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Healing the rift between Natives and non-Natives is the over-riding issue facing the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the commission's co-chair said.

"On the Aboriginal side there is anger, which when turned inwards, leads to social dysfunction," Rene Dessault said in an address to the Canadian Judge's Conference August 25.

"On the non-Aboriginal side, there is guilt, which when turned inwards leads to denial. What is required in each case is the acceptance of responsibility."

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Healing the rift between Natives and non-Natives is the over-riding issue facing the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the commission's co-chair said.

"On the Aboriginal side there is anger, which when turned inwards, leads to social dysfunction," Rene Dessault said in an address to the Canadian Judge's Conference August 25.

"On the non-Aboriginal side, there is guilt, which when turned inwards leads to denial. What is required in each case is the acceptance of responsibility."

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Healing the rift between Natives and non-Natives is the over-riding issue facing the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the commission's co-chair said.

"On the Aboriginal side there is anger, which when turned inwards, leads to social dysfunction," Rene Dessault said in an address to the Canadian Judge's Conference August 25.

"On the non-Aboriginal side, there is guilt, which when turned inwards leads to denial. What is required in each case is the acceptance of responsibility."

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Healing the rift between Natives and non-Natives is the over-riding issue facing the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the commission's co-chair said.

"On the Aboriginal side there is anger, which when turned inwards, leads to social dysfunction," Rene Dessault said in an address to the Canadian Judge's Conference August 25.

"On the non-Aboriginal side, there is guilt, which when turned inwards leads to denial. What is required in each case is the acceptance of responsibility."

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Healing the rift between Natives and non-Natives is the over-riding issue facing the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the commission's co-chair said.

"On the Aboriginal side there is anger, which when turned inwards, leads to social dysfunction," Rene Dessault said in an address to the Canadian Judge's Conference August 25.

"On the non-Aboriginal side, there is guilt, which when turned inwards leads to denial. What is required in each case is the acceptance of responsibility."

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Healing the rift between Natives and non-Natives is the over-riding issue facing the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the commission's co-chair said.

"On the Aboriginal side there is anger, which when turned inwards, leads to social dysfunction," Rene Dessault said in an address to the Canadian Judge's Conference August 25.

"On the non-Aboriginal side, there is guilt, which when turned inwards leads to denial. What is required in each case is the acceptance of responsibility."

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Healing the rift between Natives and non-Natives is the over-riding issue facing the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the commission's co-chair said.

"On the Aboriginal side there is anger, which when turned inwards, leads to social dysfunction," Rene Dessault said in an address to the Canadian Judge's Conference August 25.

"On the non-Aboriginal side, there is guilt, which when turned inwards leads to denial. What is required in each case is the acceptance of responsibility."

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Healing the rift between Natives and non-Natives is the over-riding issue facing the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, the commission's co-chair said.

"On the Aboriginal side there is anger, which when turned inwards, leads to social dysfunction," Rene Dessault said in an address to the Canadian Judge's Conference August 25.

"On the non-Aboriginal side, there is guilt, which when turned inwards leads to denial. What is required in each case is the acceptance of responsibility."

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The 1993 winner of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Award of San Francisco is an unassuming woman who looks forward to buying a rototiller for her garden with the proceeds of the award.

Because much of what Jo Ann Tall eats comes from her garden, she can't afford to buy a lot of food. But adversity such as poverty and crippling rheumatoid arthritis hasn't deterred this exceptional woman from risking all to protect and save her people's environment.

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The 1993 winner of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Award of San Francisco is an unassuming woman who looks forward to buying a rototiller for her garden with the proceeds of the award.

Because much of what Jo Ann Tall eats comes from her garden, she can't afford to buy a lot of food. But adversity such as poverty and crippling rheumatoid arthritis hasn't deterred this exceptional woman from risking all to protect and save her people's environment.