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

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Natives have not been well served by the non-Native justice system, the long-awaited Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice inquiry concluded.

The "reactive" attitudes of local RCMP towards Natives, combined with the ignorance of the Canadian justice system of Aboriginal cultures, created a culture clash where the Natives lost out, head commissioner and Judge Anthony Sarich said.…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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The battle over the conduct of some board members at the Metis Nation of Alberta may finally be over.

The MNA's Senate of Elders dropped all actions against eight board members charged with attempting to overthrow the new government in the wake of the association's September election, an Oct. 29 press release read.

The Senate ruling also eliminated a Court of Queen…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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The battle over the conduct of some board members at the Metis Nation of Alberta may finally be over.

The MNA's Senate of Elders dropped all actions against eight board members charged with attempting to overthrow the new government in the wake of the association's September election, an Oct. 29 press release read.

The Senate ruling also eliminated a Court of Queen…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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The battle over the conduct of some board members at the Metis Nation of Alberta may finally be over.

The MNA's Senate of Elders dropped all actions against eight board members charged with attempting to overthrow the new government in the wake of the association's September election, an Oct. 29 press release read.

The Senate ruling also eliminated a Court of Queen…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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The battle over the conduct of some board members at the Metis Nation of Alberta may finally be over.

The MNA's Senate of Elders dropped all actions against eight board members charged with attempting to overthrow the new government in the wake of the association's September election, an Oct. 29 press release read.

The Senate ruling also eliminated a Court of Queen…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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Protecting his band's multi-million dollar assets against the effects of a controversial amendment to the Indian Act drove the Chief of the Sawridge band to lock the funds away in a family trust fund.

Senator Walter Twinn locked the band's assets, valued now at approximately $100 million, in a trust fund only two days before Bill C-31 was passed to protect them for the…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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Protecting his band's multi-million dollar assets against the effects of a controversial amendment to the Indian Act drove the Chief of the Sawridge band to lock the funds away in a family trust fund.

Senator Walter Twinn locked the band's assets, valued now at approximately $100 million, in a trust fund only two days before Bill C-31 was passed to protect them for the…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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Protecting his band's multi-million dollar assets against the effects of a controversial amendment to the Indian Act drove the Chief of the Sawridge band to lock the funds away in a family trust fund.

Senator Walter Twinn locked the band's assets, valued now at approximately $100 million, in a trust fund only two days before Bill C-31 was passed to protect them for the…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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Protecting his band's multi-million dollar assets against the effects of a controversial amendment to the Indian Act drove the Chief of the Sawridge band to lock the funds away in a family trust fund.

Senator Walter Twinn locked the band's assets, valued now at approximately $100 million, in a trust fund only two days before Bill C-31 was passed to protect them for the…

  • Dora Wilson, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Hazelton BC

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Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en chiefs have set up a barricade on B.C. Rail lines that

cut through their traditional territories to stop any equipment or supplies directed to the Minaret Creek area northwest of Prince Geroge, B.C.

The Gitksan Chiefs have issued notices to the Ministry of Forests and Rustad Brothers Company Ltd. to stop all unauthorized logging activities…

  • Dora Wilson, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Hazelton BC

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Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en chiefs have set up a barricade on B.C. Rail lines that

cut through their traditional territories to stop any equipment or supplies directed to the Minaret Creek area northwest of Prince Geroge, B.C.

The Gitksan Chiefs have issued notices to the Ministry of Forests and Rustad Brothers Company Ltd. to stop all unauthorized logging activities…

  • Dora Wilson, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Hazelton BC

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Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en chiefs have set up a barricade on B.C. Rail lines that

cut through their traditional territories to stop any equipment or supplies directed to the Minaret Creek area northwest of Prince Geroge, B.C.

The Gitksan Chiefs have issued notices to the Ministry of Forests and Rustad Brothers Company Ltd. to stop all unauthorized logging activities…

  • Dora Wilson, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Hazelton BC

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Gitksan and Wet'suwet'en chiefs have set up a barricade on B.C. Rail lines that

cut through their traditional territories to stop any equipment or supplies directed to the Minaret Creek area northwest of Prince Geroge, B.C.

The Gitksan Chiefs have issued notices to the Ministry of Forests and Rustad Brothers Company Ltd. to stop all unauthorized logging activities…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer

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The Liberal party's victory in last month's federal election could be a political and economic boon for the First Nations, Native leaders from across Canada said.

The Liberals were the only party that laid out a comprehensive Aboriginal policy paper during the election, said Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs head Saul Terry.

"So now it is up to us to respond and put some…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer

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The Liberal party's victory in last month's federal election could be a political and economic boon for the First Nations, Native leaders from across Canada said.

The Liberals were the only party that laid out a comprehensive Aboriginal policy paper during the election, said Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs head Saul Terry.

"So now it is up to us to respond and put some…