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The ice is beginning to break around the Bruce Peninsula in northern

Ontario and with the open water comes the beginning of another season

for the native fishery.

But, instead of approaching the coming spring with enthusiasm, the

Chippewas of Nawash are worried. They are anticipating another season

of tension with the non-Native commercial fishery and sport anglers.

The Chippewas are so concerned, in fact, that they have issued a call

for help from the federal minster of Indian affairs. They want a

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The ice is beginning to break around the Bruce Peninsula in northern

Ontario and with the open water comes the beginning of another season

for the native fishery.

But, instead of approaching the coming spring with enthusiasm, the

Chippewas of Nawash are worried. They are anticipating another season

of tension with the non-Native commercial fishery and sport anglers.

The Chippewas are so concerned, in fact, that they have issued a call

for help from the federal minster of Indian affairs. They want a

Page 2

The ice is beginning to break around the Bruce Peninsula in northern

Ontario and with the open water comes the beginning of another season

for the native fishery.

But, instead of approaching the coming spring with enthusiasm, the

Chippewas of Nawash are worried. They are anticipating another season

of tension with the non-Native commercial fishery and sport anglers.

The Chippewas are so concerned, in fact, that they have issued a call

for help from the federal minster of Indian affairs. They want a

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There is "overwhelming evidence" to support the charge that the

Canadian government has violated First Nations rights in Canada, an

international panel of Indigenous judges has ruled.

After a three-day preliminary hearing, judges at the First Nations

International Court of Justice recommended that the court proceed to

trial with a three-count indictment against the federal government next

fall.

The preliminary hearing held April 2 to 4 at a downtown Ottawa hotel,

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There is "overwhelming evidence" to support the charge that the

Canadian government has violated First Nations rights in Canada, an

international panel of Indigenous judges has ruled.

After a three-day preliminary hearing, judges at the First Nations

International Court of Justice recommended that the court proceed to

trial with a three-count indictment against the federal government next

fall.

The preliminary hearing held April 2 to 4 at a downtown Ottawa hotel,

Page 1

There is "overwhelming evidence" to support the charge that the

Canadian government has violated First Nations rights in Canada, an

international panel of Indigenous judges has ruled.

After a three-day preliminary hearing, judges at the First Nations

International Court of Justice recommended that the court proceed to

trial with a three-count indictment against the federal government next

fall.

The preliminary hearing held April 2 to 4 at a downtown Ottawa hotel,

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Visitors to the Big Apple can take an hour or an afternoon away from

the big city and spend a little tome at the Heye Centre of the National

Museum of the American Indian, without leaving town. Located at the tip

of Battery Park in lower Manhattan, the museum features changing

exhibitions and public educational sessions, as well as a permanent

orientation exhibition, all designed to explore and explain Native

American culture.

United States

Guide to Indian Country Page 28

Visitors to the Big Apple can take an hour or an afternoon away from

the big city and spend a little tome at the Heye Centre of the National

Museum of the American Indian, without leaving town. Located at the tip

of Battery Park in lower Manhattan, the museum features changing

exhibitions and public educational sessions, as well as a permanent

orientation exhibition, all designed to explore and explain Native

American culture.

United States

Guide to Indian Country Page 28

Visitors to the Big Apple can take an hour or an afternoon away from

the big city and spend a little tome at the Heye Centre of the National

Museum of the American Indian, without leaving town. Located at the tip

of Battery Park in lower Manhattan, the museum features changing

exhibitions and public educational sessions, as well as a permanent

orientation exhibition, all designed to explore and explain Native

American culture.

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It takes only a few seconds for the magnitude of the development on the

Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in rural Connecticut to sink in.

Foxwoods, the casino that has transformed this sleepy, impoverished

First Nation into the richest in America, is huge. And it is the

granddaddy of all the casinos on reservations across the U.S.

With 12,500 sq. m of gaming space, Foxwoods is open 24 hours a day, and

has been open every day since it opened in February, 1992. The gaming