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Claiming to represent a citizen's group on the Stoney/Nakota reserve in southern Alberta, Greg Twoyoungmen has gone public with accusations of racial profiling by Cochrane RCMP.

Twoyoungmen said he was approached to join a group of Elders and others on the reserve that was discussing the persistent RCMP presence in the community.

After hearing about the group's concerns, Twoyoungmen wrote a letter of complaint to Myron Thompson, the Conservative member of Parliament for the area. Thompson took the letter to Cochrane RCMP and left the matter in their hands.

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NASIVVIK

Aging, nature's great irreversible wonder, doesn't require any help to move it along. In the aging timeline, some milestones are notable for being perceived by the aging person. At the age of 54, my journey into elder-hood marches quickly forward, and some recent events confirm thresholds I've crossed toward the inevitable.

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NASIVVIK

Aging, nature's great irreversible wonder, doesn't require any help to move it along. In the aging timeline, some milestones are notable for being perceived by the aging person. At the age of 54, my journey into elder-hood marches quickly forward, and some recent events confirm thresholds I've crossed toward the inevitable.

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PRO BONO

Dear Tuma:

I am having concerns regarding one of my parents who is ill with a life threatening disease. This parent refuses to go to the hospital and take regular treatments. I'd tried to call the ambulance at times and he would refuse to get in the ambulance. I was wondering how I could get a power of attorney so I can force him to go to the hospital.

Frustrated adult child

Dear Frustrated:

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PRO BONO

Dear Tuma:

I am having concerns regarding one of my parents who is ill with a life threatening disease. This parent refuses to go to the hospital and take regular treatments. I'd tried to call the ambulance at times and he would refuse to get in the ambulance. I was wondering how I could get a power of attorney so I can force him to go to the hospital.

Frustrated adult child

Dear Frustrated:

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THE URBANE INDIAN

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THE URBANE INDIAN

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Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?

Tamara Bell: The desire to do the right thing.

W: What is it that really makes you mad?

T.B.: To watch within our community some of the strife and struggle of our Aboriginal children and women... I wish, you know, that our leaders were able to address those issues in a more tangible way, but it seems to be somewhat low on the priority list.

W: When are you at your happiest?

T.B.: Probably when I'm creating. Anything creative is very rewarding.

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Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?

Tamara Bell: The desire to do the right thing.

W: What is it that really makes you mad?

T.B.: To watch within our community some of the strife and struggle of our Aboriginal children and women... I wish, you know, that our leaders were able to address those issues in a more tangible way, but it seems to be somewhat low on the priority list.

W: When are you at your happiest?

T.B.: Probably when I'm creating. Anything creative is very rewarding.

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It's been a dozen years since Paul LaRoche discovered his birth family and his Native roots. LaRoche, who was born on the Lower Brule Sioux reserve in South Dakota, was adopted by non-Native parents and didn't learn of his heritage until 1993.

LaRoche began performing in his teens and spent more than two decades working in the music business. He left the industry in 1989, but was drawn back after finding his birth family. He formed Brule and began his efforts to use his music to try to form a cultural bridge between Native and non-Native people.