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The treatment of Native people in Canada in a "national tragedy" that can no longer be ignored by the general public, says the head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

Maxwell Yalden said Native people are facing the same racial discrimination today as they did in 1988. He has called on the government to set up a royal commission to investigate the plight of Canada's aboriginal peoples, whom he said are living in "misery and hopelessness."

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Windspeaker continued its winning tradition, sweeping up many of the awards up for grabs at the annual convention of the Native American Press Association.

The sixth annual convention held on the coast of Washington state in Fife, south of Seattle, honored the best of Indian country's newspapers and journalists in the United States and Canada.

Windspeaker's winning ways at the association's sixth annual convention left many people asking "Where's Edmonton?"

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Windspeaker continued its winning tradition, sweeping up many of the awards up for grabs at the annual convention of the Native American Press Association.

The sixth annual convention held on the coast of Washington state in Fife, south of Seattle, honored the best of Indian country's newspapers and journalists in the United States and Canada.

Windspeaker's winning ways at the association's sixth annual convention left many people asking "Where's Edmonton?"

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Windspeaker continued its winning tradition, sweeping up many of the awards up for grabs at the annual convention of the Native American Press Association.

The sixth annual convention held on the coast of Washington state in Fife, south of Seattle, honored the best of Indian country's newspapers and journalists in the United States and Canada.

Windspeaker's winning ways at the association's sixth annual convention left many people asking "Where's Edmonton?"

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Windspeaker continued its winning tradition, sweeping up many of the awards up for grabs at the annual convention of the Native American Press Association.

The sixth annual convention held on the coast of Washington state in Fife, south of Seattle, honored the best of Indian country's newspapers and journalists in the United States and Canada.

Windspeaker's winning ways at the association's sixth annual convention left many people asking "Where's Edmonton?"

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The Siksika Elders Lodge was evacuated last Monday by Gleichen RCMP after a bomb threat was discovered on the answering machine by an employee returning from lunch.

Const. Maury Medjuck responded to the call from lodge supervisor Delbert Scalp Lock.

"We had to evacuate the five residents and four staff members from the building," said Scalp Lock. "We shut down the electricity and called someone in to turn off the gas line."

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The Siksika Elders Lodge was evacuated last Monday by Gleichen RCMP after a bomb threat was discovered on the answering machine by an employee returning from lunch.

Const. Maury Medjuck responded to the call from lodge supervisor Delbert Scalp Lock.

"We had to evacuate the five residents and four staff members from the building," said Scalp Lock. "We shut down the electricity and called someone in to turn off the gas line."

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The Siksika Elders Lodge was evacuated last Monday by Gleichen RCMP after a bomb threat was discovered on the answering machine by an employee returning from lunch.

Const. Maury Medjuck responded to the call from lodge supervisor Delbert Scalp Lock.

"We had to evacuate the five residents and four staff members from the building," said Scalp Lock. "We shut down the electricity and called someone in to turn off the gas line."

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The Siksika Elders Lodge was evacuated last Monday by Gleichen RCMP after a bomb threat was discovered on the answering machine by an employee returning from lunch.

Const. Maury Medjuck responded to the call from lodge supervisor Delbert Scalp Lock.

"We had to evacuate the five residents and four staff members from the building," said Scalp Lock. "We shut down the electricity and called someone in to turn off the gas line."

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Canadian Native newspapers tool more than their share of awards at the annual presentation of awards to newspapers and journalists in Indian country.

All the Canadian awards went to newspapers in Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Windspeaker took seven awards, Kainai News at Stand Off, Alberta took three while Native Press in Yellowknife won two awards.

Mary Weasel Fat, editor of Kainai News, was overjoyed her paper won the coveted first place award for general excellence in a weekly.