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Six Nations resident Arnold Douglas, holding a copy of the Haldimand Deed, and a Six Nations Police officer, holding papers obtained from the Elected Council, discuss the legitimacy, or lack thereof, of Band Council approving the installation of a telecommunications tower on land Doug-las believes belongs to him. A community meeting has been arranged for the Third Line at Mohawk Road location of the old Number 1 School, for Saturday morning at 1 pm when both Elected Chief Bill Montour and Confederacy Chief Allen MacNaughton will be on hand to answer questions about the situation and seek input from neighbours concerning the proposed tower. (Photo by Jim Windle)

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By Jim WindleKANONHSTATON

Three Six Nations residents were arrested this past week in connection with the latest provocative act by Binbrook resident, Gary McHale and a gathering of his followers at the former Douglas Creek Estates, at around 12:15 Sat-urday, July 7th, 2012.

On that day, McHale and his crew marched up the roadway towards the house at the Kanonhstaton site, armed with their usual video camera to capture the reaction when they attempted to make what they called citizen’s arrests of the Six Nations residents.

At one point, their prog-

ress towards the house on the property was blocked by a handful of Six Nations land protectors.

This parcel of land is still under a registered land claim filed by Six Nations years ago with the federal govern-ment which has not been re-solved, despite three years of so-called negotiations.

To Six Nations, the land in question has never been surrendered for sale and re-mains Six Nations' property under the Haldimand Treaty. To McHale and other settlers, the land was surrendered and therefor is no longer in the possession of Six Nations.

The trilateral talks be-tween federal and provincial

government lawyers, and Six Nations Confederacy and Elected Council repre-sentatives, broke down after Six Nations and the prov-ince agreed to a mediator to break the impasse. The fed-erals flatly refused and left the talks which have not re-sumed.

Gene Jonathan has been re-siding in the house, with an-other land protector, known as “Wack”, residing in a trail-er beside it. “Wack” has been on the site since before the April 20th, 2006 OPP raid which turned the peaceful protest into a stand-off that made headlines across Can-ada.

In the past four years, the

once intense situation has defused considerably with-in both communities, except when McHale and his fol-lowers stir the tensions with their actions designed to pro-voke that peace.

On July 7th, McHale and

two others were handcuffed and taken away in an OPP paddy-wagon, but were lat-er released without charges.

However, 47 year-old Sean Toulouse, 54 year-old Faron “Gene” Jonathan, and 41-year-old Carol Henry

were later arrested, one by one, and charged for a va-riety of alleged offences relative to McHale’s provo-cations.

Henry was charged with Assault with a Weapon,

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sion,” Jonathan was misquoted. While the article said Jonathan said “I never really saw my mom give hugs,” Ms. Jonathan actually said “I never really saw my mom give my grandmother hugs.” Tekawennake apologizes to Ms. Jonathan and her family for any inconvenience that may have occurred as a result of the error.

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By Jim WindleSIX NATIONS

The proposed site of a Silo Wireless transmission tower on Third Line Road at Mo-hawk Road has become the catalyst for a longstanding dispute between the Six Na-tions Elected Council, the Confederacy Chiefs Council and Mohawk resident Arnold Douglas.

Monday morning a fenc-ing crew was to have built an enclosure around the footings of a proposed telecommuni-cations tower. But when they arrived, they were met by

Douglas and neighbour Deb Springle and told they were trespassing on Douglas’ land.

Douglas then called the Six Nations police to report that someone was on his land and he wanted them off.

The confused crew from Neda Fence of Brantford complied without incident, but remained at the scene to await the arrival of police. By that time, several other resi-dents had joined Douglas at the site.

When Six Nations police arrived, Douglas explained that the land Six Nations Elected Council had ap-

proved for Silo to build the tower on was, in fact, not theirs to give since it is part of a farm he purchased in the 1960’s.

Douglas traced the land back to 1913 when several families donated plots of land throughout the reserve to the Confederacy which were to be used to build 12 elemen-tary schools. This was the site of the old #1 school which ceased to exist decades ago. The only remnant remaining is a rusty baseball screen that was once in the playground area.

Confederacy Chief Allen MacNaughton arrived at the scene after being called by Douglas and confirmed to police that the Confederacy never gave up the land that was donated to them and it was always their intention to return the land to the donat-ing families when it was no longer needed for schools.

“That piece of land was do-nated to the Confederacy by Peter Montour who was Chief Peter Martin’s father. He left the farm to Jim Martin who left it to his daughter, and I bought it from her in 1969,” said Douglas. “This land was donated to the Confederacy long before there was a Band Council.”

According to Douglas, in 1998 he went to Hull, Que-bec, to do research when he and his family were fighting the Six Nations housing poli-cies on another piece of land, and he got all the details on

the farm then. “The Department of Indi-

an Affairs in Hull, Quebec, informed me that that land was never paid for and still belongs to the farm,” said Douglas. “There is no doc-umentation transferring that land to anybody, not even to the Confederacy.”

Douglas does not want to see a communications tower not only on his land, but in his neighbourhood for anoth-er reason as well.

He and Deb Springle have been doing a lot of research into the growing number of reports warning of the health risks of being in proximity of the electromagnetic waves that are emitted from such devices.

“I think we should check with the neighbourhood first

to find out if they even want a tower here,” he says. But he also believes that if there is money to be made on the land, it should go to the land owner, that being the Arnold Douglas family.

“I understand that it is com-munity owned land and all I have is a certificate of pos-session,” he explains. “That is to inform the community that I will be occupying that area and it is not available to anyone else — including the Elected Council.”

He says he found out that the Elected Council put that piece of land under Crown land so they could lease it to Silo Wireless.

“Where do they get the legal right to do something like that when it does not be-long to them,” says Douglas.

“They have had no affiliation with it ever before.”

MacNaughton substanti-ated Douglas’ opinion on the matter.

The gathering made its way to the Elected Chief’s office where Bill Montour, Douglas and MacNaughton talked behind closed doors for a long time.

When Douglas emerged he announced that a meeting was set for this coming Sat-urday morning at 10 am at the site of the old school when both Elected Chief Montour and Mohawk Confederacy Chief MacNaughton would be present for a community discussion and question and answer time regarding both the land, and the health con-cerns of the towers.

Communications tower under fire

Mohawk resident Arnold Douglas explains the situation to Mohawk Chief Allen MacNaughton upon his arrival at the site of the old Number 1 School on Third Line at Mohawk Road where a Silo telecommunications tower is slated to be erected on land, Douglas insists he bought in 1969. (Photo by Jim Windle)

Mohawk Chief Allen MacNaughton, Mohawk resident Arnold Douglas and members of the Six Nations Police discuss the stoppage of a fence from being erected around a Band Council approved telecommunications tower. (Photo by Jim Windle)


By Jim WindleTORONTO

Shawn Atleo, Ahousaht Hereditary Chief, and Van-couver Island University’s Chancellor, won a second three year term of office as the Assembly of First Nations Nations’ Chief Wednesday afternoon with a convincing 341 of a pos-sible 512 votes in the third ballot at the Toronto Con-vention Centre.

He faced seven challeng-ers on the first ballot and held on with Mi’kmaw law-yer Pam Palmater making a strong showing in her first run at the office with 141 votes. Bill Erasmus garnered 30 votes. Chiefs and proxies from 633 member Nations were eligible to vote.

Several of those challeng-ing Atleo pointed to what they believe to be too cozy a

relationship with the Harper conservatives with Palma-ter being the most strident critic.

But in the end, the Chiefs voted for the status quo, giv-ing Atleo another chance to prove his critics wrong.

In his acceptance speech, Atleo reflected on the past and looked to the future as he proudly stood after being draped with his traditional shawl and head dress.

“At a time like this it is hard to think of those who have gone before us,” he said after congratulating his running mates.

He also spoke of the in-terconnectedness of all in-digenous people and how things appear to be chang-ing for the positive around the world with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peo-

ples.“In 2009 I said this our

time,” Atleo told the as-sembly. “We are a part of a movement not only in this country we call Canada, but indigenous peoples around the world in the efforts of

the United Nations Declara-tion on the Rights of Indig-enous Peoples and we will take our rightful place in our respective territories.”

He also addressed the resi-dential schools horror which almost all Onkwehon:we

Nations in what is known as Canada have been harmed by in one way or another.

“I think of the sufferings - the tragedy of the residential school era and give thanks to those who have shown such resilience,” he said. “After seven generations we suf-fered under the guise of edu-cation, in a failed and tragic policy called the residential schools. That education was used as a tool of oppression to try and keep our people down and take our languag-es away. — to remove our people from the teachings of our elders, and our lands. We must invest in our young people now. Our future de-pends on it. Not only that they get world class edu-cation, but restore our lan-guages.”

Looking ahead, he encour-aged all First Nations to find a way to stand together.

“We are indeed a power-ful people,” said Atleo as he looked over the conven-tion centre floor. “Leaders must look to the people for strength and direction. To all grassroots people, your voices must be heard and in-cluded and understood.”

He spoke of the words his late grandmother told him when he was first elected in 2009, “We are just be-ginning to be seen, she told me,” recalled Atleo. “But now, we are beginning to be heard. We must take our message of action to every level of government and cit-izen of this country that we will stand together. We are stronger together.”

He promised to help drive the final stake in the heart of colonialism “until assimila-tion is no longer a reality.”

“We must work together

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By Stephanie DearingTORONTO

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It’s not too early to ask Pam Palmater if she would consider running for the po-sition of National Chief of the Assembly of First Na-tions again– she knows al-ready.

“It was one of the most ex-citing, amazing experiences I’ve ever had. Honestly, I can’t wait to do it again,”she said when reached by tele-phone after the AFN Assem-bly concluded last week. “I would do it again for sure if the Chiefs asked me to.”

Voting for the office of National Chief began on July 18, and through the three rounds of voting that followed, Palmater main-tained second place. In the end, she received 28 percent of the ballots, garnering 141 votes.

“I’m really happy about it,” she said. “I feel really good. I was the contender. I moved up in votes every time and, for me, it was al-ways about the cause, so by me being there, it forced the caucuses, the individual First Nations and Shawn (Atleo) to talk about the issues that we put on the table, the ones that we thought were impor-tant ... we forced the conver-sation to be had.”

