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The long-awaited British Columbia Treaty Commission has finally been established.

The commission, whose members were appointed by the federal and provincial governments and the First Nations Summit, will oversee and monitor land claim settlements for B.C. First Nations.

Chuck Connaghan, an experienced industrial relations professional and former chairman of the B.C. Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy, is Chief Commissioner.

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The federal government's recent response to the Innu's seven-point plan for healing and relocation fell short of the community expectations, Chief Katie Rich said.

Ross Reid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs, sent the federal government's response April 5 to the Innu's report Hearing the Voices: Government's Role in Innu Renewal.

"They agreed with the holistic approach," said Rich. "But the government is still not ready to address the self-government land claim issue."

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The federal government's recent response to the Innu's seven-point plan for healing and relocation fell short of the community expectations, Chief Katie Rich said.

Ross Reid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs, sent the federal government's response April 5 to the Innu's report Hearing the Voices: Government's Role in Innu Renewal.

"They agreed with the holistic approach," said Rich. "But the government is still not ready to address the self-government land claim issue."

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The federal government's recent response to the Innu's seven-point plan for healing and relocation fell short of the community expectations, Chief Katie Rich said.

Ross Reid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs, sent the federal government's response April 5 to the Innu's report Hearing the Voices: Government's Role in Innu Renewal.

"They agreed with the holistic approach," said Rich. "But the government is still not ready to address the self-government land claim issue."

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The federal government's recent response to the Innu's seven-point plan for healing and relocation fell short of the community expectations, Chief Katie Rich said.

Ross Reid, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indian Affairs, sent the federal government's response April 5 to the Innu's report Hearing the Voices: Government's Role in Innu Renewal.

"They agreed with the holistic approach," said Rich. "But the government is still not ready to address the self-government land claim issue."

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Natives protesting clear-cut logging practices in this remote northern community are manning the longest blockade in Canadian history.

On May 13, Elders and other protesters from the Canoe Lake band, Ile a la Crosse and other Native communities in northwest Saskatchewan will celebrate the blockade's birthday. The Protectors of Mother Earth, the name the group chose for itself, are protesting logging around the Meadow Lake Tribal Council's nine member communities.

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Natives protesting clear-cut logging practices in this remote northern community are manning the longest blockade in Canadian history.

On May 13, Elders and other protesters from the Canoe Lake band, Ile a la Crosse and other Native communities in northwest Saskatchewan will celebrate the blockade's birthday. The Protectors of Mother Earth, the name the group chose for itself, are protesting logging around the Meadow Lake Tribal Council's nine member communities.

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Natives protesting clear-cut logging practices in this remote northern community are manning the longest blockade in Canadian history.

On May 13, Elders and other protesters from the Canoe Lake band, Ile a la Crosse and other Native communities in northwest Saskatchewan will celebrate the blockade's birthday. The Protectors of Mother Earth, the name the group chose for itself, are protesting logging around the Meadow Lake Tribal Council's nine member communities.

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Natives protesting clear-cut logging practices in this remote northern community are manning the longest blockade in Canadian history.

On May 13, Elders and other protesters from the Canoe Lake band, Ile a la Crosse and other Native communities in northwest Saskatchewan will celebrate the blockade's birthday. The Protectors of Mother Earth, the name the group chose for itself, are protesting logging around the Meadow Lake Tribal Council's nine member communities.

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Natives across Canada are outraged with the federal government over a controversial new land act.

Organizations opposed to the First Nations' Chartered Land Act include the Assembly of First Nations and the Union of B.C. Indian Chief. The proposed act is a direct threat to First Nations' Aboriginal and treaty land rights, opponents claim.