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Indian people have been the responsibility of the Crown since the Queen sent her negotiators into the bush to deal for land and resources almost a century ago.

Like any legitimate contract, the treaties were signed by Native leaders, who were told they and their children would benefit from government amenities if they were to part with some of their natural treasures .

But like any government contract, which is filled with legalese, loopholes and one-sided interpretations, Indians are now finding the treaties they entered into were a farce.

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Life outside the Hobbema Indian reserve in central Alberta taught Louis Threefingers about the cold, harsh realities of the Canadian judicial system.

After spending three years in and out of Edmonton's maximum security prison, the horrible lessons Threefingers learned about society's reluctance to appreciate, or at least, understand the innocence of his culture, strengthened his resentment for the whit man's laws.

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Life outside the Hobbema Indian reserve in central Alberta taught Louis Threefingers about the cold, harsh realities of the Canadian judicial system.

After spending three years in and out of Edmonton's maximum security prison, the horrible lessons Threefingers learned about society's reluctance to appreciate, or at least, understand the innocence of his culture, strengthened his resentment for the whit man's laws.

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Life outside the Hobbema Indian reserve in central Alberta taught Louis Threefingers about the cold, harsh realities of the Canadian judicial system.

After spending three years in and out of Edmonton's maximum security prison, the horrible lessons Threefingers learned about society's reluctance to appreciate, or at least, understand the innocence of his culture, strengthened his resentment for the whit man's laws.

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Life outside the Hobbema Indian reserve in central Alberta taught Louis Threefingers about the cold, harsh realities of the Canadian judicial system.

After spending three years in and out of Edmonton's maximum security prison, the horrible lessons Threefingers learned about society's reluctance to appreciate, or at least, understand the innocence of his culture, strengthened his resentment for the whit man's laws.

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A passionate cry for adequate medical service for Alberta's Indian people both on and off their reserves echoed throughout three days of meeting at the first All-Chiefs conference on health care held in Edmonton.

It was the first time Alberta's Indian communities banded together to fight for fair health benefits they claim are entrenched in their treaties.

More than 600 people packed into a conference hall at the Convention Inn to devise a health care policy plan aimed at Indian people of Alberta.

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A passionate cry for adequate medical service for Alberta's Indian people both on and off their reserves echoed throughout three days of meeting at the first All-Chiefs conference on health care held in Edmonton.

It was the first time Alberta's Indian communities banded together to fight for fair health benefits they claim are entrenched in their treaties.

More than 600 people packed into a conference hall at the Convention Inn to devise a health care policy plan aimed at Indian people of Alberta.

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A passionate cry for adequate medical service for Alberta's Indian people both on and off their reserves echoed throughout three days of meeting at the first All-Chiefs conference on health care held in Edmonton.

It was the first time Alberta's Indian communities banded together to fight for fair health benefits they claim are entrenched in their treaties.

More than 600 people packed into a conference hall at the Convention Inn to devise a health care policy plan aimed at Indian people of Alberta.

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A passionate cry for adequate medical service for Alberta's Indian people both on and off their reserves echoed throughout three days of meeting at the first All-Chiefs conference on health care held in Edmonton.

It was the first time Alberta's Indian communities banded together to fight for fair health benefits they claim are entrenched in their treaties.

More than 600 people packed into a conference hall at the Convention Inn to devise a health care policy plan aimed at Indian people of Alberta.

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Indian leaders from across Alberta are demanding an equal say in how health care policies are initiated by the government and who is responsible for offering medical services to Alberta Indians.

They claim the government is shrinking health care services to Indian people in an effort to reduce the federal deficit.

The Alberta Indian Health Care Commission is going to change its role to make sure the government sticks to the treaties.