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Three Gitksan chiefs who defied a court injunction against a blockade on CN rail tracks on the Gitwangak reserve were given four-month suspended sentences earlier this month.

The sentence was handed down by Supreme Court Justice Sherman Hoo in Smithers, south of the reserve, to Wii Seeks (Ralph Mitchell), Goo'Zagen (Art Loring,) and Luu Hon (Guy Morgan.) The three chiefs had volunteered to be arrested rather than abandon the blockade.

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Three Gitksan chiefs who defied a court injunction against a blockade on CN rail tracks on the Gitwangak reserve were given four-month suspended sentences earlier this month.

The sentence was handed down by Supreme Court Justice Sherman Hoo in Smithers, south of the reserve, to Wii Seeks (Ralph Mitchell), Goo'Zagen (Art Loring,) and Luu Hon (Guy Morgan.) The three chiefs had volunteered to be arrested rather than abandon the blockade.

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Assembly of First Nations chief Ovide Mercredi is continuing his referendum-night call for first nations governments to develop their own laws in wake of the Charlottetown accord's collapse.

But senior federal officials are saying the only road now open to achieve self-government is one of long and expensive negotiations.

In the days following the unity deal's sound defeat, Mercredi told chiefs he had no plans to return to constitutional talks and urged leaders to recognize their own law-making authority.

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Immigration officials at the Alberta-Montana border are being criticized by the region's bands for enforcing immigration policies that do not respect family ties or religious practices.

Complaints coming out of the Blackfoot and Blackfeet nations include the opening of medicine bundles and failure to recognize common-law marriages that keep families separated.

"It's a regular horror story sometimes when you listen to these stories," said Bob Gervais, a representative in the Montana state legislature from the Blackfeet Nation.

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Immigration officials at the Alberta-Montana border are being criticized by the region's bands for enforcing immigration policies that do not respect family ties or religious practices.

Complaints coming out of the Blackfoot and Blackfeet nations include the opening of medicine bundles and failure to recognize common-law marriages that keep families separated.

"It's a regular horror story sometimes when you listen to these stories," said Bob Gervais, a representative in the Montana state legislature from the Blackfeet Nation.

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Immigration officials at the Alberta-Montana border are being criticized by the region's bands for enforcing immigration policies that do not respect family ties or religious practices.

Complaints coming out of the Blackfoot and Blackfeet nations include the opening of medicine bundles and failure to recognize common-law marriages that keep families separated.

"It's a regular horror story sometimes when you listen to these stories," said Bob Gervais, a representative in the Montana state legislature from the Blackfeet Nation.

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Immigration officials at the Alberta-Montana border are being criticized by the region's bands for enforcing immigration policies that do not respect family ties or religious practices.

Complaints coming out of the Blackfoot and Blackfeet nations include the opening of medicine bundles and failure to recognize common-law marriages that keep families separated.

"It's a regular horror story sometimes when you listen to these stories," said Bob Gervais, a representative in the Montana state legislature from the Blackfeet Nation.

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Louis Riel was honored in Toronto by six Metis who laid a wreath at the monument for the soldiers who executed the Metis leader for treason in 1885.

The wreath-laying ceremony took place on the 107th anniversary of the date

Riel was hanged as a traitor for his role in the Northwest Rebellion.

Ron Swain, president of the Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association said

Riel remains a hero and a martyr to Metis people across the country.

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Louis Riel was honored in Toronto by six Metis who laid a wreath at the monument for the soldiers who executed the Metis leader for treason in 1885.

The wreath-laying ceremony took place on the 107th anniversary of the date

Riel was hanged as a traitor for his role in the Northwest Rebellion.

Ron Swain, president of the Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association said

Riel remains a hero and a martyr to Metis people across the country.

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Louis Riel was honored in Toronto by six Metis who laid a wreath at the monument for the soldiers who executed the Metis leader for treason in 1885.

The wreath-laying ceremony took place on the 107th anniversary of the date

Riel was hanged as a traitor for his role in the Northwest Rebellion.

Ron Swain, president of the Ontario Metis and Aboriginal Association said

Riel remains a hero and a martyr to Metis people across the country.