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What's Happening

Edmonton - The annual general assembly is coming near for the Canadian Native Friendship Centre. It will be held May 23 at the Saxony Hotel in the west end. The assembly itself kicks off at 2 p.m. with the Spring Dance starting around 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m. The CNFC always has the Metis Cultural Dancers available. Just phone and ask for Georgina Donald, whose smiling son Lyle looks after the troupe. Gilbert Anderson, Metis fiddler, Indian Chief and part-time actor, will be on hand to provide his musical talents.

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What's Happening

Edmonton - The annual general assembly is coming near for the Canadian Native Friendship Centre. It will be held May 23 at the Saxony Hotel in the west end. The assembly itself kicks off at 2 p.m. with the Spring Dance starting around 8 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m. The CNFC always has the Metis Cultural Dancers available. Just phone and ask for Georgina Donald, whose smiling son Lyle looks after the troupe. Gilbert Anderson, Metis fiddler, Indian Chief and part-time actor, will be on hand to provide his musical talents.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello. There's a warrior heart that beats in Indian country. It beats in rhythm, with the earth for that is the source of its power. On mornings like this, after coffee with family and friends, that beat is strong, incessant, enduring.

We watched a film called Thunderheart. For me, it seems like the kind of movie that should be seen by every Native person who really seeks to know themselves. More than anything Thunderheart is about that very warrior heart I feel in the morning motions around me.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello. There's a warrior heart that beats in Indian country. It beats in rhythm, with the earth for that is the source of its power. On mornings like this, after coffee with family and friends, that beat is strong, incessant, enduring.

We watched a film called Thunderheart. For me, it seems like the kind of movie that should be seen by every Native person who really seeks to know themselves. More than anything Thunderheart is about that very warrior heart I feel in the morning motions around me.

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The federal government has announced a commitment to ensuring healthier, more productive lives for Canadian children. Called Bright Futures, it is a series of steps aimed at achieving a better tomorrow for the nation's youth.

And that commitment extends to Native and Inuit children, as long as the Native children live on reserves.

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The federal government has announced a commitment to ensuring healthier, more productive lives for Canadian children. Called Bright Futures, it is a series of steps aimed at achieving a better tomorrow for the nation's youth.

And that commitment extends to Native and Inuit children, as long as the Native children live on reserves.

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A memorial fund is being established by the Aboriginal Student Council at the University of Alberta for Lorraine Courtrille, a young Metis leader who died in a recent car accident.

Founders hope to collect $10,000 which would generate enough interest to award one scholarship per year, said Cora Voyageur, a graduate student and chairperson of the committee established to set up the fund.

"It would be self-perpetuating, so that is our ideal. We're aiming for a $500 scholarship each year," Voyageur said.

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A memorial fund is being established by the Aboriginal Student Council at the University of Alberta for Lorraine Courtrille, a young Metis leader who died in a recent car accident.

Founders hope to collect $10,000 which would generate enough interest to award one scholarship per year, said Cora Voyageur, a graduate student and chairperson of the committee established to set up the fund.

"It would be self-perpetuating, so that is our ideal. We're aiming for a $500 scholarship each year," Voyageur said.

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Treaty Indians who paid income tax on unemployment insurance benefits after 1985 could be entitled to refunds under a new Supreme Court of Canada ruling.

In a unanimous decision, the seven judges in Canada's top court ruled Native people should not have to pay tax on their benefits if the original work was done on reserve land.

Government officials have not said how much money will have to be refunded, but it is expected the final costs could run into the millions.

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Treaty Indians who paid income tax on unemployment insurance benefits after 1985 could be entitled to refunds under a new Supreme Court of Canada ruling.

In a unanimous decision, the seven judges in Canada's top court ruled Native people should not have to pay tax on their benefits if the original work was done on reserve land.

Government officials have not said how much money will have to be refunded, but it is expected the final costs could run into the millions.