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  • Brent Mudry, Windspeaker Contributor, Bella Bella B.C.

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The week-long "Qatuwas" festival was launched in Bella Bella recently, marking the end of a one-month journey for paddlers from 30 West Coast First Nations. From Seattle to Kitkatla, cedar canoes converged on the mid-coast Heiltsuk village in the "Gathering of People".

The "Kahulh", crafted last year for the Qatuwas by Squamish lead carver Cedric Billy, was given a…

  • Brent Mudry, Windspeaker Contributor, Bella Bella B.C.

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The week-long "Qatuwas" festival was launched in Bella Bella recently, marking the end of a one-month journey for paddlers from 30 West Coast First Nations. From Seattle to Kitkatla, cedar canoes converged on the mid-coast Heiltsuk village in the "Gathering of People".

The "Kahulh", crafted last year for the Qatuwas by Squamish lead carver Cedric Billy, was given a…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Boat Harbour N.S.

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Members of Pictou Landing voted yes for a $35 million settlement compensating them for pollution of the band's environment.

But the issue of who is going to clean the once-pristine lagoon lapping band shores, and how the clean-up will proceed is still a contentious issue.

During the July 5 vote, members of the Micmac warrior's society blocked a road and lit…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Boat Harbour N.S.

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Members of Pictou Landing voted yes for a $35 million settlement compensating them for pollution of the band's environment.

But the issue of who is going to clean the once-pristine lagoon lapping band shores, and how the clean-up will proceed is still a contentious issue.

During the July 5 vote, members of the Micmac warrior's society blocked a road and lit…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Boat Harbour N.S.

Page R1

Members of Pictou Landing voted yes for a $35 million settlement compensating them for pollution of the band's environment.

But the issue of who is going to clean the once-pristine lagoon lapping band shores, and how the clean-up will proceed is still a contentious issue.

During the July 5 vote, members of the Micmac warrior's society blocked a road and lit…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Boat Harbour N.S.

Page R1

Members of Pictou Landing voted yes for a $35 million settlement compensating them for pollution of the band's environment.

But the issue of who is going to clean the once-pristine lagoon lapping band shores, and how the clean-up will proceed is still a contentious issue.

During the July 5 vote, members of the Micmac warrior's society blocked a road and lit…

  • Marlena Dolan, Guest Column

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The romance of the old west brings thousands of tourists to the Calgary Stampede every year. The attraction is an imaginary reminiscing of the old days of adventure, colonization and brute strength of the fearless pioneers that settled the west. Overseas tourists anticipate exploration of this young country where civilization is imaged as igloos, traplines and log cabins.

  • Marlena Dolan, Guest Column

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The romance of the old west brings thousands of tourists to the Calgary Stampede every year. The attraction is an imaginary reminiscing of the old days of adventure, colonization and brute strength of the fearless pioneers that settled the west. Overseas tourists anticipate exploration of this young country where civilization is imaged as igloos, traplines and log cabins.

  • Marlena Dolan, Guest Column

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The romance of the old west brings thousands of tourists to the Calgary Stampede every year. The attraction is an imaginary reminiscing of the old days of adventure, colonization and brute strength of the fearless pioneers that settled the west. Overseas tourists anticipate exploration of this young country where civilization is imaged as igloos, traplines and log cabins.

  • Marlena Dolan, Guest Column

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The romance of the old west brings thousands of tourists to the Calgary Stampede every year. The attraction is an imaginary reminiscing of the old days of adventure, colonization and brute strength of the fearless pioneers that settled the west. Overseas tourists anticipate exploration of this young country where civilization is imaged as igloos, traplines and log cabins.

  • Windspeaker Staff

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The tide in the dispute over West Coast Native fishing rights took a strange and sudden turn this past month.

The B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition, the group representing mostly non-Native fishermen, took a remarkably different tack in their quest to hold sovereign reign over the quickly shrinking stocks of sockeye salmon. The coalition is suddenly blaming the federal…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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The tide in the dispute over West Coast Native fishing rights took a strange and sudden turn this past month.

The B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition, the group representing mostly non-Native fishermen, took a remarkably different tack in their quest to hold sovereign reign over the quickly shrinking stocks of sockeye salmon. The coalition is suddenly blaming the federal…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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The tide in the dispute over West Coast Native fishing rights took a strange and sudden turn this past month.

The B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition, the group representing mostly non-Native fishermen, took a remarkably different tack in their quest to hold sovereign reign over the quickly shrinking stocks of sockeye salmon. The coalition is suddenly blaming the federal…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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The tide in the dispute over West Coast Native fishing rights took a strange and sudden turn this past month.

The B.C. Fisheries Survival Coalition, the group representing mostly non-Native fishermen, took a remarkably different tack in their quest to hold sovereign reign over the quickly shrinking stocks of sockeye salmon. The coalition is suddenly blaming the federal…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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The Micmac people of Nova Scotia are a nation and should be dealt with as such, the province's premier said.

The relationship between the province and the Micmac must be conducted on a nation-to-nation level, Premier John Savage said during his speech before the 24th annual assembly of Nova Scotia chiefs in Dartmouth July 7.

"When a non-Native government deals with…