Manon Jeannote appointed Quebec Lieutenant-Governor (1)

By Shawanoe

Manon Jeannotte was named as Quebec’s new lieutenant-governor by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday. (Photo courtesy of Manon Jeannotte/LinkedIn)

Jeannotte is from The Nation de Gespeg. She has dedicated twenty years to helping Indigenous communities. 

The lieutenant-governor is the representative of the King of Canada in each province and she was recently director of the First Nations executive education at the École des hautes études commerciales of Montréal.recently earned recognition from the Quebec Council of Senior Federal Officials for her work on the history of Inuit and First Nations in Quebec.

The recent acknowledgement of strong intellectual women shines hope on tomorrow

(intertribal life)

First B.C. Indigenous Chief Justice for Court of Appeals – Canada (Turtle Island) 1

Leonard Marchand, the son of former cabinet minister Len Marchand, continually fought for Indigenous rights, was appointed by Chief Justice by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Marchand — who is Syilx and a member of the Okanagan Indian Band — was also appointed chief justice of the Court of Appeal of Yukon.

During his career he fought fight for  residential school survivors and help negotiate the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement in 2005. He also served on the selection committee for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

He has spent time with people who have been traumatized, had much loss in their lives and people who struggled with substance abuse, spente disorder and mental health issues.

“Having had all those experiences really enhances the way that I try to make my decisions and dispense justice in a good way.”

The Chief Justice of B.C. heads the Court of Appeal, the highest appellate court in the province, and also serves on the Canadian Judicial Council, which oversees the administration of justice across all of Canada’s superior courts.

Before his appointment as a judge, Marchand practised law in Kamloops, B.C., and is a frequent speaker at the city’s Thompson Rivers University (TRU).

Bradford Morse, a TRU law professor, said Marchand was following his father’s footsteps as a trailblazer in the realm of Indigenous rights.

(CBC & Intertribal Life)

Anniversary of Fallen Timbers

October 5, 2009, was the Anniversary of Tecumseh’s battle death. October 5, 1813, at Fallen Timbers near the Thames River in Canada.

American forces led by General William Henry Harrison, and British-Indian forces led by Henry Proctor and Tecumseh fought a decisive battle. Harrison’s 20,000 troops attacked 700 British troops. Almost immediately 600 British troops surrendered and 18 were killed. The Shawnee intertribal coalition led by Tecumseh fought a fierce battle by themselves against 20,000 americans through a swamp. Thirty-three Indians died. None were captured.

Antoine Chene, a Shawnee mixed-blood that scouted for the General William Henry Harrison, identified the body of Tecumseh. But the Shawnee left no bodies behind.

I wonder what Tecumseh would of thought if he had known that as he fought for the British, American and British politicians were negotiating a cease fire that would leave the Shawnee and all Indian Nations to fight by themselves against the judeo-christian americans.

May the Creator of all that is honor the spirit of Tecumseh and truth he stood for.

“We gave them the forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return  what did they give our warriors and women? Rum, trinkets and a grave.”   –    Tecumseh

On September 12, 2009, Wintertalk won “The Serriously Good movie (short)” in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Winning in Shawnee was important to us for obvious reasons. The competition was quite good and we thought Randy Redroad and others had a good chance.

When I accepted the award I used an old Algonquin quote which when translated means “we become what we dream.”

There was a great film called “Tar Creek” by Matt Meyer, his beautiful wife, Tanya (man, what a great handshake) and his Producer in-laws Ron and Cara Beers. It’s a story about the Quapaw Indians and the superfund cleanup site on which they live. They seem to be considerate people that have the best of the tribe and mother earth at heart. Check them at  http://www.tarcreekfilm.com.

Bezon. Lenawe nilla.

Hello. I am Shawnee.

My  name is Locke Wasler, I am a Shawnee/Kickapoo mixed blood, and from before the time of 1791, and George Washington, the first President of these United States, the Wasler family lived on their homestead along Chartiers Creek in the Frontiere line of the Western Territory (Southwestern Pennsylvania).

The Wasler Family operated a small gristmill, owned draft horses and were respected teamsters. From their dock on Chartiers Creek supplies from Pittsburg and Philadelphia were offloaded from keelboats. Then they would use their draft horses to pull wagons loaded with those supplies up hill toward Farm County and Bassettown, in Washington borough. Now called the City of Washington.

When you check the history of Southwestern Pennsylvania you will find no mention of the Wasler Family, their teamster business or the gristmill during that period. Neither will you find any information about any non-european land or business owner.  Even though at this time white people were out numbered which is why Pittsburg was considered the jumping off point of the Western Frontier.

But what you will find described by local historians are references to French half-breeds, (but never a scotch-irish or English half-breed) and the “good Indians” they were Christianized by the Moravians, Anglicans, or Catholics. Most references and stories dismiss the possibly that Indian people were capable of anything.