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- "Library Pulls Away from Council in Race Against Time"Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.4 "The Six Nations Public Library is stepping away from band council with just weeks left to raise $1.2 million for a new library building before plans go up in smoke."Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.4 "The Six Nations Public Library is stepping away from band council with just weeks left to raise $1.2 million for a new library building before plans go up in smoke."Six Nations Public Library
- "Band Council Considers Wind Projects, Only 27 Responses"Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.4 "Six Nations band council is considering going forward with two wind projects on unceded Six Nations lands, despite getting formal feedback on the projects from only 27 community members."Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.4 "Six Nations band council is considering going forward with two wind projects on unceded Six Nations lands, despite getting formal feedback on the projects from only 27 community members."Six Nations Public Library
- "The Women Who Sparked the Nation, Remember 8 Years Ago"Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.5 "Frigid temperatures didn't stop a group of six women from walking onto a housing development just outside of Caledonia eight years ago reclaiming the land for Six Nations. And the -16 degree temperatures didn't stop Six Nations people from commemorating that day last Friday marking the 8th anniversary of the …Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.5 "Frigid temperatures didn't stop a group of six women from walking onto a housing development just outside of Caledonia eight years ago reclaiming the land for Six Nations. And the …Six Nations Public Library
- "CAS Says Want to Meet Directly with Clanmothers"Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.7 "In response to claims that Brant CAS has failed to reach out to Six Nations clanmothers, Brant CAS directors Andrew Koster and Sally Rivers said a letter would be drafted and mailed out Tuesday requesting a sit down meeting with clanmothers to discuss problems."Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.7 "In response to claims that Brant CAS has failed to reach out to Six Nations clanmothers, Brant CAS directors Andrew Koster and Sally Rivers said a letter would be drafted …Six Nations Public Library
- "Clanmothers Say Child Welfare is an Inherent Right"Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.7 "Clanmothers separated themselves from the politics of an ongoing debate over how Six Nations should implement its own child welfare system with a letter presented to Confederacy Chiefs on Saturday."Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.7 "Clanmothers separated themselves from the politics of an ongoing debate over how Six Nations should implement its own child welfare system with a letter presented to Confederacy Chiefs on Saturday."Six Nations Public Library
- "Mohawks Block Roadway Draw Attention to Issue of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women, Fundraiser Being Held"Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.15 "A Six Nations musician is spearheading a charity concert tomorrow to raise funds and demonstrate support for an on-going blockade near the Tyendinaga Mohawk territory that aims to call attention to missing and murdered aboriginal women."Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.15 "A Six Nations musician is spearheading a charity concert tomorrow to raise funds and demonstrate support for an on-going blockade near the Tyendinaga Mohawk territory that aims to call attention …Six Nations Public Library
- "AFN Issues Call to Action"Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.16 "Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo offered condolences to the family and friends of Loretta Saunders whose body was found in New Brunswick, noting the focus this tragedy brings to the issue of violence against Indigenous women and girls and the need for a National Public …Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.16 "Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo offered condolences to the family and friends of Loretta Saunders whose body was found in New Brunswick, noting the focus …Six Nations Public Library
- "Ottawa Rally Planned After 'Heartbreak and Shock' of Murder Charges in Case of Missing Halifax Woman"Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.16 "Heartbreak and shock are setting in for a Nova Scotia town and family as murder charges confirm that the nightmarish story of a missing woman is indeed a reality."Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.16 "Heartbreak and shock are setting in for a Nova Scotia town and family as murder charges confirm that the nightmarish story of a missing woman is indeed a reality."Six Nations Public Library
- "The Tobacco Wars: Corporate Tobacco Spawned the Industry it Fights"Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.18 "Shawn Brant is a Mohawk activist who has been involved in the Haudenosaunee tobacco industry for a decade. He says, at some point all the Haudenosaunee communities were involved to varying degrees when it all started. And ironically the very companies now lobbying the Canadian government to shut down the …Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.18 "Shawn Brant is a Mohawk activist who has been involved in the Haudenosaunee tobacco industry for a decade. He says, at some point all the Haudenosaunee communities were involved to …Six Nations Public Library
- "An Industry is Born: Tobacco Production Funds Community Needs"Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.19 "After Big Tobacco was caught in 2010 and forced to pay half a billion dollars to federal and provincial coffers, quietly in First Nation communities, armed with money from that same contraband scandal, the entrepreneurial spirit was taking hold."Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.19 "After Big Tobacco was caught in 2010 and forced to pay half a billion dollars to federal and provincial coffers, quietly in First Nation communities, armed with money from that …Six Nations Public Library
