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      "Each week brings a new installment in the fight for the survival of an ancient culture in a modern age, and for dominion over lands lost over a century ago. Above all, Native Americans wish to preserve the right to practice their religion, enforce their laws and educate their children …

      "The crisis in Quebec Mohawk communities is taking a toll on Six Nations residents."

      "A proposal for a native early childhood education program developed by the Union of Ontario Indians is progressing well and may be offered as soon as September of this year."

      "After 11 weeks of standoff, the Mohawk crisis ended as it began-violently and in mass confusion."

      "Just six months ago Manitoba MLA Elijah Harper sprang to centre stage of Canadian politics when he single handedly squashed the Meech Lake Accord."

      "When the Mohawks of Akwesasne devised their own judicial code, the ultimate punishment was the turning over of natives to the "white" system. That Explains a lot about how natives view the justice system and why they want their own."

      "The man in the blue suit looked out of place among the placard-carrying protesters in fur-trimmed parkas. He stood quietly on the fringes of the crowd, straining to hear the faint Inuktitut voices complain that the goods and services tax will strangle the North."

      "A delegation of Six Nations Indian warriors announced in Hamilton yesterday that starting today hereditary tribal chiefs are taking over governmental authority on the Brant-Haldimand reserve."

      "The first Mohawk sentenced for an offence committed during last summer's native crisis was granted a conditional discharge in Quebec Court on Wednesday."

      "The bodies of seven Indian Children, one a tiny baby, were removed this afternoon from the ashes of their home in which they were burned to death late yesterday."

      "Three people who tried to block the construction of a logging road in the disputed Temagami region were convicted of mischief Thursday."

      "He didn't think so at the time, but native actor Graham Greene was dealt a winner when he lost a cut of the cards."

      "The Native Women`s Association of Canada, a national lobby group for native women, is moving its head office to Ohsweken."

      "I remember sitting in the manse in Kispiox Village as Jim Angus, a a hereditary chief of the Gitksan people - and, though certainly not as important in his eyes, current president of British Columbia Conference - struggled to explain, in primary terms, the complex practices and traditions of the …

      "While native activists have been protesting with blockades and challenges to government authority this summer, there's been a quiet revolution of a different kind on several Canadian Indian reserves."

      "The camera loves Ojibway fashion model Brenn Sandy. No need for cosmetic contouring-her cheekbones soar without it. There are no angular edges to interrupt the perfect oval of her face. She projects a cool, sultry self-assurance that belies her off-camera warmth and shyness."

      "A $9 million land claim signed Wednesday by the Ontario government and five chiefs from Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron could prove a model for other settlements in the province, said Native Affairs Minister Bud Wildman."

      "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."