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Thirty-seven Mohawks brought to trial on charges stemming from the 1990 Oka crisis have been found not guilty on all counts.

Following five days of deliberations, a Montreal jury cleared 34 of the defendants of a total of 88 charges ranging from participating in a riot and obstructing police to firearms offences.

Three days earlier, Quebec Superior Court Justice Louis Tannenbaum ordered three men acquitted, ruling there was no evidence to support the charges.

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Thirty-seven Mohawks brought to trial on charges stemming from the 1990 Oka crisis have been found not guilty on all counts.

Following five days of deliberations, a Montreal jury cleared 34 of the defendants of a total of 88 charges ranging from participating in a riot and obstructing police to firearms offences.

Three days earlier, Quebec Superior Court Justice Louis Tannenbaum ordered three men acquitted, ruling there was no evidence to support the charges.

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Thirty-seven Mohawks brought to trial on charges stemming from the 1990 Oka crisis have been found not guilty on all counts.

Following five days of deliberations, a Montreal jury cleared 34 of the defendants of a total of 88 charges ranging from participating in a riot and obstructing police to firearms offences.

Three days earlier, Quebec Superior Court Justice Louis Tannenbaum ordered three men acquitted, ruling there was no evidence to support the charges.

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Thirty-seven Mohawks brought to trial on charges stemming from the 1990 Oka crisis have been found not guilty on all counts.

Following five days of deliberations, a Montreal jury cleared 34 of the defendants of a total of 88 charges ranging from participating in a riot and obstructing police to firearms offences.

Three days earlier, Quebec Superior Court Justice Louis Tannenbaum ordered three men acquitted, ruling there was no evidence to support the charges.

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Eleanor Brass, recognized for a lifetime commitment to fostering friendship between Native and non-Native peoples, recently died in Regina at the age of 87.

Brass helped form many Native Friendship Centres, including the Regina Friendship Association, in an effort to help young Native people make the transition

from reserve to urban living. She was instrumental in determining that a state of equilibrium could be reached between Native and white society. She knew Native integration would help create a more balanced society within Canada.

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Eleanor Brass, recognized for a lifetime commitment to fostering friendship between Native and non-Native peoples, recently died in Regina at the age of 87.

Brass helped form many Native Friendship Centres, including the Regina Friendship Association, in an effort to help young Native people make the transition

from reserve to urban living. She was instrumental in determining that a state of equilibrium could be reached between Native and white society. She knew Native integration would help create a more balanced society within Canada.

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Eleanor Brass, recognized for a lifetime commitment to fostering friendship between Native and non-Native peoples, recently died in Regina at the age of 87.

Brass helped form many Native Friendship Centres, including the Regina Friendship Association, in an effort to help young Native people make the transition

from reserve to urban living. She was instrumental in determining that a state of equilibrium could be reached between Native and white society. She knew Native integration would help create a more balanced society within Canada.

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Eleanor Brass, recognized for a lifetime commitment to fostering friendship between Native and non-Native peoples, recently died in Regina at the age of 87.

Brass helped form many Native Friendship Centres, including the Regina Friendship Association, in an effort to help young Native people make the transition

from reserve to urban living. She was instrumental in determining that a state of equilibrium could be reached between Native and white society. She knew Native integration would help create a more balanced society within Canada.

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Cheryl Arcand-Kootenay realized a major goal in her life when she graduated this spring with a law degree.

Arcand-Kootenay, 27, is working for the law firm Twinn and Dombro of Slave Lake. She's doing what is known in the legal profession as the articling year - a year spent in the field and practice of law before a student is accepted by the bar and becomes a full-fledged lawyer.

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Cheryl Arcand-Kootenay realized a major goal in her life when she graduated this spring with a law degree.

Arcand-Kootenay, 27, is working for the law firm Twinn and Dombro of Slave Lake. She's doing what is known in the legal profession as the articling year - a year spent in the field and practice of law before a student is accepted by the bar and becomes a full-fledged lawyer.