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    "Mohawks looked for leg traps along the Moira River shoreline Sunday, fearing reprisals from non-native anglers upset with a court decision that allows natives the right to spear spawning pickerel."

Duric,Donna, Turtle Island News, 12 Aug 2015     Band Council exploring commercial fishing license for Six Nations By Donna Duric, Writer Six Nations Wildlife Officer Paul General is researching the possibility of obtaining a commercial/communal fi

Publication Title Unknown, 11 Mar 1994     "A Supreme Court of Canada decision to hear a major aboriginal rights case means it's 'full steam ahead' toward natives' dreams of a land claims settlement in a huge area of British Columbia."

Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 24 Apr 2013, p.3     "Seven years ago, on April 20, 2006, hundreds of OPP officers swarmed the land in Caledonia now known as Kanonhstaton in a pre-dawn raid to evict a peaceful protest from the former housing developmen

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."

    "The Ontario Government will try to negotiate land claims and self-government arrangements simultaneously with First Nations in the province, Native Affairs Minister Bud Wildman said Tuesday."

    "Status Indians who fish and hunt for food in their treaty areas may continue to do so unless they pose a threat to conservation or public safety, the Ontario government said Tuesday."

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 26 Sep 2001     National chief of Canada's First Nations condemns raid on Mi'kmaq traps HALIFAX (CP) - Non­native fishermen accused of firing shots and cutting native lobster traps are evidence of an unwillingness t

    "An Ontario Ojibway band pulled out of the Union of Ontario Indians on Tuesday, saying it can assert native sovereignty over issues such as gambling better on its own."