Roundup of local lacrosse squads
By Sam Laskaris Writer Rebels undefeated streak snapped It was fun while it lasted. And it lasted a rather long time. But the Six Nations Rebels finally tasted defeat on Sunday, for the first time this season. The local Junior B lacrosse squad had posted a perfect 20-0-0 regular season mark. The Rebels then swept the Owen Sound North Stars 3-0 in their best-of-five, opening-round playoff series. Six Nations then downed the visiting Guelph Regals 15-8 in Game 1 of their best-of-five Western Conference semi-finals on Saturday. The Regals, however, bounced back with an 8-7 home victory on Sunday, evening the series at 1-1 and also snapping the Rebels’ 24-game undefeated streak. Six Nations will host Game 3 this Friday at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena. The opening faceoff is scheduled...
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Haudenosaunee squad learning lessons, getting closer to beating U.S. and Canada on world stage
Summary “Not to make excuses, but that definitely sucked… Not to say if we had a day off we would have beat Canada, but I’d like to think it would have been a lot closer game. But, who knows… It is tough to play seven games in seven nights without a rest.” — Haudenosaunee goalie Warren Hill By Sam Laskaris Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Haudenosaunee squad is getting closer to the perennial powerhouses of the United States and Canada at the world men’s field lacrosse championships. The Haudenosaunee team took the bronze medal again at this year’ tourney, which concluded on July 1 in San Diego, Calif. “We’re getting closer,” said Haudenosaunee star forward Austin Staats, who led all tournament scorers with 38 points, including a whopping 30 goals...
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Order of Canada announcement
Multiple award-winning artist, producer and curator Santee Smith is one of several people named in this summer’s Order of Canada announcement. (McMaster Photo)...
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City Of Hamilton consultation not there on find of 4,000-year-old artifacts
By Lisa Iesse Writer HAMILTON – The city of Hamilton is blaming revamping of its consultation policies for failing to notify nearby Indigenous communities that Indigenous artifacts had been found at a downtown park. An archaeological dig unearthed arrowheads and flint flakes at up to 4,523 and 1,523 years old during excavation of a planned spray pad two weeks ago. But work on the park had begun in 2007, some 16 years ago, without notification. The city says archaeological consultation requirements with Indigenous groups got lost in the shuffle as they developed and improved their monitoring policy. The Victoria Park site at 500 Kings Street West, where the ancient Indigenous arrowheads and flint flakes were found is on the unceded traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council (HCCC), Six...
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SN Elected Council looking at how to spend any lawsuit settlement
By Lynda Powless Editor Six Nations Elected Council’s (SNEC) administration is already looking at how it will spend any settlement the community may see from its massive lawsuit seeking answers to what happened to Six Nations lands and money. SNEC CEO Darrin Jamieson is making administrative changes in anticipation of any reparations from the federal and provincial governments. Jamieson says structural changes are already happening within the organization in an effort to prepare for a windfall settlement he believes will come from Six Nations court case against the Canadian and Ontario governments when it comes to land encroachment and misuse of the Six Nations Trust funds. Six Nations lawsuit seeking an answer to what happened to Six Nations monies and lands has been valued at from $13.9 bill to $8.7 trillion...
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Six Nations going after cities for failing to consult on development
Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) wants to go after surrounding municipalities about their development. The Six Nations Consultation and Accommodations Process (CAP Team) came under fire after councillors accused them of not keeping tabs on or consulting about recent developments in the City of Brantford and County of Brant at its Political Liaison meeting on June 26. Councillor Helen Miller said a part of Brantford’s Earl Haig Family Fun Park is currently under construction to add a large apartment building to the city and there are plans to turn Freshco into an apartment building as well, while homes are also slated for Brant Park Conservation area. “Those are darn close to the river. I think Six Nations should be raising big concerns about this. There was no consultation, no nothing...
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Building bridges between Six Nations Elected Council and the Haudenosaunee Chiefs
Confederacy Council isn’t proving an easy feat for Elected Chief Mark Hill. Jacqueline House made an impassioned plea to Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) at its General Council meeting on June 27 to find out if her voice in the community mattered to elected councillors as she believes the system is an arm of the federal government, which strives to divide the community. “The reality of it is, we were part of that colonial system and we still are. How do we get away from that when we see Indian Northern Affairs has their foot in our door, in our canoe and they’re not just sitting there in our canoe, they are actually steering it and we’re all allowing this to happen,” she said. She’s unhappy with the way the...
