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Gallagher, Beth, Brantford Expositor, Fall 1989     "As Roberta Jamieson sits at a picnic table outside her cedar home on the Six Nations reserve she takes a drink of her coffee and begins to tell a bit about the woman who would be ombudsman."

    "As a Mohawk Indian who grew up on a reserve, lawyer Roberta Jamieson says she'll bring something special to her new job of handling citizen complaints about government decisions."

    "Members of two local Indian bands have occupied a seven hectare property in this Bruce Peninsula city to back their claims to the historic land. The property, known as the South Ordnance Reserve, si

Brantford Expositor, Fall 1989     "One of the highlights of the Six Nations Indian Fair in September was the free sample of freshly-cooked fish and game given out in the arena. And what sampled they were. My dish was heaping with ven

    "The Six Nations and New Credit people are again immersed in yet another crisis pertaining to our educational system. Our schools are in a deplorable state and these conditions didn't develop overnig

Gallagher, Beth, Brantford Expositor     "Six Nations Chief William Montour said Thursday elementary schools on the reserve likely not be ready for students by Nov. 13."

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."

Green, Richard G., Brantford Expositor     "What have I done for Mother Earth today? In this time of environmental concern, many native people believe we have now passed the seventh fire. The eight fire will be either destruction or eternal p

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "Several weeks ago there was an interesting conference at Ohsweken on the Six Nations reserve. It was called Awakening the Spirit and it was sponsored by the Iroquois Women's Circle. The Iroquois Wom

Jarvis, Anne, Brantford Expositor     "Molly Brant is Back. Who? The sister of Joseph Brant, the famous Mohawk who led the Six Nations to the Grand River."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "While following event at the Olympics on television, my wife was surprised to hear that the word toboggan was an Indian word. She has not really thought about it before. The word not only is an Indi

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "As you travel East on Indian Line, along the southern boundary of the Six Nations and New Credit reserves, the highway passes between two small cemeteries. The one on the right is the Hagersville Ce

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     "Last year in one of my columns I mentioned the Great Serpent Mound. It is one of the thousands of Indian mounds to be found in Ohio Valley. The Great Serpent Mound is made of earth and is in the for

    "Gary Hussey is becoming more Indian at every pageant. First, he entered his 12 year old adopted daughter, a Cree, as one of the characters in the replica of a traditional native village at the annua

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "I recently attended a short lecture given by Tomson Highway, the Cree Indian who wrote the play, The Rez Sisters. Last November I gave an account of this play in a column. The rez refers to an India

Brantford Expositor, Summer 1987     "The first single country blues band, The Breeze, will blow into record stores next month. The 45-rpm record will feature two of the band's original songs, Baby, You're My Good Thing and I've Been Cr

Thompson, Brian, Brantford Expositor, Summer 1988     "The "last flicker" of a great people's 10,000-year0old culture has been found in Bob and Leona Moses' basement. And the stunning find was just a "fluke," an amateur anthropologist says."

Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     " As you enter the village of Ohsweken from the south on Chiefswood Road, you will see the Jamieson School on your left. This school is named for the three Jamieson sisters, Julia, Nora and Mary, and

    "History has not been particularly kind to women. A look through almost any collection of historical writings will prove it. Women's activities and accomplishments are rarely mentioned, except in the