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REVIEW

In The Rapids

Ovide Mercredi and Mary Ellen Turpel

Viking, 248 pages, hardcover, $25.99

An Elder from Morley, Alta. once had a vision.

Everyone in Canada, Native and non-Native alike, was entering a great rapids. The safest route downstream was unknown to any of the travellers, as were the danger zones. But the journey would have to be made nonetheless.

Ovide Mercredi's new book, In The Rapids, is one man's best guess at the safest route.

Page 7

REVIEW

In The Rapids

Ovide Mercredi and Mary Ellen Turpel

Viking, 248 pages, hardcover, $25.99

An Elder from Morley, Alta. once had a vision.

Everyone in Canada, Native and non-Native alike, was entering a great rapids. The safest route downstream was unknown to any of the travellers, as were the danger zones. But the journey would have to be made nonetheless.

Ovide Mercredi's new book, In The Rapids, is one man's best guess at the safest route.

Page 7

REVIEW

In The Rapids

Ovide Mercredi and Mary Ellen Turpel

Viking, 248 pages, hardcover, $25.99

An Elder from Morley, Alta. once had a vision.

Everyone in Canada, Native and non-Native alike, was entering a great rapids. The safest route downstream was unknown to any of the travellers, as were the danger zones. But the journey would have to be made nonetheless.

Ovide Mercredi's new book, In The Rapids, is one man's best guess at the safest route.

Page 7

REVIEW

In The Rapids

Ovide Mercredi and Mary Ellen Turpel

Viking, 248 pages, hardcover, $25.99

An Elder from Morley, Alta. once had a vision.

Everyone in Canada, Native and non-Native alike, was entering a great rapids. The safest route downstream was unknown to any of the travellers, as were the danger zones. But the journey would have to be made nonetheless.

Ovide Mercredi's new book, In The Rapids, is one man's best guess at the safest route.

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Economic assimilation and self-government may go hand-in-hand whether First Nations' leaders like it or not.

Native communities will have to assimilate with the non-Native business world if the First Nations want to create a strong base for self-government, said Ovide Mercredi, Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

"In certain areas, we have to assimilate. There's just no way out of it. I don't see any way of becoming self-reliant unless we become part of the economic system."

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Economic assimilation and self-government may go hand-in-hand whether First Nations' leaders like it or not.

Native communities will have to assimilate with the non-Native business world if the First Nations want to create a strong base for self-government, said Ovide Mercredi, Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

"In certain areas, we have to assimilate. There's just no way out of it. I don't see any way of becoming self-reliant unless we become part of the economic system."

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Economic assimilation and self-government may go hand-in-hand whether First Nations' leaders like it or not.

Native communities will have to assimilate with the non-Native business world if the First Nations want to create a strong base for self-government, said Ovide Mercredi, Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

"In certain areas, we have to assimilate. There's just no way out of it. I don't see any way of becoming self-reliant unless we become part of the economic system."

Page 7

Economic assimilation and self-government may go hand-in-hand whether First Nations' leaders like it or not.

Native communities will have to assimilate with the non-Native business world if the First Nations want to create a strong base for self-government, said Ovide Mercredi, Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.

"In certain areas, we have to assimilate. There's just no way out of it. I don't see any way of becoming self-reliant unless we become part of the economic system."

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In Remembrance Day celebrations across Canada, courageous men who fought for the freedom of their country were honored and remembered for their efforts. I attended a local ceremony in Penticton and couldn't help but notice that among the groups laying wreaths, there was not a delegation that represented the Native people.

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In Remembrance Day celebrations across Canada, courageous men who fought for the freedom of their country were honored and remembered for their efforts. I attended a local ceremony in Penticton and couldn't help but notice that among the groups laying wreaths, there was not a delegation that represented the Native people.