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The Government of Alberta has officially withdrawn from an agreement between Chief Bernard Ominayak of the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation and former Premier Don Getty.

Alberta's withdrawal from the 1988 Grimshaw Accord was announced in Grande Prairie in early October by Mike Cardinal, minister responsible for Aboriginal Affairs.

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Quebec can't keep its present borders if it separates, said First Nations Chiefs meeting in Quebec City in early October.

"Forcible inclusion of our peoples into any new independent state is contrary to international law and we will oppose it," said the Chiefs in a statement entitled, "Reaffirmation of Aboriginal Peoples of Quebec and Labrador's Right to Co-exist in Peace and Friendship."

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Quebec can't keep its present borders if it separates, said First Nations Chiefs meeting in Quebec City in early October.

"Forcible inclusion of our peoples into any new independent state is contrary to international law and we will oppose it," said the Chiefs in a statement entitled, "Reaffirmation of Aboriginal Peoples of Quebec and Labrador's Right to Co-exist in Peace and Friendship."

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Nunavut leaders don't have to play hot potato with Nunavut's seat of government anymore.

After more than a year's worth of hand-wringing, research and plenty of evasion on the part of Nunavut leaders, Ron Irwin, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), threw the potato into the laps of the Nunavut residents last month by deciding to let the issue resolve itself in a vote.

But Irwin's decision, made at a September leader's meeting in Rankin, Inlet. NWT, has some people wondering who's controlling the Nunavut agenda.

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Nunavut leaders don't have to play hot potato with Nunavut's seat of government anymore.

After more than a year's worth of hand-wringing, research and plenty of evasion on the part of Nunavut leaders, Ron Irwin, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (DIAND), threw the potato into the laps of the Nunavut residents last month by deciding to let the issue resolve itself in a vote.

But Irwin's decision, made at a September leader's meeting in Rankin, Inlet. NWT, has some people wondering who's controlling the Nunavut agenda.

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The Williams Treaties no longer exist. And life will resort to what it was like in the pre-1923 era.

Those are the messages seven Chiefs from First Nations groups announced at a news conference in Toronto on Oct. 19. The seven Chiefs, who collectively represent about 7,000 people in Ontario, signed a declaration which stated they were withdrawing from the Williams Treaties.

This pact, originally signed in 1923, spelled out hunting and fishing protocol in an area covering about 20,000 square kilometres in Ontario.

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The Williams Treaties no longer exist. And life will resort to what it was like in the pre-1923 era.

Those are the messages seven Chiefs from First Nations groups announced at a news conference in Toronto on Oct. 19. The seven Chiefs, who collectively represent about 7,000 people in Ontario, signed a declaration which stated they were withdrawing from the Williams Treaties.

This pact, originally signed in 1923, spelled out hunting and fishing protocol in an area covering about 20,000 square kilometres in Ontario.

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Making the transition from abusive situations to independent living will be a little easier now for women and children in the High Prairie area.

The Next Step, a long-term housing project for abused women and their children, was officially opened at the Sucker Creek Emergency Women's Shelter Sept. 15.

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Making the transition from abusive situations to independent living will be a little easier now for women and children in the High Prairie area.

The Next Step, a long-term housing project for abused women and their children, was officially opened at the Sucker Creek Emergency Women's Shelter Sept. 15.

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The fight to reclaim the forests of Ista has instead claimed its first victim. While her husband was locked behind prison walls on a charge of civil contempt of court for attempting to stop logging on King Island (Ista) near Bella Coola, B.C., Amelia Pootlass of the Nuxalmc Nation passed away.

Her death came just one day after she took part in a rally and march Oct 16 to help draw attention to her husband's and community's battle to save the territory of the Nuxalk; a place the Nuxalkmc believe was the spot where the first woman descended.