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      "Gary Hussey is becoming more Indian at every pageant. First, he entered his 12 year old adopted daughter, a Cree, as one of the characters in the replica of a traditional native village at the annual historical and cultural event seven years ago."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "I recently attended a short lecture given by Tomson Highway, the Cree Indian who wrote the play, The Rez Sisters. Last November I gave an account of this play in a column. The rez refers to an Indian reserve, or as it is called in the U.S., a reservation. The …

 Brantford Expositor, Summer 1987     "The first single country blues band, The Breeze, will blow into record stores next month. The 45-rpm record will feature two of the band's original songs, Baby, You're My Good Thing and I've Been Crying in My Sleep. Both songs were written by the band's lead vocalist Murray Porter."

 Thompson, Brian, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1988     "The "last flicker" of a great people's 10,000-year0old culture has been found in Bob and Leona Moses' basement. And the stunning find was just a "fluke," an amateur anthropologist says."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     " As you enter the village of Ohsweken from the south on Chiefswood Road, you will see the Jamieson School on your left. This school is named for the three Jamieson sisters, Julia, Nora and Mary, and their brother, Andrew. They were all school teachers on the Six Nations Reserve …

      "History has not been particularly kind to women. A look through almost any collection of historical writings will prove it. Women's activities and accomplishments are rarely mentioned, except in the most general terms. Not surprisingly-especially when dealing with pioneer history-it's difficult to find the stories of individual women."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "A couple weeks ago, I received an Indian name at the Six Nations Pageant. It was given in the Cayuga language. The Cayuga Nation is one of the Six Nations of the Grand River. The name I was given was Hay-yah-twa, which in English means "He writes" or "The Writer.""

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "The National Indian Activities Association, with headquarters in Oklahoma City, recently held its annual National Fastpitch Championship in Sacramento, Calif. The tournament is for both men and women of Indian ancestry. For the first time since 1980, the Six Nations Reserve was represented. If you count the travel time to …

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "The year 1990 will mark the 150th anniversary of the Tuscarora Baptist Church on the Six Nations Reserve. Because it is now called in the village of Ohsweken, it is commonly called the Ohsweken Baptist Church. It is not to be confused with the Medina Baptist Church, which has only …

 Jarvis, Anne, Brantford Expositor, 29 Aug 1987     "Sun, moon and stars are splashed together in the sky. Lightning strikes, rain falls and fire burns. Vines and flowers flourish on the earth. The world is created. On a quilt."

      "David Burning isn't sure what he's making. It's a corn husk doll. But David's not sure how it will look until he gets finished."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "Sometime in the early 1940s, I vaguely remember a visit to our house by the great marathon runner,Tom Longboat. I was a small boy at the time,s so I just have the impressiong of a quiet-spoken, well-dressed, middle-aged man who was taller and thinner than my father. He shared our …

      "In one of my earlier columns, I told about Tom Longboat, the Six Nations runner who was judged to be Canada's best in the first half of the 20th century. Strange as it may seem, the man selected as the greatest athlete in the U.S. in the first half of …

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "People have asked me the difference between Indian nation, Indian tribe and Indian band. I would like to briefly explain these and other similar terms as they pertain to Indians, or more properly, to natives."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "Most people have a misconception about the number of natives that used to live in Southern Ontario and in the rest of North America which they knew nothing about as wild and empty. Writers usually called it "the wilderness." Actually it was badly misnamed. It was not a wilderness."

      "The Six Nations have a rich cultural heritage and proud history which has been handed down from generation to generation."

      "Rain and cold weather on Monday didn't stop thousands of people from attending the Six Nations Independence Day celebrations."

      "The life of famous Six Nations native poet and recitalist, Emily Pauline Johnson, will be the subject of an episode in the CBC Radio drama series called Cranks."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1988     "At our last Chiefswood Restoration Committee meeting a sub-committee was formed to investigate the possibility of having a concert featuring Buffy St. Marie. she will be in Toronto in August and a concert could be held at Chiefswood to kick off the fund-raising drive."

 Deck, Cecilia, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1988     "Native songstress Buffy Sainte-Marie will play a benefit concert for the Chiefswood Museum Restoration Fund august 13 on the museum's front lawn."