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Court of Queen's Bench Justice H.S. Prowse has ruled that Treaty Indian George Alexson of Eden Valley Reserve should have asked a rancher's permission before shooting two elk on leased grazing land. But Indain Association of Alberta president Roy Louis said courts can't take away he treaty right of Indians to hunt on public lands. On Jan. 19, Prowse overturned a Provincial Court which said permission was not required. Prowse's decision is likely to be appealed.

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Court of Queen's Bench Justice H.S. Prowse has ruled that Treaty Indian George Alexson of Eden Valley Reserve should have asked a rancher's permission before shooting two elk on leased grazing land. But Indain Association of Alberta president Roy Louis said courts can't take away he treaty right of Indians to hunt on public lands. On Jan. 19, Prowse overturned a Provincial Court which said permission was not required. Prowse's decision is likely to be appealed.

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Court of Queen's Bench Justice H.S. Prowse has ruled that Treaty Indian George Alexson of Eden Valley Reserve should have asked a rancher's permission before shooting two elk on leased grazing land. But Indain Association of Alberta president Roy Louis said courts can't take away he treaty right of Indians to hunt on public lands. On Jan. 19, Prowse overturned a Provincial Court which said permission was not required. Prowse's decision is likely to be appealed.

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A government plan to kill diseased bison in northern Alberta is being slapped down by local Indian chiefs who are demanding the animals be medically treated instead.

They charge that Agriculture Canada is bending to pressure be ranchers who fear their cattle will be infected by tuberculosis if the 4,400 free-roaming bison in Wood Buffalo National Park aren't destroyed.

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A government plan to kill diseased bison in northern Alberta is being slapped down by local Indian chiefs who are demanding the animals be medically treated instead.

They charge that Agriculture Canada is bending to pressure be ranchers who fear their cattle will be infected by tuberculosis if the 4,400 free-roaming bison in Wood Buffalo National Park aren't destroyed.

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A government plan to kill diseased bison in northern Alberta is being slapped down by local Indian chiefs who are demanding the animals be medically treated instead.

They charge that Agriculture Canada is bending to pressure be ranchers who fear their cattle will be infected by tuberculosis if the 4,400 free-roaming bison in Wood Buffalo National Park aren't destroyed.