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More than 100 of North America's top Native golfers were in Waterton last week-end for the annual North American Championship Tournament, and by all reports it was a great time.
A total purpose of $16,000, from a large and enthusiastic group of sponsors made up the prizes. And 107 golfers, from as far afield as San Diego, California, Montreal, Quebec, Phoenix, Arizona and…
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More than 100 of North America's top Native golfers were in Waterton last week-end for the annual North American Championship Tournament, and by all reports it was a great time.
A total purpose of $16,000, from a large and enthusiastic group of sponsors made up the prizes. And 107 golfers, from as far afield as San Diego, California, Montreal, Quebec, Phoenix, Arizona and…
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Supporting a hockey team means more than just going to the games, say organizers in Saskatchewan.
The Starblanket Cree Nation believes the members of their junior A hockey team, the Lebret Eagles, are more than just players, they are role models. Each player represents a positive road for Native youth to follow, steering them away from substance abuse and encouraging…
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Supporting a hockey team means more than just going to the games, say organizers in Saskatchewan.
The Starblanket Cree Nation believes the members of their junior A hockey team, the Lebret Eagles, are more than just players, they are role models. Each player represents a positive road for Native youth to follow, steering them away from substance abuse and encouraging…
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The link between exposure to toxic element and mysterious medical problems experienced by veterans of the Persian Gulf War is gaining public notice.
Calls have been issued to American soldiers who served in the Persian Gulf during the war and who experienced or are experiencing medical problems since to undergo physicals at their local veteran's hospital.
Veterans…
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The link between exposure to toxic element and mysterious medical problems experienced by veterans of the Persian Gulf War is gaining public notice.
Calls have been issued to American soldiers who served in the Persian Gulf during the war and who experienced or are experiencing medical problems since to undergo physicals at their local veteran's hospital.
Veterans…
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The Indian Association of Alberta are calling for an independent study on the emission of the Swan Hills hazardous waste treatment plant.
The association maintains the plant is a white elephant which emits polychlorinated biphenols, a substance suspected to cause cancer, in excess of operating guidelines in other provinces.
Trace amounts of the carcinogens have…
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The Indian Association of Alberta are calling for an independent study on the emission of the Swan Hills hazardous waste treatment plant.
The association maintains the plant is a white elephant which emits polychlorinated biphenols, a substance suspected to cause cancer, in excess of operating guidelines in other provinces.
Trace amounts of the carcinogens have…
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This cage that holds us knows of no age or race. That is why both young and old are kept here. That is why Natives, whites and blacks are brought together here.
Despite the difference of our skin colors, we all become one, criminals. We all learn to live together because justice has brought us together in this lonely kingdom.
A gathering of nations on the wrong…
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This cage that holds us knows of no age or race. That is why both young and old are kept here. That is why Natives, whites and blacks are brought together here.
Despite the difference of our skin colors, we all become one, criminals. We all learn to live together because justice has brought us together in this lonely kingdom.
A gathering of nations on the wrong…
Sovereignty threatened under current international treaty
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OPINION
GATT, the General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs, is an international treaty which, by means of periodic modification, is designed to remove barriers to trade across national boundaries.
This sounds like a laudable goal, except that it is not always clear that it is good to have such barriers…
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When I was going to college in Toronto, about 12 years and 15 pounds ago, I met this girl. She was about my age and spoke with the most darling French Canadian accent. Having grown up on a Native reserve, this was my first time in the city and I was anxious to make friends. Especially pretty ones.
So as the days passed we spent time hanging around together, developing a…
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When I was going to college in Toronto, about 12 years and 15 pounds ago, I met this girl. She was about my age and spoke with the most darling French Canadian accent. Having grown up on a Native reserve, this was my first time in the city and I was anxious to make friends. Especially pretty ones.
So as the days passed we spent time hanging around together, developing a…
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Recently, I had the pleasure of experiencing Louise Halfe's Bear Bones & Feathers. No doubt, this book of poetry will provocatively compel "all the relations" but specifically, I know that it will encourage wonderful memories for our Cree "relations."
Halfe, unlike other First Nations poets, writes in both Cree and English. This particular book of poetry is spiced…
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You've got to hand it to the 50 or so First Nations retailers in British Columbia who, within six short weeks, came together to combat the province's odious Tobacco Marking Program. The retailers met in Kamloops June 18 and 19 to mull over a discussion paper on the issue and left with an emphatic mandate to pursue the eradication of the program.
Complex problems require…