were written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, urging him to meet with Chief Spence and oth-er Aboriginal leaders and encouraging the creation of a new relationship between the government and Canada's First Nations with a focus on reconciliation.

“Reconciliation,” Mo-

ses read from the Anglican Church letter, “also will re-quire changes in the rela-tionship between Aboriginal people and the government of Canada. The federal gov-ernment, along with the provincial governments, his-torically has taken a social welfare approach to its deal-ings with Aboriginal people. This approach fails to recog-nize the unique legal status of Aboriginal peoples as the original peoples of this coun-try. Without that recognition, we run the risk of continu-ing the assimilationist poli-cies and the social harms that were integral to the residen-tial schools.”

During Tuesday's Elect-ed Council meeting, John Henhawk asked for help in paying for two buses. The buses will travel to Ottawa on January 11. With full agreement from council, the buses will leave from Iroquois Plaza early on Fri-day morning. The depar-ture time has not yet been set. More information will be available through Karen Best at Six Nations Admin-istration, through the Idle No More Six Nations' Face-book site, or by calling Hen-hawk at 519-732-0185.

Elected Council has difficulty determining position on Idle No More

Leona Moses attended Six Nations Elected Council’s Com-mittee of the Whole to read two letters written by church or-ganizations in support of Chief Spence’s hunger strike. Both letters were written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, urg-ing him to meet with First Nations leaders and Chief Spence. (Photograph by Stephanie Dearing).


Negotiate First Nations Treaty Rights, Labour Leaders Urge, in Support of Chief Theresa SpenceCAW

Two of the country’s largest private sector unions are calling on the federal government to meet with Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence immediately, leading into a formal treaty meeting with First Nations.

The Canadian Auto Workers union and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union are expressing concern for Chief Spence’s safety as she goes into her second week of a hunger strike, demanding a meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gover-nor General David Johnston. The unions urge the federal government to use a collective bargaining approach with the First Nations people over treaty rights.

“For our entire existence as a country, the federal government has abused the rights of the First Nations people,” said CAW National President Ken Lewenza. “This is no more apparent than in Chief Spence’s community of Attawapiskat where a year later, the town is still without adequate housing and infrastructure as the winter sets back in.”

Lewenza said that he and many others have been deeply moved by the courage and te-nacity shown by Chief Spence, who is in the seventh day of the hunger strike. The union leaders are adding their voices to the legions of supporters through the emerging #Idleno-more movement.

During the hunger strike, Chief Spence is living in a teepee on Victoria Island in the Ot-tawa River, near the Supreme Court of Canada and the House of Commons.

“Chief Theresa Spence’s fight for her people is similar to that labour movement and so many other groups - the fight for dignity, respect, and equality,” said CEP National President Dave Coles. “It is urgently necessary that the government reach an equitable agreement with the First Nations people. As a country, we know all too well the reality of centuries of colonization, inequality and abuse.

“On behalf of more than 300,000 working women and men across Canada, we are urg-ing the federal government to live up to its responsibility to aboriginal people and meet with Chief Theresa Spence and other aboriginal leaders,” said Coles.

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Don’t always believe what you read in the pressHas anyone ever wondered if the mainstream Canadian media is being manipulated

by the federal government, especially under Stephen Harper’s fascist style regime? For us, any doubt about it has been washed away by the initial absence of news coverage of any of the dozens of large and peaceful Flash Mobs and Round Dance demonstra-tions at malls and shopping centres from Vancouver to Halifax, across the USA and even into New Zealand and Europe.

But as the “Idle no More” movement grows, it has become impossible for the cor-porate media to ignore any longer, so, the next best thing is to misdirect the public with unlearned and willful misinformation in an attempt to deflect from the real issues and towards something else — like alleged financial irregularities at Attawapiskat thrown in Spence’s face these days. If there was or was not irregularities really has nothing to do with Harper’s suite of legislations against Onkwehon:we people across the country. Don’t get drawn into that red herring argument which the Tory’s are now busily bantering about.

Even now that Harper has committed to arrange a meeting with some leaders on January 11th, who is it he is meeting with? Those who have joined the Canadian politic already, and as such, have to ultimately bow the knee to Canadian law and Canada’s self-proclaimed but illegitimate authority over Onkwehon:we people.

Harper refers to the “elimination of a lot of red tape” when he explains to the main-stream media why these bills are being put forward. Guess who that “red tape” is. It is you! You, who are standing in the way of his big oil buddies bid to pipe low grade oil across Traditional Territories without any form of consultation or accommodation. You, who are protecting the environment so that all people’s future generations can enjoy and sustain their lives.

The sad part is, some Native leaders and “Fort Indians” are even siding with Harper. We advise our readers not to consider Canada’s mainstream media’s take on the

subject. Remember, these are the same media outlets that still refer to Six Nations land protectors as “terrorists”, “criminals” and “thugs”.

Are we exaggerating? Here are a few editorial bits which have been published in the past week in the right wing, corporate media:

“The threat of suicide is always ill advised or rooted in selfishness. In the regrettable case of Theresa Spence, it appears to be a case of both. Apart from Spence’s inexcus-able blackmailing of the prime minister, it’s evident she’s unreasonable. Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan has expressed a willingness to meet with Spence, but he’s been rebuffed.” - Calgary Herald editorial board.

“Chief Spence has parked herself on an island in the Ottawa River, is on Day 17 of a hunger strike, and all around her, the inevitable cycle of hideous puffery and horse manure that usually accompanies native protests swirls. It is tempting to see the ac-tion as one of intimidation, if not terrorism: She is, after all, holding the state hostage to vaguely articulated demands.” - Christy Blatchford for the National Post.

“I started looking into Attawapiskat’s situation. Attawapiskat is a small town in Northern Ontario. About 1500 people living 300 homes. But they have 3 chiefs on the payroll, 18 councillors on the payroll — that’s 21 full-time politicians. Did you know that in the middle of the so-called housing crisis where they need more money that Chief Theresa and the band has $9 million stock portfolio...Attawapiskat has $9 million [in stocks] - like in Apple, in China Mobile, in Banks. Maybe if you have a housing crisis you sell a few stocks.” Ezra Levant for the Sun Media Network.

To set the record straight, Spence did not start the movement, she is not grand stand-ing for her own benefit, and she is not blackmailing Harper to meet with her personally.

We have heard it said even here at Six Nations that some refuse to support Spence because “she is committing suicide” and that his not allowed under the Great Law.

But following that logic, every time someone puts themselves in harms way for the greater good of their future generations, as many Onkwehon:we people have through-out history, is that suicide, or is that courage under fire? Should the indigenous people of Turtle Island have simply handed over the keys to the continent without putting themselves in harms way to try and protect it for todays generation to continue that same fight? There is a thin line between suicide and courage. The end goal of suicide is to die, while the motivation behind courage under impossible odds is to live free.

As for us, we support the “Idle no More” movement and also Chief Spence in her courageous stand against today’s colonizers led by Stephen Harper. More of us should have that kind of moxy.

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Grand Chief Derek Nepi-nak of the Assembly of Man-itoba Chiefs spoke out today about the timely release of the Attawapiskat audit. Grand Chief Nepinak's state-ment is as follows:

The timely release of the leaked audit conducted by Deloitte on the Attawapis-kat First Nation by an anony-mous source and then posted on the Aboriginal and North-ern Development Canada's website is nothing more than a smear campaign against a Chief and a community that are standing up and challeng-ing the power mechanisms in government that continue to try and oppress us.

This latest web posting and media release from the government is yet another indication of the bad faith and malicious tactics they use to keep the public mis-informed about the realities of Indigenous people liv-ing in the Canadian state. It is my observation that this campaign of misinforma-tion incites divisiveness in the Canadian population at a time when we are calling on all Canadians to stand to-gether with us in opposition to the loss of integrity in the democratic institutions that have shaped the Canadian experience. This divisive-ness that is being promot-ed through these types of actions without telling the whole story behind the num-bers is fueling the racism and hatred that is contributing to the violence we see against our people every day in the social media and the streets of the cities and towns across this country.

People tend to think that accounting speaks for itself however accounting and standards applied to First Nations communities are en-tirely political, arbitrary, and manipulated to meet gov-ernment objectives of con-taining and assimilating us while the vast wealth of our ancestral lands is exploited. This federal government's Indigenous termination pol-icies are made practical by hundreds of well-paid In-dian Act bureaucrats who are tasked with the imple-mentation of policy through accounting and the imposi-tion of punitive fiscal con-sequences. The government claims an 'independent audit' was performed. This state-ment is purely to imply a lack of bias in accounting

and audits. This is a false-hood considering a robust speculators economy exists amongst accountants and ac-counting firms across Cana-da who know that it is much more lucrative for them to make $15-$20,000 a month on a First Nation community in a co-management or third party management scenario than it is to report a clean

audit once a year. The real-ity is that accountants and firms have an indirect finan-cial incentive to raise qual-ity questions about a First Nations internal accounting standards when they know this might push a community into the very lucrative inter-vention policy of the depart-ment of Indian affairs. The intervention market is mo-

nopolized by accounting firms who do both audits and co-management and third party management. The Harper Government and its supporters continue to lam-bast First Nation Chiefs such as Chief Spence for lack of accountability for dollars received despite the fact that the Attawapiskat First Nation was in co-manage-

ment and third party situa-tions during the time frame this audit was conducted by Deloitte. The question that needs to be answered is where is the accountability framework for these man-agers that are chosen by the Harper government to assist these First Nations move to-wards a path of financial sus-tainability.

