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    "Canada's outdated and "discriminatory" Indian Act is keeping natives from becoming free and equal players in Canada, says a native leader."

    "A 1984 court ruling against the Temagami Indian land claim in Northern Ontario was based on a "remote and isolated" view of history, a lawyer for the Union of Ontario Indians told the Supreme Court

    "Status Indians who fish and hunt for food in their treaty areas may continue to do so unless they pose a threat to conservation or public safety, the Ontario government said Tuesday."

    "Aboriginal people have been "treated like dirt" since whites set foot in Canada but natives aren't going to be kept down anymore, a leadership candidate for the Assembly of First Nations said Tuesda

    "An Indian man who murdered his abusive adoptive father and came to symbolize the sad plight of native adoptees has been sentenced to six months in jail for escaping the Stony Mountain penitentiary."

    "Cameron Kerley is no angel but he's not dangerous, radio talk show host Peter Warren said Wednesday, shortly after the escaped killer surrendered to police at a radio station."

    "Are we, as Canadians, really planning long-term - thinking in terms of what or how we are planning for 50 years from today? What is Canada going to look like? Are some of the crisis situations going

    "At the recent Drumbeat Conference I was reminded once again why the native people of North, South and Central America regard the coming celebration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' Great Discov

    "Bill Montour soon graduated from toys and household items. He spent 15 years as a high steel worker, putting buildings together, and occasionally, taking them apart. Now he's running for the nationa

    A brief description of five candidates running for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations and their platforms.

    "Jubilant Mohawks in this once shattered and depressed community cheered wildly Friday night when they heard that democratic elections for their chiefs could be back."

    "I Recently received a copy of an article that appeared in The Expositor under the headline Local Man To Be Portrayed In TV Special On Custer by Joanne E. McWilliam."

    "One of Canada's top Native leaders wants the federal government to negotiate native land claims and self-government agreements at the same time."

    "Crews halted work on a controversial logging road Monday after a native observer showed RCMP officers ancient native burial sites he said were endangered by the work."

    "Forty-one Mohawks charged in connection with last summer's armed standoff at Oka have been sent to trial without a preliminary hearing."

    "Now there is another occasion for jubilation: talented Six Nations actor Graham Greene has been nominated for an Academy Award, in the best supporting actor category, for his portrayal of a Sioux ho

    "This is a study of the attempt by the federal government to outlaw the West Coast Indian festival of the potlach as a way of hastening their integration into Canadian culture."

    "Debbie Springle, a Mohawk woman, and Jessie Webster, a non-native, went to the principal in the fall to propose a native studies program for the students, about half of whom are native."

White, Vicki, Brantford Expositor, 18 Feb 1991     "Andrew Fuller was concerned about how Ottawa treated the Mohawk people during last summer's standoff at Oka. So he decided to help change the way this country works."

    "At 8:30 Wednesday morning Graham Greene learned that he was nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of a Sioux holy man in the movie Dances with Wolves."