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Lawyers representing the Sagkeeng First Nation were not able to convince a Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench adjudicator to throw out huge chunks of a civil lawsuit filed against the band in connection with a failed early years school project.

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The new president of the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association says the government of Canada has intentionally set up First Nation police services for failure.

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A lawyer who represents about 10 per cent of the 700 Indian residential school lawsuits in British Columbia says the federal government has not made the settlement of the lawsuits a priority, but the delays may work in favor of his clients.

Robert Williamson, who maintains law offices in Calgary and Vernon, B.C. told Windspeaker the recent highly-publicized trouble the Catholic church has had in dealing with sexual abuse by priests in the United States has increased the credibility of residential school survivors in the eyes of the general public.

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Questions about the treatment of Aboriginal people were once again front and centre as Canada reported to the 18 appointed experts that oversee the treaty body of the International Convention of the Elimination of all forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on Aug. 5 and 6.

After considering what it had heard, CERD issued its report on Aug. 26. Early in the report, the UN committee chided Canada for not submitting its reports on time.

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Paul Band Elders had warned the government of Alberta and anyone else who would listen that things had been going wrong in Lake Wabamun ever since two coal-fired electrical plants had been constructed on its shores beginning in the 1950s. For the most part, the Elders were ignored.

But now a report from Alberta Environment, triggered by complaints from non-Native fishermen about murky water in the lake, shows the Elders knew what they were talking about.

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The department of Indian Affairs has set Oct. 28 as the date for an election on the Dakota Tipi First Nation in Manitoba.

The nomination meeting is scheduled for Sept. 16.

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While many Canadian veterans took time on Aug. 19 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Dieppe Raid, Canada's surviving Metis veterans had begun the latest battle in their ongoing fight for compensation.

The Metis veterans-some in their 70s, some in their 80s and 90s-are ready to do battle with the federal government in an attempt to win for themselves the compensation they feel they were cheated out of when they returned home from war.

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Eat well, get lots of exercise and determine to make the best of your situation. That's the winning combination for Destiny Whitney, 20, a member of the Tsuu T'ina Nation in Alberta and the volleyball team that took the gold at the North American Indigenous Games held in Winnipeg July 28 to Aug. 4. It also helps if you have the love and support of a terrific family, she said.

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From the opening ceremonies at the North American Indigenous Games in Winnipeg July 25 to the closing ceremonies on Aug. 4, thousands of athletes, volunteers, and spectators shared in the excitement, exuberance and team spirit that dominated throughout the 11-day sporting event.

At any time of day, hundreds of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit youth on Winnipeg streets and at the sporting events were made visible by their colorful tracksuits, representing their traditional territories, cultures and sports.

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I am now 40 years old-14,600 days, 350,400 hours, and counting.