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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.

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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.

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Remember the good old days when the media's perception of Native people leaned towards a rather tragic or noble image, one of an alcoholic, land claim protester who could ride a horse bareback while smudging an abandoned car on their front lawn with sweetgrass?

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While seeking a master's degree in social work, I became glaringly aware of the invisibility of Aboriginal women in society generally, but in research, specifically. I am also aware of the complexity of issues faced by urban Aboriginal people, many of which are far from being adequately addressed.

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While seeking a master's degree in social work, I became glaringly aware of the invisibility of Aboriginal women in society generally, but in research, specifically. I am also aware of the complexity of issues faced by urban Aboriginal people, many of which are far from being adequately addressed.

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Editorial

We're expecting that the big brains in Indian Country will soon be wrestling with the question of whether the certainty model employed in the Northwest Territories in the Tlicho (Dogrib) self-government agreement is really extinguishment in disguise. A rose by any other name still smells, wrote Shakespeare, and many surrounding this agreement already think that is the case here.

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Editorial

We're expecting that the big brains in Indian Country will soon be wrestling with the question of whether the certainty model employed in the Northwest Territories in the Tlicho (Dogrib) self-government agreement is really extinguishment in disguise. A rose by any other name still smells, wrote Shakespeare, and many surrounding this agreement already think that is the case here.

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Minister Robert Nault encourages lively debate on proposed legislation

Robert Nault, federal minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, says he's far from finished introducing legislation that will affect First Nations people.

The minister sat down for a one-on-one with Windspeaker in Calgary on Sept. 19 and provided a few clues about what's on his agenda for the next several months, including a re-work of the Indian Oil and Gas Act, a proposed Indian Monies act that will turn over trust accounts to First Nations, and a review of membership regulations.

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On the day Ontario Provincial Police Acting Sgt. Kenneth Deane was scheduled to appear before the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services (Sept. 23), he announced his resignation from the police service.

He had been ordered by an OPP adjudicator to quit his job or be fired after being convicted of criminal negligence in the death of Dudley George.

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On the day Ontario Provincial Police Acting Sgt. Kenneth Deane was scheduled to appear before the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services (Sept. 23), he announced his resignation from the police service.

He had been ordered by an OPP adjudicator to quit his job or be fired after being convicted of criminal negligence in the death of Dudley George.