By Barbara Latkowski Writer Oral histories are playing an integral role in the Six Nations Elected Council’s (SNEC) long awaited land claim trial now entering its fourth week. SNEC’s case is centering around Haudenosaunee culture, histories, stories and teachings. Six Nations of the Grand River (SNGR) has waited over 31 years since suing Canada and Ontario over sold land and mismanaged trust funds spanning more than 150-years. Six Nations community member, Dr. Darren Thomas’s testimony laid out a history based on oral transmission. “The Haudenosaunee, we exist as a collective society, one of which is absolutely dependent on your relational connections and relational well being. When you are doing chores for an elder for example, that’s where that learning happens, that’s when they freely share their stories and teaching,” Thomas

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