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Family members of an Indian trapper shot dead three years ago by a white supremacist say justice officials have not addressed concerns over the role racism played in the killing.

Saskatchewan Justice Minister Robert Mitchell released the 75-page inquiry report into the shooting death of Leo LaChance Nov. 22. The Cree trapper was killed in January 1991 by Carney Nerland, the Saskatchewan leader of the Church of Jesus Christ Christian-Aryan Nations.

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Family members of an Indian trapper shot dead three years ago by a white supremacist say justice officials have not addressed concerns over the role racism played in the killing.

Saskatchewan Justice Minister Robert Mitchell released the 75-page inquiry report into the shooting death of Leo LaChance Nov. 22. The Cree trapper was killed in January 1991 by Carney Nerland, the Saskatchewan leader of the Church of Jesus Christ Christian-Aryan Nations.

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The economies of the First Nations could be destroyed by American business interests if Native rights are not addressed in the North American Free Trade Agreement, the head of the Native Council of Canada said.

There are at present no references to Aboriginal rights in the document, said Ron George. And without further clarification on resource management the First Nations stand to lose everything.

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Duane Janvier has accomplished more in three short years than a lot of people do in a lifetime.

In October, the 21-year-old successfully completed the cooking program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, the final step in a dream Janvier barely began to envision in 1990.

Today, Janvier is a young man with a bright and promising future.

But it wasn't always so.

Janvier left school in the middle of Grade 11, disenchanted with the whole learning process.

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Duane Janvier has accomplished more in three short years than a lot of people do in a lifetime.

In October, the 21-year-old successfully completed the cooking program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, the final step in a dream Janvier barely began to envision in 1990.

Today, Janvier is a young man with a bright and promising future.

But it wasn't always so.

Janvier left school in the middle of Grade 11, disenchanted with the whole learning process.

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Duane Janvier has accomplished more in three short years than a lot of people do in a lifetime.

In October, the 21-year-old successfully completed the cooking program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, the final step in a dream Janvier barely began to envision in 1990.

Today, Janvier is a young man with a bright and promising future.

But it wasn't always so.

Janvier left school in the middle of Grade 11, disenchanted with the whole learning process.

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Duane Janvier has accomplished more in three short years than a lot of people do in a lifetime.

In October, the 21-year-old successfully completed the cooking program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, the final step in a dream Janvier barely began to envision in 1990.

Today, Janvier is a young man with a bright and promising future.

But it wasn't always so.

Janvier left school in the middle of Grade 11, disenchanted with the whole learning process.

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Ray Cardinal sits on the bench where he decided to end a life-time of self-destructive behavior. He remembers how he felt that day. And once again, he feels lonely.

It's been two years since that pivotal moment at Urban Manor, an Edmonton-based home for hard-to-house alcoholics and substances abusers. Cardinal, a Cree from Alberta's Saddle Lake Reserve, was suffering the effects of yet another disorienting hair spray hangover.

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Children born to mothers who drink heavily start life already disadvantaged.

They suffer from Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and according to Dr. George Brenneman at Johns Hopkins University in Balitmore, Maryland, there are three main areas where the children have problems.

First, they are born small and never really catch up in size. Central nervous system damage means they may be retarded, have a smaller head or smaller brain than average and they may undergo behavioral changes.

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When Doreen Janvier returned to her reserve two-and-a-half years ago, the normally prudent 29 year old threw caution to the wind and quit her job with Syncrude Canada.

Janvier, who returned to her namesake's reserve after a 15-year absence to

support family members enroled in drug and alcohol awareness counselling, said the visit awakened a strong desire to help her people.

"My vision was to help my people in the community, help them overcome their unemployment and alcoholism and help them start to care for themselves," she said.