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Reform MP and Native affairs critic John Duncan got an ear full when

meeting with Sarnia, Ont Aboriginal leaders. Duncan was on a

cross-country tour to sell Reform's Aboriginal agenda, which he contends

will put Natives on an equal footing with other Canadians. Walpole

Island Chief Joe Gilbert blasted Duncan saying the party's plan would

assimilate Natives and abolish their identity as a people. Duncan was

also chasitised by Lambton County, Ont. residents when one man walked

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Reform MP and Native affairs critic John Duncan got an ear full when

meeting with Sarnia, Ont Aboriginal leaders. Duncan was on a

cross-country tour to sell Reform's Aboriginal agenda, which he contends

will put Natives on an equal footing with other Canadians. Walpole

Island Chief Joe Gilbert blasted Duncan saying the party's plan would

assimilate Natives and abolish their identity as a people. Duncan was

also chasitised by Lambton County, Ont. residents when one man walked

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Reform MP and Native affairs critic John Duncan got an ear full when

meeting with Sarnia, Ont Aboriginal leaders. Duncan was on a

cross-country tour to sell Reform's Aboriginal agenda, which he contends

will put Natives on an equal footing with other Canadians. Walpole

Island Chief Joe Gilbert blasted Duncan saying the party's plan would

assimilate Natives and abolish their identity as a people. Duncan was

also chasitised by Lambton County, Ont. residents when one man walked

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Five British Columbia bands will likely appeal a recent federal court

decision which ruled that Native bands do not have the right to tax

companies that run rail and communication lines across reserves. The

court set aside tax assessment notices for the CP, CN Esquimalt and

Nanaimo railways as well as the Unitel communication lines running

through the Nanaimo, Matsqui Seabird, Boothroyd and Kamloops reserves.

This is a setback for the First Nations who used the case as a test of

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Five British Columbia bands will likely appeal a recent federal court

decision which ruled that Native bands do not have the right to tax

companies that run rail and communication lines across reserves. The

court set aside tax assessment notices for the CP, CN Esquimalt and

Nanaimo railways as well as the Unitel communication lines running

through the Nanaimo, Matsqui Seabird, Boothroyd and Kamloops reserves.

This is a setback for the First Nations who used the case as a test of

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Five British Columbia bands will likely appeal a recent federal court

decision which ruled that Native bands do not have the right to tax

companies that run rail and communication lines across reserves. The

court set aside tax assessment notices for the CP, CN Esquimalt and

Nanaimo railways as well as the Unitel communication lines running

through the Nanaimo, Matsqui Seabird, Boothroyd and Kamloops reserves.

This is a setback for the First Nations who used the case as a test of

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Chief Roy Whitney of the Tsuu T'ina First Nation near Calgary said he

will go ahead with a $240 million hotel-casiono complex despite a

government report which would outlaw Vega-style casions on the

provinces' Indian reserves. Whitney said the government proposal, which

would allow four not-profit charity casions on the reserves, falls far

short of expectations. The report said Native casinos must abide by the

same regulations as off-reserve casions in the province and operate

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Chief Roy Whitney of the Tsuu T'ina First Nation near Calgary said he

will go ahead with a $240 million hotel-casiono complex despite a

government report which would outlaw Vega-style casions on the

provinces' Indian reserves. Whitney said the government proposal, which

would allow four not-profit charity casions on the reserves, falls far

short of expectations. The report said Native casinos must abide by the

same regulations as off-reserve casions in the province and operate

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Chief Roy Whitney of the Tsuu T'ina First Nation near Calgary said he

will go ahead with a $240 million hotel-casiono complex despite a

government report which would outlaw Vega-style casions on the

provinces' Indian reserves. Whitney said the government proposal, which

would allow four not-profit charity casions on the reserves, falls far

short of expectations. The report said Native casinos must abide by the

same regulations as off-reserve casions in the province and operate

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The ice is beginning to break around the Bruce Peninsula in northern

Ontario and with the open water comes the beginning of another season

for the native fishery.

But, instead of approaching the coming spring with enthusiasm, the

Chippewas of Nawash are worried. They are anticipating another season

of tension with the non-Native commercial fishery and sport anglers.

The Chippewas are so concerned, in fact, that they have issued a call

for help from the federal minster of Indian affairs. They want a