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"Featuring the newspaper's finest articles between 1990 and 2004, the stories provide the background to the events that shaped the landscape of Native communities.

Written from a Native perspective, articles examine the most challenging circumstances First Nations have faced including the Oka crisis, the residential school system, the Nisga'a's hundred-year fight to settle their land claim; and the continual struggle for ecological survival of Native communities.

Smoke Signals from the Heart also celebrates the achievements of Canada's Native role models - the artists, the musicians, the women, the elders, the business leaders and many others - in personal profiles and interviews." -- Back cover. 

ii, 241 pages : illustrations, portraits. ; 26 cm. 

Contents:
An Old Spirit Rises From the Ashes ; Wounded Leaders, Wounded Nations ; Smoke Signals Wins Award ; Renowned Squamish Elder Passes Away ; Dolly Watts: An Entrepreneurial Warrior ; The Oka Crisis: A Summer of Discontent ; Thomas Prince: Canada's Forgotten Aboriginal War Hero ; Grassy Narrows First Nations Fight for Its Future ; Robbie Robertson puts the Weight on Native Music ; Kashtin: Riding the Tornado ; Keith Secola: Sacred Clown Rides Indian Car ; The Lubicon Genocide. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Supreme Court of Canada ; Chilliwack Student Garners Prestigious Award ; White Hate ; BC's Murdered and Missing Native Women ; Tobacco Road Revisited ; Federal Court of Appeal Reverses Tax Immunity Decision ; Buffy Sainte-Marie: Versatile Artist Covers All Bases ; From Smoke Signals to Hollywood Stardom ; Thomas King: Canada's Celebrated Author Shares His Inspiration ; A Business Bro ; 2002, A New Year? ; Boooo-zzzz. A Tribute to Bill Reid, 1920-1998 ; Mohawk Brings Environmental Message to United Kingdom ; A Cree Woman in Defense of Mother Earth ; Theresa Ducharme: Globalizing Native Culture ; Barb Cranmer: Messenger of Celluloid Stories ; Sophie Pierre: Aboriginal Achievement Award Winner ; Showdown at Gustafsen Lake ; Aboriginal Gangs in Prairie Provinces in "Crisis Proportions" ; Native Film Director Shares New Vision ; The Wild Horses of Nemaiah Valley ; The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight. Legacy of a Legend: Chief Joe Mathias ; A Nation Mourns the Passing of a National Métis Hero ; Margaret Vickers Her Story of Healing ; One Dead Indian: The Ipperwash Crisis and the Role of Premier Mike Harris ; Tina Keeper: Aboriginal Achievement Award Winner ; Inquiry into the Death of Saskatoon Teen ; A Mother's Prayer for Son's Safe Return ; Yukon Man Charged with Murder. Cree Family Accuses Judge of Racism ; Osoyoos Chief Clarence Louie is Taking Care of Business ; Chippewas of Nawash Defend Lake Huron and Georgian Bay ; Mary Richard: Aboriginal Achievement Award Winner ; Tootoo's Train Ride to the Top ; Cheechoo's Long and Successful Journey ; Nisga'a Treaty Passes into Canadian History ; Viola Thomas: Voice and Fighter for the Dispossessed ; Robert Davidson's Abstract Edge.

Includes index.