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 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Spring 1992     "A couple of weeks ago I went around to visit Kaweni: ie, the Mohawk Immersion School. When I went into the portable classroom usually occupied by the Grade 1 class, it was empty. I soon learned that Mrs. Loft's class had gone over to the Iroquoian Institute's sugar bush. They …

      "Back in the 1820's, enterprising businessmen believed water transportation would be the key to unlock the riches of the continent. As a result, a frenzy of canal building took place."

 Southam News, Fall 1992     "Native employees interviewed said they often are passed over for promotions or training programs because non-aboriginals in the department don't understand aboriginal culture."

 Southam News, Fall 1992     "When Obibwa Elder Randel Prouix lit the plait of sweetgrass and cut the cedar decorated ribbon he opened the Hamilton Regional Indian Centre's new home to 20,000 people."

      "Native trustees appointed to Ontario school boards no longer need to swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen."

      "Ottawa will spend $8 million to build a minimum-security prison primarily to house native men on Indian land in central Alberta, federal Solicitor General Doug Lewis announced Friday."

      "Tiffany Longboat of Ohsweken gets $1,000 to continue flute lessons; Shannon Wadsworth of Victoria gets $800 for art supplies."

      "As a citizen of Canada, and more specifically of South-western Ontario, I must protest the decision of the Ontario government to give the aboriginal peoples priorities in the harvesting of fish and game over the rest of the population. I am deeply insulted and I would hope that my feelings …

      "Ottawa is easing out of its delivery of native social services programs with the hope that Indian bands will eventually take over such programs themselves, says a spokesman for the Indian Affairs Department."

 Southam News, Winter 1992     "Ontario has recognized that the inherent right of natives to govern themselves includes their right to control land and resources, says the head of a provincial association of Indian chiefs."

      "Many Canadians are weary of the country's ongoing constitutional discussions, but the topic is a lively one in the Six Nations community."

      "Nowhere is the complexity of the self-government debate more evident than in two native communities near Brantford."

 Brantford Expositor, Winter 1992     "Six Nations resident Dave General told the audience that natives were just as concerned about unsafe hunting practices as non-natives."

      "When Bertha Skye puts on her beautiful Iroquois deerskin dress to dance at native gatherings, she feels proud of her heritage."

      "The man, a prisoner at the Saskatchewan penitentiary near Prince Albert, talked about growing up in a white foster home where his foster father made him dress as a girl for six years and abused him."

      "Native women questioned whether aboriginal governments would protect their individual rights, noting the high levels of violence against aboriginal women and the resistance of male leaders to the reinstatement of women who were stripped of their Indian status."

      "Some facts and figures on Nunavut- a new territory in Northern Canada to be created as a result of a massive land-claim settlement between the Canadian government and the area's natives."