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Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "Non-Indians often ask me about Indian religious practices. They usually assume that all the natives of North America had or have the same beliefs and ceremonies. Just as religious practices are cons

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 6 May 1992, p.3     This article details the origin and significance of the Starwberry Ceremony.

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "Before the Ayatollah Khomeini died, there was a great uproar over Salman Rushdie's novel, Satanic Verses. In this western society we live in we have grown used to the freedom to question religion, g

    "Stripped to his breech cloth, the Cree Indian was wrapped tightly in a blanket and thrust into a squat skin-covered lodge, says an account by a 19th-century fur trader who witness the ritual."

    Please see staff for access to the full PDF version of this document and quote file SNPL005724v00d.

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 18 Oct 1991     Native American Church welcomes all to celebrate OHSWEKEN - Last weekend the Iroquois Women's Circle had another very successful conference at J.C. Hill School gymnasium in Ohsweken. As usual, the sp

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 31 Dec 1997     "OTTAWA (CP) - Natives in the Candadian military will be allowed to wear their hair in braids under a policy to be announced in the new year."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1995     A native encounter with angels OHSWEKEN - Just before Christmas, I read a review of Sophy Burnham's Book of Angels. Angels are a vital part of the Christmas story. Even before the birth of Christ, an

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "In this book, The League of the Ho-de no-sau-nee (Iroquois), L. H. Morgan told how the Six Nations Iroquois gathered together for confession of sins. This "meeting for repentance" took place before

    "The Anglican Church of Canada must accept the part it played in the cruelty natives endured at residential schools and ask their forgiveness, the church's executive has decided."

Whelan, Robert, The Indian News, Oct 1970, p.8     "The Survival of the Six Nations Confederacy in spite of the encroachments of a powerful and alien civilization is due in large measure to the appearances among the Senecas almost two centuries ago o

Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 10 Dec 2014     Clanmothers say no to alcohol regulations and brewery By Donna Duric, Writer A number of traditional women and clanmothers have suggested petitioning those who don't vote in order to tell Six Nations

    "The new chief of the Assembly of First Nations says he will place aboriginal child welfare at the top of his priority list."

    "Dieter was a student at File Hills until 1942. When you ask what he learned there, he pauses briefly. 'I think it taught me how I would not want to treat people. I was called no good, that I would n