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Calling it the "beginning of the Sweetgrass Revolution", taxation protesters ended their 29-day occupation of the Revenue Canada offices in Toronto on Jan. 13.

The 19 protesters who had remained on the fifth floor of the building claims a victory as they emerged, even though Revenue Minister David Anderson insisted the government will not rescind income tax changes governing Natives who work off-reserve.

"We felt we accomplished our goal to bring people together to fight," said spokesperson Roger Obonsawin.

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Calling it the "beginning of the Sweetgrass Revolution", taxation protesters ended their 29-day occupation of the Revenue Canada offices in Toronto on Jan. 13.

The 19 protesters who had remained on the fifth floor of the building claims a victory as they emerged, even though Revenue Minister David Anderson insisted the government will not rescind income tax changes governing Natives who work off-reserve.

"We felt we accomplished our goal to bring people together to fight," said spokesperson Roger Obonsawin.

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A man found guilty on 12 counts of sex-related offences involving nine Native girls under age 14 was sentenced to five years in prison.

George Zimmerman was married to a dormitory supervisor at the Prince Albert Indian Student Education Centre when the incidents took place between 1976 and 1983.

A jury deliberated for eight-and-a-half hours before finding the 57-year-old Zimmerman guilty in November. The convictions include nine counts of indecent assault, one count of attempted sexual intercourse and two counts of sexual intercourse.

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A man found guilty on 12 counts of sex-related offences involving nine Native girls under age 14 was sentenced to five years in prison.

George Zimmerman was married to a dormitory supervisor at the Prince Albert Indian Student Education Centre when the incidents took place between 1976 and 1983.

A jury deliberated for eight-and-a-half hours before finding the 57-year-old Zimmerman guilty in November. The convictions include nine counts of indecent assault, one count of attempted sexual intercourse and two counts of sexual intercourse.

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The only results some land claim negotiations in Ontario produce are more negotiations, charges a report by the Indian Commission of Ontario.

And Aboriginal governments are just as involved in wasting millions of public dollars in the process as are provincial and federal governments, said the report.

The 108-page document blasts officials for spending millions of dollars on lengthy negotiations that "have not yielded any significant results" in Ontario, besides an agreement on Native policing."

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The only results some land claim negotiations in Ontario produce are more negotiations, charges a report by the Indian Commission of Ontario.

And Aboriginal governments are just as involved in wasting millions of public dollars in the process as are provincial and federal governments, said the report.

The 108-page document blasts officials for spending millions of dollars on lengthy negotiations that "have not yielded any significant results" in Ontario, besides an agreement on Native policing."

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Northern Quebec is becoming a big new flashpoint in the debate over forestry in this country.

With the Great Whale hydroelectric project on ice for the moment, the Crees of James Bay are focusing renewed attention on what they see as an immediate threat to their way of life - indiscriminate clear-cutting that is permitted under the province's notoriously lax rules for logging companies.

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Northern Quebec is becoming a big new flashpoint in the debate over forestry in this country.

With the Great Whale hydroelectric project on ice for the moment, the Crees of James Bay are focusing renewed attention on what they see as an immediate threat to their way of life - indiscriminate clear-cutting that is permitted under the province's notoriously lax rules for logging companies.

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The apparent suicides of 39 young people in the last 18 months has employees at the Mission Indian Friendship Centre pressing the government help to set up a healing centre.

But a major stumbling block is the difference between what officials consider a suicide and what the friendship centre calls a suicide, said Raymond Young, the centre's executive director.

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The apparent suicides of 39 young people in the last 18 months has employees at the Mission Indian Friendship Centre pressing the government help to set up a healing centre.

But a major stumbling block is the difference between what officials consider a suicide and what the friendship centre calls a suicide, said Raymond Young, the centre's executive director.