- "Community May Form a Six Nations Education Committee"Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 12 Mar 2014, p.3 "A Six Nations Education committee may be coming more than 50 people at a community meeting on education heard last week."Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 12 Mar 2014, p.3 "A Six Nations Education committee may be coming more than 50 people at a community meeting on education heard last week."Six Nations Public Library
- "Ontario's Imposed Unconstitutional Quota System in Place"Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 12 Mar 2014, p.6 "It cost Six Nations $300,000 in 1989 to take Ontario to court over the, then 'quota' system. The courts agreed with Six Nations. Ontario had exceeded its authority and jurisdiction and was illegally imposing a tobacco distribution system on First Nations."Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 12 Mar 2014, p.6 "It cost Six Nations $300,000 in 1989 to take Ontario to court over the, then 'quota' system. The courts agreed with Six Nations. Ontario had exceeded its authority and jurisdiction …Six Nations Public Library
- "Elected Chief Wants Feds to Acknowledge Only Band in Land Rights"Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 2 Apr 2014, p.3 "Less than a month after elected chief Ava Hill signed a local unity pledge, a letter to federal Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Bernard Valcourt has surfaced in which Hill has demanded the minister meet only with the elected band council on Six Nations land matters"Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 2 Apr 2014, p.3 "Less than a month after elected chief Ava Hill signed a local unity pledge, a letter to federal Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Bernard Valcourt has surfaced in which Hill has …Six Nations Public Library
- "Draft of SN Tobacco Law from 2009 Could be of Use"Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 2 Apr 2014, p.6 "A draft tobacco law. that includes a commission and protocols for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chief's Council (HCCC) and the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) to work together. could be dusted off as Six Nations scrambles for ways to mitigate Harper's Bill C-10 ammendment."Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 2 Apr 2014, p.6 "A draft tobacco law. that includes a commission and protocols for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chief's Council (HCCC) and the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) to work together. could be dusted …Six Nations Public Library
- "Renovating the 'Mush Hole', Old Residential School Set to Become Six Nations National Historic Site"Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 2 Apr 2014, p.7 "Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has pledged $220,000 towards the restoration costs of the former Mohawk Institute and plan on designating the building a national historic site under SNEC."Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 2 Apr 2014, p.7 "Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) has pledged $220,000 towards the restoration costs of the former Mohawk Institute and plan on designating the building a national historic site under SNEC."Six Nations Public Library
- "Band Council's Negotiating Team Introduces Self"Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 2 Apr 2014, p.7 "Six Nations Band Council is seeking to educate the community on its consultation and accommodation process."Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 2 Apr 2014, p.7 "Six Nations Band Council is seeking to educate the community on its consultation and accommodation process."Six Nations Public Library
- "Brant CAS 'Trespassing', SN Band Council Wants Them Gone"Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 2 Apr 2014, p.18 "Six Nations Band council considers the Brant CAS trespassers and has threatened legal action to get the Ohsweken-based Native Services Branch (NSB) of the Children's Aid Society removed from Six Nations Territory."Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 2 Apr 2014, p.18 "Six Nations Band council considers the Brant CAS trespassers and has threatened legal action to get the Ohsweken-based Native Services Branch (NSB) of the Children's Aid Society removed from Six …Six Nations Public Library
- "Survivors Accuse AFN of Reaping "Cash Cow" in Survivor Benefits"Turtle Island News, 16 Apr 2014, p.3 "Six Nations community members are accusing the Assembly of First Nations of reaping the benefits meant for residential school survivors."Turtle Island News, 16 Apr 2014, p.3 "Six Nations community members are accusing the Assembly of First Nations of reaping the benefits meant for residential school survivors."Six Nations Public Library
- "Elected Chief Warns Ottawa of "Threat of Violence" if Bill C-10 Approved"Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 16 Apr 2014, p.3 "Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill has warned Liberal Senators there could be a 'threat of violence' if the Conservative government pushes through anti-tobacco legislation Bill C-10."Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 16 Apr 2014, p.3 "Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill has warned Liberal Senators there could be a 'threat of violence' if the Conservative government pushes through anti-tobacco legislation Bill C-10."Six Nations Public Library
- "Brantford Injunction Settlement May Have Sparked Libel Suit"Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 16 Apr 2014, p.4 "Brantford city council is investigating how legal documents outlining a settlement of the Brantford-Six Nations injunction case were leaked to an area newspaper that may also be facing a libel suit."Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 16 Apr 2014, p.4 "Brantford city council is investigating how legal documents outlining a settlement of the Brantford-Six Nations injunction case were leaked to an area newspaper that may also be facing a libel …Six Nations Public Library