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Language differences saw trespassing charges dropped against 14 Innu who protested low level flights at Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay.

The provincial court failed to find a translator after searching for someone willing to translate Innu into English. Seven others who failed to appear in court were found guilty of trespassing on Defense Department property and fined $50 each.

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Native inmates at the Edmonton Institution say they're not allowed to practice their religion freely. And they're threatening to go to court unless the prison stops violating sacred bundles during routine security checks at the institution. Prison authorities have promised to be more careful in the future.

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Elijah Harper says a public inquiry should be called to investigate the way the army mishandled the armed standoff at Oka, Quebec. "An objective and independent inquiry must be held to account for the actions of both governments (Quebec and Ottawa), the Quebec provincial police and the Canadian Armed Forces," he told high school students. Harper, credited with killing the Meech Lake accord, says "there have been human rights violations, the use of armed force, and these questions have to be answered."

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The provincial government stopped court proceedings against an Eden Valley Native who shot two elk on a Crown grazing lease. Alberta entered a stay of proceedings against George Alexson who was scheduled to be retired next month - 15 months after his original acquittal - on a 1988 charge of unlawful possession of wildlife. He was charged because he didn't obtain the leaseholder's permission.

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Racism and government bungling has robbed Native people of a chance to get involved in oil sands megaproject, Native leaders recently told a parliamentary hearing.

Native leaders are worried the same thing will happen at the proposed $4.1 billion Oslo project unless conditions and government attitudes are changed.

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It's a busy time at the Canadian Native Friendship Center as staff get ready to host two of the center's major events of the year.

The 28th annual All Native Festival, will be held Oct. 12 at the Saxony Motor Inn beginning at 7:30 p.m. Vocals competitions will be featured and on Oct. 13, square dance competitions will take place at the Continental Inn (west Edmonton) beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Cultural co-ordinator, Georgina Donald says this year's talent show will offer contestants something never done before in the festivals 28 year history.

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It's time Natives and non-Natives decided to "co-exist" says Regena Crowchild, president of the Indian Association of Alberta.

Native issues have been ignored too long by Ottawa, she told about 130 people attending a Native land claims rally Monday in front of the legislative buildings.

It was a message Prime Minister Brian Mulroney obviously understood.

The next day he announced that his government was embarking on a new program to speed up Native land claims and improve economic conditions on reserves.

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Eighty years after being kicked out of their homeland, the Rocky Mountain Cree want Jasper National Park back.

And they'll do anything it takes to get the land back - or land similar to it.

They've already taken the first step by setting up an around-the-clock information protest camp just inside the park's eastern gate, and are waiting for National Parks Service authorities in Ottawa to set up an independent commission to look into their claim.

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Hobbema Indian Wilson Nepoose is Alberta's Donald Marshall, says investigator Jack Ramsay.

Armed with new and old evidence showing that the 45-year-old Samson band member has already spent four years rotting behind bars for a murder he didn't commit, Ramsay says he wants a "full public inquiry" to investigate the reasons behind what he calls "a clear miscarriage of justice."