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It's not too often that a teenager is the toast of the town but Jonathan Cheechoo is not your average teenager.

Cheechoo, a native of Moose Factory, Ont. (pop. 1,800), is being projected as a future National Hockey League player.

His career took a step in the right direction on June 7 when he was chosen in the first round, fifth over-all, by the Belleville Bulls in the Ontario Hockey League priority selection draft held at Maple Leaf Gardens.

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It's not too often that a teenager is the toast of the town but Jonathan Cheechoo is not your average teenager.

Cheechoo, a native of Moose Factory, Ont. (pop. 1,800), is being projected as a future National Hockey League player.

His career took a step in the right direction on June 7 when he was chosen in the first round, fifth over-all, by the Belleville Bulls in the Ontario Hockey League priority selection draft held at Maple Leaf Gardens.

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It appears there will be at least six candidates for the chiefs to consider when they gather in Vancouver later this month to select the next national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

Incumbent Ovide Mercredi and the unanimous choice of British Columbia's First Nations Summit, Wendy Grant-John, have already declared their intentions to run.

They've recently been joined by the Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Phil Fontaine, and by the founding chairman and president of the Indian Resource Council of Canada, Joe Dion.

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It appears there will be at least six candidates for the chiefs to consider when they gather in Vancouver later this month to select the next national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

Incumbent Ovide Mercredi and the unanimous choice of British Columbia's First Nations Summit, Wendy Grant-John, have already declared their intentions to run.

They've recently been joined by the Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Phil Fontaine, and by the founding chairman and president of the Indian Resource Council of Canada, Joe Dion.

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It appears there will be at least six candidates for the chiefs to consider when they gather in Vancouver later this month to select the next national chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

Incumbent Ovide Mercredi and the unanimous choice of British Columbia's First Nations Summit, Wendy Grant-John, have already declared their intentions to run.

They've recently been joined by the Grand Chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, Phil Fontaine, and by the founding chairman and president of the Indian Resource Council of Canada, Joe Dion.

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The Dakota Tipi First Nation in Manitoba will have its sundance from June 26 to June 29, with the purification taking place four days earlier. Normally, this is private information, but this First Nation has taken a different approach: it's advertising the sundance.

For Carl Pasche, band councillor with Dakota Tipi, this is one of the best ways for people to learn about it.

"The medicine man [Leonard Crow Dog] advised us to go ahead and let the people know and put the dates in the paper," he said. "If anybody wants to ask any questions they can ask him."

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The Dakota Tipi First Nation in Manitoba will have its sundance from June 26 to June 29, with the purification taking place four days earlier. Normally, this is private information, but this First Nation has taken a different approach: it's advertising the sundance.

For Carl Pasche, band councillor with Dakota Tipi, this is one of the best ways for people to learn about it.

"The medicine man [Leonard Crow Dog] advised us to go ahead and let the people know and put the dates in the paper," he said. "If anybody wants to ask any questions they can ask him."

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The Dakota Tipi First Nation in Manitoba will have its sundance from June 26 to June 29, with the purification taking place four days earlier. Normally, this is private information, but this First Nation has taken a different approach: it's advertising the sundance.

For Carl Pasche, band councillor with Dakota Tipi, this is one of the best ways for people to learn about it.

"The medicine man [Leonard Crow Dog] advised us to go ahead and let the people know and put the dates in the paper," he said. "If anybody wants to ask any questions they can ask him."

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A four-day fatality inquiry into the death of a 13-month-old Mikisew Cree First Nation boy wrapped up at Edmonton's provincial court on June 14 with emotional testimony from his parents.

Skylar Waquan died on Aug. 16 1996, after being diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis. The disease attacks and kills body tissue, and can be likened to the flesh-eating disease.

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A four-day fatality inquiry into the death of a 13-month-old Mikisew Cree First Nation boy wrapped up at Edmonton's provincial court on June 14 with emotional testimony from his parents.

Skylar Waquan died on Aug. 16 1996, after being diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis. The disease attacks and kills body tissue, and can be likened to the flesh-eating disease.