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HULL, QUEBEC - Consultation on, access to and distribution of Native programming are the prime concerns of Native broadcasters appearing before hearings on the renewal of the CBC licence to broadcast.

A progression of five Native broadcasting groups appearing before the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunication (CRTC) said that consultation with their groups, and…

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Official opening ceremonies for the newly established Settlement Investment Corporation launched its commencement of business on Monday, October 27 in Edmonton.

The new corporation is funded by the Native Economic Development Program (NEDP) and is wholly owned by its parent company, Settlement Sooniyaw Corporation. Settlement Sooniyaw Corporation is responsible for the…

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Ahneen there and hello. Say, do you wake up every morning to gaze lovingly

at your very own treaty status card? Do you keep a poster-size picture of the current minister of Indian Affairs in your bathroom so when you have a few minutes for a good think you can remember to be grateful and everything? Do you pass non-Natives on the street and smile at them knowing they…

EDITORIAL

We need winners!

We need them alright, but it seems in Indian Country , whenever we find one we ourselves drag the winner down. Notice all the we's?

I don't know what it is, but it seems that we can't stand to see one of our own climb up the ladder to success or even to shine a little while volunteering his or her services to a sport, function or business.

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BLOOD RESERVE - Blood Chief Roy Fox said he will meet with the group who are opposing the new election system to discuss the council's rationale in adopting the new changes.

In a telephone inteview October 14, Fox said he is prepared to meet with the protesters next week at their regular council meeting if the group still want to meet. Fox said he had just returned from…

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BLOOD RESERVE - The crux of the new Blood election system changes dispute is that the powers and responsibilities of chief and council must be clearly defined, says a Blood journalist.

Mary Ann Crow, who has been following the Native political scene for a number of years, says the lack of clear definition has confused the electorate as to what govern-ment system they…

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CALGARY - The Department of Indian Affairs is earmarking about $1 million for resource rich Alberta bands who may be about to feel the pinch of deregulated gas prices.

The price of natural gas is scheduled to be deregulated November 1 and many analysts speculate prices could drop by as much as 20 to 40 per cent below current prices.

However, Calgary department…

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CALGARY - The long awaited face to face meeting between Calgary Olympics Native liaison co-ordinator Sykes Powderface and Lubicon Lake Chief Bernard Ominiyak which took place in Calgary, Friday, October 17, appears to have ended in a stalemate.

In an interview shortly after the meeting, Powderface said that he and Ominiyak agreed to disagree on his role within OCO '88 (…

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Brian Mulroney

Prime Minister of Canada

House of Commons

Ottawa

Dear Brian:

Have I got an idea for you! It's so good I think you could use it to get yourself re-elected. The best thing is, it won't cost anything at all. I won't tell you what it is right now, but I will give you a few hints.

My idea, like a few of the ones you've had…

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OTTAWA - A national conference being held in Toronto at the beginning of next month will likely be the closing act for the Indian t Secretariat of the Native Council of Canada.

Funding for the secretariat, which has been helping non-Status Indians regain their rights under the Bill C-31 amendments to the Indian Act, runs out on November 7.

The secretariat loses its…

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Treaty 6 members of the Native Council of Canada (Alberta) in the Edmonton area, say they are tired of all the secret meetings, mud slinging and name calling incidents they believe are happening and want to get down to business.

At a meeting on October 17 with approximately eight NCC(A) members, spokes-

person, Haddie Jahner, and one board member, Frank Logan,…

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OTTAWA - Following a summer of frustration, the country's major Native organizations are optimistic about the outcome of the recent round of Native Constitutional talks in Toronto.

"I got the sense of more of a commitment to progress from the provinces and the federal government," said Dorothy Wabisca, vice-president of the Native Council of Canada.

Georges Erasmus…

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BLOOD RESERVE - A group of Blood protesters will ask the Department of Indian affairs minister to suspend the Blood chief and council until the issue of the new election system is resolved.

At a demonstration here, October 14, Duncan Bottle, one of the organizers, said the group is adamantly opposed to the new four-year election system. The system, which will begin with…

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The Indian Association of Alberta has resigned its seat from the Alberta Fish and Wildlife Advisory Council. Gregg Smith, President of the IAA made the announcement October 20 in Edmonton.

"When the association first agreed to protect our rights and at the same time contribute to conservation strategy of the province," Smith said, "we found out, as other Indian groups in…

Native artists rejecting narrow label

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Too many Native artists are wasting time and energy proving they're Indians instead of trying to be good artists, says a member of a jury appointed by the Indian

Art Centre in Ottawa.

"It's ridiculous," said Alfred Youngman, who is professor of Native studies at

the University of Lethbridge.

"Hungarians…