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Bones

Discovering the First Americans

By Elaine Dewar

Random House Canada

628 pages (hc)

$39.95

Maybe there is no consensus on the origins of Native Americans or about the length of time they predate other civilizations in the Americas, but there is evidence. An exciting new book on the topic shows, however, that much of the evidence has been misplaced, misused, ignored or repressed.

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Throat singers from across Nunavut and Northern Quebec will come together this fall for a four-day gathering to help promote and preserve their art.

Kattajjatiit Katimanirjuangat, or Inuit Throatsingers Gathering, will be held in Puvirnituq, in the Nunavik region of Quebec, from Sept. 10 to 14.

More than 60 throat singers are expected to take part in the event, the first ever gathering of its kind. The gathering will be hosted by the Avataq Cultural Institute, which works to promote and protect Inuit language and culture in northern Quebec.

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Throat singers from across Nunavut and Northern Quebec will come together this fall for a four-day gathering to help promote and preserve their art.

Kattajjatiit Katimanirjuangat, or Inuit Throatsingers Gathering, will be held in Puvirnituq, in the Nunavik region of Quebec, from Sept. 10 to 14.

More than 60 throat singers are expected to take part in the event, the first ever gathering of its kind. The gathering will be hosted by the Avataq Cultural Institute, which works to promote and protect Inuit language and culture in northern Quebec.

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Fed up with the rowdy behavior at a summer campground, members of the Saugeen Ojibway Indian band decided to set up barricades to close the camp down before May long weekend festivities took a suspected nasty turn.

About 50 members of the Saugeen First Nation erected the barricades in defiance of a federal court order prohibiting the band from closing down Hideaway Campground, a popular party place with young people.

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Fed up with the rowdy behavior at a summer campground, members of the Saugeen Ojibway Indian band decided to set up barricades to close the camp down before May long weekend festivities took a suspected nasty turn.

About 50 members of the Saugeen First Nation erected the barricades in defiance of a federal court order prohibiting the band from closing down Hideaway Campground, a popular party place with young people.

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Caldwell First Nation completed its 100-kilometre Walk Against Racism (W.A.R.) April 27, from the N'Amerind Friendship Centre in London, Ont. to the Caldwell territory near Blenheim, Ont. to raise awareness of the racism and intolerance First Nations people face in South Chatham-Kent municipality.

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Caldwell First Nation completed its 100-kilometre Walk Against Racism (W.A.R.) April 27, from the N'Amerind Friendship Centre in London, Ont. to the Caldwell territory near Blenheim, Ont. to raise awareness of the racism and intolerance First Nations people face in South Chatham-Kent municipality.

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Senator Pat Carney, a former journalist turned politician, tried her best recently to get the mainstream press and the Ottawa establishment to take a look at some of the problems faced by urban Native people.

She'll have to try again, she reported to Windspeaker with frustration.

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Senator Pat Carney, a former journalist turned politician, tried her best recently to get the mainstream press and the Ottawa establishment to take a look at some of the problems faced by urban Native people.

She'll have to try again, she reported to Windspeaker with frustration.

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Paulette Swampy, 29, wheeled onto the Samson High School stage in Hobbema May 16, and a hush fell over the crowd of students. In a matter-of-fact style, she told how she bought a new truck on her 18th birthday and, 17 hours and a few drinks later, ended up rolled over in a ditch. She broke her neck, shoulder blade and six ribs.