Prairie Natives in South Africa

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Four prairie Natives were given a all-expense paid trip to South Africa to investigate conditions in that country and to publicize their own grievances.

Gerald Wuttunee of the Red Pheasant band, Bryan Tootoosis of the Poundmaker band, Lindsay Cyr, chief of the Pasquas, and Eldon Bellegarde, representing 16 Saskatchewan bands, had their trip paid by the South African government's tourism board.

The four are in South Africa at the same time as Canadian External Affairs minister Joe Clark visits that country.

"It's sad thing to have to go to another country to tell what is going on in Canada," said Wuttunee.