Deloitte is also the same firm that the Harper gov-ernment has defended over the last few months for the $19.8-million contract, equivalent to $90,000 a day, that was awarded to the com-pany in order to advise Harp-er on cost-cutting measures to First Nations, the public sector and the environmental programs and services.

Notice of Draft Site PlaNby Prowind Inc. regarding a Renewable Energy Project

Project Name: Gunn’s Hill Wind Farm Project location: Township of Norwich and City of Woodstock, Oxford County, OntarioDated at Hamilton this the 9th of January 2012

Prowind Inc. (Prowind) is proposing to engage in a renewable energy project in respect of which the issuance of a renew-able energy approval is required. The distribution of this notice and the project itself are subject to the provisions of the Environmental Protection Act (ACT) Part V.0.1 and Ontario Regulation 359/09 (Regulation). This notice is being distributed in accordance with section 54 of the Regulation.

Project Description: Pursuant to the Act and Regulation, the facility, in respect of which the project is to be engaged in, is considered to be a Wind Energy Facility, Class 4. If approved, this facility would have a total maximum name plate capacity of 25 MW. The project location is described in the map below.

The project is being proposed in accordance with the requirements of the Act and Regulation. The project will consist of up to ten (10) Siemens wind turbine generators from the SWT 3.0 - 113 family. The turbines will have a maximum nameplate capacity of 2.897 MW or less for this project. The total maximum installed name plate capacity of all turbines will not exceed 25 MW. Other basic components include step-up transformers located adjacent to the base of each turbine (step up voltage from approximately 0.69 kV to 27.6 kV), a 27.6 kV underground collector system, fibre optic data lines, a non-Transformer Substation, overhead dedicated feeder line, access roads, a potential operations and maintenance building and storage shed. Temporary infrastructure will include, laydown areas, concrete wash ponds, storage containers, parking area and contractor trailers.

Documents for Public review:A written copy of the Draft Site Plan Report is being made available for public inspection at the Woodstock Public Library, 445 Hunter St., Woodstock and Norwich Public Library, 10 Tidey St., Norwich, and is available for download online at www.prowind.ca.

Draft Site Plan:A Draft Site Plan has been issued for the project and is contained within the Draft Site Plan Report (available for review at the above noted locations). The legal effect of this Notice is such that pursuant to Section 54 of the Regulation, Prowind has to take into account noise receptors as defined by the Act that only existed as of the day before Prowind published this Notice (date noted above).

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By Stephanie DearingTORONTO

A young Six Nations member who has worked to encourage her peers to become involved in their future was honoured in a ceremony held December 14 in Toronto.

For her work as “a voice for First Nations youth,” Sasha Maracle was hon-oured by Ontario's Lieuten-ant Governor David Onley, along with two other recipi-ents, also young women.

Maracle, who is now 27 years old, was visibly moved as she stood beside Lt.-Gov. Onley and listened to Ontar-io's Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Michael Chan read her citation.

The Honourable Lincoln Alexander, who passed away earlier this year, refused to allow racism to limit him said Onley, who opened the ceremony. Onley recalled how Alexander, the first Af-rican Canadian elected to the Ontario Legislature, used to tell young people, “Repeat after me. Lincoln Alexan-der. He did it. I can. I will.”

A lawyer, Alexander also became the first African Canadian elected to Parlia-ment, where he became a cabinet minister. Alexan-der is perhaps best known by many Ontarians for his role as Ontario's first African Canadian to sit as the Lieu-tenant-Governor.

Alexander, said Onley, wanted to see young peo-ple awarded for furthering understanding between dif-ferent people. While the systemic racism that Lincoln Alexander had to overcome is long gone from Canadi-an society, Onley said “we must not assume that racism is dead. We must remain vigilant.”

“These incredible young people are standing up against discrimination, as Linc did throughout his life,” said Onley. “I am hon-oured to recognize the work they are accomplishing."

“An advocate for equal-ity and social justice, Sasha works on violence preven-tion, child welfare, and youth leadership develop-ment,” said Minister Chan. “She is also a member of the Mohawk Nation of the Six Nations of the Grand.”

Chan commended the 2012 recipients of the award. “As I look around ... I am reassured because ... I see our champions of to-day, our community leaders of tomorrow,” and their de-termination “to fight racism in all its forms.”

Erika Alexander, a grand-daughter of Lincoln, ad-dressed the three award recipients, telling them her grandfather would be proud. “I want to thank you for be-ing courageous enough to fight against things in our society that are meant to bring us down, “ Erika said to the recipients. “Thank you. I'm really honoured to be here.”

A recent Wilfred Lau-rier graduate, Maracle told Tekawannake this past March racism had left an in-delible impression upon her as she was growing up. It is a testament to her character that instead of lashing out or becoming self-destructive, Maracle began to work to address racism through posi-tive approaches.

In March, Maracle spoke about the importance of in-clusiveness when dealing with overwhelming issues such as racism, saying she had learned that cultivating understanding is a more ef-fective tool. But Maracle also said First Nations youth also need to be aware of how their own behaviour and lan-guage can be misconstrued as racist or discriminatory.

Ontario Regional Chief Stan Beardy publicly con-gratulated Maracle in a press release saying, “De-spite overwhelming obsta-cles, First Nations youth are making progress. Our youth are determined to be heard and noticed in all sectors, including direct action as we are seeing in the #Idle-NoMore Indigenous grass-roots movement taking place throughout Canada.”

Maracle serves as a po-litical voice for First Na-tions youth in her position of youth representative for the Independent First Nations. She also is the Ontario female youth rep-resentative at the Assembly of First Nations National Youth Council. As an ad-vocate for equality and so-cial justice, she works on

a variety of issue areas, in-cluding violence prevention, child welfare, youth leader-ship development and HIV/AIDS awareness.

Only three youths are selected each year for the award. According to Ontar-io's Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, the Lin-coln M. Alexander Award honours youth who have demonstrated leadership in eliminating racial discrimi-nation in Ontario. The award was first given in 1993.

The award is named af-ter the Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, who was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, serving from 1985 – 1991. He was the first member of a minority group to serve as a Lieuten-ant Governor in any prov-ince in Canada.

Each year, the three award recipients receive a per-sonalized certificate and a $5,000 cash award.

People could watch the ceremony live on the inter-net on Friday morning.

The other two award re-cipients honoured during the ceremony were Ash-mandeep Khroad and Chris-tie Park.

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Sasha Maracle (far right) was honoured with the Lincoln M. Alexander Award at Queen’s Park Friday morning for her social justice work. She is standing beside Ashmandeep Khroad. Also pictured are the Honourable Lt. Gov. David Onley (center), Christie Park and Minister Michael Chan. (Photograph courtesy of the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration).


By Heather Scoffield

THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA

Thanks to a single court decision, the federal govern-ment's responsibilities for Canada's Aboriginal Peo-ples have suddenly become a whole lot bigger.

After more than 13 years of legal wrangling, the Federal Court ruled on Tuesday that Metis and non-status Indians are indeed “Indians'' under a section of the Constitution Act, and fall under federal jurisdiction.

The decision adds to the mounting pressure on Ste-phen Harper to

rethink the way Ottawa deals with native populations, who are among

the most impoverished in Canada.

The ruling helps to clarify the relationship between Otta-wa and the more than 600,000 Aboriginal people who are not affiliated with specific reserves and have essential-ly no access to First Nations’ programs, services and rights.

“This is huge and it ends the denial of Aboriginal birth-rights that has existed for far too long among off-reserve Metis and non-status Indi-ans,'' said Betty Ann Lavallee, national chief of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples.

“Today is a very emotional day for me and a very hope-ful day for all off-reserve Ab-original peoples.''

In his decision, Federal Court Judge Michael Phelan rejected the federal govern-ment's attempts to maintain a narrow definition of who can be considered Indian.

He waded through centu-ries of Aboriginal history to look at definitions of who has been considered Indian in the past, and how they were treat-ed by native communities and by various levels of govern-ment.

The case for Canada's 400,000 non-status Indians was more clear-cut than the case for the 200,000 Metis, but on balance, historical ev-idence weighs in favour of the Metis too, he wrote.

“The recognition of Metis and non-status Indian as In-dians under section 91(24) should accord a further level of respect and reconciliation by removing the constitution-al uncertainty surrounding these groups,'' Phelan writes.

While the decision does not go so far as to declare

that the federal government has a fiduciary responsibility to the group, it says such du-ties would flow automatical-ly now that their standing has been clarified.

“There is no dispute that the Crown has a fiduciary relationship with Aboriginal people both historically and pursuant to section 35 (of the Constitution),'' Phelan writes.

However, he adds: “That duty is not an open-ended undefined obligation but must be focused on a specific in-terest.''

Legal experts expect the federal government to appeal the decision, partly because its implications are major— and complicated.

If left to stand, the ruling would affect a wide range of provincial and federal poli-cies, said Robert Janes, a Vic-toria lawyer who focuses on Aboriginal issues but was not involved in the case.

Governments would now have a duty to consult with non-status Indians and Metis on changes to law and policy, he said. And they will have to revisit the scope of their so-cial services, economic de-velopment and protections for Aboriginals.

“This is going to require a lot of bureaucratic re-thinking and policy development, and it's going to be years of figur-ing this out.''

Until now, he said, many non-status or Metis people have grown up in households where their half-brothers and half-sisters on reserves had access to hunting and fishing rights, or funding for post-secondary education — ser-vices they themselves were denied because of their par-entage.

