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A $65 million-dollar tourist development slated for the Rocky Mountain House area won't be welcomed by the Indian band which has unsettled treaty land claims nearby.

"We are opposed to any development in the area until our claim is settled," said Chief John Snow of the Goodstoney Blackfoot in Morley. The Morley band have unsettled land claims and treaty settled spiritual land in the Kootenay Plains bordering the planned site.

Snow said the Goodstoney were not aware of plans for development near their unsettled land claim.

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A $65 million-dollar tourist development slated for the Rocky Mountain House area won't be welcomed by the Indian band which has unsettled treaty land claims nearby.

"We are opposed to any development in the area until our claim is settled," said Chief John Snow of the Goodstoney Blackfoot in Morley. The Morley band have unsettled land claims and treaty settled spiritual land in the Kootenay Plains bordering the planned site.

Snow said the Goodstoney were not aware of plans for development near their unsettled land claim.

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Indian Affairs minister Tom Siddon announced a new $160 million dollar program May 5 targeting Native child welfare.

The program which will be community-based and controlled, will be restricted to status Indians on reserve and Inuit communities.

Monies for the five-year project will be divided into $65 million for "culturally sensitive" mental health programs focusing on suicide and family breakdown, $80 million for preschool and after-school care for children up to 13 years and $15 million for substance abuse programs.

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Indian Affairs minister Tom Siddon announced a new $160 million dollar program May 5 targeting Native child welfare.

The program which will be community-based and controlled, will be restricted to status Indians on reserve and Inuit communities.

Monies for the five-year project will be divided into $65 million for "culturally sensitive" mental health programs focusing on suicide and family breakdown, $80 million for preschool and after-school care for children up to 13 years and $15 million for substance abuse programs.

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Alberta's junior provincial boxing team cleaned up at the national finals in Ontario, bringing home a heavy cluster of medals and the overall team trophy.

"I thought I was going to have to hire a brink's guard to bring those precious medals back from the tournament," said Dennis Belair Jr., the Alberta Boxing Association's technical director

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Alberta's junior provincial boxing team cleaned up at the national finals in Ontario, bringing home a heavy cluster of medals and the overall team trophy.

"I thought I was going to have to hire a brink's guard to bring those precious medals back from the tournament," said Dennis Belair Jr., the Alberta Boxing Association's technical director

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Fifteen-year-old Junior Louis was the first to win a national title for the Samson Cree Nation Boxing Club at Hobbema.

"Junior's got a great future in boxing," said Stan Crane, the club's general manager and coach. "He used to be a slugger to start with but he realizes now he has to acquire those boxing skills to get to the top."

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Fifteen-year-old Junior Louis was the first to win a national title for the Samson Cree Nation Boxing Club at Hobbema.

"Junior's got a great future in boxing," said Stan Crane, the club's general manager and coach. "He used to be a slugger to start with but he realizes now he has to acquire those boxing skills to get to the top."

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Battered women seeking shelter often have to go far from home to find it. For women in the Wabasca area, that means being sent as far away as Edmonton, Grande Prairie or Peace River.

But this summer, Wabasca's Bigstone Band, about 150 km north of Slave Lake,

is due to open an emergency shelter for women. The second of its kind in the province, it will offer an on-reserve haven for women who have nowhere else to turn.

"We face a lot of crisis situations on the reserve," said Bigstone Social Services Manager Gordon Auger.

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Battered women seeking shelter often have to go far from home to find it. For women in the Wabasca area, that means being sent as far away as Edmonton, Grande Prairie or Peace River.

But this summer, Wabasca's Bigstone Band, about 150 km north of Slave Lake,

is due to open an emergency shelter for women. The second of its kind in the province, it will offer an on-reserve haven for women who have nowhere else to turn.

"We face a lot of crisis situations on the reserve," said Bigstone Social Services Manager Gordon Auger.