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The disappearance of a few hundred thousand fish in the Fraser River last fall has stirred up more than just concern for the future of a natural resource. It has polarized much of the Canadian fisheries industry over the rights of Natives to harvest food fish alongside commercial, non-Native fisheries.

And it has reignited tempers on both sides of the issue of Native rights to resource management and land use - in short, the issue of Native self-determination.

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The disappearance of a few hundred thousand fish in the Fraser River last fall has stirred up more than just concern for the future of a natural resource. It has polarized much of the Canadian fisheries industry over the rights of Natives to harvest food fish alongside commercial, non-Native fisheries.

And it has reignited tempers on both sides of the issue of Native rights to resource management and land use - in short, the issue of Native self-determination.

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The disappearance of a few hundred thousand fish in the Fraser River last fall has stirred up more than just concern for the future of a natural resource. It has polarized much of the Canadian fisheries industry over the rights of Natives to harvest food fish alongside commercial, non-Native fisheries.

And it has reignited tempers on both sides of the issue of Native rights to resource management and land use - in short, the issue of Native self-determination.

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Negotiations over a comprehensive land claim settlement in the Northwest Territories have ended despite Native concerns that the deal was not everything they wanted.

The agreement reached between the Sahtu Dene and Metis and federal negotiators Jan. 10 provides land, economic benefits and resource management rights but ignores the issue of self-government.

"We didn't get everything we wanted," said Sahtu Tribal Council president George Cleary. "We wanted self-government entrenched."

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Negotiations over a comprehensive land claim settlement in the Northwest Territories have ended despite Native concerns that the deal was not everything they wanted.

The agreement reached between the Sahtu Dene and Metis and federal negotiators Jan. 10 provides land, economic benefits and resource management rights but ignores the issue of self-government.

"We didn't get everything we wanted," said Sahtu Tribal Council president George Cleary. "We wanted self-government entrenched."

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Negotiations over a comprehensive land claim settlement in the Northwest Territories have ended despite Native concerns that the deal was not everything they wanted.

The agreement reached between the Sahtu Dene and Metis and federal negotiators Jan. 10 provides land, economic benefits and resource management rights but ignores the issue of self-government.

"We didn't get everything we wanted," said Sahtu Tribal Council president George Cleary. "We wanted self-government entrenched."

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Negotiations over a comprehensive land claim settlement in the Northwest Territories have ended despite Native concerns that the deal was not everything they wanted.

The agreement reached between the Sahtu Dene and Metis and federal negotiators Jan. 10 provides land, economic benefits and resource management rights but ignores the issue of self-government.

"We didn't get everything we wanted," said Sahtu Tribal Council president George Cleary. "We wanted self-government entrenched."

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A federal committee has been established to investigate sexual abuse problems in this Native community after repeated pleas for help from the band's chief and council.

A spokesman for Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon said the minister wants to meet Chief Angus Starr to discuss the problem, which Starr blames partially on a severe housing shortage on the reserve.

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A federal committee has been established to investigate sexual abuse problems in this Native community after repeated pleas for help from the band's chief and council.

A spokesman for Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon said the minister wants to meet Chief Angus Starr to discuss the problem, which Starr blames partially on a severe housing shortage on the reserve.

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A federal committee has been established to investigate sexual abuse problems in this Native community after repeated pleas for help from the band's chief and council.

A spokesman for Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon said the minister wants to meet Chief Angus Starr to discuss the problem, which Starr blames partially on a severe housing shortage on the reserve.