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Natives have to start seeing health careers as valuable and attainable professions, according to health consultants.

"It is heartbreaking as a Native individual how few Indians think a health career is within their grasp," said Dianne Moir, a consultant with the Alberta Indian Health Care Commission.

She's currently working on a project for the commission to identify career needs in Native communities throughout the province.

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Natives have to start seeing health careers as valuable and attainable professions, according to health consultants.

"It is heartbreaking as a Native individual how few Indians think a health career is within their grasp," said Dianne Moir, a consultant with the Alberta Indian Health Care Commission.

She's currently working on a project for the commission to identify career needs in Native communities throughout the province.

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Natives have to start seeing health careers as valuable and attainable professions, according to health consultants.

"It is heartbreaking as a Native individual how few Indians think a health career is within their grasp," said Dianne Moir, a consultant with the Alberta Indian Health Care Commission.

She's currently working on a project for the commission to identify career needs in Native communities throughout the province.

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Natives have to start seeing health careers as valuable and attainable professions, according to health consultants.

"It is heartbreaking as a Native individual how few Indians think a health career is within their grasp," said Dianne Moir, a consultant with the Alberta Indian Health Care Commission.

She's currently working on a project for the commission to identify career needs in Native communities throughout the province.

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A lawyer for paralyzed Rodney Pelletier intend to file a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the RCMP.

The claim will be for at least $2 million, "because of the seriousness of his injury, potential loss of future income and costs for future care," said lawyer Brian Devlin in a telephone interview from Calgary.

Pelletier, 21, a Treaty Indian from Eden Valley Reserve, is in the intensive care unit at Calgary's Foothills Hospital paralyzed from the neck down following an arrest at his reserve, 64 km. southwest of Calgary.

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A lawyer for paralyzed Rodney Pelletier intend to file a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the RCMP.

The claim will be for at least $2 million, "because of the seriousness of his injury, potential loss of future income and costs for future care," said lawyer Brian Devlin in a telephone interview from Calgary.

Pelletier, 21, a Treaty Indian from Eden Valley Reserve, is in the intensive care unit at Calgary's Foothills Hospital paralyzed from the neck down following an arrest at his reserve, 64 km. southwest of Calgary.

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A lawyer for paralyzed Rodney Pelletier intend to file a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the RCMP.

The claim will be for at least $2 million, "because of the seriousness of his injury, potential loss of future income and costs for future care," said lawyer Brian Devlin in a telephone interview from Calgary.

Pelletier, 21, a Treaty Indian from Eden Valley Reserve, is in the intensive care unit at Calgary's Foothills Hospital paralyzed from the neck down following an arrest at his reserve, 64 km. southwest of Calgary.

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A lawyer for paralyzed Rodney Pelletier intend to file a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the RCMP.

The claim will be for at least $2 million, "because of the seriousness of his injury, potential loss of future income and costs for future care," said lawyer Brian Devlin in a telephone interview from Calgary.

Pelletier, 21, a Treaty Indian from Eden Valley Reserve, is in the intensive care unit at Calgary's Foothills Hospital paralyzed from the neck down following an arrest at his reserve, 64 km. southwest of Calgary.

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A pocket-sized book called Anishinaabemodaa, meaning Let's Speak Ojibwa, is being created to teach the language to the younger generation of Natives in Manitoba. Myrtle Thomas, one of the creators, was one of the few Natives to attend a Manitoba residential school during the Second World War. Thomas, who retained her language, can remember fellow students being strapped for speaking Ojibwa.

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A pocket-sized book called Anishinaabemodaa, meaning Let's Speak Ojibwa, is being created to teach the language to the younger generation of Natives in Manitoba. Myrtle Thomas, one of the creators, was one of the few Natives to attend a Manitoba residential school during the Second World War. Thomas, who retained her language, can remember fellow students being strapped for speaking Ojibwa.