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Aboriginal Elders from Montana and Missouri attended the Alberta's School for the Deaf's 4th Annual Conference, the theme of which was 2000 Ideas for the Future, (with a touch of Aboriginal culture). It was attended by parents and people from the community. Students sat back and enjoyed the teachings of James Woodenlegs and Sam Yates. The Elders taught the students Native culture and spiritualism. Woodenlegs, who is deaf, is from the Northern Cheyenne Tribe in Montana. He is also a spiritual leader and Elder of the Intertribal Deaf Council of North America.

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On a scale of one to five how would you rate the level of knowledge in your community of Indian Affairs' policies in the following areas: elections, environment, wills and estates, human resources, membership, natural resources, moneys, additions to reserve, lands management and law-making?

That is one of the questions being posed to First Nation people by the Assembly of First Nations as they gather the information that will be needed to change the policies of Indian Affairs.

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Rapheal Cree, a 106-year-old Elder from northern Alberta, presented to the regional director of Indian Affairs a copy of the statement of claim that outlines about $1.6 billion in damages suffered by the Paul Cree Band.

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A coalition of seven national religious organizations announced it will be conducting an inquiry into the Churchill-Nelson hydro-electric project completed in the 1970s and responsible for massive flooding of the traditional lands of five Manitoba First Nations.

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Dear Editor:

RE: reply to Ms. Verna Kirkness commentary titled, "What happened to the $20 million for Languages"

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Dear Editor:

I would like to correspond with any Canadian First Nations person (North American Indian, Inuit or Metis) who served in any branch of the Canadian military during the Second World War. This includes the women's branches and any nursing corps staff. I'm also seeking any First Nations person who served in the Canadian Red Cross, merchant marine or Canadian version of the Civil Air Patrol.

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Dear Editor:

I was born Jody/Jodie Lynn/Lynne Lambert, Aug. 27, 1969 in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton.

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Dear Editor:

There has been considerable discussion over the years about Aboriginal right and human rights. Now, with the conflict over the right to cut wood on Crown land, we hear these expressions tossed around more than ever, often by individuals on both sides of the conflict who have no idea what Aboriginal rights, or even human rights, for that matter, actually mean. What exactly are Aboriginal rights anyway? What are human rights? And what about birthrights? Do we as Native people have any of these rights?

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