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Border crossing parade celebrates 87th year of marking Jay Treaty
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| Brian Isaacs of Tyendinaga and Batchewana First Nation Band Chief Dean Sayers shake hands before heading across the international border. (Photos by Donna Duric) |
NIAGARA FALLS - For 51 years, Brian Isaacs has been doning his regalia and again last Saturday he joined a crowd of Haudenosaunee and others marching, rain or shine, across the Rainbow Bridge marking the Jay treaty and indigenous border crossing rights.
The annual Border Crossing Celebration in Niagara Falls is organized annually by the Indian Defense of America.
Isaacs, of Tyendinaga, is currently the longest-participating member of the annual event, now in its 87th year, that seeks to re-affirm native people’s rights to free and unencumbered passage between Canada and the United States.
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Protesters shut down Enbridge work along the Grand
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| Danielle Boissineau, of Garden River First Nation, stands in front of the work site where the pipeline maintenance work was stopped. (Photo by Donna Duric) |
Enbridge has agreed to stop integrity work on Line 9 near Cambridge after protesters descended on the site last week demanding the company consults with the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council.
But the company had already begun outreach.
Consultation outreach had began between Enbridge and the HCCC last week before the Six Nations Men’s Fire, supported by about 10 non-native allies, shut down the maintenance work on the controversial oil pipeline between Brantford and Cambridge, Ont., along the Grand River last Thursday.
The protesters said Enbridge’s workers were present without consent or consultation.
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Ganohkwasra facing funding shortages, high staff turnover
Ganohkwasra Family Assault Support Services needs more money.
“We always have a need for increased funding,” Sandy Montour, director of Ganohkwasra, told band council’s Committee of the Whole Monday morning.
They are constantly facing a high turnover of staff because workers are not getting paid what they deserve, she said.
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