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Overfishing caused the disappearance of nearly one-half million Fraser River salmon during the first year of British Columbia's commercial Native fishery pilot project, a federal inquiry says.

The shortfall's only a "setback" and shouldn't block the development of a first nation commercial fishery, said report author Peter Pearse, a University of British Columbia resource specialist.

"The program of rebuilding stocks...has suffered a set back. It cannot be

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Overfishing caused the disappearance of nearly one-half million Fraser River salmon during the first year of British Columbia's commercial Native fishery pilot project, a federal inquiry says.

The shortfall's only a "setback" and shouldn't block the development of a first nation commercial fishery, said report author Peter Pearse, a University of British Columbia resource specialist.

"The program of rebuilding stocks...has suffered a set back. It cannot be

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R. Carlos Nakai, Native composer and educator, blends both talents during performances as he introduces cultural traditions and instruments to audiences.

Nakai has developed a unique musical style utilizing traditional flute instruments that combines his study of 'Western Asian' theory and practice with his own cultural research. (Some archaeologists and anthropologists believe Indians in the Americas migrated over a land bridge between Asia and the far north thousands of years ago, before the two continents were separated by the ocean.

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R. Carlos Nakai, Native composer and educator, blends both talents during performances as he introduces cultural traditions and instruments to audiences.

Nakai has developed a unique musical style utilizing traditional flute instruments that combines his study of 'Western Asian' theory and practice with his own cultural research. (Some archaeologists and anthropologists believe Indians in the Americas migrated over a land bridge between Asia and the far north thousands of years ago, before the two continents were separated by the ocean.

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R. Carlos Nakai, Native composer and educator, blends both talents during performances as he introduces cultural traditions and instruments to audiences.

Nakai has developed a unique musical style utilizing traditional flute instruments that combines his study of 'Western Asian' theory and practice with his own cultural research. (Some archaeologists and anthropologists believe Indians in the Americas migrated over a land bridge between Asia and the far north thousands of years ago, before the two continents were separated by the ocean.

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R. Carlos Nakai, Native composer and educator, blends both talents during performances as he introduces cultural traditions and instruments to audiences.

Nakai has developed a unique musical style utilizing traditional flute instruments that combines his study of 'Western Asian' theory and practice with his own cultural research. (Some archaeologists and anthropologists believe Indians in the Americas migrated over a land bridge between Asia and the far north thousands of years ago, before the two continents were separated by the ocean.

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The oka crisis was a turning point for many people, Native and non-Native. For singer/songwriter Rick Patterson, it marked a new direction in his career.

"I was at home listening to the news about Oka when suddenly the words just started coming to me. First the thunder rumbles, then a flash across the sky. There stands the Great Spirit with a tear in his eye," says Patterson, reciting a phrase from his song, The Message is Clear.

The 33-year-old entertainer from Surrey, B.C. agreed to an interview following

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The oka crisis was a turning point for many people, Native and non-Native. For singer/songwriter Rick Patterson, it marked a new direction in his career.

"I was at home listening to the news about Oka when suddenly the words just started coming to me. First the thunder rumbles, then a flash across the sky. There stands the Great Spirit with a tear in his eye," says Patterson, reciting a phrase from his song, The Message is Clear.

The 33-year-old entertainer from Surrey, B.C. agreed to an interview following

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The oka crisis was a turning point for many people, Native and non-Native. For singer/songwriter Rick Patterson, it marked a new direction in his career.

"I was at home listening to the news about Oka when suddenly the words just started coming to me. First the thunder rumbles, then a flash across the sky. There stands the Great Spirit with a tear in his eye," says Patterson, reciting a phrase from his song, The Message is Clear.

The 33-year-old entertainer from Surrey, B.C. agreed to an interview following

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The oka crisis was a turning point for many people, Native and non-Native. For singer/songwriter Rick Patterson, it marked a new direction in his career.

"I was at home listening to the news about Oka when suddenly the words just started coming to me. First the thunder rumbles, then a flash across the sky. There stands the Great Spirit with a tear in his eye," says Patterson, reciting a phrase from his song, The Message is Clear.

The 33-year-old entertainer from Surrey, B.C. agreed to an interview following