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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.

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National Aboriginal Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate the occasion than with a quiz about all things Aboriginal. Here are a few questions about people, places and events that have been featured in stories in Ontario Bichbark and our sister publications over the past year. How many can you get right?

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Aboriginal athletes from across Ontario will be gathering in Sudbury for four days in July to compete in the second annual Ontario Aboriginal Summer Games.

While last year's games focused only on track and field competition, two new sports-basketball and TaeKwonDo- have been added to the roster for this year's event, taking place July 14 to 17.

The Ontario games are the brainchild of Ontario Aboriginal Sport Circle (OASC) executive director Shelly Burnham-Shognosh. The OASC is the provincial voice for Aboriginal sports.

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Aboriginal athletes from across Ontario will be gathering in Sudbury for four days in July to compete in the second annual Ontario Aboriginal Summer Games.

While last year's games focused only on track and field competition, two new sports-basketball and TaeKwonDo- have been added to the roster for this year's event, taking place July 14 to 17.

The Ontario games are the brainchild of Ontario Aboriginal Sport Circle (OASC) executive director Shelly Burnham-Shognosh. The OASC is the provincial voice for Aboriginal sports.

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Aboriginal students from across Canada put forward their best in business planning and organization at the fifth annual E-Spirit Aboriginal Youth Business Plan competition held May 11 in Edmonton.

This year's competition involved a total of 161 teams from 74 schools, for a total of 534 student participants.

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Aboriginal students from across Canada put forward their best in business planning and organization at the fifth annual E-Spirit Aboriginal Youth Business Plan competition held May 11 in Edmonton.

This year's competition involved a total of 161 teams from 74 schools, for a total of 534 student participants.

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Seeking a broader interpretation of the Powley decision, the Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association (OMAA) is asking an Ontario court to set aside the Metis Harvesting Agreement the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has struck with the Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO).

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Seeking a broader interpretation of the Powley decision, the Ontario Metis Aboriginal Association (OMAA) is asking an Ontario court to set aside the Metis Harvesting Agreement the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has struck with the Metis Nation of Ontario (MNO).

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The chemistry of the executive board of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) will change in June, now that Ontario Regional Chief Charles Fox has submitted his resignation.

Fox's resignation will be effective as of the Chiefs of Ontario annual meeting to be held in Eagle Lake First Nation near Dryden from June 14 to 16. His successor will be chosen at that meeting.

The regional chief occupies the influential Ontario seat on the 10-member AFN executive board. A long list of potential replacements for Fox is being discussed in First Nation political circles.

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The chemistry of the executive board of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) will change in June, now that Ontario Regional Chief Charles Fox has submitted his resignation.

Fox's resignation will be effective as of the Chiefs of Ontario annual meeting to be held in Eagle Lake First Nation near Dryden from June 14 to 16. His successor will be chosen at that meeting.

The regional chief occupies the influential Ontario seat on the 10-member AFN executive board. A long list of potential replacements for Fox is being discussed in First Nation political circles.