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 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 3 Dec 1997, pp.1-2     Legality of "Custom Band Council" goes to court by Lynda Powless, Editor Six Nations first "Custom Band Council" and the Ministry of Indian and Northern Affairs will be heading to federal court in March to prove the election that swept Band Council chief ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 24 Dec 1997, pp.1, 3     New Credit gets a new chief.....and it's a woman by Lynda Powless - Editor NEW CREDIT - The Mississaugas of New Credit has a new chief and for the first time in history it's a woman. Caroline King beat out incumbent Larry Sault almost two votes to ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 24 Dec 1997, pp.1-2     Planner spends Christmas in jail by Lynda Powless - Editor A Six Nations planner will not be released to the care and control of his community after a Corrections Canada official questioned "the integrity of the community and this council to carry out the ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 24 Dec 1997     Draft says Council needs more transparency by Lynda Powless - Editor A move by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada to make band councils more accountable had a rough ride at last Tuesday's band council meeting. After preparing a draft report of the ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 10 Dec 1997     Jailed planner back at work Christmas Eve or no job by Lynda Powless - Editor A Six Nations planner serving a sentence for the death of a Buffalo University professor will be expected to return to work Christmas Eve or lose his job as a band planner. ...

 Turtle Island News, 17 Dec 1997     "A dysfunctional justice system has turned Canadian courts into daily "degradation ceremonies" where judges rule as 'potentates on raised podiums' in a hopeless attempt to prevent crime, says a Yukon judge."

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 17 Dec 1997     "Reconciliation Fund" to top $200 million for healing centres by Lynda Powless, Editor A federal government move to commit more than $200 million to a fund for native healing programs as part of a carefully worded "statement of reconciliation" to survivors ...

 Martin, Micki, Turtle Island News, 17 Dec 1997     Six Nations to host little NHL by Micki Martin, Sports Reporter The twenty-seventh annual Little NHL will hopefully bring eighty minor hockey teams to the Six Nations March 16-19 of 1998 at the Six Nations Arena. Six Nations Minor Hockey President ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 31 Dec 1997, pp.1-3     Ottawa ordered to pay for court delay by Lynda Powless - Editor ST CATHARINES - In a precedent setting court decision Ottawa has been ordered to pay $5,000 to aboriginal groups that spent the past eight months in a legal battle with the federal government ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 31 Dec 1997, pp.1-2     Corrections Canada to visit Six Nations to discuss inmate's transfer plan by Lynda Powless - Editor A team of Corrections Canada officials will be visiting Six Nations in early January to try to get an agreement in place that could see a Six Nations man ...

 Turtle Island News, 24 Dec 1997     Residential school abuse survivors seek $1 billion in damages NORTH VANCOUVER - Survivors of abuse at native residential schools in British Columbia are seeking an estimated $1 billion in damages. The money would come from civil lawsuits tiled on behalf of an ...

 Turtle Island News, 17 Dec 1997     "Aboriginal leaders warned officials of the planned Cheviot coal mine Thursday they could have another Oka on their hands if the site cuts across ancient burial grounds. "It's a sacred area for our people," said Jean Aquash, wife of Peter O'Chiese, leader of the O'Chiese First Nation. But they don't …

 Turtle Island News, 24 Dec 1997     Ottawa denies blame in native school abuse SASKATOON-Ottawa denied responsibility Tuesday for alleged abuse at St. Philip's Residential School near Kamsack, Sask., as reports surfaced of a multimillion federal fund to address abuses at native schools. Federal lawyers ...

 Turtle Island News, 24 Dec 1997     Feds cautiously re-open Lubicon talks EDMONTON - The federal government has opened new talks with the Lubicon Cree of northern Alberta with the hope of eventually settling the band's 64-year-old request for a reserve. "What we're really talking about was ...

 Turtle Island News, 3 Dec 1997     "The federal government is afraid of admitting guilt if it apologizes to natives for the damage done by residential schools, says the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations."