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As many as 900 people who thought of themselves as Inuit may now be wondering where their Aboriginal ancestry has gone.

Since 1992, the Labrador Inuit Association has been slimming its 5,000 name membership list to suit new eligibility criteria determined during land claim discussions with the province of Newfoundland and the federal government.

With a decision made by the association's board of directors, letters were sent to some of it's members, informing them that their memberships had been revoked.

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As many as 900 people who thought of themselves as Inuit may now be wondering where their Aboriginal ancestry has gone.

Since 1992, the Labrador Inuit Association has been slimming its 5,000 name membership list to suit new eligibility criteria determined during land claim discussions with the province of Newfoundland and the federal government.

With a decision made by the association's board of directors, letters were sent to some of it's members, informing them that their memberships had been revoked.

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As many as 900 people who thought of themselves as Inuit may now be wondering where their Aboriginal ancestry has gone.

Since 1992, the Labrador Inuit Association has been slimming its 5,000 name membership list to suit new eligibility criteria determined during land claim discussions with the province of Newfoundland and the federal government.

With a decision made by the association's board of directors, letters were sent to some of it's members, informing them that their memberships had been revoked.

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Native leaders in the Yukon want answers after an Aboriginal man was shot and killed by Whitehorse RCMP on Sept. 8.

According to RCMP, the officer had to use lethal force on 22-year-old Harley Clayton Johnnie, who was also known as Harley Timmers, after the two got into a scuffle and Timmers was choking the officer.

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Native leaders in the Yukon want answers after an Aboriginal man was shot and killed by Whitehorse RCMP on Sept. 8.

According to RCMP, the officer had to use lethal force on 22-year-old Harley Clayton Johnnie, who was also known as Harley Timmers, after the two got into a scuffle and Timmers was choking the officer.

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Native leaders in the Yukon want answers after an Aboriginal man was shot and killed by Whitehorse RCMP on Sept. 8.

According to RCMP, the officer had to use lethal force on 22-year-old Harley Clayton Johnnie, who was also known as Harley Timmers, after the two got into a scuffle and Timmers was choking the officer.

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The Federal Court of Appeal spent five days in mid-September listening to arguments from federal government lawyers who urged the court to set aside the Federal Court decision handed down in June 1997. The decision stated that the Mohawks of Akwesasne have the Aboriginal right to carry non-commercial goods across the border without paying duty.

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The Federal Court of Appeal spent five days in mid-September listening to arguments from federal government lawyers who urged the court to set aside the Federal Court decision handed down in June 1997. The decision stated that the Mohawks of Akwesasne have the Aboriginal right to carry non-commercial goods across the border without paying duty.

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The Federal Court of Appeal spent five days in mid-September listening to arguments from federal government lawyers who urged the court to set aside the Federal Court decision handed down in June 1997. The decision stated that the Mohawks of Akwesasne have the Aboriginal right to carry non-commercial goods across the border without paying duty.

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Governments are resisting the new reality of Aboriginal title and they're getting away with it because Aboriginal people aren't being aggressive enough, a British Columbia chief says.

Chief Ray Hance, a Tsilhot'in National Government co-ordinator, believes it's make-it-or-break-it time for First Nations. His tribal group of six British Columbia Interior First Nation communities, with offices in Williams Lake, B.C., is making plans to turn up the heat on the provincial and federal governments.