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The Upper Island Women of Native Ancestry have extended an invitation

to everyone who would like to come and experience their first ever

powwow in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island.

Music, pageantry, color and dance are all a part of the traditional

powwow that will be held from June 28 to 30 at the Comox Valley

Exhibition Grounds.

Included in the three days of celebrations will be a princess pageant

that promises to be exciting for both contestants and spectators alike.

Native Gaming

Guide to Indian Country Page 15

If the plans of First Nations across Canada bear fruit, there will be a

series of major casinos opened on reserves across the country later this

year. Led by the flagship in Ontario at the Chippewas of Rama Band near

Orillia, late summer and fall should be an exciting time for those who

hope to have a flutter at the tables.

Casino Rama will be a state-of-the-art gaming and entertainment

facility which will be opening at the end of July, if current estimates

Native Gaming

Guide to Indian Country Page 15

If the plans of First Nations across Canada bear fruit, there will be a

series of major casinos opened on reserves across the country later this

year. Led by the flagship in Ontario at the Chippewas of Rama Band near

Orillia, late summer and fall should be an exciting time for those who

hope to have a flutter at the tables.

Casino Rama will be a state-of-the-art gaming and entertainment

facility which will be opening at the end of July, if current estimates

Native Gaming

Guide to Indian Country Page 15

If the plans of First Nations across Canada bear fruit, there will be a

series of major casinos opened on reserves across the country later this

year. Led by the flagship in Ontario at the Chippewas of Rama Band near

Orillia, late summer and fall should be an exciting time for those who

hope to have a flutter at the tables.

Casino Rama will be a state-of-the-art gaming and entertainment

facility which will be opening at the end of July, if current estimates

Saskatchewan

Guide to Indian Country Page 14

Two of the largest nature preserves in Saskatchewan are about as far

apart as they could be and still both be in the province. Both

Grasslands National Park in the south, which borders on the U.S., and

Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Wilderness Park, which is on the south

shore of Lake Athabasca in the far north, save large areas of two

ecologically fragile ecosystem, and both contain archeological evidence

of Aboriginal visitors to and use of the areas.

Saskatchewan

Guide to Indian Country Page 14

Two of the largest nature preserves in Saskatchewan are about as far

apart as they could be and still both be in the province. Both

Grasslands National Park in the south, which borders on the U.S., and

Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Wilderness Park, which is on the south

shore of Lake Athabasca in the far north, save large areas of two

ecologically fragile ecosystem, and both contain archeological evidence

of Aboriginal visitors to and use of the areas.

Saskatchewan

Guide to Indian Country Page 14

Two of the largest nature preserves in Saskatchewan are about as far

apart as they could be and still both be in the province. Both

Grasslands National Park in the south, which borders on the U.S., and

Athabasca Sand Dunes Provincial Wilderness Park, which is on the south

shore of Lake Athabasca in the far north, save large areas of two

ecologically fragile ecosystem, and both contain archeological evidence

of Aboriginal visitors to and use of the areas.

Prominent People

Guide to Indian Country Page 13

A definitive chapter in the story of the Battle of Batoche, the

deciding skirmish that ended the North-West Rebellion of 1885 for the

Metis in Saskatchewan, unfolds upon the stage of the Carlton Cafetorium

in Prince Albert, Sask. on June 28, 29 and 30.

The Missing Bell of Batoche, by playwright Bob Rock, recounts how the

bell, "a 90-pound chunk of Canadian history," went missing after the

battle and ended up as a "trophy of war" on display in the Millbrook

Prominent People

Guide to Indian Country Page 13

A definitive chapter in the story of the Battle of Batoche, the

deciding skirmish that ended the North-West Rebellion of 1885 for the

Metis in Saskatchewan, unfolds upon the stage of the Carlton Cafetorium

in Prince Albert, Sask. on June 28, 29 and 30.

The Missing Bell of Batoche, by playwright Bob Rock, recounts how the

bell, "a 90-pound chunk of Canadian history," went missing after the

battle and ended up as a "trophy of war" on display in the Millbrook

Prominent People

Guide to Indian Country Page 13

A definitive chapter in the story of the Battle of Batoche, the

deciding skirmish that ended the North-West Rebellion of 1885 for the

Metis in Saskatchewan, unfolds upon the stage of the Carlton Cafetorium

in Prince Albert, Sask. on June 28, 29 and 30.

The Missing Bell of Batoche, by playwright Bob Rock, recounts how the

bell, "a 90-pound chunk of Canadian history," went missing after the

battle and ended up as a "trophy of war" on display in the Millbrook