Canada’s attempt to shame China only places the spotlight on its treatment of Onkwehon: we. CANADA – While a Canadian House of Commons Subcommittee on International Human Rights refused to acknowledge its acts of genocide towards Onkwehon: we who have existed on these lands for thousands of years. They had the nerve to release a…
PDQ(Pretty Darn Quick): DOD (Doctrine of Discovery)
What is the low-down on the Doctrine of Discovery as it affects Onkwehonwe on this continent? Popular thought shows that this single document written by a less than enlightened pope gave explorers the exclusive right to rape, burn, and murder any Onkwehonwe on land uninhabited by Christians and then claim it as their own. First,…
Duncan Campbell Scott: Racial Hygienist and Poet du Jour
But who was the man behind the misunderstood Canadian genocide? DCS (Duncan Campbell Scott) is romanticized as a “man of his day” from a bygone era amongst many academics. One who couldn’t have possibly understood and been aware enough to control his passive homicidal tendencies; DCS is also not surprisingly still considered in Canadian literary…
Telling your Truths
The first breath out of a baby’s mouth is often a cry; This is our first form of communication. As we grow, our words take shape, and They begin to tell your perspective and your truths. Anyone of any age can be a storyteller; We can say what makes us sad or happy or what…
Wampums of the Kayanere:kowa
I am Deganawida. With the statesmen of the League of Five Nations, I plant the Tree of Great Peace. I plant it in your territory, Atotarho and the Onondaga Nation: in the territory of you who are the Firekeepers. I name the tree Tsyoneratasekowa, the Great White Pine. Under the shade of this Tree of…
Lifting Our Minds Affirmations
Make others around you feel good by offering and lending your good words! IT’s FREE