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    "Iroquois communities in Quebec and Ontario served notice Wednesday that the Assembly of First Nations will no longer be their mouthpiece."

    "Members of the Mohawk community take their seats before the start if the coroner's inquest in Montreal Tuesday into the death of SQ Cpl. Marc Lemay at Oka in 1990."

    "While acknowledging the `deep anger and rage` in the 1990 Mohawk crisis, a Quebec Superior Court judge sentenced two Warriors to jail Wednesday for their role in the armed standoff."

    "All the elements that led to the 1990 Oka crisis were back in the mix Thursday as Mohawks atop bulldozers took possession of disputed land in a bid to expand a cemetery."

    "Mohawks in Kanesatake are on "full alert" and bracing for another clash with Quebec provincial police, Grand Chief Jerry Peltier said Sunday after an early-morning standoff between police and armed

    "It won`t be over until the land is returned to the Mohawk people."

    "Burning sweetgrass was passed around the prisoner's box and a clenched fist shot up from the packed courtroom Monday as the trial of 39 Mohawks charged in the 1990 Oka crisis got underway."

    "Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon has appointed a committee of Mohawks and federal, provincial and municipal government representatives to settle the native land claim at Oka, Que."

    "Elijah Harper, the Manitoba native leader who helped scuttle the Meech Lake accord, has been voted Canada's top newsmaker of 1990."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 7 Dec 1990     "Six Nations band councillor John Peters and Betty Doxtater, a public-spirited young woman from the reserve, have not forgotten the Mohawks at Oka."

    "Natives and sympathizers gathered Sunday under a blistering sun to verbally bash the federal government for lack of involvement in a land claims dispute which has grown into a three-week armed stand

    "Drum-beating natives from across Canada marched through the town of Oka on Thursday, marking the first anniversary of a crisis that gripped the country and galvanized Indian politics."

    "An unidentified Mohawk replaces the pin on the eighth green with the Mohawk Warrior Flag at the Oka golf course Tuesday. Mohawk demonstrators marched into the village of Oka and then onto the golf c

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Winter 1993     "Last month, I read two news items which warmed my heart."

    "Canadian natives want their next leader to have the political power of the prime minister or a provincial premier, says one candidate."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Winter 1992     "In November, the Canadian Alliance in Solidarity With Native People (CASNP) had it`s annual meeting at Ohsweken. CASNP used to be called The Indian-Eskimo Association. As the name suggests, it is an

Gowangeni, Brantford Expositor, 10 Jan 1991     "Just inside the Quebec border our lead van, which carried reporters, SNORF (Six Nations Oka Relief Fund) volunteers and observers, pulled into an information centre. This stop was pre-arranged so as

    "The first Mohawk sentenced for an offence committed during last summer's native crisis was granted a conditional discharge in Quebec Court on Wednesday."

Aubry, Jack, Southam News, 13 Dec 1990     "Canadian natives should establish their own national army for confrontations like this summer's Oka crisis, the Assembly of First Nations was told Wednesday."

    Elijah Harper led about 1,000 demonstrators on a peace march through downtown Winnipeg on Sunday."