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CALGARY - The Calgary Winter Olympics board will soon be appointing a Native board member who will have full voting power, will participate in organizing Olympic events, and will ensure Native participation will be more than just "feathers and beads" said the OCO '88 (Olympiques Calgary Olympics) volunteer chairman of the Native Peoples Committee.

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Self-government for the Sechelt Indian Band of British Columbia has become law October 9.

The Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act establishes the Band as a legal entity. The Act provides for the transfer of title of bands lands to the community and for

a band constitution.

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In some ways, the battle between the Department of Indian Affairs and Manitoba Indian bands is a phony war. The fighting has been fierce and dirty, it's true. What's more, things are soon going to get even worse when several new investigations and a court case begin to unfold. The public skirmishes, however camouflage the real dispute - not to mention the necessary solution.

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REGINA - The end of October will see the beginning of a new annual trend at the Saskatchewsan Indian Federated College (SIFC).

On October 29 and 30, the college will be holding its first annual conference at the Regina Inn. Organizers of the SIFC conference '86 say they're trying to gather Indian education policy makers and personnel in a general assembly "to present and discuss the college's mandate, programs and alternatives."

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The present status of the Edmonton Public School Board's (EPSB) Sacred Circle group finds them out on a limb in search of answers and solutions to their exclusion from direct participation in the school board's Native education policies and programs.

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HULL, QUEBEC - Consultation on, access to and distribution of Native programming are the prime concerns of Native broadcasters appearing before hearings on the renewal of the CBC licence to broadcast.

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Official opening ceremonies for the newly established Settlement Investment Corporation launched its commencement of business on Monday, October 27 in Edmonton.

The new corporation is funded by the Native Economic Development Program (NEDP) and is wholly owned by its parent company, Settlement Sooniyaw Corporation. Settlement Sooniyaw Corporation is responsible for the economic development and training for the eight Metis settlements in Alberta..

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Ahneen there and hello. Say, do you wake up every morning to gaze lovingly

at your very own treaty status card? Do you keep a poster-size picture of the current minister of Indian Affairs in your bathroom so when you have a few minutes for a good think you can remember to be grateful and everything? Do you pass non-Natives on the street and smile at them knowing they share with you what they like to call 'special status,' too? Nah, me neither?

EDITORIAL

We need winners!

We need them alright, but it seems in Indian Country , whenever we find one we ourselves drag the winner down. Notice all the we's?

I don't know what it is, but it seems that we can't stand to see one of our own climb up the ladder to success or even to shine a little while volunteering his or her services to a sport, function or business.