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Kennewick Man-Who are his people?

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He lay in a watery grave at the bottom of the Columbia River, near Kennewick, Washington until July 1996 when two men stumbled upon his skull. Later deliberate searches turned up a nearly complete male skeleton, scattered over a 300 square foot area near the bank of a dammed lake-like section of the river under the management of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Although no one can bring him back to life, he has received notoriety he could not have experienced during his lifetime aeons ago.

Kennewick Man-Who are his people?

Page 7

He lay in a watery grave at the bottom of the Columbia River, near Kennewick, Washington until July 1996 when two men stumbled upon his skull. Later deliberate searches turned up a nearly complete male skeleton, scattered over a 300 square foot area near the bank of a dammed lake-like section of the river under the management of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Although no one can bring him back to life, he has received notoriety he could not have experienced during his lifetime aeons ago.

Kennewick Man-Who are his people?

Page 7

He lay in a watery grave at the bottom of the Columbia River, near Kennewick, Washington until July 1996 when two men stumbled upon his skull. Later deliberate searches turned up a nearly complete male skeleton, scattered over a 300 square foot area near the bank of a dammed lake-like section of the river under the management of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Although no one can bring him back to life, he has received notoriety he could not have experienced during his lifetime aeons ago.

Legends, fantasies and wonderous tales entertain

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While children are the most natural audience for a daily story fix, any participant at the 10th anniversary Vancouver Storytelling Festival will tell you, as they awake from a mesmerizing tale of dragons and knights, that a good story well told will never go unappreciated-regardless of age.

From Nov. 2 to 4, more than 30 storytellers from around the world gathered at Vancouver Museum and Sty-Wet-Tan, UBC House of Learning to share age-old legends, personal experiences, and incredible fantasies with an audience, often transfixed with child-like wonder.

Legends, fantasies and wonderous tales entertain

Page 6

While children are the most natural audience for a daily story fix, any participant at the 10th anniversary Vancouver Storytelling Festival will tell you, as they awake from a mesmerizing tale of dragons and knights, that a good story well told will never go unappreciated-regardless of age.

From Nov. 2 to 4, more than 30 storytellers from around the world gathered at Vancouver Museum and Sty-Wet-Tan, UBC House of Learning to share age-old legends, personal experiences, and incredible fantasies with an audience, often transfixed with child-like wonder.

Legends, fantasies and wonderous tales entertain

Page 6

While children are the most natural audience for a daily story fix, any participant at the 10th anniversary Vancouver Storytelling Festival will tell you, as they awake from a mesmerizing tale of dragons and knights, that a good story well told will never go unappreciated-regardless of age.

From Nov. 2 to 4, more than 30 storytellers from around the world gathered at Vancouver Museum and Sty-Wet-Tan, UBC House of Learning to share age-old legends, personal experiences, and incredible fantasies with an audience, often transfixed with child-like wonder.

Legends, fantasies and wonderous tales entertain

Page 6

While children are the most natural audience for a daily story fix, any participant at the 10th anniversary Vancouver Storytelling Festival will tell you, as they awake from a mesmerizing tale of dragons and knights, that a good story well told will never go unappreciated-regardless of age.

From Nov. 2 to 4, more than 30 storytellers from around the world gathered at Vancouver Museum and Sty-Wet-Tan, UBC House of Learning to share age-old legends, personal experiences, and incredible fantasies with an audience, often transfixed with child-like wonder.

Government moves on school compensation

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Canada will pay 70 per cent of the total damage amounts owing to victims of physical and sexual abuse in residential schools, but only if the victims get involved in an out-of-court settlement or an alternative dispute resolution process.

The decision was announced on Oct. 29 by Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray. Gray was appointed to head a government body that was created especially to deal with residential school compensation issues-the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution-in September 2000.

Government moves on school compensation

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Canada will pay 70 per cent of the total damage amounts owing to victims of physical and sexual abuse in residential schools, but only if the victims get involved in an out-of-court settlement or an alternative dispute resolution process.

The decision was announced on Oct. 29 by Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray. Gray was appointed to head a government body that was created especially to deal with residential school compensation issues-the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution-in September 2000.

Government moves on school compensation

Page 5

Canada will pay 70 per cent of the total damage amounts owing to victims of physical and sexual abuse in residential schools, but only if the victims get involved in an out-of-court settlement or an alternative dispute resolution process.

The decision was announced on Oct. 29 by Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray. Gray was appointed to head a government body that was created especially to deal with residential school compensation issues-the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution-in September 2000.