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The latest in the "I'm so fascinated by Indians I just have to make a

film about them" movie opened on March 10. Dance Me Outside, directed

by Bruce MacDonald, pieces together several W.P. Kinsella short stories

(how Altmanesque) into quite a wonderfully shot and acted film detailing

the life of a couple of down home rez boys and girls. Politics and

accuracy aside, the film hits on many levels.

But more than anything, it's another example of Hollywood and its

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The latest in the "I'm so fascinated by Indians I just have to make a

film about them" movie opened on March 10. Dance Me Outside, directed

by Bruce MacDonald, pieces together several W.P. Kinsella short stories

(how Altmanesque) into quite a wonderfully shot and acted film detailing

the life of a couple of down home rez boys and girls. Politics and

accuracy aside, the film hits on many levels.

But more than anything, it's another example of Hollywood and its

Page 9

The latest in the "I'm so fascinated by Indians I just have to make a

film about them" movie opened on March 10. Dance Me Outside, directed

by Bruce MacDonald, pieces together several W.P. Kinsella short stories

(how Altmanesque) into quite a wonderfully shot and acted film detailing

the life of a couple of down home rez boys and girls. Politics and

accuracy aside, the film hits on many levels.

But more than anything, it's another example of Hollywood and its

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She is truly one of Canada's artistic darlings, a lady whose works have

influenced numerous other artists -- Native and non-Native alike. She

is a strong woman, one who believed in herself and her abilities and

managed to survive through times when artists really were a struggling

breed. I am speaking of Daphne Odjig-Beavon.

More commonly known to the masses as Odjig, she has been featured in a

number of books. Her art was used for the cover as well as interior of

Tales From the Smokehouse. In 1990, she was one of the select

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She is truly one of Canada's artistic darlings, a lady whose works have

influenced numerous other artists -- Native and non-Native alike. She

is a strong woman, one who believed in herself and her abilities and

managed to survive through times when artists really were a struggling

breed. I am speaking of Daphne Odjig-Beavon.

More commonly known to the masses as Odjig, she has been featured in a

number of books. Her art was used for the cover as well as interior of

Tales From the Smokehouse. In 1990, she was one of the select

Page 8

She is truly one of Canada's artistic darlings, a lady whose works have

influenced numerous other artists -- Native and non-Native alike. She

is a strong woman, one who believed in herself and her abilities and

managed to survive through times when artists really were a struggling

breed. I am speaking of Daphne Odjig-Beavon.

More commonly known to the masses as Odjig, she has been featured in a

number of books. Her art was used for the cover as well as interior of

Tales From the Smokehouse. In 1990, she was one of the select

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European Union Regulation 3254/91 comes into effect for Canada on Jan

1. 1996. Unless Canada bans leghold traps in all its provinces and

territories for 13 different species of fur bearers, AND adopts

internationally recognized "humane" trapping methods the European market

will be closed to most of our wild furs. As 90 per cent of our wild

furs are exported, and 75 per cent of those end up in Europe, that will

mean that our largest market will suddenly disappear. If we lose that

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European Union Regulation 3254/91 comes into effect for Canada on Jan

1. 1996. Unless Canada bans leghold traps in all its provinces and

territories for 13 different species of fur bearers, AND adopts

internationally recognized "humane" trapping methods the European market

will be closed to most of our wild furs. As 90 per cent of our wild

furs are exported, and 75 per cent of those end up in Europe, that will

mean that our largest market will suddenly disappear. If we lose that

Page 6

European Union Regulation 3254/91 comes into effect for Canada on Jan

1. 1996. Unless Canada bans leghold traps in all its provinces and

territories for 13 different species of fur bearers, AND adopts

internationally recognized "humane" trapping methods the European market

will be closed to most of our wild furs. As 90 per cent of our wild

furs are exported, and 75 per cent of those end up in Europe, that will

mean that our largest market will suddenly disappear. If we lose that

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Maybe half the Native newspaper editorials published in this country in

the last five years have detailed cases of discrimination against First

Nations people by the majority, usually referred to as "white." And

rightly so.

If anybody in or involved with Native affairs hasn't been effected by

attitude or action based on racial intolerance, he's probably been

involved for less time that it'll take to finish this column. But the

offensive attitudes reported observed in the mainstream population have