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With the elections of officials over, recently incorporated Local 1885 Metis Youth Council's main objective is to address issues concerning the Metis youth in Edmonton, concentrating especially on social activities.

Newly elected President James Atkinson said during their regular monthly meetings they will focus on social, recreational and cultural activities. He said the youth council must focus on these activities because there is a Metis lack of identity and youth do not understand their Metis roots.

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Accommodation for married students at the Alberta Vocational Centre (AVC) in Grouard will be built near the institution itself ? not in High Prairie.

This long-awaited outcome, which mainly affects Native students, follows a protest from a year ago May. Local residents view the choice as a major coup which will help keep the community united and intact.

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Former AIM spokesman runs for US presidency

Los Angeles

Former American Indian Movement spokesman, Russell Means, has announced his candidacy for the president of the United States.

The Sioux Indian will run on the Libertian Party ticket. He ran in 1984 on a ticket with Larry Flint, publisher of Hustler Magazine.

"The nation has become one big Indian reservation," said Means at a May 12 press conference. "We do not want more dependence on the federal government. We don't want to be dependent. We want an opportunity to take care of ourselves."

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I was lucky enough to have a front row seat when the Native media honoured their own recently because I was one of the judges. The National Aboriginal Communications Society (NACS) organized the Native media awards. The ceremony, held in Banff, Alberta, was the first of its kind and it was a huge success.

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Well-known Metis actress, Tantoo Martin-Cardinal, will be one of the featured speakers at the first ever World Festival of Aboriginal Motion Pictures, October 8 to 11 here.

The hosts of the conference are the Pincher Creek Film Society, in co-operation with the five Indian tribes in Southern Alberta: the Bloods, Peigan, Stoney, Blackfoot, Sarcees and the Blackfeet tribe in Montana.

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A group of nearly 20 concerned Metis Association of Alberta (MAA) members have collectively asked MAA President Sam Sinclair to take unbiased control of current disputes plaguing the Metis Regional Council Zone 4.

The group, which assembled in MAA's office on June 15, asked Sinclair to take a solid stand and decide whether or not he recognizes and supports the Zone 4 officials ? Vice-President Ben Courtrille and Director Ron LaRocque.

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A move by the Federation of Metis Settlements (FMS) to have the Alberta government transfer Metis Settlement lands in fee simple to the Metis people of Alberta received a minor setback when the Alberta legislature tabled a draft proposal, Resolution 18.

The resolution, cooperatively prepared by the government and the FMS requires an amendment to the Metis Settlement Act and the Alberta Act before it can become law, said Solicitor General Ken Rostad.

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Representatives from the Blue Quills Native Education Centre in St. Paul met with Deputy Prime Minister and local MP Don Mazankowski Saturday to protest funding cuts planned for programs.

Centre president, Joe Dion, and chiefs and Elders of the seven local reserves involved in Blue Quills, met to discuss alternatives to the cuts that would kill the program.

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Guilt or innocence is a legal finding reaching by judges or juries. Leonard Peltier was found guilty of several crimes in U.S. after his extradition from Canada in 1973.

It is not the mandate of Windspeaker to re-try the legal cases.

However, in this analytical story, freelance writer Guiou Taylor portrays Peltier as one in a long line of warriors who, over 500 years, have attempted to defend Indian lands and culture against the European intrusion power.

This is part of Taylor's Windspeaker series "On the Borderline".

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Alberta Native artisans will soon have a crack at big money and recognition. The Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Society (AIACS) has just announced a call for entries for the 1987 Alberta Contemporary Native Crafts Competition.

Entries will be accepted in the following categories; Traditional skills used on modern articles, Ceramics/pottery, Fashions (contemporary, new designs), Home Decorator )Products, and Special Articles.