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Going to medical school not only changed Shannon Waters' life, it also brought her closer to the heritage that she'd never known.

Finishing up her last year of medical school at the University of British Columbia, 25-year-old Shannon Waters from Chemainus First Nation on Vancouver Island is now in the midst of applying for residency. Her first choice is the First Nations Family Practice program, in its inaugural year run by UBC, which sends medical school graduates to rural areas of the province with large Native populations.

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To thousands of Canadians, he is the star of the successful Aboriginal Peoples Television Network program Cooking with the Wolfman. When Windspeaker caught up with him recently, the Wolfman was just recovering from an emergency appendectomy before heading out from Toronto to fly to Edmonton to do a show at the famous Rising Sun Cafe.

How did the man from Lillooet get started?

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Chiefs from around the province dug into their pockets at a First Nations Summit meeting in North Vancouver on Nov. 30 to contribute cash for the establishment of the Carole T. Corcoran Memorial Award at the University of British Columbia Law School. Corcoran was a co-chair of the Summit from 1998 to 2000. Organizers of the scholarship fund have a target of $20,000 to seed the fund, and any amount above that will be used to fund a second university entrance scholarship, available to a first-year student of Canadian Aboriginal ancestry.

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June 6, 1951-the day three First Nations members from Vancouver Island helped the Victoria All-Stars rock the international soccer world by becoming the first Canadian team (amateur, at that) to defeat a professional English team.

Nov. 3, 2001-the day the Victoria All-Stars were finally recognized for their victory in 1951 at an awards ceremony and banquet where they were inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame.

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The First Nations Summit appears to be in a holding pattern due to uncertainties over the impact of the provincial Liberal government's upcoming referendum, or popular vote, on treaty negotiating principles. The referendum was a major topic among Summit chiefs at a meeting held in North Vancouver on Nov. 30. After two days of discussion, the chiefs met with B.C.'s Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations, Geoff Plant.

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In a world plagued by fear and uncertainty, Metis performance artist Kerriann Cardinal wants us to experience something we could all use a little of-a grandmother's TLC.

In her one-woman show A Mile in my Moccasins at grunt gallery on Nov. 28, Kerriann offered an intimate look into her tender relationship with her grandmother, a traditional Metis woman who used an "X" to sign her name.

Created by Cardinal and first performed at this June's Talking Stick Cabaret, A Mile in my Moccasins is about the Aboriginal cultural traditions she experienced growing up.

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The multiple facets and meanings of drums in the First Nations culture was in the spotlight in the "Drums of Identity" exhibition at the First Nations Creations Gallery in Vancouver, starting with an opening reception on Dec. 7.

"Drums are such a big part of the First Nations art and culture," said organizer Amber-Dawn Bear Robe.

"It's a strong symbol and represents our traditional roots."

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Under pressure from within and outside her own caucus, Justice Minister Anne McLellan announced amendments to her proposed anti-terrorist bill (C-36) on Nov. 21.

But Native leaders, human rights advocates and civil liberty experts say the changes didn't go nearly far enough. AFN spokesman Jean Larose, speaking for National Chief Matthew Coon Come who was en route to Yellowknife, called the changes a disappointment.

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The Voices conference presented by the political science students' association at the University of British Columbia is still taking shape, but organizer Jackie Hoffart hopes that folks will come away from it with a sense that political protest can be more than just carrying picket signs and blockading roads.

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"I'm now 86 and I'm retired and I wish I was back in your boots so I can fight!" said Dr. Frank Calder at a ceremony honoring him as one of British Columbia's elder statesmen.

The First Nations Summit honored Dr. Calder during a meeting of chiefs in North Vancouver on Nov. 30. Dr. Calder was the driving force behind the famous Calder court case, as well as an early organizer of the land claims movement in the province, and founder of the Nisga'a Tribal Council.