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Natives in the Yukon and the Northwest Territories have their fingers crossed that land claims will make it through Parliament before the summer recess.

Both the Council of Yukon Indians and the Tungavik Federation of Nunavut's land claims are in the final stages of approval but there is no guarantee that either piece of legislation will make it through before June 25, the last day of sitting.

Political leaders from the Yukon were in Ottawa last week to lobby members of the House of Commons and Senate to give all-party support to their land claim.

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The chief of the Yukon first nation says his people will close down a proposed mining road that would cut through hunting grounds and possibly burial sites if they are not consulted first.

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The chief of the Yukon first nation says his people will close down a proposed mining road that would cut through hunting grounds and possibly burial sites if they are not consulted first.

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The chief of the Yukon first nation says his people will close down a proposed mining road that would cut through hunting grounds and possibly burial sites if they are not consulted first.

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The chief of the Yukon first nation says his people will close down a proposed mining road that would cut through hunting grounds and possibly burial sites if they are not consulted first.

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A movement to file an investigative audit into the finances of Alberta's largest Metis settlement has lead toward violence, say members.

Paddle Prairie is locked in a civil war marked by threats, intimidation tactics and Indian medicine, said Roe Graham.

"The situation has degenerated to where people are sitting at home in fear," said Graham. "There are many threats, Indian medicine, pressure, blood poured on driveways."

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A movement to file an investigative audit into the finances of Alberta's largest Metis settlement has lead toward violence, say members.

Paddle Prairie is locked in a civil war marked by threats, intimidation tactics and Indian medicine, said Roe Graham.

"The situation has degenerated to where people are sitting at home in fear," said Graham. "There are many threats, Indian medicine, pressure, blood poured on driveways."

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A movement to file an investigative audit into the finances of Alberta's largest Metis settlement has lead toward violence, say members.

Paddle Prairie is locked in a civil war marked by threats, intimidation tactics and Indian medicine, said Roe Graham.

"The situation has degenerated to where people are sitting at home in fear," said Graham. "There are many threats, Indian medicine, pressure, blood poured on driveways."

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A movement to file an investigative audit into the finances of Alberta's largest Metis settlement has lead toward violence, say members.

Paddle Prairie is locked in a civil war marked by threats, intimidation tactics and Indian medicine, said Roe Graham.

"The situation has degenerated to where people are sitting at home in fear," said Graham. "There are many threats, Indian medicine, pressure, blood poured on driveways."

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When the White Bear First Nation decided to challenge the Saskatchewan government over its sovereign right to operate a casino on their reserve in the southeast corner of the province, it knew government seed money for start-up costs was out of the question.

And they soon discovered that Canadian bankers didn't share their confidence that Native gaming was the way to economic prosperity and jobs.

"We wanted $50,000," Edward Pasap, the chairman of the board for the Bear Claw Casino, said at a Native gaming trade show and conference in Vancouver last week.