“I had so many Chiefs that were supporting me, that had faith. All of the elders who did their ceremonies, that gave me gifts for me take with me up on the stage to make sure I would be pro-tected, the youth who were there with me or messaging me all day. A lot of people were engaged or felt a part of things. All of that is good,” said Palmater.

“Maybe the momentum will just keep going. I always told them that no matter what happens at the end, this is a movement for change. It’s not the forum that counts as much as what we actually do about it. Whether I’m work-ing at Ryerson [University], at the AFN or just in the com-munity, it’s just being a part of that change and making an effort to make our communi-ties better.”

Consistently garnering the second highest number of votes “says that people share the same concerns that I do. It might not have been

the majority, but that there are First Nations Chiefs that share the same concerns that I do and it’s a strong signal that AFN has to start listen-ing to those Chiefs.” The AFN “is supposed to repre-sent everybody ... and I think it was a strong message that the National Chief has to start standing up.”

But some people, said Palmater “misinterpreted my criticism as me not lik-ing Atleo, but it was never, ever that. I tried to be very respectful in terms of saying it’s the direction of the AFN. I just didn’t agree with his re-fusal to stand up for us, his policy direction and that kind of thing, but it was never him as a person. Everyone thinks Atleo is nice. But sometimes we need a warrior. You’ve got to be able to adapt and be nice and friendly when the situation calls for it but be forceful and firm when the situation calls for it. We didn’t see a lot of forceful-ness, so that was my con-cern.”

Palmater doesn’t believe gender had anything to do with the end results. “It’s hard to say with gender. There were a few Chiefs who told me directly to my face that they would never vote for a woman. I appreciate the honesty ... but that was really a small number. There was a large number who weren’t even thinking about the gen-der issue. They were just thinking about what’s ahead of us and what’s going to happen if we don’t do some-thing to counter this kind of Harper agenda.”

”Obviously, there’s nev-er been a woman National Chief and there isn’t now, so that in itself says some-thing,” she noted. But women “shouldn’t get discouraged by not actually winning, because that’s just a part of the process. Change doesn’t come overnight ... and I think just by running we show that it’s possible ... You just show your leadership and after a while, people will see it and will stop thinking about the gender thing.”

“The fact that I stayed sec-ond showed that women can be strong contenders,” said Palmater. She said since she ran for the office, she has heard from young women and girls who said, “this is so awesome, I’m going to do that someday.”

Gender may not have

played a large role in the election, but refusing to make behind-the-scenes deals could have been the game-changer for Palmater. “Some people said that hurt, that if I had made deals that I would have done better, but I like the fact that we did it old school, we did it for the cause because we believe in it, not for our personal gain.”

Making promises to Chiefs for jobs or research grants is part of the backroom deals, but “this was about the cause and not some individual ben-efit, said Palmater. “I hon-estly believed his [Atleo’s] policy was one based on as-similation, and mine was one based on protecting our ju-risdiction and identity as In-digenous people,. You can’t make a deal that way.”

Because of the position Palmater took, she said the votes she received were be-cause the Chiefs “were in it for the cause.”

Since he was re-elected as National Chief, Atleo has been quoted as saying “it’s time to put the final stake in colonialism,” and “we will reject the government’s at-tempt to deny or extinguish our rights.”

The change in speech sur-prised Palmater, she said. “But that’s great. If my cam-paign has changed the con-versation and changed the direction, that’s what we were in it for.”

“But, oh man, words are just words,” she cautioned.

“Unless [Atleo] can put some action behind it, all I can say is I hope that his change in language will signify a change in action and direc-tion. I’ll reserve judgement based on his actions. I’ll have to see it to believe it. I’ll have to see the outcome.”

Palmater said there were several high points in the Assembly last week, one of the most notable was hav-ing “Matthew Coon Come stand beside me. The for-mer National Chief walking Grand Entry with me. He is one of my heroes because he was a very strong rights-based National Chief.” Coon Come is the Grand Chief of the Cree.

Palmater said she is grate-ful and amazed by all the support she received from Chiefs, elders and the youth.

As she travelled to commu-nities on her pre-election campaign, elders held cer-emonies and gave Palmater gifts from elders, to offer her protection. The elders want-ed to protect her “because they know the truth teller of-ten gets negative attention.”

To ensure Palmater con-tinued to tell the truth, they gave her feathers which she was to have with her during the Assembly “to keep me honest, so that I would only answer honestly and directly and not give any political an-swers.”

First Nations youth ap-pear to have been inspired by Palmater’s candidacy for National Chief. Palma-ter said they contacted her frequently during the As-sembly. “Having all of those messages from the youth and

having youth come up to me, so excited, that’s spirit uplift-ing. I’m most excited about that. To hear the messages of 14 year olds and 15 year old kids saying ‘I’m going to run for National Chief someday’, that’s so exciting!”

With the election be-hind her, Palmater is back at work heading up the In-digenous Centre at Ryerson University. A Mi’kmaw from Eel River Bar First Nation in New Brunswick, Palmater is also an Associate Profes-sor and Chair in Indigenous Governance in the Depart-ment of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson. Palmater has three degrees in law, has practised law for 14 years, and has extensive ex-perience working with First Nations on various social and legal issues.

Pam Palmater visited Six Nations Elected Council and New Credit the week before the An-nual General Assembly, outlining her campaign. (Photo by Stephanie Dearing)

Palmater reflects on AFN election


By Stephanie DearingOHSWEKEN

Secondary students receive attendance awards

56 Six Nations students re-ceived attendance awards on Tuesday night. Only six stu-dents received an award for Perfect attendance, while 29 students received awards for their Awesome attendance and another 21 students were honoured for their Excellent attendance. After personally receiving their award from Elected Council, the stu-dents went around the coun-cil horseshoe to shake hands.

Water Treatment Plant Update

Michael Murray, the Proj-ect Manager for the water treatment plant, brought coun-cil up to speed on the prog-ress of construction, showing photographs of the work that has been done. While most of the project is proceeding as planned, on schedule and on budget, there was a snag at the Low Lift Station, where soil near the river is not as sta-ble as was originally thought. Murray said that meant more work has had to be done, and as a result, work has been de-layed by as much as a month and a half. The plant was to be completed by April 30, 2013. Murray said a new schedule will be completed shortly, and he will know better then how much longer it will take to fin-ish the plant.

The second floor has been added to the new water treat-ment plant, across the road from the bingo hall, and ironwork is now underway to construct the rest of the building. Some parts needed

for the water treatment, such as chemical feed units, are al-ready on site.

Over the next month, the river bed where the new in-take will be built will be read-ied for construction, with mussels and fish removed from the area. Murray said there are two endangered species that could possibly be found there.

Hilton London asks for support to bring two

events to LondonTwo London based Hilton

employees came to Six Na-tions Elected Council's Com-mittee of the Whole on July 16, seeking Six Nations sup-port to bring the Little NHL to London in 2015 and to bring Indspired (formerly the Na-tional Aboriginal Achieve-ment Awards) to the same city in 2013.

Six Nations Minor Hock-ey Association is bringing the Little NHL to Mississau-ga next year, something the Hilton London employees did not seem aware of. Six Na-tions Elected Councillors ex-pressed concerns that Hilton London had not approached the Oneida Nation before they came to Six Nations.

Kimberly James, Director of Catering for the hotel did most of the talking. She in-troduced herself as the great granddaughter of a man from “the Iroquois Nation of the Mohawk Tribe, Bear Clan, Second Circle of Circles, Tyendinaga Bay of Quinte Mohawk Territory. Her col-league, Sales Manager Julie Simpson sat beside her, say-ing little.

While James secured a rec-ommendation for a letter of

support for Indspired, she lost the Committee of the Whole on the Little NHL, apparent-ly unaware the Six Nations Minor Hockey Association is hosting the Little NHL in Mississauga next year.

“We would like to bring this tournament to return to southwestern Ontario in 2015,” said James, noting the last time the tournament had been held in southern Ontario was 2009. She added, “We're looking for a joint bid from the Southern First Nations and the Six Nations to bring this major event to London Ontario, the centre of the two nations.”

“We need the support of the two major nations in the area to show that the Aboriginal community is behind this in this area,” said James before she asked for questions.

District One Councillor Dave Hill asked, “Why did you pick London?”

“Because it's the centre,” said James.

“The centre of what?” asked Councillor Dave Hill.

“Of southwestern Ontario,” said James.

“Who is going to be the host? Oneida?” asked Coun-cillor Dave Hill.

“This will be joint between the Southern First Nations and with the Six Nations,”

answered James.The Six Nations Senior Ad-

ministrative Officer (SAO) asked, “When you say two First Nations, you say Six Na-tions, who is the other one?”

“The Southern First Na-tions,” answered James. She said it would be a collective enterprise. “Our next step is to go to the Southern First Na-tions,” she said.

Elected Chief William Montour liked the idea of putting on a 2015 showcase.

“That was the intent,” said James.

While the Committee would not recommend a let-ter of support for the Little NHL, asking James to talk to the Oneida first, councillors were happy to recommend council give Hilton-London a letter of support. Council was expected to approve that recommendation during the

July 24 meeting.

Mohawk Chapel Perpetual Care Fund & Committee

to be restructuredElected Council voted to

have the Mohawk Chapel Committee and Perpetual Care Fund undergo a restruc-turing discussion. The motion directs senior administrative staff from Six Nations to meet with Archdeacon Jim Sut-ton and any other Anglican Church designates to discuss the restructuring. No outcome was established by Elected Council.

Senior Administrative Of-ficer Dayle Bomberry, Fi-

nance Director Gary Phillips and Economic Development Director Matt Jamieson were all named in the motion.

The terms of reference for the Mohawk Chapel Commit-tee were revised a few years ago. Archdeacon Sutton, who has chaired the Committee for the past nine years, said in a telephone interview he is considering retiring as chair of the Committee in Novem-ber, but still remain a member of the Committee until he is no longer Archdeacon. While he said he has been thinking about retirement, he has not set a date.

By Stephanie DearingSIX NATIONS

Tekawennake learned from District Five Coun-cillor Helen Miller Elected Council has decided not to grant KT Gas and Conve-nience business recogni-tion.

The decision, said Miller, who was reached by tele-phone, was not shared by all councillors. “Half the council wants to let him go, the other half says no, he [Ken Mt. Pleasant] signed an agreement.”

Miller said when council sold the land to Mt. Pleasant back in the 1990s, the agree-ment was signed “because the land went really cheap.” She said there were three properties that had recently reverted back to Band Coun-

cil, located on the northwest end of the territory on Coun-ty Road 54.

Council “put those three pieces of land up for tender and instead of taking the highest of tender, what they did, from what I understand, was they put everybody’s name in a hat and drew out names,” said Miller. “Whose ever name was drawn got the land, no matter what their tender was.”

Miller said she remem-bered a “big controversy in the community at the time,” because people were angry with Elected Council over the way they handled the sale of the land and because “that land went so cheap.”

Ken Mt. Pleasant and Joanne Sault both signed the same agreement with coun-cil, said Miller. But she fig-

ures, “when the cigarettes come around, everybody got greedy.”

Last year Sault’s hus-band, Morgan Green “came to council and wanted busi-ness recognition [for Oasis] and we turned him down,” Miller said.

Miller said that agreement Mt. Pleasant had signed with council was the reason why council would not give busi-ness recognition to KT Gas and Convenience.

Miller said council had reminded Mt. Pleasant and Green “about the agree-ment when they started put-ting in the cigarette places. But the council at the time didn’t want to do anything, I guess.” Miller recalled the council of the day had considered getting a legal opinion on the agreements

signed with the new land owners, “but I don’t think they ever did.”

Miller accused Mt. Pleas-ant of “pulling fast ones.” She said, “when we first sent him out letters remind-ing him about the agree-ment, he went up to INAC and transferred the land over to his sister, unbeknownst to us, believing I guess that if he did that then she wasn’t the one signing the agree-ment. But as far as I’m con-cerned, the agreement goes with the land.”

Reached by telephone, Ken Mt. Pleasant, co-owner of KT Gas and Convenience, said he had not heard about council’s decision, but ad-mitted he had indeed signed an agreement with coun-cil when he originally pur-chased the land back in the

early 1990s.“That was the agreement

from me, but that land has been sold and been bought twice since then,” said Mt. Pleasant. “When the land was transferred, I asked Lands if that letter would follow it, and they said no, so that’s why I didn’t worry about it.”

Asked if that was why he had sold the land, Mt. Pleas-ant would only say, “I sold it for personal reasons.”

Mt. Pleasant re-purchased the same property with his three sons a few years ago, he said. He claims there was no reason for council to want him not to build a business on the property. “Like I said, there was no reason for the stipulation when I signed that letter initially. And then, like I said, when I sold it,

Lands said that wasn’t go-ing to follow the land sale. So it was sold and purchased back, that’s why I never worried about it.”

Mt. Pleasant said he did not know what he would do if he did not get business recognition from council. He and his partner, Matthew Carpenter, had applied for business recognition so that they could sell gasoline.

When asked if Mt. Pleas-ant had been given business recognition for his other business on the property, KT’s Tobacco, he hung up.

Gas stations located on reserves require authoriza-tion by the Ontario Minis-try of Finance. Miller said Mt. Pleasant and Carpenter would not be able to sell gas-oline without council’s rec-ognition of their business.

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Fishing is good at KononhstatonAn honest mistake is always better in the long run than dishonest correctness and that

is a point made this week regarding the arrest of three land protectors at Kanonhsta-ton on silly and contrived charges not worthy of the time these cases will waste in an already overloaded judicial system, let alone the hours of unnecessary OPP wages.

The letter of the law versus the spirit of the law. That is always the conflict when-ever Gary McHale and his CANACE cohorts bring their dog and pony show to Kanonhstaton.

This week his fishing expedition bagged him three more trophies in the form of charges laid against Six Nations land protectors who would have been just as peace-fully happy enjoying the summer weather had McHale and his crew not shown up to provoke anger for no other reason than to provoke anger.

No one has gone to his Binbrook home to challenge his right to be there. The only reason he and his people come is to poke the cage and cry foul when someone reacts to his goofy antics.

Why he does it is obvious. He has quite a cottage industry going because of the Caledonia conflict. That has become his identity and has made him a recognized celebrity of sorts, a far cry from his former life as a nobody computer nerd in a To-ronto suburb.

But the disturbing thing here is that he has a formula that is working for him and those from Six Nations who think they are standing up for their rights, are playing right into his hands each and every time he shows up with his silly school yard games.

But Six Nations folks seem to fall for that bait every time and they are the ones that get charged while McHale get a free ride home in the back of a paddy wagon. As long as his game is working, why would he change it?

We believe Six Nations land protectors need to try a new strategy by not reacting to his silliness at all. He will get board and go away and isn’t that what everyone wants him to do?

Enough of that.

Worthy of a second lookThere are so many things to disagree about. No matter which way you turn, or

which decision you make, it is likely going to create a problem with somebody. The only way one can get by without making a mistake or being misunderstood is to do nothing at all. But that is no option either.

In researching this week’s lead story about the telecommunications towers going up in and around Six Nations, we were, quite frankly, shocked at how complacent those of us who take the new communication technology for granted have become.

Maybe there isn’t a problem, but maybe there is. Isn’t it up to us to decide that for ourselves, based on our own research and not on our own convenience? But that is where the rubber meets the road. It will take some mental energy to do so and a good portion of courage to stand up and speak out against or for what everyone else would rather accept at face value with blind faith in questionable government regulations.

Is Arnold Douglas right about the ownership of the land he is protesting the erection of a Silo Wireless tower on? We honestly do not know. Band Council seems to have document that would indicate a break in the chain of possession, but who knows? This is something that is rightfully in need of further sober study. But like most other things around here, it always comes down to the 88 year old elephant in the room that everyone wants to argue about, but no one wants to talk about to fashion a work-able resolution around.

We applaud Douglas for his stand on this issue. Not necessarily because we think he is absolutely right, but because he is willing to bring the issue to the table where it can be looked at in the light of day and resolved.

And the same goes for the information he and Deb Springle are bringing out about the possible dangers of electromagnetic interference with the proper functioning of our minds and bodies.

Are they are over reacting? Maybe, but maybe not. Either way, it is worth looking at and talking about.

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I am sitting here watching the rain sprinkling down from a grey sky onto the lake. It is a quiet rain. There is very little wind and that adds to the laziness of my morning.

I am nestled in the midst of a vast wilderness and kilometres upon kilometres of pine tree forests. I imagine the rich green forests and all the foliage welcome this rain. The lake will be a little chilly for a few days so my daily swim should be refreshing. That is OK.

I love swimming in northern lakes. The more isolated they are, the more pure and unpol-luted. Esker lakes are my favourite as normally they are the remains of a glacial past, when kilometre high sheets of ice once moved on and covered the landscape. The banks of these lakes are large deposits of fine sand which act as giant filters to help create gorgeous turquoise bodies of water.

There hasn’t been that much rain this year, even in the far north but things could be worse. The mid west bread basket of the United States is experiencing a terrible drought. This year we have seen many floods and huge storms in places where these are usually rare and regretfully a drought has come to what is normally a bountiful farm land.

Weather systems are really important. Even little changes in temperature can affect large parts of the planet in sometimes tragic ways. The drought over the farm land will mean a short-age on the world market and that will drive up the prices of all grain products and those asso-ciated with it. That will be hard enough for the ten percent lucky population of the world that lives in the first world. For third world populations, it could be deadly as there just won’t be enough food to go around.

When it comes to climate, we really live teetering on the edge. As a matter of fact, right now we have been enjoying a moment of balance but if you look at weather on earth over thou-sands of years, most of the time things have been quite violent with periods of great warmth and then terrible freezing.

We know that in the distant past, events like the impacts of comets or meteors have resulted in huge changes in weather patterns for all kinds of reasons and wiped out a lot of life on the planet. Scientists can also point to vast eruptions of volcanoes in our history that resulted in weather

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It may not be a message those of us who are depen-dent on cell phones and WiFi connections want to hear, but there is mounting evidence that electromagnetic pollu-tion by way of cell phones and microwave transmission towers can have devastating effects on the human brain and body.

“Oh but the government regulates all that and they say the fears are minimal and research is less than conclusive,” some would argue. But remember the Canadian government also approved a widely used and effective control against morning sickness in preg-nant women known as tha-lidomide which later proved to cause severe deformities in babies born in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. The warning flags went up long before the pharmaceu-tical company that made and marketed it and the govern-ment that approved it were willing to admit, earning themselves billions of dol-lars in revenues while they both dragged their heels be-

fore banning the substance.There are many other cas-

es of this same practice we do not have room in this arti-cle to list, but the most recent is the Harper government’s export of cancer causing Canadian mined asbestos, a known carcinogen banned throughout North America, to third world countries for large corporate profits.

The idea that we can trust any Canadian government regulatory agency which has a long record of turn-ing a blind eye to an incon-venient truth for corporate kick-backs or the too often used promise of jobs should be looked at with scepticism.

In a country where corpo-rate lobbyists rule at Parlia-ment Hill and Queens Park, can anyone trust so called “government regulations?”

Here is an example of how the numbers are being ma-nipulated for profit at the risk of public health.

In an article published by Lynn Quiring, RPh, CCN, NMD, this year, titled “Bea-cons of Harm”, he states: “Representatives from in-dustry are quick to point out the microwaves emitted by cell phone towers are well

below federal standards. And indeed they may be. At least on paper. Most towers operate at a power output of 100watts. However, this isn’t the total wattage of the tower. What they aren’t tell-ing you is that 100 watts is the power per channel. Since one tower may have dozens of channels, you can see that the power output could be highly excessive and well beyond 100 watts.”

This is just one of the technical loopholes allowing companies to feed misin-formation and disinforma-tion to people about their multimillion dollar indus-try.

Since no one actually monitors the power output of these towers once they are erected, what is to prevent a profit driven company from quietly turn-ing up the power, especially in more remote, rural areas. There have already been re-ports of this practice going on where wireless firms have increased the wattage output

up to 10 times the govern-ment regulation.

Is this all fear monger-ing and conspiracy theorists gone wild? In some cases, perhaps, but when the World Health Organization (WHO) defines electrohypersen-sitivity (EHS) as: “a phe-nomenon where individuals experience adverse health effects while using or being in the vicinity of devices emanating electric, magnet-ic, or electromagnetic fields ... a sometimes debilitat-

ing problem (occurring) several or-ders of mag-nitude under the limits of internation-ally accepted standards,” there must be some thread of truth in it.

