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FIRST PERSON

The Hilton Hotel lobby on the evening of July 12 in Quebec City was a beehive of activity. More than 900 delegates from 21 countries, in town for the First World Indigenous Youth Conference, gradually poured in, some eager to check into their rooms and catch up on sleep. Many, myself included, preferred to stay up and enjoy light-hearted conversations with youths from Australia, Canada and the Mullocan Islands.

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When Corporal Paul Currie and friends flew into the small, northern Manitoba community, crime dropped 78 per cent.

In other northern villages that the RCMP officer visited, vandalism statistics plummeted as much as 49 per cent.

Currie was astounded.

The 23-year RCMP Sports Camp board member expected some positive

response to the fledgling sports program developed to serve Native youth in remote Manitoba communities.

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When Corporal Paul Currie and friends flew into the small, northern Manitoba community, crime dropped 78 per cent.

In other northern villages that the RCMP officer visited, vandalism statistics plummeted as much as 49 per cent.

Currie was astounded.

The 23-year RCMP Sports Camp board member expected some positive

response to the fledgling sports program developed to serve Native youth in remote Manitoba communities.

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When Corporal Paul Currie and friends flew into the small, northern Manitoba community, crime dropped 78 per cent.

In other northern villages that the RCMP officer visited, vandalism statistics plummeted as much as 49 per cent.

Currie was astounded.

The 23-year RCMP Sports Camp board member expected some positive

response to the fledgling sports program developed to serve Native youth in remote Manitoba communities.

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When Corporal Paul Currie and friends flew into the small, northern Manitoba community, crime dropped 78 per cent.

In other northern villages that the RCMP officer visited, vandalism statistics plummeted as much as 49 per cent.

Currie was astounded.

The 23-year RCMP Sports Camp board member expected some positive

response to the fledgling sports program developed to serve Native youth in remote Manitoba communities.

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Native legends and the words of Ojibway elders form the backbone of an innovative school program for students kindergarten to Grade 12 in the United States.

The Red Cliff Wellness curriculum targets prevention of alcohol and drug abuse

by developing cultural, emotional and social growth in students. The cross-cultural program was developed 14 years ago by the First American Prevention Centre in Bayfield, Wisconsin.

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Teenagers working with their peers in community governments have an added advantage on their road to success: There is no need to bridge a generation gap within a youth council. "As adults, sometimes as much as we try, we can't do anything for our youths," said George Shields, a representative of the United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc.

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Teenagers working with their peers in community governments have an added advantage on their road to success: There is no need to bridge a generation gap within a youth council. "As adults, sometimes as much as we try, we can't do anything for our youths," said George Shields, a representative of the United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc.

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Teenagers working with their peers in community governments have an added advantage on their road to success: There is no need to bridge a generation gap within a youth council. "As adults, sometimes as much as we try, we can't do anything for our youths," said George Shields, a representative of the United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc.

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Teenagers working with their peers in community governments have an added advantage on their road to success: There is no need to bridge a generation gap within a youth council. "As adults, sometimes as much as we try, we can't do anything for our youths," said George Shields, a representative of the United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc.