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"Bill C-31 has instilled awareness among Canadians of the government's different laws for Natives, those that exist for non-Native people, and the still different laws that are especially prejudicial and discriminatory laws for Native women."

This statement was made by Vicki English-Currie at the women's issues forum presentation to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples held in Calgary May 26 and 27.

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"Bill C-31 has instilled awareness among Canadians of the government's different laws for Natives, those that exist for non-Native people, and the still different laws that are especially prejudicial and discriminatory laws for Native women."

This statement was made by Vicki English-Currie at the women's issues forum presentation to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples held in Calgary May 26 and 27.

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A controversial act affecting Native land management will not be going to Ottawa any time soon.

The First Nations' Land Board has decided to keep the First Nations Chartered Land Act from proceeding to the House of Commons for first reading until misinformation about the document can be cleaned up, the board's chairman said.

"We're revising the act," said Westbank First Nation Chief Robert Louie. "We've got some revisions that, I think, are going to correct a lot of the misunderstandings that have been generated there."

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A controversial act affecting Native land management will not be going to Ottawa any time soon.

The First Nations' Land Board has decided to keep the First Nations Chartered Land Act from proceeding to the House of Commons for first reading until misinformation about the document can be cleaned up, the board's chairman said.

"We're revising the act," said Westbank First Nation Chief Robert Louie. "We've got some revisions that, I think, are going to correct a lot of the misunderstandings that have been generated there."

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A controversial act affecting Native land management will not be going to Ottawa any time soon.

The First Nations' Land Board has decided to keep the First Nations Chartered Land Act from proceeding to the House of Commons for first reading until misinformation about the document can be cleaned up, the board's chairman said.

"We're revising the act," said Westbank First Nation Chief Robert Louie. "We've got some revisions that, I think, are going to correct a lot of the misunderstandings that have been generated there."

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A controversial act affecting Native land management will not be going to Ottawa any time soon.

The First Nations' Land Board has decided to keep the First Nations Chartered Land Act from proceeding to the House of Commons for first reading until misinformation about the document can be cleaned up, the board's chairman said.

"We're revising the act," said Westbank First Nation Chief Robert Louie. "We've got some revisions that, I think, are going to correct a lot of the misunderstandings that have been generated there."

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Okanagan Indians took their campaign against a new British Columbia land claim bill to the highways last month.

Some 200 members of the Penticton Indian band mounted the 45-minute information blockades of the Yellowhead Highway May 26 to hand out pamphlets protesting the passage of the B.C. Treaty Commission Act (Bill 22).

The Okanagan Natives said they are angry because the treaty commission was set up without their approval to serve the interests of the provincial and federal governments.

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Okanagan Indians took their campaign against a new British Columbia land claim bill to the highways last month.

Some 200 members of the Penticton Indian band mounted the 45-minute information blockades of the Yellowhead Highway May 26 to hand out pamphlets protesting the passage of the B.C. Treaty Commission Act (Bill 22).

The Okanagan Natives said they are angry because the treaty commission was set up without their approval to serve the interests of the provincial and federal governments.

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Okanagan Indians took their campaign against a new British Columbia land claim bill to the highways last month.

Some 200 members of the Penticton Indian band mounted the 45-minute information blockades of the Yellowhead Highway May 26 to hand out pamphlets protesting the passage of the B.C. Treaty Commission Act (Bill 22).

The Okanagan Natives said they are angry because the treaty commission was set up without their approval to serve the interests of the provincial and federal governments.

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Okanagan Indians took their campaign against a new British Columbia land claim bill to the highways last month.

Some 200 members of the Penticton Indian band mounted the 45-minute information blockades of the Yellowhead Highway May 26 to hand out pamphlets protesting the passage of the B.C. Treaty Commission Act (Bill 22).

The Okanagan Natives said they are angry because the treaty commission was set up without their approval to serve the interests of the provincial and federal governments.