That would indicate that, at least for some of us, even low levels of these electro-magnetic waves can, and does, cause serious physi-cal harm.

The list of various can-cers, including leukaemia and brain cancer as well as Alzheimer’s increases sig-nificantly when in the prox-imity of such microwave emitting devices according to recently published re-search.

This year, in fact, a Trent University researcher, Mag-da Havas, may have discov-ered a third type of diabetes caused exclusively by elec-tromagnetic radiation. The most vulnerable to these

suspected ailments are said to be children and pregnant women.

Recent studies by WHO, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, and a 2010 study by the Swedish government all agree that cell phone use increases the chance of brain cancer by as much as 40%. They also found that cancer incidents are significantly higher with-in 400 meters of a cell phone tower or transmitter site.

In 2011, the European Journal of Oncology report-ed that serious heath related problems can occur in re-sponse to pulsed radiation as low as 0.5 percent of the existing Canadian and US federal guidelines.

A recent declassified U.S. Navy document from 1971 reports that more than 2,300 studies on the health effects of microwave radia-tion, as it was called then, were conducted in an effort to develop weaponry to kill or disable people en masse.

Other studies show plant

growth in proximity to mi-crowave towers is reduced.

Dr. William Rae, co-founder of the American Academy of Environmental Medicines and partner Dr. Linus Pauling have found that depression and suicid-al tendencies may also in-creased with proximity to microwave towers due to the depletion of cholinesterase within the brain which these silent, invisible electromag-netic waves can cause.

In a generation that grew up with a cell phone attached to their ear and a computer monitor to their face, these negative effects are bound to become increasingly evident as days and years go by.

A Google search on the subject will offer the reader more than enough research to come to a personal con-clusion as to whether the electronic age is helping us or killing us off and, more locally, whether Six Nations Elected Council needs to re-think a few things.

changes primarily because of the great amount of dust, de-bris and ash that are sent up into the atmosphere and block out the sun. For the first time as far as we know, we humans are having an impact because of the large scale destruction of major forest areas on the planet, the out of control pro-duction of green house gas-es and wonton carelessness when it comes to taking care of the land, the water and the creatures of earth. Compared to colossal events, our nega-tive activities are not all that great but when you consider the accumulated impact of every careless thing we have done over the past few hun-dred years, we play a role in

tipping the balance. It should not be so dif-

ficult for us as human kind to work together and try to limit the ways we pollute our planet. We should not let the very short sighted one per-cent of our population who are only concerned with mak-ing a profit decide our future in terms of what to do about taking good care of our plan-et. You would think that we are intelligent enough at this point to realize that we are re-ally space travellers and living on this wonderful planet while drifting across the universe. It is the only home we have. Somehow through the magic of life we have evolved on this beautiful Mother Earth. Com-pared to the time line of the existence of our planet, we as

humans have only been here for an instant, yet more than any other creature, we have had a greater negative impact than any life form before us.

As humans it seems we are creatures that generally don’t look very far into the future and we don’t react un-til we are being banged over the head. How many severe droughts or terrible storms will it take before we real-ize we are part of a problem in regards to climate change. Native Elders tell us that we should learn the ways of sur-vival on the land from our ancestors. They say this for many reasons but one of them has to do with the reality that life could get very hard and set back many generations be-cause of our greed and insen-sitivity.

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and reject the government’s attempts to deny or extinguish our rights,” he said. “And we will move forward together in nation building support of our governments.”

He concluded by saying, “I am proud to accept the office of National Chief. Thank you for this great honour. We are stronger together.”

Atleo wins second termContinued from page 3

Barry Hill presents Sadie Buck with a cheque for $600 for the Six Nations Food Bank. Hill donated the money to the food bank Tuesday afternoon after selling his winter wheat, which fetched a record price of $8 a bushel this year. “I did some math,” said Hill. He calculated that his donation of $600 equated the 3,000 loaves of bread Sadie Buck figures she needs to give to food bank clients. (Photo by Stephanie Dearing).

Dancing On The EdgeContinued from page 6



There is a domino effect to crop failure. Take this year's lack of rain. When staple crops like beans, corn and wheat fail, the price of food increases. The good news is the price paid to farmers also goes up, but as the President of the Six Nations Farmers Association, Ralph Sowden pointed out, “what's the use of good prices when you've got no beans or corn?”

That's the situation Six Nations farmers are facing – along with farmers in South-western Ontario, the prairies and the American mid-west. The lack of rainfall, which has been abnormally low since last fall, has impacted key harvests.

“I've never seen it like it is this year, this dry,” said Sowden.

Soybeans, which “should be flowering about now,” ac-cording to farmer Barry Hill, as he drove past a field of his soybeans, aren't putting their energy into reproduction just yet. Even if flowers are pro-duced, Hill said, “If soybeans are too dry, the flowers will die,” said Hill.

Soybeans are currently selling from $15 to $16 per bushel, said Sowden. “It can go to $25 a bushel but if you ain't got no beans, then what good is $25 a bushel going to do us?”

Hill's corn, grown in the northern end of Six Nations, appears to be faring rather well under the circumstanc-es. Looking at the corn, he said, “We're lucky. We had two inches of rain Friday [July 13]. It was wonderful.” But the storm that helped out Hill's corn did not hit other parts of Six Nations – and Hill's luck will not hold out much longer if the hot and dry weather pattern contin-ues.

“When the corn flowers, the pollen has to drop onto the silks,” Hill said. “Each silk touches a kernel. Silks are 98 percent water. If they get stressed, you don't get a full cob.” And cobs with patchy kernels means a low-er yield for farmers.

While some experts say this year is the driest seen in 25 years, Sowden is amazed at the price farmers can get for their harvests. He just sold his wheat harvest for approximately $8 per bush-el. “I've never ever seen $8

for a bushel for wheat,” he said when reached by tele-phone. “I think it's $8.24 as I speak today. That's the high-est I've ever seen it in my en-tire life.”

Yields for the winter wheat Sowden just finished harvest-ing was “good in some plac-es, not so good in others,” he said. Planted last fall, win-ter wheat has had an advan-tage over crops planted this spring, receiving more mois-ture during the early stages of growth.

Hill was pleased with his winter wheat harvest, but said his yields varied too. “I got about 70 bushels an acre across the road,” he said, but the field he was harvesting on Wednesday, hit hard by army worms earlier this year, was only giving up around 30 bushes per acre. The worms “didn't get the heads” of the wheat, said Hill, but they ate the leaves and the affected plants did not develop any further.

The wheat grown by Six Nations farmers is used in baking, primarily bread, al-though some of the wheat ends up being exported to other countries. “I was ac-cused of being a tool of Monsanto and growing junk food,” said Hill. Six Nations farmers grow high quality wheat, soybeans and corn, he said. “If you've had toast this morning, you've had our wheat.” He said most of the wheat grown in Ontario stays in Ontario.

Corn, said Hill “is used for everything.” Corn is used to make animal feed, starch, sweeteners, fertilizer, corn syrup, corn meal, ethanol, and many, many other prod-ucts – and that means con-sumers can expect prices of just about every grocery item and their gasoline to increase. Thanks to a regulation set out by the Ontario government in 2007, all gasoline now con-tains a percentage of etha-nol.

Soybeans are usually crushed, to obtain their oil, and the oil and lecithin ex-tracted from the beans are used for baking; as a mois-turizing agent, and for mar-garine and cooking oil. The leftovers, “mash,” are used for animal feed.

If there is some good rain over the next week, Sowden thinks the corn and soybeans might not be lost, but said he expects yields to be reduced. “It's going to take more than

a day's rain.”The looming scarcity of

corn and soybeans means, as Sowden emphasized, re-cord breaking prices being offered to farmers. But that has Sowden worried about the future, not just for farm-ers, but for society. “What's it going to do to the economy,” he asked.

The high price of wheat is “driving the price of bread up. What's a guy going to do if he's got cattle,” said Sowden. “There's no wheat down in the States and the corn, they're discing up their corn, 38 or 48 percent of their corn is gone. What little we have around here isn't go-ing to supply the world. The economy is going to go for a ... I'm afraid it's going to go for a disaster.”

Many farmers, said Sowden, usually borrow from the bank in the spring to cover the costs of planting, repaying their loans after har-vest. “If you don't pay it back, I don't know what's going to happen this year.”

“I don't know what will happen if the crops fail,” said Sowden. “I think we're all in the same boat here.”

A hard frost that came just when the apples were blos-

soming has severely affected the apple crop in Ontario this year.

The lack of rain hasn't hurt only crop farmers. Fruit and vegetable growers in Ontario have seen equally hard condi-tions said the Farmer's Union of Ontario. The Union wrote to the province on July 16

asking that disaster relief pro-grams be set up immediately to help farmers. They also warn there will be a short-age of livestock feed over the winter.

Locally, the Grand River Conservation Authority has placed most of the watershed in either a Level One or Level

Two status under the Ontar-io Low Water Response Pro-gram, cautioning water takers to voluntarily reduce con-sumption. But some areas are in worse shape than others, and may soon be placed at Level Three, meaning man-datory restrictions on water use will kick into effect.

Six Nations farmer Barry Hill checks out his corn, growing in a field off Painter Road. The corn is hanging in, thanks to a freak rainstorm that blew through the northern part of Six Na-tions on July 13. The corn is flowering, but Hill pointed out all the plants have browned lower leaves, which he said was a sign the plants are stressed.. (Photo by Stephanie Dearing)

Six Nations farmers hoping for rain

The family of Keely Louise Hill is forging ahead with their quest to raise $37,500 to ensure a new playroom will be created in Keely's name at the Ronald McDonald House Hamilton. In this picture, Tammy Point (mom) and Scott Hill (dad) held a fundraising barbecue and sale on Friday July 13. Only months after her birth on December 14, 2009, Keely was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 1. She succumbed to the degenerative neuromuscular disease, passing away on June 30, 2011. Since Tammy and Scott decided to fundraise to name the playroom after Keely, others have been pitching in to help. On August 18, Hill and Point are holding their first big fundraiser, a 10 kilometer walk/run/bike to raise money towards their goal. The event will take place at the Six Nations horse track. (Photo by Stepha-nie Dearing).