Instead, they were told they were a provincial responsi-bility, only to have the prov-inces tell them they were the purview of the federal gov-ernment leaving a growing number of people in a juris-dictional limbo.

The Congress of Aborigi-nal Peoples and several Me-tis and non-status Indians took the federal government to court in 1999 alleging dis-crimination because they are not considered “Indians'' un-der a section of the Constitu-tion Act.

They argued they are enti-tled to some or all of the same rights and benefits as on-re-serve First Nations members.

They say that includes ac-cess to the same health, ed-ucation and other benefits

Ottawa gives status Indians; being able to hunt, trap, fish and gather on public land; and the ability to negotiate and en-ter into agreements with the federal government.

Indeed, negotiations should start Friday when Harper meets with First Nations lead-

ers on treaty and Aboriginal rights, said Lavallee, who also argued she should be in-cluded in those talks because of the new status accorded by Tuesday's decision.

The decision should push the federal government to sit down and negotiate agree-

ments on lands, resources, self-government and social services, the Metis Nation Saskatchewan said in a press release.

The federal government had little to say Tuesday, but hinted it would be consider-ing an appeal.

“We are reviewing the court's decision to deter-mine the next steps,'' said Jan O'Driscoll, spokesman for Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan.

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The County of Brant hereby notifies all interested individuals and parties that the County is considering an amendment to the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment that concluded with the removal of the Middleport Bridge and the permanent closure of Middleport Road at a Big Creek Tributary. The former Middleport Bridge was an 18.29m single span filled spandrel arch bridge. The site is located on Middleport Road at a Tributary of Big Creek, approximately 1.5km north of County Highway No. 54, Lot 16, Concession 3, in the Township of Onondaga; in the County of Brant, see the key map below.

The existing road is currently closed due to the removal of the bridge structure. The Reeker Bridge on the adjacent Mulligan Road has since been removed due to safety concerns. The amendment to the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment will review the influence of the absence of the Reeker Bridge in the preferred solution of the Middleport Bridge EA.

The project is being planned as a Schedule B project in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Class Environmental Assessment (Class EA) document (June 2000, amended September 2007). Written comments as a result of this notice will be received until February 1, 2013.

A Public Information Centre (PIC) has been arranged to allow local residents and interested members of the public an opportunity to review and comment on the alternatives under consideration, the evaluation process and the next steps in the study. This will be an informal “open house”, and representatives of the County of Brant and G. Douglas Vallee Limited (the County of Brant’s consultant) will be available to review the study and answer questions. Information to be presented at the PIC will be available on the County website at www.brant.ca/notices on Tuesday January 22, 2013.

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Subject to comments received and receipt of necessary approvals; the County of Brant may proceed with the planning, design and construction of the project. Any works regarding this project will be subject to further approval by the Council of the County of Brant.

In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, and/or would like to be added to the study mailing list, please contact one of the study representatives listed below:

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By Jim WindleOHSWEKEN

Six Nations Council’s Di-rector of Economic Devel-opment, Matt Jamieson and Community Planner Amy Lickers hosted the first of three community informa-tion meetings at the Commu-

nity Hall Thursday evening to explain the details of the pending deal with First Solar concerning the Walpole solar farm project.

The solar farm is to be built on 349 acres of land lo-cated near Army Camp Road, just outside of the Haldimand Tract, near Villa Nova.

Outside of four local me-dia reporters, the commu-nity meeting attracted. Only Floyd and Ruby Montour and one non-Native friend.

This proposed $400,000 deal comes on the heals of an earlier renewable energy partnership signed by the Elected Band Council with

Samsung.If approved, Six Nations

Band Council will receive a royalty of $1,000 for each megawatt of energy pro-duced and sold to Hydro One — an expected 20 megawatts over the next 20 years.

Community Planner Amy Lickers explained that if

properly maintained, the First Solar developed thin membrane panels are expect-ed to last more that 20 years. At the end of this proposed 20 year contract, if still a vi-able operation, a new deal may be negotiated.

Already the project has produced short term work for 90 Six Nations community members who have been as-sembling solar panels at the Oneida Business Park.

First Solar is also offer-ing potential employment for the construction phase which will require 200-300 people for approximately one year. Once complete, two full time positions will be filled to maintain and monitor the project.

Once decommissioned, First Solar guarantees all remnants of the operation will be dismantled and the land will be restored to it’s present farmable state.

Ruby Montour was critical of the deal.

“How stupid do they think we are?” she asked Jamieson. “In 20 years, how many mil-lions do they plan to make while they give us this piddly $400,000? They’re going to make millions of dollars on our land and you expect us to be having a hallelujah party because they’re going to give us $400,000 over 20 years.”

Jamieson explained that the upfront costs to in setting up this project is around $100 million, which First Solar has invested to make whatever it

is they make, and that while some are expecting a 50/50 business arrangement, that is totally unreasonable if they are the ones taking 100% of the financial risk.

“We have an opportunity to realize $400,000 in eco-nomic impact for our com-munity which we need,” said Jamieson. “The com-munity will decide how that money will be used, but it is very important that we have an opportunity to support a renewable energy project which is taking carbon waste out of the environment while putting clean energy into the environment, and that deliv-ers a message to the world that we support renewable

clean energy. At the same time, we are able to benefit economically from the con-tinued and ongoing devel-opment of land. You know, it may not be the greatest proposition, but it’s better than what we’ve gotten over the previous 228 years.”

According to Jamieson, the added value Six Nations brought to the table was the availability of Oneida Busi-ness Park and the labour force to begin building the state of the art solar panels. Although he admits the direct employment of 90 people was short term, these peo-ple got invaluable hands-on training and experience in a rapidly emerging field.

Montour asked Jamieson and Lickers why no one from First Solar was present to an-swer questions. Jamieson an-swered that there would be representation from the com-pany at the follow up ses-sions planned for Saturday January 12 from 10 am un-til 3 p.m., at the Community Hall’s Sports Den, and again Tuesday January 15, from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m at Six Na-tions Tourism.

Jamieson says that even First Solar’s $400,000 of-fer is much better than what was first put on the table and that there has been a signifi-cant amount of negotiations to achieve what they have achieved.

First Solar project information meeting draws two residents

“You know, it may not be the greatest proposition, but it’s better than what we’ve

gotten over the previous 228 years.” — Matt Jamieson

The first of three scheduled community meetings regarding the First Solar Walpole Project slated for construction over the next year, attracted only local media and two concerned citi-zens. Six Nations Council’s Director of Economic Development, Matt Jamieson and Com-munity Planner Amy Lickers fielded questions after a power point presentation explaining the project. (Photo by Jim Windle)


By Stephanie DearingFISHERVILLE

Without consultation or advance notice to the public, a Bald Eagle nest and the tree it was situated in were taken down on Saturday January 5, 2013, one day after the au-thorization for the removal was published online by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR). The pub-lic was excluded from com-menting on the decision.

According to the MNR, the nest was built too close to where an industrial wind turbine is to be built, and the tree the nest was built in was supposed to be removed to make room for an access road.

The agency rationalized it's decision stating, “This project has been awarded a Feed-in-Tariff contract by the Ontario Power Authority, re-ceived the Renewable Energy Approval from the Ministry

of the Envi-ronment and an approved Natural Heri-tage Assess-ment (NHA) from the Min-istry of Natu-ral Resources (MNR). No S i g n i f i c a n t Wildlife Habi-tat (SWH) was identified at this location during the preparation of the NHA.”

The MNR went on to say, “Since receiv-ing all required approvals for this project, Bald Eagles (listed as spe-cial concern in Ontario) have built a nest within the proj-ect location in a tree that was scheduled to be removed for

the construction of a road, and within 20 metres of the blade sweep of a proposed turbine. The nest was brought to the

attention of MNR in sum-mer 2012 and confirmed in the fall when leaves fell from the tree. Confirmation of an active nest was given by Bird Studies Canada and Guelph District.”

Bird Studies Canada said in a statement it had recom-mended the nest be left alone, suggesting that NextEra alter

their plans for the turbines.

“The Bald Ea-gle is a species of Special Concern in southern Ontario,” said the statement issued by Bird Studies Canada. “A tree contain-ing a Bald Eagle nest near Fisher-ville, ON, was cut down and removed on January 5 be-cause it was with-in an area slated for wind energy development. Last November, Bird Studies Canada was approached by the Ontario Ministry of Nat-ural Resources and AECOM (the environmental

consultancy contracted by NextEra Energy Canada) for information and advice about the nest, which was newly-constructed last fall and did not contain eggs or young.”

“At that time, Bird Stud-ies Canada strongly recom-mended that the nest needed to be left alone. To minimize

disturbances to this new nest-ing pair, we also suggested adjusting the placement of the turbines to allow a suit-able buffer zone around the area of the nest.”

Ironically, the MNR had just released a plan on in-creasing biodiversity in the province at the beginning of December trumpeting in a press release, “Ontario is improving protection of its forests, lakes, animals, plants and citizens through the im-plementation of a new biodi-versity plan.”

A Six Nations man who had opposed Summerhaven, Bill Monture, said he had learned about the decision to remove the eagle nest, but was not surprised by the government's refusal to pro-tect the nest. He maintains the wind farms to be built in Haldimand County, which are worth billions of dollars, will cause irreparable harm to the environment and to hu-man health.

According to the MNR, NextEra will erect artificial nests for the eagles. It is not known what impact the re-moval of the nest will have on the pair of eagles.

ues to work in partnership with all Aboriginals across Canada to address shared priorities such as education, economic development and jobs.''

