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    Had it not been for the emergence of circumstances over which he had no control, chances are that Joseph Brant, the man after whom this city is named, might never have achieved his remarkable status

    "Native people, especially members of the Six Nations, played a significant role in the early settlement of Haldimand County. Many of the early settlers fought side by side with native warriors durin

    "In popular culture, native women and sex are as inseparable as cops and robbers, says the director of a native museum in New Mexico."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1992     "A couple of months ago I wrote a column about Joseph Brant. One of the unusual facts about this unusual man was that he was a freemason. In other words, he was a member of the Masonic Lodge."

    "The tomb of Chief Joseph Brant if located beside the Mohawk Chapel. In March, 1909, it was rumored that in 1879 a group of medical students from Toronto "on a night's revels" had raided the grave an

    ""Brother-We have heard and considered your case; we sympathize with you. We are bereaved of a beloved son. But that son raised his parricidal hand against the kindest of fathers. His death was occas

Muir, Gary, Brantford Expositor, 15 Apr 1995     "Joseph Brant's place in history rests primarily on his military exploits during the American Revolution and his ability as a negotiator both with his own people during that conflict and with the whi

    "Back in the 1820's, enterprising businessmen believed water transportation would be the key to unlock the riches of the continent. As a result, a frenzy of canal building took place."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1991     "In September I was invited to go back to the historic Mohawk Valley in New York State. As I reported in a column last year, members of our Six Nations Public Library committee visited there in the s

    "With the recent interest in the Thomas house, we, the Thomas family, feel compelled to let any interested people know just how much history is connected with this property. This is what we have disc

Roper, Wayne, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1992     ...

    Article discussing the history behind the naming of Whiteman's Creek.

    "The recent television production Divided Loyalties, which dealt with the life of Joseph Brant, underlined once again the impact that this individual had in the early history of Canada and the United

Young, David, Brantford Expositor, 25 May 1991     "The Grand River of today is like backed-up plumbing because of dams, said Chief Richard Maracle of the Mohawk Nation during the opening ceremonies of Riverfest Friday night."

    "Her Majesty's Chapel of The Mohawks was the first Protestant church to be built in what is now Ontario."

    "Two hundred and fifty years ago, an Indian woman gave birth to a son on the banks of the Ohio River. The woman and her husband were part of a Mohawk hunting party."

    "Last month, the movie Divided Loyalties was shown on CBC television. It cost several million dollars to make and it had many memorable scenes. HOwever it had some glaring errors which were apparentl

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, Spring 1992     "About 10 yeas ago, while I was still teaching school, I took the students from Six Nations School No. 9 on a school trip. As I wanted them to learn something about their own history, I took them to

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1988     "A few weeks ago I was invited to a meeting of the Six Nations Pageant committee. They wanted to use the Shawnee war chief Tecumseh as the subject of the 1988 pageant. As they did not have a script,

Brantford Expositor, 29 Jun 1991     "I recently received an interesting letter from Peter Tensen of R2 Brantford. He enclosed a clipping of a letter which had appeared in the Expositor on June 7. In it, H. Cook of Paris made some state