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The Six Nations Chiefs fin-ished their 2012 regular sea-son schedule this week on a winning note by defeating the Peterborough Lakers, 12-7, Thursday night, July 19th, in Peterborough, and the Ajax Rock, 16-6, last Saturday night in Ajax.

As of Tuesday morning, the Chiefs were in first place in the Major Series Lacrosse league, with a record of 9 wins, four losses, and one tie. The Brooklin Redmen are one point behind with their last game of the regular season slated for Wednesday, July 25th, against the 5-6-1 Kitch-ener-Waterloo Kodiaks.

Even if the Chiefs are ousted from a first place fin-ish with a Brooklin win over the Kodiaks, 2012 still repre-sents one of the best finishes the Chiefs have had in a very long time.

Thursday night, in Peter-borough, the Chiefs came out hot, amassing a 5-1 first pe-riod lead, four of those goals scored by Cody Jamieson, the fifth by Alex Kedoh Hill. Shawn Evans accounted for the only Lakers goal.

Jamieson began his barrage at the 49 second mark assisted by Colin Doyle, and added his second at 7:01 with the helper going to Billy Dee Smith. Hill scored at 11:57 from Travis Hill, and Jamieson scored his third after taking a down-floor

pass from goaltender Mike Poulin at 14:34.

Evans got the Lakers going at 17:56, but Jamieson con-nected again at 18:17.

The Lakers fought back in the second with John Grant scoring Peterborough’s sec-ond goal, 47 seconds into the period. Colin Doyle answered for the Chiefs, assisted by Ja-mieson, at 1:16. The Lakers scored the next thee goals and climbed to within one of the Chiefs by the 10:39 mark.

Just when the Lakers started feeling good about themselves, the momentum suddenly shifted. Doyle, Craig Point, Alex Hill, and then Point again scored in suc-cession to put more distance between the two teams. Lak-ers’ Mark Steenhuis closed out the second period scor-ing at 18:45.

The third period began with the score 10-6 in Six Nations’ favour. Stephen Lablanc add-ed another Chiefs goal at 1:35 from Doyle and Point. Pe-terborough made it 11-7 at 10:23, but Stephen Keogh put the bow on the Chiefs’ 12-7 win at 11:15.

Saturday night was more a light workout than a lacrosse game for the Chiefs as they closed out their 2012 regu-lar season in Ajax against the Rock who sank to the bot-tom of the six team league early in the season and stayed

there with a dismal 1-13 re-cord. Their fortunes did not change against the surging Chiefs who hammered them 16-6.

Casey Biernes set the even-tual tone of the game, scoring for Six Nations 32 seconds into the game with Doyle and Point drawing assists. But the game Ajax team fought jab for jab with the Chiefs, albeit only through the first half of the period.

Russell Poulton tied the game at 1-1 before Chiefs’

Tom Montour broke in on the Ajax goal with a shorthand-ed tally at 6:58 from Doyle and Clay Hill. That was an-swered by the Rock at 7:22. Craig Point restored the one goal lead for Six Nations at 9:03 but Travis Bland evened it up at 11:10. The Chiefs then put the machine in gear and rattled off the next nine goals shared between Doyle, Chris Courtney, Stephen Lablanc, Alex Hill (with two), Roger Vyse, Travis Hill, Rhys Duch, and Montour.

Ajax recovered long enough to score the last two goals of the second period to make it a 12-5 game heading into the final 20 minutes.

Early in the period Bland notched a powerplay goal on Brandon Miller, who was given the assignment in the Chiefs’ goal. But that would be all for the Rock as Biernes, Doyle, Leblanc and Alex hill completed the scoring for Six Nations.

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Cody Jamieson scored four goals and added two assists in the Chiefs’ 12-7 win over the Peterborough Lakers, in Peter-borough last week in front of 3,800 Laker fans. (File Photo by Jim Windle)



Sunday, the Rebels took ad-vantage of an opportunity to redeem themselves after drop-ping game 1 15-9 at the ILA Friday night by defeating the Red Devils in a come from behind 12-11 win in Wal-laceburg.

It wasn’t looking good for the Six Nations Rebels Sun-day afternoon after Wallace-burg took a 4-0 first period lead, three of those goals on powerplays. Wallaceburg was good on six of 12 powerplay opportunities while the Rebels scored two on six chances.

But three quick Rebels goals very late in the period brought them back into the game at 4-3, starting with Zed Williams’ powerplay goal at 17:02 assisted by Joe Haodias Maracle and Tony Doxtator, who also scored the next two goals at 17:32 and 17:54 re-spectively.

Penalties continued to dic-tate the flow of the game in the second period. The Devils pulled in front 8-5 with two of Wallaceburg’s goals coming on the powerplay while one Six Nations powerplay mark-er was recorded, that by Tugo Goodleaf at 14:58. Zed Wil-liams scored the last goal of the period at 19:12.

Ian Martin opened the third period for the Rebels from Carney Johnson and Dallas John to make it 8-6 for Wal-laceburg, at 2:30. The Devils popped in two more quick ones, both by Clint Lamarsh and it was a 10-6 game with 15 minutes remaining.

Not wanting to be down two games to none in a five game series, the Rebels dug deep and exploded with a string of six consecutive goals

to stun the home town crowd.Maracle started the land-

slide at 5:15 which was fol-lowed by Carney Johnson at 7:08, a short-hander, Daniel Henhawk at 9:23, Kevin Dav-ey at 12:52, and two more by Tony Doxtator at 16:10 and 16:37. The Rebels were now leading 12-10 and the previ-ously jubilant Wallaceburg fans fell temporarily silent.

They came alive again when Jordan Durston was awarded a penalty shot with a minute and six seconds remaining, which he made good on. The Devils only needed one more to take the game into overtime, but the Rebels controlled the ball to wind out the clock.

Chase Martin took the win in the Rebels’ net, and Bren-nor Jacobs, who was remark-able again in the Wallaceburg net in facing over 60 shots, took the loss.

Game #1Wallaceburg 15 Rebels 9

The message was delivered loud and clear at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena Friday night. This series is not going to be easy.

The Wallaceburg Red Dev-ils delivered the message to the Six Nations Rebels in game 1 of the OLA Jr. B semi-finals, 15-9, and deserved full marks for the win.

Up until now, the Rebels have only gotten token resis-tance from their opponents as they swept aside both St. Catharines and Orangeville in the first two rounds of the playoffs. Wallaceburg is whole ‘nother story.

It was the third period, usu-ally the Rebels’ best, that sank them as the Red Devils pulled away from the Rebs, outscor-ing them 6-1 to put the game

in the bag.Joe Haodias Maracle

opened the scoring at 3:29 from Ian Martin and Wayne Hill but the Devils responded with three quick goals, two on powerplays, before Dal-las John scored Six Nations’ second of the period at 13:51. Zed Williams and Tony Dox-tator assisted.

Wallaceburg’s Jordan Van-Damme gave the Devils a 4-2 lead at 14:09, but Williams and John closed out the peri-od to end the first 20 minutes tied, 4-4.

Six Nations’ Spencer Hill made a big mistake at 18:41 by taking on Wallaceburg’s Jordan VanDamme, and he paid the price. Hill was KO’ed by VanDamme and had to be helped to the dressing room on rubber legs after taking the full brunt of a VanDamme haymaker and collapsing in a heap. Hill was assessed a fighting major and slashing minor while VanDamme got a 5 minute major and a rough-ing game misconduct and was ejected from the game. Hill returned to the bench later in the game but saw little ac-tion.

The first part of the second period belonged to the Reb-els. After Wallaceburg pulled ahead 5-4 at 1:43, Jordon Mo-nahan scored for the Rebels on a powerplay and followed up with his second of the game a minute and 30 sec-onds later. Tugo Goodleaf and Doxtator scored back to back shorthanded goals to give the Rebels an 8-5 lead at 6:10, but penalties played havoc with the Rebels and threw the momentum in Wallaceburg’s favour. Three straight power-play goals and a shorthander gave the Devils a 9-8 lead af-ter 40 minutes.

The Wallaceburg defence tightened up in the third pe-riod giving the Rebels no time with the ball before someone was hanging all over them. Meanwhile the Rebels’ de-fence completely broke down at the other end as the Devils cruised to the 15-9 win.

Brennor Jacobs put on a

show and was outstanding in the Devils goal as the Rebels challenged him with 61 shots on goal in a losing effort. Meanwhile, Chase Martin played a role in keeping the game close, especially in the second period when he made some spectacular saves. He faced 46 Wallaceburg shots.

Also working in Walla-ceburg’s favour was a large and loud contingent of Dev-ils fans who made the trip to Six Nations in support of their team, at times drowning out the Rebels faithful.

The series continues Thurs-day, July 26th at the ILA for game 3, beginning at 8 pm.

Rebels get a wake up call from Wallaceburg

Rebels’ Jordon Monahan is closely checked by a Wallaceburg defender in the Devil’s zone. Monahan was able to shake free of the relentless checking long enough to score a pair of goals in the Rebels’ 15-9 loss in game 1 of the OLA Jr. B semi-finals Friday night at the ILA. (Photo by Jim Windle)

Rebels’ Spencer Hill was knocked out in the first period by Wallaceburg’s Jordan VanDamme and had to be helped to the dressing room by teammates. This is not going to be an easy se-ries to win for the Rebels. They were beaten on the floor and in the alley Friday night at the ILA. (Photo by Jim Windle)



Approximately 20 people attended the July Looking Back Workshop, which fo-cused on strawberries and beans.

Lower Cayuga Faith Keep-er Dave Williams led the workshop, sharing informa-tion about the cycle of cer-emonies, how he came to be a Faith Keeper, and food, particularly those plants and animals considered as leaders by the Haudenosaunee.

It was one of the many sweltering hot days common to this summer, but the Tour-ism Center has air condition-ing and the facilities were comfortable. A lunch topped

off with strawberry shortcake got the workshop started.

Williams, who returned to a more traditional way of life as an adult, stresses the in-ter-relationship between all things through his teachings, which are so inter-connected, a whole story is eventually told.

