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Francis Auger kneels on his Ski-Doo and races through a snowy, boreal forest to his cabin at Rock Island Lake. His face lights up as he points to a lynx and moose tracks along the way.

The 63-year-old Metis is a trapper. And his cabin marks the beginning of his 24-kilometre trap line.

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With recent provincial cutbacks in education, it will be some time before the School of Native Studies at the University of Alberta is able to expand its four-year degree program.

Currently the program concentrates on historical, legal, political, and social studies. It does not offer the variety of Native studies courses or programs other schools in Lethbridge or Saskatchewan have.

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With recent provincial cutbacks in education, it will be some time before the School of Native Studies at the University of Alberta is able to expand its four-year degree program.

Currently the program concentrates on historical, legal, political, and social studies. It does not offer the variety of Native studies courses or programs other schools in Lethbridge or Saskatchewan have.

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With recent provincial cutbacks in education, it will be some time before the School of Native Studies at the University of Alberta is able to expand its four-year degree program.

Currently the program concentrates on historical, legal, political, and social studies. It does not offer the variety of Native studies courses or programs other schools in Lethbridge or Saskatchewan have.

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With recent provincial cutbacks in education, it will be some time before the School of Native Studies at the University of Alberta is able to expand its four-year degree program.

Currently the program concentrates on historical, legal, political, and social studies. It does not offer the variety of Native studies courses or programs other schools in Lethbridge or Saskatchewan have.

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Ten years ago Edith Baker moved from her home base of Hazelton to Victoria, B.C. to complete her Bachelor of Education.

It was the first step toward a journey which led Baker in search of and to develop a responsive, accessible and meaningful system of education for First Nations people.

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Ten years ago Edith Baker moved from her home base of Hazelton to Victoria, B.C. to complete her Bachelor of Education.

It was the first step toward a journey which led Baker in search of and to develop a responsive, accessible and meaningful system of education for First Nations people.

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Ten years ago Edith Baker moved from her home base of Hazelton to Victoria, B.C. to complete her Bachelor of Education.

It was the first step toward a journey which led Baker in search of and to develop a responsive, accessible and meaningful system of education for First Nations people.

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Ten years ago Edith Baker moved from her home base of Hazelton to Victoria, B.C. to complete her Bachelor of Education.

It was the first step toward a journey which led Baker in search of and to develop a responsive, accessible and meaningful system of education for First Nations people.

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A small group of visionaries in Calgary has started to collaborate on a new project - to design an Aboriginal music curriculum for schools.

The idea was first conceived two years ago between Elsie Wuttunee from the separate school board and Dr. Vivian Ayoungman from the University of Calgary. Representatives from the Native Education Department of the Calgary Catholic School District and Treaty 7 members completed the group.

"Music is an expression of feelings and a giver of life," explained Wuttunee.