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Native leaders across the country are accusing the federal government
of orchestrating future self-government policies to suit their own
agenda.
"(The government isn't) getting the appropriate response from the fact
finder forums," says Saul Terry, president of the Union of B.C. Indian
Chiefs.
"... so (Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin)…
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Native leaders across the country are accusing the federal government
of orchestrating future self-government policies to suit their own
agenda.
"(The government isn't) getting the appropriate response from the fact
finder forums," says Saul Terry, president of the Union of B.C. Indian
Chiefs.
"... so (Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin)…
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The federal government's decision to almost triple the number of
low-level training flights over Labrador has outraged the Innu who live
and hunt in the area.
The announcement is just another "sad chapter" in the history of
relations between the Innu and the Europeans, said Daniel Ashini, Innu
nation spokesman.
Defence Minister David…
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The federal government's decision to almost triple the number of
low-level training flights over Labrador has outraged the Innu who live
and hunt in the area.
The announcement is just another "sad chapter" in the history of
relations between the Innu and the Europeans, said Daniel Ashini, Innu
nation spokesman.
Defence Minister David…
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The federal government's decision to almost triple the number of
low-level training flights over Labrador has outraged the Innu who live
and hunt in the area.
The announcement is just another "sad chapter" in the history of
relations between the Innu and the Europeans, said Daniel Ashini, Innu
nation spokesman.
Defence Minister David…
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In a sexual abuse case the judge called the worst he'd seen in his 45
years on the bench, 77 year-old Arthur Plint was jailed for 11 years for
assaulting boys at a former residential school on Vancouver Island.
The trial brought to light harrowing tales of abuse:
How Plint, a supervisor from 1947-1968 at the federal Alberni Indian
Residential…
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In a sexual abuse case the judge called the worst he'd seen in his 45
years on the bench, 77 year-old Arthur Plint was jailed for 11 years for
assaulting boys at a former residential school on Vancouver Island.
The trial brought to light harrowing tales of abuse:
How Plint, a supervisor from 1947-1968 at the federal Alberni Indian
Residential…
Page 3
In a sexual abuse case the judge called the worst he'd seen in his 45
years on the bench, 77 year-old Arthur Plint was jailed for 11 years for
assaulting boys at a former residential school on Vancouver Island.
The trial brought to light harrowing tales of abuse:
How Plint, a supervisor from 1947-1968 at the federal Alberni Indian
Residential…
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On the day that Gary Filmon's third-term Progressive Conservative
government opened the legislature in Manitoba, Northern and Native
Affairs Minister Darren Praznick predicted that the next five years
would bring few changes. He denied responsibility for many issues
involving Native people, saying they are a federal matter.
"I think it's…
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On the day that Gary Filmon's third-term Progressive Conservative
government opened the legislature in Manitoba, Northern and Native
Affairs Minister Darren Praznick predicted that the next five years
would bring few changes. He denied responsibility for many issues
involving Native people, saying they are a federal matter.
"I think it's…
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On the day that Gary Filmon's third-term Progressive Conservative
government opened the legislature in Manitoba, Northern and Native
Affairs Minister Darren Praznick predicted that the next five years
would bring few changes. He denied responsibility for many issues
involving Native people, saying they are a federal matter.
"I think it's…
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The Nanoose First Nation and a Vancouver Island developer have agreed
on a deal that allows construction to continue at a condominium project
on a Native burial site that's thousands of years old.
The tentative deal is the latest move in a battle between the band and
IntraWest Development Corp. over Craig Bay Estates near Parksville, a
scenic…
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The Nanoose First Nation and a Vancouver Island developer have agreed
on a deal that allows construction to continue at a condominium project
on a Native burial site that's thousands of years old.
The tentative deal is the latest move in a battle between the band and
IntraWest Development Corp. over Craig Bay Estates near Parksville, a
scenic…
Page 2
The Nanoose First Nation and a Vancouver Island developer have agreed
on a deal that allows construction to continue at a condominium project
on a Native burial site that's thousands of years old.
The tentative deal is the latest move in a battle between the band and
IntraWest Development Corp. over Craig Bay Estates near Parksville, a
scenic…
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Saskatchewan's status Indians will have to pay the nine-per-cent
provincial sales tax on all off-reserve purchases under a Progressive
Conservative government, said leader Bill Boyd.
The proposal is "a coded campaign to appeal to the rednecks and the
promoters of racial intolerance," said Federation of Saskatchewan Indian
Nations Chief Blaine…