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Young, blonde Tanya enters an Edmonton classroom and introduces herself as the new student to the Native teacher.

The teacher directs the girl to take a seat. She approaches one in the front row but one of the students, Dwayne, grabs the chair, jerks his thumb towards the back of the room and says, "Whites sit in the back."

The all-Native class - with the exception of the new arrival Tanya - discuss an upcoming trip. One student, Marilyn tells the teacher they don't want the white girl to come.

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Young, blonde Tanya enters an Edmonton classroom and introduces herself as the new student to the Native teacher.

The teacher directs the girl to take a seat. She approaches one in the front row but one of the students, Dwayne, grabs the chair, jerks his thumb towards the back of the room and says, "Whites sit in the back."

The all-Native class - with the exception of the new arrival Tanya - discuss an upcoming trip. One student, Marilyn tells the teacher they don't want the white girl to come.

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A $431-million land claim deal in Saskatchewan is almost complete and is now down to a set of federal-provincial negotiations to hammer out a time frame for paying compensation to the bands.

Dan Bellegarde, first vice-chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, said agreement has been reached in almost all major areas of the deal.

And Saskatchewan chiefs are calling on Ottawa and the province to have a

signed agreement in place by the first week of June.

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A $431-million land claim deal in Saskatchewan is almost complete and is now down to a set of federal-provincial negotiations to hammer out a time frame for paying compensation to the bands.

Dan Bellegarde, first vice-chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, said agreement has been reached in almost all major areas of the deal.

And Saskatchewan chiefs are calling on Ottawa and the province to have a

signed agreement in place by the first week of June.

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First Person

Guest Column

When it comes to the environment, I really don't know what the answers are anymore. We hear about the three R's, about the value of composting, bicycling to work instead of driving, etc. I don't know if you're like me or not, but it seems as though the more things get complicated, the less I want to hear about it!

In my opinion, it's simple. All we have to do is take care.

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First Person

Guest Column

When it comes to the environment, I really don't know what the answers are anymore. We hear about the three R's, about the value of composting, bicycling to work instead of driving, etc. I don't know if you're like me or not, but it seems as though the more things get complicated, the less I want to hear about it!

In my opinion, it's simple. All we have to do is take care.

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What's Happening?

Hobbema - We would like to send our best wishes to Arnold Lewis for his services on

the Samson band council for 25 years. He has held the position as councillor for 13 consecutive two-year terms since 1967, when he was first elected.

On the afternoon of May 8, he was given an outdoor barbeque to honor the special event and his service to the Samson band. The barbeque was hosted by his daughter, Barb Lewis.

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What's Happening?

Hobbema - We would like to send our best wishes to Arnold Lewis for his services on

the Samson band council for 25 years. He has held the position as councillor for 13 consecutive two-year terms since 1967, when he was first elected.

On the afternoon of May 8, he was given an outdoor barbeque to honor the special event and his service to the Samson band. The barbeque was hosted by his daughter, Barb Lewis.

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Guest Column

Is there a backlash to requests by aboriginal leaders during this current round of Constitutional discussions? Some national columnists may have you believe so.

Montreal columnist William Johnson described a report written by the Assembly of First Nations as mythical-thinking, Utopian, and unrealistic and the Native contributors as being paeans to the past. He interprets the requests for self-government as a return to the past.

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Button, button. Who's got the button?

New Democrat John McInnis came out this week with details of a long-awaited federal environmental review of the Oldman River dam project. And McInnis says he thinks the province has a copy of the report but is holding back on releasing details until

it can write a response.

Over at Alberta Environment, the minister's office is saying they haven't seen