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Traveling with a dog team loaded with winter supplies and snowshoes laced to his feet, it took Pat Auger five days to reach his trapline near Fort McMurray from Wabasca over 45 years ago.

What he loved most was his 30-30 and 303 rifles, the silence of the bush and a "moose in my gunsight," says the 59-year-old Metis trapper.

With roots in Trout Lake -- an isolated community some 250 km north of Slave Lake -- the ever smiling trapper says he has lived for the past 20 years in Wabasca. "But I do not belong to the Bigstone Band," he quietly explains.

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A Samson Band woman is reaching out to help women in abusive situations.

"We are not alone, we can recover from the abuse by willing ourselves to gain back our own identity," says Florence Ermineskin, urging women, who are being abused to realize they're not the only ones experiencing abuse and to see that help is available.

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A Samson Band woman is reaching out to help women in abusive situations.

"We are not alone, we can recover from the abuse by willing ourselves to gain back our own identity," says Florence Ermineskin, urging women, who are being abused to realize they're not the only ones experiencing abuse and to see that help is available.

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A Samson Band woman is reaching out to help women in abusive situations.

"We are not alone, we can recover from the abuse by willing ourselves to gain back our own identity," says Florence Ermineskin, urging women, who are being abused to realize they're not the only ones experiencing abuse and to see that help is available.

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A Samson Band woman is reaching out to help women in abusive situations.

"We are not alone, we can recover from the abuse by willing ourselves to gain back our own identity," says Florence Ermineskin, urging women, who are being abused to realize they're not the only ones experiencing abuse and to see that help is available.

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The Samson Band at Hobbema has formed a youth council to help turn out leaders.

"Our youth are our future leadership," says youth organizations manager Dennis Omeasoo, who sees development of the band's youth as a critical issue.

Oneasoo, together with 18 youthful candidates who responded to call for greater responsibility within the community, formed the Samson Band Youth Council, which will, under the direction of the chief and council "prepare the youth to fulfill the vision of sound leadership."

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The Samson Band at Hobbema has formed a youth council to help turn out leaders.

"Our youth are our future leadership," says youth organizations manager Dennis Omeasoo, who sees development of the band's youth as a critical issue.

Oneasoo, together with 18 youthful candidates who responded to call for greater responsibility within the community, formed the Samson Band Youth Council, which will, under the direction of the chief and council "prepare the youth to fulfill the vision of sound leadership."

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The Samson Band at Hobbema has formed a youth council to help turn out leaders.

"Our youth are our future leadership," says youth organizations manager Dennis Omeasoo, who sees development of the band's youth as a critical issue.

Oneasoo, together with 18 youthful candidates who responded to call for greater responsibility within the community, formed the Samson Band Youth Council, which will, under the direction of the chief and council "prepare the youth to fulfill the vision of sound leadership."

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The Samson Band at Hobbema has formed a youth council to help turn out leaders.

"Our youth are our future leadership," says youth organizations manager Dennis Omeasoo, who sees development of the band's youth as a critical issue.

Oneasoo, together with 18 youthful candidates who responded to call for greater responsibility within the community, formed the Samson Band Youth Council, which will, under the direction of the chief and council "prepare the youth to fulfill the vision of sound leadership."

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Noeline Villebrun says land claim decisions made by NWT leaders make her feel like she's lost her birthright.

A past resident of the Northwest Territories, Villebrun told Dene and Metis leaders at a meeting held in Edmonton on Wednesday that it hurts her to think organizations, which are supposed to represent her, are actually disinheriting her, because she now lives in the south.