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Krystle Pederson laughs as she talks about stardom, and casts her eyes downward in an endearing gesture of humility.

"I can see myself at the Junos," she confesses almost apologetically.

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Krystle Pederson laughs as she talks about stardom, and casts her eyes downward in an endearing gesture of humility.

"I can see myself at the Junos," she confesses almost apologetically.

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Publishers Douglas & McIntyre promote the Sto:lo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas as "the first such atlas in the world," and the first historical atlas produced by an Aboriginal organization.

An added bonus is that the exceptional scholarship of this first edition, hard-cover atlas adds much to the documentation of Native life without the romanticized or distorted opinions that are sometimes found in popular works about Natives by non-Native writers.

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Publishers Douglas & McIntyre promote the Sto:lo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas as "the first such atlas in the world," and the first historical atlas produced by an Aboriginal organization.

An added bonus is that the exceptional scholarship of this first edition, hard-cover atlas adds much to the documentation of Native life without the romanticized or distorted opinions that are sometimes found in popular works about Natives by non-Native writers.

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Department of Justice officials probably wish some of their predecessors had had the foresight to see what kind of legal problems the Indian residential school system would bring years later. So, a University of Lethbridge Native Studies professor is giving the government of Canada fair warning on the next big wave of litigation.

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Department of Justice officials probably wish some of their predecessors had had the foresight to see what kind of legal problems the Indian residential school system would bring years later. So, a University of Lethbridge Native Studies professor is giving the government of Canada fair warning on the next big wave of litigation.

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The final product of a lot of work by Indian Affairs and Assembly of First Nations technicians reveals the fundamental clash of government and First Nation points of view.

Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault sees the model for an independent claims body to be a major step forward. Some First Nations leaders see it as a major disappointment.

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The final product of a lot of work by Indian Affairs and Assembly of First Nations technicians reveals the fundamental clash of government and First Nation points of view.

Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault sees the model for an independent claims body to be a major step forward. Some First Nations leaders see it as a major disappointment.

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Not long ago, I read in a Native newspaper a brief biography of someone I have known for going on two decades now. For most of those two decades, this Torontonian had identified herself as being white, with a mild interest in Native issues. More recently, I was surprised to learn that since she married a Native gentleman, and had a child by him, she was now referring to herself specifically as an Anishnawbe-qua, an Ojibway woman. Suddenly out of nowhere, she has a completely different ancestry.

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Residential school survivors across Canada are irate after reading an interview with United Church of Canada researcher John Siebert in the National Post that contends the residential school system was introduced to help First Nations children, not to assimilate them. The researcher also said television is to blame for the loss of Native cultures, not the 88 church-run Indian residential school's across Canada.