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Canadian film takes top honors at American Indian film festival

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A Canadian film won the 1993 American Indian Motion Picture Award for best picture at the 18th annual American Indian Film Festival & Video Exposition in San Francisco, California.

Medicine River, filmed in Alberta and starring Tom Jackson, Graham Greene and Sheila Tousey, took top honors at the nine-day festival.

Michael Smith, director of the American Indian Film Institute, presented the awards. Best actor went to Graham Greene, who was not there to pick up the award. Tom Jackson was awarded the best supporting actor for his role in Medicine River.

Canadian film takes top honors at American Indian film festival

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A Canadian film won the 1993 American Indian Motion Picture Award for best picture at the 18th annual American Indian Film Festival & Video Exposition in San Francisco, California.

Medicine River, filmed in Alberta and starring Tom Jackson, Graham Greene and Sheila Tousey, took top honors at the nine-day festival.

Michael Smith, director of the American Indian Film Institute, presented the awards. Best actor went to Graham Greene, who was not there to pick up the award. Tom Jackson was awarded the best supporting actor for his role in Medicine River.

Ontario NDP government trying to remove land caution that prevents development near Teme-Augama Anishnabai

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The NDP government in Ontario is going to court to remove a 20-year-old land claim-related caution banning development in the Temagami region.

The governed will apply to the Ontario provincial district court in North Bay to remove a land caution against thousands of square kilometres of Crown land in and around the township of Temagami, said provincial negotiator Grant Wedge.

"It wasn't a sudden decision. It was a decision that has been before us for the last two years."

Ontario NDP government trying to remove land caution that prevents development near Teme-Augama Anishnabai

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The NDP government in Ontario is going to court to remove a 20-year-old land claim-related caution banning development in the Temagami region.

The governed will apply to the Ontario provincial district court in North Bay to remove a land caution against thousands of square kilometres of Crown land in and around the township of Temagami, said provincial negotiator Grant Wedge.

"It wasn't a sudden decision. It was a decision that has been before us for the last two years."

Ontario NDP government trying to remove land caution that prevents development near Teme-Augama Anishnabai

Page 7

The NDP government in Ontario is going to court to remove a 20-year-old land claim-related caution banning development in the Temagami region.

The governed will apply to the Ontario provincial district court in North Bay to remove a land caution against thousands of square kilometres of Crown land in and around the township of Temagami, said provincial negotiator Grant Wedge.

"It wasn't a sudden decision. It was a decision that has been before us for the last two years."

Ontario NDP government trying to remove land caution that prevents development near Teme-Augama Anishnabai

Page 7

The NDP government in Ontario is going to court to remove a 20-year-old land claim-related caution banning development in the Temagami region.

The governed will apply to the Ontario provincial district court in North Bay to remove a land caution against thousands of square kilometres of Crown land in and around the township of Temagami, said provincial negotiator Grant Wedge.

"It wasn't a sudden decision. It was a decision that has been before us for the last two years."

Art reveals cultural continuity

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It's been 501 years since Native peoples and white Europeans first met on this continent.

During those long, dark years, Native cultures were subjected to extremely powerful white-European, Christian indoctrination. Miraculously, our cultures have survived.

An exploration of the exciting and continuously evolving Native art world (and the more personal ceremonial world) reveals the continuity of our ways as Native peoples.

Art reveals cultural continuity

Page 4

It's been 501 years since Native peoples and white Europeans first met on this continent.

During those long, dark years, Native cultures were subjected to extremely powerful white-European, Christian indoctrination. Miraculously, our cultures have survived.

An exploration of the exciting and continuously evolving Native art world (and the more personal ceremonial world) reveals the continuity of our ways as Native peoples.

Art reveals cultural continuity

Page 4

It's been 501 years since Native peoples and white Europeans first met on this continent.

During those long, dark years, Native cultures were subjected to extremely powerful white-European, Christian indoctrination. Miraculously, our cultures have survived.

An exploration of the exciting and continuously evolving Native art world (and the more personal ceremonial world) reveals the continuity of our ways as Native peoples.

Art reveals cultural continuity

Page 4

It's been 501 years since Native peoples and white Europeans first met on this continent.

During those long, dark years, Native cultures were subjected to extremely powerful white-European, Christian indoctrination. Miraculously, our cultures have survived.

An exploration of the exciting and continuously evolving Native art world (and the more personal ceremonial world) reveals the continuity of our ways as Native peoples.