“We go to schools to learn,” he said. “I support it ... we're able to look after our own affairs.” But the Europe-an way of learning, taught in schools, didn't work for Wil-liams. “We get sidetracked by our white brothers and their ways,” he said.

Those ways, work, mind-changers (drugs and alcohol) and rock and roll are alluring, but “there comes a time when

something clicks,” Williams said. “I changed my ways and said that's not how I want to go. As soon as I did that, things changed.”

Williams said when he entered college, “there were all these roadblocks. Finally I just gave up and got back into ironworking.”

He said approximately 10 years ago his name was brought up at the Haudeno-saunee Resource Centre as a possible candidate for a proj-ect. He jumped into the op-portunity and has “been there learning the language for the past ten years.”

“Language and culture. If we don't use it, we'll lose it,” he said.

And now that he has em-

braced his heritage? “Since turning back, it's been a smooth road, never a road-block in front of me.”

Williams spent a great deal of his time explaining the seasonal ceremonies that take place in the Longhouse, honouring specific foods, as well as nature and the Cre-ator. Like the changes that come with the seasons, men and women Faith Keepers pass ceremonial responsibil-ities back and forth, he said.

The roles of men and

women were set out by the Creator. Women have two responsibilities, while men have one. “The way he done it, the Creator, you women, he willed that you will be sib-lings to all the foods,” said Williams. “You have a rela-tionship to them and have a responsibility to help them grow up.” In addition to car-ing for food, women are also responsible for having chil-dren.

Men, he said, have “a strong back.” The Creator

“gave us strength to do hard work, to provide protection, to provide shelter, for hunt-ing and fishing and to help make the babies.”

The workshops, which take place monthly through-out the spring, summer and fall, are organized by Jenni-fer Hill in collaboration with the Haudenosaunee Resource Centre. Hill launched the workshops last year, link-ing traditional knowledge to modern gardening and healthy lifestyles.

Dave Williams, a lower Cayuga Faith Keeper, shared his knowledge of Haudenosaunee cer-emonies honouring the cycle of seasons during the July Looking Back workshop. (Photo by Stephanie Dearing)

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with a sunrise ceremony at 6 am on August 10th, and will continue until August 19th. One of the organizers of the recital, Jagwadeth (also known

as Chris Sandy) told Elected Council all of the Six Nations will be together for the first time since 1890 for the recital. He thanked the Elected Coun-

cil for their help with facilitating the historic event. Tahariwenhawih presented Elected Chief William Montour with the wampum beads. Elected

Chief Montour urged all of council to attend the recital. Other nations such as the Navajo, Lakota and Algonquin will also be attending the recital,

and as many as 3,000 people are expected to attend. (Photo by Stephanie Dearing).

Haudenosaunee customs outlined in workshop

Any elder who wanted a bright orange 2012 Six Nations Rebels t-shirt got one, and it wasn't long before the Community Hall had a bright orange glow happening, as el-ders slipped into their prized new tees. Members from the Arrows lacrosse team were on hand to autograph the shirts, and dish up lunch to the community's elders, but the Rebels were nowhere to be seen. General Manager Cam Bomberry said, “there was a communication breakdown,” and the Rebels missed the event. The annual Meet 'N Greet has been underway for years, and is one of several meals put on throughout the year by the Elder's Round Table (formerly the Elder's Network) for the community elders. The lunch with the Rebels and Arrows follows the annual Strawberry Social. The next dinner coming up will be the delicious Wild Game supper. (Photo by Stepha-nie Dearing)


By Stephanie DearingOHSWEKEN

On Six Nations, when an officer receives his badge, it “represents the public faith and trust we hold to our community as Six Nations Police officers. It is a sym-bol that we have dedicated our lives to serving our com-munity, safeguarding lives and property, protecting the innocent, the weak and the peaceful and respecting all people,” said the presiding officer, Police Chief Glenn Lickers.

The July 11 ceremony was to recognize “two significant accomplishments within our police service,” said Lickers. “Two individuals will be pre-sented badges in front of their friends and families. One of them represents the begin-ning of a career in policing and the second represents a promotional achievement that could shape the future of the Six Nations Police Service.”

Probationary Constable Dennis Skye, who just began his career with Six Nations last fall, received his badge in the ceremony. “This pre-sentation was to be origi-nally made in February this year at our awards celebra-tion,” said Lickers. “But typ-ical of police work, Dennis was working. Something ur-gent occurred that prevent-ed Dennis from being able to accept his badge that eve-ning, so tonight we’re mak-ing up for that.”

Hired in September 2011, he spent his first three months at Police College in Aly-mer, “like all new recruits,” said Lickers. He graduated in December 2011. “The badge Dennis is being pre-sented is his and his alone. It will never be reissued to anybody else. It will never be recycled or recirculated. It will be retired when Den-nis retires from policing on Six Nations.”

Lickers gave Skye his badge, his warrant card (both used for identification) and the Six Nations Police Code of Ethics. “This code of eth-ics contains powerful words to help him through difficult times and to serve as a con-stant reminder of his com-mitment to peacekeeping made before his Creator, his community and his family,” said Lickers.

“Darren Montour started his career with the Six Na-tions Police Service 20 years ago, in June of 1992,” said

Lickers, introducing the next badge presentation. In his training at Police College, Montour stood out, obtain-ing an average of 92 percent, said Lickers. “This was just the first of many times that Darren would excel at any given task or assignment. Over his 20 year career, he has served on the front-line, responding to calls for ser-vice from the communi-ty. His ability to supervise and manage were formally recognized in November of 1996, when Darren was promoted to the rank of Ser-geant. He then took on the responsibilities of oversee-ing one of our four front-line platoons,” said Lickers.

Montour has worked as a technical accident inves-tigator, a traffic accident reconstructionist, assisting the OPP with major traffic investigations off the terri-tory. “In 2007, Darren at-tended the Ontario Police College in Ottawa where he was enrolled in the se-nior police administration course (SPAC), an intense and demanding three week course,” said Lickers. The course is required for those officers pursuing a career in senior management. “At the end of the three weeks, Dar-ren’s total score was 97 per-cent,” said Lickers.

The course instructor said “it is clear he [Darren] is committed to bringing im-provements to the Six Na-tions Police Service and is eager to accept the challenge of visionary leadership,” said Lickers.

“Most recently Darren has served as our Criminal Intel-ligence Officer, said Lickers, representing Six Nations at the Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario and the Criminal Intelligence Ser-vice of Canada. “In January of 2012, we began a promo-tional process to fill our va-cant Inspector position,” said Lickers. Montour applied, writing two tests, then un-dergoing a panel interview “before an interview board that consisted of myself, the RCMP Inspector in charge of the Hamilton-Niagara RCMP Detachment; the Deputy Chief of the Brant-ford Police Service; and Mr. Michael Player, community member and Police Commis-sion representative,” Lickers explained. The entire process took five months.

At the end of May, Mon-tour was offered the promo-tion to Inspector in charge of

the criminal investigations capacity of the Six Nations Police Service. Lickers of-ficially welcomed Montour to the Senior Management Team during the badge cer-emony.

“It was a long hard road doing this. It was a lot of work,” Montour told the guests attending the cer-emony. “But I had a lot of support from my friends and colleagues,” he added.

After family members took pictures of the two offi-cers, guests, which included

a number of Elected Coun-cillors as well as Elected Chief William Montour, who is Darren’s father, Darren Montour took a few minutes to explain his new duties to Tekawennake.

“I’m in charge of all the criminal investigations in the office, as well as the crimi-nal investigations unit,” he said. “The guys in there in-vestigate the more serious offences,” such as drug of-fences, he said. He oversees the criminal intelligence po-sition, which is now held by

another officer. While under-cover work is part of intelli-gence operations, Montour said these days, the police gather intelligence from the public, “so we always en-courage the people in our communities to come for-ward if they know about any crime activity going on around where they live, or if they hear something, come forward and tell us and we’ll look into it and investigate it.”

As Inspector, Montour now oversees Project Shut-

down for Six Nations, sit-ting on the joint management team, which is composed of Six Nations Police, Brant-ford Police, Hamilton Police and the OPP, who all work together to combat auto theft. Montour said the auto theft “goes hand in hand” with illicit drugs.

Montour is also respon-sible for “anything criminal here that gets into court,” and is the liaison with the Crown Attorney’s office.

Two Six Nations police officers receive recognition

Photo on page 13

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One of the special features of the Chiefwood National Historic Site is its restored tallgrass prairie. Once a common feature in Ontario, the tallgrass prairie is now an endangered eco-system, with less than one percent in existence.

One would never know it to look, but the restored tall-grass prairie that springs from the earth beside the Chiefs-wood mansion was carefully hand-planted back in 1997. Now the miniature ecosys-tem is self-sustaining with the help of the occasional

prescribed burn.The thicket of plants that

tower over the tallest peo-ple are full of flowers, bees, and animals. Scientist David Galbraith was enthusiasti-cally taking photographs of bees who were busily visit-ing the multitude of flowers. Galbraith, who works at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, had come for the official unveiling of Chief-wood's new interpretive sign for the prairie. The honey bee, he said, is actually im-ported from Europe and is

not an indigenous species. “There are about 800 species of bees in Canada,” he said.

A grant from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation covered the cost of the new interpretive sign, as well as the printing of bro-chures outlining some of the seasonal blooms visitors can expect to find in the prairie planting. Another brochure was created for children, en-couraging them to go on a “Natural Heritage Scaven-ger Hunt,” to see if they can find the animals, plants and

insects featured on the bro-chure.

The brochures provide snippets of information about the prairie plants and animals, while the scaven-ger hunt flier features Pau-line Johnson's musing about the natural world surround-ing her home. “You are better than I, little brother of mine,” wrote Johnson in The Honey Bee. “Than I, human-souled, for you bring from the blos-soms and red summer shine, for others, your gold.”

By Stephanie DearingBRANTFORD

A pair of American Bald Eagles continue to nest in Brantford, as they have for several years, although this year the pair successfully raised a eaglet to flight stage, to the surprise and wonder of people using the Brant Con-servation Park recently.

The Brantford pair of ea-gles are monitored by Brant-ford naturalists, said the biologist who coordinates the Southern Ontario Bald Eagle Monitoring Program, Jody Allair. Allair, who works with Bird Watch Can-ada, said a eaglet was con-firmed after it “popped up,” flying out of its nest, which lies within the City of Brant-ford. The breeding pair has the only nest in Brant Coun-ty, said Allair. They are being monitored “by a lot of people in Brantford.”