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Coming to a city near you: Six Nations Haldimand Tract awareness blitz on its billion dollar land rights lawsuit
By Lynda Powless Editor Coming soon to a city near you…do you know whose lands you are living on? A major Six Nations awareness blitz will be hitting cities throughout Six Nation’s Haldimand Tract Treaty lands in a move to drum up both support from Canadians and awareness of Six Nations multi-billion dollar lawsuit seeking an answer to what happened to its lands and monies. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has hired a local company, TAP Resources, to organize the campaign that will take the form of buses travelling through the Haldimand Tract area and stopping for education walks as the campaign makes it way from the source of the Grand River to its mouth at Lake Erie. The 1784 Haldimand Tract treaty granted lands six miles on either side...
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Six Nations man $100,000 winner
Six Nations man Trevor Van Every is $100,000 richer after winning top prize with INSTANT POWER UP game. A construction worker, he said he enjoys playing different types of lottery games. “I find it to be a relaxing thing to do after work,” he said, while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to claim his winnings. Trevor said he picked up his kids from school and the 57-year-old stopped at the gas station and checked his ticket. That’s when he discovered he was a big winner. “I got back to the car and told my kids I won, but they didn’t believe me!” he recounted. Trevor said he then picked up his wife and told her he had won. “She was also in disbelief and asked to see the...
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Ontario could find itself intruding on Six Nations lands in its attempt to develop parts of the Greenbelt
By Lynda Powless Editor Ontario could find itself fighting off a new challenge when it comes to developing its Greenbelt. Ontario’s Green belt, put in place to protect environmentally sensitive areas from development also happens to sit on lands Six Nations of the Grand River has an interest in. Romeo Segota, audit supervisor at the Office of the Auditor General of Ontario came to Six Nations Elected Council’s (SNEC) Political Liaison meeting on June 26. Segota was seeking feedback on Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s proposal to remove 15 sections of land from the Greenbelt, two of which are near Six Nations and on traditional Haudenosaunee Territory, one in Hamilton and the other in Grimsby. The Greenbelt was put in place to protect environmentally sensitive areas in Ontario...
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It was tough…but it had to be done
It was tough…but it had to be done. The infighting between former National Chief RoseAnne Archibald and the AFN executive committee had reached a point of no return. And something had to be done. While Archibald spent two years fighting with the executive and travelling the reason she was elected, the reason the position exists was ignored and as a result First Nations were ignored. The national assembly itself was becoming tainted with allegations that were never proven and after two years seemed to be more disgruntled accusations from a leader who didn’t seem to know how to lead or what her job really was. What we do know is that it wasn’t only the regional chief’s executive who felt her wrath. Embattled employees came forward with complaints. Complaints of...
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Plethora of community members on bronze-medal winning Haudenosaunee squad
By Sam Laskaris Writer Plenty of new shiny bling is in the Six Nations community now. That’s because the Haudenosaunee club that captured the bronze medal at the world men’s field lacrosse tournament included numerous individuals who are either Six Nations members or living here now. The Haudenosaunee team defeated Australia 11-6 at the world tourney, which concluded on Saturday in San Diego, Calif. The Haudenosaunee entry had its gold-medal aspirations come to an end last Thursday when it was downed 12-7 by Canada in its semi-final contest. The United States captured the gold medal by defeating Canada 10-7 in Saturday’s championship final. Six Nations’ Darcy Powless served as the general manager of the Haudenosaunee squad while another local member, Vince Longboat, was one of the assistant coaches for the...
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Sam Laskaris – BEHIND THE ACTION – Bo BowHunter
By Sam Laskaris Writer Bo BowHunter is wishing his current lacrosse squad would be enjoying a bit more success. But the 23-year-old Six Nations member is still loving his decision to head west to showcase his skills in the British Columbia-based Western Lacrosse Association (WLA) this year. BowHunter had bounced around in 2022, suiting up for the Six Nations Rivermen at the Senior B level and also being called up at times to play for the Six Nations Chiefs, a Senior A side in Major Series Lacrosse. BowHunter then played his first pro season with the Halifax Thunderbirds of the National Lacrosse League (NLL). His father Curt Styres is the Thunderbirds’ owner and general manager. To best prepare for his sophomore NLL campaign, BowHunter was looking to play at the...
