Ohsweken, Ontario
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Ohsweken is a village on the Six Nations of the Grand River Indian reserve near Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Approximately 300 of the 2,700 homes on the reserve are in Ohsweken, and it is the site of the reserve governmental and administrative offices.
Notable people from Ohsweken include actors Gary Farmer and Graham Greene, and poet Daniel David Moses.
The town has two community newspapers, the Turtle Island News and the Tekawennake, and a local community radio station, CKRZ. Ohsweken also hosts an annual pow-wow every year in July.
In June of 2005 Ohsweken hosted a performance by The Jordanaires.
Ohsweken also has a race track, Ohsweken Speedway.
[edit] Water Crisis
At the time, Ohsweken is dealing with a contaminated water crisis. "We have an outdated water pumping station working at three times its capacity. It couldn’t support the demand. It created a potentially dangerous situation. Everyone had to be put on a boil water advisory. We need to look at upgrading the system if we ever hope to extend our infrastructure to include badly needed new homes," said Six Nations Chief David General.
