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A prophecy popularly referred to in our communities maintains that our future cultures will flourish and the artists, musicians, dancers, writers, and other visionaries will lead the way to a cultural renaissance. In my mind, this prophecy reflects the sophisticated wisdom of Native Elders who understood and recognized the importance of art in the preservation of future cultures.

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Natives in a tiny remote villager on the Labrador coast are marking a wretched anniversary this month, an anniversary that needn't have occurred if the federal and Newfoundland governments had acted responsibly.

It's been a full year since the world first saw video images of Innu children in Davis Inlet, high on gasoline fumes and screaming about suicide.

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Natives in a tiny remote villager on the Labrador coast are marking a wretched anniversary this month, an anniversary that needn't have occurred if the federal and Newfoundland governments had acted responsibly.

It's been a full year since the world first saw video images of Innu children in Davis Inlet, high on gasoline fumes and screaming about suicide.

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Natives in a tiny remote villager on the Labrador coast are marking a wretched anniversary this month, an anniversary that needn't have occurred if the federal and Newfoundland governments had acted responsibly.

It's been a full year since the world first saw video images of Innu children in Davis Inlet, high on gasoline fumes and screaming about suicide.

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Natives in a tiny remote villager on the Labrador coast are marking a wretched anniversary this month, an anniversary that needn't have occurred if the federal and Newfoundland governments had acted responsibly.

It's been a full year since the world first saw video images of Innu children in Davis Inlet, high on gasoline fumes and screaming about suicide.

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The Crown has stayed charges filed against the leader of a band in southwest Saskatchewan over his role in an on-reserve gambling dispute.

Charges against White Bear Chief Bernard Shepherd, which included keeping common gambling house, were stayed after Crown and defense lawyers agreed the trial was over the province's right to control on-reserve gambling and not Shepherd's breach of the Criminal Code.

"We're still going ahead but they've recognized that it's a jurisdictional agreement with the province," Shepherd said.

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The Crown has stayed charges filed against the leader of a band in southwest Saskatchewan over his role in an on-reserve gambling dispute.

Charges against White Bear Chief Bernard Shepherd, which included keeping common gambling house, were stayed after Crown and defense lawyers agreed the trial was over the province's right to control on-reserve gambling and not Shepherd's breach of the Criminal Code.

"We're still going ahead but they've recognized that it's a jurisdictional agreement with the province," Shepherd said.

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The Crown has stayed charges filed against the leader of a band in southwest Saskatchewan over his role in an on-reserve gambling dispute.

Charges against White Bear Chief Bernard Shepherd, which included keeping common gambling house, were stayed after Crown and defense lawyers agreed the trial was over the province's right to control on-reserve gambling and not Shepherd's breach of the Criminal Code.

"We're still going ahead but they've recognized that it's a jurisdictional agreement with the province," Shepherd said.

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The Crown has stayed charges filed against the leader of a band in southwest Saskatchewan over his role in an on-reserve gambling dispute.

Charges against White Bear Chief Bernard Shepherd, which included keeping common gambling house, were stayed after Crown and defense lawyers agreed the trial was over the province's right to control on-reserve gambling and not Shepherd's breach of the Criminal Code.

"We're still going ahead but they've recognized that it's a jurisdictional agreement with the province," Shepherd said.

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Saskatchewan

An agreement between Saskatchewan and a forestry company establishing a partnership for co-managing timber harvests is giving Natives greater say over logging in the province's north.

Environment and Resources Management Minister Berny Wiens and NorSask Products Inc. chairman Ray Cariou signed a memorandum of understand Dec. 20 to work as partners with forestry co-management board in five northern communities.