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A Cree bafrom Alberta will be raised his white adoptive family in B.C., not his natural mother who tried to revoke her consent to the adoption, a B.C. court has ruled.

David Tearoe, 19 months, will live with James and Faye Tearoe, "the only mother and father this child knows," the B.C. Court of Appeal said in a written decision last week.

"Very, very excited and just on top of the world," a relaxed and smiling James Tearoe told a news conference at their home in Victoria after the ruling Aug. 19. "And just praising God."

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The late Bill Creely and his son Herbie Creely from the Okanese Band of the File

Hills Reserves are relatives of the Starblanket people. They shared their perspectives on the significance of Indian traditions and spirituality. They told me of the circle, the four directions and social education as it reflects on socialization of Indian people from child to Elder, individually, in a group or into a larger network of society.

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The late Bill Creely and his son Herbie Creely from the Okanese Band of the File

Hills Reserves are relatives of the Starblanket people. They shared their perspectives on the significance of Indian traditions and spirituality. They told me of the circle, the four directions and social education as it reflects on socialization of Indian people from child to Elder, individually, in a group or into a larger network of society.

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The late Bill Creely and his son Herbie Creely from the Okanese Band of the File

Hills Reserves are relatives of the Starblanket people. They shared their perspectives on the significance of Indian traditions and spirituality. They told me of the circle, the four directions and social education as it reflects on socialization of Indian people from child to Elder, individually, in a group or into a larger network of society.

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The late Bill Creely and his son Herbie Creely from the Okanese Band of the File

Hills Reserves are relatives of the Starblanket people. They shared their perspectives on the significance of Indian traditions and spirituality. They told me of the circle, the four directions and social education as it reflects on socialization of Indian people from child to Elder, individually, in a group or into a larger network of society.

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The late Bill Creely and his son Herbie Creely from the Okanese Band of the File

Hills Reserves are relatives of the Starblanket people. They shared their perspectives on the significance of Indian traditions and spirituality. They told me of the circle, the four directions and social education as it reflects on socialization of Indian people from child to Elder, individually, in a group or into a larger network of society.

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The late Bill Creely and his son Herbie Creely from the Okanese Band of the File

Hills Reserves are relatives of the Starblanket people. They shared their perspectives on the significance of Indian traditions and spirituality. They told me of the circle, the four directions and social education as it reflects on socialization of Indian people from child to Elder, individually, in a group or into a larger network of society.

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The late Bill Creely and his son Herbie Creely from the Okanese Band of the File

Hills Reserves are relatives of the Starblanket people. They shared their perspectives on the significance of Indian traditions and spirituality. They told me of the circle, the four directions and social education as it reflects on socialization of Indian people from child to Elder, individually, in a group or into a larger network of society.

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The late Bill Creely and his son Herbie Creely from the Okanese Band of the File

Hills Reserves are relatives of the Starblanket people. They shared their perspectives on the significance of Indian traditions and spirituality. They told me of the circle, the four directions and social education as it reflects on socialization of Indian people from child to Elder, individually, in a group or into a larger network of society.

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The late Bill Creely and his son Herbie Creely from the Okanese Band of the File

Hills Reserves are relatives of the Starblanket people. They shared their perspectives on the significance of Indian traditions and spirituality. They told me of the circle, the four directions and social education as it reflects on socialization of Indian people from child to Elder, individually, in a group or into a larger network of society.