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Natives say: Give us Control

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Native people want more control over their own lives, whether dealing with governments, the legal system or their own political organizations, a royal commission was told.

"What we feel is, we're powerless. We are asking the royal commission to set

up a mechanism that will at least allow us to discuss it," Richard Long, executive director of the Native Council of Canada's Alberta wing, told the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples during hearings in Edmonton.

Natives say: Give us Control

Page 1

Native people want more control over their own lives, whether dealing with governments, the legal system or their own political organizations, a royal commission was told.

"What we feel is, we're powerless. We are asking the royal commission to set

up a mechanism that will at least allow us to discuss it," Richard Long, executive director of the Native Council of Canada's Alberta wing, told the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples during hearings in Edmonton.

Natives say: Give us Control

Page 1

Native people want more control over their own lives, whether dealing with governments, the legal system or their own political organizations, a royal commission was told.

"What we feel is, we're powerless. We are asking the royal commission to set

up a mechanism that will at least allow us to discuss it," Richard Long, executive director of the Native Council of Canada's Alberta wing, told the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples during hearings in Edmonton.

Natives say: Give us Control

Page 1

Native people want more control over their own lives, whether dealing with governments, the legal system or their own political organizations, a royal commission was told.

"What we feel is, we're powerless. We are asking the royal commission to set

up a mechanism that will at least allow us to discuss it," Richard Long, executive director of the Native Council of Canada's Alberta wing, told the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples during hearings in Edmonton.

Inquiry hears same stories

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Two men who were in Carney Nerland's gun shop the evening he shot Native trapper Leo LaChance testified they feared for their lives during the incident.

Gar Brownbridge, a youth worker, and Russell Yungwirth, a former jail guard, took the stand Tuesday at the public hearings into LaChance's death.

Their stories and reactions to the shooting of the 48-year-old Native trapper differed considerably but both described the shooting as having had a negative impact

on their lives.

Inquiry hears same stories

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Two men who were in Carney Nerland's gun shop the evening he shot Native trapper Leo LaChance testified they feared for their lives during the incident.

Gar Brownbridge, a youth worker, and Russell Yungwirth, a former jail guard, took the stand Tuesday at the public hearings into LaChance's death.

Their stories and reactions to the shooting of the 48-year-old Native trapper differed considerably but both described the shooting as having had a negative impact

on their lives.