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      "Some see it as an ideal jolt for a lacklustre economy, but casino gambling does not appeal to all Six Nations leaders."

      "One by one the neat vials of colorful beans are lifted from beneath the checkered dish towel that had hidden them in the three-quart fruit basket. Iowne Anderson is very careful how she protects her precious collection which represents a life-long interest in "the food that is there for all …

 Brantford Expositor     "Repairs to Chiefswood, birthplace of famed poet E. Pauline Johnson, could begin this summer, says the museum's former curator."

      "Native elders from the United States and Canada will be in Ohsweken this weekend to participate in a conference."

      "A Chippewa band is mixing traditional transportation with modern business practices."

      "Six Nations is one of Canada's largest Indian reserves, and it was there that the Queen and Prince Philip travelled by car after landing in mid-afternoon at Brantford Airport. Chief Wellington Staats was the first to greet them, acting as host and guide throughout the thiry-minute visit. The 10,00 spectators …

      "During his three years as elected band councillor on the Blood Indian reserve, Everett Soop had to be carried upstairs to meetings because the second-floor council chambers were not wheelchair accessible."

 Brantford Expositor, Winter 1984     "Six Nations Counc. Peter Smith (centre), Rt. Rev. Amand Chandu Lal, bishop of the United Church of India in northern India, and his wife, Anrit, view scripture verses and the Ten Commandments during a visit Friday to the Mohawk Chapel. The Bishop and his wife are on a tour of …

      "In popular culture, native women and sex are as inseparable as cops and robbers, says the director of a native museum in New Mexico."

      "When asked by pollsters if they are in favor of self-rule for the country's native population and swift settlement of land claims, most Canadians say yes."

      "Lewis Staats has been appointed by the Six Nations council as acting chief of the band, until regular band elections are held in November."

 Brantford Expositor, Winter 1985     "Support is growing to have Canada Post issue a special stamp honoring Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks."

      "Retired, yes, but not tired."

 Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "Thanksgiving at the Woodland Cultural Centre comes not with turkey and pumpkin pie, but with caribou and corn bread."

      "While the Six Nations community tries to recover from a bitter dispute over a recycling operation proposed for the reserve, one of it's members is calling for peace."

      "The country does not yet know what police inspector Ken Dawson had to say in the letter he left behind when he killed himself rather than testify before the Manitoba native justice inquiry."

      "Indian Act regulations allowing government officials to arrest people on Indian reserves and burn down their houses on suspicion of them having an infectious disease are being scrapped."

      "For the past several weeks, the most popular songs around have been Christmas carols. Many of our favourites have European roots, but one that is still sung can claim to be the first Canadian Christmas carol."

      "When the temperature plurged to a frigid -40C last week, David Thompson worried about his infant son asleep in the famillies plywood cabin in Kee-Way-Win, an isolated northwestern Ontario community."

      "Her Majesty's Chapel of The Mohawks was the first Protestant church to be built in what is now Ontario."