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By Jim WindleBRANTFORD

The OMB hearings in Brantford have adjourned until January but not with-out some confusion and con-troversy.

Sifton Properties Inc. have appealed to the OMB with what they believe to be a City of Brantford decision to stonewall their housing project planned for the for-mer Mohawk and Missis-sauga village of Davisville and the surrounding geo-logically and hydrologically unique area.

From the beginning of the hearings, a delegation of

Six Nations men under the name of Hodiskeagehda, was allowed to enter the discus-sions by the Chairman of the hearing, Chris Conti. But last Tuesday, Nov. 27th, Bill Monture’s usual delegation members were unable to at-tend so they sent two women in their stead, Amber Mur-ray, a Mohawk woman, and Brantford’s Sue Drape, who have been helping the Hodis-keagehda delegation with re-search.

When the women began questioning lawyers and wit-nesses for Sifton, an objec-tion to their participation was raised regarding protocol challenging chairman Conti

if the woman could partici-pate in place of the Hodis-keagehda men. There was also confusion by the Sifton lawyers as to who Bill Mon-ture was, thinking he was Elected Chief Bill Montour.

During the extended lunch break Monture was alerted to the situation and rushed to Brantford to support his case and the women delegated to speak that day on behalf of the Hodiskeagehda delega-tion.

When the hearing re-sumed, Conti ruled that the women, in fact, could speak and participate the same as Bill Monture or any of his delegation.

Monture thanked the Chair for his decision and Informed the lawyers that the women were going to be there and sometimes acting in their stead.

“They have been autho-rized by us to speak for us when we can not attend,” he declared, he then asked the other participants in the hear-ing to treat them with cour-tesy and respect.

The women’s position was consistent with the direction the men had taken and they clearly articulated the same.

“The issue with us is the lack of consultation,” said Monture about their stance. “Same situation with the

waterfront master plan. It has some good things in it, but it also has some flaws. And we were not a part of the process.”

A brief but terse objection came from Mary Ellen Kaye and Mary Lou Knechtel, the two women who orchestrat-ed the WMP, challenging Monture’s stance that there was no consultation or ac-commodation in their com-mittee’s planning process.

“We are not trying to shut anybody down or disrupt these hearings,” said Mon-ture. “We are here to enlight-en you as to our position on the consultation process.”

The hearings are now in

recess until January when they resume. Conti gave the Hodiskeagehda delegation this time to compile their ev-idence supporting their “lack of consultation” argument.

The Hodiskeagehda gave the OMB chair and the law-yers for Brantford as well as Sifton and other develop-ers involved in plans for the area, a historical backdrop and cultural perspective re-garding this and all lands as well as the duty to consult rulings by the Canadian Su-preme Court.

Monture believes his del-egation’s argument and the ruling of the OMB will be precedent setting.

OMB hears Haudenosaunee perspective on Sifton development

By Jim WindleSIX NATIONS

The Six Nations Elected Council and Walton Interna-tional Group Inc. released a joint statement late Mon-day afternoon announcing that discussions have begun to develop what they call a “historic business partner-ship.”

The Walton Group’s im-mediate plan for an upscale housing development on Tu-tela Heights, across from the Bell Homestead, has been met with opposition from a coalition of many different bodies; from local residents, to farmland conservation-ists, to Six Nations land pro-tectors who believe the land designated for members of the Tutelo Nation by Joseph Brant shortly after 1784, has

never been ceded.“Walton welcomes the de-

cision by the Elected Coun-cil of Six Nations to work with us to create a frame-work for partnership with Six Nations that is co-oper-ative, consultative and mu-tually beneficial,” said Bill Doherty, Chief Executive Officer of Walton.

According to the release, Walton will consult with Six Nations to reach mutu-ally beneficial decisions that create opportunities for Six Nations, as Walton advances development in the County of Brant. Walton manages approximately 4,500 acres of land in the County.

“We look forward to working with Walton,” said Chief Bill Montour. “Six Nations has much to con-tribute and we hope to build

upon our success of partner-ing with businesses in our community.”

Walton and Six Nations

have agreed to consider a wide-ranging list of options to advance their goals and as a symbol of good faith and

to mark this historic occa-sion, Walton is planning to donate approximately 180 trees (spruce and cedar) to the Six Nations Eco Center at 2676 4th Line, Ohsweken, for planting at a variety of locations including Six Na-tions' community parks and schools.

“I am convinced this part-nership is good for Six Na-tions, good for Walton and good for the community. This is what this agreement is all about: sealing our common wish to work to-gether on a whole range of issues”, said Bill Doherty.

The partnership includes a framework for exploring areas of common interest from infrastructure proj-ects and community sup-port to participation by Six Nations in the development

of Walton-managed lands in the County of Brant. “For me, the partnership will bring long term benefits for Six Nations; the trees are a symbol of Walton’s wish to be a positive partner for Six Nations and the wider community”, added Chief Montour.

The trees come from an abandoned nursery stock that sits on recently pur-chased land in North Brant and were cut, wrapped and delivered ready-to-plant by Walton on December 1st.

Mr. Doherty noted, “Wal-ton deeply respects the Six Nations people. We have greatly benefited from our cooperative and construc-tive relationship to date, and look forward to productive and enduring business rela-tionship.”

Elected Council announces agreement with Walton

Chief Bill Montour says, “We look forward to working with Walton. Six Nations has much to contribute and we hope to build upon our success of partnering with businesses in our community.”

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Efforts by opposition par-ties to amend the Conser-vative government's latest omnibus budget bill cul-minated in hours of voting Tuesday.

Bill C-45 rings in at over 400 pages and like its prede-cessors makes changes to a myriad of rules and regula-tions, some that were explic-itly in the Conservatives' last budget and some that weren't.

Rounds of voting on amendments to the bill be-gan late in the afternoon, with MPs taking their seats armed with other work, newspapers and holiday cards to sign in order to pass what was ex-pected to be as much as eight

hours of voting.Earlier, a group of First

Nations chiefs frustrated with what they say is a lack of con-sultation over measures in the bill had attempted to get in the chamber of the House of Commons as well.

They spoke briefly with Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver, saying they were there to serve notice to gov-ernment they wouldn't toler-ate being ignored any longer.

When Oliver left, the chiefs tried to force their way in but were held back by security.

Among the provisions in Bill C-45 are an extension of a hiring credit for small businesses, changes to land management on Aboriginal reserves, pay raises for judg-es and a law allowing for the creation of a new bridge be-

tween Windsor, Ont., and De-troit.

The most contentious changes are those to the Nav-igable Waters Protection Act, which remove thousands of lakes and streams from fed-eral protection under that law.

Opposition parties say that removes environmental over-sight of these waterways the manner in which the law will continue to be applied is hap-hazard.

“Important lakes and riv-ers in my region are being stripped of protection,'' said New Democrat MP Glen Thi-beault, who represents Sud-bury, Ont.

“Meanwhile, Muskoka millionaires' playgrounds are protected while lakes that supply drinking water are not. Will no Conserva-

tive stand up for our natural heritage and vote against this cherry-picking of protected lakes?''

The Conservatives said the changes streamline reg-ulation and remove red tape that held up projects along waterways under the guise that they would impede nav-igation.

Many waterways will still fall under the environmental protection afforded by other laws, Transportation Minister Denis Lebel said.

“My department has con-sulted with every province and territory on the list of waterways,'' he said. “None of them have any concerns with the list.''

Thousands of amendments to the bill were introduced during its study by the fi-

nance committee but only a few hundred made it to Tues-day's vote.

All were grouped by the Speaker in such a way that voting was expected to take as much as eight hours though could be less, depend-ing on the pace.

Either way, it's far less than MPs spent on the last omni-bus budget bill.

That bill, introduced in the spring, saw MPs vote for over 22 hours on hundreds of opposition amendments.

The bill eventually passed unchanged.

Opposition MPs say the use of omnibus bills sub-verts the democratic process as they don't give Parliament the ability to its job in hold-ing government to account.

“This omnibus budget bill

is yet another example of the Conservatives steam-rolling democracy to force unpopu-lar, non-budgetary measures through Parliament at record speed without the necessary scrutiny,'' said Liberal finance critic Scott Brison.

The Conservatives say the measures are all necessary for the economy and note that this bill was broken up for study in several different committees.

They accuse the opposition parties of standing in the way of economic growth.

“The ultimate goal they have is to kill our key eco-nomic measures,'' said Trea-sury Board President Tony Clement. “But we will act to ensure that Canada's pre-serves our economic advan-tage.''

More sprint than marathon: MPs to spend hours voting on second budget bill


By Stephanie DearingSIX NATIONS

Meeting MPs in Ottawa was a highlight capping years of working in the health ser-vices for Six Nations mem-ber Ruby Jacobs. She and the other recipients of the 2013 Indspire Awards (formerly known as the National Ab-original Achievement Foun-dation) received a standing ovation from the members of parliament when the award recipients were presented in October.

“I was really honoured to get that,” said Ruby. She de-scribed the visit to the House of Commons and the follow-ing reception and dinner at the parliament building as “a really nice day and eve-ning.” In a manner typical of the hard-working woman, Jacobs said she was “hon-oured to accept on behalf of all health services because we all worked very hard to de-velop what we have now in the community.”

Jacobs retired from her full-time job as Director of Six Nations Health Services in 2007 after serving in the position for 13 years. Instead of sitting back and perhaps enjoying some well-deserved down-time, Jacobs works for Accreditation Canada, con-ducting “accreditations for Aboriginal health service or-ganizations,” something she has been doing since 1999, but said “this is my last year.”

“By doing that, really you're measuring your ser-vices against national stan-dards,” Ruby explained. Accreditation Canada is an independent body.

Ruby said she's been all over Canada conducting ac-creditations, but her most memorable one was “ours, of course,” referring to Six Na-tions. “We've been through that three times, well four times – they just had anoth-er one in June. While I was there, we did two and we were into the third one when I retired.”

“For a community to put themselves under that scru-tiny and undergo that pro-cess, it's really challenging,” said Ruby. “But the capacity building and the understand-ing that it creates, it's tre-mendous for the community because you understand qual-ity service for your people.”

Accreditation is an ongo-ing “continuous process,” said Ruby, “because your goals and objectives change each year.” While undergo-ing accreditation is challeng-ing, “you can be sure that organization has been evalu-ated in all aspects of gover-nance and service delivery and so forth, and you know

they're delivering services equal to that of anyone else in Canada.”

Every community has challenges in the provision of health care. “Ours is in numbers as opposed to geog-raphy,” said Jacobs. “Every person deserves care that's there to keep you healthy, care that's there when you're sick and care that's sustain-able. ... every community is trying to work towards that.” But because of the size of the population at Six Nations, “you have to really think about how you're go-ing to meet the needs of the people.”

She said undertaking pro-cesses such as accreditation and standards of practice help with planning how to pro-vide programs and services that meet the needs of your people. The challenge for Six Nations is to meet the needs of the people with quality ser-vices, Ruby said.

“Every person in our com-munity deserves service. It doesn't matter who they are or what they've done or any-thing like that. They deserve the service and it should be there for them, and it's up to those that provide it to make sure that it is. So this is one way to ensure quality,” Ruby said of the accreditation pro-cess.

