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With rumors abounding that Canada's Tobacco Demand Reduction Strategy funding will be cut off this spring, social organizations have banded together to head the budget off at the pass. The strategy was introduced in 1992, and was scheduled for sunsetting and review in 1997, but insiders expect it to be axed in the next federal budget, effective March 31.

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With rumors abounding that Canada's Tobacco Demand Reduction Strategy funding will be cut off this spring, social organizations have banded together to head the budget off at the pass. The strategy was introduced in 1992, and was scheduled for sunsetting and review in 1997, but insiders expect it to be axed in the next federal budget, effective March 31.

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Protest marches and peaceful demonstrations against cuts to Native health care may become regular events across the country this year, says Native leader Ovide Mercredi.

The Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations led a march of about 500 people through the heart of Winnipeg in a public demonstration of anger and frustration with the federal health department's unilateral actions to cut Native health care benefits. The march ended at the medical services branch (MSB) where many of the protesters occupied the offices for several hours.

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Protest marches and peaceful demonstrations against cuts to Native health care may become regular events across the country this year, says Native leader Ovide Mercredi.

The Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations led a march of about 500 people through the heart of Winnipeg in a public demonstration of anger and frustration with the federal health department's unilateral actions to cut Native health care benefits. The march ended at the medical services branch (MSB) where many of the protesters occupied the offices for several hours.

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Review

Coming to Light: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America

Edited by Brian Swann

801 pages, $40 (hc)

Random House

Laguna writer Paula Gunn Allen calls traditional Native storytelling a 'literature of vision.' To people of an oral culture, words do not simply represent meaning, they have the power to create, to make things happen. Words can take thoughts and dreams and transform them into reality.

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Review

Coming to Light: Contemporary Translations of the Native Literatures of North America

Edited by Brian Swann

801 pages, $40 (hc)

Random House

Laguna writer Paula Gunn Allen calls traditional Native storytelling a 'literature of vision.' To people of an oral culture, words do not simply represent meaning, they have the power to create, to make things happen. Words can take thoughts and dreams and transform them into reality.

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Review

Julian B: "Once upon a Genocide"

Julian B. Watson

Soar/Warrior.

Julian B. Watson's first ambitious release rejects subtlety and brandishes the album's direction and purpose with the opening message.

"Genocide against Native people is still going on today, all over the world," the segment, taken from a pre-recorded speech, flatly states. With clues like that, the listener immediately understands whose land they're standing on.

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Review

Julian B: "Once upon a Genocide"

Julian B. Watson

Soar/Warrior.

Julian B. Watson's first ambitious release rejects subtlety and brandishes the album's direction and purpose with the opening message.

"Genocide against Native people is still going on today, all over the world," the segment, taken from a pre-recorded speech, flatly states. With clues like that, the listener immediately understands whose land they're standing on.

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It seems Native people are everywhere in the media these days, be it in a political, social, economic or entertainment context.

Linguistic terms often used in relation to Canada' Indigenous people are fast becoming words of everyday use. But sometimes these words have a specific and contextual meaning, above and beyond their accepted use.

To help cut down on potential misuse and misunderstandings, I have put together a small list of contemporary Aboriginal buzz words to help facilitate the proper dialogue. Please use them with care.

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It seems Native people are everywhere in the media these days, be it in a political, social, economic or entertainment context.

Linguistic terms often used in relation to Canada' Indigenous people are fast becoming words of everyday use. But sometimes these words have a specific and contextual meaning, above and beyond their accepted use.

To help cut down on potential misuse and misunderstandings, I have put together a small list of contemporary Aboriginal buzz words to help facilitate the proper dialogue. Please use them with care.