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    "Hundreds of American Indians arrived by foot and horseback at this massacre site to commemorate the 100th anniversary Saturday of one of the saddest days in their history."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 9 Jan 1991     "When Europeans first reached the North American continent, they found hundreds of tribes occupying a vast and rich country. The newcomers quickly recognized the wealth of natural resources. They wer

    "If an old friend and your next-door neighbor started a feud, where would that leave you? That's the third party-view of the American Revolution revealed by Divided Loyalties, a TV movie appearing ne

    "The camera loves Ojibway fashion model Brenn Sandy. No need for cosmetic contouring-her cheekbones soar without it. There are no angular edges to interrupt the perfect oval of her face. She projects

    "A $9 million land claim signed Wednesday by the Ontario government and five chiefs from Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron could prove a model for other settlements in the province, said Native Affairs

    "Mohawks are the victims of harassment by Quebec provincial police and RCMP who continue to patrol the Kahnawake reserve, Chief Joe Norton said Wednesday."

    "The ugly boot of racism comes kicking into Danielle Woodward's world at the oddest times. Confined to a hospital bed on New Year's Eve, she had her pain and loneliness dulled a little by a visit fro

Yeager, Bill, Brantford Expositor, Winter 1990     "Even after 15 years in the museum business, a new surprise waits around every corner. Last week, the surprise lay in the thrill of holding a 12,000-year-old stone dart point while listening to the c

Roper, Wayne, Brantford Expositor, Winter 1990     "Penny Montour will realize her dream to visit Disney World. The Six Nations Veterans Association has raised enough money to send the two-year-old girl, who has a form of cerebral palsy and is not ex

    "The Assembly of First Nations and 27 other native organizations are losing most of their federal funding. A spokesman for the Assembly of First Nations said the organization was informed Friday it w

    "Second World War veteran Ernie Crowe, an elder from the Piapot reserve near Regina, is still fighting. The 69-year-old Crowe says he is now waging a battle for the native people of his generation, m

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 27 Nov 1990     "'In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue.' This little bit of doggerel poetry has helped millions of school children remember the date when Christopher Columbus supposedly

    "The Brantford premiere of the movie Dances with Wolves, starring Kevin Costner, will be a benefit for the FM radio station in Ohsweken."

    "Tantoo Cardinal is trying her best to be diplomatic about her role in Kevin Cosnter's new film Dances With Wolves. Very happy for the work, she says, a little slowly. Wonderful opportunity, good for

    "Last month, the movie Divided Loyalties was shown on CBC television. It cost several million dollars to make and it had many memorable scenes. HOwever it had some glaring errors which were apparentl

Gallagher, Beth, Brantford Expositor, Spring 1990     "Amos Keye flatly states that he would be devestated if his community declared itself English-only. He would be equally dismayed if it decided to deliver services in Canada's two official languages.

    "It is, in the end, the story of one man and one feather. The man is there for history to measure. He has name, age and address: Elijah Harper, 41, of Red Sucker Lake, Northern Manitoba. He has a voi

Roper, Wayne, Brantford Expositor, Spring 1990     "Officials at the Brantford Lapidary and Mineral Club had a new experience at their annual Geo-Rama during hte weekend. They caught a gem thief. It was the 18th year the club has put on its deisplay

    "A homeless man is denied social assistance because he doesn't have a permanent address. A farmer is refused a government grant because his application was tied up in the mail and arrived late. A wom

Brantford Expositor, Spring 1990     "Shades of traditional native culture are meeting the contemporary concept of profits and development at the new Eagle's Nest Business Complex."