Dear Editor:

In response to the letter submitted last month to Windspeaker by Buffy Sainte-Marie regarding her objection to devils portrayed in the opening number of the 1998 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, I should like to take this opportunity to state that Ms. Sainte-Marie has misinterpreted the devil-like characters. Her assumption that these characters represented the sacred holy people of Hopi and other Aboriginal cultures is inaccurate and untrue.

Dear Editor:

In response to the letter submitted last month to Windspeaker by Buffy Sainte-Marie regarding her objection to devils portrayed in the opening number of the 1998 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, I should like to take this opportunity to state that Ms. Sainte-Marie has misinterpreted the devil-like characters. Her assumption that these characters represented the sacred holy people of Hopi and other Aboriginal cultures is inaccurate and untrue.

Dear Editor:

In response to the letter submitted last month to Windspeaker by Buffy Sainte-Marie regarding her objection to devils portrayed in the opening number of the 1998 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, I should like to take this opportunity to state that Ms. Sainte-Marie has misinterpreted the devil-like characters. Her assumption that these characters represented the sacred holy people of Hopi and other Aboriginal cultures is inaccurate and untrue.

Dear Editor:

I would like to write in response to Buffy Sainte-Marie's letter in your May 1998 edition. I am a young Aboriginal male who is currently pursuing a career in the arts and communication's field. I want to praise Ms. Sainte-Marie for speaking out the way she did. It was difficult for me to understand that the display at the achievement awards was that of celebrating the successes of Aboriginal people. Instead. . . well. . . you be the judge.

Dear Editor:

I would like to write in response to Buffy Sainte-Marie's letter in your May 1998 edition. I am a young Aboriginal male who is currently pursuing a career in the arts and communication's field. I want to praise Ms. Sainte-Marie for speaking out the way she did. It was difficult for me to understand that the display at the achievement awards was that of celebrating the successes of Aboriginal people. Instead. . . well. . . you be the judge.

Dear Editor:

I would like to write in response to Buffy Sainte-Marie's letter in your May 1998 edition. I am a young Aboriginal male who is currently pursuing a career in the arts and communication's field. I want to praise Ms. Sainte-Marie for speaking out the way she did. It was difficult for me to understand that the display at the achievement awards was that of celebrating the successes of Aboriginal people. Instead. . . well. . . you be the judge.

Whether it's teachers over students, parents over children or governments over citizens, the exercise of power without accountability is a dangerous thing.

New Brunswick's First Nations are finding that out in a big way.

Last fall, Aboriginal people rushed into the forests after a New Brunswick court ruled Aboriginal loggers had first rights to Crown timber.

As the trees went down, the loggers saw their standard of living go up - way up. By some accounts, profits in excess of half-a-million dollars a month were grabbed up.

Whether it's teachers over students, parents over children or governments over citizens, the exercise of power without accountability is a dangerous thing.

New Brunswick's First Nations are finding that out in a big way.

Last fall, Aboriginal people rushed into the forests after a New Brunswick court ruled Aboriginal loggers had first rights to Crown timber.

As the trees went down, the loggers saw their standard of living go up - way up. By some accounts, profits in excess of half-a-million dollars a month were grabbed up.

Whether it's teachers over students, parents over children or governments over citizens, the exercise of power without accountability is a dangerous thing.

New Brunswick's First Nations are finding that out in a big way.

Last fall, Aboriginal people rushed into the forests after a New Brunswick court ruled Aboriginal loggers had first rights to Crown timber.

As the trees went down, the loggers saw their standard of living go up - way up. By some accounts, profits in excess of half-a-million dollars a month were grabbed up.

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Billed as "A:keknon," a Mohawk term for "The Community - Our Extended Family," the thirteenth annual traditional awareness gathering presented by the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto was held on April 24 and 25.

The two-day event included 23 workshops by 14 Elders and traditional teachers, with a drum social and youth dance following the first day of workshops, that also included an eagle feather presentation and giveaway.

A craft fair ran in conjunction with the traditional gathering. The workshops were filled, sometimes to overflowing.