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Pikiskwe

The new year has arrived. Now is the time for reflection on the previous year. I believe 1992, more than any other year, allowed Native people to be involved to a much greater degree in the mechanisms that affect this country.

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Pikiskwe

The new year has arrived. Now is the time for reflection on the previous year. I believe 1992, more than any other year, allowed Native people to be involved to a much greater degree in the mechanisms that affect this country.

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It's hard to think of a community that can tell happy stories about land claims. Every places has its stories of bent deals, unfulfilled promises and the willingness of governments to double-deal on agreements when there was money to be made.

That is why the stories emerging from land claim hearings at Cold Lake in northern Alberta hold few surprises. Witnesses there told stories of poverty and destruction of a local economy with the construction of the defence department's Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range.

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It's hard to think of a community that can tell happy stories about land claims. Every places has its stories of bent deals, unfulfilled promises and the willingness of governments to double-deal on agreements when there was money to be made.

That is why the stories emerging from land claim hearings at Cold Lake in northern Alberta hold few surprises. Witnesses there told stories of poverty and destruction of a local economy with the construction of the defence department's Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range.

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It's hard to think of a community that can tell happy stories about land claims. Every places has its stories of bent deals, unfulfilled promises and the willingness of governments to double-deal on agreements when there was money to be made.

That is why the stories emerging from land claim hearings at Cold Lake in northern Alberta hold few surprises. Witnesses there told stories of poverty and destruction of a local economy with the construction of the defence department's Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range.

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It's hard to think of a community that can tell happy stories about land claims. Every places has its stories of bent deals, unfulfilled promises and the willingness of governments to double-deal on agreements when there was money to be made.

That is why the stories emerging from land claim hearings at Cold Lake in northern Alberta hold few surprises. Witnesses there told stories of poverty and destruction of a local economy with the construction of the defence department's Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range.

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The constitutional ups and downs of 1992 stand out easily as the biggest story of the year. It represents the first time first nations have been invited to participate at a fundamental level in determining their future in the country.

And the failed referendum vote, the rejection of the package on the inherent right, showed how much Ottawa, the provinces and even national native leaders have to learn about building a future for grassroots communities.

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"I always knew I would be an artist, and that I would seriously start doing it when I turned 40."

And that is precisely what silver carver Reg Gladstone of Saanichton, Vancouver Island has done.

That was 18 months ago. He has very recently participated in his successful first show at the Native Heritage Centre in Duncan, B.C.

A West Coast fisherman who works at his art about six months out of the year, Gladstone is "basically self-taught." He was partially influenced by his great-grandfather, one of the original silver carvers of Canada.

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"I always knew I would be an artist, and that I would seriously start doing it when I turned 40."

And that is precisely what silver carver Reg Gladstone of Saanichton, Vancouver Island has done.

That was 18 months ago. He has very recently participated in his successful first show at the Native Heritage Centre in Duncan, B.C.

A West Coast fisherman who works at his art about six months out of the year, Gladstone is "basically self-taught." He was partially influenced by his great-grandfather, one of the original silver carvers of Canada.

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"I always knew I would be an artist, and that I would seriously start doing it when I turned 40."

And that is precisely what silver carver Reg Gladstone of Saanichton, Vancouver Island has done.

That was 18 months ago. He has very recently participated in his successful first show at the Native Heritage Centre in Duncan, B.C.

A West Coast fisherman who works at his art about six months out of the year, Gladstone is "basically self-taught." He was partially influenced by his great-grandfather, one of the original silver carvers of Canada.