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 Buma, Andrea, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 15 Jul 1998, pp.1-2     Alternative justice in planning stages by Andrea Buma BRANTFORD - The Niagara Regional Native Centre is spearheading a project designed to see the much-discussed native justice system implemented in area communities. "Its knowing that our justice ...

 Eason, Mandy, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 12 Aug 1998     Wind powered turbine vs Ontario hydro Local resident dreams of powering Six Nations through use of wind powered turbines. by Mandy Eason SIX NATIONS - Local resident Floyd Montour, dreams of a different kind of power. He is making ...

 Doxtater, Michael, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 12 Aug 1998     Defending our children from attacks in media By Michael Doxtater Believe it or not, media shapes our perceptions and influences our opinions. Television, cinema, radio, newspapers, and magazines pump out information, mostly mirroring what modern society ...

 McEachern, Mark, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 12 Aug 1998, pp.1,-2     Indigenous Games bid fails for Six Nations Winnipeg gets the nod to host 2002 NAIG Games by Mark McEachern OHSWEKEN - The Six Nations and their partners will not be the host of the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) in the year ...

 Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 15 Jul 1998     Six Nations men found guilty in Eagle's Nest Occupation Two men were found guilty Monday of mischief to property, for their Part in the 1995 occupation of the federal Indian and Northern Affairs office at 188 Mohawk St. Trevor Doxtater, 29, was sentenced in ...

 Turtle Island News, 8 Jul 1998     "A hospital in northwestern Ontario that serves 16,000 mainly First Nations people in 28 outlying communities has closed its doors to new patients due to a doctor shortage."

 Turtle Island News, 8 Jul 1998     United Church to appeal liability ruling over residential schools TORONTO - The United Church of Canada is appealing a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that found it jointly liable for the sexual abuse of students at a native residential school, the church announced last ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Name the bridge 'Wakonrori,' I told you so! By Lynda Powless, Editor Brantford Mayor Chris Friel may have got a little more than he bargained for when he dropped in on Six Nations Band Council last Tuesday to announce the city's latest plan to cross the ...

 Buma, Andrea, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 8 Jul 1998, pp.1-2     Six Nations get RCMP presence by Andrea Buma OHSWEKEN - RCMP officer Jeff Cooper will spend the next year in the community, working out of the Six Nations police office in an arrangement known as "secondment" in police lingo. Cooper is here in an ...

 Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Aboriginal women oppose divorce bill OTTAWA - Aboriginal women applied for an injunction last Wednesday against a federal bill that would give band councils on reserves the power to decide who gets the family property after a divorce but provides no protection for ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998     New water system may be developed here By Lynda Powless, Editor Six Nations may be on its way to developing a new water filtration system that could see the community become a test site for a computerized high tech system that could be sold to aboriginal ...

 Tibbetts. Janice, Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998     Churches want Ottawa to take lead on Indian residential school talks By Janice Tibbetts OTTAWA - Two churches that ran Indian residential schools on behalf of the federal government say Ottawa has been dragging its feet in dealing with a barrage of lawsuits ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Teacher's wife gets 30 days to leave By Lynda Powless, Editor A non-native woman has been given an additional 30 days to leave the community after Six Nations Band Council told a local couple Monday night, it had to uphold a local residency bylaw that ...

 Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "Charity casino operators rebuffed by the city of London have finally found a willing host for their gambling parlor - a nearby First Nations community."

 Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "The threat of methyl mercury contamination among the Cree of the James Bay region of northern Quebec has lessened dramatically, a new health study reports."

 Tibbetts, Janice, Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "OTTAWA (CP) - It will be easier for Canadian lawyers to screen potential jurors for racism following a Supreme Court decision Thursday that ordered a new trial for an aboriginal man convicted of robbing a pizza parlor."

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 24 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Residency by-law facing court challenge By Lynda Powless, Editor TORONTO - A local Mohawk language teacher and his wife are launching a Charter of Rights court battle today demanding the Six Nations Residency Bylaw, that ordered them to leave the ...

 Turtle Island News, 16 Sep 1998     Border ignored on Treaty Rights Day SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. ­ Natives crossed into the United States on Saturday in an annual exercise demonstrating their belief that country boundaries don't apply to them. Residents of the Batchewana and Garden River First ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 16 Sep 1998     Ganohkwa Sra, celebrates a decade of healing By Lynda Powless, Editor When guests arrived for Ganohkwa Sra's 10th anniversary celebrations last Wednesday they were greeted with balloons, song, food and a tour. Part of that tour is a living memory to ...

 Bannon, Pearce, Turtle Island News, 16 Sep 1998, pp.1-2     "Ontario Regional Chief Tom Bressette blamed politics for a January 1998 assault charge against him which was dismissed in court here last Friday."