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Kehewin, AB.

Gordon Gadwa is under mounting pressure to formally step down as chief of Kehewin Reserve.

Members expressed a strong lack of confidence in the chief at a meeting Aug. 31 held at the reserve's cultural centre, which drew close to 90 residents.

Gadwa, 44, has ruled the east-central Alberta reserve for more than 10 years. But there's growing dissatisfaction with his leadership, which some members say is dictatorial in

style.

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Native priests must adhere to the vow of celibacy but it is an obstacle for the Native community according to Father Guy Lavallee.

Although the road is long, it is important that native people work within the church to try to right the inequalities and struggles of Aboriginal people, he adds.

Young Native people have a lot to learn from their Elders and must be open to accept the values and the teachings of their betters because these basic truths are what the Elders hold dear to their hearts, he said.

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When a priest is ordained he must take four vows including the vow of chastity and it is this vow that keeps so many Native people away from the ministry, says Father Cliff Sinclair.

"It has been our tradition for many years to raise a family," he says, adding that the vows of poverty, perseverance and obedience are part of the Native tradition.

Sinclair says he has needed his vow of perseverance, especially in his ministries in Fort Vermilion and Canoe Lake in Saskatchewan where he is presently situated.

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God's teachings were sent to Native people long before the first European settlers landed in North America, says an Ojibway priest, Father John Hascall.

"People talk about the old way and the new ways as if they were two, but all is one," he says.

AS a chill breeze ruffled the golden leaves on the trees lining the banks of the McKenzie River, Father Hascall, dressed only in a short-sleeved shirt and trousers, spoke of his faith and ministry to Native people.

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Nature and people's devout faith combined to welcome "Yahtita"

As the waves of the Red Sea parted for Moses, so did the clouds divide to let the sun shine on Fort Simpson for the visit of Pope John Paul II.

Steady rain had fallen upon worshippers early in the morning as they waited to greet the Pontiff. Everywhere people huddled under large sheets of plastic. Young people struggled to keep the Elders warm.

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Thousands huddled quietly around a huge 17 metre high tipi, watching and waiting patiently for Pope John Paul II to finish talking with their Native leaders.

The tipi and the 5,000 Indian, Dene, Inuit and Metis people had anticipated the Pope after his 1984 visit was cancelled when fog prevented the Pope's aircraft from landing in Fort Simpson, N.W.T. The Pope vowed he would return and Canada's Aboriginal people were rewarded for their long wait Sept. 20.

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We all have been to a special gathering at least once during our lifetime ? be it anniversaries, weddings, graduations, powwows, reunions, etc. These events are usually joyful experiences which will stay in our minds forever.

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Chilly September winds carried a sigh of relief and then eventual joy as the announcement was made to 5,000 people waiting on the banks of the Mackenzie River that the plane carrying Pope John Paul II landed safely in Fort Simpson.

The moment was made more special for Jimmy Dzeylion, who was in the tiny village located 1,400 km northwest of Edmonton when fog prevented the Pope's last visit in 1984.

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The fact that the Prime Minister has turned down the Pope's plea for the resumption of the first minister's conference, while at the same time reiterating his government's support of Aboriginal rights, does not surprise the Indian Association of Alberta.

"It's all rhetoric," says Association president, Gregg Smith. "We figured the feds (federal government) would skirt around the issue."

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In a moving speech to about 5,000 people gathered in Fort Simpson on the banks of the McKenzie River, Pope John Paul II told his Native followers they are entitled to self-government.

The Pope reconfirmed his earlier statements made in his last visit to Canada in 1984 when he fully endorsed Aboriginal rights.

"I pray with you that a new round of conferences will benefit and that, with God's guidance and help, a path to a just agreement will be found to crown all the efforts being made," said the Pope.