Apology, a compromise (Gathering strength: Canada's Aboriginal action plan). From: Wind Speaker | Date: February 1, 1998| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1998 Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Windspeaker Staff Writer

EDMONTON

The federal government's attempt to "deal with the legacies of the past" is being subjected to very close scrutiny this month. Aboriginal people can't help but feel that the government's apology and promises to change its ways are too good to be true.

Residential school victims and Aboriginal leaders are suspicious of the way the federal government's Statement of Reconciliation was worded. Some suspect that a fine legal hair was split when the government chose to express "profound regret" for its past actions and then say it was ...

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