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A single letter deleted from the United Nation's draft document on human rights will deprive Canadian Natives of their inherent right to self-determination, a Canadian non-government organization representative said.

The "s" in the term "Indigenous peoples" was removed from the fourth draft of the UN's Vienna Declaration for States at the request of the Canadian government during restricted pre-meetings for the World Conference on Human Rights in Geneva last month, said Grand Council of the Cree of Quebec advisor Bob Epstein.

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Aboriginal enterprise needs access to funds from non-government sources if Natives are to escape from the poverty cycle, the president of the Canadian Council on Native Business said.

Establishing an Aboriginal economic development bank through the private sector is just one of eight recommendations that the council plans to present to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in June, said Patrick Lavelle.

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Aboriginal enterprise needs access to funds from non-government sources if Natives are to escape from the poverty cycle, the president of the Canadian Council on Native Business said.

Establishing an Aboriginal economic development bank through the private sector is just one of eight recommendations that the council plans to present to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in June, said Patrick Lavelle.

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Aboriginal enterprise needs access to funds from non-government sources if Natives are to escape from the poverty cycle, the president of the Canadian Council on Native Business said.

Establishing an Aboriginal economic development bank through the private sector is just one of eight recommendations that the council plans to present to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in June, said Patrick Lavelle.

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Aboriginal enterprise needs access to funds from non-government sources if Natives are to escape from the poverty cycle, the president of the Canadian Council on Native Business said.

Establishing an Aboriginal economic development bank through the private sector is just one of eight recommendations that the council plans to present to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in June, said Patrick Lavelle.

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Before travelling to Vancouver for the opening of a native longhouse at the University of British Columbia, Cliff Porter had never set foot on a campus or known a university student.

And while the 19-year-old from Williams Lake was more interested in kicking around a beanbag ball than in the ceremony on May 25 to open the First Nations House of Learning, he was impressed enough to consider continuing his studies beyond high school.

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Before travelling to Vancouver for the opening of a native longhouse at the University of British Columbia, Cliff Porter had never set foot on a campus or known a university student.

And while the 19-year-old from Williams Lake was more interested in kicking around a beanbag ball than in the ceremony on May 25 to open the First Nations House of Learning, he was impressed enough to consider continuing his studies beyond high school.

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Before travelling to Vancouver for the opening of a native longhouse at the University of British Columbia, Cliff Porter had never set foot on a campus or known a university student.

And while the 19-year-old from Williams Lake was more interested in kicking around a beanbag ball than in the ceremony on May 25 to open the First Nations House of Learning, he was impressed enough to consider continuing his studies beyond high school.

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Before travelling to Vancouver for the opening of a native longhouse at the University of British Columbia, Cliff Porter had never set foot on a campus or known a university student.

And while the 19-year-old from Williams Lake was more interested in kicking around a beanbag ball than in the ceremony on May 25 to open the First Nations House of Learning, he was impressed enough to consider continuing his studies beyond high school.

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British Columbia theatre group Spirit Song's latest production "Shape Shifter" is taking Native theatre in a new, light direction.

Director Ronnie Way says he wasn't interested in doing a play with a moral, as many Native playwrights feel obliged to.

"Too many plays have a message to tell," says Way, "I just wanted to do a play that people could enjoy."