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Six Indigenous players selected at NHL Entry Draft
By Sam Laskaris Writer When the Stanley Cup finalists were determined this past spring it was guaranteed that an Indigenous player would be among those celebrating at the conclusion of the National Hockey League (NHL) playoffs. As it turned out it was Zach Whitecloud, a Sioux Valley Dakota Nation member and his Vegas Golden Knights’ teammates who were crowned Stanley Cup champions. The Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers, which featured Six Nations defenceman Brandon Montour 4-1 in their best-of-seven championship final. Meanwhile, according to Hockey Indigenous, an organization that promotes Indigenous players, there are now six more Indigenous players closer to fulfilling their pro dreams. It remains to be seen of course whether any of them will go on to become a member of a Stanley Cup-winning squad. Those...
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National Indigenous Day
NIPD celebrations – Six Nations, Toronto and Mississaugas of Credit First Nation Six Nations marks National Indigenous Peoples’ Day with family fun By Lisa Iesse Writer SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND -National Indigenous Peoples’ Day was a day to celebrate, but it was also a day to remember a long and shared history for land and social justice for Six Nations. On Wednesday (June 21), Six Nations marked NIPD also known as Indigenous Solidarity Day, with a day of fun, venders booths, artwork, rides and activities at the community hall at 1738 Fourth Line. Six Nations lands director Lonny Bomberry told Turtle Island News what Indigenous Solidarity Day means to him. “It means recognition for all Indigenous people across Canada,” Bomberry said. “We’re here, we were here before, we’re still...
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Six Nations language school pressures Liberals for funding
By Lisa Iesse Writer SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND – “Build This School” quickly became the chant of a crowd of parents, teachers, students, politicians and others at the still empty site of a Haudenosaunee immersion language school. Six Nation’s Kawenni:io/Gaweni:y (KG) private School has been petitioning the federal government for over two decades to build the only Mohawk and Cayuga language immersion school in the country. Both Mohawk and Cayuga are on the endangered languages list. On Friday (June 23) Larry Brock Brantford-Brant PC MP demanded the Liberal government provide funding for the build. He told the crowd gathered “students are learning in a dimly-lit room with no windows and potable water issues.” He demanded the Liberal government “Build this school. enough delay.” He said it was “shameful” the Liberal...
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Six Nations joins COO call to pause Metis self-governance bill
Six Nations sent its support for Chiefs of Ontario who were protesting a federal bill giving Metis self-governance rights and calling on the government to pause efforts to pass the bill. Six Nations Elected Chief Mark Hill read a statement supporting Monday’s protest on Parliament Hill at the Political Liaison meeting on June 19 and said Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) learned of the protest too late to fly to Ottawa and had already rescheduled its meeting from the week prior. “Earlier this year the government of Canada and Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO) carefully crafted an agreement and recognized large areas of territories as Metis homeland in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta parts of Ontario and northern US. This legislation affirm all Metis communities under MNO have the right to self...
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SN Election Code committee member resigns
By Lynda Powless Editor SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND – The Six Nations Election Code committee has lost one of its members. Committee member Alaina VanEvery resigned Thursday night (June 22, 2023) prior to the meeting beginning at the Six Nations’ Dajoh Centre at the sports complex. VanEvery told the committee, in a letter, she had concerns about how the committee was gathering information. conducting research and timelines. The committee, who was reviewing the current band election code and recommending amendments, cancelled plans to hold a community vote on their proposed changes June 21st after Six Nations Chief Electoral Polling Officer, (SNCEPO) Steve Williams resigned in March. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has not appointed a new SNCEPO. Six Nations band elections are expected to be held in November 2023, ...
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Six Nations waiting to see if Indian Day school class action extended
Six Nations continues to wait for a resolution to its attempt to extend the claims period to the Indian Day School class action application deadline. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) launched legal action against the Canadian government in December, 2022 over the class action Settlement Agreement that seeks to provide compensation for the systemic abuse suffered by First Nations children attending the government-run Indian Day Schools. They argued the deadline should be extended to December 30, 2025, but Federal Court Justice Sébastien Grammond reserved his decision on June 13 after a two-day hearing in Ottawa concerning deadline extension. SNEC and Audrey Hill argued the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and deficiencies in the claims process warrant the extension. Six Nations Elected Chief Mark Hill made a statement to the community...
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