Ottawa/NWT/Nunavut
An amalgam of Inuit organizations was formed tonight to get better contracting deals with the federal government.

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Nunavut Senator Dennis Patterson called the occasion SA国际影视传媒渁uspiciousSA国际影视传媒� likening it to other Indigenous groups in Canada organizing for shared geographic, social and economic interests.
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