The pair had successfully raised two eaglets in 2009. “They failed last year, un-fortunately. But they did have eaglets this year that have popped out of the nest. Everyone saw the one eaglet that popped out of the nest because he showed up at the conservation area and people were quite concerned about him, but he's ended up be-ing fine,” said Allair. “When they're figuring out how to fly, they spend a lot of time on the ground. So a lot of people got a good close look at a young eagle there.”

“I don't have too much concern for people mess-ing with eagles anymore,” said Allair. “I think people are pretty respectful of eagle nests. There's always a few jerks, but I think for the most part people think it's a real special thing to have eagles around.”

The eagles have only re-

turned to Brantford in the past four years. Bald Eagles, explained Allair, “for me,

they are a great example of a conservation success story because in 1980, we were down to zero successfully

breeding pairs in Southern Ontario. Zero. Zero. Be-cause of DDT. Yes, hunting

and habitat loss were a big thing, but the DDT almost wiped out the lower Great Lakes population and it's be-

cause of banning DDT, and it's taken this long, banning DDT in the 1970s, and it's ob-viously been a lot of work to get them back,” said Allair.

“It's taken a lot of work, but now they are at a popu-lation that is big enough that they are no longer an endan-gered species. They're still a species at risk, but they're labelled a species of special concern. That's kind of the lowest designation of spe-cies at risk” and they are still protected, Allair explained. “Last year was our biggest year ever in terms of number of territories, number of suc-cessful nests and total num-ber of young. Last year we had 57 active nests in South-ern Ontario.” There were only 51 active nests in 2010.

“It's a really nice posi-tive trend we're seeing,” he commented. “Even though that doesn't sound like a lot of birds, it's actually a pretty

good number of birds consid-ering the amount of habitat that exists.”

“A lot of our eagle nests, people get very attached to their local eagles and it [a nest] always attracts a num-ber of people who like to keep an eye on them and monitor them,” said Allair. The data gathered by birders and nat-uralists who watch the nests are given to Allair, and he creates a year end summary with the information. “I use that data to monitor popula-tion changes.”

“They are slow to repro-duce,” said Allair. “It will take at least four years before they will start nesting. It takes a long time for them ... I think the indications are we're just going to continue to get more and more of them. And if we don't, if the population goes down, then we re-evaluate. That's the beauty of the moni-toring program.”

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Six Nations Police Chief Glenn Lickers (far left) presided over the badge ceremony honouring two Six Nations Police officers, Darren Montour (beside Lickers) and Dennis Skye. On the far right is Deputy Chief of Police, Rocky Smith. About 20 guests, including a number of Elected Councillors, attended the ceremony held at the police station on July 11. A supper catered by Janace Henry followed the cer-emony. (Photo by Stephanie Dearing).

Two Six Nations police officers receive recognition

Continued on page 15

American Bald Eagle population on the rise

A mated pair of American Bald Eagles continue to nest within the City of Brantford. The pair are living somewhere along the river in the centre of the city, where they have nested since at least 2009. No longer an endangered species, but still listed as a species of concern, Bald Eagles are protected under provincial and federal legislation. (Photo by Stepha-nie Dearing).

Chiefswood unveils new tallgrass prairie interpretive sign

Chiefswood Curator Karen Dearlove (far left) was joined by TD Canada Trust representative, Rita Hamilton (second from left), and Yvette Scrivener, who represented the Friends of the Environment for TD (second from right). The man on the far right, Bruce Strong, a Brantford resident who is a volunteer on the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation Advi-sory Board. They were on site Friday morning to unveil the new interpretive sign for the tallgrass prairie at Chiefswood. (Photo by Stephanie Dearing).


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Chiefswood Curator, Karen Dearlove, said the brochures will help visitors identify some of the plants and their medicinal uses. But most importantly, she said the bro-chures and the sign will help educate the public about the importance of the tallgrass prairie, which she described as being “very abundant.”

“We're very excited,” said Dearlove. “The summer stu-dents started researching this last summer, and to bring it all through to fruition this year is very exciting.” The summer students were “really look-ing at some of the traditional medicine uses and other uses of these plants because we re-

ally wanted to be able to pro-vide ... more information,” said Dearlove.

“This restoration is actu-ally a really important res-toration because it provides habitat for indigenous plants that aren't found very com-monly throughout Ontario anymore,” said Dearlove. She stressed the restored ecosys-tem provides important habi-tat for animals and insects.

The curator said the sign also explains the signifi-cance of the prescribed burn, which helps keep out inva-sive and non-native species and return nutrients to the soil. “This project is really a way to provide some educa-tion and interpretation of the tallgrass prairie.”

New tallgrass signContinued from page 14 By Jim Windle

SIX NATIONS

A building behind the home of a Sixth Line road resident went up in flames Monday evening reportedly taking with it a second building. No other details have been forthcoming other than to re-port that the Ontario Fire Marshal has launched an investigation into the blaze

and was going to the site Tuesday.Chiefswood Road was closed to traffic

between Sixth Line road and Fifth Line as was Sixth Line road west of Chief-swood to give fire crews from several surrounding areas room to manoeuvre the tankers and pumpers needed to bring water to the burning buildings which were set deep in the bush and well away from any source of water.

A single lane driveway was the only access to the fire and tankers had to line up along Sixth Line to service the fire-fighters.

Security manned the entrance to the fire scene Tuesday morning and no one but fire fighters and police were allowed in.

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Difficult fire closes Chiefswood Road Monday night


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CAREERSToulouse for Assault with a Weapon and Possession of a Weapon for Dangerous Pur-pose, and Jonathan for As-sault With a Weapon, Assault, and Theft Under $5,000.

Henry is alleged to have threatened to run down McHale and his followers with her pick-up truck when they attempted to enter the site from a driveway just south of the main entrance, under the guise of cleaning up the property. She was picked up by OPP at her place of em-ployment on Saturday.

Toulouse was arrested at Tim Horton’s in Caledonia.

“I was going through the drive through and the car in front of me was stopped,” he said. “Then these cops come in from every direction and told me to get out of the ve-hicle.”

He was handcuffed, for-mally charged and taken to the Cayuga jail where he spent the night. His list of conditions for release did not include restriction from the reclamation site.

Jonathan was lured out-side of Hewitt’s Ice Cream and Restaurant on Highway 6 Saturday where he and a friend were having break-fast. He was then arrested by OPP in the parking lot. He too spent the night in jail.

McHale and his followers have made several appear-ances at the former Douglas Creek Estates and has been

arrested eight times and taken away for his part in the prov-ocation of the peace, but has never been formally charged.

Over the past year or so, his acts have resulted in several Six Nations land protectors being charged for obstruct-ing his passage onto the polit-ically sensitive site in various fashions.

In this latest case the charg-es against the three arrested are being promoted as serious crimes, however, the reality is quite another thing.

The weapon which Tou-louse is charged with being in the possession of, was a plastic lacrosse stick which he did not strike or threaten to strike anyone with.

The theft charges Jonathan faces involves a tape mea-sure which was taken from his hand and returned to its owner, Doug Fleming, short-ly after it was allegedly taken from him.

The assault charges are for standing in the way of McHale and his follow-ers' progress. There was no physical altercation beyond that and McHale and two of his followers were hand-cuffed and removed from the scene to “prevent a breach of peace”, as an attending OPP officer explained at the time.

Meanwhile the provocation and entrapment strategies of McHale and his people con-tinues to work and is on the increase.

All three charged will ap-pear in Cayuga Court August 21st.

Gary McHale and two others were arrested, handcuffed and taken away in an OPP paddy-wagon on July 7th. However they were immediately released without charges being laid. (Photo by Jim Windle)

Faron “Gene” Jonathan re-turned to his Kanonhstaton home after being released from the custody Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Jim Windle)

Sean Toulouse was arrest-ed while going through the Caledonia Tim Horton’s drive through. He served a night in jail and was released the next day under certain condi-tions not to be anywhere near Gary McHale or others of his grouped of followers. (Photo by Jim Windle)

StaffSIX NATIONS

Fatality results following another

single vehicle collisionThere has been another fa-

tality following yet another single vehicle roll-over. The latest incident took place on

July 21, on First Line Road west of Tuscarora said Six Nations Police in a press re-lease posted on their web-site.

The vehicle had contained three occupants when the roll-over occurred at 2 pm, according to police. Officers responding to the call found two passengers had been

ejected from the car during the roll-over. One was taken to an unspecified hospital by ambulance, with what police only described as “serious in-juries.” The second passen-ger suffered fatal injuries. The driver suffered minor injuries.

Police have not released any names as of July 23. An

investigation is underway, and police cautioned First Line Road would remain closed for as long as required between Tuscarora and On-ondaga Roads.

The OPP Technical Traf-fic Investigation Unit have been asked to assist Six Na-tions Police with the inves-tigation.

Land protectors arrested

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In memorIam

MacDonald Jimmy

In loving memory of our dear friend Jimmy

MacDonald who left us on July 27th, 2010.

In our hearts we can still hear your laugh.

Love, Rod & Kathy, Wally & Mel, Becky & Mike, Katie, Kayko, Preston and Pierce.

annIversary

Happy “60th” Anniversary

to our wonderful parents Carmen and Eleanor

Porter who were married on July 26th, 1952.

Love, Kathy & Rod, Terry, Gary & Donna, Jannie, Bill and Brenda, the late Wayne, Shelley & Sonny, Kelly & Neale & Jody. Congratulations also from your loving grandchildren & great-grandchildren.

