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Canada's Aboriginal population may be on the rise, but you wouldn't be able to tell that by turning on your television set.

Silent on the Set, a recent study prepared by Simon Fraser University's School of Communications, took a look at the prime time programming on the major networks during the 2001-2002 television season. The study found that there are almost no Aboriginal characters appearing in prime time dramatic programming on Canada's major networks.

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Canada's Aboriginal population may be on the rise, but you wouldn't be able to tell that by turning on your television set.

Silent on the Set, a recent study prepared by Simon Fraser University's School of Communications, took a look at the prime time programming on the major networks during the 2001-2002 television season. The study found that there are almost no Aboriginal characters appearing in prime time dramatic programming on Canada's major networks.

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Members of the Osoyoos Indian Band had reason to celebrate on Sept. 13, as the band's two latest business ventures officially opened their doors.

The Nk'Mip Desert and Heritage Interpretive Centre and the Nk'Mip Cellars Winery are both owned and operated by the Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation.

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Members of the Osoyoos Indian Band had reason to celebrate on Sept. 13, as the band's two latest business ventures officially opened their doors.

The Nk'Mip Desert and Heritage Interpretive Centre and the Nk'Mip Cellars Winery are both owned and operated by the Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation.

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Alberta places little value on time before settlers

Residents of Alberta's capital city celebrate Klondike Days every summer, fondly remembering the early days of the city's history by dressing in frontier-era costumes for a wide variety of events.

But the earlier history of the region, the time before widespread European colonization, appears to be seen as unimportant.

That's the charge raised by two Aboriginal activists who have been working to prevent the desecration of Metis and Native cemeteries dating back to the mid to late 18th century.

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Alberta places little value on time before settlers

Residents of Alberta's capital city celebrate Klondike Days every summer, fondly remembering the early days of the city's history by dressing in frontier-era costumes for a wide variety of events.

But the earlier history of the region, the time before widespread European colonization, appears to be seen as unimportant.

That's the charge raised by two Aboriginal activists who have been working to prevent the desecration of Metis and Native cemeteries dating back to the mid to late 18th century.

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Gale A. Norton, department of the Interior secretary, and Neal McCaleb, assistant secretary for Indian affairs, were ruled to be in contempt of court by a federal court judge on Sept. 17.

U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth is presiding over the Cobell case, a demand for an accounting of Indian monies held in trust. Saying Norton and McCaleb had committed fraud on the court in four different ways, the judge also held them in contempt for failing to observe a 1999 court order to begin major reforms of the trust.

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Gale A. Norton, department of the Interior secretary, and Neal McCaleb, assistant secretary for Indian affairs, were ruled to be in contempt of court by a federal court judge on Sept. 17.

U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth is presiding over the Cobell case, a demand for an accounting of Indian monies held in trust. Saying Norton and McCaleb had committed fraud on the court in four different ways, the judge also held them in contempt for failing to observe a 1999 court order to begin major reforms of the trust.

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DIAND blacks out critical information in expert witness payment

Documents obtained through an access to information request reveal that an academic retained by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND) has been paid more than $321,000 for a contract that began July 10, 1999 and will end Oct. 31.

That would work out to an average of $8,025 per month for the 40 month's work, or approximately $2,000 a week, if the academic put in a full work week every week of the contract.

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Dear Editor:

I am not an elected representative of any organization, reservation or religious denomination. This letter represents no financial, political or spiritual gain. It is an attempt to be heard and my words come from my heart. My voice, from the love I feel for my people.

Once again, the government has decreed another act of war on the original inhabitants of this land. This time, like the young brothers they are, they mock and challenge all First Nations at once.