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Hot Weather Garden Woes
by Melinda Myers Poor flowering and misshapen or a lack of fruit on tomatoes, peppers and squash may be due to the weather, not your gardening skills....
Extend Your Cilantro Harvest and Enjoyment
by Melinda Myers Cilantro is a favorite ingredient in guacamole, tacos, rice dishes and of course salsa. But as summer temperatures climb, the...
The US and the Rise of the Anti-Life Movement
By Doug George-Kanentiio. The US is now being consumed by a powerful anti-life movement, one which cloaks itself as “pro-life” even as it qualifies the natural rights of women and the...
Response to New Skatepark article from Kawehno:ke resident
How wonderful that approximately 100 skateboarders from all 3 districts (according to MCA’s Ec. Dev. Dept.) get a new Skateboarding Park at the A’nowara’ko:wa Arena. How about the other 14,900...
Phlox Adds Color and Pollinator Appeal to the Garden All Season Long
by Melinda Myers Fill your gardens with color from spring through summer and even into fall with a variety of pollinator-friendly phlox. The beauty,...
Akwesasronon Shonataten:ron and Our Ancestral Lands
By Doug George-Kanentiio. One of the intents of the Canadian and US governments in creating the boarding-residential schools was to alienate indigenous people from their ancestral lands. Taking of...
Increase Flowers with a Bit of Deadheading
by Melinda Myers Keep your garden looking its best with a bit of deadheading. Removing faded flowers can promote repeat bloom on some plants,...
Daycare Forests
By Paul Hetzler Although the Grimm Brothers’ tale of Hansel and Gretel surviving alone in the woods after being abandoned by their parents is based on a grim reality – the famine of 1315 -1317...
The Giant Joro Spider
By Paul Hetzler First your car catches fire, and then your house. Worse yet, your date kills you and devours your flesh without so much as an apology. Yeah, spiders are creepy (I’ll explain)....
Restoring the Good Mind
Alison Kiawenniserathe Benedict, Peaceful-Living.ca A good mind forms the foundation of our culture and way of life. The history of the Peacemaker is about the restoration of the good mind and how a...
Managing Garden Pests with Pollinators in Mind
by Melinda Myers Every garden season is filled with beautiful and tasty surprises along with a few challenges. One challenge gardener's face each...
THANK YOU
It is difficult to describe just how much everyone’s kind words, gestures and showing of support in our time of need meant to us. To have a reminder from the people that care for us that we are not...
Composting Directly in the Garden
By Melinda Myers Don't toss those imperfect lettuce leaves, onion tops and strawberry tops into the trash. Instead, convert them into compost right...
Niawenko:wa - Thank You!
The Native North American Travelling College would like to say Niawen:kowa to our community members, neighboring friends and family for all of the amazing support in making this year’s 2022...
When the Serpents Devour Themselves
By Doug George-Kanentiio Six years ago, I wrote a column in response to the plans by an oil pipeline company to build across the sacred territory of the Lakota people at Standing Rock. I cited a...
Perennial Gardens for Beauty All Season
by Melinda Myers Create long lasting beauty and pollinator appeal in your landscape with the help of perennials. With a little bit of planning, you ca...
The Unexplainable
By Dale White My wife Marilyn and I lost our son of 42 years last weekend. It is a parent’s worst nightmare. The loss of a child to suicide. We hear about it, read about it but never in a million...
Nature's Dental Plan
By Paul Hetzler The vast majority of people have no dental coverage, or at best have a less-than-stellar plan which only pays if you use their...
Niawen
Akwekon Tekwanonweratens! Akwesasne Rontatewení:io Ronteweiénstha, Rotiío'te tánon ne Kahwá:tsire iakwakwé:kon tekwanonhwará:tons....
I am voting for Beverly Cook. Here's why:
I am voting for Beverly Cook. Here’s why: Beverly is my cousin. Her special talent is her deep capacity to care for the people, to truly love and engage in clear thinking for our Mohawk people and...
Kanien'kehá:ka Youth in Kahnawà:ke take stand against proposed Bill 96 legislation
KAHNAWAKE – The Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Youth of Kahnawà:ke are issuing a formal declaration to the Quebec Government that they strongly oppose Bill 96, An Act Respecting French, the Official...
The seeds of racism and hate hurt us all
By Leslie Logan, Seneca. Two weekends ago in Buffalo’s Black-populated Masten district, a heavily armed, 18-year-old White male, dressed in fatigues, tactical gear, and Kevlar, shot 50 rounds of...
Niawen
The family of Leonard C. Garrow would like to thank many people during the time of our loss. We would like to thank Donaldson Funeral Home for their professional services, American Legion 1479 for...
Increase Your Perennial Garden's Beauty this Spring
by Melinda Myers Give your perennials a boost this spring with a topdressing of compost, aged manure, or other organic matter. It's a great way to...
Growing Tomatoes in Pots
by Melinda Myers Keep garden-fresh tomatoes close at hand this season. Grow one or more in containers on your patio, balcony, or front steps. Any...
