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The Gitksan-Wet'suwet'en Indians of northwestern British Columbia have signed a ground-breaking framework agreement with the federal government to bring self-government to their 8,000 members scattered on nine reserves. They're the first large group of bands to reach such an agreement and the first to do so while pursuing a land claim through the courts. The Indians remain mired in their landmark land claim involving 57,000 square kilometer. It's the largest Native land claim ever launched in Canada. The case is still before the B.C. Supreme Court.

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The federal and provincial governments have launched a $1-million campaign to help Alberta Native leaders determine the impact of the criminal justice system on Indian and Metis people in Alberta.

A task force has been established to study why a disproportionate number of

Natives are in Alberta jails and to provide alternatives for dealing with Natives involved in the criminal justice system.

Indian Association of Alberta (IAA) president Roy Louis said the joint initiative will be more than a forum to air complaints.

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The federal and provincial governments have launched a $1-million campaign to help Alberta Native leaders determine the impact of the criminal justice system on Indian and Metis people in Alberta.

A task force has been established to study why a disproportionate number of

Natives are in Alberta jails and to provide alternatives for dealing with Natives involved in the criminal justice system.

Indian Association of Alberta (IAA) president Roy Louis said the joint initiative will be more than a forum to air complaints.

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The federal and provincial governments have launched a $1-million campaign to help Alberta Native leaders determine the impact of the criminal justice system on Indian and Metis people in Alberta.

A task force has been established to study why a disproportionate number of

Natives are in Alberta jails and to provide alternatives for dealing with Natives involved in the criminal justice system.

Indian Association of Alberta (IAA) president Roy Louis said the joint initiative will be more than a forum to air complaints.

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The federal and provincial governments have launched a $1-million campaign to help Alberta Native leaders determine the impact of the criminal justice system on Indian and Metis people in Alberta.

A task force has been established to study why a disproportionate number of

Natives are in Alberta jails and to provide alternatives for dealing with Natives involved in the criminal justice system.

Indian Association of Alberta (IAA) president Roy Louis said the joint initiative will be more than a forum to air complaints.

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Native bands in northern Alberta and the Northwest territories need more time and money to study the fate of 4,000 diseased bison in Wood Buffalo National Park.

But they will not consent to have them killed, said Treaty 8 spokesman Johnsen Sewepagaham who is leading the fight to save the buffalo.

That's an option which is being given serious consideration by federal officials because of fears that tuberculosis which has infected the buffalo may spread to the whole herd of 29,000 in the world historic park.