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The brutality of Oka is being felt in Alberta where differing opinions are pitting Indian against Indian and is also causing a violent non-Native backlash.

One Native has already been killed in a drunken brawl in Edmonton between Natives with opposing views on the Mohawk situation at Oka, Que.

And there is a rising tide of incidents of non-Natives attacking Natives, say Native spokesmen - incidents that are Oka related.

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Native MP Willie Littlechild say he wants to be Canada's first Indian-born federal Indian Affairs Minister.

And he wanted the job on his terms.

Littlechild, 46, from the four bands at Hobbema, says he agonized all summer over whether he'd accept the job if the prime Minster offered it to him.

"The more I've thought about it, the more I'd accept that challenge," said the first-ever treaty Indian to be elected to the House of Commons. "If the opportunity arises, I'd take it on."

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A wild brawl between Mohawks, the military, and police ended the 78-day siege of the Kanesatake drug and alcohol treatment center Wednesday night.

About 50 Warriors, women and children had opted for an "honorable disengagement" to the violent dispute over Indian land claims. They were crossing the army's razor-wire fence surrounding the center to surrender to the military when chaos broke out.

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The Lonefighters Society say it will spend the winter near the Oldman River diversion site in an effort to "heal the river" despite the provincial government's injunction forbidding them to continue the river's diversion.

Lonefighter Raymond Crowshoe says they will carry on protesting construction of the Oldman River dam in southern Alberta, which Lonefighters say threaten Peigan burial grounds and the environment.

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an upcoming show of sculptures in New York will be the first international exhibition for Alberta Metis artist Brian Clark.

Clark, who originally hails from Fort McMurray, is also an accomplished artist and has completed works in acrylics, plaster, ink and pencil. He sculpts in soapstone, alabaster, wood and metal. "I've been carving for eight years and have been operating from my home since 1986," says Clark, who was an oilfield electrician for 16 years before concentrating on his artwork full-time.

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Joline Bull spends a lot of time playing basketball and volleyball. But she also practices scuba diving, jazz and tap dancing, piano, hockey and fastball.

The active 16-year-old from Louis Bull band at Hobbema was named Female Athlete of the Year at the Rita Houle Memorial Awards Banquet in Edmonton last Saturday. "And not only that, she's also the president of the students' union at her high school this year," adds her proud father.

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The original one-room jail Almighty Voice was held in after killing a cow till stands at Duck Lake, Ask.

Looking through the tiny window with its iron bars, you can almost see Almighty Voice sitting on a small wooden bed with head bowed - simply not understanding the white man's way.

Almighty Voice, a Cree Indian from One Arrow reserve in Sask., was arrested in 1895 for killing a cow thought to belong to a herd owned by someone else on his reserve.

However it was later proven the cow was a stray that had wandered into the area.

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Duck Lake is an historic town.

It was near Duck Lake the first shots were fired in the North West Rebellion in 1885.

The town of about 500 people is located between Saskatoon and Prince Albert, Sask. on Highway 11.

A visit would not be complete without visiting the Duck Lake Museum, which was founded in 1959 by local resident Fred Anderson. Over 2,000 historical artifacts grace the walls and floors of the old museum built in 1914.

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Prince Albert, Saskatchewan can take a lot of pride in the Northern Indian Nation powwow group which has acted as ambassadors for this northern city many times across North America.

"They are one big happy family, full of fun and enthusiasm," says Eugene Arcand, executive director of the Indians and Metis friendship center in Prince Albert.

And he is just as proud of his son Cori, who at age 17 is the oldest in the group and the master of ceremonies.

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Indian reserves across Saskatchewan face a housing crisis, says a Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nation (FSIN) official who holds the federal government responsible.

If Indian Affairs can't do its job, then Indian people must find someone else to do it for them, said George Peeace, speaking at an all-chiefs conference in Saskatoon.

"In 1867 (when the treaty was signed ) the responsibility of Indian reserves fell on the federal government, so housing is in fact a treaty right," he told the conference.