Growing up, I was always surrounded by my immediate family, aunts, uncles, both of my grandma’s and countless cousins. If you were sensitive, you had to toughen up real quick and get a sense of humour. My family events are filled with jokes and laughter that neighbours could hear down the road!
CORNBACK: A cornbread reclamation story
Thanks to Ionte’s cornbread, I was reminded of how good our cornbread taste. The Hominy flour cornbread is one of my all-time favourites, and it truly has stood the test of time. This superfood is all Onkwehon:we have had little colonial interference, making it an ideal staple that is one-hundred-percent made for us! Although hominy…
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Trust Issues with the Town Destroyer
“Indians and wolves are both beasts of prey, tho’ they differ in shape.” George Washington Aka Ko-no-to-ka-ri-ous After ushering a new President into the highest political position within the United States of America’s highest office, Onkwehon:we (original people) everywhere took notice that one of his first acts was to cancel the Keystone pipeline’s permits. A…
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Can you be Pro-Government and Anti-Government?
The dichotomy of Onkwehonwe:neha 49 clan title belt The simple and most obvious answer may appear to be a resounding “No,” however, for many Onkwehonwe… The answer is, “yes.”… Sort of. While you might be thinking, How is that even a possibility? The answers lie within what we simply refer to as “Onkwehonwe:neha”; Unfortunately, it…
The Violet
There existed a brave Indian many winters before contact, who was the pride of all the men of the east. Though he was young, yet among his people his word was law and his counsels were listened to by the older chiefs with much attention. Three times he had done his people’s service they could…