While thrilled with how Six Nations has worked to address health care issues, Jacobs said the community still faces challenges, need-ing “more health providers that are trained for various aspects of health care. Like, we don't have any commu-nity trained dieticians,” she pointed out. “It's a challenge to train enough paramedics, to train enough doctors, to train enough nurses so you're not put in a risk situation when you're trying to deliver service.”

Ruby remembers when Six Nations did not have ready access to treated wa-ter, and said progress on pro-viding safe drinking water is “amazing.”. She graduated in 1965, and recalls “there wasn't even any running wa-ter at that point.”

Today, Six Nations not only has a new water treat-ment plant under construc-tion, it also has a dialysis unit, which operates with water from the existing treatment plant, although the water is further treated before use in dialysis. “The capacity in handling it [water] is amaz-ing,” commented Ruby. “Having the dialysis satel-lite here is amazing. It took a long time to get it.”

Her first year after gradua-tion was spent as a staff nurse at Hamilton's St. Joseph's in-

tensive care, but Six Nations needed health professionals. “I always loved my commu-nity, so I came home.”

Being single at the time, she was encouraged to study public health in university, and she did, attending the University of Ottawa. After she was exposed to adminis-tration, she learned “I liked it better and I moved into that.”

With her new degree in hand, she worked a stint at the former Six Nations Lady Willingdon Hospital, then went to Moose Factory. “At St. Joseph's, you had so much support, but up there [in Moose Factory] you re-ally had to problem solve. It was a real eye-opener.” Ruby said she learned a lot working up north.

The next step for Ruby was teaching at Brant Gen-eral. “In the meantime, I fin-ished my sociology degree,” she said. “I knew they'd close the Brantford campus.” Ja-cobs calls herself a lifelong learner, also completing her nursing degree at McMaster n 2005. “I always had it in my head I had to get my nurs-ing degree,” she explained.

When the job of Six Na-tions Health Services direc-tor opened up, Ruby applied. “Our community is as big as Paris,” she said. “We need to have services, so I applied for the manager job.”

At the helm of health ser-vices, Ruby's strategy for strengthening existing ser-vices and expanding on offerings was simple and ef-fective. “I picked the ten out-standing health problems and worked out programming. One of the big ones was the opportunity to get the birth-ing centre. I could see how it would help our community. Then we got an ambulance ... each thing rolled into the other. I think there's about 21 programs [now],” she said.

Along the way, Ruby mar-ried and had two children. Looking back, she said, “I wouldn't change a thing.”

These days, Ruby sits on the Hamilton Niagara Hal-dimand Brant LHIN Board of Directors, a position she was appointed to by the Prov-ince of Ontario. The regional LHIN plans, funds and inte-grates the local health sys-tem.

Ruby also works as trea-surer for the Six Nations Farmer's Association, and volunteers with the Six Na-tions Health Foundation. However, twin granddaugh-ters have now captured Ru-by's heart, and she spends as much time as she can with the girls who are two years old.

The Indspire award is a fitting bookend to the rec-ognition Jacobs has received

this year for her work with Six Nations Health Servic-es. Earlier this year, she was honoured as a Community Treasure for that same work by Six Nations Elected Coun-

cilThe 20th annual show-

case of Indspire recipients will take place on February 15 in Saskatoon, which is a nationally televised event.

Ruby plans on being there.Every year Indspire hon-

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Six Nations woman honoured for dedication to health services

Ruby Jacobs snuggles happily with one of her twin granddaughters during the Six Nations Health Foundation’s fundraiser, Dancing with Scones. Jacobs has been selected as one of the 14 recipients of the 2013 Indspire Awards, notably for her 13 years at the helm of the Six Nations Health Services. (Photograph by Stephanie Dearing).


By Stephanie DearingOHSWEKEN

A new project that will identify the barriers to em-ployment and economic suc-cess for Six Nations and area women and come up with strategies to help women overcome those barriers was launched Saturday morning in the Grand River Employ-ment and Training (GREAT) atrium with a free breakfast.

Partial funding for the proj-ect was provided by the Sta-tus of Women. “Strategies is the focus,” said Karen Milmine, Events Coordina-tor for GREAT. Called Six Nations Women of the Grand River (Gae:ya'dagwe:ni:yo' Gahwahji:ya:de'/Kontiia'ta

kwe'ni:ios Kahwa:tsire), Milmine said men were wel-come to participate. “We need the perspectives and expertise of Six Nations men and women to collaborate on the development of success-ful strategies,” she said.

The key event of the proj-ect will be a Women's Con-ference on January 26, 2013. “Women will be pampered,” she said, because the event “is a spa day.” Inspirational speakers will also be a fea-ture of the conference. The conference will also explore barriers and overcoming bar-riers to employment. Both men and women from within a one-hour radius of the ter-ritory will be invited to the conference.

Community service pro-viders will be at the con-ference as well, providing information about ways to overcome barriers such as il-literacy or domestic violence. The conference is planned to be held at the GREAT build-ing Ohsweken.

“To create strategies, we have to look at barriers,” said Milmine. “What's great about this [project] is the whole community has a say.” Milmine said GREAT hopes to draw 200 to 300 people out for the conference.

In the meanwhile, Satur-day's launch featured Six Nations member Lacey Hill, who has been singing since childhood. By day, Hill is an Aboriginal Recruitment

and Access Coordinator for Mohawk College, and she spoke to the approximately 30 people gathered for break-fast about the importance of knowing one's options in the working world.

“I came here to talk about supporting each other,” Hill said, noting there have been a lot of “native people putting native people down.”

“Keep in mind we're good people and we come from greatness,” she said, adding that singing, playing guitar and songwriting are “a big coping mechanism for me.”

The morning also featured the Bingo Ladies, who did a routine based on a fictional job posting at GREAT for a model.

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Travis Grant Squire-Hill, a 41 year old Six Nations man, was arrested in connec-tion with a Monday evening collision that has claimed the lives of two people.

Dead are 18 year old Six Nations member, Yegwe-nyes “Gwen” Delta Rayne Martin and a 15 year old Hagersville resident, Wil-liam Randy Harris. A third youth, identified as 19 year old Hagersville resident, Adam Roy Todd Bain was taken to the Hamilton Gen-eral Hospital with serious injuries.

Police said they were

called out to the collision around 9 pm on Monday De-cember 3 at the intersection of 4th Line and Tuscarora Road, not far from the police station, finding Fire and Am-bulance personnel already on the scene, with paramed-ics attending to Bain.

According to police, Squire-Hill is believed to have been driving a white GMC pick-up truck west-bound on Fourth Line, hit-ting a blue all terrain vehicle (ATV) that had two passen-gers as well as a yellow dirt bike, thought to have one rider. Police said they be-lieve Adam Bain and Yeg-wenyes were on the ATV,

while William Harris was riding the dirt bike.

Following a reconstruc-tion of the collision, police said they believe the three youths were also proceeding westbound on Fourth Line.

After the GMC collided with the off-road vehicles, it continued to travel into the ditch until it hit a hydro pole. The pole was snapped in half with the force of the collision, and replaced by a Hydro One crew on Tues-day. All three vehicles re-ceived extensive damage, said the police.

Police said Squire-Hill fled the scene on foot before the police arrived, but was

found around 12:30 am at a Bateman Line home, where he was arrested.

Squire-Hill was charged with 2 counts of Criminal negligence in the Operation of a Motor Vehicle Causing

Death, Criminal Negligence in the Operation of a Mo-tor Vehicle Causing Bodily Harm, 2 counts of Impaired Driving Causing Death, Impaired Driving Causing Bodily Harm, Fail to Remain

at the Scene of an Accident, Driving While Disqualified, Theft of a Motor Vehicle, and Breach of Probation.

Squire-Hill was held in custody pending a bail hear-ing.

Arrest in Fatal collision that killed two

Stabbing InvestigatedA 20 year old male was

treated at West Haldimand General Hospital after being stabbed in the back twice. Six Nations Police continue to investigate the injuries, and have released very little information about the inci-dent. They reported they

received a call from the am-bulance service to provide assistance for a response call to a River Range Road residence on November 28. When police and ambulance personnel arrived at the ad-dress, they found the victim leaving the home. Accord-ing to police, the victim did

not receive his injuries at the River Range Road address.

Chiefswood Gas Bar Robbed at Gun PointTwo men, their faces ob-

scured because they wore balaclavas, robbed the Chief-

Six Nations Police Briefs

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Project Name: Niagara Region Wind FarmProject Location: The proposed project is located within Haldimand County and Niagara Region (including the Townships of Wainfleet and West Lincoln and the Town of Lincoln). The electrical interconnection components are located within the Town of Lincoln and the Township of West Lincoln, in Niagara Region, and in Haldimand County in southern Ontario.Dated at Haldimand County and Niagara Region this the 5th of December 2012.

Niagara Region Wind Corporation (“NRWC”) is planning to engage in a renewable energy project in respect of which the issuance of a renewable 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, as amended, (Regulation), which covers Renewable Energy Approvals. This notice is being distributed in accordance with Section 15 of the Regulation prior to an applicationbeing submitted and assessed for completeness by the Ministry of the Environment. This Notice of Draft Site Plan is in reference to the inclusion of a new substation for the Project. The other substation and all turbine locations, as well as noise receptors, remain the same. The legal effect of the publishing of this Notice is such that pursuant to Section 54(1.2) of the Regulation, NRWC does not have to take into account a noise receptor as defined by the Act that did not exist as of the day before NRWC published the Draft Site Plan for the Project.

The project team will be holding a series of Public Meetings, as required under section 16(1) of the Regulation. The purpose of these meetings will be to present the findings of the Draft Renewable Energy Approval (REA) Reports, and to present proposed revisions to the Draft Site Plan, released in August 2012. We are offering multiple meeting locations and dates for this event. The sessions will be drop-in style, and each session will be identical so that you can attend whichever session is most convenient:

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NRWC has been refining the project location and completing technical and environmental studies in preparation for finalizing the project layout. The proposed revisions to the Draft Site Plan include amending the location of the electrical interconnection components further south to accommodate a new location for a second substation. The results of the noise modeling meet the current provincial standards with mitigation. The proposed revisions are incorporated in the Draft REA Reports (see list below) and will be discussed at the Public Meetings.

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Political double talk and Six Nation’s landMaybe we don’t understand political double talk as well as we ought, but wasn’t it

just a few weeks ago when Lisa VanEvery went to Council Chambers seeking support for her stand not to pay taxes on unceded Six Nations land that the elected chief told her he has “no jurisdiction” over land outside of I.R. #40?

Now we discover that the elected council in fact does think it has jurisdiction over unceded Haldimand Proclamation land off reserve with the joint announcement that the Elected Council has struck some kind of arrangement with Walton, a Calgary based land banker with direct ties to off-shore Chinese investors. Despite their efforts in presenting themselves as a “mom and pop” real estate company, just a little investigation outside of their own posted message would show these guys are far from that image.

Walton are the guys that have been trying to build a housing development on Tutela Heights. A project which has been opposed by area residents, farmland conservationists, and various Six Nations individuals and groups from the get-go. These are the guys that brought an injunction against Six Nations land protectors.

Now, many would argue that they don’t have jurisdiction over I.R.#40 land either, given the fact they never came into existence until long after the Haldimand Tract was established. That land is still the domain of either the Mohawks or the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs, depending on who you talk to. But most certainly, it is not the elected council’s jurisdiction, on or off reserve.

Bill Montour and his council have learned many things about the Whiteman’s ways, including the art of the double speak.

If they have no jurisdiction over land off reserve, as stated, what are they doing crawl-ing into bed with Samsung, Sifton, Brantford, Brant, Haldimand, Ontario, Canada, and now Walton. All of these agreements are concerning land outside of Indian Reserve #40, as the Indian Act and the Canadian government call it.

Historically the entire Haldimand Tract is a huge 930,000 acre reserve. Land reserved for the Mohawks and those individuals who came to this region with them. If that be the case, someone representing this community as a member of it should be asking which side of the mouth Montour was speaking out of when he refused to offer support to VanEvery because he has no jurisdiction over the Johnson Tract. Yet he goes ahead and scores some kind of deal with Walton to allow development on land once given to the Tutelo People by Brant and the Council of the day in 1784.

Has he given up on the fight to protect and preserve unceded Haldimand Tract land? If so, that will explain why the litigation filed against Brantford, Ontario and Canada concerning stolen land has never seen the light of day. Was that just window dressing to make it appear to the people of Six Nations that the fight is still on?

We found out after the fact that the deal with Samsung was a forgone conclusion long before the so-called community input sessions were arranged by Band Council to get feedback from the community. That, too, was a theatrical performance designed to save face for a few elected officials.

There can’t be too much room left in Montour’s bed but he still invites Walton into the sack for a few trees. Any of that sound familiar?

For a community based on consensus and true democracy, where everyone gets a voice, it seems more and more of these already signed, sealed, and delivered deals made by an administrative body that does not truly represent the entire community, are surfacing.

The fact is, the elected council is owned by the corporation of Canada, which in turn is owned by off shore interest like big oil, big land bankers, big pharmaceuticals, big food and seed interests like Monsanto, and that is what it is.

So, really, it appears that any so-called community input sessions is just a sham. Like former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger once said, “By the time you hear about something, it’s already happened.”

UNDER THE NORTHERN SKY

First Nations Will Rise To The Challengesby Xavier Kataquapit www.underthenorthernsky.com

Things are not looking good for remote First Nation communities in northern Canada. In particular there are serious problems developing for communities up the James Bay coast and much of this has to do with global warming and changes in weather patterns.

My people, the Cree of James Bay, could always count more or less on food, products and fuel being shipped up by barge in the summer and by the ice road in the winter. Although air transport has been available for many years it is reserved mainly for passenger travel as the cost is very high to move goods by aircraft.

Very rapidly, over the past few years, it is becoming obvious that the great changes in weather are affecting the movement of goods to remote First Nations like Attawapiskat, Fort Albany and Kashechewan. Weather is playing havoc with the winter ice road. When I was a boy a few decades ago the winter road was built from Moosonee to the James Bay coastal remote First Nations in late December and it lasted until April on average. With the great changes in weather the ice road construction has to wait until late January and it melts much earlier in March. This means that fewer necessities like food, fuel and consumer products are delivered to these remote First Nations.

As a child I recall the importance of the barge arriving in Attawapiskat. Even back then when weather conditions were more stable and predictable it took the great expertise of barge captains and local elders to make sure these huge water craft could navigate the shallow James Bay and make it into landing ports at our remote First Nations. With global warming we are seeing changes in the water levels of James Bay and that is causing great concern for the con-tinued transportation of goods by barge.

The warming trends in the far north also affects road construction that is being consid-ered in all of these remote First Nations. You have to remember that much of the coastal area around the great James Bay is made up of muskeg which is more or less like sponge and it is very difficult to construct anything on this type of environment. It is also difficult to develop rail or road surfaces. That is primarily why there are no roads or rail lines north of Moosonee.

I find it strange that as these changes are happening our federal and provincial governments seem to be caught by surprise and little has been put in place to ensure that these remote First Nations will continue to get the necessary goods and fuel needed to provide for their people. As a matter of fact rather than assist the First Nation governments, tribal councils and com-munities with proactive support and development they are doing their best to tear apart Native

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Canada's Forgotten Foundersby Grace Li Xiu Woo

The following is an ex-cerpt from an article by Grace Li Xiu Woo original-ly appeared in the electron-ic law journal Law, Social Justice & Global Develop-ment in April 2003. It is a result of research conducted for a Masters in Internation-al Law at the University of Quebec in Montreal. More from this paper will be pub-lished over the next few weeks with permission from the author. - Ed

The Introduction of Decolonization in International Law

By Grace Li Xiu Woo

The primacy now given to the principle of equality is a major component in the

reorientation of the concept of legality that emerged dur-ing the 20th century. Fol-lowing World War I, U.S. President Woodrow Wil-son captured international opinion by announcing that 'the day of conquest and ag-grandizement is gone'[5]. The League of Nations was soon established 'for the purpose of affording mu-tual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike' (Covenant of the League of Nations; Walters, 1960). Instead of dividing the conquered Ger-man, Austro-Hungarian and Turkish empires among the victors, their constituent nations were either granted recognition as states, as in the case of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, or placed under mandate with a view to eventual independence. This led to a redefinition of Canada's identity and the country began to look beyond the protection tra-ditionally derived within the British Empire (Veatch, 1975; Lederman, 1984, p 340). Along with the other

British 'dominions' (Aus-tralia, New Zealand, New-foundland, South Africa and Ireland, which became a 'dominion' by treaty in 1920) Canada was finding it increasingly advantageous to emphasize its state-like qualities (Veatch, 1975). This had serious conse-quences for the indigenous nations living on the terri-tory identified as 'Canada' on British maps.

From the Haudeno-saunee perspective, their relationship was with Brit-ain and it had been estab-lished under the principle of 'Guswentah', the Two Row Wampum. According to an analogy that indige-nous sources say was Brit-ish in origin (Weaver, 1975, p 279), the parties were to conduct themselves like two boats sharing the same river, and it was agreed that nei-ther would attempt to steer the other's vessel. (Canada, 1996a). With the founding of the League of Nations, international organization shifted its definitional focus from imperial allegiance to territorial control by the res-

ident population. Measures were instituted to help for-mer colonies move towards independence and, though the implications of this re-conceptualisation may not have been immediately ap-parent, Britain's 'dominions' found themselves under in-creasing pressure to follow suit. Canada had not estab-lished formal relations with the Haudenosaunee or any other indigenous nation. The treaties and agreements that had been signed in British North America had always been made on behalf of the British monarch (for exam-ple, see Canada, 1871); but in the new world order that began to take shape follow-ing World War I, the Domin-ion presumed authority over all of the territory north of the United States' boundary. In terms of the Two-Row Wampum concept, which had previously governed Anglo-Haudenosaunee rela-tions, it was as if the occu-pants of one boat laid claim to the whole river.

The conflict raised by this change in the interna-tional paradigm came to a

head when the Haudeno-saunee Confederacy ap-plied for membership in the League of Nations. The few members of the domi-nant culture, who know of it, consider this incident an esoteric curiosity. However, specialists in the field have identified it as the origin of the modern internation-al indigenous movement (Anaya, 1996, p 46) and it remains a beacon for in-digenous-rights activists (see: Rickard; Sunkmanitu taka Isnala Najin; Mapu-che Documentation Center; Cheshire; Sun Singer). What happened is almost impos-sible to reconcile with Can-ada's proud humanitarian reputation, derived in part from Raoul Dandurand's pi-oneering work on minority rights at the League (Hame-lin, 1967; Stacey, 1981). Though Dandurand must have heard something about the incident, the Department of Indian Affairs was able to control the information he and his successors received, so Canadian decision-mak-ers never fully understood the Haudenosaunee plight.

In recent years, several ac-counts of what happened have been published (Ve-atch, 1975; Titley, 1986; Johnston, 1986; Rostkows-ki, 1987; Sanders; 1992); however, the implications are ignored. What hap-pened simply does not fit with the cut and paste ver-sion of history we inherited from the colonial past. (See R. v. Marshall 1999; Dick-inson and Gidney, 1987; Fisher, 1992; Ray 1990) Yet Canada depends on his-tory to found the legality of its governmental structure. (Reference re Secession of Quebec 1998, at 49.) This approach is difficult to rec-oncile with the reorientation of international law to found human rights on the equal-ity of all peoples, including those indigenous to colonial states. From the modern in-ternational perspective, the treatment meted out to the Haudenosaunee in the 1920's is beginning to make the actual function of Brit-ain's much vaunted legal system look like a halluci-nation from Alice in Won-derland (Carroll, 1865).



Naming a talent contest 'Dancing With the Scones' turned out to be a good move, the event name provoking smiles long before the af-ternoon even arrived. Or-

ganized by the Six Nations Community Health Founda-tion, community members took to the stage Sunday in the Community Hall to show off their talents in a fundrais-er for the organization.

A good-sized crowd came out for the afternoon, and the

show was a proper talent con-test, with 15 contestants en-tered by the time the show got started. A three-judge panel, consisting of Robert Johnson (Six Nations Elected Coun-cillor, District Five), Christa Jonathan (Miss Six Nations) and elder Norma General,

were given the difficult job of determining who should win a prize.

The talented Cecil Sault emceed the event, warming up the crowd with his well-known Elvis persona. The first contestant to tread the boards of the stage was Car-son Williams, who showcased his wonderfully silly chicken song repertoire (eg: “We had a hen, she didn't lay no eggs till the rooster came on the farm. The rooster caught the hen out by the barn, we've got eggs now, we've got eggs now”) set to the tune of well-known songs, whilst wearing a clown wig and playing the guitar.

Waiting in the wings for their shot at local fame and glory were some of Michelle Farmer's dance students. Farmer took advantage of the wait, having her students do a last-minute rehearsal of their routine in the hallway. Limbering up and practising her pirouettes was 12 year old Kennedy Bomberry who has been dancing since she was two. While the young wom-

By Stephanie DearingOTTAWA

The New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) attempted to delay bill C-27 after Ab-original Affairs and Northern Development Canada Minis-ter John Duncan took steps to force bill through parliament in November.

But in spite of slowing the progress of Bill C-27, the First Nations Financial Transparency Act, the act passed it's third reading, and has gone on to the Senate, who will review it before the Bill goes to the Governor General, who has the power to enact the legislation.

The bill would require all First Nations to publish the salaries and expenses paid to chiefs and councillors, and passed the third reading in the House of Commons on No-vember 27, with a vote of 159 in favour of adopting the leg-islation, and only 131 voting against the bill, despite the vigorous opposition mount-ed against the bill.

On November 21, Dun-can urged his colleagues in the House of Commons to

vote in favour of the legis-lation because "First Nation community members deserve the same level of transparen-cy and accountability from their leadership as Canadi-ans expect of their federal, provincial and municipal leaders. That's why we're calling on all Parliamentar-ians to unanimously support the First Nations Financial Transparency Act, which re-sponds to demands from First Nation community members for greater assurance that their leaders are using public funds to improve their com-munities and create economic opportunities."

