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Tension has increased between Lethbridge city police and the Blood tribe since last spring's shooting of a Blood man, Chief Roy Fox has told a provincial inquiry. A Lethbridge police officer shot Chester Heavy Runner Jr. on a downtown Lethbridge street last April.
"It's going to be a long time before the people of the Blood tribe can begin the process of trying to…
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Tension has increased between Lethbridge city police and the Blood tribe since last spring's shooting of a Blood man, Chief Roy Fox has told a provincial inquiry. A Lethbridge police officer shot Chester Heavy Runner Jr. on a downtown Lethbridge street last April.
"It's going to be a long time before the people of the Blood tribe can begin the process of trying to…
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An Eden Valley Indian, found guilty last month of hunting on Crown land leased by southern Alberta ranchers, has garnered the support of British Columbia Natives in an appeal battle to retain his traditional rights.
George Alexson, whose 1989 acquittal was overturned by a Court of Queen's Bench justice in Calgary Jan. 19 hopes to be back in court April 3 to defend treaty…
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An Eden Valley Indian, found guilty last month of hunting on Crown land leased by southern Alberta ranchers, has garnered the support of British Columbia Natives in an appeal battle to retain his traditional rights.
George Alexson, whose 1989 acquittal was overturned by a Court of Queen's Bench justice in Calgary Jan. 19 hopes to be back in court April 3 to defend treaty…
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An Eden Valley Indian, found guilty last month of hunting on Crown land leased by southern Alberta ranchers, has garnered the support of British Columbia Natives in an appeal battle to retain his traditional rights.
George Alexson, whose 1989 acquittal was overturned by a Court of Queen's Bench justice in Calgary Jan. 19 hopes to be back in court April 3 to defend treaty…
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An Eden Valley Indian, found guilty last month of hunting on Crown land leased by southern Alberta ranchers, has garnered the support of British Columbia Natives in an appeal battle to retain his traditional rights.
George Alexson, whose 1989 acquittal was overturned by a Court of Queen's Bench justice in Calgary Jan. 19 hopes to be back in court April 3 to defend treaty…
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Homeowners in suburban Winnipeg and rural Manitoba have greeted plans for a Native seminary with howls of protest. Twice rebuffed by protest campaigns, the training center is still without a home. Director Stan McKay, 47, a United Church minister and a Cree Indian from the Fisher River Reserve in central Manitoba, is wondering how much easier the search might have been if his…
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Homeowners in suburban Winnipeg and rural Manitoba have greeted plans for a Native seminary with howls of protest. Twice rebuffed by protest campaigns, the training center is still without a home. Director Stan McKay, 47, a United Church minister and a Cree Indian from the Fisher River Reserve in central Manitoba, is wondering how much easier the search might have been if his…
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Homeowners in suburban Winnipeg and rural Manitoba have greeted plans for a Native seminary with howls of protest. Twice rebuffed by protest campaigns, the training center is still without a home. Director Stan McKay, 47, a United Church minister and a Cree Indian from the Fisher River Reserve in central Manitoba, is wondering how much easier the search might have been if his…
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Homeowners in suburban Winnipeg and rural Manitoba have greeted plans for a Native seminary with howls of protest. Twice rebuffed by protest campaigns, the training center is still without a home. Director Stan McKay, 47, a United Church minister and a Cree Indian from the Fisher River Reserve in central Manitoba, is wondering how much easier the search might have been if his…
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New hydroelectric projects in the James Bay area of northern Quebec would devastate an environment already on the verge of ecological collapse, says the grand chief of Quebec's 10,000 Acres. Matthew Coon-Come said his people's traditional territories have already been turned into a wasteland by a series of dams and reservoirs built in the 1970s. "Our fish are poisoned with…
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New hydroelectric projects in the James Bay area of northern Quebec would devastate an environment already on the verge of ecological collapse, says the grand chief of Quebec's 10,000 Acres. Matthew Coon-Come said his people's traditional territories have already been turned into a wasteland by a series of dams and reservoirs built in the 1970s. "Our fish are poisoned with…
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New hydroelectric projects in the James Bay area of northern Quebec would devastate an environment already on the verge of ecological collapse, says the grand chief of Quebec's 10,000 Acres. Matthew Coon-Come said his people's traditional territories have already been turned into a wasteland by a series of dams and reservoirs built in the 1970s. "Our fish are poisoned with…
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New hydroelectric projects in the James Bay area of northern Quebec would devastate an environment already on the verge of ecological collapse, says the grand chief of Quebec's 10,000 Acres. Matthew Coon-Come said his people's traditional territories have already been turned into a wasteland by a series of dams and reservoirs built in the 1970s. "Our fish are poisoned with…
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The government of Nova Scotia officially apologized to Micmac Indian Donald Marshall last week for his wrongful imprisonment. The province's attorney-general also ordered a federal review into the conduct of five judges who eventually acquitted Marshall but did not clear his name. Tom McInnis offered the apology to Marshall and his entire family after a royal commission reported…