He noted that the Feder-al Court said its decision is not about “the interpretation or application of particular rights either under the Con-stitution or under specific agreements, nor is it about Aboriginal rights.''

In other words, the court did not get specific about what the federal government should actually do now that Metis and non-status Indi-ans fall into the broader cat-egory of Indians.''

“The court is not prepared to make some general state-ment concerning fiduciary duty,'' Phelan's ruling states.

“Given the declaration of right in respect of section 91(24), one would expect that the federal government would act in accordance with whatever duty arises in respect of any specific mat-ter touching on the non-clar-ified fiduciary relationship.''

But the federal govern-ment has a long history of trying to narrow down its responsibilities to Aborigi-nal people and will likely be unwilling to simply ex-

tend First Nations rights and benefits to hundreds of thousands of extra people, said Janes, predicting many rounds of litigation to come.

“There's a fundamental clash of vision,'' Janes said.

“It's a big problem. This

is not something that's going to be fixed with a tweak.... These fights are only go-ing to ease up when some-one takes a deep breath and says, 'OK, where will we take a re-think of all this?'''

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A group of approximately 20 – 25 people protested the removal of a Bald Eagle nest near Fisherville, Ontario on Saturday. The nest was removed to make way for an ac-cess road and wind turbine, and was authorized by the Ministry of Natural Resources. (Photograph courtesy of Haldimand Wind Concerns).

Bald Eagle nest removed for wind turbine


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By Jim WindleFLORIDA

Young Six Nations “Thun-der Tribe” lacrosse team brought a National champi-onship title home from the prestigious Dick’s Sport-ing Goods Tournament of Champions held between Dec. 29th and 31st in Wesley Chapel, Florida. The tourna-ment hosted 22, U-15 teams from across the United States and two teams from Canada, including the Six Nations Thunder Tribe.

The Six Nations Under-15 field team lost the first game of the tournament’s Round Robin qualifying round, but used the wake up call to turn on the power winning the next six straight games, including the Champion-ship game. Along the way they wrestled the title from the tournament’s parenial winners, the FCA Nation-al Team — an all-stars club from across America. This was the same team they lost to in the Round Robin.

I am just so proud of our guys,” said coach Willy Skye. “Not just the fact that they won, but how they did it.”

In Game #1 of the cham-pionship round, the “Thun-der Tribe” won 16-1 over the Georgia Crossfire in an early game played at 6 a.m., Sun-day morning.

In Game #2, they took a 13-7 win over the FCA with

the biggest upset of the tour-nament, coming back from a 5-2 deficit after the first half.

“It was a do-or-die game,” said coach Willy Skye. “A loss would have relegated us to the B pool and out of the medals.”

In the intermission, Skye and his coaching staff re-minded the boys who they were and how they fought so hard to get there. “We’ve go 25 minutes to prove our-selves,” Skye told his young team.

The challenge took root and Six Nations came out and scored 11 straight sec-ond half goals while holding last year’s champs off the scoresheet for the character building win.

In the third game of the day, Sunday afternoon, the Thunder Tribe came from behind again to squeak out a 9-8 win over the Palm Beach Storm. With two minutes re-maining and behind 8-6, once again Haudenosaunee pride welled up and Six Nations came back to win it, placing them in the semi-final game against the North Carolina Road Warriors.

This was their fourth game of the day and was played ex-actly 12 hours after their early morning win over the Cross-fire. The Tribe won it 9-4 put-ting them in the gold medal game.

Monday morning, the rested Tribe faced the South

Carolina Cyclones for all the marbles.

Six Nations’ future star Te-hoka Nanticoke had his best game of the tournament earn-ing him MVP honours in their 12-3 Championship win.

The Cyclones opened the scoring and added a second and then a third goal to lead 3-0. But Six Nations goalie Logan Hill boarded up the net as Six Nations began another comeback with goals by Aus-

tin Staats and Tehoka Nanti-coke who then tied the game with his second of the match.

Doug Jamieson took the lead with an over the shoul-der shot that found twine behind the Cyclone’s goal-tender.

Nantiocoke found a loose ball near the South Carolina crease and quickly buried it for his third of the game, ex-tending the lead to 5-3. Staats took advantage of a Cyclone

penalty and made it 6-3 with the extra man on the pitch.

With four minutes left in the half, Nanticoke delivered his fourth of the game to send the teams into half-time with Six Nations leading 7-3.

Chancy Hill scored early in the third quarter from the slot which was followed by two more Nanticoke goals scored back-to-back in close succes-sion, and it was suddenly 10-3. Staats added his third of the

game with 9 minutes left.Tommy Jacobs made it

12-3 with less than a minute left with an powerful outside shot for the last goal of the game.

The win earns Six Nations and automatic invitation to next year’s tournament, but coach Skye wants to keep his successful chemistry together and will be applying to com-pete in the U-16 division in December, 2013.

Thunder Tribe win’s U-15 lacrosse championship in Florida

Six Nations Thunder Tribe won National Gold at the prestigious Dick’s Sports Tournament of Champions played between Christmas and New Years in Wesley Chapel, Florida. Congratulations go out to (Back Row) Roger Hill (asst coach), Willy Skye (head coach), Austin Staats, Logan Hill, Tommy Jacobs, Kessler Doolittle, Doug Jamieson, Ricky Smith, Billy Brooks, Evan Printup, Riley Jamieson, Robbie Williams, Bailey Skye, Scott Snyder (asst coach) Emmitt Printup (assistant coach). (Middle Row), Drey Martin, Ska hendade Martin, Seth Ferguson, Tehoka Nanticoke, Chancey Hill, and Frank Wolf. In front is Vernon Hill. The Six Nations team would like to thank it’s sponsor, “Thunder Tribe” energy drink.(submitted picture)


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The Sr A Brantford Blast outlasted the visiting Welland Whalers 10-7 in Brantford Fri-day night, and the Orillia Tundras 8-5 Sunday night. Goaltending and defensive play were nothing to write home about, but the powerful offense has been enough to get them by most teams. (Photo by Jim Windle)

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The Brantford Blast are in solid for first place in the Sr. “A” Allen Cup Hockey League after winning both weekend games.

Friday night, the Blast out-lasted the visiting Welland Whalers 10-7 at the Brantford and District Civic Centre in a game where defensive play and good goaltending were all but non-existent. Brant-ford outshot Orillia 50-47.

In the Blast net was Ben Thomas who stopped only 16 of the 23 shots he faced in the first two periods before being replaced by Anthony Marshall who stopped all five third period shots he faced. Welland goaltender Cody Vinnal stopped 26 shots.

New Credit’s Cam Sault earned an assist on Brant-ford’s sixth goal.

Sunday, in Orillia, the Blast offense was still potent but defensively, there was still some room for improve-ment as the Blast took an 8-5 win over the Tundras. Cam Sault scored two, the first at 1:38 of the second period and the second at 10:18 of the third, both assisted by Ryan Healy and Walter Easter.

“Saulty works his ass off every shift,” says general manager Peter Ham. “He’s

just one of those guys that has kind of a awkward style of skating but is a lot faster than he looks.”

Orillia scored its last goal with one second remaining in the game.

This coming Friday night, Jan. 11th, 2013, the second place Whitby Dunlops in Brantford for a 7:30 start.

Off the ice, the Blast reached out to the Attawapis-kat community this week by donating hockey jerseys to a girls hockey team from that community.

“I first heard about the

need up there from Jessica Taylor, who is trying to de-velop a girl’s hockey pro-gram,” says Ham. “She’s a Waterford girl who is a teach-er up there and her dad, Herb Taylor, is one of our assistant coaches.”

Player equipment and es-pecially, goalie equipment, is still needed and Ham is working towards an equip-ment drive for them at some future Blast game.

“I know there is more we can do, but I just wanted to get them launched first,” says Ham.

Blast winners on and off the ice


By Jim WindleCALEDONIA

The Caledonia Corvairs opened second half of the GOJHL season with three games in as many nights, winning two and losing one.

One thing for sure is that there is nothing wrong with the Caledonia offense as the Corvairs netted at total of 23 goals this past weekend.

The lowly Guelph Hur-ricanes provided not much more than token resistance in Friday night’s 11-1 walkover at the Caledonia Arena. Sat-urday night they took a 6-4 decision over the Brampton Bombers before losing 8-6 in a powerplay bonanza for both teams Sunday night to the Sugar Kings, in Elmira. Of the 14 goals scored 12 of them were on the powerplay. Caledonia went 5 for 9 and Elmira went 7 for 12. It was not a good night for goal-keepers.

The Kings took a 4-1 lead after 20 minutes which dug a hole which proved to be too big for them to crawl out of.

In the penalty filled period four of the period’s five goals came on the powerplay. El-mira took advantage of a Jeff Swift hooking call only 30 seconds into the game. Six seconds later, the Kings were

ahead 1-0.Caledonia’s Marc Silvestri

tied the game at 5:57 with as-sists going to Brandon Mon-tour and Swift. The next three were scored by the Kings, two more on powerplays.

Caledonia came out like a different team in the sec-ond frame and scored three straight powerplay goals by Swift, Tyler Norrie and Adam Brady all within three and a half minutes. That tied the game at 4-4 but Elmi-ra’s Craig Johnson gave the Kings the lead again at 10:55.

Another early goal, scored at 42 seconds of the third pe-riod, increased the King’s lead to 6-4. The teams traded more powerplay markers but when the smoke cleared, El-mira hung on to the 8-6 final.

Both Justis Husak and Marcus DelConte saw action in the Corvairs net which El-mira’s Hayden Neuman went the distance at the other end.

The Corvairs downed the Bombers of Brampton 6-4 Saturday night in Caledo-nia but it was a much closer game that perhaps it should have been. The Bombers are in eighth place with a 11-22-2 record while the first place Corvairs are 24-10-3.

Scoring for Caledonia were Matt Quilty with two goals with single goals add-

ed by Brier Jonathan, Con-nor Murphy, Jeff Swift, and Brandon Montour.

Friday night was like a public skate for the Corvairs after the Christmas break as the Guelph Hurricanes could barely muster a gentle breeze against the goal hungry Cor-vairs.

Filling the Guelph net with rubber were Caledonia’s Fab-

rizio Ricci (2G,2A), Brandon Montour (2G,2A), Dalton Riley (1G,2A), Marc Silves-tri (1G,2A), Spencer Gour-lauy, (1G,1A), Nate Mitton (1G,1A), Leonard Dziemi-anko (1G), Tyler Norrie (1G), Jeff Swift (1G), Mitch Brown

(2A), Justin Abraham (2A), Ryan Blunt (2A), Connor Murphy (1A), Greg Christ-mas (1A), Brendan Bomb-erry (1A), and Matt Quilty (1A).

The Corvairs are in action next with a home and home

series with Stratford begin-ning this Friday, Jan. 11, in Stratford followed by Satur-day’s rematch in Caledonia at 7:30. Stratford is currently in 7th place in the 9 team di-vision.

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The Six Nations Public Library Board, with the Archive Committee, and the Six Nations Community Development Trust Board

invite all community members to attend an information session on Thursday, January 10th at the Community Centre.

Doors open at 6:30 with discussions begin shortly after.

This session will include an overview of the proposed facility and the current request by Six Nations Public Library (SNPL) before the Six Nations Community Development Trust (SNCDT) for $1 Million in Capital Support.

Agenda: Overview of the Proposed Building: Presented by K.L. Martin & Associates SNPL Board Presentation SNCDT Facilitated Discussion with Community on Requested Funding

Corvairs back at it after Christmas break

Brendan Bomberry stands unchallenged in front of the Guelph Hurricane’s net in Friday night’s 11-1 rout in GOJHL Jr. B hockey action in Caledonia. The Corvairs scored 23 goals in three games this past weekend. (Photo by Jim Windle)

SIX NATIONS - In 2013, 5-time & current Back-to-Back Founders Cup Cham-pion, Six Nations Rebels will be looking to become the 1st team in Canadian Junior B Lacrosse win 3-consecutive National titles in Founders Cup history this August in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

But that scenario is quite a long way off. It all starts with a step at a time.

The first step will be to hold open tryouts for the 2013 edition of Six Nations Rebels.

The Rebels will hold 3 weekends (2 tryouts per week) of open tryouts for players hoping to crack the lineup or wanting to gain valuable experience for fu-ture years.

Six Nations Minor La-crosse Association has pro-duced top-quality players for Rebels Coaching staff and

management to chose from.Additionally, Rebels allow

players from outside their home association to tryout as well, provided the play-er provides a permission to tryout letter from their 2013 home Jr B association Presi-dent.

All tryouts will take place at the Iroquois Lacrosse Are-na (3201 Second Line, Six Nations) Players must pro-vide all required OLA doc-uments & pay a one-time $ 10.00 administration fee. Players plan to arrive 1-hour before the scheduled practice time. Player also plan to at-tend at least 3 of the 6 Open tryouts to be considered for the 2013 Rebels Squad.

DATES:1) Saturday, February 2nd

- 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM2) Sunday, February 3rd -

8:00 AM to 10:00 AM

3) Saturday, February 9th - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM

4) Sunday, February 10th - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

5) Saturday, February 16th - 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

6) Sunday, February 17th - Noon to 2:00 PM

Other important dates for the 2013 Pre-Season sched-ule are as follows:

Inter-Squad Game – Sun-day, March 24th @ 4:00 PM

5th Annual Spring Show-case – Saturday, March 30th (8-Teams)

Rebels kick off the 2013 OLA Regular Season at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena – Sunday, May 5th vs Wind-sor Clippers @ 7:00 PM

To view the rest of the Rebels 2013 Regular Season schedule, click on the follow-ing link:

http://www.sixnationsjr-brebels.com/2013-regular-season-schedule.html

Six Nations Rebels 2013 Open Tryouts


By Jim Windle with files from Stephen Stamp

SIX NATIONS

Just in time for the open-ing of season two of the Ca-nadian Lacrosse League aka CLax, the defending Cre-ators Cup Champions, the Six Nations Demons and the runners up, the Iroquois Ironmen have completed a trade that may help both teams.

The Director of Opera-tions for both the Ohswek-en Demons and the Iroquois Ironmen, Vince Hill, an-nounced that the Demons and Ironmen have complet-

ed a four-player deal that includes the 2012 CLax MVP, Chris Attwood.

Attwood, who also was the Creator’s Cup MVP and 1st team all-star, now joins his brothers Mike and Craig with the Ironmen. Coming to the Demons are transi-tion specialist Logan Kane, sniper Wayne Vanevery and newcomer Danny Vyse.

Hill acknowledged that the trade benefits both clubs filling gaps in both teams rosters. “Chris had a terrif-ic year for the Demons last year but in order for the De-mons to upgrade on the left side with Vanevery as well as their right transition with Kane and Vyse they had to give up a player of Chris’s calibre, the Ironmen on the

other hand need an offen-sive leader, one who can put up points on a consis-tant basis and they gave up some very good players to get Attwood, but this move should help the team put up more goals which hopefully leads to more wins in a very competitive league.”

The CLax season starts this Saturday at the ILA.

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Ohsweken Demon’s star and CLax MVP Chris Attwood has been traded to the Iroquois Ironmen for Logan Kane, Wayne Vanevery and Danny Vyse.

CLax MVP traded in 4 player deal

JANUARY SCHEDULESat 12th Ohsweken Iroquois 1:00 pm ILA Sun 13th Durham Toronto 2:00 pm MAC Sat 19th Brampton Ohsweken 1:00 pm ILA Sun 20th Niagara Iroquois 2:00 pm ILA Fri 25th Ohsweken Brampton 8:00 pm PC Sat 26th Niagara Brampton 2:00 pm PC Iroquois Toronto 2:00 pm MAC Barrie Ohsweken 1:00 pm ILASun 27th Toronto Durham 2:00 pm GMC

Six Nations Parks and Recreation was informed by the host city of the International Children’s Games that they are reaching capacity for the participation in the Games.

Unfortunately, girls’ softball will no longer be a part of the Games.

We urgently need youth aged 12 to 15 to call our office immediately if interested in attending the Games. We need a minimum of 2 Girls and 2 boys in Athletics (100 m, 800 m girls, 1500 m boys, long jump, high jump, shot put) or a minimum of 2 boys and 2 girls in swimming (various races available

Team sports that are available are girls’ volleyball where we would need a minimum of 6 players or maximum of 8 plus a coach or girls soccer with a minimum of 6 or maxi-mum of 8 plus a coach. The deadline to contact our office is Monday January 14, 2013.

If you have any questions, you can reach Programming Team Leader Cindy Thomas at (519)445-4311 ext. 5225 from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm on Monday to Friday.

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By Jim WindleOHSWEKEN

Tiffany Thomas is not waiting for someone else to do something about the frightening number of teen suicides and alcohol and drug abuse cases within her community. She is spear-heading a cross-generation-al, grass-roots organization to address these issues head on.

“This meeting tonight is because of all the losses we have been having here at Six Nations and New Cred-it,” said the 21-year-old Six Nations resident. “There has been a lot.”

She believes we need to be learning something from these unnecessary and un-timely deaths and get pro-active about it.

The goal is not to create just another forum to talk about the problems, but to develop a plan and strategy to break the negative cycle by refocusing youth and channeling their zeal and en-ergy towards positive com-munity building activities.

“We need to get back to who we are,” says Thomas. “I figured by bringing peo-ple together we can create a committee of some sort or an organization that can bring the people back together. It is really important, especial-ly right now. Not only to dis-cuss the negative things that are happening, like drug and alcohol abuse and suicides, but also to get active in our land and treaty rights. It all ties together and I think by getting back to who we are will play a big part in our fu-ture.”

She is not naive about the issues facing Six Nations young people, being one herself.

“I know you can’t make people quit drinking or do-ing drugs, but we want to bring awareness to other things that can stop the gen-erational trauma of our peo-ple through the residential schools experience.”

Thomas’ goal is to cre-ate a peer driven, safe and comfortable environment for young people to come and talk frankly and openly about the issues that trouble them most.

“They need to know that there are people out there who understand and who care,” she says. “We’re not here to judge anyone.”

She believes that the driv-ing factor that lures young people into drugs and alco-hol and despair stem from the fact that too many do not have the values that Onkwehon:we people are supposed to have. That is why she feels that rediscov-ery of those traditional val-ues is essential so they can be proud of who they are and not ashamed of it.

“You need to deal with why young people are in pain,” she says. “Because its pain that drives them into drugs and alcohol and suicide.

Thomas insists she is not trying to be the leader of this movement, but rather just to facilitate meetings to get things organized and set in place.

The first meeting took place at the Social Services Gym the week before Christ-mas and more gatherings are planned for the new year to

continue with these efforts.The 60 or so people who

attended the first meeting are in the brainstorming stage. There were several adults in attendance as well as youth, including Elected Band

Councillors Helen Miller and Mark Hill.

