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      "Six Nations Chief Coun. William Montour has accepted the position of chief of staff for the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa."

      "When the tide is high it's a 15-minute trip by freighter canoe and high-powered outboard across the Moose River separating Moose Factory Ont., from Moonsonee. When the tide is low, sand-bars rise in the river like great brown whales. Those sandbars are one of the things people worry about when …

      "Dreams have come true for Jim Simon, a 38-year-old artist from Manitoulin Island."

      "A law-breaker in the tiny native community of Teslin, Yukon can expect an unusual brand of justice."

      "The Winnipeg department is expected to decide today that a native constable will be the first allowed to wear his hair in a braid."

      "Native elders from the United States and Canada will be in Ohsweken this weekend to participate in a conference."

      "A Chippewa band is mixing traditional transportation with modern business practices."

      "During his three years as elected band councillor on the Blood Indian reserve, Everett Soop had to be carried upstairs to meetings because the second-floor council chambers were not wheelchair accessible."

      "In popular culture, native women and sex are as inseparable as cops and robbers, says the director of a native museum in New Mexico."

      "When asked by pollsters if they are in favor of self-rule for the country's native population and swift settlement of land claims, most Canadians say yes."

      "Lewis Staats has been appointed by the Six Nations council as acting chief of the band, until regular band elections are held in November."

      "Retired, yes, but not tired."

 Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "Thanksgiving at the Woodland Cultural Centre comes not with turkey and pumpkin pie, but with caribou and corn bread."

      "Mohawks carrying placecards saying "No to self government" had harsh words on Wednesday for Grand Chief Joe Norton as they protested outside the band council office at the Kahnawake reserve."

      "These are the sacred things we carry around in a bundle, "Rev. Alf Dumont patiently explains to the four-year-old boy who curiously approached the mat in the middle of the floor. Kneeling in the centre of a large circle of chairs, the speaker of the All Natives Circle Conference (ANCC) …