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There is a sleeping giant among us. He lies silent, spread out across this country
in urban centres. He is the thousands of status Indians living in urban centres..
Urban Indians are not a new phenomenon. Their move to the cities probably began in the early 60s. Most of them came to seek a higher standard of living for themselves and their families than what was…
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There is a sleeping giant among us. He lies silent, spread out across this country
in urban centres. He is the thousands of status Indians living in urban centres..
Urban Indians are not a new phenomenon. Their move to the cities probably began in the early 60s. Most of them came to seek a higher standard of living for themselves and their families than what was…
Page 4
There is a sleeping giant among us. He lies silent, spread out across this country
in urban centres. He is the thousands of status Indians living in urban centres..
Urban Indians are not a new phenomenon. Their move to the cities probably began in the early 60s. Most of them came to seek a higher standard of living for themselves and their families than what was…
Page 4
There is a sleeping giant among us. He lies silent, spread out across this country
in urban centres. He is the thousands of status Indians living in urban centres..
Urban Indians are not a new phenomenon. Their move to the cities probably began in the early 60s. Most of them came to seek a higher standard of living for themselves and their families than what was…
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The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples has made its first visit to Alberta.
The commission is addressing concerns from people in Lac La Biche, Hobbema and Edmonton.
Given the broad mandate, it comes as no surprise that submissions at the Alberta hearings ran a gamut of topics. In Edmonton alone the commission heard about urban self-government, violent and…
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The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples has made its first visit to Alberta.
The commission is addressing concerns from people in Lac La Biche, Hobbema and Edmonton.
Given the broad mandate, it comes as no surprise that submissions at the Alberta hearings ran a gamut of topics. In Edmonton alone the commission heard about urban self-government, violent and…
Page 4
The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples has made its first visit to Alberta.
The commission is addressing concerns from people in Lac La Biche, Hobbema and Edmonton.
Given the broad mandate, it comes as no surprise that submissions at the Alberta hearings ran a gamut of topics. In Edmonton alone the commission heard about urban self-government, violent and…
Page 4
The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples has made its first visit to Alberta.
The commission is addressing concerns from people in Lac La Biche, Hobbema and Edmonton.
Given the broad mandate, it comes as no surprise that submissions at the Alberta hearings ran a gamut of topics. In Edmonton alone the commission heard about urban self-government, violent and…
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Regena Crowchild was re-elected President of the Indian Association of Alberta
at their 49th General Assembly, held on the Alexander First Nation Reserve about 40 km north west of Edmonton.
Crowchild was elected for her second term with 485 votes. Contender Mel Buffalo got 248 votes following by Richard Davis with 107.
Percy Potts was re-elected Treaty 76…
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Regena Crowchild was re-elected President of the Indian Association of Alberta
at their 49th General Assembly, held on the Alexander First Nation Reserve about 40 km north west of Edmonton.
Crowchild was elected for her second term with 485 votes. Contender Mel Buffalo got 248 votes following by Richard Davis with 107.
Percy Potts was re-elected Treaty 76…
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Regena Crowchild was re-elected President of the Indian Association of Alberta
at their 49th General Assembly, held on the Alexander First Nation Reserve about 40 km north west of Edmonton.
Crowchild was elected for her second term with 485 votes. Contender Mel Buffalo got 248 votes following by Richard Davis with 107.
Percy Potts was re-elected Treaty 76…
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Regena Crowchild was re-elected President of the Indian Association of Alberta
at their 49th General Assembly, held on the Alexander First Nation Reserve about 40 km north west of Edmonton.
Crowchild was elected for her second term with 485 votes. Contender Mel Buffalo got 248 votes following by Richard Davis with 107.
Percy Potts was re-elected Treaty 76…
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The inquiry into the shooting death of Native trapper Leo LaChance will continue despite an RCMP attempt to stop the hearings.
LaChance, 48, was shot to death by white supremacist Carney Nerland, at Nerland's gun and pawn shop in Prince Alberta, Saskatchewan on January 28, 1991. Nerland pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is serving a four-year prison term.
RCMP…
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The inquiry into the shooting death of Native trapper Leo LaChance will continue despite an RCMP attempt to stop the hearings.
LaChance, 48, was shot to death by white supremacist Carney Nerland, at Nerland's gun and pawn shop in Prince Alberta, Saskatchewan on January 28, 1991. Nerland pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is serving a four-year prison term.
RCMP…
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The inquiry into the shooting death of Native trapper Leo LaChance will continue despite an RCMP attempt to stop the hearings.
LaChance, 48, was shot to death by white supremacist Carney Nerland, at Nerland's gun and pawn shop in Prince Alberta, Saskatchewan on January 28, 1991. Nerland pleaded guilty to manslaughter and is serving a four-year prison term.
RCMP…