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More than 3,000 aboriginal people met recently in St. Albert for the international conference Healing Our Spirit Worldwide. They came from all over the globe to share their pain and successes in the struggle to free Native peoples of the devastating effects of alcohol and drug addictions.

Delegates represented many aboriginal cultures, including Sammi from Norway, Maori from New Zealand, Mowree from Australia and Mapuche from Chile. Most came from grass-roots organizations on the front lines of the fight against substance abuse in their homelands.

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More than 3,000 aboriginal people met recently in St. Albert for the international conference Healing Our Spirit Worldwide. They came from all over the globe to share their pain and successes in the struggle to free Native peoples of the devastating effects of alcohol and drug addictions.

Delegates represented many aboriginal cultures, including Sammi from Norway, Maori from New Zealand, Mowree from Australia and Mapuche from Chile. Most came from grass-roots organizations on the front lines of the fight against substance abuse in their homelands.

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More than 30 members of a small Algonquin band in northern Quebec have been charged with a string of sexual and physical abuses on about 50 of the band's women and children.

And the number of accused men from the 300-member Grand Lac Victoria band could reach 40 when provincial police conclude their investigation, said spokesman Ghislan Blanchet.

The charges include sexual and physical assault, incest, sodomy, sexual touching and threats. The victims range in age from five to 50 years old.

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More than 30 members of a small Algonquin band in northern Quebec have been charged with a string of sexual and physical abuses on about 50 of the band's women and children.

And the number of accused men from the 300-member Grand Lac Victoria band could reach 40 when provincial police conclude their investigation, said spokesman Ghislan Blanchet.

The charges include sexual and physical assault, incest, sodomy, sexual touching and threats. The victims range in age from five to 50 years old.

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More than 30 members of a small Algonquin band in northern Quebec have been charged with a string of sexual and physical abuses on about 50 of the band's women and children.

And the number of accused men from the 300-member Grand Lac Victoria band could reach 40 when provincial police conclude their investigation, said spokesman Ghislan Blanchet.

The charges include sexual and physical assault, incest, sodomy, sexual touching and threats. The victims range in age from five to 50 years old.

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More than 30 members of a small Algonquin band in northern Quebec have been charged with a string of sexual and physical abuses on about 50 of the band's women and children.

And the number of accused men from the 300-member Grand Lac Victoria band could reach 40 when provincial police conclude their investigation, said spokesman Ghislan Blanchet.

The charges include sexual and physical assault, incest, sodomy, sexual touching and threats. The victims range in age from five to 50 years old.

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The Siksika Nation will take over most of the reserve's policing in September with the completion of a three-way agreement for local police services.

And the newly expanded Siksika Nation Police Force is scheduled to take control of police duties in 1994.

"The Siksika Nation welcomed the prospect of First Nations officers policing First Nations communities. That prospect is now a reality," Chief Strator Crowfoot said in a media release following the deal-signing ceremony with federal and provincial ministers.

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The Siksika Nation will take over most of the reserve's policing in September with the completion of a three-way agreement for local police services.

And the newly expanded Siksika Nation Police Force is scheduled to take control of police duties in 1994.

"The Siksika Nation welcomed the prospect of First Nations officers policing First Nations communities. That prospect is now a reality," Chief Strator Crowfoot said in a media release following the deal-signing ceremony with federal and provincial ministers.

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The Siksika Nation will take over most of the reserve's policing in September with the completion of a three-way agreement for local police services.

And the newly expanded Siksika Nation Police Force is scheduled to take control of police duties in 1994.

"The Siksika Nation welcomed the prospect of First Nations officers policing First Nations communities. That prospect is now a reality," Chief Strator Crowfoot said in a media release following the deal-signing ceremony with federal and provincial ministers.

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The Siksika Nation will take over most of the reserve's policing in September with the completion of a three-way agreement for local police services.

And the newly expanded Siksika Nation Police Force is scheduled to take control of police duties in 1994.

"The Siksika Nation welcomed the prospect of First Nations officers policing First Nations communities. That prospect is now a reality," Chief Strator Crowfoot said in a media release following the deal-signing ceremony with federal and provincial ministers.