The legislation was first in-troduced as a private mem-ber's bill in late 2010, and was well on its way to be-coming legislation, having passed two readings, when parliament was dissolved by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The dissolution killed the bill, but the Harp-er government indicated its commitment to seeing the legislation enacted in early 2011, and later brought the legislation back in its current incarnation as Bill-C17.

When the legislation was first unveiled in 2010, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) objected, saying the approach was “heavy-hand-ed and unnecessary,” while agreeing everyone wants transparency. When Bill C-27 was created, the orga-nization conducted an analy-sis and found the legislation “as drafted applies standards to First Nation governments that surpass those for elected officials in many other juris-dictions and contains overly punitive remedies. In addi-tion, the requirements do not take into account capacity or existing reporting burdens faced by First Nation gov-ernments.”

“As recipients of federal grants and contributions, ev-ery First Nation (alongside every other recipient of a fed-eral grant or contribution) al-ready prepares annual audited financial statements,” said the AFN analysis. “Currently, these audits are submitted to AANDC and publicly avail-able through AANDC’s web-site.”

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has pushed

for the legislation claiming, “Shockingly, federal gov-ernment data obtained by the CTF showed that in 2008-09 approximately 50 reserve politicians made more than the Prime Minister of Can-ada. Approximately 160 re-serve politicians made more than their respective provin-cial premiers.”

CTF said the earnings of individual reserve politi-cians could not be identified because of privacy laws, a situation the organization members claim obscures ac-countability. The legislation will supercede those privacy laws, although it is not clear if the legislation would indeed be upheld if challenged under the Human Rights Act.

The Bill returned to par-liament for the third vote on November 27, and with the majority in favour of making the Act a law, the legislation was sent on to the Senate for consideration before it moves on to the Governor General who can either give the bill royal assent or withhold or reserve assent. If given as-sent, the bill becomes law.

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Dr. Barry Montour, Akwesasne Director of Education, paid a visit to Six Nations on November 24 as part of a series of meetings set up to allow Six Nations members the opportunity to hear about successes and pitfalls experienced by other nations when they took over control of their education system. Montour said funding was not an issue for Akwesasne, but because the reserve is located in Quebec, New York state and Ontario, setting up control and administration of the education system was complicated. His strongest piece of advice to Six Nations was to ensure roles, relationships, policies and procedures were worked out in advance of taking over the education. Approximately 20 community members, including three Elected Councillors and a few teachers, came out to the Polytech for the presentation. (Photograph by Stephanie Dearing).

First Nations accountability legislation moves closer to becoming law

Talent contest good fun for a good cause

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By Jim WindleOTTAWA

Thousands of documents relative to Canada’s involve-ment in the failed residential schools assimilation exper-iment are being withheld from the ongoing Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

That is the allegation against Stephen Harper’s government which the Com-mission has asked an Ontario Superior Court judge to rule if Ottawa is obligated to re-lease these documents or not.

According to the Assem-bly of First Nations, Ot-tawa’s failure to cooperate with the work of the commis-sion “threatens to undermine the Aboriginal Community’s faith in the government.”

Although the Department of Aboriginal Affairs has re-leased almost a million docu-ments from it’s archives to date, the commission be-lieves there are tens of mil-lions of documents they have withheld. Some of these are still squirreled away within the Indian Affairs archives while others are hidden within the National Library Archives of Canada, includ-ed those files that Canada obtained from the church-es involved in the day-to-day operation of residential schools across Canada.

The Commission charges that there were no documents

from the RCMP released to them. These files would in-cluded written complaints they would have received over the past century and a half from parents of residen-tial school children about the treatment, abuses and even disappearances of students who attended these schools. It has been alleged by survi-vours that most, if not all, of these complaints were never properly investigated.

According to a Globe and Mail story published Mon-day Dec. 3, despite Prime Minister Harper’s public apology for Canada’s part in the force assimilation of more than 150,000 Native children, Harper’s govern-ment seems to be doing ev-erything within it’s power to keep details of their involve-ment out of the public eye.

It is the position of Ju-lian Falconer, lawyer for the TRC, that Indian Affairs can’t just release 1 million well sanitized documents to the commission and hold back the rest.

“The commission is taking this step very reluctantly and with a sense that it has been left with no alternative,” the commission’s chairman, Jus-tice Murray Sinclair, said in a released statement.

Justice Stephan Goudge will hear the commission’s application to extend the mandate term of the Com-

mission on Dec. 20-21 as a result of the delays with-holding these important documents have caused.Aboriginal Affairs Minis-ter John Duncan’s office is saying all of the “relative” documents will be released by June 30, 2013, but has no answer as to why they have been delaying their release with what has been called by the commission “a myriad of obstacles”.

The Commission has been seeking these documents for more than a year without success.

What is relevant or not relevant is what the govern-ment has been nit-picking over since promising to re-lease all “relative” docu-ments. Falconer argues that the government is withhold-ing very important docu-ments and should not be the ones to determine which are or are not relevant.

“What is at stake here is nothing short of the control of history,” said Falconer, “If Canada is successful in terms of its resistance to providing these documents, there is a real risk that…the truth tell-ing function of the commis-sion will be undermined,”

Many survivours have been denied compensation because they have not been able to prove that they at-tended residential schools. This is because church re-

cords which would show attendance, for how long, and when, have been either purged or held back. This is some of the information the commission wants to have access to as well as the gov-ernment’s culpability in the abuse and death of as many as half of the Native children

who died in some schools while under the care of the church and state run schools.

The ongoing generational affect is still reverberating in most reserves and Native communities across Canada who have been touched by this dark spot on Canada’s international reputation — a

reputation which has signifi-cantly eroded under Harper’s leadership.

According to a statement from the TRC, the Assembly of First Nations, the Univer-sity of Manitoba and Inuit representatives have all been granted intervener status at the December hearings.

Talent contest good fun for a good cause

an's favourite genre is jazz, she had prepared a ballet rou-tine for the contest – and her efforts paid off – she took second place.

First place winners were the trio, Brooke Monture, Chantee Longboat and Shaw-nee Sandy. Third place was given to Elam Aaron.

Melba Thomas (Six Na-tions Elected Councillor,

District Six) volunteers with the Health Foundation and was pleased with the turn-out Sunday.

While it is not known how much money was raised for the health foundation on

Sunday, the organization has given over $175,000 over the years towards the support of those affected by debilitat-ing diseases and illnesses and for the White Pines Wellness Centre.swood Gas Bar on November

28. The attendant on duty at the time told police one of the men had grabbed the atten-dant while the other pointed a handgun at the attendant and demanded money. The atten-dant complied and the men ran out of the store and fled the scene on foot. Police said the pair ran north on Chiefs-wood on foot.

Police are now seeking two suspects. One suspect, described as native is over six feet tall, slim build. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a black coat with a hood, blue jeans, white gloves and sun glasses.

The second suspect is ap-proximately 5'11” tall with a stocky build. He was wear-ing a navy blue sweater with a hood. He wore a hat with a red beak and white gloves.

The police believe they might have encountered the thieves, saying officers re-sponding to the call from the Chiefswood Gas atten-dant “were passed by a small

car travelling at a very high rate of speed, eastbound on 6th Line Road at Tuscaro-ra Road. The officer turned around to attempt to catch up to the vehicle, but due to the speed and distance, was un-able to. Investigators feel this vehicle may be associated to the Armed Robbery.”

The police did not know how much money the thieves was stolen from Chiefswood Gas.

Anyone with information pertaining to this incident is asked to contact the Six Na-tions Police Service at 519-445-2811 or Crimestoppers.

Carson Williams and his rainbow-coloured clown hair hoped to take home a prize in Sunday’s Dancing With the Scones talent contest with his chicken song repertoire. The fund-raising event was organized by the Six Nations Health Foundation. (Photographs by Stephanie Dearing).

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Sally English, “not Irish or Dutch,” she quips happily, is a remarkable woman. Born in 1921 “and still alive,” she says smiling broadly, she was one of the editors of the Moccasin News, a publica-tion put out in the 1960s by the Six Nations St. Peter's Church Guild.

Sally shared some of her life story with family and other residents of the Iro-quois Lodge on November 23, part of the Lodge's ongo-ing celebration of 30 years of providing long-term care for the community's elders.

What is remarkable about Sally English is that she be-came the only female hunter at Six Nations, and eventu-ally she was known far and wide as a legendary hunter.

Her husband, called Whis-pering Ted, taught her to hunt, as he taught “a lot of young men,” said Sally. She recalled her first shooting lesson, telling those gath-ered in the Iroquois Lodge dining room how she shot and missed the target over and over again, her husband laughing at her.

“The first deer I shot was in 1940, over by the railroad tracks,” said Sally. “A nice big buck.” And that started her career as a hunter – the only woman hunter on Six Nations. Hunting, she said, was “precious to me.” She learned how to clean and skin the deer she killed, but said she had learned how to butcher meat when she was a student at the Mohawk In-stitute. “Nothing went to waste.”

While Sally “thoroughly enjoyed” hunting, as time went on, she discovered she could call the deer, a dis-covery that put an end to the hunt for her. She explained what happened saying, “I would call the deer and they would come and look at me with their big brown eyes as if to say, here we are, do what you want.”

“I couldn't do it,” she said. Sally explained, “I would just talk to them like I'm talking to you ... My husband said I must have been an animal in a differ-ent world.”

Because her husband worked through the week, Sally would scout out like-ly deer hunting locations ahead of the weekends, re-lying on her faithful hunt-

ing dog to help her find the deer. “Bomber let you know where they were. He had us learn two or three different barks, if there were deer in the bush,” she said. “He was just like another person.”

But she couldn't shoot them after that, and from that day forward, her rela-tionship with the deer al-ways intimate, changed, becoming deeper and more intimate.

“She and my grandpa lived such a great life,” said granddaughter Nancy Eng-lish. “Hunting and fish-ing, they were always outside.”

During World War II, Sally ran a muskrat tra-pline on Fairchild Creek. She recalled how there would be guards posted along the railway tracks, one of whom alerted her to the theft of muskrats from some of her traps.

Sally was equally fa-mous for her elderber-ry pie, which she used to make for the Willett Hospital Christmas Ba-zaars. “Grandma said she would make pies for sale,” said Nancy, who worked at the hos-pital for 17 years. She thought her grandmoth-er would make three or four pies, but her grand-mother showed up with 30 pies. “They became quite a feature of the ba-zaar,” said Nancy. “Af-ter a short while, people lined up for the pies. They called them Grand-

mother's Pies. I was always thankful for that.”

Sally remembered how she would drive up to the sale only to be greeted by a line of people who were waiting to purchase one of her pies.

Nancy said the thing she most appreciated about her time with Sally was “being outside with her in nature. We would go exploring and hiking.”

She remembered when Sally had a Volkswagon Bug, “her favourite,” evok-

ing a smile from Sally.“She called herself a

dumpologist. She would go to old homes,” and had a knack for finding the old garbage dumps, said Nancy. “The stuff she would find. It became a real collection.”

“I definitely learned from the best,” Nancy said, recall-ing how Sally taught her to make biscuits. “Her biscuits are to die for.”

“She's quite a magnificent lady,” said Nancy lovingly. “She's blessed us with 91 years.”

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OTTAWA _ A year after the northern Ontario commu-nity of Attawapiskat jarred the country's conscience with its deplorable hous-ing conditions, the reserve next door has only narrowly averted a similar crisis.

Kashechewan First Na-tion declared a state of emergency last week be-cause it was running out of fuel and because 21 houses were not fit to face winter.

The federal government stepped in with help, just in the nick of time.

But fuel shortages are becoming more common among remote northern Ontario communities right now, said Alvin Fiddler, deputy grand chief of the Nishnawbe Aski Nation, a regional advocacy network.

That's because the ice road used to truck in a year's supply of diesel last winter did not last as long as usual.

`Èverybody is running out now. We're looking at a two-month gap'' until this winter's ice road is solid enough to truck in fresh supplies, Fiddler said in an interview.

In Kashechewan, extra fuel supplies were supposed to come in by barge, but bad weather and demands from other communities meant the Cree community near James Bay didn't receive enough.

Kashechewan's chief and council were poised late last month to shut down the band office, two schools, the power genera-tion centre, the health clinic and the fire hall because the buildings were not heated and could no longer oper-ate safely.

``We are without fuel to operate our organizations, heat them, and we are ob-ligated to maintain em-ployee safety and health standards for our employ-ees,'' the Cree community's

chief, Derek Stephen, said in a Nov. 23 declaration of emergency obtained by The Canadian Press.

Plus, 21 homes had also become uninhabitable, he said in a second declaration.

The basements of the homes had been flooded last spring and their electric fur-naces destroyed. Now, with the onset of winter, families were freezing.

``Due to lack of proper heating for homes for fam-ilies that have elderly, dis-abled and small children, we are left with no choice but to declare a state of emergency,'' the chief stat-ed.

A declaration of emergen-cy by a First Nation triggers action by Emergency Man-agement Ontario, which is in turn reimbursed and sup-ported by Aboriginal Af-fairs in Ottawa.

According to the declara-tions, the Cree community had asked Ottawa for help beforehand, but to no avail.

``During a conference call with (Aboriginal Af-fairs) we had requested fuel to be flown into the community for our medi-cal facility, administrative buildings and our schools _ all of which were denied, '' the first declaration said.

Similarly, the second statement on housing said requests for assistance were rejected. As a result, tem-porary fixes for the furnac-es damaged in last spring's flooding broke down, leav-ing families without heat.

According to the band's NDP MP, Charlie Angus, it wasn't until the band de-clared an emergency and he exchanged words with Ab-original Affairs Minister John Duncan that federal help kicked in.

But a spokesman for Dun-can said Aboriginal Affairs had arranged for emergency fuel delivery a week before the declaration, and allowed for extra funding for home building supplies the day after the declaration.

The department freed up

funding to cover the cost of flying in fuel and sup-plying the community with materials to get the furnaces up and running again, said spokesman, Jan O'Driscoll.

``Given the urgent nature of the situation, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Devel-opment Canada (AANDC) has released funds to cover the incremental cost of fuel delivery by air to address health and safety needs of the community and has re-leased a $700,000 emergen-cy cheque towards building supplies for renovations to 21 housing units,'' O'Driscoll said in an email.

``Departmental officials continue to work closely with the First Nation to en-sure that the community has a sufficient supply of fuel.''

Aboriginal Affairs has released $24,397 so far for the fuel supply, O'Driscoll added.

Crisis averted, said the NDP's Angus, but he is upset that the community had to come so close to the brink to get Ottawa's atten-tion.

A year after Minister Duncan's reputation took a beating over the Attawapis-kat housing crisis and the federal government's treat-ment of First Nations re-ceived global scrutiny, `ìt's symbolic that no real lessons have been learned,'' Angus said in an interview.

Lack of adequate housing remains an urgent problem on reserves across the coun-try. And isolated commu-nities frequently confront problems linked to their de-pendence on diesel fuel for power _ such as leaks, con-tamination, fuel shortages, and high prices, Angus said.

Reserves in his riding alone have declared 13 emergencies in just seven years, most of them related to poor infrastructure.

``We're always put-ting Band-aids on septic wounds,'' he said. `À year after Attawapiskat, we re-ally need to say: what is the lesson from all of this?''

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By Jim WindleELMIRA / CALEDONIA

How do you outshoot your opponent 56-26 and loose the game 3-2? That’s the question the Caledonia Cor-vairs were asking themselves on the return bus ride from Kitchener Sunday afternoon.

Kitchener Dutchmen goal-tender Marc Williams was in the moment and couldn’t do much wrong as the Corvairs hurled everything they had at the 18 year old netmind-er, but were only able to find pay-dirt twice.

The Kitchener penalty kill-ers were also on their game, rejecting all nine Caledonia powerplay opportunities. Meanwhile their powerplay scored once on five tries. In a one goal game, that proved to be crucial.

The Corvairs are still in first place in the Midwest-ern Conference with 39 points and a record of 21 wins, three losses and three overtime single point losses.

With the win, the Dutch-men improved their record to 13-11-3, tied in the stand-ings for 5th place with the Waterloo Siskins.

After a scoreless first pe-riod in which saw the Cor-vairs doubled the Dutchmen in shots on goal, 18-9, Cale-donia finally proved Wil-liams was human in the second period as Corvairs’s Scott Dorian scored the first

goal of the game at 10:47 from Brendan Bomberry and Brandon Montour.

Caledonia drew two minor penalties on the same whistle at the 13:32 mark when Con-nor Murphy was called for holding and line-mate Tyler Norrie drew a tripping call on the same play.

Kitchener made good on the situation to score the 1-1 goal at 15:10.

The Dutchmen took the lead at 4:37 with an unas-sisted effort by Matt Guild at 4:37. It was Caledonia’s turn to play catch-up, which they did at 5:40 thanks to Connor Murphy with assists to Mon-tour and Norrie.

What proved to be the game winner came at 10:57 when Kitchener’s Tyler Hoffman scored on Caledo-nia’s Justin Husak.

The Corvairs dodged the bullet Friday night with a 3-2 shootout win over the Elmi-ra Sugar Kings at the Hal-dimand Centre Arena.

As happened with the Sis-kins, there was no scoring in the first 20 minutes of play, and half of the second, when Jeff Swift beat Mackenzie Blackwood in the Elmira goal to take a 1-0 lead.

Cash Seraphim connect-ed on an Elmira powerplay at 8:08 before Caledonia’s Montour sent the game into overtime with his tying goal scored on a Caledonia pow-erplay at 17:35. Ryan Blunt

and Norrie assisted.There was no scoring in

the OT period and the shoot-out produced no goals in the first seven shots. But on the Corvairs fourth attempt, Swift ended the game in Caledonia’s favour.

The Corvairs are off until Friday night when the Water-loo Siskins are in Caledonia for a 7:20 start. Caledo-nia has won two of the tree meetings between these two teams so far this season.

The game will be taped for broadcast on TV Hamilton, Cable 14 and will air Satur-day Dec. 8th, at 7 pm, Sun-day Dec. 9th at 12 noon, and again twice Monday Dec. 10, at 12 and 1 pm.

The Corvairs remind fans that Minor Hockey and Rin-gette players receive free admission to all Pro-Fit Cor-vairs home games when they

are accompanied by an adultOn Saturday, the Corvairs

travel to Cambridge to face the second place Winter-

hawks who are 3 points be-hind Caledonia, but hold one game in hand. Cam-bridge have defeated Cale-

donia twice in the three games they have played against each other so far this season.

Corvairs outshoot Sugar Kings 56-26 but lose in Elmira

Caledonia’s Nate Mitton and Elmira’s Matt Pascuzzo fight for real estate in the Elmira crease. It took a shootout, but the Corvairs got the job done.

The retooled Smoothtown Bruins were defeated by the Spoilers 9-5 Thursday night at the Gaylord Powless Are-na.

Led by a four goal perfor-mance by Sandy Porter and another four goals scored by Chandon Hill, the Spoilers got by the Bruins in Six Na-tions Mens Hockey League. Hill also added three assists.

It was 3-1 at the end of the first period with Spoiler

goals coming from Cecil Hill and two by Chandon Hill. The Bruins’ lone goal came thanks to Wayne General.

The Bruins fought back in the second clawing their way back to 3-2, with Tommy Johnson’s marker from Mar-cus Elvin and Stu Johnson.

Porter scored with 1:51 left in the period to make it 4-2, but seconds later, Ian Martin closed the gap again at 4-3 which is where the period

ended.The Spoilers poured it on

in the third, beginning with Porter’s 5-3 goal less than a minute into the final period. That was followed by goals scored by Chandon Hill, San-dy Porter to push the Spirits lead to 7-3.

But Smoothtown never gave up. Stu Johnson and “Staaty” brought the game into reach again but Hill and Porter killed any chance of

a comeback with late period goals to take the two points by way of the 9-5 win.

The other game of the night had the Silverhawks de-feat the Spirits by that same 9-5 score.

Logan Kane led the Sil-verhawks with three goals while Adam Midgley pro-vided three assists.

John Monture scored two and assisted on two for the Spirits.

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By Jim Windle

Brantford Blast cen-tre Cameron Sault of New Credit has mixed his love of hockey and his concern for Six Nations and New Credit youth to create a spe-cial promotion for this Fri-day night’s Brantford Blast game against the Welland Whalers at the Brantford and District Civic Centre.

“Before signing with the Blast I was asked to get involved in the “Not One More” youth program here at Six Nations,” said Sault. “Peter Ham (team presi-dent and general manager) and I were talking the oth-er day and it was his idea to help the youth program by offering Six Nations and New Credit members of the “Not One More” group a free meal and a free hockey game.”

Sault and lacrosse star Roger Vyse teamed up as Child and Youth Workers within the “Not One More” organization.

“Not One More” is a com-munity based organization dedicating itself to youth suicide prevention and sup-port for families touched by youth suicide. But they also provide important informa-tion about drug prevention and recovery as well as ac-tivities and programs to give young people something constructive to do.

The group meets every Monday at the White Pines Building on Chiefswood

Road from 4:30 until 6:30 pm, with other activities as planned.

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By Jim WindleDUNDAS

The Brantford Blast mauled the Dundas Real Mc-Coys in front of their own fans at the J. L. Grightmire Memorial, Market Street Arena in Dundas Friday night to the tune of 7-2.

It was the second meeting and the second win for Brant-ford in the past week as the Blast continue to dominate their Allen Cup Sr. A Hockey League opponents and keep their 9-0 winning record in-tact.

The Blast blew up a 3-0 lead in the first period on goals by Chris Rebernik, as-sisted by Cam Sault, Kyler Spurr assisted by Jon Jankus and Mike Burgoyne, and Greg Bullock, and Bullock from Travis Lizabeth and

Patrick Easter.Bryan Worosz, who was

brilliant in the Dundas net in last week’s matchup, was less than spectacular allowing three goals on eight Brant-ford shots. At the other end of the ice, Anthony Marshall was standing strong in the Blast net.

The Blast made it 6-0 after two periods by scoring anoth-er trio in the middle frame. Ryan Healy capped off a play begun from the opening face-off of the second period from Sault and Rebernik at 42 sec-onds.

