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    "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.'

    "On a blistering June morning in 1975, during a daylong battle between native Indians and law enforcement officials on the Pine Ridge reserve near Wounded Knee in South Dakota, an assailant stumbled

    "Each week brings a new installment in the fight for the survival of an ancient culture in a modern age, and for dominion over lands lost over a century ago. Above all, Native Americans wish to prese

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 21 Jan 1991     "Last summer, Mohawks confronted members of the Canadian forces in the Oka conflict. This winter, Mohawks are working side by side with those forces in the Persian Gulf."

    "Georges Erasmus has a map of Canada marked with little red flags. There are some over logging areas in Northern British Columbia. More over Mohawk communities in Quebec. Another batch is around Jame

    "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, 7 Jun 1991     "A four-day conference of Ontario native leaders ended Thursday with a flurry of resolutions demanding changes to government policies on taxation, resource development and child welfare."

    "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

    "The race to become national chief of the Assembly of First Nations has taken on many of the trappings of non-native politics."

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