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Ken is a young man who has just tested positive for HIV, the virus which can lead to full-blown AIDS. He is the first Native person in Edmonton to be diagnosed with the virus. There are his thoughts and feelings about his life and what he expects will happen to him.

On December 29,1989 my doctor informed me that I have six months to 10 years to live...I was tested for HIV positive.

I've got this, I'm going to die!!!

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Ken is a young man who has just tested positive for HIV, the virus which can lead to full-blown AIDS. He is the first Native person in Edmonton to be diagnosed with the virus. There are his thoughts and feelings about his life and what he expects will happen to him.

On December 29,1989 my doctor informed me that I have six months to 10 years to live...I was tested for HIV positive.

I've got this, I'm going to die!!!

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Ken is a young man who has just tested positive for HIV, the virus which can lead to full-blown AIDS. He is the first Native person in Edmonton to be diagnosed with the virus. There are his thoughts and feelings about his life and what he expects will happen to him.

On December 29,1989 my doctor informed me that I have six months to 10 years to live...I was tested for HIV positive.

I've got this, I'm going to die!!!

Page 4

Ken is a young man who has just tested positive for HIV, the virus which can lead to full-blown AIDS. He is the first Native person in Edmonton to be diagnosed with the virus. There are his thoughts and feelings about his life and what he expects will happen to him.

On December 29,1989 my doctor informed me that I have six months to 10 years to live...I was tested for HIV positive.

I've got this, I'm going to die!!!

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AIDS, an acronym that has crept into the English language in recent years as a word synonymous with suffering and death, is still not fully understood by Native people across Canada.

The Joint National Committee on Aboriginal AIDS Education and Prevention wants that changed.

The one-year-old Native consortium is pushing for the federal government to make AIDS education more understandable to Natives.

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AIDS, an acronym that has crept into the English language in recent years as a word synonymous with suffering and death, is still not fully understood by Native people across Canada.

The Joint National Committee on Aboriginal AIDS Education and Prevention wants that changed.

The one-year-old Native consortium is pushing for the federal government to make AIDS education more understandable to Natives.

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AIDS, an acronym that has crept into the English language in recent years as a word synonymous with suffering and death, is still not fully understood by Native people across Canada.

The Joint National Committee on Aboriginal AIDS Education and Prevention wants that changed.

The one-year-old Native consortium is pushing for the federal government to make AIDS education more understandable to Natives.

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AIDS, an acronym that has crept into the English language in recent years as a word synonymous with suffering and death, is still not fully understood by Native people across Canada.

The Joint National Committee on Aboriginal AIDS Education and Prevention wants that changed.

The one-year-old Native consortium is pushing for the federal government to make AIDS education more understandable to Natives.

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Dene and Metis leaders have apologized over the last-minute cancellation of a meeting with their own people to discuss benefits from a recent $500-million land claim agreement signed in principle with the federal government last September.

Over 200 Dene and Metis, who are former residents of the Northwest Territories, came from all over Alberta to the Native Pastoral Center Feb.9 but were left feeling cheated after learning their political leaders had canceled it.

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Dene and Metis leaders have apologized over the last-minute cancellation of a meeting with their own people to discuss benefits from a recent $500-million land claim agreement signed in principle with the federal government last September.

Over 200 Dene and Metis, who are former residents of the Northwest Territories, came from all over Alberta to the Native Pastoral Center Feb.9 but were left feeling cheated after learning their political leaders had canceled it.