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Media revels in stories of Native gang violence

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It's a frightening image: Four people, minding their own business, are suddenly swarmed by a vicious gang. The violence is swift and brutal. When the police arrive and the assailants flee, three people are battered and Jim David Milliken, 23, is dying from a knife wound to the heart.

The next morning, the Sunday version of the Edmonton Sun has a headline blaring Cops Hunt Gang Teen: Early-morning brawl involving 16 people ends with man stabbed to death.

Media revels in stories of Native gang violence

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It's a frightening image: Four people, minding their own business, are suddenly swarmed by a vicious gang. The violence is swift and brutal. When the police arrive and the assailants flee, three people are battered and Jim David Milliken, 23, is dying from a knife wound to the heart.

The next morning, the Sunday version of the Edmonton Sun has a headline blaring Cops Hunt Gang Teen: Early-morning brawl involving 16 people ends with man stabbed to death.

Media revels in stories of Native gang violence

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It's a frightening image: Four people, minding their own business, are suddenly swarmed by a vicious gang. The violence is swift and brutal. When the police arrive and the assailants flee, three people are battered and Jim David Milliken, 23, is dying from a knife wound to the heart.

The next morning, the Sunday version of the Edmonton Sun has a headline blaring Cops Hunt Gang Teen: Early-morning brawl involving 16 people ends with man stabbed to death.

C-31 appeal decision overturned

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It was a big day for the three Alberta First Nations that have been fighting Bill C-31, the 1985 government law that returned treaty status to thousands of Native people.

On June 3, the Federal Court of Appeal threw out a 1995 judgement by Judge F. Muldoon that ruled against the Sawridge, Tsuu T'ina and Ermineskin First Nations and in favor of upholding Bill C-31. Muldoon ruled the bases for court action against the bill was unfounded, but the court of appeal found Muldoon's ruling to be suspect and labeled the judge's findings as "biased."