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The wheels of justice grind slowly in Ottawa.

But the presses are running at high speed to print Canadian money.

At least that's the impression one gets by looking at the tab for the Oka crisis, which will end up costing the Canadian and Quebec governments at least $130 million.

Wow!

As NDP Native affairs' critic Bob Skelly observed it's a "clear case of the policy of the Department of Indian Affairs costing Canada millions of dollars more because of their failure to deal in good faith with the Native people of this country."

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A Saskatchewan treaty Indian charged with hunting moose out of season says he will battle the government in court on constitutional grounds.

Harvey Adam, now living in Edmonton, says he is "not guilt," because he's protected by treaty rights entrenched in the Constitution.

"As a treaty Indian I have a sacred right to hunt so I refuse to plead guilty to hunting moose out of season."

He says if he is guilty of anything it would be for trespassing because he was hunting on occupied land near Edson.

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A vice-president of the Indian Association of Alberta says he is not guilty of poaching following a two-year provincial sting operation resulting in charges.

Percy Potts, vice-president for Treaty 6, was charged with poaching Nov. 13 along with eight other people and a numbered Alberta Company.

Potts says he "has never hunted for the purpose of trafficking. This is all news to me."

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The credibility of Native leaders ranks high with Canadians, according to an Angus Reid poll.

When the poll, conducted during the final week of the Oka crisis, asked Canadians who had credibility in dealing with Native issues, Native leaders scored a whopping 70 per cent compared to the federal government's 42 per cent. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney fared the worst - only 21 per cent said he had credibility on Native issues.

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Danny Stonewalker says he is ready for his title fight with World Boxing Organization (WBO) light heavyweight champion Michael Moorer.

And it's a special fight to Stonewalker, since he's the first Albertan and Native Canadian to challenge a world title holder.

"By the way, Poppy will be with me," Stonewalker smiles about his four-year-old daughter who was there when he won a 12-round majority decision over David Fiddler of Edmonton in defence of his light heavyweight crown.

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The Metis nation is alive and well and flourishing, says Metis Nation of Alberta president Larry Desmeules.

"Thanks to the likes of Louis Riel and others like him, we have a bright future," Deseules told a crowd gathered outside the Alberta legislature Nov. 16 to commemorate the 105th anniversary of the hanging of the legendary Metis leader.

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A professor of Native Studies at the University of Lethbridge wants the legal system to become more just and less punitive.

Leroy Little Bear, speaking at a seminar on Native people and the justice system in Edmonton, says it's not enough for lawyers to learn about the culture of Natives. "It's more important to achieve justice."

He says the law is "too scientific in its approach which has caused it to lose the notion of justice."

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Over 1,400 people participated in a sober walk in downtown Edmonton on Monday to commemorate the fourth annual National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW).

About 300 people gathered at Sir Winston Churchill Square for the start of the walk. "But many more joined in along the route or were waiting for us at the legislature," says Trish Merrithew-Mecredi, co-ordinator at St. Albert's Nechi Institute, which organizes the annual celebration of sobriety.

Participation came from every possible sector, says Merrithew-Mercredi.

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A shot fired into the home of Emil Cardinal, former Zone 1 Metis Nation of Alberta vice-presidential candidate, may be linked to his court case against the Metis Nation, says Cardinal's campaign manager.

Russell Whitford said the bullet, shot at Cardinal's Lac la Biche trailer home early Monday evening, may have been "intended to scare Cardinal into dropping his case."

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The Athabasca Native Development Corporation (ANDC) has been awarded a $10-million catering contract by Alberta-Pacific Forest Industries (Al-Pac) for its proposed pulp mill at Athabasca, says the president of ANDC.

Mike Mercredi says the project will "maximize Native employment in the area.

"We're always at the end of the employment statistics so this contract is a big economic opportunity for Natives here. God knows we need the jobs."