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Kwakwaka'wakw artist Lou-ann Neel has created a municipal trade token to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the repeal of the Indian Act provisions that banned the potlatch.

The copper coin is embossed with a raven design and will be worth the equivalent of $10 at participating businesses on Vancouver Island.

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An evening of feasting and celebration took place on the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation July 10th in celebration of the premiere of a community video documentary entitled Our Healing Journey.

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An evening of feasting and celebration took place on the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation July 10th in celebration of the premiere of a community video documentary entitled Our Healing Journey.

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Church organizations and the federal government are no closer to reaching an agreement on how to resolve residential schools claims following a three-day meeting held in Winnipeg at the end of August.

In a press release issued by the United Church of Canada on Aug. 17, Archdeacon Jim Boyles, chair of the Ecumenical Working Group on Residential Schools, indicated the three days of talks with officials from the Office of Indian Residential Schools Resolution of Canada resulted in "no significant progress."

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Dear Editor:

Chief Bobby Joseph's reaction to the decision in Blackwater vs. Plint et al, made by the British Columbia Supreme Court July 10, indicates an understandable frustration that residential school abuse cases are being dealt with in the wrong forum. We totally agree and have been saying so repeatedly in our communications with the federal government and others. The courts cannot adequately address residential school issues. Common sense says that a different approach must be found for dealing with the thousands of outstanding cases.

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Dear Editor:

Chief Bobby Joseph's reaction to the decision in Blackwater vs. Plint et al, made by the British Columbia Supreme Court July 10, indicates an understandable frustration that residential school abuse cases are being dealt with in the wrong forum. We totally agree and have been saying so repeatedly in our communications with the federal government and others. The courts cannot adequately address residential school issues. Common sense says that a different approach must be found for dealing with the thousands of outstanding cases.

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Meganumbe

Party's over, I guess. They tell me that I've missed another AFN golf tournament. Probably wise that I didn't venture to Halifax. Rumor had it that there were some furious Natives on the war path ready to ambush "mega-numb" at the annual beerbath. I wondered if they still hired the poet laureate who once wrote metaphors about a stogy in my mouth. I wondered if my old friend, the National Sheaf, missed my presence.

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Meganumbe

Party's over, I guess. They tell me that I've missed another AFN golf tournament. Probably wise that I didn't venture to Halifax. Rumor had it that there were some furious Natives on the war path ready to ambush "mega-numb" at the annual beerbath. I wondered if they still hired the poet laureate who once wrote metaphors about a stogy in my mouth. I wondered if my old friend, the National Sheaf, missed my presence.

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Expectant mothers in First Nation communities across the country can get the support and information they need to help them have healthy babies, thanks to a federally funded prenatal nutrition program.

The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP), operating since 1994, is aimed at pregnant women in groups considered high risks for having a "poor birth outcome." One of the program's target groups is Aboriginal women. While the main focus of the program is improving prenatal nutrition, it also provides resources to support families after the birth of the child.

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Expectant mothers in First Nation communities across the country can get the support and information they need to help them have healthy babies, thanks to a federally funded prenatal nutrition program.

The Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program (CPNP), operating since 1994, is aimed at pregnant women in groups considered high risks for having a "poor birth outcome." One of the program's target groups is Aboriginal women. While the main focus of the program is improving prenatal nutrition, it also provides resources to support families after the birth of the child.