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The United Nations has declared 1993 The International Year of the World's Indigenous People, accompanied by the theme Indigenous People - A New Partnership. The objective is to strengthen international co-operation in addressing problems facing indigenous communities. When a beneficial partnership is established, many of the problems could be collectively solved.

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Timing was the only element of surprise in the RCMP and Dakota-Ojibway Tribal Police raids on five reserves in southern Manitoba. Tensions have been rising for months between a government that wants to keep its monopoly on gambling and communities determined to assert their rights.

The fact raids seemed almost inevitable doesn't make them any easier to take. Police did make a huge haul of illegal equipment - just a few dozen video machines and some bingo cards that are easy to find in Manitoba hotels and communities,.

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Timing was the only element of surprise in the RCMP and Dakota-Ojibway Tribal Police raids on five reserves in southern Manitoba. Tensions have been rising for months between a government that wants to keep its monopoly on gambling and communities determined to assert their rights.

The fact raids seemed almost inevitable doesn't make them any easier to take. Police did make a huge haul of illegal equipment - just a few dozen video machines and some bingo cards that are easy to find in Manitoba hotels and communities,.

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Timing was the only element of surprise in the RCMP and Dakota-Ojibway Tribal Police raids on five reserves in southern Manitoba. Tensions have been rising for months between a government that wants to keep its monopoly on gambling and communities determined to assert their rights.

The fact raids seemed almost inevitable doesn't make them any easier to take. Police did make a huge haul of illegal equipment - just a few dozen video machines and some bingo cards that are easy to find in Manitoba hotels and communities,.

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Timing was the only element of surprise in the RCMP and Dakota-Ojibway Tribal Police raids on five reserves in southern Manitoba. Tensions have been rising for months between a government that wants to keep its monopoly on gambling and communities determined to assert their rights.

The fact raids seemed almost inevitable doesn't make them any easier to take. Police did make a huge haul of illegal equipment - just a few dozen video machines and some bingo cards that are easy to find in Manitoba hotels and communities,.

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A couple of weeks before Christmas, dignitaries from Native and non-Native communities gathered in centres around North America to welcome the United Nations sponsored International Year of Indigenous People.

Things got off to a rosy start with governments and communities pledging to act in concert to improve and promote vibrant First Nations cultures.

But like so many ceremonial pronouncements, they did little to cover up the dirty work being done by people who really run the governments.

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A couple of weeks before Christmas, dignitaries from Native and non-Native communities gathered in centres around North America to welcome the United Nations sponsored International Year of Indigenous People.

Things got off to a rosy start with governments and communities pledging to act in concert to improve and promote vibrant First Nations cultures.

But like so many ceremonial pronouncements, they did little to cover up the dirty work being done by people who really run the governments.

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A couple of weeks before Christmas, dignitaries from Native and non-Native communities gathered in centres around North America to welcome the United Nations sponsored International Year of Indigenous People.

Things got off to a rosy start with governments and communities pledging to act in concert to improve and promote vibrant First Nations cultures.

But like so many ceremonial pronouncements, they did little to cover up the dirty work being done by people who really run the governments.

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A couple of weeks before Christmas, dignitaries from Native and non-Native communities gathered in centres around North America to welcome the United Nations sponsored International Year of Indigenous People.

Things got off to a rosy start with governments and communities pledging to act in concert to improve and promote vibrant First Nations cultures.

But like so many ceremonial pronouncements, they did little to cover up the dirty work being done by people who really run the governments.

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Manitoba's skirmishes over on-reserve gaming are causing ripples in Saskatchewan where Native and provincial leaders have also been unsuccessful in establishing new Indian gaming laws.

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations president Roland Crowe last week warned of confrontation if the provincial government doesn't bend soon to allow on-reserve casinos.

Options for the province's First Nations are running out as they continue to meet government resistance through peaceful, non-confrontational methods, Crowe said.