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It's a good thing white supremacist Carney Norland disappeared immediately after his release from the Stony Mountain Penitentiary in Manitoba last week, the Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Tribal Council said.

The paroled Aryan Nations member had "something to fear" from both the Native community in Saskatchewan and white supremacist groups, said Alphonse Bird.

"Indian people have come to a state where they will not tolerate...racism. And individuals like this shouldn't be allowed to roam freely, promoting nothing but hatred against minorities."

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It's a good thing white supremacist Carney Norland disappeared immediately after his release from the Stony Mountain Penitentiary in Manitoba last week, the Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Tribal Council said.

The paroled Aryan Nations member had "something to fear" from both the Native community in Saskatchewan and white supremacist groups, said Alphonse Bird.

"Indian people have come to a state where they will not tolerate...racism. And individuals like this shouldn't be allowed to roam freely, promoting nothing but hatred against minorities."

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The second half of the trial challenging a controversial amendment to the Indian Act wrapped up in a federal court in Ottawa last week with further allegations of witness intimidation.

Bernice Wells, a witness from the Tsuu Tina reserve in Alberta, told the court that she was scared of retaliation from members of her community for testifying in defense of Bill C-31.

"But it is my reserve and I will die there," she told the court.

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The Metis took another step towards realizing self-government.

Members from the Saskatchewan Metis Nation voted to adopt a new constitution designed to establish the First Metis legislative assembly in Canada at their December assembly.

Metis National council Gerald Morin said the assembly of nearly 700 delegates voted 98 per cent in favor of the constitution that will allow the Metis to assert their own laws under their inherent right to self-government.

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The B.C. government may hold its own talks to address Native concerns over the expansion of a hydroelectric project in the northwest section of the province.

The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council boycotted the B.C. Utilities Commission public hearings over completion of the Alcan Kemano Project on the Nechako River.

But provincial Native Affairs Minister John Cashore said the NDP government may try to get an agreement to start talks with the council and resolve concerns over the environmental and economic impacts of the expansion.

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The B.C. government may hold its own talks to address Native concerns over the expansion of a hydroelectric project in the northwest section of the province.

The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council boycotted the B.C. Utilities Commission public hearings over completion of the Alcan Kemano Project on the Nechako River.

But provincial Native Affairs Minister John Cashore said the NDP government may try to get an agreement to start talks with the council and resolve concerns over the environmental and economic impacts of the expansion.

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The B.C. government may hold its own talks to address Native concerns over the expansion of a hydroelectric project in the northwest section of the province.

The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council boycotted the B.C. Utilities Commission public hearings over completion of the Alcan Kemano Project on the Nechako River.

But provincial Native Affairs Minister John Cashore said the NDP government may try to get an agreement to start talks with the council and resolve concerns over the environmental and economic impacts of the expansion.

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The B.C. government may hold its own talks to address Native concerns over the expansion of a hydroelectric project in the northwest section of the province.

The Carrier Sekani Tribal Council boycotted the B.C. Utilities Commission public hearings over completion of the Alcan Kemano Project on the Nechako River.

But provincial Native Affairs Minister John Cashore said the NDP government may try to get an agreement to start talks with the council and resolve concerns over the environmental and economic impacts of the expansion.

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A so-called landmark agreement between the B.C. government and Clayoquot Sound Natives over restricted tree-harvesting in that region may be felled before it's even enacted.

The chiefs from the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, which represents five bands on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, will not ratify the two-year interim agreement on logging if Premier Mike Harcourt's NDP government refuses to give them any decision-making power, Tla-qui-o-aht Chief Francis Frank said.

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A so-called landmark agreement between the B.C. government and Clayoquot Sound Natives over restricted tree-harvesting in that region may be felled before it's even enacted.

The chiefs from the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council, which represents five bands on the southwest coast of Vancouver Island, will not ratify the two-year interim agreement on logging if Premier Mike Harcourt's NDP government refuses to give them any decision-making power, Tla-qui-o-aht Chief Francis Frank said.