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The promotional material for the Aboriginal Peoples Choice (APC) Music Awards describes the initiative as the only one of its kind where the fans choose which Aboriginal artists will win the hardware.

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Albert David comes from a long line of head-hunters. That fact seems hard to square as he sits, raises his foot above his head, points his toe toward the ceiling and complains about the pitiable arch he managed to develop in ballet class during five years of hard slog at a dance school in Sydney, Australia.

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It was six days of cultural celebration, holistic healing and steps made forward to healthy lifestyles at the fifth gathering of the Healing Our Spirit Worldwide (HOSW) conference.

From Aug. 6 to 11, Indigenous peoples from around the globe participated in workshops that highlighted healing initiatives, research, wellness issues and traditional solutions to health and healing concerns.

With the occupation of Douglas Creek Estates in Caledonia appearing regularly in the headlines, suddenly many more Canadians know at least a little bit more about the history of the Six Nations people. But sometimes just a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.

Terms like "Haudenosaunee" and "Haldimand Tract" were, until recently, known only in the Iroquois communities up and down the St. Lawrence River. Now they are getting wider exposure.

Talks aimed at resolving issues related to the occupation of a housing development by Native protesters in Caledonia, Ont. have resumed after a 10-day period of confusion caused by a judge's order.

On Aug. 8, Justice David Marshall of the Ontario Superior Court ruled from the bench that government agents involved in negotiations to end the land question on which the dispute at Six Nations is based "withdraw from these negotiations" until court orders demanding protesters leave Douglas Creek Estates "are respected and the rule of law returned and the barricades removed."

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Open letter to all chiefs and councils in Saskatchewan:

Knowledge. This one word embodies what all individuals strive for in life. The knowledge to know whom one is, where one comes from and what one believes in. At this moment in time, knowledge must be looked at in terms of education and the ability to know where one stands in life.

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Dear Editor:

Congratulations and pats on the back to reporter Laura Stevens for her great job covering the North American Indigenous Games. She did a wonderful job. The pictures were wonderful. The write-up was great. In fact I read the paper from back to front.

Thank you,

Fred Van der Hooft

Sudbury, Ont.

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The number of Aboriginal students completing high school is still lagging well behind the national average, according to a report released recently by the Caledon Institute of Public Policy.