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A B.C. Natives' lobby over control of their own education will wait until the federal Conservatives have a new leader.

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has worked for the past year to secure greater control over education for Native communities, said Ray Hance, chairman for the Steering Committee on Indigenous Education.

"But Mulroney spoiled it," he said. "We had to postpone it due to the leadership situation. We want to make sure that we will get something out of it:"

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A B.C. Natives' lobby over control of their own education will wait until the federal Conservatives have a new leader.

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has worked for the past year to secure greater control over education for Native communities, said Ray Hance, chairman for the Steering Committee on Indigenous Education.

"But Mulroney spoiled it," he said. "We had to postpone it due to the leadership situation. We want to make sure that we will get something out of it:"

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A B.C. Natives' lobby over control of their own education will wait until the federal Conservatives have a new leader.

The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs has worked for the past year to secure greater control over education for Native communities, said Ray Hance, chairman for the Steering Committee on Indigenous Education.

"But Mulroney spoiled it," he said. "We had to postpone it due to the leadership situation. We want to make sure that we will get something out of it:"

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The chief of Davis Inlet is disgusted with the government of Newfoundland.

Provincial representatives are not willing to let the Innu from the remote, poverty-stricken Labrador community decide what is best for them, Katie Rich said.

"They don't want to deal with us nation-to-nation," she said. "They want to treat us like children. We have the right to make our own decisions."

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The chief of Davis Inlet is disgusted with the government of Newfoundland.

Provincial representatives are not willing to let the Innu from the remote, poverty-stricken Labrador community decide what is best for them, Katie Rich said.

"They don't want to deal with us nation-to-nation," she said. "They want to treat us like children. We have the right to make our own decisions."

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The chief of Davis Inlet is disgusted with the government of Newfoundland.

Provincial representatives are not willing to let the Innu from the remote, poverty-stricken Labrador community decide what is best for them, Katie Rich said.

"They don't want to deal with us nation-to-nation," she said. "They want to treat us like children. We have the right to make our own decisions."

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The chief of Davis Inlet is disgusted with the government of Newfoundland.

Provincial representatives are not willing to let the Innu from the remote, poverty-stricken Labrador community decide what is best for them, Katie Rich said.

"They don't want to deal with us nation-to-nation," she said. "They want to treat us like children. We have the right to make our own decisions."

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Employees of the Bear Claw casino mistook RCMP officers for heavily-armed masked thieves when the police crashed through the casino's front doors in a pre-dawn raid March 22.

"Casino people were just closing up," Shepherd said. "They thought they were being robbed. The people were masked and did not identify themselves."

The hooded, gun-toting assembly burst into the casino at around 4 a.m. and told employees to put their hands onto tables, White Bear band chief Bernard Shepherd said.

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Employees of the Bear Claw casino mistook RCMP officers for heavily-armed masked thieves when the police crashed through the casino's front doors in a pre-dawn raid March 22.

"Casino people were just closing up," Shepherd said. "They thought they were being robbed. The people were masked and did not identify themselves."

The hooded, gun-toting assembly burst into the casino at around 4 a.m. and told employees to put their hands onto tables, White Bear band chief Bernard Shepherd said.

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Employees of the Bear Claw casino mistook RCMP officers for heavily-armed masked thieves when the police crashed through the casino's front doors in a pre-dawn raid March 22.

"Casino people were just closing up," Shepherd said. "They thought they were being robbed. The people were masked and did not identify themselves."

The hooded, gun-toting assembly burst into the casino at around 4 a.m. and told employees to put their hands onto tables, White Bear band chief Bernard Shepherd said.