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Northern Native fleeing the desperate conditions of reserve life won't find life in Edmonton any more rewarding, says a report on the city's Native population.

The report prepared by the Edmonton Social Planning Council, said employment is the main reason Natives move to the city.

The income of most Native families living on reserves is well below the poverty line.

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The government has scrapped Lethbridge's Native transportation program leaving Natives stranded on the streets to commit crime, says that city's police chief.

Terry Wauters said without money and "no means back to their residence on the reserve, they are put back in an environment where they will repeat the offence."

The program established 14 years ago by Lethbridge City Police and the Alberta Solicitor General's department provided Natives released from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre with transportation to the Blood and Peigan reserves near Lethbridge.

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The government has scrapped Lethbridge's Native transportation program leaving Natives stranded on the streets to commit crime, says that city's police chief.

Terry Wauters said without money and "no means back to their residence on the reserve, they are put back in an environment where they will repeat the offence."

The program established 14 years ago by Lethbridge City Police and the Alberta Solicitor General's department provided Natives released from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre with transportation to the Blood and Peigan reserves near Lethbridge.

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The government has scrapped Lethbridge's Native transportation program leaving Natives stranded on the streets to commit crime, says that city's police chief.

Terry Wauters said without money and "no means back to their residence on the reserve, they are put back in an environment where they will repeat the offence."

The program established 14 years ago by Lethbridge City Police and the Alberta Solicitor General's department provided Natives released from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre with transportation to the Blood and Peigan reserves near Lethbridge.

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The government has scrapped Lethbridge's Native transportation program leaving Natives stranded on the streets to commit crime, says that city's police chief.

Terry Wauters said without money and "no means back to their residence on the reserve, they are put back in an environment where they will repeat the offence."

The program established 14 years ago by Lethbridge City Police and the Alberta Solicitor General's department provided Natives released from the Lethbridge Correctional Centre with transportation to the Blood and Peigan reserves near Lethbridge.

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Tough economic times has forced Indian Affairs to slash funding to the Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Society (AIACS), says department spokesman Wayne Hanna.

He said more than half the society's funds will be cut to balance the Indian Affairs' budget and "to maintain the level of allocation to bands."

The organization received #378,000 per year but as of April 1 it will only get $150,000 for administrative purposes.

Hanna said the society is being urged to look for other sources of funding and to become self-sufficient.

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Tough economic times has forced Indian Affairs to slash funding to the Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Society (AIACS), says department spokesman Wayne Hanna.

He said more than half the society's funds will be cut to balance the Indian Affairs' budget and "to maintain the level of allocation to bands."

The organization received #378,000 per year but as of April 1 it will only get $150,000 for administrative purposes.

Hanna said the society is being urged to look for other sources of funding and to become self-sufficient.

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Tough economic times has forced Indian Affairs to slash funding to the Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Society (AIACS), says department spokesman Wayne Hanna.

He said more than half the society's funds will be cut to balance the Indian Affairs' budget and "to maintain the level of allocation to bands."

The organization received #378,000 per year but as of April 1 it will only get $150,000 for administrative purposes.

Hanna said the society is being urged to look for other sources of funding and to become self-sufficient.

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Tough economic times has forced Indian Affairs to slash funding to the Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Society (AIACS), says department spokesman Wayne Hanna.

He said more than half the society's funds will be cut to balance the Indian Affairs' budget and "to maintain the level of allocation to bands."

The organization received #378,000 per year but as of April 1 it will only get $150,000 for administrative purposes.

Hanna said the society is being urged to look for other sources of funding and to become self-sufficient.

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There's a small, weathered had drum that graces my living room wall. It's made from the skin of a moose and its frame is made from the trunk of a tree. Circular in shape to reflect the circle of life, it was given to me by the old man who helped connect me to my inner reality and who helped me relate it to everything around me.