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Almost half of 1,000 Quebecers responding to a survey had a negative opinion of the province's Natives. One-quarter of the respondents said they view Natives in a very negative light and an additional 23 per cent had a rather negative opinion of them.

The survey counted 21 per cent of the respondents as having a very positive or rather positive view of the Quebec Native population. More than one in four were neutral.

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Indian Affairs has allocated an additional $20 million per year to the Indian and Inuit Post-Secondary Student Support Program.

Total funding for the program amounts to $247 million in 1994-95. The additional funds are intended to create opportunites for more students to attend post-secondary schooling.

The program provides financial assistance to registered Indians, both on and off reserves, and Inuit in the pursuit of post-secondary education. It current assists 22,000 students.

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Indian Affairs has allocated an additional $20 million per year to the Indian and Inuit Post-Secondary Student Support Program.

Total funding for the program amounts to $247 million in 1994-95. The additional funds are intended to create opportunites for more students to attend post-secondary schooling.

The program provides financial assistance to registered Indians, both on and off reserves, and Inuit in the pursuit of post-secondary education. It current assists 22,000 students.

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The Calgary police officer charged with neglect of duty for drinking a soft drink at the scene of a burglary has been acquitted.

The charges were dismissed against Const. Norman Manyfingers by an internal police hearing last week.

It was a waste of time, said Manyfingers, who appeared before the disciplinary hearing on five different occasions for an average of three hours each time. He said he had a number of investigations he could have been working on instead of answering to frivolous charges.

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The Calgary police officer charged with neglect of duty for drinking a soft drink at the scene of a burglary has been acquitted.

The charges were dismissed against Const. Norman Manyfingers by an internal police hearing last week.

It was a waste of time, said Manyfingers, who appeared before the disciplinary hearing on five different occasions for an average of three hours each time. He said he had a number of investigations he could have been working on instead of answering to frivolous charges.

Quota system leaves retailers without stock

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The newly formed Intertribal Retailers Association in British Columbia is calling for the repeal of a provincial tobacco policy its member believe is racist.

The Tobacco Marking Program, designed as a control device to stop the sale of tax-exempt tobacco products to non-exempt users, was deemed racially segregationist by the association. The group has developed a position paper that it says backs up the claim the program is racist, said spokesman Arthur Manuel.

Quota system leaves retailers without stock

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The newly formed Intertribal Retailers Association in British Columbia is calling for the repeal of a provincial tobacco policy its member believe is racist.

The Tobacco Marking Program, designed as a control device to stop the sale of tax-exempt tobacco products to non-exempt users, was deemed racially segregationist by the association. The group has developed a position paper that it says backs up the claim the program is racist, said spokesman Arthur Manuel.

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The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has hit its first stumbling block on the path to self-government.

Section five, which sets ouf the guiding principles in the dismantling of Indian Affairs in the Draft Framework Agreement, needs reworking, the chiefs concluded after a meeting June 15. The process is stalled until August when revisions will be presented to a general assembly.

Concerns were raised by many of the chiefs vthat the wording in the document was not strong enough to protect the treaties, said Bruce Spence, spokesman for the AMC.

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The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has hit its first stumbling block on the path to self-government.

Section five, which sets ouf the guiding principles in the dismantling of Indian Affairs in the Draft Framework Agreement, needs reworking, the chiefs concluded after a meeting June 15. The process is stalled until August when revisions will be presented to a general assembly.

Concerns were raised by many of the chiefs vthat the wording in the document was not strong enough to protect the treaties, said Bruce Spence, spokesman for the AMC.

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Donna Pinay had four kids, a grandchild and a job, but that didn't stop her from attending university and making a success of it.

The 40-year old single mother was one of 99 students who graduated May 26 from the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College.

Pinay and many others overcame hardships and challenges to earn their degrees, diplomas and certificates. Pinay, who is from the Peepeekisis First Nation, started university four years ago. She completed her BA in English, but it wasn't easy.