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Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Name the bridge 'Wakonrori,' I told you so! By Lynda Powless, Editor Brantford Mayor Chris Friel may have got a little more than he bargained for when he dropped in on Six Nations Band Council last T

Buma, Andrea, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 8 Jul 1998, pp.1-2     United Church appeals B.C. court ruling by Andrea Buma VANCOUVER -Shocking tales of murder and medical experimentation at British Columbia residential schools were revealed at an inquiry held by the

Buma, Andrea, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 8 Jul 1998, pp.1-2     Six Nations get RCMP presence by Andrea Buma OHSWEKEN - RCMP officer Jeff Cooper will spend the next year in the community, working out of the Six Nations police office in an arrangement known as "se

Buma, Andrea, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario), 8 Jul 1998     "TORONTO - Smoke Signals, the first full-length feature film to be written, directed, and co-produced by Native Americans, has premiered across North America to massive critical acclaim."

Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Aboriginal women oppose divorce bill OTTAWA - Aboriginal women applied for an injunction last Wednesday against a federal bill that would give band councils on reserves the power to decide who gets t

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998     New water system may be developed here By Lynda Powless, Editor Six Nations may be on its way to developing a new water filtration system that could see the community become a test site for a compute

Tibbetts. Janice, Turtle Island News, 17 Jun 1998     Churches want Ottawa to take lead on Indian residential school talks By Janice Tibbetts OTTAWA - Two churches that ran Indian residential schools on behalf of the federal government say Ottawa has be

Turtle Island News, 3 Jun 1998     "Twenty-three protesters pledged to continue their fight in cities throughout the province as they were led peacefully away to jail last Tuesday night."

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Teacher's wife gets 30 days to leave By Lynda Powless, Editor A non-native woman has been given an additional 30 days to leave the community after Six Nations Band Council told a local couple Monday

Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "The United Church of Canada and the federal government must pay for sexual and physical abuse children suffered at a Vancouver Island native residential school, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled Thursday

Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "Charity casino operators rebuffed by the city of London have finally found a willing host for their gambling parlor - a nearby First Nations community."

Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "The number of Winnipeg children living in hotels and shelters doubled in the last year as city social workers struggled with more kids and fewer foster homes."

Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "The threat of methyl mercury contamination among the Cree of the James Bay region of northern Quebec has lessened dramatically, a new health study reports."

Tibbetts, Janice, Turtle Island News, 10 Jun 1998     "OTTAWA (CP) - It will be easier for Canadian lawyers to screen potential jurors for racism following a Supreme Court decision Thursday that ordered a new trial for an aboriginal man convicted of rob

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 24 Jun 1998, pp.1-2     Residency by-law facing court challenge By Lynda Powless, Editor TORONTO - A local Mohawk language teacher and his wife are launching a Charter of Rights court battle today demanding the Six Nations

Turtle Island News, 16 Sep 1998     Border ignored on Treaty Rights Day SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. ­ Natives crossed into the United States on Saturday in an annual exercise demonstrating their belief that country boundaries don't apply to

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 16 Sep 1998     Ganohkwa Sra, celebrates a decade of healing By Lynda Powless, Editor When guests arrived for Ganohkwa Sra's 10th anniversary celebrations last Wednesday they were greeted with balloons, song, food a

Bannon, Pearce, Turtle Island News, 16 Sep 1998, pp.1-2     "Ontario Regional Chief Tom Bressette blamed politics for a January 1998 assault charge against him which was dismissed in court here last Friday."

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 3 Jun 1998, pp.1, 6     Local teacher's wife ordered to leave By Lynda Powless, Editor A Six Nations Residency Bylaw has forced almost a dozen people off Six Nations since the beginning of the year and now threatens a local

Bannon, Pearce, Turtle Island News, 3 Jun 1998, pp.1, 23     "The army should remove natives living at former Camp Ipperwash and reoccupy the land until negotiations for its handover are completed, a Reform MP said at a public meeting here last Wednesday."