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Dear Editor:

One of the most endearing sporting activities in our short history as Canadians is ice hockey. It has established itself over many generations as a cultural icon from coastal backyard rink to coastal arena. Hockey has given us pride, taken us in during those cold winter nights and resurrected a passion that on occasion hibernates when our collective teams weren't doing so well.

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Dear Editor:

One is very perturbed with what goes on at the "rez" level. What is the role of chief and council?

Where is their accountability and responsibility to the people that they are supposed to represent?

There is no professionalism within the band administration and management. Who is supposed to be there working on your behalf?

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Dear Editor:

One is very perturbed with what goes on at the "rez" level. What is the role of chief and council?

Where is their accountability and responsibility to the people that they are supposed to represent?

There is no professionalism within the band administration and management. Who is supposed to be there working on your behalf?

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Dear Editor:

Re: Article in April 2005 edition of Windspeaker-"Creditors can seize band funds-court."

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) believes the McDiarmid Lumber case is not about First Nations' ability to follow corporate law. The implications of the case are more far-reaching than might first appear and could have grave consequences on First Nations communities.

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Dear Editor:

Re: Article in April 2005 edition of Windspeaker-"Creditors can seize band funds-court."

The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) believes the McDiarmid Lumber case is not about First Nations' ability to follow corporate law. The implications of the case are more far-reaching than might first appear and could have grave consequences on First Nations communities.

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To slightly twist a remark by Winston Churchill: Governments will always do the right thing, but not before exhausting all other alternatives.

Events in Ottawa and British Columbia this month made us think of that quote.

Confidential documents we obtained show that the B.C. government is starting to make the right noises about doing the right thing and dealing with the reality of Aboriginal rights and title in that province.

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To slightly twist a remark by Winston Churchill: Governments will always do the right thing, but not before exhausting all other alternatives.

Events in Ottawa and British Columbia this month made us think of that quote.

Confidential documents we obtained show that the B.C. government is starting to make the right noises about doing the right thing and dealing with the reality of Aboriginal rights and title in that province.

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This past May, 25 students graduated from Ontario's first ever community college-level immersion program in Anishinaabemowin.

The one-year program was the result of a 16-week pilot project undertaken in January 2004 by Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology.

"We wanted to see if there was interest in the community and the response was pretty overwhelming," said Carolyn Hepburn, director of Native Education and Training for Sault College.

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This past May, 25 students graduated from Ontario's first ever community college-level immersion program in Anishinaabemowin.

The one-year program was the result of a 16-week pilot project undertaken in January 2004 by Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology.

"We wanted to see if there was interest in the community and the response was pretty overwhelming," said Carolyn Hepburn, director of Native Education and Training for Sault College.

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Dolores Wawia flunked Grade 11 twice because of poor marks in physics class, leading the Thunder Bay resident to give up on her academic dreams.

As a Native teenager growing up in the northwestern Ontario city during the 1950s and 1960s, she never had any Native role models to look up to. She never saw Native people with jobs in the city.

Wawia thought the hassle of school wouldn't be worth it if there was no work for people like her so, at the age of 17, she went back to her reserve located about 200 kilometres north of Thunder Bay at Gull Bay.