Peace and friendship gathering carefully guarded...
SIX NATIONS-There were protesters
from across Ontario in attendance.
Tyendinaga’s controversial Shawn
Brantwas scheduled to appear, but he
was in jail, so his lawyer showed up
instead.
But several well know activists
could be spotted in the crowd of
about 200 that attended the weekend
gathering. Organizers would only
allow Turtle Island News to photograph
selected speakers, and not the
crowd, saying “some in the crowd
have warrants out.”
During the weekend gathering,
ideas were exchanged and networking
was prolific.....................................
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Rape victim speaks out, no report on assault from Six Nations police...
A Six Nations woman says she is
struggling to cope after medical
professionals used a “rape kit” to
obtain DNAevidence showing she
was sexually assaulted while she
was unconscious.
“At first I didn’t want to leave my
house. I couldn’t sleep,” said the
young woman. “That’s all that was
on my mind. It’s still on my
mind,” she said, her voice breaking
with tears.
“It’s never going to go away.”
The woman says she went to Six
Nations police in the early hours of
the morning in May this year after
a social afternoon turned ugly.
“I was at my boyfriend’s house,
and I was drinking, and these guys
showed up,” she said. She thought
she was in a safe environment, she
said, because she knew the men as
her boyfriend’s and brother’s
friends.
“That’s the last thing I remember,”
she said.................................. Read more >>
Haudenosaunee Resource Centre
Saving a language, a culture and a people...
OHSWEKEN-It’s like a living museum.
In an unassuming former school
building on Sixth Line the culture,
the essence of who Six Nations is,
is being saved.
Asmall group of silver haired men
and women are working feverishly
with a younger generation to capture
whatever knowledge they still
have of Haudenosaunee ceremonies
and get it to paper before
it’s lost.
Already, Haudensaunee Resource
Centre director Leroy Hill says so
much has been lost.
Hill recently approached the Six
Nations band council for $75,000
grant from the Casino Rama
monies, to help keep the centre
doors open.
Band council approved the
amount, but it will only keep the
centre operating for another three
months......................................
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So much for good neighbours...
Brantford developer Steven Charest has shown his colours.
And they’re green...dollar sign green that is.
Charest after a show of supporting Six Nations, running around town
trying to get businesses on board, even co-opting a couple of misguided
Six Nations businessmen who’s livilihoods depend on developers,
drawing in the naive Serpent River First Nation (who’s agreement with
Elliott Lake, that basically does nothing but let Elliot Lake continue to
develop) getting Six Nations band council on side and showing up for
a meeting with the Haudenosaunee Men’s Fire, has started work back
on his $500 million King and Benton site, saying he has consulted in
record numbers and wow, aren’t I wonderful!
Balderdash!
What has happened is exactly what Haudenosaunee Development
Institute (HDI) interim director Hazel Hill predicted. Charest used the
Men’s Fire meeting, counted it as consultation with Six Nations and
went right back to business, developing Six Nations land without Six
Nations approval.
He made no attempt to work with the H.D.I., or for that matter, the
band system. He simply said, I talked to you, I am moving on.
And that is unacceptable................................. Read more >>
Turtle Talk
with Dakota Brant...
One of my
favorite sayings
goes like
this, "You
don't kiss your
children to
receive a kiss
back; you kiss them so that they will
kiss their children, and their children
will kiss their children". This saying
goes for every aspect of our lives.
What you teach a child;more importantly
what a child sees you do, has
everything to do with the choices
they are going to make in their own
future. It is a way we have to perpetuate
our existence. At this point in
time, Haudenosaunee have had
many positive discussions with the
purpose of reclaiming our territories
for our children. This whole summer
we have heard valuable opinions and
plans for the future; but if we are not
taking active baby steps for ourselves
we are not leaving a strong enough
foundation for our children. Our
duties to our children are never............................... Read more >>
.Sports Headlines
Rebels repeat as National champions...
They did it again. The Six Nations
Rebels are 2008 Founders Cup
champions for the second year in a
row after getting past the host,
Guelph Regales by a score of 8-7
at the Sleeman Centre on Sunday
night.
