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Saskatchewan's drive to create an Indian gaming commission to license on-reserve gambling has bogged down in a dispute over whether bands will be allowed to operate casinos.

Negotiations turned angry earlier this month with Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations chief Roland Crow accusing the government of bargaining in bad faith.

Ned Shillington, then head of the provincial gaming commission, countered by claiming the federation was in a conflict of interest because its gambling consultant was closely too tied to a U.S. company that sells gaming machines.

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Ovide Mercredi's September prediction that the nation's chiefs would embrace the Charlottetown accord drained away into a tepid call for clarification of the deal's Native provision.

The more than 450 chiefs who attended a three-day meeting on the Squamish reserve in North Vancouver were so divided they couldn't even agree to a ratification vote on the deal.

But while the chiefs could only muster a weak consensus statement calling for more information, Mercredi insisted the accord still has a chance in the Native community.

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Four brothers from southern Alberta have unearthed ancient masks made of shells believed to be from the Gulf of Mexico in a Montana cave.

Steele, Corry, Tracy and Shayne Tolman made the discovery in the Sweetgrass Hills, just south of the Canadian border, when they were camping.

Archaeologist think the masks, about 16 centimetres wide and buried in dirt under the cave floor, may have found their way into the Sweetgrass Hills when their Indian makers travelled up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.

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Four brothers from southern Alberta have unearthed ancient masks made of shells believed to be from the Gulf of Mexico in a Montana cave.

Steele, Corry, Tracy and Shayne Tolman made the discovery in the Sweetgrass Hills, just south of the Canadian border, when they were camping.

Archaeologist think the masks, about 16 centimetres wide and buried in dirt under the cave floor, may have found their way into the Sweetgrass Hills when their Indian makers travelled up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.

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Four brothers from southern Alberta have unearthed ancient masks made of shells believed to be from the Gulf of Mexico in a Montana cave.

Steele, Corry, Tracy and Shayne Tolman made the discovery in the Sweetgrass Hills, just south of the Canadian border, when they were camping.

Archaeologist think the masks, about 16 centimetres wide and buried in dirt under the cave floor, may have found their way into the Sweetgrass Hills when their Indian makers travelled up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.

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Four brothers from southern Alberta have unearthed ancient masks made of shells believed to be from the Gulf of Mexico in a Montana cave.

Steele, Corry, Tracy and Shayne Tolman made the discovery in the Sweetgrass Hills, just south of the Canadian border, when they were camping.

Archaeologist think the masks, about 16 centimetres wide and buried in dirt under the cave floor, may have found their way into the Sweetgrass Hills when their Indian makers travelled up the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.

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Native Canadians are soaring to new heights thanks to a program that teaches them how to fly aircraft.

The first 16 graduates of the First Nations Technical Institute were presented with diplomas recently, allowing them to fly everything from small Cessnas to commercial aircraft.

"A lot of hard work and determination now means they can fulfill their dreams of flying aircraft," said Ron Mason, principal of the aerospace technology school at the reserve's Mohawk Airport 17 kilometres east of Belleville in eastern Ontario.

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Native Canadians are soaring to new heights thanks to a program that teaches them how to fly aircraft.

The first 16 graduates of the First Nations Technical Institute were presented with diplomas recently, allowing them to fly everything from small Cessnas to commercial aircraft.

"A lot of hard work and determination now means they can fulfill their dreams of flying aircraft," said Ron Mason, principal of the aerospace technology school at the reserve's Mohawk Airport 17 kilometres east of Belleville in eastern Ontario.

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Native Canadians are soaring to new heights thanks to a program that teaches them how to fly aircraft.

The first 16 graduates of the First Nations Technical Institute were presented with diplomas recently, allowing them to fly everything from small Cessnas to commercial aircraft.

"A lot of hard work and determination now means they can fulfill their dreams of flying aircraft," said Ron Mason, principal of the aerospace technology school at the reserve's Mohawk Airport 17 kilometres east of Belleville in eastern Ontario.

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Native Canadians are soaring to new heights thanks to a program that teaches them how to fly aircraft.

The first 16 graduates of the First Nations Technical Institute were presented with diplomas recently, allowing them to fly everything from small Cessnas to commercial aircraft.

"A lot of hard work and determination now means they can fulfill their dreams of flying aircraft," said Ron Mason, principal of the aerospace technology school at the reserve's Mohawk Airport 17 kilometres east of Belleville in eastern Ontario.