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The First Nations could be at a greater risk from acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, than the rest of Canada, a recent study indicates.

The Ontario First Nations AIDS and Healthy Lifestyles Survey, released last January, estimates as many as one on-reserve Native out of every 212 in Ontario could test positive for human immunodefiency virus, HIV, the disease which is believed to cause AIDS.

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A panel involving Native participants was almost over-looked at a recent Edmonton conference on racism.

The one-day Intercultural Education and Race Relations Resource fair held sessions on stereotypes, dealing with racism in the school yard, black oppression, and refugee experiences. Only at the last moment did an organizer realize a panel of First Nations representatives was absent.

"We are the forgotten people," panelist Edna Coffin told the audience with a grimace.

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A panel involving Native participants was almost over-looked at a recent Edmonton conference on racism.

The one-day Intercultural Education and Race Relations Resource fair held sessions on stereotypes, dealing with racism in the school yard, black oppression, and refugee experiences. Only at the last moment did an organizer realize a panel of First Nations representatives was absent.

"We are the forgotten people," panelist Edna Coffin told the audience with a grimace.

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A panel involving Native participants was almost over-looked at a recent Edmonton conference on racism.

The one-day Intercultural Education and Race Relations Resource fair held sessions on stereotypes, dealing with racism in the school yard, black oppression, and refugee experiences. Only at the last moment did an organizer realize a panel of First Nations representatives was absent.

"We are the forgotten people," panelist Edna Coffin told the audience with a grimace.

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A panel involving Native participants was almost over-looked at a recent Edmonton conference on racism.

The one-day Intercultural Education and Race Relations Resource fair held sessions on stereotypes, dealing with racism in the school yard, black oppression, and refugee experiences. Only at the last moment did an organizer realize a panel of First Nations representatives was absent.

"We are the forgotten people," panelist Edna Coffin told the audience with a grimace.

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Less interference from the federal government and a streamlined process for establishing Native businesses are keys to setting up and maintaining Native ventures.

This was one of the many messages coming out of the National Round Table on Economic Development and Resources, put on by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples last month.

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Less interference from the federal government and a streamlined process for establishing Native businesses are keys to setting up and maintaining Native ventures.

This was one of the many messages coming out of the National Round Table on Economic Development and Resources, put on by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples last month.

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Less interference from the federal government and a streamlined process for establishing Native businesses are keys to setting up and maintaining Native ventures.

This was one of the many messages coming out of the National Round Table on Economic Development and Resources, put on by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples last month.

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Less interference from the federal government and a streamlined process for establishing Native businesses are keys to setting up and maintaining Native ventures.

This was one of the many messages coming out of the National Round Table on Economic Development and Resources, put on by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples last month.

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In the fall of 1992, an inquest into the suicide of a 14-year-old on a Manitoba reserve lead to a scathing report on inadequacies of child welfare agencies, both Native and provincial.

The Manitoba Task Force on Aboriginal Child Welfare wants to remedy the situation.