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Saskatchewan's Peter Ballantyne band has decided not to join the province's multi-million dollar umbrella land deal even though it is entitled to one of the largest settlements in the package.

Band members narrowly defeated a $62-million offer to buy land and mineral rights in a referendum that would have seen the community join the province-wide agreement.

Ballantyne chief Ron Michel said the latest set of difficulties rising out of the band's long-standing resistance to the agreement won't hurt a settlement in the long run.

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Saskatchewan's Peter Ballantyne band has decided not to join the province's multi-million dollar umbrella land deal even though it is entitled to one of the largest settlements in the package.

Band members narrowly defeated a $62-million offer to buy land and mineral rights in a referendum that would have seen the community join the province-wide agreement.

Ballantyne chief Ron Michel said the latest set of difficulties rising out of the band's long-standing resistance to the agreement won't hurt a settlement in the long run.

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A seven-year-old piece of legislation is behind a bitter feud that has erupted on the tiny Gambler reserve in western Manitoba.

Bill C-31, passed in 1985, allows Native women who lost their status by marrying non-Natives to regain their status. The law applies to their children, as well. But a group of these women trying to rejoin the Gambler band have met with opposition.

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A seven-year-old piece of legislation is behind a bitter feud that has erupted on the tiny Gambler reserve in western Manitoba.

Bill C-31, passed in 1985, allows Native women who lost their status by marrying non-Natives to regain their status. The law applies to their children, as well. But a group of these women trying to rejoin the Gambler band have met with opposition.

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A seven-year-old piece of legislation is behind a bitter feud that has erupted on the tiny Gambler reserve in western Manitoba.

Bill C-31, passed in 1985, allows Native women who lost their status by marrying non-Natives to regain their status. The law applies to their children, as well. But a group of these women trying to rejoin the Gambler band have met with opposition.

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A seven-year-old piece of legislation is behind a bitter feud that has erupted on the tiny Gambler reserve in western Manitoba.

Bill C-31, passed in 1985, allows Native women who lost their status by marrying non-Natives to regain their status. The law applies to their children, as well. But a group of these women trying to rejoin the Gambler band have met with opposition.

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Some Canadian bands are willing to defy laws to assert their right to run and regulate their own casinos on reserves, aboriginals told a Native gaming conference in Vancouver.

Financially strapped bands say they have to bet their future on gambling because there are no other options.

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Some Canadian bands are willing to defy laws to assert their right to run and regulate their own casinos on reserves, aboriginals told a Native gaming conference in Vancouver.

Financially strapped bands say they have to bet their future on gambling because there are no other options.

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Some Canadian bands are willing to defy laws to assert their right to run and regulate their own casinos on reserves, aboriginals told a Native gaming conference in Vancouver.

Financially strapped bands say they have to bet their future on gambling because there are no other options.

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Some Canadian bands are willing to defy laws to assert their right to run and regulate their own casinos on reserves, aboriginals told a Native gaming conference in Vancouver.

Financially strapped bands say they have to bet their future on gambling because there are no other options.