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Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin has been on the hot seat over the inaccuracy of the department's estimates of Canada's Aboriginal population.

In response to the Statistics Canada analyst's claim the department overestimates the Aboriginal population by 70,000 people, Irwin has promised to tighten controls on calculating numbers.

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Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin has been on the hot seat over the inaccuracy of the department's estimates of Canada's Aboriginal population.

In response to the Statistics Canada analyst's claim the department overestimates the Aboriginal population by 70,000 people, Irwin has promised to tighten controls on calculating numbers.

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Policing requires more brains than brawn

Sports are what drew Const. Dana Donald to a career as a police officer, but helping people is what keeps him motivated and challenged.

"The most rewarding thing is to hear you've done a good job, maybe made things

a little better, maybe shown someone a little direction. If you can help someone without laying charge and going to court - that's rewarding," says Donald, a Metis.

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Policing requires more brains than brawn

Sports are what drew Const. Dana Donald to a career as a police officer, but helping people is what keeps him motivated and challenged.

"The most rewarding thing is to hear you've done a good job, maybe made things

a little better, maybe shown someone a little direction. If you can help someone without laying charge and going to court - that's rewarding," says Donald, a Metis.

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Upon entering the Southern Alberta Art Gallery one is immediately confronted with a plastic container set up by artist Gerald McMaster labelled "deposit here..Cultural Amnesty." The public is requested to participate in the philosophy governing a future installation to be called Cultural Amnesty.

Curator Rosa Ho of the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology says the box is meant for the collection of voluntary contributions of objects related to the issues within and beyond the present exhibition.

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Upon entering the Southern Alberta Art Gallery one is immediately confronted with a plastic container set up by artist Gerald McMaster labelled "deposit here..Cultural Amnesty." The public is requested to participate in the philosophy governing a future installation to be called Cultural Amnesty.

Curator Rosa Ho of the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology says the box is meant for the collection of voluntary contributions of objects related to the issues within and beyond the present exhibition.

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Upon entering the Southern Alberta Art Gallery one is immediately confronted with a plastic container set up by artist Gerald McMaster labelled "deposit here..Cultural Amnesty." The public is requested to participate in the philosophy governing a future installation to be called Cultural Amnesty.

Curator Rosa Ho of the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology says the box is meant for the collection of voluntary contributions of objects related to the issues within and beyond the present exhibition.

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Upon entering the Southern Alberta Art Gallery one is immediately confronted with a plastic container set up by artist Gerald McMaster labelled "deposit here..Cultural Amnesty." The public is requested to participate in the philosophy governing a future installation to be called Cultural Amnesty.

Curator Rosa Ho of the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology says the box is meant for the collection of voluntary contributions of objects related to the issues within and beyond the present exhibition.

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What matters most is that my heart beats. "Ak achumka imma an chu kash," the goodness of my heart. Against the worst intentions of a few, against the odds of many, my heart beats on, marking the passing of the prime of my life in this cell. The life I live is not at all what I thought my life would become. For now, I exist. I live in an altered life which has altered the person I would become...

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What matters most is that my heart beats. "Ak achumka imma an chu kash," the goodness of my heart. Against the worst intentions of a few, against the odds of many, my heart beats on, marking the passing of the prime of my life in this cell. The life I live is not at all what I thought my life would become. For now, I exist. I live in an altered life which has altered the person I would become...