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Equality and self-government for Native people are reasons to vote for the constitutional accord in the Oct. 26 referendum, national Native leaders told the Northwest Territories' legislature.

Representatives from the Metis National Council, the Native Council of Canada, the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations recently urged the members of the legislative assembly to vote yes.

The new constitution will right the wrongs of history against the Native people

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A blockade of a CN rail line in northwestern B.C. has come down and Gitksan band members are working with the provincial government to settle the dispute.

Gitksan chiefs and spokesman Don Ryan met with the B.C. ministers of forestry and aboriginal affairs last week to address the problems caused by the transfer of assets from Westar Timber to Repap, a Montreal firm.

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A blockade of a CN rail line in northwestern B.C. has come down and Gitksan band members are working with the provincial government to settle the dispute.

Gitksan chiefs and spokesman Don Ryan met with the B.C. ministers of forestry and aboriginal affairs last week to address the problems caused by the transfer of assets from Westar Timber to Repap, a Montreal firm.

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A blockade of a CN rail line in northwestern B.C. has come down and Gitksan band members are working with the provincial government to settle the dispute.

Gitksan chiefs and spokesman Don Ryan met with the B.C. ministers of forestry and aboriginal affairs last week to address the problems caused by the transfer of assets from Westar Timber to Repap, a Montreal firm.

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A blockade of a CN rail line in northwestern B.C. has come down and Gitksan band members are working with the provincial government to settle the dispute.

Gitksan chiefs and spokesman Don Ryan met with the B.C. ministers of forestry and aboriginal affairs last week to address the problems caused by the transfer of assets from Westar Timber to Repap, a Montreal firm.

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Manitoba Native Angela Chalmers started running competitively at the age of eight and has never looked back.

Twenty years later, during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she became part of sports history as the third fastest woman on the planet in the 3,000 metre run.

It was a way of proving to Native children throughout Canada that dreams really do come true, Chalmers said after accepting the Bronze medal. She added her name to the list of 18 Canadians to win medals at this year's games.

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Manitoba Native Angela Chalmers started running competitively at the age of eight and has never looked back.

Twenty years later, during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she became part of sports history as the third fastest woman on the planet in the 3,000 metre run.

It was a way of proving to Native children throughout Canada that dreams really do come true, Chalmers said after accepting the Bronze medal. She added her name to the list of 18 Canadians to win medals at this year's games.

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Manitoba Native Angela Chalmers started running competitively at the age of eight and has never looked back.

Twenty years later, during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she became part of sports history as the third fastest woman on the planet in the 3,000 metre run.

It was a way of proving to Native children throughout Canada that dreams really do come true, Chalmers said after accepting the Bronze medal. She added her name to the list of 18 Canadians to win medals at this year's games.

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Manitoba Native Angela Chalmers started running competitively at the age of eight and has never looked back.

Twenty years later, during the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, she became part of sports history as the third fastest woman on the planet in the 3,000 metre run.

It was a way of proving to Native children throughout Canada that dreams really do come true, Chalmers said after accepting the Bronze medal. She added her name to the list of 18 Canadians to win medals at this year's games.

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The problems for Native people are much the same on both sides of the Canadian-United States border, according to Patrick Spotted Wolf, a Cheyenne-Arapahoe dancer.

Spotted Wolf, who is semi-retired, travels the powwow circuit with his wife Sandra, daughter and grandchildren each year. This year they went from their Oklahoma home throughout the northwestern states in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan.