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  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Fredericton

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New Brunswick Indians are threatening to set up toll booths on portions of the Trans Canada Highway in retaliation for an 11-per-cent provincial tax hike.

The idea to charge motorists has been brewing for some time, said Edmundston Chief Jean-Guy Cimone.

"They've been driving through our reserve since the highway was built (in the mid 1960s) and never compensated…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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Native and provincial leaders in Alberta took a major step toward establishing Indian self-government through recognition of First Nations holding sovereign powers.

Chief Strator Crowfoot, of the Siksika First Nation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Premier Ralph Klein to provide a framework for the eventual transfer of control over welfare, education and…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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Native and provincial leaders in Alberta took a major step toward establishing Indian self-government through recognition of First Nations holding sovereign powers.

Chief Strator Crowfoot, of the Siksika First Nation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Premier Ralph Klein to provide a framework for the eventual transfer of control over welfare, education and…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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Native and provincial leaders in Alberta took a major step toward establishing Indian self-government through recognition of First Nations holding sovereign powers.

Chief Strator Crowfoot, of the Siksika First Nation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Premier Ralph Klein to provide a framework for the eventual transfer of control over welfare, education and…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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Native and provincial leaders in Alberta took a major step toward establishing Indian self-government through recognition of First Nations holding sovereign powers.

Chief Strator Crowfoot, of the Siksika First Nation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Premier Ralph Klein to provide a framework for the eventual transfer of control over welfare, education and…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Edmonton

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Native and provincial leaders in Alberta took a major step toward establishing Indian self-government through recognition of First Nations holding sovereign powers.

Chief Strator Crowfoot, of the Siksika First Nation signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Premier Ralph Klein to provide a framework for the eventual transfer of control over welfare, education and…

  • Dina O'Meara , Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

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Board members of the Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association have voted to disband because of the organization's crippling financial situation.

A series of bad business deals, including the purchase of a city hotel, lead to the Oct. 2 vote, said Ron Swain, president of the association.

"They incurred enormous deficits over the last few years," said Swain. "It was…

  • Dina O'Meara , Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

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Board members of the Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association have voted to disband because of the organization's crippling financial situation.

A series of bad business deals, including the purchase of a city hotel, lead to the Oct. 2 vote, said Ron Swain, president of the association.

"They incurred enormous deficits over the last few years," said Swain. "It was…

  • Dina O'Meara , Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

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Board members of the Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association have voted to disband because of the organization's crippling financial situation.

A series of bad business deals, including the purchase of a city hotel, lead to the Oct. 2 vote, said Ron Swain, president of the association.

"They incurred enormous deficits over the last few years," said Swain. "It was…

  • Dina O'Meara , Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

Page R1

Board members of the Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association have voted to disband because of the organization's crippling financial situation.

A series of bad business deals, including the purchase of a city hotel, lead to the Oct. 2 vote, said Ron Swain, president of the association.

"They incurred enormous deficits over the last few years," said Swain. "It was…

  • Dina O'Meara , Windspeaker Staff Writer, Sault Ste. Marie Ontario

Page R1

Board members of the Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association have voted to disband because of the organization's crippling financial situation.

A series of bad business deals, including the purchase of a city hotel, lead to the Oct. 2 vote, said Ron Swain, president of the association.

"They incurred enormous deficits over the last few years," said Swain. "It was…

  • Drew Hayden Taylor, Windspeaker Columnist

Four Sacred Stereotypes dominate film images of Indians

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I don't know about other people but to me, political revelation is often inspired by the strangest places. It was another lonely Friday night, the kind I've been seeing much too regularly. And in those wee hours of the morning I found myself sitting on my couch in front of the television set, munching from a bowl of…

  • Drew Hayden Taylor, Windspeaker Columnist

Four Sacred Stereotypes dominate film images of Indians

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I don't know about other people but to me, political revelation is often inspired by the strangest places. It was another lonely Friday night, the kind I've been seeing much too regularly. And in those wee hours of the morning I found myself sitting on my couch in front of the television set, munching from a bowl of…

  • Drew Hayden Taylor, Windspeaker Columnist

Four Sacred Stereotypes dominate film images of Indians

Page 7

I don't know about other people but to me, political revelation is often inspired by the strangest places. It was another lonely Friday night, the kind I've been seeing much too regularly. And in those wee hours of the morning I found myself sitting on my couch in front of the television set, munching from a bowl of…

  • Drew Hayden Taylor, Windspeaker Columnist

Four Sacred Stereotypes dominate film images of Indians

Page 7

I don't know about other people but to me, political revelation is often inspired by the strangest places. It was another lonely Friday night, the kind I've been seeing much too regularly. And in those wee hours of the morning I found myself sitting on my couch in front of the television set, munching from a bowl of…