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A decision by the Kamloops Indian Band to allow the Crown to offer 99-year leases on portions of its reserve lands will lead to the largest multi-use development of Canadian Native lands by private interests.

The announcement was made by Manny Jules, chief of the Kamloops Indian Band.

The chief was joined at a news conference in Vancouver by Clifford Branchflower, mayor of Kamloops, and the principals of two development companies, Wilder Ventures Ltd. of Vancouver and Sun Rivers Development Corp. of Kelowna, B.C.

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A decision by the Kamloops Indian Band to allow the Crown to offer 99-year leases on portions of its reserve lands will lead to the largest multi-use development of Canadian Native lands by private interests.

The announcement was made by Manny Jules, chief of the Kamloops Indian Band.

The chief was joined at a news conference in Vancouver by Clifford Branchflower, mayor of Kamloops, and the principals of two development companies, Wilder Ventures Ltd. of Vancouver and Sun Rivers Development Corp. of Kelowna, B.C.

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Some 35 runners will participate in the 1996 Sacred Run, being billed as "The Longest Run III". Led by Native Americans, this multicultural, international cross-country run will include runners from Australia, Canada, France, Germany and Japan, as well as the host United States. The 4,200 km run will take 105 days and is scheduled to finish at the site of the 1996 summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga.

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Some 35 runners will participate in the 1996 Sacred Run, being billed as "The Longest Run III". Led by Native Americans, this multicultural, international cross-country run will include runners from Australia, Canada, France, Germany and Japan, as well as the host United States. The 4,200 km run will take 105 days and is scheduled to finish at the site of the 1996 summer Olympic Games in Atlanta, Ga.

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In this year's Maple Leaf Junior Curling Championships in Edmonton, Jamie and Kerry Koe entered the history books. The Northwest Territories junior champs became the first twin brother and sister skips, respectively, at the same national championship.

However, it's not the first time at the nationals for either of the two Gwich'in athletes from Yellowknife. The 1996 edition is Kerry's fourth trip, which ties her for the record for appearances, and Jamie's third (his second as skip). This year marks Kerry's championship debut as a skip.

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In this year's Maple Leaf Junior Curling Championships in Edmonton, Jamie and Kerry Koe entered the history books. The Northwest Territories junior champs became the first twin brother and sister skips, respectively, at the same national championship.

However, it's not the first time at the nationals for either of the two Gwich'in athletes from Yellowknife. The 1996 edition is Kerry's fourth trip, which ties her for the record for appearances, and Jamie's third (his second as skip). This year marks Kerry's championship debut as a skip.

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Jim Thorpe's family would have the circle closed where he was born and grew up: in the blackjack woods, between the Moccasin Highway and Oklahoma's North Canadian River.

Meanwhile, on Pennsylvania Route 903, just outside an old coal-mining town in the Lehigh Valley, a 20-ton, polished, mini van-sized chunk of brown granite graces a small, hillside park. Inscribed on the rock face is the quotation: "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world."

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There were almost 1,000 people crowded into the Panee Memorial Agriplex in Hobbema by 10:00 a.m. last Monday morning in the hopes of landing a job with EuroDisney. Agents for The Walt Disney Company's Paris, France, theme park were in town offering auditions to prospective Indian riders, Buffalo Bills, Annie Oakleys and Sitting Bulls. More than 400 of those in attendance rode around the arena bareback, hoping to have their names added to the waiting list for positions in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.

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There were almost 1,000 people crowded into the Panee Memorial Agriplex in Hobbema by 10:00 a.m. last Monday morning in the hopes of landing a job with EuroDisney. Agents for The Walt Disney Company's Paris, France, theme park were in town offering auditions to prospective Indian riders, Buffalo Bills, Annie Oakleys and Sitting Bulls. More than 400 of those in attendance rode around the arena bareback, hoping to have their names added to the waiting list for positions in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show.

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A study to assess the migration and spawning patterns of the bull trout, as well as sizes and population of the fish in the upper and lower Duncan River system and Kootenay Lake, is half complete.

The Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, along with the BC Environment and B.C. Hydro, began their joint study in the summer of 1995. One of the study's objectives is to discover if the operation of B.C. Hydro's Duncan Dam is having any negative effects on the bull trout.