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When hundreds of descendants of the Huron Wendat confederacy gathered in Midland, Ont., it was for a homecoming that was three-and-a-half centuries in the making.

They reunited in their ancestral homeland on the southern shores of Georgian Bay on Aug. 28 after an absence of 350 years.

They came from far and wide, but from the moment they put their paddles in the river, confederacy members knew that, finally, they were travelling in the wake of their ancestors.

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I'm sure this is a problem that exists everywhere in Canada, but because of my current geographical habitation, I can only speak on a local level.

Toronto is a very large and prosperous city, the largest in Canada in fact. And I've always prided myself on telling people from across Canada and around the world how metropolitan Toronto is and the fact that if you need something, anything, chances are you can find it somewhere with in the city boundaries.

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The influence that Hollywood has on teenagers is overwhelming to a point where people are fighting over Star Wars tickets, talking like Austin Powers and killing every good song that comes out of a soundtrack. The summer of 1999 was one season packed with blockbusters starring the best actors in Hollywood. This of course was the time when big movie promoters made the most loot.

It's when we found out: Who's hot and who's not in Hollywood?.

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Dear Editor:

An unnatural, cold, ruthlessness is entering the innermost parts of Canadian hearts as they reveal a deep reluctance to show compassion in order to save the lives of the Chinese boat people caught at sea while they were being smuggled into British Columbia. Certain imprisonment or death awaits them in Communist China if they are sent back.

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Followers of the evolution of Aboriginal law noticed four highly significant words in an Ontario Superior Court decision handed down in late August.

Justice Romaine Pitt wrote in the Mushkegowuk decision that there's no doubt Aboriginal governments make up a "third order of government" in the Canadian governance system. Pitt cited the Coon Come decision (handed down in French by a Quebec court) and other legal, historical and political documents in arriving at his decision.

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After two days of grueling testimony in a Victoria courtroom, Art Thompson made an out-of-court settlement with lawyers representing former employees of the Alberni Indian Residential School (AIRS).

During the two days of testimony, the noted Nuu-chah-nulth artist described how he was "physically, sexually, and culturally assaulted" while a student at the notorious residential school.

Thompson's evidence against six former employees of the federal government- and United Church of Canada-operated school went uncontested by lawyers for the defense.

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Chiefs from 30 First Nations across southern Saskatchewan and southeastern Manitoba took a little more home from the Treaty 4 gathering than the traditional $5 bill, a handshake from a Mountie and a commemorative medallion.

They took home a plaque and a little piece of history. They signed an agreement-in-principle for Aboriginal self government, using Treaty 4 as a basis for its constitution. The covenant says the First Nations that signed Treaty 4 are sovereign nations with all the inherent rights under international law.

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Political policy statements were cited alongside legal precedents in a decision rendered Aug. 24 as an Ontario Superior Court justice ruled that provincial legislation cannot be imposed on First Nations without their consent.