{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Turtle Island News","provider_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com","author_name":"Sandy","author_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/author\/sandy\/","title":"Yes, there is a youth group! - The Turtle Island News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cjmYpXV8K8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/yes-there-is-a-youth-group\/\">Yes, there is a youth group!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/21\/yes-there-is-a-youth-group\/embed\/#?secret=cjmYpXV8K8\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Yes, there is a youth group!&#8221; &#8212; The Turtle Island News\" data-secret=\"cjmYpXV8K8\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/editorial_thumb-1.jpg","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"description":"It took a few minutes&#8230;but they got there. There isn\u2019t a community anywhere that doesn\u2019t believe its youth is its future. They bring with them hope, excitement and the belief in a future. For those of us who are no longer youth it can\u2019t help but touch our hearts. Especially after watching while the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) tried to dig itself out of the hole it was pushed into, by one of its departments, in what we hope was simply a mis-communication and not an attempt to put youth in their place. In a nutshell, the Six Nations\u2019 youth group had received funding from SNEC to the tune of about $25,000 over a year ago. Monies to carry out a variety of initiatives in particular those involving the"}