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 The Moccasin News (Ohsweken Ontario N0A 1M0: The Moccasin News, 1968 )     1. Power - Rev. R. Odendahl 2. Brotherhood Week 3. Brotherhood - Clara Ann Jamieson 4. Valentine's Day 1969 5. Ohsweken W.I. 6. Are You? 7. Items of Interest from Six Nations Council 8. A Numbers Game 9. Add a Letter 10. Moccasin Cookery -- Roast Wild Pheasant 11. Vestry …

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      Article describing a parade held in Brantford for Jay Silverheels.

      Article detailing members of Six Nations plans to travel to New York to meet with other North American Natives at the United Nations Assembly followed by a parade.

      Article discussing an offer of Six Nations Council to sell the Glebe property to the City of Brantford at a rate of $2,000 per acre.

      "Recently I reported an interview with Sir John Johnson, Sixth Baronet of New York, whose famed ancestor Sir William Johnson led the forces which routed the French from Fort Niagara and ended the French regime in this part of Canada. Sir John told me that Sir William had 101 children …

      "Use your imagination as the planners have and you'll see an Iroquois Indian village on this land in the foreground across from Chiefswood, home of Indian poet Pauline Johnson."

      "Minister of Immigration and Citizenship Nicholson flew into Brantford Saturday from Ottawa by turbo-jet. He will address a gathering at Chiefswood this afternoon marking the first Pauline Johnson Indian Day."

      "About 100 Indians are expected to join a march on Queen's Park today to demand a new Indian Development agency that would be entirely outside the provincial government."

      "Birthplace near Brantford of Pauline Johnson, famous Indian poetess, which has been bequeathed as a home for indigent Indians by the late Evelyn H. C. Johnson, Pauline's sister."

      "That 15-foot-high Iroquois medicine mask may not be a thing of beauty. But its 'good medicine' for the Brant Historical Society."

      "The official opening of Six Nations Public Library has been set for June 14, with the originator of the idea of a library on the reserve scheduled to cut the ribbon."

      "A modern 'unhealthy' tendency to ignore tradition and the past was deplored Saturday by speakers at the unveiling of a historical plaque commemorating the life of Emily Pauline Johnson at Chiefswood, her former home."

      "She was the first Canadian woman, the first Canadian Indian and the first Canadian writer to be honored by a commemorative stamp."

      "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."

      "Dr. Bob Watson, president of the Cooksville Rotary Club, told members of the newly-formed Six Nations Library Board that his club will aid the Six Nations group in the establishment of a long-needed library on the reserve."

      "A Canadian Indian who has gained world recognition as a mining engineer may be appointed to the Senate. He is Dr. Gilbert Monture, OBE, 60, a great-grandson of Capt. Joseph Brant, the famous leader of the Six Nations Indians."

      "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."