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Roper, Wayne, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1990     "Wet weather put a damper on the Grand River Days festival during the weekend. Organizers had planned to have regular stage shows on Saturday and Sunday, but most of the action ended up in the food t

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "What promises to be an historic gathering of native people is scheduled to take place at McMaster University in Hamilton at the end of this month."

Green, Richard G., Brantford Expositor, Spring 1990     "You're drifting through space on a quiet Saturday morning. You know the herd of 20 deer you observed a few miles back couldn't hear your silent flight yet you wonder why they never thought to look u

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Winter 1990     "My cousin, the late Peter Beaver, was one of the many men from the Six Nations Indian Reserve to serve in the Canadian Armed Forces in the Second World War. He spent almost the entire war, from 1940

Wayne, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1989     "Marion Martin shuffles through No. 8 school on the Six Nations reserve with many questions-the kind of queries that have earned her the name of nitpicker."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "In an earlier column I promised to discuss further the Ojibway Indian practice of sorcery, called Bearwalking. In most North American native societies, it was understood that a medicine man or shama

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "A couple weeks ago, I received an Indian name at the Six Nations Pageant. It was given in the Cayuga language. The Cayuga Nation is one of the Six Nations of the Grand River. The name I was given wa

Beaver, Geoge, Brantford Expositor     "A couple of weeks ago, I attended this year's dinner for the 1986-87 high school graduates prepared by the Six Nations-New Credit school committee. For several years, the school committee has had th

    "David Burning isn't sure what he's making. It's a corn husk doll. But David's not sure how it will look until he gets finished."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "A few weeks ago I attended a funeral at the Upper Cayuga Longhouse at Frog Pond on the Reserve. The funeral was for an old friend, Laval Staats, a brother of our former chief counsellor, Wellington

    "Two American natives, Greg Agawa and James Goulais, were recently convicted of fishing without a fishing licence by My. Justice Duncan Blair in Toronto court, although the judge admitted a treaty ma

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "Last week I saw a sure sign of spring. No, it wasn't buds or blossoms. They could be wrong. It was a group of boys playing marbles. I figure it must be an instinct. In spring, birds fly north, mothe

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "Recently, I was invited to attend a protest rally in Brantford. The federal government had decided to cut back on educational funding for native students going to a college or university. As usual,

Sinnott, Janet, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1989     "For Ellie Hill, the Champion of Champions Powwow at Chiefswood Park near Caledonia this weekend put her in touch with a long lost relative."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "If you're one of those people who go to a play to have your ego stroked, this year's Six Nations Native Pageant would not have been for you. Many Canadians are as bad as Americans in this regard. Th

    "Prohibition has ended on the Six Nations Reserve. On Dec. 28, a federal law passed last June came into effect, allowing natives to consume alcohol on reserves and giving their businesses and communi

Atkin, Jill, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1987     "Daniel Smoth's heritage surrounds him in more than one way on his property on Sour Springs Road. Not only is his land part of what was owned by his father before him, but the house he and his wife,

Green, Richard G., Brantford Expositor     "After the American Revolutionary War, adjustments came to the Iroquois Confederation. Many survivors decided to settle at Grand River Territory which has been set aside by the British Crown for her

    ""Chiefswood," the only Indian mansion of historical significance in Canada still standing from pre-confederation days is located on the north bank of the Grand River, overlooking the Six Nations Res

    "From the Donald Marshall inquiry to the Manitoba native justice inquiry, people across Canada are looking at how this country's justice system treats-and mistreats- native people."