Monthly Archives: December 2000

Exactly six years ago, on September 6, 1995, Dudley George was shot and killed for defending his land at Ipperwash Park in Ontario. That action by government officials was called enforcement of the law. The courts later ruled that Dudley … Continue reading →

Three years ago, when Phil Fontaine strode confidently in to the Assembly of First Nations’ national conference as a contender for the position of national chief, his rival, then-chief Ovide Mercredi, was everything he was not: Filled with bluster and … Continue reading →

A decade later, the 82-year-old woman hasn’t forgotten the clamour of a hot, angry summer afternoon. It sounded like a big thunder roll, she remembered, the sound of rocks striking the cars in a convoy of Mohawk elders, children and … Continue reading →

David Roberts In legal parlance it is known as the Queen v. Pangman et al: the joint federal-provincial prosecution of 35 alleged members of the Manitoba Warriors gang – the first major test of Canada’s 1997 gang law. To critics … Continue reading →

Are you always late for appointments? Have you ever been on time to pick someone up? And are you always the last one to show up for your procrastination Anonymous meetings? … Do what I do, I tell ‘em I’m … Continue reading →

Give me a 1,2,3,A,B,C! Let’s hear it for “Education” Rah! Rah! Rah! If I may, I’d like to quote a brilliant insight by B.H. Bates – “Hopefully this is the generation that finally gets it … Never bring bows and … Continue reading →

The legend of Splapp is an old Indian story, that is told to native children on the night of the spirits. Better known today as Halloween! SplappThe first thing I want to know is that our ancestors didn’t tell their … Continue reading →

By B.H. Bates “Aging!”… It’s as sure as the wind blows and the water flows. Every single moment of your life, every “tic” of the clock. Even as you read this, you got older and older. I don’t know about … Continue reading →

One hundred twenty miles south of the Arctic Ocean and eighty miles north of the Arctic Circle, the Yukon village of Old Crow straggles along a bluff above the Porcupine River. The 200-plus people who live there are mainly Loucheaux … Continue reading →

Margo Kane, Metis born but raised by an adoptive working-class white father and three different step-mothers, was brought up with a white value system and way of looking at the world. She was the only native child among seven. Despite … Continue reading →