Many southern bands in addition to the New Credit Mississauga have adjusted well to the white man's presence. One might cite, among others, the Hurons of Lorette near QuΘbec City, the Caughnawaga Mohawks of MontrΘal, and the Six Nations at Brantford. Undoubtedly the cost has been high. At both New Credit and Lorette the respective native languages are no longer spoken (in part, the white educators' century-old refusal to permit their use in the schools led to their demise). The assault against the "old ways" continues. The advent of radio and television has subjected all of the southern reserves to a new barrage of non-Indian culture and ideas. Working off the reserve has led to population dislocation and a weakening of community ties. In the north those bands which have had a relatively short exposure to the European have understandably not adjusted as well to the new culture and society of the newcomers. They have, in return, remained closer to their old ways. Can the south help the north to acquire those aspects of the non-native society needed to survive in modern Canada? Can the north offer those most exposed to non-native culture the traditional knowledge needed to strengthen their resolve to remain "Indian"?
