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      "Members of two local Indian bands have occupied a seven hectare property in this Bruce Peninsula city to back their claims to the historic land. The property, known as the South Ordnance Reserve, sits atop cliffs overlooking Owen Sound harbor at the northeast end of the city. It was once …

 Brantford Expositor, Fall 1989     "One of the highlights of the Six Nations Indian Fair in September was the free sample of freshly-cooked fish and game given out in the arena. And what sampled they were. My dish was heaping with venison, moose meat and fish. Lots of fish-even octopus. All of the meat was …

      "The Six Nations and New Credit people are again immersed in yet another crisis pertaining to our educational system. Our schools are in a deplorable state and these conditions didn't develop overnight. Progressively reduced budgeting for maintenance and operation of these schools is the reason. Now the buildings have reached …

 Wayne, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1989     "Marion Martin shuffles through No. 8 school on the Six Nations reserve with many questions-the kind of queries that have earned her the name of nitpicker."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "People have asked me the difference between Indian nation, Indian tribe and Indian band. I would like to briefly explain these and other similar terms as they pertain to Indians, or more properly, to natives."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "Most people have a misconception about the number of natives that used to live in Southern Ontario and in the rest of North America which they knew nothing about as wild and empty. Writers usually called it "the wilderness." Actually it was badly misnamed. It was not a wilderness."

 Roper, Wayne, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "Archeologists have discovered relics from at least three periods of early Native life on a small and seemingly insignificant point of land in Langford.

      "I found myself standing in awe on the ground of an Iroquois cabin site dating back to 1620 or 1630 and a small Neutral Indian campground recently unearthed in Langford. I had the opportunity to meet with regional archeologist Paul Lennox of London, who is with the Ministry of Transportation. …

 Van Steen, Marcus, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "One of the more interesting events in our city this week was held in our city this week was held in the Brantford Historical Museum on Wednesday evening. the occasion was the appearance of a vivacious young woman, Sheila Ferguson, to recapture the mood and significance of the Buckskin and …

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "In the Echo Place section of Brantford, on Colborne Street, the house built by Kahkewaquonaby still stands. Kahkewaquonaby means Sacred Feathers in the Mississauga Ojibway language. He got his name from his grandfather soon after his birth in 1802. This was long before he became a minister in the Methodist …

      "Another group hopes to start a radio station for the Six Nations and New Credit Reserves."

      "A $950,000 shelter is planned to protect victims of family violence on the Six Nations and New Credit Reserves."

 Smith, Christopher, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "Three young native men lead the protestors through down-town streets to the federal building on Dalhousie Street."

      "In Judge Frank Cerno's court, justice comes quickly and with no frills. The drunks, the brawlers and the impaired drivers sit at the ready in."

 Thompson, Brian, Brantford Expositor, Spring 1989     "Const. Misti Anthony was sworn in Monday as the first native female officer on the Six Nations Police Force."

 Cameron, Grant, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "Gary Farmer talks straight from the heart and shoots from the hip. "There are a lot of things we have to turn around," the Six Nations-born actor said Sunday during a press conference at Eaton Square Market."

 Thompson, Brian, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1989     "Ojibway, Potawatomi and Odawa nations came together during the weekend as Mississaugas of the Credit played host at the third annual Three Fires Homecoming Powwow and Traditional Gathering."

 Sinnott, Janet, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1989     "For Ellie Hill, the Champion of Champions Powwow at Chiefswood Park near Caledonia this weekend put her in touch with a long lost relative."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "If you're one of those people who go to a play to have your ego stroked, this year's Six Nations Native Pageant would not have been for you. Many Canadians are as bad as Americans in this regard. They prefer their history to be sugar coated with a bit of …

      "Descendents of an Indian tribe that fled to Canada from the United States in the 1830s have been assured of Ottawa's support in pressing the U.S. government for an 81-year-old unpaid treaty entitlement claim."