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From the mountains of British Columbia to James Bay in Quebec, Cree people from all over converged on the small community near The Pas, Manitoba, for the Cree Gathering.

Joe Roan, from Pigeon Lake, Alberta, delivered the opening remarks and prayer.

"I hope this is the place to start something that will get the Cree Nation moving as one," Roan said to the crowd of 125 Elders.

The Elders took up the first part of the gathering. They met for three days trying to come up with a direction for the renewed Cree Confederacy.

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The B.C. fisheries Survival Coalition is on the attack again, and this time it's targets four Native bands for criticism.

The coalition accused the Musqueam, Tsawwassen, Burrard and Coquitlam First Nations of greedy consumption of the Early Stuart Sockeye Salmon. Rather than casting an eye to conservation, the bands chose to make a quick buck, said spokesman Phillip Eidsvik.

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The B.C. fisheries Survival Coalition is on the attack again, and this time it's targets four Native bands for criticism.

The coalition accused the Musqueam, Tsawwassen, Burrard and Coquitlam First Nations of greedy consumption of the Early Stuart Sockeye Salmon. Rather than casting an eye to conservation, the bands chose to make a quick buck, said spokesman Phillip Eidsvik.

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The B.C. fisheries Survival Coalition is on the attack again, and this time it's targets four Native bands for criticism.

The coalition accused the Musqueam, Tsawwassen, Burrard and Coquitlam First Nations of greedy consumption of the Early Stuart Sockeye Salmon. Rather than casting an eye to conservation, the bands chose to make a quick buck, said spokesman Phillip Eidsvik.

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The B.C. fisheries Survival Coalition is on the attack again, and this time it's targets four Native bands for criticism.

The coalition accused the Musqueam, Tsawwassen, Burrard and Coquitlam First Nations of greedy consumption of the Early Stuart Sockeye Salmon. Rather than casting an eye to conservation, the bands chose to make a quick buck, said spokesman Phillip Eidsvik.

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First Nations in British Columbia made up 41 per cent of this year's project applications to the Community Salmonid Enhancement and Restoration Fund and got 39 per cent of available funding, said CSERF manager John Willow.

A total of $943,398 was distributed to 29 projects that would strengthen fish species in the Pacific. Of these projects, 10 were awarded to First Nations for a total of $363,398.

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First Nations in British Columbia made up 41 per cent of this year's project applications to the Community Salmonid Enhancement and Restoration Fund and got 39 per cent of available funding, said CSERF manager John Willow.

A total of $943,398 was distributed to 29 projects that would strengthen fish species in the Pacific. Of these projects, 10 were awarded to First Nations for a total of $363,398.

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Self-government in, Assembly of First Nations out: That's the scenario being painted by Phil Fontaine, head of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.

The reason such groups as the AFN, the AMC, and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations exist is because of the constant struggle against governments that refuse to recognize Native rights and refuse to behave honorably when it comes to treaties, said Fontaine.

"If we can implement the inherent right to self-government, then the picture changes in a fundamental way, because then our governments are in place."

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A $60 million Royal Commission report on the relocation of 85 Inuit in the 1950s validates the testimony of the High Arctic exiles, said Rosemarie Kuptana, president of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada.

The report, which recommends the federal government compensate and apologize for the relocation of Inuit from northern Quebec to Ellesmere and Cornwallis Islands, is the most detailed and impartial review of the issue to date, Kuptana said.

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A $60 million Royal Commission report on the relocation of 85 Inuit in the 1950s validates the testimony of the High Arctic exiles, said Rosemarie Kuptana, president of the Inuit Tapirisat of Canada.

The report, which recommends the federal government compensate and apologize for the relocation of Inuit from northern Quebec to Ellesmere and Cornwallis Islands, is the most detailed and impartial review of the issue to date, Kuptana said.