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Dear Editor:

I am a First Nations woman living on reserve. My home community consists of four reserves side by side. Recently, a tragedy happened on two of those reserves. Four people are dead in two separate incidents. Three of those people are First Nations and one just happened to be a Caucasian-North American. This Caucasian-North American man was in the right place for what he had to do at a very wrong time.

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Dear Editor:

I am a First Nations woman living on reserve. My home community consists of four reserves side by side. Recently, a tragedy happened on two of those reserves. Four people are dead in two separate incidents. Three of those people are First Nations and one just happened to be a Caucasian-North American. This Caucasian-North American man was in the right place for what he had to do at a very wrong time.

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So, now that they have knocked off the NDP, the governing Liberal Party of British Columbia is going to hold a referendum on Native land claims and treaties and such.

As is always the case with referenda on hot-button political issues, the question will probably be at least as interesting as the results of the vote.

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So, now that they have knocked off the NDP, the governing Liberal Party of British Columbia is going to hold a referendum on Native land claims and treaties and such.

As is always the case with referenda on hot-button political issues, the question will probably be at least as interesting as the results of the vote.

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Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault announced on Aug. 28 that the consultation on his proposed First Nations governance act would resume on Sept. 1 with or without the participation of the Assembly of First Nations.

Although the question of whether the AFN will join the process had not been answered definitively as of Aug. 29, a draft protocol agreement obtained by this publication reveal the national AFN's executive committee is strongly in favor of working jointly with the government and is making that goal a priority.

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Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault announced on Aug. 28 that the consultation on his proposed First Nations governance act would resume on Sept. 1 with or without the participation of the Assembly of First Nations.

Although the question of whether the AFN will join the process had not been answered definitively as of Aug. 29, a draft protocol agreement obtained by this publication reveal the national AFN's executive committee is strongly in favor of working jointly with the government and is making that goal a priority.

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The ill-fated Early Years School project involving Wing Construction has spawned two lawsuits, one against the Sagkeeng First Nation of Manitoba and the other against several of its former band officials.

First, on July 26, the Sagkeeng/Wing Development Partnership and Wing Construction, Ltd. of Thunder Bay, Ont. filed suit in Winnipeg's Court of Queen's Bench against the First Nation.

On Aug. 3, two sub-contractors who worked on the project, Peterson & Habib Consultants, Inc. and Dome Technology Canada, Inc., filed their own statement of claim.

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The ill-fated Early Years School project involving Wing Construction has spawned two lawsuits, one against the Sagkeeng First Nation of Manitoba and the other against several of its former band officials.

First, on July 26, the Sagkeeng/Wing Development Partnership and Wing Construction, Ltd. of Thunder Bay, Ont. filed suit in Winnipeg's Court of Queen's Bench against the First Nation.

On Aug. 3, two sub-contractors who worked on the project, Peterson & Habib Consultants, Inc. and Dome Technology Canada, Inc., filed their own statement of claim.

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Dwight Dorey, the chief and president of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP), wants to introduce some new ideas to the First Nations governance debate.

"The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples' recommendations envisioned reducing the number of First Nations from 633 to 70 or 80 across the country," he said. "The 55 or so Mi'kmaq bands in Eastern Canada are not First Nations. There's only one First Nation and that is the Mi'kmaq Nation. Until the chiefs and people realize that, we're going to keep having these problems."

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Dwight Dorey, the chief and president of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP), wants to introduce some new ideas to the First Nations governance debate.

"The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples' recommendations envisioned reducing the number of First Nations from 633 to 70 or 80 across the country," he said. "The 55 or so Mi'kmaq bands in Eastern Canada are not First Nations. There's only one First Nation and that is the Mi'kmaq Nation. Until the chiefs and people realize that, we're going to keep having these problems."