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With each stroke of his brush or mark from his pen, Native artist Roy Salopree captures a piece of nature he wished Canadian society could appreciate as much as he does.

For 21 years, the Meander River Indian has been preserving the environment the best way he knows how -- by putting it on paper.

But he wants his creative art to mean more to mainstream art lovers than just another Native wall hanging for their dens. He wants them to understand how important it is for natural beauty to remain intact.

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With each stroke of his brush or mark from his pen, Native artist Roy Salopree captures a piece of nature he wished Canadian society could appreciate as much as he does.

For 21 years, the Meander River Indian has been preserving the environment the best way he knows how -- by putting it on paper.

But he wants his creative art to mean more to mainstream art lovers than just another Native wall hanging for their dens. He wants them to understand how important it is for natural beauty to remain intact.

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With each stroke of his brush or mark from his pen, Native artist Roy Salopree captures a piece of nature he wished Canadian society could appreciate as much as he does.

For 21 years, the Meander River Indian has been preserving the environment the best way he knows how -- by putting it on paper.

But he wants his creative art to mean more to mainstream art lovers than just another Native wall hanging for their dens. He wants them to understand how important it is for natural beauty to remain intact.

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Drumbeat is a forthright precise declaration to the Assembly of First Nations' position regarding the occupation of their traditional lands, which they have neither sold, ceded nor lost in war.

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Drumbeat is a forthright precise declaration to the Assembly of First Nations' position regarding the occupation of their traditional lands, which they have neither sold, ceded nor lost in war.

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Drumbeat is a forthright precise declaration to the Assembly of First Nations' position regarding the occupation of their traditional lands, which they have neither sold, ceded nor lost in war.

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Drumbeat is a forthright precise declaration to the Assembly of First Nations' position regarding the occupation of their traditional lands, which they have neither sold, ceded nor lost in war.

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When I arrived at Peavine, some 50 km north of High Prairie, the ladies of the community were already busy preparing food for the 66th wedding anniversary of Sarah and Fred Carifelle.

As an outsider, I expected to be greeted at the community hall door with some suspicion, but instead, I was told by the first person I came across, Lewis Carifelle, to on in, "Grab a cup of coffee. Everyone should be arriving pretty soon" he said.

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When I arrived at Peavine, some 50 km north of High Prairie, the ladies of the community were already busy preparing food for the 66th wedding anniversary of Sarah and Fred Carifelle.

As an outsider, I expected to be greeted at the community hall door with some suspicion, but instead, I was told by the first person I came across, Lewis Carifelle, to on in, "Grab a cup of coffee. Everyone should be arriving pretty soon" he said.

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When I arrived at Peavine, some 50 km north of High Prairie, the ladies of the community were already busy preparing food for the 66th wedding anniversary of Sarah and Fred Carifelle.

As an outsider, I expected to be greeted at the community hall door with some suspicion, but instead, I was told by the first person I came across, Lewis Carifelle, to on in, "Grab a cup of coffee. Everyone should be arriving pretty soon" he said.