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

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The Metis Nation of Alberta is being investigated by the RCMP.

Bob Coulter, interim manager of the Alberta Metis Rural Housing Corporation, said the investigation arose from allegations of misuse of funds made against association president Gerald Thom by "disaffected" presidential candidates.

"He's being judged on (former-president) Larry Desmeules' record,"…

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

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The Metis Nation of Alberta is being investigated by the RCMP.

Bob Coulter, interim manager of the Alberta Metis Rural Housing Corporation, said the investigation arose from allegations of misuse of funds made against association president Gerald Thom by "disaffected" presidential candidates.

"He's being judged on (former-president) Larry Desmeules' record,"…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer

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A trip to London, England by a group of Treaty Six chiefs to lobby support from the British government proved more successful than expected.

The delegation of 25 chiefs from Western Canada won the support of 10 British MPs and lords in their fight with Ottawa over treaty recognition, Beaver Lake Chief Alphonse Lameman said.

The House of Lords agreed to form an all-…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer

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A trip to London, England by a group of Treaty Six chiefs to lobby support from the British government proved more successful than expected.

The delegation of 25 chiefs from Western Canada won the support of 10 British MPs and lords in their fight with Ottawa over treaty recognition, Beaver Lake Chief Alphonse Lameman said.

The House of Lords agreed to form an all-…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer

Page 2

A trip to London, England by a group of Treaty Six chiefs to lobby support from the British government proved more successful than expected.

The delegation of 25 chiefs from Western Canada won the support of 10 British MPs and lords in their fight with Ottawa over treaty recognition, Beaver Lake Chief Alphonse Lameman said.

The House of Lords agreed to form an all-…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer

Page 2

A trip to London, England by a group of Treaty Six chiefs to lobby support from the British government proved more successful than expected.

The delegation of 25 chiefs from Western Canada won the support of 10 British MPs and lords in their fight with Ottawa over treaty recognition, Beaver Lake Chief Alphonse Lameman said.

The House of Lords agreed to form an all-…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Davis Inlet NFLD.

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Newfoundland released a long-awaited report on the relocation of the Innu of Davis Inlet after Chief Katie Rich accused he premier of "shelving" the document.

Clyde Wells made provisions for the release of the report by Norwegian anthropologist George Henriksen Nov. 25 after repeated questions about the study.

The report, which was commissioned by the province and…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Davis Inlet NFLD.

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Newfoundland released a long-awaited report on the relocation of the Innu of Davis Inlet after Chief Katie Rich accused he premier of "shelving" the document.

Clyde Wells made provisions for the release of the report by Norwegian anthropologist George Henriksen Nov. 25 after repeated questions about the study.

The report, which was commissioned by the province and…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Davis Inlet NFLD.

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Newfoundland released a long-awaited report on the relocation of the Innu of Davis Inlet after Chief Katie Rich accused he premier of "shelving" the document.

Clyde Wells made provisions for the release of the report by Norwegian anthropologist George Henriksen Nov. 25 after repeated questions about the study.

The report, which was commissioned by the province and…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Davis Inlet NFLD.

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Newfoundland released a long-awaited report on the relocation of the Innu of Davis Inlet after Chief Katie Rich accused he premier of "shelving" the document.

Clyde Wells made provisions for the release of the report by Norwegian anthropologist George Henriksen Nov. 25 after repeated questions about the study.

The report, which was commissioned by the province and…

  • Connie Sampson, Windspeaker Contributor, Prince Albert Saskatchewan

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Family members of an Indian trapper shot dead three years ago by a white supremacist say justice officials have not addressed concerns over the role racism played in the killing.

Saskatchewan Justice Minister Robert Mitchell released the 75-page inquiry report into the shooting death of Leo LaChance Nov. 22. The Cree trapper was killed in January 1991 by Carney Nerland,…

  • Connie Sampson, Windspeaker Contributor, Prince Albert Saskatchewan

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Family members of an Indian trapper shot dead three years ago by a white supremacist say justice officials have not addressed concerns over the role racism played in the killing.

Saskatchewan Justice Minister Robert Mitchell released the 75-page inquiry report into the shooting death of Leo LaChance Nov. 22. The Cree trapper was killed in January 1991 by Carney Nerland,…

  • Connie Sampson, Windspeaker Contributor, Prince Albert Saskatchewan

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Family members of an Indian trapper shot dead three years ago by a white supremacist say justice officials have not addressed concerns over the role racism played in the killing.

Saskatchewan Justice Minister Robert Mitchell released the 75-page inquiry report into the shooting death of Leo LaChance Nov. 22. The Cree trapper was killed in January 1991 by Carney Nerland,…

  • Connie Sampson, Windspeaker Contributor, Prince Albert Saskatchewan

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Family members of an Indian trapper shot dead three years ago by a white supremacist say justice officials have not addressed concerns over the role racism played in the killing.

Saskatchewan Justice Minister Robert Mitchell released the 75-page inquiry report into the shooting death of Leo LaChance Nov. 22. The Cree trapper was killed in January 1991 by Carney Nerland,…

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

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The economies of the First Nations could be destroyed by American business interests if Native rights are not addressed in the North American Free Trade Agreement, the head of the Native Council of Canada said.

There are at present no references to Aboriginal rights in the document, said Ron George. And without further clarification on resource management the First…