{"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":"Men\u2019s program reaches milestone meeting - The Turtle Island News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"o1QkOTISRt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/mens-program-reaches-milestone-meeting\/\">Men\u2019s program reaches milestone meeting<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/mens-program-reaches-milestone-meeting\/embed\/#?secret=o1QkOTISRt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Men\u2019s program reaches milestone meeting&#8221; &#8212; The Turtle Island News\" data-secret=\"o1QkOTISRt\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\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<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_6114.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":600,"description":"By Sam Laskaris Writer A milestone event will be held at the Iroquois Lacrosse Arena (ILA) on Wednesday night. The 100th meeting of the 7Sticks Men\u2019s Mental Health and Addictions Circle will be held at the Six Nations arena. The group was co-founded in 2024 by a pair of individuals well known in local lacrosse circles, Miles General and Austin Staats. Those in the program meet once a week, for two hours on Wednesday nights, inside one of the ILA dressing rooms. \u201cWe use lacrosse as a platform,\u201d General said. \u201cAnd we call it 7Sticks because of the concept of our seven generations that\u2019s with our Iroquois people. And so that\u2019s why we incorporated that into it. It\u2019s just to help provide an alternative pathway to healing for all of"}