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Roper, Wayne, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1993     "Loran Thompson, a controversial figure from the New York side of Akwesasne, sees nothing dirty in what he describes as the "import-export business." A former Confederacy chief, he was ousted from hi

    "It's a billion-dollar racket that has created overnight millionaires while robbing businesses of sales and governments of precious tax money."

Roper, Wayne, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1993     "Smuggling cigarettes."

Squire, Bill, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 19 Jun 2013, p.7     This statement was written by the Mohawk Workers in order to outline their opposition to the proposed Enbridge Line 9B Reversal and Line 9 Capacity Expansion Project. In addition, the statement sugge

Beatty, Jim; White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 1993     "When Six Nations people burn tobacco in a traditional ceremony, they believe the smoke will carry their prayers to the creator above."

Turtle Island News, 28 Oct 1998     "Grand River Enterprises (G.R.E.), the first wholly native owned tobacco company is getting ready to take on the big guys."

Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 19 Mar 2014, p.20     "Six Nations lawyer Kim Thomas expects Bill C-10 to pass third reading in the House of Commons within the next month."

Turtle Island News, 22 Jan 2014, p.3     ...

Roper, Wayne, Brantford Expositor, 1994     Smoke factory on Six Nations Investors in Grand River Enterprises, which wants to manufacture cigarettes on Six Nations, take part in a press conference on Monday. ...

Roper, Wayne, Brantford Expositor, 25 Jan 1994     SMOKE MACHINE Wayne Roper, Expositor Staff Employees Derek Williams and Debra Martin stack cigarettes produced during an open house at a Grand River Enterprises on Monday. The Six Nations company pla

Windle, Jim, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 1 Sep 2010, p.3     "It appears Jeff Henhawk, proprietor of "The Hawk Smoke Shop" located on Highway #6, may have bought some time. He was served an eviction notice last week which gave him until August 24, at 8am, to v

Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 26 Feb 2014, p.9     "The Two Row Times met with Haudenosaunee Confederacy Secretary "Jock" Hill to talk about the pending Bill C-10 and its implications on all Six Nations Residents."

Legall, Paul, Hamilton Spectator, 27 Jan 1994     Two investors in smoke plant - drug convictions By Paul Legall and Dan Nolan, The Hamilton Spectator HAMILTON - Two Hamilton businessmen, pushing for the establishment of a tax-free cigarette plant o

Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 25 Jun 2014     Bill C-10 passes second reading, Senate sends to committee By Donna Duric, Writer Bill C-10 - the Tackling Contraband Tobacco Act - has passed second reading in the Senate. And despite fears the bill

Duric, Donna, Turtle Island News, 22 May 2013, p.2     "Six Nations Band Council and a community business group are getting rid of the tobacco quota system on Six Nations and creating a cigarette distribution centre on-reserve."

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 13 Mar 2013     "A Supreme Court decision not to hear an appeal from Grand River Enterprises, (G.R.E.) Six Nations Ltd., on whether or not they should pay excise taxes on tobacco product sold between 2005-2007 on re

Turtle Island News, 10 Apr 2013, p.7     "The results of a cross-border smuggling conducted and released by the MacDonald Laurier Institute this week is misleading and unfortunately can not be considered objective or accurate due to its lac

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 5 Aug 2015     Six Nations closer to regulating its tobacco industry By Lynda Powless, Editor Regulations overseeing the tobacco industry at Six Nations are one step closer to reality after the Haudenosaunee Confed

Powless, Lynda, Turtle Island News, 15 Jan 2014, p.15     G.R.E. only gives $2 million for fire hall construction By Lynda Powless, Editor Grand River Enterprises (GRE) CEO Jerry Montour says he isn't reneging on a promise to give Six Nations $3 million to

Publication Title Unknown, 17 Jan 1994     Reserve smokes will be tax free SIMCOE (CP) - The provincial and federal governments can forget about trying to collect sales tax when the first cigarette manufacturing firm on a Canadian Indian rese