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Education is big business and an important element to the structure of any given society, be it Native or non-Native.

When you're in a business designed to attract clientele, one of the key strategies used to promote and sell one's goods or services is to resort to good public relations and that's exactly what the new School of Native Studies at the University of Alberta did on November 14 when it held an open house.

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Metis activist and once vice-president of the Metis Association of Alberta, Joe Blyan, is up in arms over comments made by the president of the MAA quoted in the Edmonton Sun, on November 17, in a story headlined, "Natives Warn of Violence."

"Some day young people are going to stand up and be more militant and, some day, if the government doesn't deal with us, there will be bloodshed," Sinclair was quoted as saying.

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CALGARY - Regional Metis Association of Alberta (MAA) offices all across the province are on the verge of close-down as funding, which should have been received

in September, dries up.

The Calgary zone office will be forced to lock its doors at the end of this week

and other regional offices will be following suit as their individual budgets run dry, said Calgary Vice-President Aurele Dumont.

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"Give Me My Father's Body" is the title of a fascinating new book that should be required reading for Native people everywhere. The book reads like the script from an unbelievable Hollywood movie - but it's all true.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Court of appeals for the State of Louisiana has decided that the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is the rightful owner of artifacts that were buried with their ancestors.

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The Metis Association of Alberta (MAA) and the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) announced at a press conference held in Edmonton, November mber 13, a new direction in the preparations leading up to the First Ministers Conference on Aboriginal Rights scheduled for April, 1987.

The new direction is that the two organizations have jointly confirmed the participation of constitutional experts to provide the Metis National Council with the best advice possible during the constitutional process.

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A group of impassioned speakers and supporters gathered on Sunday, November 16 at the front steps of the Alberta Legislature to honour and praise the memory of Louis Riel. The commemoration was the final portion of the weekend's Metis Cultural Days in Edmonton.

Despite the chilly sub-zero weather, the gathering included children, adults and Elders who had come to pay tribute and show their respect for Riel, the Father of Manitoba and the political leader of the Metis during the struggles of 1869-70 and 1885.

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Chief Johnson Sewepagaham of the Little Red River Band in Northern Alberta, is disturbed over an alleged meeting that took place on November 4 at Fox Lake, where a resolution was introduced to divide the Band by allowing the Fox Lake Reserve and its residents to separate and form a new band.

The little Red River Cree Band is comprised of three reserves - Gardner River, John D'Or Prairie and Fox Lake.

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Dwayne Desjarlais, of Native Resource Management Consultants has been awarded a contract to develop a proposal relating to forestry management on the eight Metis Settlements in Alberta.

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SADDLE LAKE - Aboriginal communities across Canada wanting to preserve their cultural heritage may do well to look at the community-style effort of the Saddle Lake First Nations in strengthening their cultural spirit and identity.

The Cultural Education Centre at Saddle Lake is the focal point of activity aimed at cultural preservation, attracting the involvement of youth and Elders from the homes of this community, 90 miles northeast of Edmonton.