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Federal Tory candidates are not addressing Native issues in their pursuit of their party's leadership, the head of the Assembly of First Nations said.

In a press conference in Ottawa May 18, Ovide Mercredi said none of the Progressive Conservative party leadership candidates are advocating Natives interests as part of the next government.

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Sharron Johnstone recently met many of the people involved in the Walking Home prayer journey for peace, unity and to foster a spirit of love for Mother Earth, "who gives of her beauty so freely."

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Sharron Johnstone recently met many of the people involved in the Walking Home prayer journey for peace, unity and to foster a spirit of love for Mother Earth, "who gives of her beauty so freely."

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Sharron Johnstone recently met many of the people involved in the Walking Home prayer journey for peace, unity and to foster a spirit of love for Mother Earth, "who gives of her beauty so freely."

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Sharron Johnstone recently met many of the people involved in the Walking Home prayer journey for peace, unity and to foster a spirit of love for Mother Earth, "who gives of her beauty so freely."

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Western civilization brought many ills to Native cultures, with perhaps the most damage being done to Native spirituality. Spiritual oppression, said Dila Houle, a facilitator at the Healing Awareness Conference, gave way to spiritual abandonment and, in turn, the social ills that plague Native communities today.

In her workshop Take Time to Laugh and Cry - Counselling From a Native Perspective, Houle said the rediscovery of the spiritual self is essential to the healing process. However, it's not an easy process.

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Western civilization brought many ills to Native cultures, with perhaps the most damage being done to Native spirituality. Spiritual oppression, said Dila Houle, a facilitator at the Healing Awareness Conference, gave way to spiritual abandonment and, in turn, the social ills that plague Native communities today.

In her workshop Take Time to Laugh and Cry - Counselling From a Native Perspective, Houle said the rediscovery of the spiritual self is essential to the healing process. However, it's not an easy process.

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Western civilization brought many ills to Native cultures, with perhaps the most damage being done to Native spirituality. Spiritual oppression, said Dila Houle, a facilitator at the Healing Awareness Conference, gave way to spiritual abandonment and, in turn, the social ills that plague Native communities today.

In her workshop Take Time to Laugh and Cry - Counselling From a Native Perspective, Houle said the rediscovery of the spiritual self is essential to the healing process. However, it's not an easy process.

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Western civilization brought many ills to Native cultures, with perhaps the most damage being done to Native spirituality. Spiritual oppression, said Dila Houle, a facilitator at the Healing Awareness Conference, gave way to spiritual abandonment and, in turn, the social ills that plague Native communities today.

In her workshop Take Time to Laugh and Cry - Counselling From a Native Perspective, Houle said the rediscovery of the spiritual self is essential to the healing process. However, it's not an easy process.

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For generations, Native cultures have considered sexuality a "taboo" subject. But as the number of Natives testing positive for HIV, the precursor to AIDS, is rising at an alarming rate, it's one subject that clearly can no longer be ignored.

"These things must be discussed because the threat of HIV and AIDS is quite prevalent in Native society," said Marlene Poitras during her Woman's Sexuality in the 90s workshop at the Healing Awareness Conference.