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Call for audit causes crisis in Metis community

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A movement to file an investigative audit into the finances of Alberta's largest Metis settlement has lead toward violence, say members.

Paddle Prairie is locked in a civil war marked by threats, intimidation tactics and Indian medicine, said Roe Graham.

"The situation has degenerated to where people are sitting at home in fear," said Graham. "There are many threats, Indian medicine, pressure, blood poured on driveways."

Call for audit causes crisis in Metis community

Page 1R

A movement to file an investigative audit into the finances of Alberta's largest Metis settlement has lead toward violence, say members.

Paddle Prairie is locked in a civil war marked by threats, intimidation tactics and Indian medicine, said Roe Graham.

"The situation has degenerated to where people are sitting at home in fear," said Graham. "There are many threats, Indian medicine, pressure, blood poured on driveways."

Call for audit causes crisis in Metis community

Page 1R

A movement to file an investigative audit into the finances of Alberta's largest Metis settlement has lead toward violence, say members.

Paddle Prairie is locked in a civil war marked by threats, intimidation tactics and Indian medicine, said Roe Graham.

"The situation has degenerated to where people are sitting at home in fear," said Graham. "There are many threats, Indian medicine, pressure, blood poured on driveways."

Call for audit causes crisis in Metis community

Page 1R

A movement to file an investigative audit into the finances of Alberta's largest Metis settlement has lead toward violence, say members.

Paddle Prairie is locked in a civil war marked by threats, intimidation tactics and Indian medicine, said Roe Graham.

"The situation has degenerated to where people are sitting at home in fear," said Graham. "There are many threats, Indian medicine, pressure, blood poured on driveways."

Gaming conference examines all aspects

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When the White Bear First Nation decided to challenge the Saskatchewan government over its sovereign right to operate a casino on their reserve in the southeast corner of the province, it knew government seed money for start-up costs was out of the question.

And they soon discovered that Canadian bankers didn't share their confidence that Native gaming was the way to economic prosperity and jobs.

"We wanted $50,000," Edward Pasap, the chairman of the board for the Bear Claw Casino, said at a Native gaming trade show and conference in Vancouver last week.

Gaming conference examines all aspects

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When the White Bear First Nation decided to challenge the Saskatchewan government over its sovereign right to operate a casino on their reserve in the southeast corner of the province, it knew government seed money for start-up costs was out of the question.

And they soon discovered that Canadian bankers didn't share their confidence that Native gaming was the way to economic prosperity and jobs.

"We wanted $50,000," Edward Pasap, the chairman of the board for the Bear Claw Casino, said at a Native gaming trade show and conference in Vancouver last week.