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There's no telling which way First Nation opinion in Manitoha will blow when the winds of the national referendum sweep Canada Oct. 26, community leaders say.

Although the province's First Nations are treaty bands in general, there has not been a flat rejection of the constitutional process.

That does not mean the deal stands unopposed. There are concerns it may water down existing treaty rights. Some people are leaning towards a "No" vote because women didn't participate directly in negotiations.

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There's no telling which way First Nation opinion in Manitoha will blow when the winds of the national referendum sweep Canada Oct. 26, community leaders say.

Although the province's First Nations are treaty bands in general, there has not been a flat rejection of the constitutional process.

That does not mean the deal stands unopposed. There are concerns it may water down existing treaty rights. Some people are leaning towards a "No" vote because women didn't participate directly in negotiations.

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There's no telling which way First Nation opinion in Manitoha will blow when the winds of the national referendum sweep Canada Oct. 26, community leaders say.

Although the province's First Nations are treaty bands in general, there has not been a flat rejection of the constitutional process.

That does not mean the deal stands unopposed. There are concerns it may water down existing treaty rights. Some people are leaning towards a "No" vote because women didn't participate directly in negotiations.

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Opposition to the referendum is gaining force in British Columbia, where the president of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has said he rejects the Charlottetown

Accord and Canada's referendum process "in their totality."

"What we see is a clear and present danger to our peoples' aboriginal title and rights, to the integrity of our traditional territories, and to our survival as distinct Nations processing inherent tribal sovereignty since time immemorial," said chief Saul Terry.

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Canada's constitution peddler Joe Clark has assured Alberta treaty chiefs that the federal government will consider honoring Native self-government on a nation-to-nation basis as they've demanded. That is, of course, if the upcoming referendum succeeds.

Speaking to 25 Alberta chiefs at the Nisku Inn near Edmonton, Clark said Native leaders will be given the opportunity to negotiate self-government on their own terms.

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Drafters of the constitutional accord have agreed to drop a clause that some women view as a threat to sexual equality, according to a public report.

That should ease the fears of aboriginal women who have come out as opponents of the deal, said the Toronto Globe and Mail.

In an earlier version, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms would have been amended to specify that nothing in the Charter would affect the inherent right of aboriginal self-government.

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Drafters of the constitutional accord have agreed to drop a clause that some women view as a threat to sexual equality, according to a public report.

That should ease the fears of aboriginal women who have come out as opponents of the deal, said the Toronto Globe and Mail.

In an earlier version, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms would have been amended to specify that nothing in the Charter would affect the inherent right of aboriginal self-government.

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Drafters of the constitutional accord have agreed to drop a clause that some women view as a threat to sexual equality, according to a public report.

That should ease the fears of aboriginal women who have come out as opponents of the deal, said the Toronto Globe and Mail.

In an earlier version, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms would have been amended to specify that nothing in the Charter would affect the inherent right of aboriginal self-government.

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Drafters of the constitutional accord have agreed to drop a clause that some women view as a threat to sexual equality, according to a public report.

That should ease the fears of aboriginal women who have come out as opponents of the deal, said the Toronto Globe and Mail.

In an earlier version, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms would have been amended to specify that nothing in the Charter would affect the inherent right of aboriginal self-government.

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The struggling Plains Indian Cultural Survival School has managed to keeps its doors open for another year, but staff and students are facing an uncertain future.

"Next year does not look promising," said school principal Jerry Arshinoff.

Of the urban high school's 429 students, 305 are adults, most of them 20 to 23 years old. Calgary school board trustees voted to cut funding in 1993 for all over-age students not covered by adult education grants. That would mean refusing an education to about three-quarters of the students, Arshinoff said.