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After being three-points behind at half time, North Dakota roared back to win the gold medal in junior ladies basketball at the North American Indigenous Games. The final score, 43-31, showed the mastery of the Dakota club over the home team.

"We kind of came out a little slow, but we started to take it to them on defence," said Carla Brunsell, of New Town, N.D. "We got the ball inside, drew fouls. But I knew we could beat them because we beat them before."

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Kelly Bull was one of the moving forces behind the development of the Indigenous Games. In the past five years since 1990, there's been huge growth. This year, more than 8,100 competitors met at Blaine, Minn., for a week of competition and camaraderie.

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Kelly Bull was one of the moving forces behind the development of the Indigenous Games. In the past five years since 1990, there's been huge growth. This year, more than 8,100 competitors met at Blaine, Minn., for a week of competition and camaraderie.

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He was the underdog when he entered the ring. He wasn't the champion when he left it. But Joe "The Boss" Hipp, a member of the Blackfeet First Nation from Browning, Montana, via Seattle, Washington, earned the respect of everyone who saw his performance in a scheduled 12-round World Boxing Association heavyweight championship bout at the MGM Grand on Aug 19. Ranked number four in the first Native American ever to fight for the WBA heavyweight title.

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He was the underdog when he entered the ring. He wasn't the champion when he left it. But Joe "The Boss" Hipp, a member of the Blackfeet First Nation from Browning, Montana, via Seattle, Washington, earned the respect of everyone who saw his performance in a scheduled 12-round World Boxing Association heavyweight championship bout at the MGM Grand on Aug 19. Ranked number four in the first Native American ever to fight for the WBA heavyweight title.

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In sports where championships are usually decided by inches and centimetres, Jonathan Kurszewski sets his competitors on their ears. At the North American Indigenous Games earlier this month, the 17-year-old Metis track and field athlete from Fort Smith, N.W.T., won by feet and metres in the shot put, discus and javelin throws.

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In sports where championships are usually decided by inches and centimetres, Jonathan Kurszewski sets his competitors on their ears. At the North American Indigenous Games earlier this month, the 17-year-old Metis track and field athlete from Fort Smith, N.W.T., won by feet and metres in the shot put, discus and javelin throws.

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More than 8,100 Native athletes from some 40 states and provinces converged on Blaine, Minn., early this month. The suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 20 minutes north of the Twin Cities, is home of the National Sports Centre. Some competitors found themselves competing at venues as far as 60 km from the main venue, and accommodations were widespread, as well.

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More than 8,100 Native athletes from some 40 states and provinces converged on Blaine, Minn., early this month. The suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 20 minutes north of the Twin Cities, is home of the National Sports Centre. Some competitors found themselves competing at venues as far as 60 km from the main venue, and accommodations were widespread, as well.

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Ottawa has agreed to meet with the Nisga'a Tribal Council on Sept. 12 to restart historic land-claim talks that broke down in July.

The Nisga'a in June were close to becoming the first B.C. First Nation in more that a century to settle a treaty, which would have set a precedent for dozens of other outstanding claims.

But the July deadline came and went and negotiations between the province and the federal government that had reached agreement on most elements of a final offer broke down July 15 over cost-sharing arrangements.