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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.

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People with disabilities know how few programs and services are available to help them.

When even one of these supports is axed or threatened because of budget cuts, it draws strong reaction from the service providers. Sometimes a few thousand dollars is the difference between providing service or not.

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People with disabilities know how few programs and services are available to help them.

When even one of these supports is axed or threatened because of budget cuts, it draws strong reaction from the service providers. Sometimes a few thousand dollars is the difference between providing service or not.

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The numbers are stark: Aboriginal people make up two per cent of Canada's population, but are 17 per cent of the federal offenders in Canada's prisons.

All too often, these offenders are dealt with by a criminal justice system that doesn't understand their culture, doesn't know how to help them cope with the problems that landed them behind bars in the first place, and isn't capable of helping them once they're released into the community.

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The numbers are stark: Aboriginal people make up two per cent of Canada's population, but are 17 per cent of the federal offenders in Canada's prisons.

All too often, these offenders are dealt with by a criminal justice system that doesn't understand their culture, doesn't know how to help them cope with the problems that landed them behind bars in the first place, and isn't capable of helping them once they're released into the community.

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Metis woman Colleen Klein was the guest of honor at the sixth annual Esquao Awards held May 24. The wife of Premier Ralph Klein received the first-ever Circle of Honor Award for her work in improving the lives of Alberta's children as a committed volunteer.

"Always remember that we will be known forever by the tracks that we leave," said Mrs. Klein in an emotional acceptance speech. "And we still have a lot of tracks to leave by working together."

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Metis woman Colleen Klein was the guest of honor at the sixth annual Esquao Awards held May 24. The wife of Premier Ralph Klein received the first-ever Circle of Honor Award for her work in improving the lives of Alberta's children as a committed volunteer.

"Always remember that we will be known forever by the tracks that we leave," said Mrs. Klein in an emotional acceptance speech. "And we still have a lot of tracks to leave by working together."

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The First Nations chiefs of Walpole Island, Aamjiwnaang, (formerly Chippewas of Sarnia) and Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point must decide what to do about the Enniskillen settlement agreement with the federal government. The agreement pertains to a 23-year-old land claim in Enniskillen Township in southwestern Ontario.

The agreement was subject to approval by all three First Nations memberships and by the Canadian government but low turnout at the May 11 vote has rendered the agreement mute, and the land claim unresolved.

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The First Nations chiefs of Walpole Island, Aamjiwnaang, (formerly Chippewas of Sarnia) and Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point must decide what to do about the Enniskillen settlement agreement with the federal government. The agreement pertains to a 23-year-old land claim in Enniskillen Township in southwestern Ontario.

The agreement was subject to approval by all three First Nations memberships and by the Canadian government but low turnout at the May 11 vote has rendered the agreement mute, and the land claim unresolved.

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Robert Nault may tell First Nations people that his powers under the Indian Act intrude unacceptably into their lives and he wants to stop it with his First Nations governance act, but that hasn't stopped him from exercising those powers in the Northwestern Ontario community of Pikangikum.

That's how First Nation leaders see Nault's imposition of what they call an "Indian agent" on the remote, suicide plagued First Nation.