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Gays and Lesbians of the First Nations in Toronto Newsletter, The Sacred Fire, Summer 1990

The Summmer 1990 edition of the Gays and Lesbians of the First Nations in Toronto newsletter The Sacred Fire. Content includes uncredited news briefs on a variety of topics including 'Bill 7 Scholarship Awarded', 'The Greater Vancouver Native Cultural Society (excerpted from Angles, August 1990), 'AIDS Suicide Activist, 38, dies' (reprinted from Toronto Sun, August 26, 1990), 'Room Available in Nishnawbe Home', 'VI International Conference on AIDS, San Francisco, 1990 (excerpted from Treatment Update 15, AIDS ACTION NOW!, August 1990), 'Anti-HIV Agents' (excerpted from Treatment Update 15, AIDS ACTION NOW!, August 1990), 'Infection Fighters' (excerpted from Treatment Update 15, AIDS ACTION NOW!, August 1990), 'No Time for Miller Time' (excerpted from OutWeek, August 22, 1990), and 'American Indian Gays & Lesbians'; organizations' contact information; Board membership updates; advertisements for employment opportunities; calls for event volunteers and submissions for publications; event posters and announcements; 'Berdacheism' by Pierrette D�sy (excerpted from How Can One Be A Woman: The Paradox of Berdache); 'When We Stand Together' by Small Fox (Waagoshens); 'Visual AIDS' by Lee Lester (reprinted from Toronto Sun, August 19, 1990); 'Words of Wisdom' by Chief Joseph; 'Indian Prayer for Peace'; a letter dated August 28, 1990 from Donna Marchand, President of Gays and Lesbians of the First Nations of Toronto, to Albert McLeod of the Nichiwakan Native Gay Society, congratulating him on hosting a successful gathering; 'Holistic Treatments: Where's the Research, Where's the Proof?' by Bob Lederer (reprinted from Out Week, October 8, 1989); ''You're Never Too Old to Learn'' by Three Loons on Running Waters; a poster advertising the services of the Community Research Initiative of Toronto; poems 'Issues Contemporary' by Nancy Woods and 'Here We Sit' and 'Smoke' by Conrad 'Connie' Merasty; a request for letters of intent to participate in a project titled 'Research to Evaluate Anonymous Testing for Human Immunodeficiency Virus'; and a form letter of protest to the Prime Minister regarding the use of Canadian Armed Forces to dismantle the barricades at Oka and Chateauguay.