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Brian Chalifoux, Leon Chalifoux, and Brian Davis got ready to ride off into the sunset at the Swan River culture camp at mile 8 on Highway #33.

Swan River Band Chief Gordon Courtoreille says the site on the bank of the river has been used by band members for many years, but this year's culture camp is a first.

"It's nice fo rthe kids," Courtoreille says as he looked across the sunny clearing. "And for the grown-ups too."

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After touring the Alexander reserve housing project on July 31 Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) official Mike Young called it a "success".

"The tour was very informative . . . I enjoy seeing the finished project on the land," he said.

Jobs and an economic base have been created by the ongoing housing project which has seen 34 houses built since 1983.

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ALEXANDER RESERVE

Enthusiastic response from across Canada to the National Indian Education Symposium to be held here August 17 to 19 has caused organizers to revise their attendance estimates.

After meeting with organizers from across Canada in Winnipeg last weekend, the team from the Alexander Reserve organizing the event here returned to revise their plans to accommodate 1,000 delegates (with contingency plans for up to 2,000), rather than the 500 originally projected.

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When the tornados that caused 26 deaths, more than 300 injuries and $150 million in damages ravaged Edmonton, the Calahasen home was virtually untouched.

"We believe that God protected our home," said Roland Calahasen, in an interview at his Millwoods home located directly in the path of violent tornado funnels.

Sweeping through the city July 31, the tornado caused extensive damage to neighbors on both sides of Calahasen's house.

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Nancy Desjarlais is the "happiest person in the world right now because my son is alive, I'm alive . . . and I just want to continue with my life."

Desjarlais and her son narrowly escaped the tornado which cut a swath of devastation through areas of Edmonton on July 31.

More than 300 people were injured and another 26 were killed by the tornado which destroyed everything in its path.

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Bill McKnight, the Minister responsible for Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), is now more closely attached to western Canada, but is also in a capacity which is not directly related to his responsibility for Indians.

Recently, he was assigned the additional portfolio of Minister responsible for the Western Diversification Office. His Deputy Minister, Bruce Rawson, has been given the task of manning the head office located in Edmonton, which will be served by sub-offices in Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Vancouver.

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Joe Pena, a fictional character in a paperback novel, is getting rave reviews from literary critics.

The novel, called Stallion Gate, was written by Martin Cruz Smith and is a historical account of the development of the atom bomb at Los Alamos, New Mexico, in the late 1940s.

Many books have been written on the subject, but Stallion Gate looks at the events that led to the invention of the atom bomb through the eyes of an Indian sergeant, Joe Pena. Book critics have praised the character's unpredictability.

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New Mexico Indians working on the set of Gambler III insisted that a traditional sweat be held to get the picture off to a good start.

A makeshift sweatlodge was constructed on location. When the temperature inside the lodge reached 110 degrees Kenny Rogers, co-star Bruce Boxleitner and the Indians crawled in and sweated for more than an hour.

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Leonard Peltier, former American Indian Movement activist, recently had two Soviet eye specialists examine his left eye.

Peltier, who is serving two life sentences in Leavenworth federal penitentary for the shooting deaths of two FBI agents, said he had not received proper medical treatment from prison doctors and had nearly lost all sight in that eye.

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The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is considering applicants for specialty services licences and one applicant is called TPTV Inc.

TPTV Inc. is aimed at Native people and is offering all Canadians educational and entertainment programming, according to President Peter Rice.

Suggested programs would include: various college courses, The Body Shop (health and fitness show), coverage of Native sports, a weekly talk show, an amateur talent show, and This Was the Land That Wasn't, a satirical current events show.