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      "The changes taking place at the Mohawk Institute were explained by Rev. Canon W. J. Zimmerman to 100 members of the Women's Auxillaries of the Anglican Church attending the fall meeting of the Brant Deanery at St. John's Anglican Church parish hall."

      "Dr. Gilbert C. Monture, a native of the Six Nations Reserve who has gained world recognition as a mining engineer and tin expert, was nominated for a top international post in London, England, today."

      "The Six Nations confederacy of chiefs claims a hereditary right to govern the Six Nations reservation near Brantford. On Monday the rebellious chiefs passed a resolution offering to sell about 2,000 acres of Southern Ontario to any foreign power. The offer excluded Canada and the United States."

      "In recent days thoughts of Pauline Johnson have been much with us. This came about through the great kindness of our friend Dr. James Goodwin and his daughter Barbara, who presented us with a fine letter written by Miss Johnson years ago."

      "The Post Office Department will issue this special five-cent stamp on March 10 to commemorate the strides made by Canada's Indian population and their contributions to the development of Canada. The stamp will be issued on the date of the centennial of the birth of E. Pauline Johnson, famed Mohawk …

      "Dunnville Consolidated Telephone Company will receive 30 days notice to present a plan for changes in service to members of the Six Nations Reserve or face a bid to remove its telephone lines from the reserve."

      "A slight solemn-faced dancer stamped and whirled at a recent powwaw, watched by curious Indians. The figure in woodland garb was evidently expert in Indian dances but he wasn't an Indian and many in his audience wondered who he was. They were watching John Willis, 24-year-old native of Sunderland, England, …

      "The second annual Zombie Run at Chiefswood Park raised over $2,000 to help a local family with bills, travel and specialist treatments for their ill baby."

      The legacy of the late former elected chief Wellington Staats will forever live on after the Six Nations Police held a ceremony dedicating the station to the former diplomat, businessman and leader."

      "Despite Ontario's demand that a local farming family stop work on the controversial Burtch lands, a new crop of hundreds of acres of tobacco is going in this week."

      "Kawenni;io/Gaweniyo, a private immersion school at Six Nations is hoping to build a $12 million dream. School staff and K.L. Martin architect Fred Doolittle unveiled an ambitious 40,000 sq. ft. building plan at Six Nations Band Council's Corporate and Emergency Services Committee last week and asked for a letter of …

      "The decision to pull out of a multi-million dollar agreement with Kearns International Ltd. for a waste incineration unity known as the Kearns Disintegrator Solid Waste Disposal System could cost the Six Nations community even more than anticipated."

      "Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet ministers are fanning out across the country to pitch the virtues of their first Liberal budget this week."

      The Six Nations Men's Fire is now the second group of community members to obtain property outside the reserve boundary in an attempt to reclaim Six Nations title to lands within the Haldimand Tract, but outside of the jurisdiction of the Crown."

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      "Last week, we looked at the formation of the Grand River Navigation company."

      "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."

      "Last week, in tribute to the 250th anniversary of Joseph Brant's birth, this column looked at some of the details of his life, up to settlement along the Grand River. Although many of the Six Nations took up land near Brantford, others preferred to follow John Deserontyon to land near …

      "He's a hero or traitor, a madman or visionary."