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The setting couldn't have been any better. With the heavy rains from early summer a distant memory, the 1994 Saskatchewan Indian Summer Games opened under clear skies, intense heat and more than 800 enthusiastic athletes from across the province.

"These games are a very important part of our history," said Federation of Saskatchewan Indians vice-chief Eugene Arcand at the opening ceremonies here on July 25. "They were originally put together to promote alternative lifestyles and 20 years later they are still doing that."

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The setting couldn't have been any better. With the heavy rains from early summer a distant memory, the 1994 Saskatchewan Indian Summer Games opened under clear skies, intense heat and more than 800 enthusiastic athletes from across the province.

"These games are a very important part of our history," said Federation of Saskatchewan Indians vice-chief Eugene Arcand at the opening ceremonies here on July 25. "They were originally put together to promote alternative lifestyles and 20 years later they are still doing that."

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The baseball players chanted a victory song as they lined up for their group picture after capturing the 1994 All-Native Canadian Fastball Championship.

"Is the dream still alive? Is the dream still alive?"

No doubt about it. The Dream Team from British Columbia won the title with a mix of veterans from the B.C. Arrows - which captured six Canadian all-Native titles in the past two decades - some fresh blood and the best pitcher in the world.

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The baseball players chanted a victory song as they lined up for their group picture after capturing the 1994 All-Native Canadian Fastball Championship.

"Is the dream still alive? Is the dream still alive?"

No doubt about it. The Dream Team from British Columbia won the title with a mix of veterans from the B.C. Arrows - which captured six Canadian all-Native titles in the past two decades - some fresh blood and the best pitcher in the world.

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The casualties in this northern community are mounting, as the people of Pikangikum battle a continuing wave of suicides without the powerful weapon of Native spirituality.

"None of that exists in this community,' said an exhausted Chief Gordon Peters. "The majority of people and Elders are hard-core Christians. I would like to see very much the traditional teaching and spirituality that was taught to our fathers by their fathers taught to our children."

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The casualties in this northern community are mounting, as the people of Pikangikum battle a continuing wave of suicides without the powerful weapon of Native spirituality.

"None of that exists in this community,' said an exhausted Chief Gordon Peters. "The majority of people and Elders are hard-core Christians. I would like to see very much the traditional teaching and spirituality that was taught to our fathers by their fathers taught to our children."

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A set of 500-year-old stone drawings outside Halifax, Nova Scotia Micmacs say should be a treasured piece of Aboriginal history will have to wait at least a few months longer to gain recognition as a national historic site.

At their meeting in June, the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board decided that although the drawings, called petroglyphs, were "of obvious importance to the Mi'Kmaq people," the board needed "more contextual information" before deciding to protect the area and develop it as an historical resource.

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A set of 500-year-old stone drawings outside Halifax, Nova Scotia Micmacs say should be a treasured piece of Aboriginal history will have to wait at least a few months longer to gain recognition as a national historic site.

At their meeting in June, the National Historic Sites and Monuments Board decided that although the drawings, called petroglyphs, were "of obvious importance to the Mi'Kmaq people," the board needed "more contextual information" before deciding to protect the area and develop it as an historical resource.

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Legal action mounted by the Sechelt Indian Band against the provincial and federal government has been postponed in light of the band's recent acceptance under the B.C. Treaty Commission to have its land claims heard.

In a meeting Aug. 9, Sechelt Chief Garry Feschuk said the band had withdrawn a writ of summons, filed against both levels of government in June, after agreeing to negotiate its claims under the provincial treaty commission.

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Legal action mounted by the Sechelt Indian Band against the provincial and federal government has been postponed in light of the band's recent acceptance under the B.C. Treaty Commission to have its land claims heard.

In a meeting Aug. 9, Sechelt Chief Garry Feschuk said the band had withdrawn a writ of summons, filed against both levels of government in June, after agreeing to negotiate its claims under the provincial treaty commission.