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Review

Eden Robinson's literary career is certainly off to a running start. Her first book, Traplines, a collection of stories published in 1996, received the Winifred Holtby Prize for the best first work of fiction in the Commonwealth, and was selected as a New York Times Editor?s Choice and Notable Book of the Year. She followed it up this year with Monkey Beach, her first novel, garnering nominations for both the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award.

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Pretty Brown

Vancouver singer Fara Palmer has added yet another achievement to her long list of credits, receiving the award for Best Female Artist at this years Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.

Fara won the award for her work on Pretty Brown, her second album. Her first album, This is My World, was released in 1997, and earned her a Juno nomination for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording.

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Pretty Brown

Vancouver singer Fara Palmer has added yet another achievement to her long list of credits, receiving the award for Best Female Artist at this years Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.

Fara won the award for her work on Pretty Brown, her second album. Her first album, This is My World, was released in 1997, and earned her a Juno nomination for Best Music of Aboriginal Canada Recording.

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I would first like to wish all of my faithful readers out there in Indian Country and beyond season's greetings and wishes for a better year for you and your extended family.

Now that the federal election is in the books and we have the federal Liberals back as the "natural governing party" for Canada we can get on with the business of advocating for our people's rights. As predicted by a lot of people, the Liberals have a sizeable majority to work with and the Canadian Alliance threat has been beaten back by shrewd Prime Minister Jean Chretien.

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I would first like to wish all of my faithful readers out there in Indian Country and beyond season's greetings and wishes for a better year for you and your extended family.

Now that the federal election is in the books and we have the federal Liberals back as the "natural governing party" for Canada we can get on with the business of advocating for our people's rights. As predicted by a lot of people, the Liberals have a sizeable majority to work with and the Canadian Alliance threat has been beaten back by shrewd Prime Minister Jean Chretien.

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If you have a medical condition that could become life threatening if not properly treated, MedicAlert could help save your life. And if you are a status First Nation person, you can become a MedicAlert member at no cost to you.

The Canadian MedicAlert Foundation wants to get word out to status First Nations people that, under the Non-Insured Health Benefits Program (NIHB) of Health Canada, they are entitled to one free lifetime membership in MedicAlert, along with a basic MedicAlert bracelet.

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If you have a medical condition that could become life threatening if not properly treated, MedicAlert could help save your life. And if you are a status First Nation person, you can become a MedicAlert member at no cost to you.

The Canadian MedicAlert Foundation wants to get word out to status First Nations people that, under the Non-Insured Health Benefits Program (NIHB) of Health Canada, they are entitled to one free lifetime membership in MedicAlert, along with a basic MedicAlert bracelet.

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The question of what to do with the four murals hanging in the rotunda of the provincial legislature building is now in the hands of a newly formed Speaker's advisory panel.

Creation of the panel was announced by Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Bill Hartley, on Nov. 30, in response to a complaint from the First Nations Summit earlier this year that the murals are offensive.

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The question of what to do with the four murals hanging in the rotunda of the provincial legislature building is now in the hands of a newly formed Speaker's advisory panel.

Creation of the panel was announced by Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Bill Hartley, on Nov. 30, in response to a complaint from the First Nations Summit earlier this year that the murals are offensive.

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Cheryl Bryce of the Lekwammen Nation welcomed the First Nations delegates from the Champagne and Aishihik nation to the traditional territory of the Songhees on Nov. 30. The reason for their visit to Metulia (Victoria) was to announce the progress of research being done on human remains that were found at the edge of a glacier in Northwestern British Columbia.