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From its humble beginnings in the basement of a home where it began in 1965, the Native Cultural Heritage Centre has survived more than one change of address in its 24-year

history.

On Sept. 30, volunteers and staff of the centre marked another chapter in the evolution of what is considered one of the most unique Native resource centres in Canada.

An open house welcomed in the public to the centre's newest home at 10826-124 Street. The centre was once previously located in Calder and then in the downtown area.

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Peigan Chief Leonard Basstien is confident his band will win its legal fight to jurisdiction over the waters of the Oldman River which runs through his reserve.

"Our leading spiritual advisers indicate the final decision will be in our favor," the southern Alberta chief said in an interview in Edmonton Sept. 27.

In a landmark Canadian water rights case, the southern Alberta band has laid claim to the river and its water. American Indian tribes have won similar court cases.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello.

Coffee and Elvis Presley. This morning finds me on a pleasant little journey back to 1955. It was in that year that Elvis and I emerged.

One of us would shake the world of popular music to its very foundation and become a legend and another would travel a lot of strange and wonderful roads and become the writer

that shares this morning coffee with you.

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The pleas of Native inmates at Edmonton Institution who want to be assessed differently from other inmates seeking release has been granted, says the chief of the Native

Brotherhood.

The decision improves the odds of Natives getting paroled, said 38-year-old Willie Blake last week.

The institution recently hired well-known Native elder Joe Couture on a trial basis to do assessments on Native inmates seeking early release, said Rick Dyhm, chief of leisure activities

at the institution.

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Maskwachees Cultural College needs a new building to keep up with the growing demand of students wanting to attend the post-secondary institution.

There were well over twelve hundred people applying to the institution last fall, says Rita Dillon, counsellor at the Hobbema-based college.

This year, 92 students graduated from the college. Altogether, the college has an enrollment of 400 with 1,200 on a waiting list.

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One-third of the communities served by the Northland School Division will not have to go to the polls Oct. 16 to vote on their local school board members.

Nine of the local school boards in the Northland School Division have been filled by acclamation while the positions of the other 17 boards depend on the October municipal election.

Three local school boards have retained their board members. They are as follows:

ELIZABETH: Palma Anderson, Pearl Cardinal, Sylvia Desjarlais, Elizabeth Jacknife and Kathy Lepine.

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A total of 153 candidates are vying for 97 positions in the upcoming Oct. 16 school board elections in the Northlands School Division.

Of the candidates, 53 are incumbents.

The following is a list of candidates and the northern Alberta communities where they are running:

ANZAC/GREGOIRE LAKE RESERVE (7 board positions):

Christine Borek, Bernice Huska, Maggie Lent, Shirley McKenzie, Lorrie Paulson, Rosemaire Pratt, Nedra Stanely, Wayne Velders, Wiltzen Lorne.

FORT CHIPEWYAN (7 board positions):

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The crowd was hushed as the crowd waited for the Louis Bull singers and drummers to begin.

The drum cries began and at once the audience rose to honor the grand entry procession.

Two young eagle staff bearers danced to the beat of the drum through the centre of the two rows followed by a procession including Hobbema's Indian princess, elders, chiefs,

honored guests and faculty, and staff of Maskwachees Cultural College.

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The coordinator of the Spruce Grove food bank says she would risk being sent to jail if she gave hampers to treaty Indians who live on area reserves.

The federal government forbids the East Parkland Food Bank from giving them food, claims Stephanie Shenfield.

"The federal government is supposed to see after their social assistance and their food and everything else. They are responsible for them. And they (reserve residents) must get in

touch with Ottawa if the local people aren't doing it for them.

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Here are the main elements of the $575 million suit filed by the Samson Band at Hobbema against the federal government.

The band wants $100 million for losses and damages caused by improper negotiation and terms of oil and gas leases covering drilling on band-owned land,

The band wants another $175 million for losses and damages for improper administration and management of the oil and leases and lands and natural resources of the

Samson reserves,