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The B.C. Court of Appeal will decide if an 18-month-old child would be better raised by his Native mother in Alberta or the white couple in Victoria who adopted the toddler 16 months ago.

James Tearoe, 47, and his wife, Faye Tearoe, 49, privately adopted the boy when he was two months old.

But Teena Sawan, a 20-year-old member of the Woodland Cree band near Manning, Alta., revoked the adoption. Last month, Justice Allen Melvin of B.C. Supreme Court granted custody to the birth mother, citing the importance of the children's Native heritage.

Northerns have doubts about new Minister's abilities

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Newly appointed Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister Pauline Browes spent much of her first official visit to the Northwest Territories trying to reassure Northerners she can handle her new portfolio.

Just over two weeks after being appointed, Browes met with the NWT cabinet in Yellowknife and attended the ceremony marking the royal assent of the Nunavut land claim in Coppermine.

Northerns have doubts about new Minister's abilities

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Newly appointed Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister Pauline Browes spent much of her first official visit to the Northwest Territories trying to reassure Northerners she can handle her new portfolio.

Just over two weeks after being appointed, Browes met with the NWT cabinet in Yellowknife and attended the ceremony marking the royal assent of the Nunavut land claim in Coppermine.

Northerns have doubts about new Minister's abilities

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Newly appointed Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister Pauline Browes spent much of her first official visit to the Northwest Territories trying to reassure Northerners she can handle her new portfolio.

Just over two weeks after being appointed, Browes met with the NWT cabinet in Yellowknife and attended the ceremony marking the royal assent of the Nunavut land claim in Coppermine.

Northerns have doubts about new Minister's abilities

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Newly appointed Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister Pauline Browes spent much of her first official visit to the Northwest Territories trying to reassure Northerners she can handle her new portfolio.

Just over two weeks after being appointed, Browes met with the NWT cabinet in Yellowknife and attended the ceremony marking the royal assent of the Nunavut land claim in Coppermine.

Northerns have doubts about new Minister's abilities

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Newly appointed Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister Pauline Browes spent much of her first official visit to the Northwest Territories trying to reassure Northerners she can handle her new portfolio.

Just over two weeks after being appointed, Browes met with the NWT cabinet in Yellowknife and attended the ceremony marking the royal assent of the Nunavut land claim in Coppermine.

Northerns have doubts about new Minister's abilities

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Newly appointed Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister Pauline Browes spent much of her first official visit to the Northwest Territories trying to reassure Northerners she can handle her new portfolio.

Just over two weeks after being appointed, Browes met with the NWT cabinet in Yellowknife and attended the ceremony marking the royal assent of the Nunavut land claim in Coppermine.

Northerns have doubts about new Minister's abilities

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Newly appointed Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister Pauline Browes spent much of her first official visit to the Northwest Territories trying to reassure Northerners she can handle her new portfolio.

Just over two weeks after being appointed, Browes met with the NWT cabinet in Yellowknife and attended the ceremony marking the royal assent of the Nunavut land claim in Coppermine.

Northerns have doubts about new Minister's abilities

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Newly appointed Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister Pauline Browes spent much of her first official visit to the Northwest Territories trying to reassure Northerners she can handle her new portfolio.

Just over two weeks after being appointed, Browes met with the NWT cabinet in Yellowknife and attended the ceremony marking the royal assent of the Nunavut land claim in Coppermine.

Northerns have doubts about new Minister's abilities

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Newly appointed Indian Affairs and Northern Development Minister Pauline Browes spent much of her first official visit to the Northwest Territories trying to reassure Northerners she can handle her new portfolio.

Just over two weeks after being appointed, Browes met with the NWT cabinet in Yellowknife and attended the ceremony marking the royal assent of the Nunavut land claim in Coppermine.