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Dry grass swirls through the air and the ground vibrates as a helicopter swoops down from above in an effort to separate a wood bison

calf from the rest of the stampeding herd.

When the panicked animals disappear into the willows and spruce and the

chopper flies off on another mission, a lone bison calf, entangled in an

orange net, is all that remains on the open, brown prairie.

The calf is one of 20 young animals captured from the Hook Lake bison

herd during the third week of May. The calf capture is the first step

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Dry grass swirls through the air and the ground vibrates as a helicopter swoops down from above in an effort to separate a wood bison

calf from the rest of the stampeding herd.

When the panicked animals disappear into the willows and spruce and the

chopper flies off on another mission, a lone bison calf, entangled in an

orange net, is all that remains on the open, brown prairie.

The calf is one of 20 young animals captured from the Hook Lake bison

herd during the third week of May. The calf capture is the first step

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Danny Billie, spokesperson, for the Independent Traditional Seminole

Nation, stood solemnly throughout the Collier County, Florida,

commission meeting, waiting for a chance to speak.

Through long hours of county business, Billie stood. His stance all

the more poignant, because Billie had just completed a three-day walk

designed to draw attention to the planned destruction of his way of life

as a traditional Native American.

The commission chamber was filled with Billie's family, Indigenous

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Danny Billie, spokesperson, for the Independent Traditional Seminole

Nation, stood solemnly throughout the Collier County, Florida,

commission meeting, waiting for a chance to speak.

Through long hours of county business, Billie stood. His stance all

the more poignant, because Billie had just completed a three-day walk

designed to draw attention to the planned destruction of his way of life

as a traditional Native American.

The commission chamber was filled with Billie's family, Indigenous

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Danny Billie, spokesperson, for the Independent Traditional Seminole

Nation, stood solemnly throughout the Collier County, Florida,

commission meeting, waiting for a chance to speak.

Through long hours of county business, Billie stood. His stance all

the more poignant, because Billie had just completed a three-day walk

designed to draw attention to the planned destruction of his way of life

as a traditional Native American.

The commission chamber was filled with Billie's family, Indigenous

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Roy Whitney has served as chief of Tsuu T'ina Nation in southern Alberta for 14 years. He led the negotiations that established the nation's company, Wolf Flat's Ordnance Disposal Corporation, which has international credentials in de-mining and ordnance dispoal. His efforts in creating business opportunities for other Aboriginal people are well known through his appointment in 1996 as chair of the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board.

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Roy Whitney has served as chief of Tsuu T'ina Nation in southern Alberta for 14 years. He led the negotiations that established the nation's company, Wolf Flat's Ordnance Disposal Corporation, which has international credentials in de-mining and ordnance dispoal. His efforts in creating business opportunities for other Aboriginal people are well known through his appointment in 1996 as chair of the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board.

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Young Aboriginal people from the Siksika First Nation in southern Alberta are returning to the land while learning about what it takes to develop a business in their home community with a project called Business without Borders.

The group of young people has developed a business plan for a market garden that will eventually provide fresh organic produce to their community and beyond. The official ground-breaking ceremony of the initial three acre garden took place on June 3 on the land of the Siksika with the traditional blessing of the ground by an Elder.

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As survivors of the brutal residential schools of the past embark on the painful journey of healing, some 38 miles southeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico, students from the first graduating class of the Native American Preparatory School will have very different memories of the education system from the memories of their grandparents and parents. At this school they have found empowerment.

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About two-dozen young Aboriginal men and women have completed the RCMP Aboriginal Youth Training Program this year, and are now posted throughout Canada as temporary members of Canada's national police force.

Initiated in 1993 by the RCMP and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, the program was modeled on the Canadian Armed Forces' Bold Eagle program.