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"The legislation criminalizes the right to hunt and it certainly doesn't take into account that firearms are tools for the practice of those rights," said Ardith Walkem, a lawyer for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. For last three years Walkem has been working on the issues surrounding the firearms act for Aboriginal people.

"The union chiefs passed a resolution at the last assembly to fight this legislation," said Walkem. The union is planning on bringing a separate court challenge on the legislation in the coming year.

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"The legislation criminalizes the right to hunt and it certainly doesn't take into account that firearms are tools for the practice of those rights," said Ardith Walkem, a lawyer for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. For last three years Walkem has been working on the issues surrounding the firearms act for Aboriginal people.

"The union chiefs passed a resolution at the last assembly to fight this legislation," said Walkem. The union is planning on bringing a separate court challenge on the legislation in the coming year.

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"The legislation criminalizes the right to hunt and it certainly doesn't take into account that firearms are tools for the practice of those rights," said Ardith Walkem, a lawyer for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. For last three years Walkem has been working on the issues surrounding the firearms act for Aboriginal people.

"The union chiefs passed a resolution at the last assembly to fight this legislation," said Walkem. The union is planning on bringing a separate court challenge on the legislation in the coming year.

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Eldon Okanee and a group of like-minded individuals are challenging the election system on the Thunderchild First Nation.

Okanee, a candidate for chief in the Dec. 3 Thunderchild election, developed a seven-member party to run under the banner Coalition for Change for the seven positions on council. It becomes one of the first party-style election campaigns for Saskatchewan First Nations, and Okanee thinks it could be the beginning of a trend in band politics.

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Eldon Okanee and a group of like-minded individuals are challenging the election system on the Thunderchild First Nation.

Okanee, a candidate for chief in the Dec. 3 Thunderchild election, developed a seven-member party to run under the banner Coalition for Change for the seven positions on council. It becomes one of the first party-style election campaigns for Saskatchewan First Nations, and Okanee thinks it could be the beginning of a trend in band politics.

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Eldon Okanee and a group of like-minded individuals are challenging the election system on the Thunderchild First Nation.

Okanee, a candidate for chief in the Dec. 3 Thunderchild election, developed a seven-member party to run under the banner Coalition for Change for the seven positions on council. It becomes one of the first party-style election campaigns for Saskatchewan First Nations, and Okanee thinks it could be the beginning of a trend in band politics.

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In the late 1950s, the Upper House of Parliament dusted off a seat for James Gladstone, a member of the Blood tribe of Alberta. He was Canada's first Aboriginal senator and his official appointment to the Senate was made on Jan. 31, 1958.

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In the late 1950s, the Upper House of Parliament dusted off a seat for James Gladstone, a member of the Blood tribe of Alberta. He was Canada's first Aboriginal senator and his official appointment to the Senate was made on Jan. 31, 1958.

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In the late 1950s, the Upper House of Parliament dusted off a seat for James Gladstone, a member of the Blood tribe of Alberta. He was Canada's first Aboriginal senator and his official appointment to the Senate was made on Jan. 31, 1958.

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Lawyers who advise Aboriginal leaders in the province of British Columbia are crying foul after watching the slow evolution of the provincial and federal governments' response to the Delgamuukw decision.

"Those people are resisting the implications of the real gains of Delgamuukw," Vancouver lawyer Stuart Rush told the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs' annual meeting on Oct. 20. "Since we won this case, the decision will have to be defended."