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Well, it looks like the chiefs of Canada's First Nations have themselves a horse race in this month's Assembly of First Nations election for national chief. With the number of heavy-hitters vying for the privilege of advancing the causes of reserve Indians across the country, incumbent Ovide Mercredi will again have his work cut out for him to be elected.

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Well, it looks like the chiefs of Canada's First Nations have themselves a horse race in this month's Assembly of First Nations election for national chief. With the number of heavy-hitters vying for the privilege of advancing the causes of reserve Indians across the country, incumbent Ovide Mercredi will again have his work cut out for him to be elected.

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Well, it looks like the chiefs of Canada's First Nations have themselves a horse race in this month's Assembly of First Nations election for national chief. With the number of heavy-hitters vying for the privilege of advancing the causes of reserve Indians across the country, incumbent Ovide Mercredi will again have his work cut out for him to be elected.

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Grand Chief Mike Mitchell's recent victory in Federal Court asserted his Aboriginal right to bring goods for personal and community use acroos the Canadian border with the United States. The ruling raises an important question: why do Aboriginal people need to go to court to have their rights protected when they are already protected in Canada's Constitution?

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Phil Fontaine promised that he would build unity within the Assembly of First Nations. That couldn't come a better time. The assembly is an organization under siege with a $2 million deficit and the federal government threatening to end its funding.

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Phil Fontaine promised that he would build unity within the Assembly of First Nations. That couldn't come a better time. The assembly is an organization under siege with a $2 million deficit and the federal government threatening to end its funding.

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Phil Fontaine promised that he would build unity within the Assembly of First Nations. That couldn't come a better time. The assembly is an organization under siege with a $2 million deficit and the federal government threatening to end its funding.

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Follow me here: David battled Goliath. Aboriginal people in Canada have sure been fighting Goliaths for a very long time and they don't often win. That's why when an entire community can come together to battle any Goliath, they should be recognized for their courage, not silenced as in the case of the Lubicon Cree and their supporters.

The Lubicon have been facing their own Goliath in the form of the pulp and paper giant, Daishowa, the multi-national that set up shop in their back yard.

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Follow me here: David battled Goliath. Aboriginal people in Canada have sure been fighting Goliaths for a very long time and they don't often win. That's why when an entire community can come together to battle any Goliath, they should be recognized for their courage, not silenced as in the case of the Lubicon Cree and their supporters.

The Lubicon have been facing their own Goliath in the form of the pulp and paper giant, Daishowa, the multi-national that set up shop in their back yard.

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Follow me here: David battled Goliath. Aboriginal people in Canada have sure been fighting Goliaths for a very long time and they don't often win. That's why when an entire community can come together to battle any Goliath, they should be recognized for their courage, not silenced as in the case of the Lubicon Cree and their supporters.

The Lubicon have been facing their own Goliath in the form of the pulp and paper giant, Daishowa, the multi-national that set up shop in their back yard.