1.0The Turtle Island Newshttps://theturtleislandnews.comSandyhttps://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/author/sandy/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3IYugls9vq"><a href="https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2026/08/26/she-didnt-just-break-a-nail/">She didn’t just break a nail…</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2026/08/26/she-didnt-just-break-a-nail/embed/#?secret=3IYugls9vq" width="600" height="338" title="“She didn’t just break a nail…” — The Turtle Island News" data-secret="3IYugls9vq" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://theturtleislandnews.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://theturtleislandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/editorial_thumb-1.jpg300300So…it was a secret. And once it came out it became apparent why it was kept secret. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) thought it could sign a lands agreement with Brantford without giving a thought as to how the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Council or the Six Nations people would react ! Without warning the community or contacting the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Elected Chief Sherri-Lyn Hill simply held a closed-door meeting with the band council where a decision about lands Six Nations has an interest in was made. She did not suggest, as any previous leader has, that they may want to notify the Confederacy or the community about their plans. She didn’t debate with SNEC about how signing this agreement would affect the Confederacy or the community. And she did not discuss