Thank you

Thank You

From St. Lukes Church Congregation and Plan-ning Committee for a very successful Golf Tour-nament held on July 7th. Eleven teams shared good fun, good food and friend-ly competitions. Thanks to our generous sponsors… Susan, Ohsweken Phar-masave; Candy, Styres Lumber; Lisa, Bear’s Inn; Alison, Red Indian; Lois, Bank of Montreal; Tanya & Trisha – TnT; Janace – Pies & Things; Lulu- Hill’s Snack Bar; Leenie – Flow-ers by Leenie; Sharon – Vil-lage Café; Sue – Affordable Flowers & Gifts; Leona – Jewellery; Dave & Candy – S.N. Trading Post; Missy & Mike – Erland’s Restau-rant; Scott – Tekawenna-ke; Todd – C & S Water; Steve Smith Pottery; Curt – Ohsweken Speedway; Brian – Lee’s Variety; Jeff – First Nation’s Cable; Wellington – Little Buf-falo Variety; Paul – Gerrie Electric; Dave & Cheryl – Sayer’s Home Hardware; Bob Johnson – Councillor Dist. 5; SN Band Council; Local 736 Ironworkers; Rob & Laurie Vader Do-len; Dawn & Jerrilyn Rus-sell. Special Thanks to our cooks and planning com-mittee… Eva, Dawn, Kar-en, Annette, Judy, Colleen, Dodie, Wendell, Cec, John and Eugene.

Thank you

I would like to thank the Dreamcatcher Fund for funding my trip to Ottawa, it was a great trip.Tara Miller

Thank you

The family of Bruce and Arlene Whitlow would like to say thank you for your help and support dur-ing this difficult time to the many different people who spent time with “Jiggy” and helped in so many differ-ent ways over the past few years. Nyawenkowa to: The Staff of S. N. Adult Day; The Staff of Iroquois Lodge; The Staff of B.G.H.; The many PSW Workers (with special thanks to Roxy and Kay-lie); Her many friends and Neighbours in the Village of Onondaga (especially Paul and Lynn); Rose Thomas who helped in so many ways; Brantford Adult Rec Centre. And most especial-ly to Dr. East for her caring heart and guidance. Our family will never forget those who spent so much time making her last days more comfortable.

ComIng evenTs

For Kids 8 to 14SUNRISE STABLES is offer-ing a FREE SUMMER FUN Horse-back riding, swim-ming, games, singing and Bible stories. August 3 – 6, 2012 – 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. Spaces limited. Call to Reg-ister at 519-717-5427.

ComIng evenTs

Six Nations Native Pageant Theatre

presents…Full Course Turkey Dinner Followed by Award win-ning Bluesman Robbie An-tone & The Blues Machine. Fundraiser for our 64th Forest Theatre Production “League of Peace” Saturday, July 28, 2012. ARMY, NAVY, AIRFORCE CLUB Mohawk Plaza, Colborne Street, Brantford. Dinner--$10.00, Dance--$10.00, Dinner & Dance--$15.00. Doors open at 5 p.m. – Dinner starts at 6 p.m. Entertainment starts at 9 p.m. Chinese Auction --- Toonie Toss --- Draws --- Door Prizes. Buffet at 11 p.m. For more info contact Jen 519-445-2001.

noTICe

Lyed Corn Hills Native Foods is taking orders until Thurs at noon for the Pow Wow. Mini-mum order 8 bags. 519 445 2390

volunTeers needed

Six Nations Child & Fam-ily Services is looking for volunteers. We need volun-teer DRIVERS and CHILD-CARE workers to provide transportation or childcare for clients in programs and service. There is an hono-rarium offered. If you are interested please call 519 445-2950 or come to Child & Family Services at 15 Sunrise Court in Ohswek-en from Monday to Friday 8:30 to 4:00 p.m.

Volunteers Needed!@ G.R. Champion of

Champions Pow-WowJuly 28 & 29

Help needed for secu-rity, admission, kitchen, cleaning crew, set-up and tear-down. Please call 519-751-3908.

For renT

3 Bedroom 2 bathroom Spacious Trailer Home for rent located at 7493 In-dian Line. Central Air, Nat-ural Gas Heat/stove. 1st & last month rent of $800 per month + $350 security/clean up/natural gas me-ter deposit required upon signing of lease. No Smok-ing or pets. Mature Abstain-ing adults need only apply. Phone 519 445 2390 for more info.

vehICles For sale

Phil’s Cars reduction sale continues.

All prices reduced...Save. 390 Brant County Rd. #18, Brantford. 2006 Chev Op-tic Lt Wagon 130,000 km $5995.00; 2005 Saturn Ion 140, 000 km, $4295.00; 2005 Pontiac Wave 118, 000 km, $5195.00; 2007 Pontiac Montana 141, 000 km, $7195.00; 2006 Grand Caravan Stow & Go $6595.00; 2005 Chev Uplander 145, 000 km $5795.00; 2005 Pontiac Montana $5695.00; 2005 Ford Escape 4x4 4 cylin-der $7495.00;2005 GMC Jimmy 2 Door 4x4 116, 000 km $6595.00; 2004 Chev Venture 125, 000 km $4595.00; Certified, Lubrico Warranty, Plus HST. 519-752-1920.

land For sale

Land for sale 18.6 acres just off Townline behind cemetery....serious inqui-ries only 519 759 1540.

yard sale

3 FAMILY YARD SALE – Sat. July 28, 9 AM. Lots and lots of items! 3604 Third Line.

Yard Sale – Saturday. 1688 Chiefswood. In Vil-lage beside Red Indian. Lots of items. Snacks & Drinks.

YARD SALE • Huge Va-riety • Sat. July 25, 7am – ??. Sun. July 26th 8am – ??. Hills Grocery, 1301 Second Line • Hot Dogs & Bake Sale •

WanTed

Quotas purchased. 3681 Second Line

neW arBonne reP.Let me introduce you to Arbonne! Skin, Hair, Make-up & Health prod-ucts for all ages. Pure, Safe & Beneficial. In July & Aug if you book a workshop/party of 3 or more you’ll re-ceive a $150 Arbonne Grab Bag Hostess gift AND up to 80% off your Arbonne wishlist. Shelby 519- 445-2983 or 519-761-7199

HENRY: Eli Alex

Eli Alex Henry passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, July 21, 2012. He leaves his parents Renee (Fischer) and Randy Henry, three brothers Nigel (Sarah Ja-cobs), Randy Jr., and Am-brose. He also leaves four sisters Arlyn (Ira Harris), Linnie, Lexie and Ruby, and one niece Jayla Bomberry. Eli was a grandson of Elden R. Fischer and the late Pa-

tricia F. Fischer, and the late Lavina Daisy Henry and Roy Fish. He is also survived by many beloved aunts, uncles and cousins. Eli was medicine friends with Anthony Wil-liams. He was also best friends with Skylar, Brier, Marvin and Tyler “Bud Man” Longboat. Ashlynn Maracle held a special place in his heart. Eli was born on April 3, 1992 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He was a proud 2012 graduate of Kawenni:io/Gaweni:yo Private School and excelled in the Brantford Pipe Dreams Welding Program earning a certified welding certificate. Eli loved and enjoyed spend-ing time with his family, friends and his dogs Moose and Ezra. He also loved traditional singing, playing lacrosse, and was an avid turkey and deer hunter. Eli was loved very much and will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Rested at his home at 2999 River Range Road, Ohsweken. The Funeral Service and Burial was held at Onondaga Longhouse, Six Nations on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 at 11 am. www.rhbanderson.com

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MARACLE, Leonard – Passed away peacefully Wednes-day, July 18th in his 86th year, at his home on the Six Na-tions Grand River Territory. He is survived by his devoted wife Verla (Moses) and six of his seven children: Brian & Audrey, Marilyn, Leonard & Shirley, Aiyyana, Dennise, Velma & Al. He is also survived by 20 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren, 8 great-great-grandchildren and many, many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. He was predeceased by his loving wife Kitty of 63 years, his par-ents Leonard Maracle and Lillian Thomas, his daughter Brenda and siblings Thomas, Ronnie and Helen. Leonard lived a full and accomplished life. He was a Captain and a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II; a successful carpenter contractor for 25 years; the head of several native Indian organizations in the U.S. and Canada; a lawyer; and a judge in the Rentalman’s Court in British Columbia. He retired to Six Nations in 1997. Friends and family were invited to his home at 744 Fourth Line, Ohsweken, on Friday, July 20th for a visi-tation beginning at 2 p.m. and a remembrance service beginning at 7 p.m. A funeral service was held at Styres Funeral Home in Ohsweken on Saturday, July 21st be-ginning at 3:00 p.m. with interment following at Stump Hall Cemetery. Donations in his memory may be made to the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Ohsweken. www.rhbanderson.com

Whitlow: Arlene Annette (Jiggy)nee: Hill

Peacefully surrounded by love with her many children, grandchildren and great grandchildren at Iroquois Lodge on July 19, 2012. Beloved wife of the late Bruce Whitlow. Survived and will be dearly missed by her children, Gail, Allen, Danny (Sug), Darryl(Deceased) , Mark (Mary), Da-vid (Kory), & Bonnie. Dear grandmother of Kateri (Ken), Dakota (Brianne), Becky (Disaws), Janelle, Deryl, Matt (JC), Sara (Aron), Shani, Alysha, Wesley, Lacey, Shelby, Jennifer, Derrick, Josh, Joey (Ashley), Aarron (Tiff), Jesse, Erica, Owen, Isaiah, Bill, Kyla, Kyle, and Rawennahatyes. Great grandmother of Vince, Whitney, Hayley, Maisy, Ty-son, Landon, Valeri, Karonhiakathos, Sophia, Shakohawi, Leroy, Mitchell, and Kaya. Dear sister of Connie Pursley (nee Hill). Dear friend of Debbie Keays. Predeceased by parents Leonard Jacket Hill and Ruby Shinny Hill, Gordon and Mabel Farmer, brothers and sisters Jim Hill, Lois For-rest (nee Hill), Gordon Farmer, Butch Farmer, Joe Farmer and daughter-in-law Donna Keays. Rested at Styres Fu-neral Home, 1798 Fourth Line Rd., Ohsweken on Friday from 2 - 7 p.m. Funeral Service was held in the chapel on Saturday at 11 a.m. Interment Stumphall Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to Iroquois Lodge. www.rhbanderson


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TAURUS - ApR 21/MAy 21It could take a lot to raise your ire this

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GEMINI - MAy 22/JUN 21It is easy to bury something and ignore

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CANCER - JUN 22/JUl 22Take a few moments to focus on your

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lEO - JUl 23/AUG 23Arguments can quickly turn stressful,

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AQUARIUS - JAN 21/FEB 18No one can solve your conflicts better

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pISCES - FEB 19/MAR 20The planets are giving you the cosmic

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ThursdayScat'd T-storms

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