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Some residential school survivors say Canada's apology for physical and sexual abuse, supposedly a gesture of reconciliation to Indigenous people, has made their lives even harder.

For many, the dizzying landscape of complex choices surrounding the entire compensation issue - to sue or not to sue, negotiation and mediation versus litigation, class actions versus individual lawsuits, healing issues confused with civil law issues confused with criminal matters - is just too much to deal with.

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The staff and contributors of Windspeaker, Canada's National Aboriginal News Source, have something to celebrate this month. Windspeaker has won first place for General Excellence in the monthly publications category at this year's Native American Journalists Association's annual assembly. The Circle, last year's winner, and Arizona Native Scene, won honorable mentions.

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The staff and contributors of Windspeaker, Canada's National Aboriginal News Source, have something to celebrate this month. Windspeaker has won first place for General Excellence in the monthly publications category at this year's Native American Journalists Association's annual assembly. The Circle, last year's winner, and Arizona Native Scene, won honorable mentions.

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The staff and contributors of Windspeaker, Canada's National Aboriginal News Source, have something to celebrate this month. Windspeaker has won first place for General Excellence in the monthly publications category at this year's Native American Journalists Association's annual assembly. The Circle, last year's winner, and Arizona Native Scene, won honorable mentions.

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The leaders of the Sahtu Dene people are clinging to the hope that the federal government will live up to the spirit of their treaty and deal with a tragedy within their community in an honorable fashion, but their advisors fear the Dene are in for a disappointment.

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The leaders of the Sahtu Dene people are clinging to the hope that the federal government will live up to the spirit of their treaty and deal with a tragedy within their community in an honorable fashion, but their advisors fear the Dene are in for a disappointment.

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The leaders of the Sahtu Dene people are clinging to the hope that the federal government will live up to the spirit of their treaty and deal with a tragedy within their community in an honorable fashion, but their advisors fear the Dene are in for a disappointment.

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Newfoundland and Labrador provincial court judge, James Igloliorte, as the only Inuk judge in Labrador, says the importance of being a role model has not escaped him. His contributions as jurist and educator and proud spokesman for his people have not escaped the notice of his peers either, who have honored Igloliorte with this year's National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the Law and Justice category.

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James Karl Bartleman, as Canada's current High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa, has done little in his 33-year public service career that isn't a matter of record. And what a stellar record it is.

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Dr. Malcolm King, a prominent research scientist and professor of the pulmonary division, department of medicine at the University of Alberta, is the 1999 National Aboriginal Achievement Award winner in the category of Medical Sciences. Dr. King's main area of interest is mucus rheology, which is the study of the flow of mucus in the lungs and other organs. His research is directed to treat diseases such as asthma, bronchitis and cystic fibrosis; it has led him to patent two therapies for chronic respiratory disease.