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Brantford Expositor, 1991     "Jamie Fox, 2, and Pam Bomberry, 6, compare puppets while parent volunteer Connie Manitowabi cuts out more puppet parts. The puppets represent animals in natives' creation story."

    "What do the Indians want anyway? This plaintive question echoes the old whimper about Quebec, yet also grounded in an anxiety to do something about it."

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 6 Jun 1991     "Native leaders say aboriginal hunting and fishing rights may be the first big test of the provincial government's willingness to recognize their right to self-government."

    "Ovide Mercredi started his new post as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations early today by telling Canadians they shouldn't be frightened by native demands for rights."

    "Ovide Mercredi said it would be different the second time around. In a stunning, come-from-behind victory early today, Mercredi became the national Indian chief of the most powerful aboriginal organ

Aubry, Jack, The Ottawa Citizen, 13 Jun 1991     "Canada's native chiefs proved this week they can hold a national political convention with plenty of drama and hoopla."

    "Ovide Mercredi says Canadians probably will greet his election as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations with a sense of relief."

    "'If there is ever a time when Indian people must stand united, the time is now,' says Roland Crowe. chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, which recently voted to rejoin the Assembl

    "n languages ranging from Ojibwa and Cree to Gitksan and Mohawk, the six people vying for the leadership of the Assembly of First Nations shouted a chorus of defiance Monday."

Thompson, Brian, Brantford Expositor, 1991     FAIR LADIES : Claudine Longboat, 21, (seated) was crowned Miss Six Nations on Friday night at the annual pageant held in conjunction with the Six Nations Fall Fair. Other winners in the pageant, held

    "Racism and lack of advancement are prompting aboriginal people to leave the federal public service at more than double the rate of other government employees, says a new study."

    "Dieter was a student at File Hills until 1942. When you ask what he learned there, he pauses briefly. 'I think it taught me how I would not want to treat people. I was called no good, that I would n

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 26 Apr 1991     "After months of discussions with Canadians, Keith Spicer says he has never heard anything so moving as the story of a Six Nations mother battling to maintain her native language."

    "Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's announcement of a royal commission on aboriginal issues has not been met with enthusiasm by members of the Six Nations community."

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 4 May 1991     "For staff at the Six Nations lands research office it's as though the federal government's promised land claim reforms have been written in disappearing ink."

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 9 May 1991     "Chief Coun. William Montour will face five competitors in his bid to be the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations."

    "Chief Coun. Montour, 49, has said he wants more involvement from the regional chiefs in the national lobby group."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 8 May 1991     "The Mingoes, I found out, were a conglomeration of different native refugees who had been displaced by the fighting and unrest around the time of the American Revolution and the War of 1812."

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 8 May 1991     "About 80 parents are refusing to send their children to kindergarten in two portables because they're afraid poor air quality could be harming their health."

    "A pristine parcel of this national park in northwestern Manitoba is being return to its original owners - the Keeseekoowenin Indian band."