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Dear Editor:

At the Serpent River First Nation in Ontario where I claim membership, there are 930 members of the band, 330 of which are living on the reserve with the remaining 600 living elsewhere.

These 600 members are, because of the Indian Act, not allowed to vote, although they are directly affected by decisions and policies implemented by the chief and band council. It is this way for most reserves throughout Canada whether elections are through band custom or Indian Act.

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Deh Cho First Nations Grand Chief, Gerald Antoine, felt it was "worthwhile" to go to Geneva for the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, held from March 17 to April 25. The intervention paper he was prepared to lobby for on behalf of the Deh Cho peoples wasn't submitted to the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs in time to be translated, interpreted and included on the spring agenda; however, it will be discussed at the July meeting of the Human Rights Commission.

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Deh Cho First Nations Grand Chief, Gerald Antoine, felt it was "worthwhile" to go to Geneva for the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, held from March 17 to April 25. The intervention paper he was prepared to lobby for on behalf of the Deh Cho peoples wasn't submitted to the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs in time to be translated, interpreted and included on the spring agenda; however, it will be discussed at the July meeting of the Human Rights Commission.

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Deh Cho First Nations Grand Chief, Gerald Antoine, felt it was "worthwhile" to go to Geneva for the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, held from March 17 to April 25. The intervention paper he was prepared to lobby for on behalf of the Deh Cho peoples wasn't submitted to the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs in time to be translated, interpreted and included on the spring agenda; however, it will be discussed at the July meeting of the Human Rights Commission.

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Family members of Dudley George find it interesting that every press account of the guilty verdict in the Deane case found it necessary to mention- but not examine- the reaction of the courtroom audience when Judge Hugh Fraser revealed his decision.

"A packed courtroom burst into cheering and applause as a provincial police officer was convicted Monday in the shooting death of an aboriginal protester," the key first sentence of the Canadian Press wire copy read.

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Family members of Dudley George find it interesting that every press account of the guilty verdict in the Deane case found it necessary to mention- but not examine- the reaction of the courtroom audience when Judge Hugh Fraser revealed his decision.

"A packed courtroom burst into cheering and applause as a provincial police officer was convicted Monday in the shooting death of an aboriginal protester," the key first sentence of the Canadian Press wire copy read.

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Family members of Dudley George find it interesting that every press account of the guilty verdict in the Deane case found it necessary to mention- but not examine- the reaction of the courtroom audience when Judge Hugh Fraser revealed his decision.

"A packed courtroom burst into cheering and applause as a provincial police officer was convicted Monday in the shooting death of an aboriginal protester," the key first sentence of the Canadian Press wire copy read.

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The opposition parties in the Ontario legislature are convinced that Premier Mike Harris' Progressive Conservative government made a horrible mistake in the early months of its mandate - a mistake that led to the death of Dudley George.

A steady stream of government documents has been surfacing in recent weeks which suggest that the police and the government were working at cross-purposes in the hours leading up to the fatal shooting of Dudley George.

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The opposition parties in the Ontario legislature are convinced that Premier Mike Harris' Progressive Conservative government made a horrible mistake in the early months of its mandate - a mistake that led to the death of Dudley George.

A steady stream of government documents has been surfacing in recent weeks which suggest that the police and the government were working at cross-purposes in the hours leading up to the fatal shooting of Dudley George.

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The opposition parties in the Ontario legislature are convinced that Premier Mike Harris' Progressive Conservative government made a horrible mistake in the early months of its mandate - a mistake that led to the death of Dudley George.

A steady stream of government documents has been surfacing in recent weeks which suggest that the police and the government were working at cross-purposes in the hours leading up to the fatal shooting of Dudley George.