“It was too close. They (Guelph)
knew they were here so they had a
lot of time to prepare and so did
we, but we had to play some
games in the process but it doesn’t
matter. You still got to play 60
minutes. It doesn’t matter when it
is and we did,” said Rebels’ head
coach Stew Monture. “We just
played the game.”...................................
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Sting’s big season comes to an end... It was another successful season
for the Six Nations Sting of the
Can/Am League. They went
undefeated with a record of 17-
0-1 in the regular season. They
continued their strong play in
the playoffs as they won the
league championship for the second
year in a row. That gave
them the right to once again represent
the league at the 2008
Presidents’ Cup in Sherwood
Park, AB and they did everyone
proud despite going 1-2.
“We turned a lot of heads. A lot
of people were impressed with
the way we played and the way
we ran and the way we came
together,” said Sting head coach
Brian Miller. “A lot of guys were
appreciated.”..................................
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Sprints return after
a month away.... OHSWEKEN-Finally after a few
rain outs and the sprints off since
July 16, the sun shone over
Ohsweken Speedway last Friday
night.
With one of the largest crowds of
the season, race fans saw the
fastest track since the first part of
the season. Glen Styres driving his
360 sprint had the fastest heat lap
clocking in at a mind boggling
13.22.
The fast time did not help at
the end of the night as Styres finished
second in the main.
Brad Malloy of Niagara Falls,
found Victory Lane after winning
his first career sprint car feature in
Corr/Pak Merchandising Sprint
Car action last Friday.....................................
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Redmen lose to Cayuga... OHSWEKEN-The Six Nations
redmen failed to gain ground on
the Jarvis Rock in the Erie County
Fastball League after dropping an
8-3 decision to the Cayuga Rebels
in extra innings. The Redmen
opened the scoring in the first
inning after Duane Doxtator hit a
single that drove in Matt Sault.
Sault had singled earlier and stole
second base.
In the second inning Derrick
Anderson singled and stole two
bases. The Ohsweken could not
get Anderson home and the score
remained 1-0 after two innings..................................... Read more >>
National News
Toronto company teams up with Saskatchewan reserve for wind farm...
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. _ A Toronto company is teaming up with a
Saskatchewan reserve to create a massive wind farm.
The Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation and SkyPower plan to build
five wind towers on land currently being leased out to farmers.
Chief Rick Gamble said the farmers won't be affected by the
project because the towers will only take up minimal space on the
land near Dafoe, Sask.
It is estimated the wind farm could add as much as $300,000
annually to the band's revenues when the power that is generated is
sold to SaskPower.
SkyPower is covering the initial cost of the installation of the
wind towers and will be splitting the proceeds with the band.
Gamble said they are also happy about the fact they will be
making clean energy.
"It is something our elders would agree with," he said. "We
lived with that all our lives and this one fits the bill."
While they see the benefit to the environment as an asset, he
still sees the revenue as the bigger advantage.
"It will help with projects (such as infrastructure) and
different projects can come to life."
Gamble said four months ago SkyPower put up test towers to see if
the wind would be strong enough at the Dafoe farm.
They found it was and construction and placement of the wind
towers is projected for 2010. (Prince Albert Herald)..........................
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Ron Evans re elected grand chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs...
Ron Evans re elected grand chief of Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (Mba-Chiefs-Election)
WINNIPEG _ A man who played a key role in plans for Winnipeg's
first urban reserve has been re-elected grand chief of the Assembly
of Manitoba Chiefs.
Ron Evans defeated three other candidates on the first ballot of
an election held as part of an assembly meeting on the Brokenhead
Ojibwa Nation northeast of Winnipeg.
Evans will hold office for another three-year term.
The former chief of the Norway House Cree Nation is promising to
continue working on various projects that were started during his
first term, including the urban reserve.
The assembly's website says land for what will be known as
Governance House has been secured and development is well underway
on the project in west Winnipeg.
His opponents included Robert Daniels of the Snow Lake First
Nation, Ian Bushie of the Hollow Water First Nation and George Kemp
from the Berens River First Nation.
(APTN)..................... Read more >>
Trial set for Merritt RCMP officer accused of beating aboriginal man ...
KAMLOOPS, B.C. _ The trial of a Merritt Mountie accused of
beating a man and leaving him on a backcountry road will get under
way in B.C. Supreme Court in Kamloops later this year.
