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Ray Desjardin, president of the newly formed Edmonton First Nation Council, says the city's existing Native organizations aren't filling the bill as far as off-reserve Indians are concerned.

That's why the former Sucker Creek resident, who has lived in Edmonton for the past 14 years, formed the council, along with a group of other dissatisfied Native people.

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Ray Desjardin, president of the newly formed Edmonton First Nation Council, says the city's existing Native organizations aren't filling the bill as far as off-reserve Indians are concerned.

That's why the former Sucker Creek resident, who has lived in Edmonton for the past 14 years, formed the council, along with a group of other dissatisfied Native people.

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A new Native group in Edmonton is seeking government backing to secure treaty programs for urban Indians, placing it directly at odds with existing Native agencies designed to provide the same services.

"We're not trying to step on anyone's toes," said Ray Desjardin, president of the three-month-old Edmonton First Nations Council, "But we need to ensure that people respect our culture and our differences...even if we have to do it ourselves."

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A new Native group in Edmonton is seeking government backing to secure treaty programs for urban Indians, placing it directly at odds with existing Native agencies designed to provide the same services.

"We're not trying to step on anyone's toes," said Ray Desjardin, president of the three-month-old Edmonton First Nations Council, "But we need to ensure that people respect our culture and our differences...even if we have to do it ourselves."

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New York state cancelled its $17-billion contract to buy electricity from Quebec's controversial Great Whale hydro-electric project.

Cree leaders in northern Quebec greeted the news as a major victory. But Hydro-Quebec, the provincial power company, said construction of the mega-project will start on schedule in 1993.

"Don't assume this deal is cancelled forever and don't assume that Great Whale will not be built," said Pierre Bolduc, the Hydro-Quebec official who negotiated the power deal with New York.

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New York state cancelled its $17-billion contract to buy electricity from Quebec's controversial Great Whale hydro-electric project.

Cree leaders in northern Quebec greeted the news as a major victory. But Hydro-Quebec, the provincial power company, said construction of the mega-project will start on schedule in 1993.

"Don't assume this deal is cancelled forever and don't assume that Great Whale will not be built," said Pierre Bolduc, the Hydro-Quebec official who negotiated the power deal with New York.

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Political opponents of Alexis chief Howard Mustus are staging a sit-in in the band council chambers demanding they have access to band financial records.

By Windspeaker publication deadlines, the protests had occupied the chambers for 10 days and were vowing to continue their action until the records are released.

"We've come up with the agreement that we will stick it out until we get something," said Genevive Jones, a spokesman for the Alexis Action Committee, the group that called the sit-in.

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Political opponents of Alexis chief Howard Mustus are staging a sit-in in the band council chambers demanding they have access to band financial records.

By Windspeaker publication deadlines, the protests had occupied the chambers for 10 days and were vowing to continue their action until the records are released.

"We've come up with the agreement that we will stick it out until we get something," said Genevive Jones, a spokesman for the Alexis Action Committee, the group that called the sit-in.

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The Native Women's Association of Canada lost its court challenge to win a seat at the bargaining table for the final rounds of constitutional negotiations.

Federal Court Justice Allison Walsh dismissed the case. He said Ottawa's decision not to invite the association to the final bargaining rounds was not a violation of freedom of speech or a case of sex discriminations.

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The Native Women's Association of Canada lost its court challenge to win a seat at the bargaining table for the final rounds of constitutional negotiations.

Federal Court Justice Allison Walsh dismissed the case. He said Ottawa's decision not to invite the association to the final bargaining rounds was not a violation of freedom of speech or a case of sex discriminations.