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 Thompson, Brian, Brantford Expositor, 1991     FAIR LADIES : Claudine Longboat, 21, (seated) was crowned Miss Six Nations on Friday night at the annual pageant held in conjunction with the Six Nations Fall Fair. Other winners in the pageant, held at the arena in Ohsweken were (from left) Tanya Viola Thomas, 9, (Miss Mini Six Nations), …

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 2 Jan 1991     "When I was a boy growing up on the Six Nations Indian reserve, the old folks referred to New Year's Day as No:Ya, with the accent on the first syllable."

 White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 21 Jan 1991     "Last summer, Mohawks confronted members of the Canadian forces in the Oka conflict. This winter, Mohawks are working side by side with those forces in the Persian Gulf."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 9 Jan 1991     "When Europeans first reached the North American continent, they found hundreds of tribes occupying a vast and rich country. The newcomers quickly recognized the wealth of natural resources. They were not, however, so quick or willing to recognize the spiritual, cultural and intellectual riches of the people they called Indians."

 Jacobs, Cindy, Brantford Expositor, 25 Jan 1991     "In the Steps of Our Ancestors is an exhibition of North American Indian footwear that reflects one of the few surviving aspects of native culture."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 25 Jan 1991     "A couple of years ago I was asked to speak to the children at Six Nations School No. 7. They had planned a cultural activities day and it so happened that I had attended School No. 7 about 50 years before. I had also been raised in the area of …

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "When I was a boy growing up on the Six Nations reserve, I went to school run by the Department of Indian Affairs. There I learned a lot about history as seen through the eyes of white explorers, white settlers and white historians. Later on, even in high school, I …

 Ball, Vincent, Brantford Expositor, 9 Oct 1991     "Brantford Township council has taken another step towards resolving a lengthy land dispute over property locally known as the Doctor Lands."

 White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "Registration for this year's Mohawk immersion kindergarten class is the lowest since the program began five years ago."

 Ball, Vincent, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "Indian art has become more 'acceptable' and that's a positive development for all Canadians, says the museum director of the Woodland Cultural Centre."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "Last week I read with interest of a rather unusual tour. It was a tour of outhouses, of all things, called Lebanon County`s First Outhouse Talk and Walk. Lebanon County is in Pennsylvania."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Winter 1991     As 1991 draws to a close and the new year begins, a lot of people will make New Year`s resolutions."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Winter 1991     "Thus being the so-called Huron Carol. It was written by a French Catholic priest to better explain the Christmas story to the Hurons and Algonquins."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Winter 1991     "Last week I went around to visit Mrs. Vina Loft`s Grade 1 class at the Mohawk Immersion School. This school, which is called Kawenni:io (Ga-wo-nee-yo)in the Mohawk language, is near Martin`s Corner on the Six Nations Reserve. The children were learning a new Christmas song in Mohawk."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1991     "As we drove through a little town called Turin, population 103, I saw an interesting sign which said, `Site of Pre-historic Skeleton`"

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "Last year, I had a very interesting conversation with one of our traditional believers here on the Six Nations reserve."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "In September I was invited to go back to the historic Mohawk Valley in New York State. As I reported in a column last year, members of our Six Nations Public Library committee visited there in the summer of 1990. The Mohawk Valley and the Finger Lakes region was the …

 White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "Family violence in native communities will not be wiped out until the social, economic, and historical factors which trigger the abuse are addressed, Phil Fontaine said Tuesday."

 White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "Amendments to the Canadian constitution should be worked out by Canadian politicians, not native leaders, several Six Nations community members said Thursday."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "The task force from the Alliance of First Nations visited the reserve on Oct. 24."