Young people across Tur-tle Island are getting politi-cally active, now with the fight against Bill C-45 and the “Idle No More” move-ment it spawned.

Thomas sees that as one way to take control of their own destiny by standing up as a people against Canada’s colonial oppression.

“This is just one step to-wards becoming a stron-ger Nation,” she says. “We need to forget all the internal fighting with each other and stand up for a bigger cause.”

Thomas was very encour-aged by the number of peo-ple who attended their first meeting and is hopeful it will continue to build.

The gathering broke into smaller focus groups and compiled a priority list of what issues they believed were most critical here and now. Other items on the agenda included fund rais-ing ideas, corporate sponsor-

ships from local businesses, and awareness events.

“I’d like to see us do a garbage pick up around the community,” she says. “Something that will help the entire community. We

need to develop our commu-nal values, caring and shar-ing with the community with things like that. It’s been ‘me and what can I get out of it’ for too long.”

Part of the program will

also be teaching of Haude-nosaunee and New Credit history.

“We need to get educated about our history so we can face the future,” says Thom-as.

Child Welfare Capacity Building Committee

The Six Nations Council – Social Services Committee is seeking applications from interested community members to fill one seat as a member on the Child Welfare Capacity Building committee.

Function of Community Members:

Participation will involve working collaboratively with other committee members in the development of a Six Nations Child Protection Service Program.

Minimum Qualifications:• Shall possess a post secondary diploma in social work or diploma in a

related human services field from an accredited post secondary institution;• Must have strong public relations skills; interpersonal, verbal and written

communication skills;• Must complete a criminal reference check;• Six Nations member and resident; and• Submit a bio of related experience and work related history.

Procedure:

If you are qualified and interested in applying as a community participant, please submit your resume, documentation of educational qualifications and a cover letter indicating your experience and interest prior to the closing date to:

Six Nations Social Services Department PO Box 5001 15 Sunrise Court OHSWEKEN, ON N0A 1M0

Closing Date: January 11, 2013 at 2:00 pm

Clearly Mark on Envelope: Child Welfare Capacity Building Committee

We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Youth taking the initiative at Six Nations/New Credit

Around 60 Six Nations and New Credit youth and adults met at the Six Nations Social Services Gym before Christmas to begin organizing a grass roots, youth driven movement to help young people deal with the pressures that are driving them into alcohol, drugs and teen suicide. The gathering broke into small focus groups to list what they believe to be the priority issues facing young people today. (Photo by Jim Windle)

Twenty-one-year-old Tiffany Thomas is no longer waiting for someone else to do some-thing. She organized a very successful and well attend-ed first meeting of the new community group at the So-cial Services Gym just before Christmas and plans more such meetings in the new year. (Photo by Jim Windle)


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The Dreamcatcher Hockey Tournament had its inaugural series at the Morgan Firestone Arena in Ancaster January 4th through 6th. The tourna-ment attracted eight Sr. teams all vying for the Championship and the $1,000 purse that went with it. Teams were di-vided into a North and a South division. Dynamo Hockey Club, the SN Po-lice, Team Awesome and the Sun Devils played for the North while the Sprits, team Pete Hill, the Gentlemen, and the Wild-cats represented the South division.

After going head to head with three games each in the Round Rob-in, the top two teams, the Sprits and the Wildcats, played for all the marbles with the Wildcats coming out on top, 6-2.

(Photos byDave LaForce)

Wildcats win the Dreamcatcher Tournament


By Stephanie DearingNEW CREDIT

New Credit council has a new councillor after Craig King was elected during voting held on January 5. He beat out contender Lar-ry Sault by only one vote, and while a recount was not yet in the works, it's pos-sible there might be a call for a recount.

Electoral Officer Ken King said there were a to-tal of 1,537 voters, but only 245 chose to cast a vote. The 15 percent participa-tion rate is part of a trend King said he has witnessed over the past ten years, where approximately only

20 percent of the commu-nity casts a vote.

Part of the problem is off-reserve members move and don't keep their information up to date. King said there were 1,300 eligible mail-in voters, but because of the lack of contact informa-tion, only 825 ballots were mailed out.

The election was called after councillor Adam Sault resigned his seat in late No-vember to take a job as the new Capital Projects Coor-dinator for New Credit.

Eight candidates had thrown their hats into the ring in hopes of landing enough support to take the

vacant seat. Besides Craig King and Larry Sault, the other contenders were: William R. LaForme, Lew-is Adrian LaForme, Sharon Bonham, R. Kelly LaFor-me, Carl Sault and Paul Ed-ward LaForme.

New Credit Council only sits for two years. This lat-est council received its mandate from voters in De-cember 2011, and the next election will take place this coming December.

Craig King will join Chief Bryan LaForme and councillors Clyten King, Stacey LaForme, Erma Fer-rell, Arland LaForme, Kerri L. King and Cecil Sault.

Sept 17 - Marks/progress reports due for all continuing students. Levels 3 & 4 provide Letter of Good Academic Standing. Application deadline for Winter semester starting January. Course registration / timetable and detailed tuition fees are due.Jan. 17 - Marks/Progress reports due for all continuing students. Levels 3 & 4 provide Letter of Good Academic Standing. Application deadline for Summer semester. Course registration / timetable and detailed tuition fees are due.May 17 - Marks/Progress reports due for all continuing students. Levels 3 & 4 provide Letter of Good Academic Standing. Application deadline for Fall or Fall / Winter semester(s). Course registration / timetable and detailed tuition fees are due.July 1 - Official Transcript due from all students with any assistance following the previous July. For fall applicants, funds will be decommitted if the transcript is not received.

LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED

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Important Notice: The GRPSEO office supports our students in their efforts to apply for scholarships and bursaries. We ask that students be aware that there is a processing time of 3-5 business days for requests of letters of support or verification of non-approval from our office. If you have any questions, please contact our office at 519-445-2219.

CASUAL/SUPPLY (ON-CALL)CHILD CARE SERVICES

Six Nations Child Care Services are accepting applications for casual/supply (on-call) workers: Early Childhood Educator, Kitchen Helper, and Housekeeper. Hours of work are variable up to 37.5 per week.

Applicants must have a minimum of grade 12 education and the ability to pass a police records check.

Interested Applicants are requested to submit:Cover letterResumeDocumentation of educational qualifications

A copy of the job description(s) may be picked up at the Child Care Programs at 21 Bicentennial Trail or at 18 Stoneridge Circle.

Mark on envelope: “CASUAL/SUPPLY (ON-CALL)” “CHILD CARE SERVICES”

Applications may be dropped off at: 21 Bicentennial Trail Or 18 Stoneridge Circle

Deadline: January 25, 2013

New Year brings new councillor for New Credit

While voter turn-out was not as strong as it could have been, New Credit election officers were kept busy on Saturday as voters stopped by the council building to have a say in who should fill the vacant seat at council. Delta Sault, Deputy Electoral Officer, ensures a voter is on the list. In the background is Electoral Officer Ken King. (Photograph by Stephanie Dearing).

By Stephanie DearingSIX NATIONS

The Solstice (December 21) was marked at Six Na-tions with a Mayan Fire Cer-emony followed by eight minutes of meditation, in synchronicity with similar planned events around the world.

The event was organized by Gail Whitlow, who is also owner of the Six Nations-based store Ancestral Voices, and followed a Mayan Fire Ceremony that had been held on December 12, 2012.

Friday December 21 was seen by thousands of people around the world as the day there would be a great cos-mic harmonic convergence. Many had also predicted there would be a planetary alignment as well, and a huge number of people around the world lived with the idea the world would end that day.

Whitlow, called away from the sacred fire to deal with a complaint about someone driving on the lawns of Oliver M. Smith Elementary School, said there was an “eight min-ute window of alignment,”

during which time people “around the world will be meditating.” The event was on land behind the school, and participants had to tra-verse the school grounds to access the event.

Elder Nana Esperanza had returned to Guatemala, said Whitlow. Victor Tata was to have been back in time to lead the Solstice ceremony, but had been detained in Gua-temala, so Whitlow and vol-unteers were left to conduct the ceremony.

Many described the Sol-stice event as moment of

spiritual rebirth, and the syn-chronized meditation was said to be the largest such coordinated meditation event ever. The meditation was in-tended to usher in an era of peace, love and harmony.

The shortest day of the year, the winter Solstice, which falls on December 21 has, like it's counterpart the summer Solstice, always been given special attention by people around the world throughout history. Also known as mid-winter to many, the Solstice is gener-ally believed by various cul-tures as a day of rebirth.

Winter Solstice meditation for future peace and harmony

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Property stolen in break-inA thief or theives got away

with a 32 inch flat screen tele-vision and some tools after breaking-in to an Onondaga Road residence. The own-er, who had returned home to find his front door had been pried open on January 5 called the police around 1 am. The investigation is on-going.

Single vehicle collisionPolice responding to a mo-

tor vehicle collision on Sen-eca Road January 6 found a blue Ford F-150 pickup truck in the east ditch said Chief Glenn Lickers. The driver suffered minor injuries, but the hydro pole he had collid-ed with had been snapped in

half. Upon investigation, po-lice found the licence plates on the vehicle had been re-ported stolen and the driver, 46 year old Lawrence Wayne Sherry, was charged with Possession of Stolen Prop-erty, Driving While Under Suspension, Careless Driv-ing, and Operating a Motor vehicle Without Insurance.

Armed youth faces weapons and assault

chargesA 17 year old young of-

fender was arrested by Six Nations Police. The January 3 arrest followed after po-lice received a report about a man, allegedly armed with a machete. The man, who can-not be named due to his age had allegedly been behaving in what was described as “a

threatening manner” while at an Onondaga Road residence. The man had left the home before police arrived. The police were advised the man had driven away in a black 2003 Cavalier, which was driven southbound on Onon-daga Road.

Responding officers, en-route to the home, spotted the suspect vehicle at Fifth Line and Onondaga Road. The of-ficers followed the vehicle to a Fifth Line residence, where the vehicle stopped and the driver left the vehicle. The man was arrested without any reported incident and taken into police custody. The ma-chete was found in the car. The suspect was charged with Assault with a Weapon and Uttering Threats, and was held for a bail hearing.

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NATIVE HORIZONS TREATMENT CENTREJOB POSTING Job Description: Coordinator (3 Month contract, with possibility of FT)Position: Coordinator, Community Wellness Development Teams

(CWDT)

Accountability: Executive DirectorApplication Deadline: January 18, 2013, 4:30 pm. Description of Work: The purpose of the Community Wellness Development Teams is to provide mental health and addictions expertise and planning supports to First Nations seeking assistance in taking a community development approach to addressing prescription drug abuse.At the request of local leadership, teams will assist in developing community-specific assessment and action plans, resulting in improved capacity within First Nations to respond to high rates of prescription drug abuse. Initially the team works with the community to get a perspective on the scope of the PDA issue, what resources/strengths are available in the community to address some of the identified issues, what gaps exist in the treatment continuum and ideas for reconfiguring existing or identifying needed resources.Teams will be available to First Nation communities to assist in community-based strategic planning and development including:· engagement with community leadership;· conducting community assessments;· developing community action plans;· addictions education and capacity development with staff;· conducting individual assessments;· establishing linkages to existing mental health and addictions treatment services;· community-based program design, planning (pre-treatment, detox and treatment, after care, group healing and development of psycho social

supports);· project monitoring and assistance with evaluation plans.

Qualifications:· Graduate level training in social work, psychology, nursing or a related profession and/or a combination of related education and experience;· Minimum of 5 years in the addiction and /or mental health field;· Experience in First Nations communities with community –based health programs;· Knowledge of matters specific to determinants of First Nations health, mental health and addictions;· Skills in research, facilitation, consultation, budget preparation, training and information analysis;· Knowledge of community development and applications to the social milieu of First Nations;· Sensitivity to and ability to work with community-driven aspirations;· Ability to work under pressure and within tight timelines;· Ability to work in an interdisciplinary healthcare setting;· Flexibility and ability to apply unconventional strategies;· Previous positive working history with the communities would be a decided asset.

Addictions Specialist (3 Month contract, with possibility of Full Time)QUALIFICATIONS:· Graduate level training in social work, psychology, nursing or a related profession preferred or graduation from an accredited College level

addiction program;· Minimum of 5 years direct service in the addiction field;· Experience in First Nations communities with health or addiction programs;· Experience in working with a bio-psycho-social model of addiction and recovery;· Experience in addiction treatment centres an asset;· Knowledge of matters specific to determinants of First Nations health and addictions;· Sensitivity to cultural matters pertaining to addictions in First Nations;· Sensitivity and ability to work with First Nations cultural-specific approaches to addictions;· Skills in conducting assessments of addictions in individuals;· Teaching abilities in a setting that employs personnel with a variety of expertise in addictions, such as paraprofessionals;· Ability to work in an interdisciplinary health-care setting;· Flexibility to support community-based strategic approaches to addictions;· Previous positive working history with the communities would be a decided asset.

Mental Health Specialist (3 Month contract, with possibility of Full Time)QUALIFICATIONS:· Graduate level training in social work, psychology, nursing or a related profession;· Minimum of 5 years in direct service in the mental health field;· Experience in First Nations communities with community-based health or mental health programs;· Knowledge of matters specific to determinants of First Nations health and mental health issues;· Sensitivity to cultural matters pertaining to mental health problems in First Nations;· Sensitivity and ability to work with First Nations cultural-specific approaches in mental health programming;· Skills in doing clinical assessments and community mental health strategies;· Teaching abilities in settings that employ personnel with a variety of expertise in addictions;· Ability to work in an interdisciplinary heath-care setting;· Flexibility to support community-based strategic approaches to mental health matters;· Previous positive working history with the communities would be a decided asset.

Work Hours:In community, the Coordinator must be able to work evenings and possibly weekends as required by the community to accomplish the tasks required for community planning.Please submit applications to the attention of the Executive Director, and label the position applying for on the envelope.

Executive Director,Native Horizons Treatment Centre130 New Credit RoadRR 1, Site 3A, Box 6,Hagersville, OntarioN0A 1H0

For additional information, please contact Native Horizons Treatment Centre at (905) 768-5144 or 1-877-330-8467. Applications may be faxed to (905)768-5564, emailed to [email protected] or delivered to Native Horizons in person.Only those being considered for an interview will be contacted. We thank all those that may apply for their interest in these positions.

OPP seeking Native couple following assaultStaffCALEDONIA

Haldimand OPP are look-ing for a male and female, described as “Native” fol-lowing an alleged assault said to have taken place at an Argyle Street address on January 3. Police said an un-named 28 year old woman was in the Zehr's parking lot “when she confronted two persons over the treatment of a dog in their possession,” said Constable Mark Foster in a statement. The incident took place at about 6:30 pm.

Following the interven-tion, “a verbal confronta-tion ensured which turned physical,” said Foster. The woman sustained non life-threatening injuries in the in-cident. The suspects fled in what is described as a “new-er style tan coloured SUV.”

The male suspect is de-scribed as being First Na-tions, approximately 30 years old, black hair, brown eyes, approximately 5'8” tall and weighting about 170 pounds. The female sus-pect, also described as First Nations and around the same age, with black hair, brown eyes. She is about 5'6” tall and weighs about 150 pounds. Foster said she was last seen wearing a white winter-style bomber jacket.

Police are asking any-one with information about the incident to immediately contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Tipsters who want to stay anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS), or people can leave an anony-mous message at www.help-solvecrime.com. People who report a tip online might become eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.


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tally honest with others. While honesty is an admirable trait, this week you may need to censor what you say to avoid hurt feelings.

CApRICORN - DEC 22/JAN 20Taking a circuitous route will land you at

the finish a little behind others, Capri-corn. But you will get to the end never-theless. Trust your instincts with this one.

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pISCES - FEB 19/MAR 20Introspection leads you on a mini-quest to

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Associate Executive Director Native Child and Family Services of Toronto TBD Jan. 9, 2013Aboriginal Liaison Officer Skills Competences Canada, Chatham/London $20 / hr Jan. 10, 2013Clinical Treatment Worker Native Child & Family Services of Toronto TBD Jan. 11, 20132 Aboriginal Child & Youth Social Workers Aboriginal Health Centre, Brantford TBD Jan. 11, 2013Public Works Administrator Oneida Nation of the Thames $65,000 Jan. 11, 2013School Secretary Hagersville Secondary School, New Start TBD Jan. 11, 2013Court Clerk & Registrar Brantford Court Services Division $23.14 - $26.09 Jan. 16, 2013Traditional Case Manager Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre TBD Jan. 18, 2013 Chippewa/London/Owen Sound 5 Child & Youth Workers Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre TBD Jan. 18, 2013Youth Mental Health & Addiction Facilitator Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Health Access Centre TBD Jan. 18, 2013Aboriginal Health Promotion Consultant Health Nexus, Toronto TBD Jan. 28, 2013Bus Driver and Bus Driver Aide Sharp Bus Lines, Brantford TBD Jan. 31, 2013

Personal Support Worker Jay Silverheels Complex Health Services Full Time TBD January 9, 2013 @ 4pmPrimary Prevention Worker Primary Prevention Unit, Social Services Full Time TBD January 23, 2013 @ 4pmChildren’s Mental Health Worker Child & Family Services, Social Services Full Time (2 positions) TBD January 23, 2013 @ 4pm

Who are these Chiefs?One of our readers submitted this old post card photo that was printed in Germany and photographed by McGregor and Co. of Caledonia an estimated 100 years ago. The errone-ous caption on the post card declares that the subjects in the picture are all Six Nations chiefs, including the small boy pictured with them. Our reader would like some insight into who these men were and has asked that we enquire within the community. If you recognize any of the people in this post card please let us know so we can help solve the mystery.


