It’s been a crazy year with lots of growth and development here at Tribe. We started pretty small with a minimal amount of products last year. When we first started, we did not have our parking lot paved.
Over the last year, we have come a long way, we have increased our product line, our customer base is incredible with the most amazing and loyal people, and our parking lot is paved now, says Doolittle
A Fairmarket.
So far, things are going very well; we have our minimum price set, so we are not necessarily competing with each other as far as who can sell the cheapest products. However, we make price comparisons with the other local shops to ensure we are close to being on par with them.
Courtesy of Tribe Six Nations
Giving Back
Giving back to the community has been tremendous this year; we have been able to sponsor local efforts and make donations and community member and elder discounts.
Setting aside the question of land title, When do we begin to recognize the rights of the land itself as a living and breathing organism?
Not an obscure thought.
In April of 2021, a river in Kanata received the same rights as a human. Aside from providing Onkwehonwe with the ability to defend its health within the realm of human rights. It affirms a long-held perspective that the earth is one complete entity unto itself.
In an ironic move, Kanata recently cited a 1977 treaty to continue using a sixty-seven-year-old pipeline owned by Enbridge. Enbridge remains in violation of the easement shutdown order.
It’s not just the resource extraction causing irreparable damage, but the by-products and waste are concerning. For example, the projected waste production at mining sites is thirty times greater than all communities, municipalities and industries combined in Kanata, in addition to the 200-400 years of treatment required to return the land and water to suitable for human use.
The practice is unsustainable, and clearly, Kanata does not recognize the cause-and-effect relationship. The Ideology evidences this in the early 1900s
“According to the law of England and of Canada, gold and silver
mines, until they have been aptly severed from the title of the
Crown are not regarded as partes soli or as incidents of the land”
Evidence exists to support climate change-mediated changes to the land, which directly impacts changes in plant life. However, it begs the question of the influence of climate change and the comparison between genetically modified organisms and food. In addition, the relatively indirect genetic modification reduces the effect of current Onkwehonwe sustainability and preservation practices.
Its clear that protection is required
The crown presumptuously states its Onkwehonwe territory; however, It’s more than evident that it’s for resource extraction and development rather than stewardship.
Therefore Onkwehonwe must fill that role once again and not just talk about it but live it.
She has Rights
The land is a living and breathing entity. It has existed without our influence and will live long after our species develop itself beyond the ability to survive.
