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In the maze of ethnic and cultural diversity called Canada, there is a group of people whose history and identification is unlike any other cultural group.

The Canadian Indian, or as we prefer to be addressed, the First Nations, is a group that has been disposed, relocated, ignored, pacified and again re-located. Throughout history the transitions of our people have been due to the attitude and discriminating policy of the government.

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In the maze of ethnic and cultural diversity called Canada, there is a group of people whose history and identification is unlike any other cultural group.

The Canadian Indian, or as we prefer to be addressed, the First Nations, is a group that has been disposed, relocated, ignored, pacified and again re-located. Throughout history the transitions of our people have been due to the attitude and discriminating policy of the government.

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Money talks. In fact, if often says things that people themselves are reluctant or unable to say.

And during this, the United Nations' International Year of the World's Indigenous People, the dollars and cents being sucked out of Native coffers to be put back into Canada's federal reserves are speaking volumes.

Ottawa appears ready to celebrate the occasion by cutting the throat of Native culture.

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Money talks. In fact, if often says things that people themselves are reluctant or unable to say.

And during this, the United Nations' International Year of the World's Indigenous People, the dollars and cents being sucked out of Native coffers to be put back into Canada's federal reserves are speaking volumes.

Ottawa appears ready to celebrate the occasion by cutting the throat of Native culture.

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Money talks. In fact, if often says things that people themselves are reluctant or unable to say.

And during this, the United Nations' International Year of the World's Indigenous People, the dollars and cents being sucked out of Native coffers to be put back into Canada's federal reserves are speaking volumes.

Ottawa appears ready to celebrate the occasion by cutting the throat of Native culture.

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Money talks. In fact, if often says things that people themselves are reluctant or unable to say.

And during this, the United Nations' International Year of the World's Indigenous People, the dollars and cents being sucked out of Native coffers to be put back into Canada's federal reserves are speaking volumes.

Ottawa appears ready to celebrate the occasion by cutting the throat of Native culture.

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The Royal Commission on Aboriginal People will hold special hearings for the High Arctic Exiles this spring to examine the forced relocation of Inuit families during the 1950s.

"Testimony presented to the commission by relocatees, during hearings in Inukjuak in the spring of 1992, triggered our concerns, commission co-chair Rene Dussault said.

"We are struck by the fact that reports prepared for the government have relied on department files and have rarely taken the relocatees' oral testimony seriously."

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The Royal Commission on Aboriginal People will hold special hearings for the High Arctic Exiles this spring to examine the forced relocation of Inuit families during the 1950s.

"Testimony presented to the commission by relocatees, during hearings in Inukjuak in the spring of 1992, triggered our concerns, commission co-chair Rene Dussault said.

"We are struck by the fact that reports prepared for the government have relied on department files and have rarely taken the relocatees' oral testimony seriously."

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The Royal Commission on Aboriginal People will hold special hearings for the High Arctic Exiles this spring to examine the forced relocation of Inuit families during the 1950s.

"Testimony presented to the commission by relocatees, during hearings in Inukjuak in the spring of 1992, triggered our concerns, commission co-chair Rene Dussault said.

"We are struck by the fact that reports prepared for the government have relied on department files and have rarely taken the relocatees' oral testimony seriously."

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The Royal Commission on Aboriginal People will hold special hearings for the High Arctic Exiles this spring to examine the forced relocation of Inuit families during the 1950s.

"Testimony presented to the commission by relocatees, during hearings in Inukjuak in the spring of 1992, triggered our concerns, commission co-chair Rene Dussault said.

"We are struck by the fact that reports prepared for the government have relied on department files and have rarely taken the relocatees' oral testimony seriously."