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      "The congregation of the Grand River United Church had gathered Wednesday for a candle-lit service to celebrate life."

      "In a week of camping out, drumming late into the night, media attention, and direct negotiation with the department of Indian Affairs, the Chippowas of Nawash accomplished what had failed to come about in the previous year."

      "Up to 40 Innu children in a remote Labrador village- some just four years old- have been steadily sniffing gas to escape the pain of their lives, native leaders said Thursday."

      "The federal government's belt-tightening is threatening the health of Six Nations residents, they say."

      "One of the oldest churches on the Six Nations reserve was destroyed in a spectacular fire Saturday morning."

      "Last fall, on the Six Nations Reserve near Brantford, Ont., the Reciting of the Great Laws was held. It was a windy week, a late September taste of autumn. Nearly 200 people sat inside a big white-top tent where- for the first time in full, in English- the Great Laws …

      "'Stuff like this would have helped us,' said Ms. Gibson, who will be entering Grade 12 at Hagersville High School this fall."

      Being with Art Solomon 78-year-old Obibway spiritual elder and activist, is like being in the presence of an Old Testament prophet. It's not that he's removed from the modern world; that's what visitors to his rambling farmhouse south of Sudbury, Ont., talk about- the state of the world today."

      "I am here to speak on behalf of my Native studies class. It is the only one at Branford Collegiate Institute. Roughly two-thirds of the class are Native, but our teacher, Mr. Utting, is not. Each day, we move our desks into a circle. This not only represents the round …

      "It was an ordination unlike any other in the United Church, blending traditional Native spirituality and traditional liturgy."

      "Reports on the Third World conditions of Davis Inlet, Labrador, often remark on the lack of indoor toilets. Such reports aren't quite accurate."

      ""They have to be moved off of that island according to their wishes, in a time and a way that they are fully agreeable to," Siddon said outside the Commons."

      "The severe social and economic problems Davis Inlet- from widespread substance abuse to rampant unemployment- have long been commonplace in numerous native settlements."

      "Brightly colored rags tied to bare branches and teepees greeted a group of David Inlet Innu this week- a blessing from elders at a native lodge where 16 children will be treated after sniffing gasoline."

      "I attended the public meeting on the Sewell Report held at the Eagle Place Community Centre on Jan. 27."

      "Tension in reserves across Canada is higher now than during Oka, warns the chief of this Micmac reserve. And the reason, says Lawrence Paul, is cuts in federal support for native housing programs."

      "With the recent interest in the Thomas house, we, the Thomas family, feel compelled to let any interested people know just how much history is connected with this property. This is what we have discovered."

      "We welcomed distressed and oppressed people from around the world, which I shall resist saying was a mistake. But if people don't like how things were set up here by the Indian and white governments, they can always go back where they came from."

      "There will be a new, expanded day-care centre at New Credit."

      "There's an old saying that goes: "The only good Indian is a dead Indian"."