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Thompson, Brian, Brantford Expositor, 1990     "Michelle Thomas (left), a Grade 13 student in Caledonia, and Tammy General, a Grade 12 student in Hagersville, talk about how events at Oka have affected local native high school students."

    "The crisis in Quebec Mohawk communities is taking a toll on Six Nations residents."

Jarvis, Anne, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1990     "Native People are ready to stand up for their rights, Elijah Harper told more than 300 people who gave him two standing ovations at Hagersville Secondary School on Saturday."

    "After 11 weeks of standoff, the Mohawk crisis ended as it began-violently and in mass confusion."

Thompson, Brian, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1990     "The Six Nations community dining hall has been transformed into an assembly line as dozens of volunteers pack, label and seal boxes of food and medical supplies for the Mohawks at Oka, Que."

    "Natives and sympathizers gathered Sunday under a blistering sun to verbally bash the federal government for lack of involvement in a land claims dispute which has grown into a three-week armed stand

    "A sovereign nation- in effect a country within Canada - is the bottom line for a hard-line Mohawk faction in negotiations to end armed standoffs in Quebec."

Smith, Christopher, Brantford Expositor, 1990     "Six Nations residents today are blocking a CN railway line and Highway 6 will be hit this afternoon unless Prime Minister Brian Mulroney starts negotiating with Quebec Mohawks."

    "An unidentified Mohawk replaces the pin on the eighth green with the Mohawk Warrior Flag at the Oka golf course Tuesday. Mohawk demonstrators marched into the village of Oka and then onto the golf c

    "Just six months ago Manitoba MLA Elijah Harper sprang to centre stage of Canadian politics when he single handedly squashed the Meech Lake Accord."

    Elijah Harper led about 1,000 demonstrators on a peace march through downtown Winnipeg on Sunday."

    "The heavily armed Mohawk Warrior Society appears to be playing a leading role in the two armed standoffs between police and natives in Quebec."

Roper, Wayne, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1990     "Highway 6 just outside of Caledonia is the third transportation route to be blocked by Six Nations residents in support of Quebec Mohawks."

Brantford Expositor, Sep 1990     "Wearing native headdress Hughy Kyle Henry, 4, poses wit his father Edward Laverne Henry while his mother Connie Henry takes their photo in front of the blockade on Highway 54, east of Onondaga."

    "Residents of this town are outraged that their sleepy community has become a battleground between Mohawks and Quebec provincial police over an extension to a golf course."

Colalacovo, Sam, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1990     "Six Nations Chief Coun. William Montour said he received some satisfaction Wednesday during a brief meeting with Premier Daivd Peterson."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor, 1989     "People have asked me the difference between Indian nation, Indian tribe and Indian band. I would like to briefly explain these and other similar terms as they pertain to Indians, or more properly, t