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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."

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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."

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The doors to the much-anticipated Aboriginal Healing Fund will open next month, according to director Paul Chartrand.

Applications will be available as of Dec. 2 for the $350 million set aside by the federal government to help communities and families devastated by the effects of residential schools.

Secretary of the Healing Fund, and one of 17 directors, Chartrand said the program begins funding programs in early 1999, allocating all of the funds within the next 10 years.

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The doors to the much-anticipated Aboriginal Healing Fund will open next month, according to director Paul Chartrand.

Applications will be available as of Dec. 2 for the $350 million set aside by the federal government to help communities and families devastated by the effects of residential schools.

Secretary of the Healing Fund, and one of 17 directors, Chartrand said the program begins funding programs in early 1999, allocating all of the funds within the next 10 years.

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The doors to the much-anticipated Aboriginal Healing Fund will open next month, according to director Paul Chartrand.

Applications will be available as of Dec. 2 for the $350 million set aside by the federal government to help communities and families devastated by the effects of residential schools.

Secretary of the Healing Fund, and one of 17 directors, Chartrand said the program begins funding programs in early 1999, allocating all of the funds within the next 10 years.

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With the target date for the establishment of an independent specific claims commission and tribunal rapidly approaching, federal bureaucrats are trying to persuade First Nation negotiators to lower their expectations and let the government off the hook.

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With the target date for the establishment of an independent specific claims commission and tribunal rapidly approaching, federal bureaucrats are trying to persuade First Nation negotiators to lower their expectations and let the government off the hook.

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With the target date for the establishment of an independent specific claims commission and tribunal rapidly approaching, federal bureaucrats are trying to persuade First Nation negotiators to lower their expectations and let the government off the hook.

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The harder John Kim Bell works, the luckier he gets. However, hard work may have more to do with his recent appointment to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation board of directors than luck.

On Sept. 23, he was appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chretien to serve a three-year term on the CBC board. His appointment as the first Aboriginal person to serve on the board is a breakthrough.

Bell, from the Kahnawake Mohawk First Nation, is the founder and the president of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation.

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The harder John Kim Bell works, the luckier he gets. However, hard work may have more to do with his recent appointment to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation board of directors than luck.

On Sept. 23, he was appointed by Prime Minister Jean Chretien to serve a three-year term on the CBC board. His appointment as the first Aboriginal person to serve on the board is a breakthrough.

Bell, from the Kahnawake Mohawk First Nation, is the founder and the president of the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation.