Toronto is an Iroquois Word
By Suzanne Methot of Dragonfly Consulting Services Canada TORONTO – At many gatherings in Toronto, people acknowledge that they are on “Mississauga territory.” That didn’t happen 20 years ago, and that makes it a good...
Category: Historical
(re)occupied: #OccupyINAC and British Columbia’s 1975 Militant May
By Sarah Nickel When approximately thirty members of the Idle No More and Black Lives Matter movements entered the Indigenous and Northern Affairs (INAC) office in Toronto on April 13, 2016 to protest government...
The commons, the castle, the witch and the lynx
By Peter Linebaugh One day at Crottorf we eat mouthwatering strawberries and yogurt for our lunch-time sweet. Crottorf is the name of a castle, or schloss, in Westphalia, Germany. Twenty-one of us are assembled...
The Mohawk Ten Commandments
GANIENKEH – 40 years ago on this day, Karoniaktajeh (aka Louis Hall) authored what he termed “The Mohawk Ten Commandments” in the Warrior Society’s newsletter. Karoniaktajeh was an artist and teacher who designed the Unity flag,...
The last speech of Deskaheh
Levi General was selected in 1917 to fill one of the positions on the traditional Cayuga council and given the ancient title name of Deskaheh. After WWI, he journeyed to the League of Nations...
