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Ottawa has failed Labrador Innu

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Ottawa has failed to live up to its responsibility to the Innu people of Labrador, a recent report the Canadian Human Rights Commission said.

The federal government has never accepted its constitutional obligations for the Innu as Aboriginals in Canada, said the report's author, University of Ottawa Dean of Common Law Donald McRae. As a result, the Innu have been forced to live at near subsistence levels and with few services.

The report found that:

Adoptive parents win custody of Cree toddler

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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."

Elders share perspectives on traditions, spirituality

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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.

Elders share perspectives on traditions, spirituality

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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.

Elders share perspectives on traditions, spirituality

Page 14

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.

Elders share perspectives on traditions, spirituality

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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.

Elders share perspectives on traditions, spirituality

Page 14

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.

Elders share perspectives on traditions, spirituality

Page 14

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.

Elders share perspectives on traditions, spirituality

Page 14

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.

Elders share perspectives on traditions, spirituality

Page 14

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.