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The criminal conviction of a police officer who fatally shot a Chippewa land claim protester sent shock waves through the Aboriginal community from coast to coast last month, but the victim's family - and lawyers and politicians with an interest in the case - all say that the man who pulled the trigger is a scapegoat; that the people whose orders he was following must also be brought to justice.

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The criminal conviction of a police officer who fatally shot a Chippewa land claim protester sent shock waves through the Aboriginal community from coast to coast last month, but the victim's family - and lawyers and politicians with an interest in the case - all say that the man who pulled the trigger is a scapegoat; that the people whose orders he was following must also be brought to justice.

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The criminal conviction of a police officer who fatally shot a Chippewa land claim protester sent shock waves through the Aboriginal community from coast to coast last month, but the victim's family - and lawyers and politicians with an interest in the case - all say that the man who pulled the trigger is a scapegoat; that the people whose orders he was following must also be brought to justice.

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A statue the federal government said it would put in storage after complaints from a Native group will remain on view indefinitely.

The National Capital Commission said last fall it would remove the bronze figure of a Native scout kneeling at the feet of explorer Samuel de Champlain on Ottawa's Nepean Point. When the loin cloth-clad brave didn't come down before winter, the NCC said the job would have to wait until the temperature rose or the statue, erected in 1924, would be damaged.

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A statue the federal government said it would put in storage after complaints from a Native group will remain on view indefinitely.

The National Capital Commission said last fall it would remove the bronze figure of a Native scout kneeling at the feet of explorer Samuel de Champlain on Ottawa's Nepean Point. When the loin cloth-clad brave didn't come down before winter, the NCC said the job would have to wait until the temperature rose or the statue, erected in 1924, would be damaged.

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A statue the federal government said it would put in storage after complaints from a Native group will remain on view indefinitely.

The National Capital Commission said last fall it would remove the bronze figure of a Native scout kneeling at the feet of explorer Samuel de Champlain on Ottawa's Nepean Point. When the loin cloth-clad brave didn't come down before winter, the NCC said the job would have to wait until the temperature rose or the statue, erected in 1924, would be damaged.

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Status at the United Nations will lead to "concrete gains" for Canada's Metis people, said Gerald Morin, president of the Metis National Council.

The council's application for consultative status with the UN's Economic and Social Council was accepted by a UN committee at a meeting in New York early in May. It now only requires the council's formal approval, said Morin in an interview from Saskatoon.

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Status at the United Nations will lead to "concrete gains" for Canada's Metis people, said Gerald Morin, president of the Metis National Council.

The council's application for consultative status with the UN's Economic and Social Council was accepted by a UN committee at a meeting in New York early in May. It now only requires the council's formal approval, said Morin in an interview from Saskatoon.

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Status at the United Nations will lead to "concrete gains" for Canada's Metis people, said Gerald Morin, president of the Metis National Council.

The council's application for consultative status with the UN's Economic and Social Council was accepted by a UN committee at a meeting in New York early in May. It now only requires the council's formal approval, said Morin in an interview from Saskatoon.

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A small, mostly francophone community near Winnipeg has been dubbed the 'Ste. Anne First Nation' after 400 refugees from the Roseau River reserve, fleeing the swollen Red River, were forced to take refuge in the town's curling rink.

The Aboriginal visitors and their non-Aboriginal hosts have been getting along famously, officials from both sides report.