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    "Josephine Curotte says her life is a little like the spirit following the Two Row Wampum: two canoes running parallel but following two very different paths."

    "The severe social and economic problems Davis Inlet- from widespread substance abuse to rampant unemployment- have long been commonplace in numerous native settlements."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 28 Jan 1991     "Things are becoming more and more unreal in Mohawk country. Now the Quebec Provincial Police want to buy three army tanks equipped with 105mm cannons and 7.2mm machine guns. Then they could crack do

    "For Deidre Diome of the Kahnawake reserve, federal policy that doesn't recognize the longhouse as a legitimate religion means her two-year-old son doesn't exist in the eyes of the Indian Affairs Dep

Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 2 Apr 2014, p.6     "A draft tobacco law. that includes a commission and protocols for the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chief's Council (HCCC) and the Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) to work together. could be dusted of

Jarrett, Chase, Turtle Island News, 22 May 2013, p.5     "Almost 200 years ago during the war of 1812, Haudenosaunee scouts ran across a woman who was stumbling through the forests of Niagara region alone and frightened."

Mt Pleasant, Jen, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 16 Apr 2014, p.2     "The latest version of the First Nations Education Act which is now entitled the 'First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act,' was introduced in parliament last week. Six Nations Elected Ch

Dearing, Stephanie, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 26 Jun 2013, p.5     "The Battle of Beaver Dams, one that was fought entirely by Six Nations warriors, was commemorated with three new plaques this past weekend."

Barnsley, Paul, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 9 Feb 1994, p.1, p.4     "As promised, Prime Minister Chretien unveiled his plan to combat the sale of tax-free cigarettes in a speech to the House of Commons Tuesday morning."

Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 16 Apr 2014, p.3     "Six Nations Elected Chief Ava Hill has warned Liberal Senators there could be a 'threat of violence' if the Conservative government pushes through anti-tobacco legislation Bill C-10."

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.18     "Shawn Brant is a Mohawk activist who has been involved in the Haudenosaunee tobacco industry for a decade. He says, at some point all the Haudenosaunee communities were involved to varying degrees w

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 5 Mar 2014, p.19     "After Big Tobacco was caught in 2010 and forced to pay half a billion dollars to federal and provincial coffers, quietly in First Nation communities, armed with money from that same contraband scand

Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 26 Feb 2014, p.6     "People are unnerved. The Government has put forth a Bill to effectively destroy the economic base of our communities. That Bill is C-10. A meeting was held at Polytech Institute on Saturday, Feb 22,

    "Their economies have taken a beating. Relations with neighbors have soured. Non-native police patrol their communities and land claims continue to fester."

    "At the end of four days of ceremonies marking the first anniversary of the Oka land claims crisis, Mohawk spiritual leader John Cree said, 'The past is over and now we have to build for the future.'

Logan, Skaruianewah, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 23 Apr 2014, p.5     "After the October 2013 appeal to the Supreme Court was also turned down, the Nation had exhausted all domestic avenues to justice. As a result, this past April 15, 2014 the Onondaga Nation travelled

Mt Pleasant, Jen, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 26 Feb 2014, p.8     "Concerned community members packed the hall at Six Nations Polytech last Saturday to listen to a line up of speakers discuss the ramifications of Bill C-10 and what it means for First Nations people

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 26 Feb 2014, pp.2-3     "Bill C-10 claims to be aimed at cracking down on illegal 'contraband tobacco growth' but that's not how it's being seen by First Nations."

Mt Pleasant, Jen, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 26 Feb 2014, p.8     "The Two Row Times spoke with a storeowner for a smoke shop on Six Nations who identifies as Mohawk and wished to remain anonymous. For the sake of this article we will call him Jim to protect his id

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 19 Mar 2014, p.6     "Controlling Haudenosaunee trade appears to have been a long time goal of federal and provincial governments."