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      JOHNSON; Ardie Norton - At the Henderson General Hospital, Hamilton, on Thursday, August 11, 1983, Ardie Norton Johnson of R.1 Ohsweken, in his 86th year; beloved father of Carl Johnson, R.1 Ohsweken and Mrs. Charles (Jeanette) Schuey, Niagara Falls, New York; dear brother of Fred Johnson, ...

      "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, …

      "Six Nations Chief Coun. William Montour has accepted the position of chief of staff for the Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa."

      "Dreams have come true for Jim Simon, a 38-year-old artist from Manitoulin Island."

      "This is also a special moment for native theatre. An all-native play written by a native man and produced by a native theatre company has just finished a six-week run in the posh, sometimes pompous, and generally mainstream Royal Alex."

      "Canada's top native leaders gathered in Ohsweken today for the annual Chiefs of Ontario conference."

      "Georges Erasmus has a map of Canada marked with little red flags. There are some over logging areas in Northern British Columbia. More over Mohawk communities in Quebec. Another batch is around James Bay."

      "Ontario's NPD government wants to improve health care for natives through the creation of an Aboriginal Health Office, Health Minister Frances Lankin announced Thursday."

      "Native people, especially members of the Six Nations, played a significant role in the early settlement of Haldimand County. Many of the early settlers fought side by side with native warriors during the American Revolutionary war. Afterwards, friendship and family alliances led some members of the Six Nations to invite …

      "Today, more native grievances are being tackled than at virtually any other time in Canadian history."

      "The natives of Walpole Island said Monday they want government and industry to form an environmental task force to find a way to stop chemical spills to the St. Clair River."

      "Drum-beating natives from across Canada marched through the town of Oka on Thursday, marking the first anniversary of a crisis that gripped the country and galvanized Indian politics."

      "There are a variety of answers given by Indian traditionalists when asked to explain what happened to their native language."

      "At the end of four days of ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the Oka land claims crisis, Mohawk spiritual leader John Cree said, 'The past is over and now we have to build for the future.'"