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GENERAL: DAVID JEFFERSON

Peacefully at home with his family at his side on Fri-day December 28, 2012. Beloved husband of Rox-anne (Rock). Loving fa-ther of Rhonda (Bush) and Adam, and Scott and Flo. Cherished Papa of Calista, Shaina, Celina, Larisa, Tilia, Jake, Davey Boy, Tillyanna, Tiona, and Chloe. Son of the late Fred and Maida (Hess) General. Brother of Lorne and Linda, Pat and the late Lynn, Debbie, Tony (de-ceased), Terry and Cheryl, Wayne and Wanda, Wanda and Seymore, Bob, and Flo and the late Wade. Broth-er-in-law of Val (deceased) and Larry, Lonnie and Wit, Tina and Roger, Suzie, and Kim. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. David was a member of the Iron Workers Local 721, Toron-to. Resting at his daughter’s home, 1625 Cayuga Road, Six Nations after 7 p.m. Fri-day where Funeral Service will be held on Monday De-cember 31, 2012 at 1 p.m. Cremation to follow. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Canadian Cancer Society. www.rh-banderson.com

BOMBERRy: VICTOR “yOGI”

July 26, 1960 - December 22, 2012

Loving father of Victor, Tif-fany, and Wayne. Son of the late Sidney Anderson and Marlene Clause. Brother of Wray and Sunny Anderson. Nephew of Harlan and Bev, Della and Trish, Alice, Leo-na, and the late Merna, Pea-nuts, Darcey, and Stewart. Resting at his home 2298 Chiefswood Road, Six Na-tions after 2 p.m. Sunday. Funeral Service and burial will be held at the Lower Cayuga Longhouse on Mon-day December 24, 2012 at 11 a.m. www.rhbanderson.com

HIll: BRADlEy MORRISPeacefully surrounded by family at the Brantford Gen-eral Hospital on Monday January 7, 2013 at the age of 55 years. Beloved part-ner of Kelly. Loving father of Bradley (Beau) and Mor-gan. Step-father of Dennis and Sonya. Step-grandfa-ther of Damon, Tyson, Kay-Lea, Shya, and Cruze. Son of Doreen and the late Tre-maine (Jim) Hill. Brother of Maureen Stewart, Martin (Mart) (deceased), Joanne and Wilfred Davey, and Lorna and Darrell (Sam) Hill. Uncle of Ken, Dave, Trisha, Tina, Jim, Shannon, Teresa, and Blair. Also sur-vived by several great niec-es, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Brad was a member of the Iron Work-ers Local 736, Hamilton. Resting at the Styres Fu-neral Home, 1798 4th Line Road, Ohsweken after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Evening Ser-vice 7 p.m. Tuesday. Funer-al Service will be held in the chapel on Wednesday Janu-ary 9, 2013 at 1 p.m. Inter-ment Stumphall Cemetery. www.rhbanderson.com

in memoriam

Kenneth Howard Bomberry

Sept. 14, 1979 – Jan. 1st, 1998

Always loved and not forgotten

Love Mom, Ben, Prestin Lee and Hayden

To us he was someone specialAnd we miss him more each dayThe saddest day in all our livesWas the day he passed awayWe think of him in silenceAnd we often speak his nameBut all we have are memoriesAnd his picture in a frame

in memoriam

Taliyah Ruth loganMay 13, 2010 – Jan. 8,

2011

Taligirl,

I miss you sister angel. Mommy and me love you to infinity and beyond.Hugs & KissesLove your big brotherBlake

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Montour: Kenneth Joseph (Joe)In loving memory of a great husband, a loving Dad, an awesome Papa to all his grandchildren & great-grandchildren, who was called home on Jan. 13, 2012.I can’t believe a year has passed by.Sincere Thank you to all family members and all our loyal friends. We all supported and helped each other thru the most difficult year.We miss you now are hearts are soreAs time goes by we miss you more,Your loving Smile, your Happy FaceNo one can fill your vacant place.There is a Special Kind of Love,That’s meant for you alone.A Special place within our hearts,That only you can own.You know we will always love youThat we miss you more each day,That we still feel lost without youAnd will always feel that way.

To love, cherish and never forget.Lovingly remembered and sadly missed by wife Annette, Jim, Bob & Robbin, Kathy & Scott and Mike & Sandi. All his Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren.

She said YES! YES!At the Longboat’s Christmas Eve dinner,

everyone knew but the soon-to-be-bride! Curtis, nervously handed Roxann a bouquet of red roses and a touching card with the words inscribed inside ‘Will you marry me!’

All we could hear was a resounding Yes! Yes! We are so excited to announce the news of their engagement.

Ms. Monica Staats residing in Spring Lake, North Carolina, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Anderson residing at Six Nations Indian Reservation, Ontario would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Roxann Nichole Staats, to Curtis Everett Longboat, both residing at Six Nations. The future bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Longboat, both residents of Six Nations.

The bride-to-be is employed as a Personal Support Worker for Six Nations Council.

The future bridegroom is an employee with Grand Environmental Recycling (G.E.R.) of Six Nations.

Join us during this most happy and joyful time as our children make plans to be Mr.& Mrs. Curtis Everett Longboat. Coordination have commenced for a beautiful 2014 wedding on the premises of the Longboat home, Tuscarora Road, Ohsweken.

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Thank you to the Dream-catcher Fund for assist-ing me in replacing a lost health device. I’m humbled by your generosity.Thanks again,Mrs. R. Monture

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Leonna and Addy Skye would like to say Nya Weh to Dreamcatcher Fund for supporting the Summer La-crosse Peewees.

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We would like to take this time to express our heart-felt Thank You & Nya weh to ALL of our family and friends for your support during the recent passing of our Mother, Margaret Smith.To our extended families, Grandpa Harvey, uncles, aunts, cousins, Aunt Faye, we could never have gotten through this without your love and support.Everyone’s help, food do-nations, monetary dona-tions and a simple hug or stopping in to sit with us has been so overwhelming that we have been deeply touched by your kindness.There’s so many to say a big Nya weh to: The Thomas family, the Miller family, The General family and Mike and Missy and your family, the dinner that you provided for after the funeral was unfor-gettable. You have certainly outdone yourselves and we love you so much for it.To Bill Lofthouse and Styres Funeral Home, your profes-sionalism and guidance has been extremely comforting and reassuring.From the bottom of our hearts we thank ALL of you for being there for us.We shall never forget it.Bob, Les & Brandy and Suzanne and our families

coming events

OpEN JAMSat. Jan. 19 2pM till ????? at Chiefswood Fellowship 506 4th Line, 7KM west of Ohsweken, Six Nations. Country, Gospel, Bluegrass, Karaoke, etc. Bring your in-strument and a friend and enjoy the finest in local tal-ent. Door Prizes, 50/50 Draw, Refreshments. Info> Phil Sault 905-768-5442. www.chiefswoodchristian-fellowship.com

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Country Style Townline is accepting applications for 2 part time counter helpers. Must be willing to work flexible hrs in a fast paced team atmosphere. Drop off resumes at Townline Va-riety & Gas-Country Style 7329 Indian Line before Jan 20/13.

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Ryan’s Night, 2nd Annual Charity Dinner & DanceThank you to All of Our Guests & Sponsors

On behalf of the Miller Family and the Ryan’s Night Charity, I would like to thank you for your generous do-nation. Your commitment to supporting aboriginal families with special needs is greatly appreciated. This event was established in honour of our late brother Ryan Sidney Miller, who battled Duchenne Muscular Dys-trophy. Duchenne is the most common lethal genetic disorder diagnosed during childhood today, affecting approximately 1 out of every 3,500 boys. Duchenne causes loss of muscle function and independence; there is no known treatment or cure for Duchenne.

We are once again overwhelmed by the amount of support we received for this year’s event. The Ryan’s Night Charity presented Zachary Cammack and his family with a 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan, a 42 inch Television, Pottery by Talking Earth, a PS3 Game, 2013 Toronto Rock Season Tickets, an Apple iPad 2, and a $1500 cheque to assist with insurance expenses. Zachary has Arthrogryposis and continues to undergo surgeries to improve his quality of life. Zachary and his family are extremely grateful for everything that the Ryan’s Night Charity has done for their family.

This amazing evening would not have been possible without the generous support of friends, family, lo-cal businesses and corporate sponsors. We would like to acknowledge and thank MTS Native Services and Flowers by Leenie & Just a Little Bit for donating their time and services. We would also like to offer a special thank you to our friend and Master of Ceremonies Ted Nolan, our performers Murray Porter & The Pappy Johns Band, and our auctioneer Cecil Sault. We were honoured to have former NHLers Stan Jonathon and Brandon Nolan in attendance and a special video message from Colin Doyle of the Toronto Rock. The success of Ryan’s Night is truly the greatest tribute to Ryan’s memory and we look forward to many years of success in supporting aboriginal families with special needs.

We hope to see you back next year!

Sincerely,Landon MillerRyan Group President

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On Jan. 7 my life reached a milestone – 50 years ago my first daughter Crystal (Miller) was borne. We lived in Buffalo then and when my labor started about 12 p.m. we called a cab because our apartment was quite a distance from the hospital. What a harrowing ride that was! I was more scared of the cabbie’s driving then having my first baby. I labored for 18 long hours before Crystal popped out weighing 6Ibs 4oz. I shouldn’t say popped out because it was the most horrible, relentless pain I ever experienced. But when I held Crystal in my arms the pain and ordeal was forgotten. When I was 17 years old I spent sometime in the hospital in Ohsweken and while there met a little girl, about two years old, who was from another reserve. Her name was Crystal. She was a cute, lovable little girl and I told the nurses if I ever have a daughter I’m going to name her Crystal because that was such a beautiful name. So Happy Birthday to my beautiful daughter Crystal who is beginning another part of life’s journey. We love you.Mom (Helen), your son Bill; Charlie, Mill, Claudia & Nic; Josh & Eric; Rox-anne, Jamie, Felecia & Josh & Mallory

thank you

On behalf of Raven’s Used Books I extend a heartfelt debt of gratitude to the fol-lowing who made the deliv-ery of over 3,000 donated books to the Ojibwe of the Pic River First Nations pos-sible:Kevin Martin of First Na-tions Engineering, your words of encouragement and your monetary dona-tion were the much need-ed incentive I needed to get this project in high gear.

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It was intended to have the books in Pic River before Christmas and we did it!

What an awesome bunch of people you all are. Books open a whole new world of education and excitement and that is priceless. A big thank you once again, from the heart.

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