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Counsellors and social workers in this close-knit northern community are bracing themselves for a wave of mourning following the deaths of eight local Inuit hunters in the frigid waters of the Arctic.

Ten men on a walrus hunting expedition plunged into the ocean on the evening of Oct. 30 when their boat capsized in gale-force winds. Two survived, clinging to the wreckage of the boat for three days before being spotted by a federal search party.

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A "small but strong" band of Natives carrying a mixture of messages marched under a sign and with a memory to Parliament Hill in late October. They were throwing down the gauntlet on taxes and rallying the people for self-determination.

Printed material handed out concentrated on Native government issues, including the ruling that Natives must begin paying GST in January, 1995, while speeches urged Natives to unite, to begin healing themselves and to nurture Native values of culture, spirituality and tradition.

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Every day across Canada, children disappear. Many are never again seen alive.

Almost 56,000 kids were listed as missing in 1993 by the RCMP Missing Children's Registry. More than 3,300 were never found.

Law enforcement agencies train officers specifically on how to deal with such situations, and have units which go to schools to talk to and educate kids. But parents often wonder if it's enough. Are the children being taught in a way they can understand? Are they being taught what to do if someone tries to grab them?

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Experts on Native taxation can't agree on the impact of a court ruling affecting tax exemption for status Indians.

But speakers at a recent Vancouver conference on the issue all agreed the 1992 Supreme Court of Canada decision referred to as the Williams case won't be the final word on Native taxes.

"The soap opera has to continue," Douglas Sander, a law professor at the University of British Columbia, told the 100 delegates to the two-day conference this month. "Williams isn't the final act; the soprano hasn't sung yet."

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On a hot August day in 1951, a young boy's act led to the disappearance of a treaty medallion. The medal stayed in the hands of strangers for 43 years, only to return through the actions of a bereaved widow.

The missing medal, a heavy, saucer-sized silver disc, had been presented to Chief Ahtahkakoop on signing Treaty Six in 1876. The medal bears a portrait of the Queen on one side and images of the chief and treaty commissioner on the other.

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A strong continent of veterans, youth and new faces will be representing the Indian Rodeo Cowboy Association at the Indian National Finals Rodeo at Rapid City, SD, Oct. 27-30.

The IRCA Rodeo Finals held here at the Memorial Agriplex during the Thanks-giving week-end, determined the two finalists to go to the INFR after four rounds of competition.

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- Any Metis holding a citizenship card issued by the MNO may participate, but must first get authorization to hunt adult moose, deer or other wildlife. The harvest must then be reported.

- The total harvest in the six regions will be 245 moose and 430 deer.

- Nothing i the agreement precludes MNO members from purchasing a license from MNR for the 1994 fall hunting season.

The MNO advises the following if stopped by MN officials during the hunt:

- Be polite

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An entire community in northern Ontario has been labeled suicidal following the eighth death by suicide among the reserve's youths this year.

Crisis intervention teams were flown out to the remote Pikangikum community in early October after two youths committed suicide in four days. But despite efforts to contain copycat actions, two more youths killed themselves the following week.

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The Metis Nation of Ontario has hired renowned Canadian lawyer Clayton Ruby to defend the rest case for an MNO member charged with hunting under the guidelines of its newly declared Metis Hunt.

Metis are being urged to hunt moose and deer this fall in defiance of Natural Resources Minister Howard Hampton and his department. Hunters are being called to support the endeavors of the MNO to have the Metis right to hunt under section 35 of the Canadian Constitution recognized by the province.

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Respect ALL of the aged but chose your Elders carefully. All of the white-hairs have travelled the Sacred Hoop of Life, but many are none the wiser for the trip.

Something strange happened to me once at a powwow. It was at the Three Fires Confederacy gathering on the ceremonial grounds of the Garden River Fist Nation. I had met and talked with some old friends, shared some corn soup and was beginning to enjoy the gathering, feeling good about the warm sunny day...the powwow...myself...the People....