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It was a long, hard haul. Some students believed that they shouldn't have been there, that they hadn't earned the right to attend law school.

But their determination proved otherwise - to themselves and others. And the first graduating class of the University of Alberta's Indigenous Law Program gathered June 12 to congratulate each other on completing this sometimes overwhelming task.

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Some Mi'kmaq law graduates from Dalhousie University in Halifax say they want to become lawyers. But they can't find articling positions.

After law school, graduates must article - do a work placement that teaches legal skills - at a law firm for 12 months. Once they've finished articling and are called to the bar they can work as lawyers.

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Some Mi'kmaq law graduates from Dalhousie University in Halifax say they want to become lawyers. But they can't find articling positions.

After law school, graduates must article - do a work placement that teaches legal skills - at a law firm for 12 months. Once they've finished articling and are called to the bar they can work as lawyers.

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Graduating ceremonies for students from an Alberta Native studies program was truly a shared experience during which eagle feathers and sweetgrass braids were presented and memories made.

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Graduating ceremonies for students from an Alberta Native studies program was truly a shared experience during which eagle feathers and sweetgrass braids were presented and memories made.

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Shuswap Native Percy Casper accepted his Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University wearing traditional warrior garb. He says he's got the best of both worlds now.

Casper joined 14 other graduates to celebrate with family, friends and dignitaries the first convocation of the Secwepeme Cultural Education Society and Simon Fraser University partnership program. The event marked the culmination of an innovative effort linking the two education facilities, enabling Shuswap students to obtain university degrees without having to leave their homes.

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Shuswap Native Percy Casper accepted his Bachelor of Arts degree from Simon Fraser University wearing traditional warrior garb. He says he's got the best of both worlds now.

Casper joined 14 other graduates to celebrate with family, friends and dignitaries the first convocation of the Secwepeme Cultural Education Society and Simon Fraser University partnership program. The event marked the culmination of an innovative effort linking the two education facilities, enabling Shuswap students to obtain university degrees without having to leave their homes.

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There is no Cree word for "lawyer."

But the fate of the Beaver Lake First Nation band members lies in the hands of legal advisers and the courts.

Since the reserve's band elections four months ago, Beaver Lake First Nation has been turned upside down. The outcome of the February 8 election was a new chief and council, replacing chief Al Lameman, who had been in office for 19 years.

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There is no Cree word for "lawyer."

But the fate of the Beaver Lake First Nation band members lies in the hands of legal advisers and the courts.

Since the reserve's band elections four months ago, Beaver Lake First Nation has been turned upside down. The outcome of the February 8 election was a new chief and council, replacing chief Al Lameman, who had been in office for 19 years.

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Aboriginal AIDS prevention programs are suffering funding cuts just as the communities they target have been judged at highest risk in the nation for epidemics of the deadly disease.

A spokesperson for the Feather of Hope Aboriginal AIDS Prevention Society in Edmonton charges federal budget cuts with curtailing prevention programs among Aboriginal communities in Alberta. The Edmonton-based program was turned down for $40,000 of funding by Health Canada through the AIDS community Action Program, said Ken Ward.