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      "Mohawks are the victims of harassment by Quebec provincial police and RCMP who continue to patrol the Kahnawake reserve, Chief Joe Norton said Wednesday."

      "The ugly boot of racism comes kicking into Danielle Woodward's world at the oddest times. Confined to a hospital bed on New Year's Eve, she had her pain and loneliness dulled a little by a visit from her boyfriend."

      "The Assembly of First Nations and 27 other native organizations are losing most of their federal funding. A spokesman for the Assembly of First Nations said the organization was informed Friday it will lose $592,00 in core funding as of July 1."

      "Second World War veteran Ernie Crowe, an elder from the Piapot reserve near Regina, is still fighting. The 69-year-old Crowe says he is now waging a battle for the native people of his generation, many of whom are almost destitute because they were never taught to be self-sufficient."

      "Tantoo Cardinal is trying her best to be diplomatic about her role in Kevin Cosnter's new film Dances With Wolves. Very happy for the work, she says, a little slowly. Wonderful opportunity, good for the career, etc. etc."

      "Last month, the movie Divided Loyalties was shown on CBC television. It cost several million dollars to make and it had many memorable scenes. HOwever it had some glaring errors which were apparently put in strictly for dramatic effect. It is too ad that filmmakers feel that such things have …

      "It is, in the end, the story of one man and one feather. The man is there for history to measure. He has name, age and address: Elijah Harper, 41, of Red Sucker Lake, Northern Manitoba. He has a voice to speak for himself, a past that can be traced …

      "'The hurt of one is the hurt of all. And the honor of one is the honor of all.' This ancient Native teaching has certainly come true as the community rallies to help the Montour family."

      "The 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World is nothing to be happy about, a native leader says."

      "The Six Nations police force is the only independent native police force in Ontario. It has been cited by governments, police bodies and native groups as a model for others to follow."

      "Elijah Harper, the Manitoba native leader who helped scuttle the Meech Lake accord, has been voted Canada's top newsmaker of 1990."

      "Being the first woman elected to the Fort Nelson Indian band council was an intimidating experience for Carole Corcoran."

      "When Emily Daigneault was a little girl growing up on the Indian reserve near Parry Sound, Ont., she watched her parents prepare meals in the bush-often fish steamed on hot coals in a birch-bark wrapper."

      "John Amagoalik's family was forced to stand on guard for the true north strong and free. But Canada never stood on guard for them. Canada moved them to a strange and distant land from northern Quebec and refused to move them back when they wanted to go home."

      "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 …

      "Gary Hussey is becoming more Indian at every pageant. First, he entered his 12 year old adopted daughter, a Cree, as one of the characters in the replica of a traditional native village at the annual historical and cultural event seven years ago."

      "History has not been particularly kind to women. A look through almost any collection of historical writings will prove it. Women's activities and accomplishments are rarely mentioned, except in the most general terms. Not surprisingly-especially when dealing with pioneer history-it's difficult to find the stories of individual women."

      "David Burning isn't sure what he's making. It's a corn husk doll. But David's not sure how it will look until he gets finished."

      "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. …

      "Tom Hill thinks he's slowly but surely winning his 20-year battle to make Indian art "acceptable.""