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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."

Roper, Wayne, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1990     "Wet weather put a damper on the Grand River Days festival during the weekend. Organizers had planned to have regular stage shows on Saturday and Sunday, but most of the action ended up in the food t

Johnston, Sue, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1990     "When Robert and Belinda Sero tell you they've built their home from scratch, believe it. "If ever there was a recycled house, this is it," Mrs. Sero said in an interview, as she and her husband desc

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, Spring 1990     "Students at the Brantford Collegiate Institute were skipping regular classes on Friday, in favour of those taught by the school's native students."

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, Spring 1990     "There is no such thing as "typical" Indian art, says Tom Hill, director of the Woodland Cultural Centre on Mohawk Street. The First Nations Art '90 Exhibit proves his point."

    "Led by this enthusiastic trombone player, a marching band made up of Six Nations residents leads the Bread and Cheese Day parade through the streets of Ohsweken on Monday. Thousands of people joined

Radley, Scott, Brantford Expositor, Spring 1990     "It was a history lesson that wasn't hard to swallow. For thousands of people who attended the annual Bread and Cheese Day on the Six Nations reserve on Monday, a cube of cheddar and a thick slice of

    "Aboriginal people want to replace the Indian Affairs Departmentwith a lean, new agency similar to a federal-provincial affairs office."