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By\u00a0 John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 Lisa Perley-Dutcher isn\u2019t big on TV and doesn\u2019t normally turn on the set. But she says it was nice to come home recently after a long workday and see some faces on the screen that looked like her own. \u201cI\u2019m getting supper ready, and watching TV, you know, and I\u2019m thinking, \u2018wow, they\u2019re really showing a lot of Native people on TV these days,\u201d said the teacher at Kehkimin Wolastoqey language immersion school in Fredericton. \u201cMore than ever before. I\u2019m thinking this, right? And I mentioned it to my husband, and he says, \u2018Dear, we\u2019re watching APTN\u2019.\u201d APTN, or the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, celebrated its 25th anniversary on cable at the start of this month. As part of the celebrations, the network… <\/p>\n

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By\u00a0 John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 Lisa Perley-Dutcher isn\u2019t big on TV and doesn\u2019t normally turn on the set. But she says it was nice to come home recently after a long workday and see some faces on the screen that looked like her own. \u201cI\u2019m getting supper ready, and watching TV, you know, and I\u2019m thinking, \u2018wow, they\u2019re really showing a lot of Native people on TV these days,\u201d said the teacher at Kehkimin Wolastoqey language immersion school in Fredericton. \u201cMore than ever before. I\u2019m thinking this, right? And I mentioned it to my husband, and he says, \u2018Dear, we\u2019re watching APTN\u2019.\u201d APTN, or the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, celebrated its 25th anniversary on cable at the start of this month. As part of the celebrations, the network... <\/p>\n

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