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Chief Michael Mitchell of the Akwesasne tribe recounts legends and history of the Iroquois Confederacy to Mrs
Chief Michael Mitchell of the Akwesasne tribe recounts legends and history of the Iroquois Confederacy to Mrs

Chief Michael Mitchell of the Akwesasne tribe recounts legends and history of the Iroquois Confederacy to Mrs

Date8/19/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Chief Michael Mitchell of the Akwesasne tribe recounts legends and history of the Iroquois Confederacy to Mrs. Laura Sabia, using a Condolence Cane of carved symbols. Mrs. Sabia is a former president of Canadian Federation of University Women, which last night heard a Manitoba Indian leader blame white men for making his people accept their status on bottom rung of the social ladder.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0078296F
Terrifying ordeal: Manuel De Mendonca, at home after being held captive for 99 hours while his abductors drove his van across the country, weeps in the arms of his daughter Nancy, 5, as her recounts the terror of his ordeal.
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A young, dark-haired child reads a hand-lettered poster about the Silver Covenant Chain Two-Row ...
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approximately 1915
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Journal d'une expédition contre les Iroquois en 1687 / rédigé par le chevalier de Baugy, aide de camp de M
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1883