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      Photo of a Native group dressed in traditional clothing at the 1937 Toronto Canadian National Exhibition (CNE).

      "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."

      "The Jane Corkin Gallery in Toronto has an exhibition of work by Six Nations photographer Greg Staats."

      "Some urban natives in trouble with the law will have the chance to go before a council of elders for a traditional hearing instead of through the regular court system."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 24 Jul 1991     "Last winter, one of my nieces who lives in Cleveland told me about a travelling dance troupe that was coming to that city. They were a group of champion powwow dancers from native cultures across North America."

 Mt Pleasant, Jen, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 12 Feb 2014, p.1, p.3, p.10     "February 14th is becoming known as a day of action for missing and murdered indigenous women. Organizers are planning over a dozen memorial events from coast to coast this year. The goal is to encourage people from all nations to journey and heal together because women face physical, mental, emotional, …

 Mt Pleasant, Jen, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 19 Mar 2014, p.3, p.4     "Tensions were high last week as members of the Mohawk Nation of Grand River (MNGR), formerly known as the Mohawk Workers, were at the Superior Court of Justice in Toronto asserting their sovereignty to not only the federal court but the federal government as well."

 Turtle Island News, 1 May 2013, p.5     "Over 7,000 people participated in the commemorative ceremonies held inside the walls of Fort York National Historic Site marking the anniversary of the Battle of York."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "I recently visited the largest North American native community in Canada. No, it wasn't a large reserve in the Prairies. It was Toronto."

      "A tax protest by natives occupying a Revenue Canada building in Toronto could turn violent unless the federal government agrees to negotiate, aboriginal leaders warn."

      "Natives said they would take their anti-tax fight to Ottawa after emerging from month long occupation of Revenue Canada building Friday."

      "A Mohawk doctor who became one of Canada's most remarkable citizens was immortalized in a brief ceremony at a downtown park Sunday."

      "A long battle by a band of Ontario Chippewas was supported Thursday by the Indian Claims Commission, which recommended their land claim be settled."

      "When asked by pollsters if they are in favor of self-rule for the country's native population and swift settlement of land claims, most Canadians say yes."

      "Ontario's NPD government wants to improve health care for natives through the creation of an Aboriginal Health Office, Health Minister Frances Lankin announced Thursday."

      "This is also a special moment for native theatre. An all-native play written by a native man and produced by a native theatre company has just finished a six-week run in the posh, sometimes pompous, and generally mainstream Royal Alex."

 Haper, Tim, Toronto Star ( TorStar), Winter 1992     "A Canadian Human Rights Commission study confirms Inuit families relocated to the Far North in the 1950s had their rights violated."

      "Tiffany Longboat of Ohsweken gets $1,000 to continue flute lessons; Shannon Wadsworth of Victoria gets $800 for art supplies."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Spring 1994     "For many native people, summer time is powwow time."

 Brantford Expositor, Spring 1992     "...the 29-year-old lawyer from Six Nations, who created a nation-wide stir one year ago when he refused to swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen, sometimes feels as if a ceiling still hangs over his head."