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 Turtle Island News, 8 Jul 1998     "A hospital in northwestern Ontario that serves 16,000 mainly First Nations people in 28 outlying communities has closed its doors to new patients due to a doctor shortage."

 Turtle Island News, 8 Jul 1998     United Church to appeal liability ruling over residential schools TORONTO - The United Church of Canada is appealing a B.C. Supreme Court ruling that found it jointly liable for the sexual abuse of students at a native residential school, the church announced last ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Name the bridge 'Wakonrori,' I told you so! By Lynda Powless, Editor Brantford Mayor Chris Friel may have got a little more than he bargained for when he dropped in on Six Nations Band Council last Tuesday to announce the city's latest plan to cross the ...

 Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Aboriginal women oppose divorce bill OTTAWA - Aboriginal women applied for an injunction last Wednesday against a federal bill that would give band councils on reserves the power to decide who gets the family property after a divorce but provides no protection for ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998     New water system may be developed here By Lynda Powless, Editor Six Nations may be on its way to developing a new water filtration system that could see the community become a test site for a computerized high tech system that could be sold to aboriginal ...

 Tibbetts. Janice, Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998     Churches want Ottawa to take lead on Indian residential school talks By Janice Tibbetts OTTAWA - Two churches that ran Indian residential schools on behalf of the federal government say Ottawa has been dragging its feet in dealing with a barrage of lawsuits ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Teacher's wife gets 30 days to leave By Lynda Powless, Editor A non-native woman has been given an additional 30 days to leave the community after Six Nations Band Council told a local couple Monday night, it had to uphold a local residency bylaw that ...

 Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "Charity casino operators rebuffed by the city of London have finally found a willing host for their gambling parlor - a nearby First Nations community."

 Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "The threat of methyl mercury contamination among the Cree of the James Bay region of northern Quebec has lessened dramatically, a new health study reports."

 Tibbetts, Janice, Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "OTTAWA (CP) - It will be easier for Canadian lawyers to screen potential jurors for racism following a Supreme Court decision Thursday that ordered a new trial for an aboriginal man convicted of robbing a pizza parlor."

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 24 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Residency by-law facing court challenge By Lynda Powless, Editor TORONTO - A local Mohawk language teacher and his wife are launching a Charter of Rights court battle today demanding the Six Nations Residency Bylaw, that ordered them to leave the ...

 Turtle Island News, 16 Sep 1998     Border ignored on Treaty Rights Day SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. ­ Natives crossed into the United States on Saturday in an annual exercise demonstrating their belief that country boundaries don't apply to them. Residents of the Batchewana and Garden River First ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 16 Sep 1998     Ganohkwa Sra, celebrates a decade of healing By Lynda Powless, Editor When guests arrived for Ganohkwa Sra's 10th anniversary celebrations last Wednesday they were greeted with balloons, song, food and a tour. Part of that tour is a living memory to ...

 Bannon, Pearce, Turtle Island News, 16 Sep 1998, pp.1-2     "Ontario Regional Chief Tom Bressette blamed politics for a January 1998 assault charge against him which was dismissed in court here last Friday."

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 3 Jun 1998, pp.1, 6     Local teacher's wife ordered to leave By Lynda Powless, Editor A Six Nations Residency Bylaw has forced almost a dozen people off Six Nations since the beginning of the year and now threatens a local language teacher and his non-native wife. ...

 Bannon, Pearce, Turtle Island News, 3 Jun 1998, pp.1, 23     "The army should remove natives living at former Camp Ipperwash and reoccupy the land until negotiations for its handover are completed, a Reform MP said at a public meeting here last Wednesday."

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 8 Jul 1998     Costly fight: Residency by-law heading to court...again By Lynda Powless, Editor Six Nations Band Council may be heading to court over a move to evict the wife of a local language teacher from the community. Six Nations Band Council Chief Wellington ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 8 Jul 1998, pp.1-2     Fontaine gets whopping raise while AFN cuts corners By Lynda Powless, Editor A $40,000 a year raise for Assembly of First Nations (AFN) leader Phil Fontaine is "ridiculous" says a Six Nations Councillor who says "there's no way only 30 chiefs should be ...

 Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 8 Jul 1998     Band Council bylaw not being enforced By Lynda Powless, Editor Six Nations Band council may be finding itself having a difficult time trying to enforce eviction orders issued under its local residency bylaw. Neighbors living on Townline near ...

 Turtle Island News, 21 Oct 1998     Election '98 underway with largest slate of candidates By Lynda Powless, Editor Six Nations Band Council elections are underway with 41 candidates jockeying for chief and councillors' jobs in what may be the biggest field of candidates ever launched in ...