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Frank (Fox) Morin's last drunk was 20 years ago, and he quit heroin, speed, coke and MDA three years before he got off the booze. Worked, got married, raised a family. Been living clean all this time. But suddenly, at age 50, he got really sick, nearly died, got a liver transplant just in time to save his life, and he says it was all on account of bad choices he made early in life.

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Native people in the Treaty 7 area of southern Alberta are getting a say in how $85,000 will be put to use at the University of Lethbridge.

Russel Barsh, associate professor in Native American studies, was successful in acquiring a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The funding was granted under a program designed to help small universities develop new research projects.

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Members of the Aboriginal community are bracing themselves for news that could prove to be a hard pill to swallow. After 25 years of the Native Communications Program and 22 years of the Native Women's Career Preparation Program at Grant MacEwan Community College in Edmonton, word is circulating that both may be phased out.

Although there has not been any official word from the departments involved, the fears and rumblings are escalating.

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Terrying about

Tansi!

Charlie Chisaakay from the Dene Tha' First Nation proudly reports they do not have a deficit. In fact, the economy is alive and well as they presently lobby Trans Canada Pipeline from Liard, N.W.T. for construction contracts. He explained that with good oil prices, there'll be a lot of drilling and "we hope to tap into the boom." The band has also called for proposals for oil and gas development on the reserve and has received four or five good ones.

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People and Places

Oki. Can you believe that it's November? This year, time has really flown by. I have a general theme for my column this month. It's for all the youth across Indian Country. They are our future. We must teach them respect, trust and love for themselves. I understand the feeling of peer pressure and insecurity of not knowing who they are or what they should be. I have a poem I wrote many moons ago. I wrote this for the lost youth. It's called Where have all the children gone?

Where have all the children gone

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The younger generation has to take control over their lives to succeed in the present society, said Elder Alvena Strasbourg.

"My heart is with the children to better themselves and their lives. I tell the young people there is so much help out there than when I was young and there is no need to go through rough times like I did."

Page 3 In a combination of Blackfoot and English, of Christian and Indian tradition, the two communities that Joseph Crowshoe, Sr. spent his life sharing his wisdom with joined to bid the Peigan Elder goodbye. The Peigan Nation flag flew at half-mast as about 600 people packed the Brocket Community Hall on Nov. 2. Inside, Crowshoe's tipi hung as a backdrop and his headdress was laid in front. Crowshoe passed away at his home on Oct. 29, surrounded by his family. He was 93 years old. Joe was a man of charity. He never boasted of his accomplishments, said Rev.

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Hundreds of delegates hurried down corridors as they searched for workshops, the cafeteria, chaperones or group members at the seventh annual Dreamcatcher Aboriginal Youth Conference held on Oct. 15 to 17.

This year's theme for the conference was Dancing Our Four Directions: All My Relations. The conference was hosted by the Grant MacEwan Community College child and youth care program and was attended by close to 2,000 youth from across Canada.

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Along with pumpkin pie, ice cream and a selection of pastries more than 800 people were served hearty helpings of turkey and all the trimmings at the Boyle Street Co-op on Thanksgiving Day.

The long line of people waiting for the centre to open its doors continued around the block as families, men and women attended the third annual Thanksgiving dinner.

"We're having more people this year because a lot of people are moving into the city to look for jobs and a better future," said executive director, Hope Hunter. "The dinner is working out great," she said.

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The Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research in the University of Alberta's department of public health sciences has released the report of its first injury prevention project conducted with a First Nation.