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The most successful edition of the Canadian Finals Rodeo ever held at the Northlands Coliseum in Edmonton may also be the last. The lack of NHL hockey and the continuing baseball strike left a sports void which the rodeo was able to fill. CFR garnered more media attention than ever before. And attendance in the building was up by 7,947 over six rounds, in spite of a lower capacity due to renovations. But it is those very renovations, and the change in building management, which has cowboys, fans and administrators alike worried.

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Protesters continued to blockade the band school and administration offices on the Long Lake Cree Reserve, ignoring an injunction issued to end the blockade.

Six councillors - John Gladue, John Herman Kehewin, Marc Gadwa, James Dion, George Dion and Glen Youngchief - are opposing Chief Gordon Gadwa and two councillors loyal to him.

The councillors, along with about 150 supporters, say they don't recognize Gadwa's re-election in early November. They refused to vote or mount a campaign because the election wasn't conducted in the traditional way.

This is the final part of the three-part series looking at taxation as a means of creating a revenue base for self-government. In the last installment in the Oct. 10, 1994 issue, we looked at how the 36 B.C. First Nations currently using taxation went about implementing their strategies.

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It was the showdown that never happened. The case of the missing confrontation. Though it seemed, at least to me, like the media was building it up to be something potentially and politically volatile, I must confess it died with a whimper, not a bang.

I am, of course, talking about my appearance at Toronto's International Festival of Authors, with the most notable of alleged Aboriginal cultural appropriators, W.P. Kinsella.

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Remembrance Day is a day of pain and confusion for many veterans but especially so for many of the Native Canadians who fought in the World Wars.

The First World War saw a minimum of 4,000 Native veterans fighting with the allies and during the Second World War there were more than 3,000 Native veterans.

For the men and women who saw duty, it was an experience that they will remember all of their lives.

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Windspeaker is honored to present the following Cheers and Jeers to the people and organizations who have made either outstanding contributions to Native-Business relations these past few weeks or have shown absolute and utter disdain for the efforts of Native groups in the protection of their people, past and present.

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The skeletal remains of three young Native women have been found 16 kilometres south of Saskatoon, near the South Saskatchewan River.

Eva Taysup, 30, a former resident of Rose Valley, Sask., has been identified through a tip and by dental charts, said Corp. Jerry Wilde of the Saskatoon RCMP.

Wile said the women have been missing between one-and-a-half and three years. Ernie Walker, an anthropologist with the University of Saskatchewan, has been able to determine ancestry, approximate age and heights of the victims.

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The expansion of a British Columbia ski hill masks plans for a huge real estate development which could irrevocably damage the region's watershed, charge members of the Penticton Indian Band.

On Nov. 2 the band set up check points along access roads transecting their reserve to stop construction supply traffic from reaching the hill after becoming frustrated with both the provincial government's and Apex Alpine's response. The Upper and Lower Similkameen Indian bands also lent their support.

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Remembrance Day comes each Nov. 11 for Aboriginal veterans of the First and Second Wars and the Korean War, just like it comes for their comrades in arms. But for First Nations and Metis men who fought for Canada, the fighting didn't end with their tour of duty overseas. Today they are finally closing in on their goals: recompense for decades of second-class veteranship.

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Beleaguered tribal police may be getting much-needed support from provincial RCMP following a series of meetings between Davis Inlet leaders and Department of Justice officials.

"The meetings have turned out all right, (The RCMP) have quite agreed to have police in place in the community," said George Rich about the initial discussions.

Currently, the closest RCMP are stationed 80 kilometres away, at Hopedale, a four-hour snowmobile ride during the winter.

Tribal police are handicapped when attempting to be a presence in the community, said Rich.