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Natives in Alberta will not be affected by Premier Ralph Klein's recent cut backs to provincial funding, the Ministry of Family and Social Services said.

Native programs escaped the Conservative government's Jan. 17 announced funding cuts to health, education and social services because most of them are handled at the community level, said Mike Cardinal.

"None of the cuts will affect negatively the Aboriginal communities. In areas where there is high unemployment people will continue to receive the basic assistance that's there."

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Natives in Alberta will not be affected by Premier Ralph Klein's recent cut backs to provincial funding, the Ministry of Family and Social Services said.

Native programs escaped the Conservative government's Jan. 17 announced funding cuts to health, education and social services because most of them are handled at the community level, said Mike Cardinal.

"None of the cuts will affect negatively the Aboriginal communities. In areas where there is high unemployment people will continue to receive the basic assistance that's there."

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Natives in Alberta will not be affected by Premier Ralph Klein's recent cut backs to provincial funding, the Ministry of Family and Social Services said.

Native programs escaped the Conservative government's Jan. 17 announced funding cuts to health, education and social services because most of them are handled at the community level, said Mike Cardinal.

"None of the cuts will affect negatively the Aboriginal communities. In areas where there is high unemployment people will continue to receive the basic assistance that's there."

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Do you ever wonder what it's really like to be a Native leader in Canada? Do

you ever think beyond those demeaning and unjust stereotypical representations of the "corrupt, ruthless, and self-centered Native leader?" Personally, I think that being a Native Leader must be a pretty thankless job and I sure wouldn't want it!

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Do you ever wonder what it's really like to be a Native leader in Canada? Do

you ever think beyond those demeaning and unjust stereotypical representations of the "corrupt, ruthless, and self-centered Native leader?" Personally, I think that being a Native Leader must be a pretty thankless job and I sure wouldn't want it!

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Do you ever wonder what it's really like to be a Native leader in Canada? Do

you ever think beyond those demeaning and unjust stereotypical representations of the "corrupt, ruthless, and self-centered Native leader?" Personally, I think that being a Native Leader must be a pretty thankless job and I sure wouldn't want it!

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Do you ever wonder what it's really like to be a Native leader in Canada? Do

you ever think beyond those demeaning and unjust stereotypical representations of the "corrupt, ruthless, and self-centered Native leader?" Personally, I think that being a Native Leader must be a pretty thankless job and I sure wouldn't want it!

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The federal government set aside the task of the century this past month as Indian affairs Minister Ron Irwin announced that Ottawa will begin to lay the foundations for Native self-government.

The announcement could be cast as the bureaucratic equivalent to the parting of the Red Sea. Although Irwin doesn't hold quite the same stature for most people as Moses, his beginning of discussions on Native self-government represents the removal of long-standing barriers between the First Nations and our collective future.

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The federal government set aside the task of the century this past month as Indian affairs Minister Ron Irwin announced that Ottawa will begin to lay the foundations for Native self-government.

The announcement could be cast as the bureaucratic equivalent to the parting of the Red Sea. Although Irwin doesn't hold quite the same stature for most people as Moses, his beginning of discussions on Native self-government represents the removal of long-standing barriers between the First Nations and our collective future.

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The federal government set aside the task of the century this past month as Indian affairs Minister Ron Irwin announced that Ottawa will begin to lay the foundations for Native self-government.

The announcement could be cast as the bureaucratic equivalent to the parting of the Red Sea. Although Irwin doesn't hold quite the same stature for most people as Moses, his beginning of discussions on Native self-government represents the removal of long-standing barriers between the First Nations and our collective future.