Travis Lizabeth made it 5-0 at 6:10 from Brad Jones and Scott Duncan. Mark Tay-lor converted another Cam Sault set up at 9:08. send-ing the teams to the second intermission with Brantford clearly in control 6-0.

Jeff White spoiled Mar-shall’s shut out bid at 3:19 of the third period. Three minutes later it was 7-1 as Jones delivered on a Brant-ford powerplay assisted by Rebernic and Cam Sault for his fourth assist of the night.

Dundas added another goal at 10:38 but it would not mat-ter much as the last delivered a message to their highway #403 rivals.

This coming weekend, the Welland Whalers will be at the Brantford and District Civic Centre Friday night for a 7:30 start which will be followed Saturday with a trip to Whitby to face the second place Dunlops who are five points behind Brantford after 9 games each. Game time is 6:30 pm.

Blast blows into Dundas, now 9-0 record

Brantford Blast playmaker Cam Sault is congratulated by teammates as he added four more assists to his record Friday night in the Blast’s 7-2 drubbing of the Dundas Real McCoys in Dundas. Although he is yet to score himself Sault has set up 9 goals in 7 games. (File photo by Jim Windle)

Blast reaches out to Six Nations/New Credit youth

Brantford Blast player Cameron Sault and team general man-ager Peter Ham have combined to offer members of the “Not One More” youth group a free night out, this Friday. Around 20 Six Nations and New Credit young people connected with the community driven drug and suicide prevention group will enjoy a free meal provided by the team and free admission to Friday night’s Blast hockey game in Brantford. (Photo by Jim Windle)


By Jim WindleSIX NATIONS

Back in 2005 Tekawenna-ke published an article about a young Six Nations atom hockey player with some-thing special. The article was entitled, “Tyler Hill - remem-ber that name.”

At that time he was an elite minor hockey player with enormous potential. To-day, he’s a rough-and-tumble 17-year-old, 6’3”, 200 lb. elite Jr. right winger, expected by hockey insiders on both sides of the border to be selected within the top 50 names at the 2013 NHL entry draft.

“Tyler has been on the NHL radar since he was 10,” says his father Brandon, now living in Springvale.

Hill has been approached by several NHL scouts al-ready but has not decided who he would want to sign with if and when that day comes.

Tyler’s long and methodi-cal hockey journey began at Six Nations where he played in the Six Nations minor hockey system between the aged of 4 and 8 years of age.

He played in the Cayuga Mite program for a year be-fore heading into Brantford to play in the Brantford 99‘ers system for another year.

Seeking a more elite level of the game, parents Bran-don and Lisa Hill agreed to make the sacrifice and drive him to Toronto for his games and practices with the Don Mills Flyers where he played his second year of Novice and first year of PeeWee. He had already begun to raise a few eyebrows by this point.

In 2005 Hill helped his team win “The Brick Cup” in a tournament series that in-volved the best Atom teams from across Canada and the USA. In that series he was awarded two MVP selections in the Round Robin and won the team skills competition.

When he moved up to Pee-Wee, Hill joined the Toronto Red Wings and with that team won Under-12 World Hockey Championships, along with teammate Brendan Bomberry currently with the Caledonia Corvairs. Hill was selected 3rd star of the championship game.

After PeeWee, Hill moved up to the Toronto Marl-ies Bantams before coming back to the area to return to the 99‘ers program as a Major Bantam player. From there he was drafted 99th overall by the Ottawa 67’s.

But after weighing his op-

tions, Tyler decided to decline a very good offer from Ot-tawa, which included a four year full scholarship, because he wanted to keep his NCAA eligibility status. After re-lease, Hill was accepted by three US colleges on schol-arships but chose to take the offer from Hotchkiss School in Lakeville Connecticut be-cause of its academic excel-lence.

In 2012, Hill was drafted 47th by the Muskegon Lum-berjacks in the USHL Entry Draft but could not work out an arrangement to his liking so he was released.

This year he is splitting the season three ways. He began in the fall with the Midfair-field Blues under coach Doug Messier and assistant coach, the legendary Mark Messier, where he won the champion-ship a few weeks ago. He is currently finishing off his di-ploma credits at Hotchkiss where he will now play with the Bearcats until February when he will be suiting up for the Jr. A Chicago Steel of the USHL.

Hill’s name is listed on most every 2013 draft web-site as a legitimate NHL pros-

pect. Some have him posted as high as 9th overall and likely to go in the first or sec-ond round.

Hockey insiders are now saying the same thing we did back in 2005. “Tyler Hill - re-member that name.”

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COMMUNITY RESIDENT TRUSTEE

The Six Nations Community Development Trust (SNCDT) is seeking one (1) Community

Resident Trustee. The Community Resident Trustee will serve a term which expires on November 30, 2016. The Trust Agreement defines Community Resident Trustee “means members of the Six Nations of the Grand River who are listed on the Band list, as maintained by the First Nation during the term of the Six Nations of the Grand River Community Development Trust and who are ordinarily resident on the Reserve.”

The SNCDT was created to be a long-term asset for Six Nations Members. The goal of the Six

Nations Community Development Trust Fund is to manage the Trust to generate and grow capital that will be used to achieve the goals of the Six Nations Community. The Trust Agreement between The Trust and Chief and Council determines the conditions by which The Trust operates.

The Trust Board consists of seven (7) members appointed from the Community and from Chief

and Council and an independent member. The Trust staff consists of a full-time Trust Coordinator. The Community Resident Trustee will be able to attend monthly meetings, available for

committee participation, available to meet on as needed basis, will be available weekly to sign cheques and cheque requisitions, and will adhere to the terms and conditions as defined in the Trust Agreement, Trustee’s Oath of Office, and Conflict of Interest Policies.

Those interested, are required to provide a cover letter indicating why you would like to become a

Trustee and a recent Resume with three (3) letters of reference (at least one work related) to: Six Nations Community Development Trust “Community Resident Trustee” Oneida Business Park, 50 Generations Drive P.O. Box 675, Ohsweken, ON N0A 1M0 Deadline Date: Friday, December 14, 2012 no later than 12:00 p.m.

No faxes or emails will be accepted.

Six Nations Community Development Trust Fund Oneida Business Park, 50 Generations Drive P.O. Box 675, Ohsweken, ON N0A 1M0 Phone: (905) 765-1236 Fax: (905) 765-2755 Email: [email protected]

We told you to watch this kid Tyler Hill

Six Nations’ Tyler Hill is 3rd from left back row in this recent team picture of the Tier #1 Major Midget Midfairfield Blues as they celebrate the Connecticut Regional Championship, earning a berth to the Nationals to be held later this season. To Hill’s far left is assistant coach Mark Messier. Messier’s father Doug is head coach. (Submitted Photo)


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EXECUTIVE DIRECTORFull Time Salaried Position Under Contract

Location: Oneida Business Park, 50 Generations Drive, Ohsweken, ON

Under the direction of the Board of Directors of the Niagara Peninsula Aboriginal Area Management Board (NPAAMB), the Executive Director provides leadership of the organization to meet a number of key performance indicators including: to liaise effectively and work closely with the the Board of Directors to meet its Mandate, Vision and Mission; to meet the targets of the ‘three pillars’ of the HRSDC/ASETS Funding Agreement; to act as the principal officer to oversee the day to day operations and management of the organization and its staff; to achieve annual milestones/benchmarks and targets of planned annual objectives and activities in co-operation with all staff; under authourities devolved from the Board, makes decisions on operations and expending of resources; represents NPAAMB at a high level with private and public funders; establishes and maintains professional networks with strategic Provincial and Federal partners and more importantly with Urban Aboriginal Civic Leaders in the five Urban Aboriginal Communities within the NPAAMB catchment area.

The candidate will possess wide career experiences that includes:

• Post secondary education in Business Administration/Human Resources, or five years experience in senior management, staff supervision and human resource development.

• Keen background in staff team building and motivation.

• Experience in the management of satellite offices and operations.

• Working at all levels within the not-for-profit and for profit business sectors; experience in developing strategic Annual and Project Workplans, Concept Papers, Briefing Notes and Evaluations.

• Policy Development and implementation of ancillary procedures

• Highly evolved accumulated knowledge and skill sets in strategic planning, employment legislation, public relations, stress management, financial management, public speaking, and communications – oral and written.

Proven experience and expertise in managing Aboriginal Human Resource and Skill Development Programs or in the Aboriginal employment and training field is preferred. Understanding the nature and challenges of Urban Aboriginal Community Development and dynamics of Urban Aboriginal Community Civic Leadership is an asset. Thorough knowledge of Urban Aboriginal Youth Demographics and their challenges, nationally, provincially and locally are a definite asset.Candidates must be bondable and have a valid driver’s license and access to reliable insured transportation to fulfill the duties of the position.

Applications must include: Covering Letter3 recent Work/Employment Related Letters of ReferenceA Current Resume or CV Copies of Educational Achievement/Attainment, Training and Additional Qualifications A Professional Writing Sample Authoured by Applicant: Report, Analysis, Proposal, Concept Paper, Annual Report, etc. A copy of recent CPIC (less than 3 months)

Send your resume and documentation to :

NPAAMB Executive Director SearchOI Group of Companies

188 Mohawk St.P.O Box 4669

Brantford, ON N3T 6J7

Attention: Marlene [email protected]

(800) 668-9852 ext. 226 or (519)752-0441 ext. 226

Only those candidates screened in for interviews will be notified.

Salary Range: $61,000.00 to $69,000.00 per annum

Closing Date: December 14th 2012, 4 p.m. Sharp

Any applications received after 4 p.m. will be filed as unopened.

Start Date: Dependant upon successful candidate

A full copy of the job description will be available upon request by e-mailing [email protected]

The personal information submitted for employment is collected under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and will be used

to determine eligibility for employment. We thank you for your application, but advise that only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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The Niagara Peninsula Aboriginal Area Management Board seeks a dynamic, highly skilled, multi-task oriented, and diplomatic individual of First Nations Ancestry for the position of:

NIAGARA PENINSULA ABORIGINAL AREA MANAGEMENT BOARD

De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre - Job Description

POSITION: HealthPromotionOfficer–SmokeFreeOntarioProject

SUPERVISOR: Manager, Health Promotion & Education Services

INTRODUCTION:The Smoke Free Ontario Project will strive to address the problem of commercial tobacco use in the urban Aboriginal communities of Hamilton and Brantford by assisting community members in understanding, promoting, and adopting tobacco wise lifestyles. The project will utilize a variety of interconnected health promotion and disease prevention strategies to prevent and support non-commercial tobacco use in the Aboriginal community by employing culturally relevant approaches.

Primary Target• Aboriginal population in Hamilton and Brantford that wish to stop smoking: Youth and Adults.

Secondary Target• Aboriginal population in Hamilton and Brantford: Youth .

ASSUMPTIONS

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Health Promotion Officer will:

1. Organizational/Clerical:

a. Maintain statistical data and contact information.

b. Responsible for providing statistical reports as required.

c. Prepare program reports as required.

d. Develop and administer program evaluation methods such as questionnaires, surveys, interviews and observations.

