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It may not have been overwhelming support, but it was enough to give the nod to a $64.3 million settlement agreement between the Piikani First Nation (formerly the Peigan Nation) and the federal and provincial governments.

The settlement puts aside claims that the Piikani Nation may have on water rights, under Aboriginal, treaty or common law, and discontinues current legal action in regard to litigation over rights, entitlements and jurisdiction relating to the "beds, shores and water of the Oldman River as it passes through the Piikani Reserve."

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Aboriginal college, university and high school students who want to do scientific research in Aboriginal communities will be able to receive funding from the National Institute of Aboriginal People's Health in Ottawa.

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Aboriginal college, university and high school students who want to do scientific research in Aboriginal communities will be able to receive funding from the National Institute of Aboriginal People's Health in Ottawa.

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Aboriginal college, university and high school students who want to do scientific research in Aboriginal communities will be able to receive funding from the National Institute of Aboriginal People's Health in Ottawa.

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Aboriginal college, university and high school students who want to do scientific research in Aboriginal communities will be able to receive funding from the National Institute of Aboriginal People's Health in Ottawa.

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The definition of what is a Metis person and the possibility of ballot box elections for the Metis National Council (MNC) were two red-hot topics being discussed at the MNC annual general assembly in Edmonton on Sept. 27 and 28.

Hundreds of Metis people from across the province and from B.C., Saskatchewan and Ontario gathered for the two-day assembly.

According to Gerald Morin, president of the Metis National Council, the definition of who is a Metis has been debated in the community for many years.

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The definition of what is a Metis person and the possibility of ballot box elections for the Metis National Council (MNC) were two red-hot topics being discussed at the MNC annual general assembly in Edmonton on Sept. 27 and 28.

Hundreds of Metis people from across the province and from B.C., Saskatchewan and Ontario gathered for the two-day assembly.

According to Gerald Morin, president of the Metis National Council, the definition of who is a Metis has been debated in the community for many years.

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What started as a distant dream has become a reality for the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA), publishers of Alberta Sweetgrass and owner-operators of CFWE, the Native Perspective, an Aboriginal radio station that can be heard across the province.

Now the CFWE signal can be heard clearer and stronger than ever before in the Bonnyville/St. Paul area and for 200 km around, with the installation of a new 400 ft. tower and 100,000 watt signal at Moose Hills.

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What started as a distant dream has become a reality for the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA), publishers of Alberta Sweetgrass and owner-operators of CFWE, the Native Perspective, an Aboriginal radio station that can be heard across the province.

Now the CFWE signal can be heard clearer and stronger than ever before in the Bonnyville/St. Paul area and for 200 km around, with the installation of a new 400 ft. tower and 100,000 watt signal at Moose Hills.

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Governor General Adrienne Clarkson and her husband John Ralston Saul had a busy itinerary when they visited northwestern Ontario in mid-September and several stops on the agenda touched the First Nations people of the area.