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The federal and provincial governments have launched a $1-million campaign to help Alberta Native leaders determine the impact of the criminal justice system on Indian and Metis people in Alberta.
A task force has been established to study why a disproportionate number of
Natives are in Alberta jails and to provide alternatives for dealing with Natives involved in…
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The federal and provincial governments have launched a $1-million campaign to help Alberta Native leaders determine the impact of the criminal justice system on Indian and Metis people in Alberta.
A task force has been established to study why a disproportionate number of
Natives are in Alberta jails and to provide alternatives for dealing with Natives involved in…
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Native bands in northern Alberta and the Northwest territories need more time and money to study the fate of 4,000 diseased bison in Wood Buffalo National Park.
But they will not consent to have them killed, said Treaty 8 spokesman Johnsen Sewepagaham who is leading the fight to save the buffalo.
That's an option which is being given serious consideration by federal…
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Native bands in northern Alberta and the Northwest territories need more time and money to study the fate of 4,000 diseased bison in Wood Buffalo National Park.
But they will not consent to have them killed, said Treaty 8 spokesman Johnsen Sewepagaham who is leading the fight to save the buffalo.
That's an option which is being given serious consideration by federal…
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Native bands in northern Alberta and the Northwest territories need more time and money to study the fate of 4,000 diseased bison in Wood Buffalo National Park.
But they will not consent to have them killed, said Treaty 8 spokesman Johnsen Sewepagaham who is leading the fight to save the buffalo.
That's an option which is being given serious consideration by federal…
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Native bands in northern Alberta and the Northwest territories need more time and money to study the fate of 4,000 diseased bison in Wood Buffalo National Park.
But they will not consent to have them killed, said Treaty 8 spokesman Johnsen Sewepagaham who is leading the fight to save the buffalo.
That's an option which is being given serious consideration by federal…
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Native youth court worker Fraser Thompson can understand the frustration and agony his young clients face.
He knows low self-esteem kill the motivation to get an education or to lead a normal life.
Thompson knows because he has been in those shoes.
The 32-year-old Cree man has been working for the last five years as a Youth Court advocate with Native…
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Native youth court worker Fraser Thompson can understand the frustration and agony his young clients face.
He knows low self-esteem kill the motivation to get an education or to lead a normal life.
Thompson knows because he has been in those shoes.
The 32-year-old Cree man has been working for the last five years as a Youth Court advocate with Native…
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Native youth court worker Fraser Thompson can understand the frustration and agony his young clients face.
He knows low self-esteem kill the motivation to get an education or to lead a normal life.
Thompson knows because he has been in those shoes.
The 32-year-old Cree man has been working for the last five years as a Youth Court advocate with Native…
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Native youth court worker Fraser Thompson can understand the frustration and agony his young clients face.
He knows low self-esteem kill the motivation to get an education or to lead a normal life.
Thompson knows because he has been in those shoes.
The 32-year-old Cree man has been working for the last five years as a Youth Court advocate with Native…
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The Little Red River Band of northern Alberta isn't trying to cut down the developers of a mega pulp mill in Peace River, claims Chief Johnsen Sewepagaham.
They just want the federal government to recognize its obligations to Indian people.
He is pushing for a federally-sponsored review of the $500 million Daishowa Canada Ltd. project he fears will damage the…
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The Little Red River Band of northern Alberta isn't trying to cut down the developers of a mega pulp mill in Peace River, claims Chief Johnsen Sewepagaham.
They just want the federal government to recognize its obligations to Indian people.
He is pushing for a federally-sponsored review of the $500 million Daishowa Canada Ltd. project he fears will damage the…
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The Little Red River Band of northern Alberta isn't trying to cut down the developers of a mega pulp mill in Peace River, claims Chief Johnsen Sewepagaham.
They just want the federal government to recognize its obligations to Indian people.
He is pushing for a federally-sponsored review of the $500 million Daishowa Canada Ltd. project he fears will damage the…
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The Little Red River Band of northern Alberta isn't trying to cut down the developers of a mega pulp mill in Peace River, claims Chief Johnsen Sewepagaham.
They just want the federal government to recognize its obligations to Indian people.
He is pushing for a federally-sponsored review of the $500 million Daishowa Canada Ltd. project he fears will damage the…
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The Montana Band from Hobbema is suing the federal government for compensation for the loss of much of its reserve 80 years ago.
Twenty square miles were taken by Ottawa from the band in 1909 by Ottawa and sold to settlers in future years, leaving the band with just 10 square miles, claims the band.
"They came along and ate off two-thirds," said band lawyer Gary…