Const. Saxon Peters' trial will begin Nov. 17. The officer, who
remains suspended from duty without pay, is charged with unlawful
confinement, aggravated assault, and two counts of attempting to
obstruct justice.
He was ordered to stand trial after a one-day preliminary in
provincial court Friday.
The charges stem from an incident in August 2005 that saw a man
beaten outside of Merritt.
The investigation was launched after the Merritt RCMP detachment
commander was made aware of street rumours suggesting someone had
been badly beaten by one of his officers.
A senior non-commissioned officer was told to look into the
matter. The sergeant located Glen Shuter, a 25-year-old member of
the Lower Nicola Indian Band, who reluctantly described how he was
taken 10 kilometres from town where he was punched and kicked and
left, police said. (Kamloops Daily News)..........,.................
Defendant must disclose alibi witnesses before South Dakota slaying trial....
RAPID CITY, S.D. _ A judge has ruled on whether a Canadian man
has to tell U.S. federal prosecutors where he was when a fellow
American Indian Movement member was killed.
John Graham stands trial starting Oct. 6 in federal court in
Rapid City for first-degree murder in the slaying of fellow Canadian
Anna Mae Pictou Aquash on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
Her body was found in February 1976.
U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol said if the defence plans to
call alibi witnesses, those names must be given to government
lawyers before the trial.
But if Graham has documents or plans to testify himself, he does
not have to disclose that..................
United Nations Declaration
UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Please speak out!
Within weeks, the United Nations General Assembly must make a decision on the long awaited and urgently needed UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Either the international community will move ahead with final adoption as has been urged by Indigenous peoples and their supporters worldwide, or adoption of the Declaration will once again be delayed due to the demands of a small, yet vocal group of states.
Please take this opportunity to support the Declaration.
More than 14,000 individuals and organizations have already signed a global petition hosted by Amnesty International Canada in support of the Declaration.
If you haven't already done so, please add your name and encourage many
others to do so.
The petition, in English, Spanish, French and Russian is online at:
Charest says he consulted; cites S.N.H. Men’s Fire
Hampton Inn shut
down, work resumes on
King and Benton
By Jamie Lewis
Special to Turtle Island News
BRANTFORD- Six Nations protesters shut down work on
the Hampton Inn construction site Monday, but work
resumed yesterday on King and Benton’s $500 million site,
after developer Steve Charest said he had consulted with
Six Nations. Despite the City of Brantford's interim
injunction Six Nations protesters
continue to exert their rights
on land in the north east area of
Brantford.
Last Monday several protesters
blocked entrance to the Hampton
Inn site on Fen Ridge Court. The
protesters said they are attempting
to halt development in the disputed
Johnson Settlement area of the city.
Judge says post notices
in last ditch attempt
By Jamie Lewis
Special to Turtle Island News
BRANTFORD-A Brantford Judge
is hoping notices placed in local
newspapers will force Six Nations
protesters to appear in court to face
contempt of court charges for allegedly
breaching an interim injunction
prohibiting
demonstrations at city development
sites.
City lawyer Neal Smitherman
raised the issue during court proceedings
Friday, suggesting that the
legal notices be placed in local
newspapers for two weeks and as
such, would constitute a form of
substitute service for Six Nations
protesters.
The city has been unable to serve
the Six Nations protesters.
Read full article >>
Ottawa and Ontario should co operate
more on land claims: Dion
Canadian Press
OAKVILLE, Ont.- Liberal Leader
Stephane Dion says Ottawa should
work more closely with Ontario to
resolve the aboriginal land claim
disputes in Haldimand and Brantford.
Dion did not offer any specifics
on where the two governments can
co-operate more, but both governments
have clashed on the length
of time it is taking to conclude negotiations
with Six Nations on land
claims.
Talks between Ottawa, Queen’s
Park and Six Nations are now in
their third year and they have been
suspended since June while Six
Nations continues to mull over a
$26 million offer from Ottawa to
settle a Dunnville-area land claim.
Both governments have also
clashed over funding of the dispute,
mostly over policing costs. A
group of Brantford area developers
has recommended Ottawa pay
some sort of a levy to end land
claims protests in Brantford.
Read full article >>
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