2. Delivery of Health Programs

a. Network with key stakeholders within the community.

b. Develop and deliver holistic smoking cessation strategies for Aboriginal community members living in the cities of Hamilton and Brantford.

c. Provide tobacco use support services for Aboriginal youth and adults, such as talking circles and individual counseling.

d. Promote program at agency health fairs and school health fairs in both Hamilton and Brantford that have a high Aboriginal population.

e. Design and deliver culture-based tobacco awareness and smoking prevention youth outreach programs for Aboriginal students living in the cities of Hamilton and Brantford.

f. Develop holistic smoking cessation outreach resources and promotional materials that target all age groups within the Aboriginal communities of Hamilton and Brantford (i.e. smoking cessation pamphlets, videos, presentations, displays, interactive games etc.)

g. Prevent and support non-traditional tobacco use by promoting traditional healthy lifestyle activities and practices (i.e. traditional dance and drum classes, traditional teachings by Elders, medicine pouch craft classes etc.)

3. Advocacy

a. Research, gather and evaluate existing best practice models for tobacco cessation and prevention for youth.

b. Identify gaps in information and/or resources and develop new resources.

c. Collaborate with Aboriginal and mainstream partners to develop resource materials and programs.

d. Direct clients of community programs to appropriate services.

e. Communicate community requests for additional programming.

f. Work collaboratively with the health promotion team to raise awareness in the Aboriginal community of our presence and role.

4. Perform other duties as may be required by Supervisor.

STATEMENTOFQUALIFICATIONS

Education:

1. Post secondary diploma or degree in a health / social sciences / social services related field from a recognized University or College.

Experience:

1. Proficiency in health program development, design, implementation and evaluation.2. 1 to 3 years of related experience of progressive responsibility.3. Experience in community health planning and/or health promotion.4. Proficiency in the use of personal computers, word processing and database software.5. Valid class G driver’s license and a reliable personal vehicle.6. Experience with counseling or group facilitation is a desired asset.

Knowledge/Abilities/Personal Suitability:

1. Excellent organizational and problem solving skills.2. Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills.3. Demonstrated ability to work alone and in a multi-disciplinary team.4. Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal traditional ways and culture, or a willingness to learn.5. Energetic, outgoing and a passion for health.6. Ideal candidate should live a smoke free life.7. Willingness to undergo training as specified by supervisor.8. Aboriginal descent preferred.

Please address your resume to:

Manager, Health Promotions and Education Services36 King Street East/Brantford, ON/N3T 3C5

Nya:weh to all those who apply, however only those chosen for an interview for an interview will be contacted. Please no phone calls.

Closing Date: Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 at 4:30pm

The Canadian Press

VANCOUVER - Members of a Vancouver Island fam-ily are searching for a couple of historic cedar masks that they say were sold without their consent.

The masks were owned by the Hamilton family of Port Alberni, represented male and female serpents and were

more than 100 years old.George Hamilton, who is

a member of the Hupacasath (who-patch-eh-set) First Na-tion, says a relative was en-trusted with their care and alleges the relative decided to sell them at a recent auction.

He says the masks originat-ed with a hereditary chieftain-ship and are considered sacred -- protocol even dictates how

they were to be stored.Seahawk Auctions of Ma-

ple Ridge, B-C, has declined to comment on the sale and the relative involved could not be reached for comment.

Hamilton says the family is willing to trade a set of rep-lica masks for the originals if they can find the individual who bought them and if that person is willing to sell.

Family Masks Gone


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Phone: 519.445.2222 • Fax: 519-445-4777 Toll Free: 1.888.218.8230

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Job descriptions are available at GREAT Weekdays... Monday through Friday from 8:30 - 4:30 pm 16 Sunrise Court, Ohsweken

Registered Early Childhood Educator Niwasa Early Learning and Care Centre $18/hr Dec. 5, 2012P/T Children’s Mental Health Worker The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation TBD Dec. 5, 2012Youth Prevention Worker Oneida Nation of the Thames TBD Dec. 6, 2012Children’s Services Worker Native Child & Family Services of Toronto $55,000 - $78,286 Dec. 7, 2012Aboriginal Child & Youth Weejeendimin Native Resource Centre TBD Dec. 7, 2012 Mental Health Workers KitchenerRegistered Early Childhood Educator The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation TBD Dec. 12, 2012Childcare Assistant The Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation TBD Dec. 12, 2012Clinical Treatment Worker Native Child & Family Services of Toronto $48,500 - $63,284 Dec. 12, 2012Receptionist Six Nations Polytechnic $31,200 Dec. 13, 2012Executive Director Niagara Peninsula Aboriginal Area $61,000 - $69,000 Dec. 14, 2012 Management Board, Six Nations

School Band Nurse Health Services Full Time TBD December 12, 2012 @ 4pmSecretary/Receptionist Health Services Full Time TBD December 19, 2012 @ 4pm

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

GRAND RIVER POST SECONDARYEDUCATION OFFICE

P.O.BOX 339, OHSWEKEN, ON NOA 1MOPHONE: (519) 445-2219 • FAX: (519) 445-4296

EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.grpseo.orgTOLL FREE: 1-877-837-5180

• APPLICATION CALENDAR - DATES TO NOTE •

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.

organizations all across the country by cutting their funding in many areas. Obviously, as things go from bad to worse for First Nations, our governments want to sweep everything un-der a rug and are doing their best to smother the voice of First Nation people. However, this mean and nasty strategy will not work in the long run. First Nation organizations, government, tribal councils and communities will organize across the coun-try to develop a stronger voice. We are masters at survival.

Long after the various ruling governments have faded into the past my people will still be living on the land as our ancestors have done for thousands of years. We will still be honouring our connection to Mother Earth and taking care of each other. As resource developers plan huge projects on First Nation traditional lands in the north we will be insisting on being at the table as productive partners. We will be doing this at a time when our own development on our First Nations will be depending on a fair share of the wealth as resource projects take place. We will also be actively planning and participating in any roads or rail line development to make sure that in the haste of searching for treasure Mother Earth and our traditional way of life is respected.

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First Nations Will Rise To The Challenges


Ottawa, Dec. 4, 2012 - Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo opened a three day Chiefs Assembly in Gatineau, Quebec this morn-ing where First Nation leaders from across Canada are gath-ered to reaffirm a way forward to achieving transformative change for First Nations in Canada based on strength and unity, empowerment and First Nation-driven solutions.

The Assembly of First Na-tions (AFN) annual Special Chiefs Assembly will take place December 4-6 at the Hilton Lac Leamy in Gatin-eau, and will focus on the protection of First Nations Sovereignty and fulfilling the promise of Section 35 of the 1982 Constitution Act.

In a powerful address to First Nation leaders and As-sembly delegates, National Chief Atleo spoke on behalf of the AFN national executive calling for First Nation citi-zens, families, young people, Elders and leaders to act now for social change.

"What I hear and what I see in all of the regions is an ab-solute determination to push back, to remain rock solid in our rights and identity, yet there is an equally firm con-viction to push forward our own solutions to address the many challenges faced by our peoples," said AFN National Chief Shawn Atleo during his

opening remarks to more than 600 Chiefs and Assembly del-egates Tuesday morning. "To-gether we are forever rejecting the status quo and the failures of the past that continue to-day. Together we have the solutions. We will not back down. We will stand firm on our rights and we will achieve change by acting now."

"The path from frustra-tion and confrontation to constructive and principled engagement and meaning-ful partnership is not easy or simple. However, through af-firming rights, identities and implementing First Nation-driven solutions, we can and will succeed," said National Chief Atleo. "We can and will achieve the change we desire and need for our peoples. Tak-ing our rightful place as na-tions in our territories - we will answer the call, we will seize this historic moment of reckoning and fundamental change for First Nations in this country."

Following National Chief Atleo's speech, highlighting an example of the benefits of First Nations control of First Nations education, grade elev-en student Karlee Johnson from Eskasoni First Nation in Mikmaq territory in Nova Scotia addressed the Assem-bly, sharing her positive ex-periences as an on-reserve student at Chief Allison Ber-nardMemorial High School.

This week, Chiefs and As-sembly delegates will strate-gize on a range of issues and priorities. Key areas of dis-cussion and strategy will in-clude reconfirming next steps to achieving fair and equitable education for First Nations, continued efforts toward a First Nations water strategy, addressing key legislative changes in regard to fisher-ies and other environmental concerns, addressing gaps in health and mental health, housing, rights recognition, Treaty implementation, lands, resources and economic part-nerships, and ending violence against Indigenous women and girls.

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How Do I Apply? 1. Pick up application

package at Six Nations Polytechnic, 2160 Fourth Line

2. Make appointment to register. Be sure to bring an original high school transcript with you. (no copies)

For More Info Contact: Michelle Thomas [email protected] (519)445-0023 X234

Tuition and Book

costs for eligible

students provided

by the Aboriginal

Health Human

Resource Initiative.

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) including Gr. 12 English (U, C, or M).

• A completed application package

LoveLove Childrenfsdfdfy not register TODAY for our EARLY CHILOOD EDUCATION Progam!!

What is Required?

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program is a two year diploma program offered in partnership with Niagara College. Program Requirements Students need to be aware of processes concerning the Criminal Reference Check (CRC), the Health Requirement and Transportation and their responsibilities concerning such. Please see the Application Package for more details on these.

Love Children? Why not Apply for Our Early Childhood

Education Program?

This ECE Program is funded by the Aboriginal Health Resources Initiative for Community-Based Worker Training. Six Nations Polytechnic is committed to creating building blocksof success which includes community based, and culturally relevant programs and services. These education successes in turn generate long term positive and sustainable social and economic impacts to our community.

FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER PLEASE CONTACT 519-445-2950 REGISTRATION BEGINS December 1, 2012

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PRESENTS

AGENDA January 3 – Welcome & Budgeting/Couponing January 10 – Traditional Baking January 17 – Scrapbooking January 24 – Basic Sewing Essentials January 31 – Self Care

Commitment to all 5 sessions please

Chiefs Gather to Discuss Strategies to Achieve Transformative Change for First Nations


thank you

Thank you – two words that hardly convey my feelings. I will be forever grateful to the community for allowing me the privi-lege of sharing your lives. Hopefully, in some small way, I have made a differ-ence. I am also grateful to the many colleagues some of whom have become dear friends, who helped by making our workplace more enjoyable. Thank you for the reception, the many gifts and well wish-es and for the memorable and awesome retirement party. Retirement is not an end but a new adventure: I hope that many of our paths will continue to cross.Always,Barb

Craft sale

St. lukes ChurchSmoothtown (1246 Onon-daga Rd. Near 3rd Line) is sponsoring a Craft Sale (with vendors) and Cookie Walk. Christmas Cookies for sale. Large tin $10.00, Med. tin $8.00, Small tin $6.00. Saturday, Decem-ber 15, 2012. 10:00am – 3:00pm. Lunch for sale – Corn Soup – Ham & Fry Bread – Hot Dog – Drinks. Also Loonie Table.

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1st & last. Heat & Hydro INClUDED. 3 Bedroom. No Drunks or Druggies need to apply. ONLY Clean & Re-spectable People. Referenc-es. 519-445-2671.

