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Standing six-foot-three and weighing 230 pounds, Albert Doxtator, 23, is the super heavyweight world gold medal champion in pankration, the original gladiator sport of the Olympics.

Doxtator, a member of the turtle clan of the Oneida Nation and from the Chippewas of Thames reserve near London, Ont., gets a lot of strength from his traditional beliefs.

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Standing six-foot-three and weighing 230 pounds, Albert Doxtator, 23, is the super heavyweight world gold medal champion in pankration, the original gladiator sport of the Olympics.

Doxtator, a member of the turtle clan of the Oneida Nation and from the Chippewas of Thames reserve near London, Ont., gets a lot of strength from his traditional beliefs.

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A four-day workshop at Simon Fraser University's downtown Harbour Centre, held Jan. 25, helped women with an interest in politics to learn the tricks of the trade.

Chief Sophie Pierre of the St. Mary's First Nation, B.C. was the keynote speaker at the opening reception. Viola Thomas, the first woman elected president of the United Native Nations, British Columbia, was among the list of scheduled presenters.

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A four-day workshop at Simon Fraser University's downtown Harbour Centre, held Jan. 25, helped women with an interest in politics to learn the tricks of the trade.

Chief Sophie Pierre of the St. Mary's First Nation, B.C. was the keynote speaker at the opening reception. Viola Thomas, the first woman elected president of the United Native Nations, British Columbia, was among the list of scheduled presenters.

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A new facility has opened up in the old residential school on the Muskowekwan First Nation, designed to address behavioural problems of troubled kids and get them back on track.

The Four Directions Child and Family Services Inc. Stabilization and Assessment Centre had its grand opening Dec. 21, although the first two children were placed at the centre the first week of November.

Milton McKay is general manager of the Stabilization and Assessment Centre.

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A new facility has opened up in the old residential school on the Muskowekwan First Nation, designed to address behavioural problems of troubled kids and get them back on track.

The Four Directions Child and Family Services Inc. Stabilization and Assessment Centre had its grand opening Dec. 21, although the first two children were placed at the centre the first week of November.

Milton McKay is general manager of the Stabilization and Assessment Centre.

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Dear Editor :

In response to the "identity" question posed in your December 2000 issue by Drew Hayden Taylor:

I think it's as important for Natives not to judge each other as it is in any other community of human beings.

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Dear Editor :

In response to the "identity" question posed in your December 2000 issue by Drew Hayden Taylor:

I think it's as important for Natives not to judge each other as it is in any other community of human beings.

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I'm a 37-year-old man, a single child of a single parent, who at the time of this writing has no children (though there's that summer of '87 that I can't seem to account for) and what's the one job that comes to mind that I would be completely unsuited for, other then an aerobics instructor (though I do look good in spandex , if the lighting is low enough)?

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I'm a 37-year-old man, a single child of a single parent, who at the time of this writing has no children (though there's that summer of '87 that I can't seem to account for) and what's the one job that comes to mind that I would be completely unsuited for, other then an aerobics instructor (though I do look good in spandex , if the lighting is low enough)?