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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.

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He didn't do it to receive recognition. But on June 12, at a reception to honor the Indigenous Law Program's first graduating class, Ray Yellowknee was presented with the Aboriginal Justice Award.

The award, established by the Indigenous law program as well as the law faculty, was created in honor of the graduating class. Yellowknee was awarded it for all the effort he has put in at working for change at the grass roots level.

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He didn't do it to receive recognition. But on June 12, at a reception to honor the Indigenous Law Program's first graduating class, Ray Yellowknee was presented with the Aboriginal Justice Award.

The award, established by the Indigenous law program as well as the law faculty, was created in honor of the graduating class. Yellowknee was awarded it for all the effort he has put in at working for change at the grass roots level.

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Welcome to Windspeaker's newest feature Coach's Corner. Once a month we will run tips for and by coaches of a variety of sports. Many of the tips are applicable in any field, inside or out, while some will be targeted to a specific sport.

Our first feature is on getting kids to play a sport - any sport - with all the gusto they are capable of.

Motivating by setting goals.

- Why are some children motivated and others not?

- What approach should be used to motivate athletes to be the best they can be?

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Welcome to Windspeaker's newest feature Coach's Corner. Once a month we will run tips for and by coaches of a variety of sports. Many of the tips are applicable in any field, inside or out, while some will be targeted to a specific sport.

Our first feature is on getting kids to play a sport - any sport - with all the gusto they are capable of.

Motivating by setting goals.

- Why are some children motivated and others not?

- What approach should be used to motivate athletes to be the best they can be?

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The sound of a drum throbs like a heartbeat through the cold walls of the Saskatchewan Penitentiary.

And as the voices of 10 inmates are raised in song, their message is carried to youth on the outside - keep straight, stay on the right path. But how is the message of the Broken Wing Singers carried outside these stone walls?

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The sound of a drum throbs like a heartbeat through the cold walls of the Saskatchewan Penitentiary.

And as the voices of 10 inmates are raised in song, their message is carried to youth on the outside - keep straight, stay on the right path. But how is the message of the Broken Wing Singers carried outside these stone walls?

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Many of the methods currently used to discipline and control the behaviour of disruptive students may prove ineffective when dealing with Native students, say experts.

Rather than curbing the offending behaviour, expulsions and suspensions may inadvertently reward students with time away from a school environment that often seems both unaware of and indifferent to Native culture.

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Many of the methods currently used to discipline and control the behaviour of disruptive students may prove ineffective when dealing with Native students, say experts.

Rather than curbing the offending behaviour, expulsions and suspensions may inadvertently reward students with time away from a school environment that often seems both unaware of and indifferent to Native culture.

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The Sechelt Indian Band is taking both the province of British Columbia and the federal government to court over a continuing land claim struggle.

Chief Garry Feschuk confirmed the court action June 7 after the band filed a writ of summons against both levels of government in B.C. Supreme Court at the beginning of June.

Feschuk said the band is taking the court action to prove a point.

"It proves the only way to get anything from (the governments) is through litigation," Feschuk said.