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

 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."

 Arce, Fernando, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 8 Apr 2015     "There is nothing about being an indigenous woman or sex worker that is inherently violent - that was one of the main messages First Nations activists delivered on Apr. 2 to about 200 people gathered in front of Toronto's Attorney General's Office. It was part of the "No Justice, No …

 Hanagan, Dennis, Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 2015     "Chippewas of the Thames were in federal court here June 16 to appeal a ruling by the National Energy Board that would allow Enbridge to transport tar sands diluted bitumen through its Line 9 pipeline, that runs through southern Ontario, to the east coast for shipping."

 Miller, Adam, Turtle Island News, 20 May 2015     Court forces Ontario to live up to First Nations/OLG agreement: First Nations to get seat on board By Adam Miller, THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - A First Nations group has won a seven-year legal battle to have a seat on the board of directors of the Ontario ...

 Turtle Island News, 4 Mar 2015     "Aboriginal people need to share fully in resource revenues in order to use those developments to lift their communities out of poverty, says a new report submitted to the federal government and the Assembly of First Nations."

 Perkel, Colin, Turtle Island News, 6 Apr 2016     "Survivors of Canada's notorious residential school system have the right to see their stories archived if they wish but their accounts must otherwise be destroyed in 15 years. Ontario's top court ruled in a split decision Monday."

 Hanagan, Dennis, Turtle Island News, 3 Jun 2015     Pan Am flame arrives amid stormy weather to Toronto By Dennis Hanagan, Special to Turtle Island News TORONTO - Thunder showers poured down as indigenous people including Mississauga Elder Garry Sault crossed the Toronto Harbour carrying the sacred Pan Am ...

 Windle, Jim, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON), 26 Nov 2014     "Jerry Dias, the president of Unifor, Canada's largest union, came out swinging at the Ontario Regional Convention last weekend in Toronto, throwing the weight of Canada's largest union against Ontario's opposed healthcare cuts, but in support of Aboriginal Rights and the call for an inquiry into the 1,200 missing and …

 Hanagan, Dennis, Turtle Island News, 20 Apr 2016     "Three Ontario cabinet ministers announced here April 18 that the province is putting more than $250,000 toward research projects to evaluate how police involvement might be affecting the way indigenous women report - or don't report - incidents of sexual violence or harassment against them."

 Campbell, Marjorie Freeman, The Globe, 25 Feb 1961, p. 11     "The Indian woman who stood facing the critical Toronto audience that evening in 1892 wore a necklace of bear claws and a handmade dress belted with wampum. She gave her name as Tekahionwake, but most of the Torontonians who had come to hear her original poetry knew she was the …

 Hill, Paula, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), Winter 2015     "Christmas Day 2013 for Felecia White and Josh Lundrigan was spent in the ICU of a local hospital with their family, praying that the life of White's young stepfather Jamie Froman be spared after he suffered a brain aneurysm. But on Christmas night, Froman passed away, leaving his loved ones …

      "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."

      "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."

      "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."

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

      "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."