Coming events

All-you-can-EatFundraising Breakfast

For Six Nations U15 boys Lacrosse Team. Sunday, Dec. 9 at the Sour Springs Longhouse, 8am – Noon. $10. Proceeds Towards Florida Tournament on Dec. 29-31/12.

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TRADITIONAL FOOD DRIVE

We are requesting the immediate assistance of the community in helping us meet our 150 sample requirements for the First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study.

$20.00 per sample up to a maximum of 3 samples per person

The food must meet the following criteria:

Hunted or gathered with knowledge of the date

Fresh, frozen, dried or canned

Approximate amount 1 cup

Must be on the Traditional Food List

First Nations Food, Nutrition & Environment Study

Fish Species

Trout, Brown Trout, Lake Trout, Rainbow Smallmouth bass Largemouth bass Yellow (Erie) Perch Yellow Pickerel Northern Pike

Wild Berries

Wild straw-berry Wild raspberry Wild ginger Blueberries Cranberries Crab apple

Wild Bird Species

Canada Goose

Wild Turkey

Traditional Food Drive takes place at New Directions Group—1769 Chiefswood Rd

Saturday December 8, 2012 Monday December 10, 2012 Between 9:00AM—1:30PM from 9:00AM—8:00PM

For more information please contact:

Lindsey - FNFNES Coordinator Lindsey at (289) 439-2184 New Directions Group (519)445-2947

**Deadline to submit samples is Monday December 10, 2012 @ 8PM **

Land Mammal Species

Deer liver Deer kidney Moose meat Moose liver Moose kidney Bear meat

Wild Nuts

Acorn nuts

Wild Plants, Tree Foods or Cultivated

Traditional Food

Maple syrup Corn/Hominy (White; Sweet) Squash - Summer Red Kidney Beans

TRADITIONAL FOOD LIST

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ATKINS: lacy DawnWith broken hearts the family of Lacy Dawn Atkins announce her sudden passing. Lacy is the cherished daughter of Carmen Turkey and Peter Atkins. Loving granddaughter of Robert VanEvery. Much loved sister of Curtis, Bryan and Heather, Arlene, Clint and Kim and Joanna. Loving Auntie of Anthony Carter, Clayton Martin, Madison, CJ, Jessie, Corlyn and Viktoria. Special friend of Brady Longboat. Will be greatly missed by many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Predeceased by grandmoth-ers Frances (Beaver) VanEvery, Mary Atkins, grandfa-ther Frank Turkey, Uncle Guy Beaver, and cousins Shawn Thomas II, Sidney Blaire Jamieson, and Jewel Monture. Resting at her grandfather’s home, Robert VanEvery 3018 6th Line, Six Nations after 10 am. Tuesday until 10 am. Thursday then to Medina Baptist Church for Funeral Ser-vice and Burial at 11 am. Thursday, December 6, 2012. www.rhbanderson.com

“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow.It empties today of its strength.”

Corrie Ten Boom

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SMITH: MARGARET IRENEIt is with profound sadness and heavy hearts we an-nounce the passing of Margaret Irene (General) Smith on November 30, 2012. Margaret was born July 20, 1947 to Harvey and the late Virginia General. Loving mother to Suzanne, Les and Brandy, and Bob Cherished grand-mother to Brittany, Stevie, Randy, Kaydin, Bailey, Emily and Emmet, and Tyler and Taylor. Great grandmother to Tyleigh and Allison. Dearest sister to Joanne and Dave, Steve, Robin and Rick, Brian and Peachy, Jackie and Terry, Lisa and Mike, and the late Leslie, Rocky and Dawn. Mar-garet leaves behind numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, neph-ews, and cousins. Margaret was a longtime waitress at Erlands Restaurant and the proud owner of Duke her dog of whom she loved so much. Resting at the Styres Funeral Home, 1798 4 th Line Road, Ohsweken after 6 p.m. Sun-day with an evening service at 7:30 p.m. Funeral Service will be held in the chapel on Monday December 3, 2012 at 1 p.m. Cremation to follow. www.rhbanderson.com

John Wayne petersJuly 2nd, 1938 – Dec. 10, 2000

A million times we’ve needed himA million times we’ve criedIf love could have saved himHe never would have died.

Love,Pam, Magan, Al, Johnny, Brian and Haylee (Punky).

in memoriam in memoriam

The Six Nations Health Foundation Board of Directors wishes to thank all who attended and supported the fun afternoon "Dancing with the Scones" event on Sunday December 2, 2012 held at the Community Hall. Elvis Pre-sley came from Hill Billy Heaven to entertain and host the program along with Carson Williams and his Gorgeous Assistant, Gail Henry. Thanks to Crystal McDonald for her beautiful singing and for the use of her sound equipment. The competition resulted in some excellent and various styles of dance. Winners of the dance competition were as follows: First - Brooke Monture, Chantee Longboat, Shawnee Sandy. Second - Kennedy Bomberry. Third - Elam Aaron.Thanks to all participants and the three judges, name-ly Bob Johnson, District #5 councillor, Crystal Jonathan, Miss Six Nations and Norma General.Finger foods, snacks and drinks were enjoyed through-out the afternoon.Food donations and items for the baskets draws and door prize were provided by the Board of Directors. Winners for the door prize was Chantee Longboat. Lucky Chantee Longboat also won a basket draw. Jerry Johnson won the second basket.Posters for the event were designed and reproduced by the Tekawennake free of charge. Many thanks to the Teka.I apologize if I have missed anyone.Proceeds are for the dialysis program

Respectfully submittedRuby JacobsPresident

thank you thank you

In Memory ofAllen B. JohnsDec. 2, 2005

If we could have a lifetime wishAnd one dream that could come trueWe would pray with all our heartsJust to see and speak to youA thousand words won’t bring you backWe know because we’ve tried And neither will a million tearsWe know because we’ve criedYou’ve left behind our broken heartsAnd precious memories tooBut we’ve never wanted memoriesWe only wanted you

Sadly missed byJean Johns & Family

in memoriam in memoriam

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Coming events

Breakfast at KanataSaturday, December 8th, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Around the bend from the Mohawk Chapel, Brantford. Cost for the Breakfast is $6.00. Kids age 5 – 10 $4.00. Under 5 years FREE. Entertain-ment – We will be having a Jam Session (come out and show off). Vendors Wel-come – If you are a vendor and wish to set up a table, just show up at 7:00 a.m. Vendors will also set up for Free but bring your own ta-bles and chairs. Come out and support the Kanata Vil-lage.

Coming events

Christmas Open JamSat. Dec. 15, 2PM till ??????? at Chiefswood Fellowship, 506 4th Line, 7km west of Ohsweken, Six Nations. Country, Gospel, Bluegrass, Karaoke, etc. We have a Live Band for backup. Bring a friend and let us enjoy the Christmas Season together. Door Prizes, 50/50 Draw, Refreshments. Info. Phil Sault 905-768-5442. www.chiefswoodchristianfellow-ship.com

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Winter Dance Registration

Register now for Pre-Pri-mary Ballet and Tiny Tot Tap.....ages 2-6....also for Teen Hip Hop ages 15 & over..... Children and Teen Modelling Courses. Call or text Michelle Farmer. 226-388-4470

gift ideas

Excellent Christmas GiftHorseback Riding Lessons at Sunrise Stables. (519) 717-5427.

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phil’s Season Specials

07 pontiac Montana $6595.00; 06 Dodge Grand Caravan Stow & Go $5995.00; 05 ponti-ac Montana $4995.00; 05 Chev Uplander New Brakes $5395.00; 05 Ford Escape 4x4, 143,000 km $6895.00; 05 GMC Jim-my 4x4, 2 Door, 117,000 km $6395.00; 02 Dodge Dakota Cab Plus Sport $5300.00; 04 pontiac Grand AM 111,000 km $4995.00; 02 Ford Tau-rus Wagon SEL, 151,000 km $3895.00; 02 pontiac Sunfire $3495.00.

All Vehicles above Certified, E-tested. Lubrico Warranty.

phil’s Cars, 390 Brant County Rd. #18,

Brantford519-752-1920

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Quotas purchased. 3681 Second Line

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18. Give birth to a horse 19. Colors material 20. Triglyceride is one 22. Take a plane hostage 24. Margarines 25. A tributary of the Missouri River 26. Bring up children 27. 3rd tone of the scale 28. Light boat (French) 31. Relating to geometry

33. Cursed, obstinate 34. Aluminum 35. Sec. of State 1981-82 36. Barn towers 39. Bonito genus 40. Deep ravines 42. Spirit in “The Tem-pest” 43. Small restaurant 44. Bambi for example 46. Actor DeCaprio 47. Ambled or strolled 49. Cleanse with soap and water 50. Atomic mass unit 51. Var. of emir 52. Supplemented with difficulty 53. Manuscripts (abbr.) 54. Frambesia 55. Auld lang __, good old days ClUES DOWN 1. A young cow 2. Collection of miscel-laneous pieces 3. Mali capital 4. Onion rolls 5. “10” actress Bo 6. Performs in a play

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Sun/Moon Chart This Week

Peak Fishing/Hunting Times This WeekDetailed Forecast

Weather Trivia

Today we will see mostly cloudy skies with a 30% chance of rain and snow, high temperature of 1º. West wind 12 km/h. Expect mostly cloudy skies tonight with a 40% chance of snow, overnight low of -3º. North northeast wind 7 km/h.

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Wednesday Rain/Snow

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Thursday Mostly Cloudy

2 / 1

Friday Few Showers

6 / 2

Saturday Few Showers

4 / 1

Sunday Few Showers

4 / 2

Monday Few Showers

7 / -3

Tuesday Showers Likely

13 / 1

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Moonrise11:41 p.m.

No Rise12:46 a.m.1:54 a.m.3:05 a.m.4:18 a.m.5:33 a.m.

Moonset11:52 a.m.12:20 p.m.12:49 p.m.1:20 p.m.1:54 p.m.2:35 p.m.3:24 p.m.

How much of the Earth is continually covered in snow? ?

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Double Leaf Extension Dining Table

Dining Chairs

Server

Reg. $829

Reg. $159

Reg. $749

$659$129$599

Double Leaf Extension Dining Table

Dining Chairs

Server

Reg. $829

Reg. $159

Reg. $749

$659$129$599

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Contemporary Sectional with Ottoman

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Several Styles to choose from

Rocker Recliner

$339 Reg. $419

Low Leg Recliner

$649Low Leg Recliner

$489

Rocker Recliner

$399 Reg. $509

Reg. $609

Reg. $639

Reg. $809

DURABLEND™ Recliner

$499

Flip Flop Sofa

$399 Reg. $499

Flip Flop Sofa

$259 Reg. $329

Cocktail Table

Chairside Table

Reg. $389 Reg. $169

Lift-Top Cocktail Table

Reg. $329

$259

Storage Ottoman Reg. $399

$299

$299 $129

Bar

$559Reg. $699

Bar Stools$99Reg. $139

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Chairside End Tables

Reg. $199 Reg. $149 Reg. $149

$159 $119 $119


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Extension Dining Table

ChairsBuffetHutch

$489$119$599$439

Reg. $609

Reg. $149

Reg. $749

Reg. $549

All Home Office Twin Bunk Bed Reg. $689

$54920% OFF