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  • Marlena Dolan, Windspeaker Contributor, Calgary

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"Bill C-31 has instilled awareness among Canadians of the government's different laws for Natives, those that exist for non-Native people, and the still different laws that are especially prejudicial and discriminatory laws for Native women."

This statement was made by Vicki English-Currie at the women's issues forum presentation to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal…

  • Marlena Dolan, Windspeaker Contributor, Calgary

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"Bill C-31 has instilled awareness among Canadians of the government's different laws for Natives, those that exist for non-Native people, and the still different laws that are especially prejudicial and discriminatory laws for Native women."

This statement was made by Vicki English-Currie at the women's issues forum presentation to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal…

  • Marlena Dolan, Windspeaker Contributor, Calgary

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"Bill C-31 has instilled awareness among Canadians of the government's different laws for Natives, those that exist for non-Native people, and the still different laws that are especially prejudicial and discriminatory laws for Native women."

This statement was made by Vicki English-Currie at the women's issues forum presentation to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal…

  • Marlena Dolan, Windspeaker Contributor, Calgary

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"Bill C-31 has instilled awareness among Canadians of the government's different laws for Natives, those that exist for non-Native people, and the still different laws that are especially prejudicial and discriminatory laws for Native women."

This statement was made by Vicki English-Currie at the women's issues forum presentation to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Ottawa

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A controversial act affecting Native land management will not be going to Ottawa any time soon.

The First Nations' Land Board has decided to keep the First Nations Chartered Land Act from proceeding to the House of Commons for first reading until misinformation about the document can be cleaned up, the board's chairman said.

"We're revising the act," said Westbank…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Ottawa

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A controversial act affecting Native land management will not be going to Ottawa any time soon.

The First Nations' Land Board has decided to keep the First Nations Chartered Land Act from proceeding to the House of Commons for first reading until misinformation about the document can be cleaned up, the board's chairman said.

"We're revising the act," said Westbank…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Ottawa

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A controversial act affecting Native land management will not be going to Ottawa any time soon.

The First Nations' Land Board has decided to keep the First Nations Chartered Land Act from proceeding to the House of Commons for first reading until misinformation about the document can be cleaned up, the board's chairman said.

"We're revising the act," said Westbank…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Ottawa

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A controversial act affecting Native land management will not be going to Ottawa any time soon.

The First Nations' Land Board has decided to keep the First Nations Chartered Land Act from proceeding to the House of Commons for first reading until misinformation about the document can be cleaned up, the board's chairman said.

"We're revising the act," said Westbank…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Penticton BC

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Okanagan Indians took their campaign against a new British Columbia land claim bill to the highways last month.

Some 200 members of the Penticton Indian band mounted the 45-minute information blockades of the Yellowhead Highway May 26 to hand out pamphlets protesting the passage of the B.C. Treaty Commission Act (Bill 22).

The Okanagan Natives said they are angry…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Penticton BC

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Okanagan Indians took their campaign against a new British Columbia land claim bill to the highways last month.

Some 200 members of the Penticton Indian band mounted the 45-minute information blockades of the Yellowhead Highway May 26 to hand out pamphlets protesting the passage of the B.C. Treaty Commission Act (Bill 22).

The Okanagan Natives said they are angry…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Penticton BC

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Okanagan Indians took their campaign against a new British Columbia land claim bill to the highways last month.

Some 200 members of the Penticton Indian band mounted the 45-minute information blockades of the Yellowhead Highway May 26 to hand out pamphlets protesting the passage of the B.C. Treaty Commission Act (Bill 22).

The Okanagan Natives said they are angry…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Penticton BC

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Okanagan Indians took their campaign against a new British Columbia land claim bill to the highways last month.

Some 200 members of the Penticton Indian band mounted the 45-minute information blockades of the Yellowhead Highway May 26 to hand out pamphlets protesting the passage of the B.C. Treaty Commission Act (Bill 22).

The Okanagan Natives said they are angry…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer

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The Canadian Native soldier accused of beating and torturing a Somali man to death and then attempting suicide in his jail cell is innocent, his family said.

Cpl. Clayton Matchee was a professional soldier, his parents said. If their son had been involved in the beating death, he would have been responsible enough to face the charges.

"I can't see my son trying to…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer

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The Canadian Native soldier accused of beating and torturing a Somali man to death and then attempting suicide in his jail cell is innocent, his family said.

Cpl. Clayton Matchee was a professional soldier, his parents said. If their son had been involved in the beating death, he would have been responsible enough to face the charges.

"I can't see my son trying to…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer

Page 2

The Canadian Native soldier accused of beating and torturing a Somali man to death and then attempting suicide in his jail cell is innocent, his family said.

Cpl. Clayton Matchee was a professional soldier, his parents said. If their son had been involved in the beating death, he would have been responsible enough to face the charges.

"I can't see my son trying to…