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Whether you like Aboriginal music, powwow dancing, film or sports, this year's Canadian Aboriginal Festival should have something to pique your interest.
The annual festival will be held Nov. 23 to 25 in Toronto.
All your favorite events and activities from past years are back, with a handful of features being added to the mix.
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One Dead Indian,
The Premier, The Police and the Ipperwash Crisis
By Peter Edwards
Stoddart Publishing, Toronto
259 pages
$34.95 (hc)
The review copy of Toronto Star reporter Peter Edwards' One Dead Indian made its way to our newsroom a week later than expected because of the flight ban imposed after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11.
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One Dead Indian,
The Premier, The Police and the Ipperwash Crisis
By Peter Edwards
Stoddart Publishing, Toronto
259 pages
$34.95 (hc)
The review copy of Toronto Star reporter Peter Edwards' One Dead Indian made its way to our newsroom a week later than expected because of the flight ban imposed after the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. on Sept. 11.
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Just Another Indian
A Serial Killer and Canada's Indifference
By Warren Goulding
Fifth House Publishing, Calgary
219 pages
$22.95 (sc)
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Just Another Indian
A Serial Killer and Canada's Indifference
By Warren Goulding
Fifth House Publishing, Calgary
219 pages
$22.95 (sc)
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Four years after a similar project was derailed because of the grave of an Indian princess, a developer is moving ahead with a 2,000-home project on a shoreline property north of Owen Sound, Ont.
"We hope to have a shovel in the ground next spring," said Dorothy Telford, spokesperson and development consultant for Georgian Villas.
But a local Native leader says a lot of matters have yet to be resolved.
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Four years after a similar project was derailed because of the grave of an Indian princess, a developer is moving ahead with a 2,000-home project on a shoreline property north of Owen Sound, Ont.
"We hope to have a shovel in the ground next spring," said Dorothy Telford, spokesperson and development consultant for Georgian Villas.
But a local Native leader says a lot of matters have yet to be resolved.
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While serious doubts have been raised about the validity of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan election results, the Saskatchewan government says it is not assuming the lead in alleviating grassroots concerns about alleged election irregularities.
Concerns about irregularities have led, however, to a review of Metis Nation of Saskatchewan election procedures in which the province and the federal government play a part.
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While serious doubts have been raised about the validity of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan election results, the Saskatchewan government says it is not assuming the lead in alleviating grassroots concerns about alleged election irregularities.
Concerns about irregularities have led, however, to a review of Metis Nation of Saskatchewan election procedures in which the province and the federal government play a part.
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In what could be a landmark decision in Indians versus the establishment, a majority Quebec Court of Appeal judgement on Sept. 5 held that Quebec and Canada violated Cree rights pertaining to education, language and culture as set out in the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement.
The Crees went to court because Quebec and Canada made a deal in May 1996 that excluded them from having a say in budgetary decisions concerning the government money they receive for education.