Résultats

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

      "He didn't think so at the time, but native actor Graham Greene was dealt a winner when he lost a cut of the cards."

      "The camera loves Ojibway fashion model Brenn Sandy. No need for cosmetic contouring-her cheekbones soar without it. There are no angular edges to interrupt the perfect oval of her face. She projects a cool, sultry self-assurance that belies her off-camera warmth and shyness."

      "The Brantford premiere of the movie Dances with Wolves, starring Kevin Costner, will be a benefit for the FM radio station in Ohsweken."

      "NDP MLA Elijah Harper laughs at comments made by supporters after stopping the Meech Lake debate in the Manitoba legislature."

      "A homeless man is denied social assistance because he doesn't have a permanent address. A farmer is refused a government grant because his application was tied up in the mail and arrived late. A woman's claim is rejected by Ontario's Criminal Injuries Compensation Board because it rules she contributed to …

      "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 and taken Brant's skeleton."

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "What promises to be an historic gathering of native people is scheduled to take place at McMaster University in Hamilton at the end of this month."

      "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 States. Brant was able to exert as much influence as he did, not just because of his position …

      "A native child welfare agency wants Manitoba and Ottawa to atone for allowing adoption of aboriginal children outside Canada in the past."

      "Six nations band council has asked the federal government to provide funding for a nutritionist at the medical centre."

      "Mohawk College will be offering Ojibwa classes at the New Credit campus this winter."

      "The Meech Lake accord, designed to accommodate Quebec in a Canadian constitution with stronger provincial powers, died when Manitoba MLA Elijah Harper, a Cree Indian, blocked ratification by the June 23 deadline in his legislature because he said it ignored native rights.

      "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."

      "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 overnight. Progressively reduced budgeting for maintenance and operation of these schools is the reason. Now the buildings have reached …

 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 Cemetery and on the left is the New Credit Cemetery. In the New Credit Cemetery, easily …

 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 shaman (shay-men) could use his special knowledge to produce "good medicine" or "bad medicine.""

 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 form of a crawling snake almost a quarter-mile long. I …

 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 their brother, Andrew. They were all school teachers on the Six Nations Reserve …

 Beaver, George, Brantford Expositor     "A couple weeks ago, I received an Indian name at the Six Nations Pageant. It was given in the Cayuga language. The Cayuga Nation is one of the Six Nations of the Grand River. The name I was given was Hay-yah-twa, which in English means "He writes" or "The Writer.""