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About 40 people, including several Peigan Elders, gathered at the Maskinonge Wetlands area of Waterton Lakes National Park Aug. 14 to unveil a new display focusing on the area's Native heritage.

The central of the three plaques which make up the exhibit offers a brief text in Blackfoot, as well as English and French.

Acknowledging the long Aboriginal history of the area, Park Superintendent Merv Syroteuk said it was fitting the $30,000 project, done in honor of the park's 100th birthday, should have part of the story told in Blackfoot.

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About 40 people, including several Peigan Elders, gathered at the Maskinonge Wetlands area of Waterton Lakes National Park Aug. 14 to unveil a new display focusing on the area's Native heritage.

The central of the three plaques which make up the exhibit offers a brief text in Blackfoot, as well as English and French.

Acknowledging the long Aboriginal history of the area, Park Superintendent Merv Syroteuk said it was fitting the $30,000 project, done in honor of the park's 100th birthday, should have part of the story told in Blackfoot.

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While B.C. Natives got a head start at catching sockeye salmon last week amid an angry protest from non-Native fishermen, the federal government announced the Aboriginal fishing strategy that allows the Natives first crack at the fish is to be reviewed this fall.

The scene on the Fraser River on the southern fringes of Vancouver was tense as Natives hauled up nets bulging with shiny salmon while they traded angry profanities with about 100 non-Native commercial grillnetters speeding by in boats to try to thwart their catch.

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While B.C. Natives got a head start at catching sockeye salmon last week amid an angry protest from non-Native fishermen, the federal government announced the Aboriginal fishing strategy that allows the Natives first crack at the fish is to be reviewed this fall.

The scene on the Fraser River on the southern fringes of Vancouver was tense as Natives hauled up nets bulging with shiny salmon while they traded angry profanities with about 100 non-Native commercial grillnetters speeding by in boats to try to thwart their catch.

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The dispute initiated by a group of armed Natives holed up on a lakeside in Cariboo country near 100 Mile House, B.C. has been denounced by local bands.

Cariboo Tribal Council administrator Bruce Mack said the rebels are not welcome and should move on.

Local Natives continue to distance themselves from the group, saying there is nothing legitimate about the group's protest and apart from a few exceptions, local Natives are not involved in the confrontation.

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The dispute initiated by a group of armed Natives holed up on a lakeside in Cariboo country near 100 Mile House, B.C. has been denounced by local bands.

Cariboo Tribal Council administrator Bruce Mack said the rebels are not welcome and should move on.

Local Natives continue to distance themselves from the group, saying there is nothing legitimate about the group's protest and apart from a few exceptions, local Natives are not involved in the confrontation.

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Little Bryce Herda was on an outing with his family on ShiShi Beach, southwest of the Makah Indian Reservation, when he disappeared the early evening of April 9, 1995.

People began searching for the six-year-old within 45 minutes of his disappearance, but no trace has been found of him, even though some 30 searchers, including Coast Guard helicopters, were combing the area he was last seen within three hours of his disappearance.

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Little Bryce Herda was on an outing with his family on ShiShi Beach, southwest of the Makah Indian Reservation, when he disappeared the early evening of April 9, 1995.

People began searching for the six-year-old within 45 minutes of his disappearance, but no trace has been found of him, even though some 30 searchers, including Coast Guard helicopters, were combing the area he was last seen within three hours of his disappearance.

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Northern Quebec Inuit will hold their own referendum on the question of sovereignty to determine the fate of their own territory if the province decides to separate from Canada.

The vote will be held before the Quebec referendum, said Zebedee Nungak, president of Makivik Corporation, the voice of the province's 7,500 Inuit.

Inuit delegates attending a Toronto meeting passed a resolution supporting the referendum and their right to determine to remain an integral part of the Inuit nation in Canada.

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The shooting death of a Quebec provincial police officer during the 1990 confrontation at Oka, Que. was deliberate, concluded coroner Guy Gilbert in a 500-page report released Aug. 17.

Gilbert ruled the AK-47 assault rifle that fired the shot which killed Cpl. Marcel Lemay, July 11, 1990 was held by a Mohawk Warrior whose intention was to kill. The round could in no way have come from the officer's own weapon or from another officer's gun, said Gilbert.