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It appears that defining Native self-government for the sake of forthcoming federal negotiations will be no easy task, not even for the Natives.

One month has passed since Ottawa first announced its intention to recognize Aboriginal self-government outside the Constitution. And everyone, from the federal Indian affairs minister to national Native leaders, is having an easier time defining what Native self-government won't be rather than what it will be.

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The dispute between Blood chief Harley Frank and the tribe's council came to an end Feb. 25 at least as far as the Federal Court is concerned.

Justice Barbara Reed found all 12 council members guilty of contempt for breaching court orders against locking Frank out of his office and holding an illegal byelection last summer.

But Reed delayed sentencing the group until March 29 to give the band enough time to hold an election, an event she hoped would purge the council of contempt.

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Self-government negotiations between Ottawa and Alberta chiefs took a turn for the worse this month.

Indian Affairs Minister Ron Irwin stormed out of a meeting with the chiefs of the Lesser Slave Lake Indian Regional Council Feb. 20 after council members presented their own model for self-government.

"He pointed at the lawyer Catherine (Twinn) and said, 'I'm not afraid of you'," said council Grand Chief Robert Horseman. "We proposed a self-government model that was worked on by the Sawridge Band.... and he just basically wouldn't look at it."

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A new addition to the Alberta banking community never aimed much past high school as a young man, thinking a career as a professional was unattainable.

But now, after years of study and hard work, Ron Scrimshaw is the regional co-ordinator for Aboriginal business for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Alberta.

His territory includes Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Although the N.W.T. is quite different than Alberta, the bank's goals are the same for both.

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A new addition to the Alberta banking community never aimed much past high school as a young man, thinking a career as a professional was unattainable.

But now, after years of study and hard work, Ron Scrimshaw is the regional co-ordinator for Aboriginal business for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Alberta.

His territory includes Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Although the N.W.T. is quite different than Alberta, the bank's goals are the same for both.

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A new addition to the Alberta banking community never aimed much past high school as a young man, thinking a career as a professional was unattainable.

But now, after years of study and hard work, Ron Scrimshaw is the regional co-ordinator for Aboriginal business for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Alberta.

His territory includes Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Although the N.W.T. is quite different than Alberta, the bank's goals are the same for both.

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A new addition to the Alberta banking community never aimed much past high school as a young man, thinking a career as a professional was unattainable.

But now, after years of study and hard work, Ron Scrimshaw is the regional co-ordinator for Aboriginal business for the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in Alberta.

His territory includes Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Although the N.W.T. is quite different than Alberta, the bank's goals are the same for both.

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Corrine Hunt, a Kwakiutl jewelry maker and engraver, brought a live, breathing model to the opening of the Evolving Traditions: Women of the Northwest Coast Native art show at the University of British Columbia - her mother.

The proud Mrs. Hunt wore a gold watch band, earrings and necklace, delicately engraved with the patterns of ravens, eagles and salmon.

"I won't wear anybody else's," she said with an exaggerated air.

"She lies," her daughter said in a playful aside.

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Francis Auger kneels on his Ski-Doo and races through a snowy, boreal forest to his cabin at Rock Island Lake. His face lights up as he points to a lynx and moose tracks along the way.

The 63-year-old Metis is a trapper. And his cabin marks the beginning of his 24-kilometre trap line.

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Francis Auger kneels on his Ski-Doo and races through a snowy, boreal forest to his cabin at Rock Island Lake. His face lights up as he points to a lynx and moose tracks along the way.

The 63-year-old Metis is a trapper. And his cabin marks the beginning of his 24-kilometre trap line.