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Collective resolve is what is needed

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Recently, I saw a popular film wherein a white man asked a person of color (never mind which one), "Have I oppressed you?" By way of an answer, I saw another film where a bushman, upon seeing destruction caused by whites, stated simply " The evil ones have been here." That is the nature of oppression, politics and violence, three words that today are almost synonymous.

The evil ones are here, white from some nation in Europe, (never mind which one), and there isn't anything our people can do about it. Is there?

Collective resolve is what is needed

Page 6

Recently, I saw a popular film wherein a white man asked a person of color (never mind which one), "Have I oppressed you?" By way of an answer, I saw another film where a bushman, upon seeing destruction caused by whites, stated simply " The evil ones have been here." That is the nature of oppression, politics and violence, three words that today are almost synonymous.

The evil ones are here, white from some nation in Europe, (never mind which one), and there isn't anything our people can do about it. Is there?

Collective resolve is what is needed

Page 6

Recently, I saw a popular film wherein a white man asked a person of color (never mind which one), "Have I oppressed you?" By way of an answer, I saw another film where a bushman, upon seeing destruction caused by whites, stated simply " The evil ones have been here." That is the nature of oppression, politics and violence, three words that today are almost synonymous.

The evil ones are here, white from some nation in Europe, (never mind which one), and there isn't anything our people can do about it. Is there?

Manitoba reserve gets tough on drug users

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Manitoba's Opaskwayak Cree Nation is getting tough with a new drug awareness program. Community members and band leaders are going beyond the common "Just Say No" campaign and telling drug users to 'Just Get Out.'

Getting caught with drugs once nets a warning and a lot of community support to get cleaned-up. Getting caught again could result in being tossed off the reserve, said Chief William G. Lathlin.

Manitoba reserve gets tough on drug users

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Manitoba's Opaskwayak Cree Nation is getting tough with a new drug awareness program. Community members and band leaders are going beyond the common "Just Say No" campaign and telling drug users to 'Just Get Out.'

Getting caught with drugs once nets a warning and a lot of community support to get cleaned-up. Getting caught again could result in being tossed off the reserve, said Chief William G. Lathlin.

Manitoba reserve gets tough on drug users

Page 5

Manitoba's Opaskwayak Cree Nation is getting tough with a new drug awareness program. Community members and band leaders are going beyond the common "Just Say No" campaign and telling drug users to 'Just Get Out.'

Getting caught with drugs once nets a warning and a lot of community support to get cleaned-up. Getting caught again could result in being tossed off the reserve, said Chief William G. Lathlin.

Sterilization victims urged to come forward

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The Government of the NorthWest Territories has designed a program to encourage sterilization victims to come forward.

About 2,800 women were sterilized without their permission under the Sexual Sterilization Act between 1928 and 1972. Another 400 women were sterilized in British Columbia under the same law. The act was then repelled.

The procedure was performed if the patients were diagnosed with mental deficiencies. It was ordered by a eugenics board that believed sterilization was the best way to prevent producing defective children.