Results

    "Indian Act regulations allowing government officials to arrest people on Indian reserves and burn down their houses on suspicion of them having an infectious disease are being scrapped."

    "Traditional native chiefs and elders are gathering this week to forge a plan to fight changes to the federal Indian Act."

    "A Six Nations mother's illegitimate year-old baby boy may unknowingly help to amend the Indian Act."

    Article describing a clause in the Indian Act which places Native people under the jurisdiction of the province for matters not covered by Federal Statutes.(Indian Act, Clause 87, Chapter 20).

    "A hunting and fishing agreement between the province and traditional chiefs at Six Nations may have been jeopardized by the band council."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1992     "I recently got a letter from John Pardoe of Brantford expressing concern at something I had written."

Hamilton Spectator, Summer 1993     "Drums pounding and voices chanting, native protesters stormed into a Revenue Canada office on Wednesday, demanding answers to a new taxation policy they say will hurt natives."

Brantford Expositor, Spring 1992     "...the 29-year-old lawyer from Six Nations, who created a nation-wide stir one year ago when he refused to swear an oath of allegiance to the Queen, sometimes feels as if a ceiling still hangs over

Dearing, Stephanie, Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 12 Jun 2013, p.15     This article reports on the workshop on the Indian Act and self-governance presented to the Six Nations Elected Band Council by Osgoode Hall Law Professor Shin Imai.

    "Native people living off reserves often find government red tape an impossible barrier to regaining their official Indian status, the president of the Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association said T

Ball, Vincent, Brantford Expositor, 9 Oct 1991     "Brantford Township council has taken another step towards resolving a lengthy land dispute over property locally known as the Doctor Lands."

    "Nowhere is the complexity of the self-government debate more evident than in two native communities near Brantford."

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, Spring 1993     "The small, yellow-brick building stands alone, shaded by tall trees and overshadowed by the rapid growth of the new building nearby."

Publication Title Unknown, 20 Dec 1993     Mohawks outraged over housing standoff MONTREAL (CP) - Frank Poirier and Donna Bonspille would dearly love to go home for Christmas. Home is Kanesatake. For more than two years, the Mohawk couple hav

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Winter 1992     "A couple of weeks ago I met John Goddard at the Woodland Indian Cultural Centre. He was there to discuss his book, Last Stand of the Lubicon Cree. This is a very important book which goes a long way

Garlow, Nahnda, Two Row Times (Six Nations of the Grand River, ON: Two Row Times), 4 May 2016     The problem with incorporation and the Indian Act By Nahnda Garlow For nearly a year members of the Haudenosaunee Development Institute (HDI) have insisted they are not a corporation. According to th

Tekawennake News (Ohsweken, Ontario: Tekawennake News, 1968), 1 Aug 2001     "HULL, QUE. (CP) - Federal consultations on a new Indian Act will be put on hold for 30 days while government and native leaders discuss how to proceed, Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault said Tues

Valiante, Giuseppe, Turtle Island News, 12 Oct 2016     "AKWESASNE, ONT - The Mohawk band council of Akwesasne has introduced what is considered the first indigenous legal system in Canada outside a federal framework."

Chronicle-Journal, 19 Jul 2012, A2     full text available on microfilm

Chronicle-Journal, 23 Jul 2012, A1     full text available on microfilm