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A human rights tribunal investigating a complaint of discrimination against the Canadian Armed Forces by an Aboriginal soldier will resume May 24.

The Human Rights Commission will hear final arguments on charges the Canadian Army is insensitive to the culture and values of First Nations persons and has discriminated against the Natives in its ranks.

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The trend toward Native self-government has taken another step, this time in the church. A group of Aboriginal Anglicans has agreed to work toward the creation of "a new, self-determining community, within the Anglican Church of Canada."

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Times are tough in the Arctic. The military bugged out, the oil and gas business dried up, so the Inuvialuit Development Corporation came to realize the only way to survive was to dramatically change the way it did business.

The year 1993 was a good one for the corporation, the Inuvialuit management company which attempts to fulfil the business goals set out in the Inuvialuit final land claim agreement.

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Former leader accused of being police informant

The American Indian Movement is not what it once was.

The feisty organization of Native Americans who took up arms at Wounded

Knee is now caught up in internal strife and charges that one of its former leaders, Vernon Bellecourt, is a police informer.

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Dreamspeakers Festival director Loro Carmen said Edmonton council's vote to not increase the festival's funds leaves her little choice but to lobby against specific aldermen in next year's civil election.

"We'll certainly be working on council and I have personally made a commitment to unseat some council members," Carmen said.

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The case was an interesting one said the judge. But then he found the two treaty Indians on trial guilty of selling tax-free U.S. cigarettes and the May 6 court proceeding became a little frightening as well.

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The time has come for all the Crees of North America to join and work together as confederates, said Opaskwayak Cree Nation general manager, Jim Smith, on announcing a conference to the end.

Smith is hoping The Gathering, planned for July 18 to 24 and hosted in Opaskwayak, will set the stage for the development of a Cree Confederacy. This confederacy will be instrumental in advancing the assortment of causes of Cree people in North America, he said.

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Aboriginals in Quebec should have no fear of being stranded by the federal government if the province decides to separate, said Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin.

Native people - with their territory - have the option to remain a part of Canada if they don't want to be included as part of an independent Quebec, he said.

Irwin made the remarks in Quebec City, May 18 at a meeting of federal, provincial and territorial ministers and Aboriginal leaders gathered to discuss the implementation of self-government.

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Ovide Mercredi, Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations has gone on record as being clearly opposed to any self-government plans on a national-provincial basis.

Without constitutional protection there will be no guarantee any deals on self-government will stand up in court, he warned.

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Organizers for a conference on impaired driving were disappointed at the lack of Native representation.

The conference organized for Alberta students by People Against Impaired Driving and Research and Education on Impaired Driving was held April 21 to 24, in Edmonton. Drawing on previous attendance, the conference, called Accept the Challenge IV, included several session focussing on Native issues.