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Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
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A little gray at the temples and a few laugh lines hint that the tall, powerful man might be a little older than first guessed at.
Moses Bignell, 52, also strikes one immediately as a man who earned that touch
of gray honestly, through rough, hard work.
Bignell, the trapper, collector, actor, designer, mechanic, band councillor and community activist is a…
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The winter of 1980 heralded the beginning of a personal journey for Angelique Levac, one of three remaining birch bark biting artists in Canada.
Birch bark biting is an ancient art form commonly practised by northern woodland women.
Levac's odyssey started when she discovered a magazine article on Angelique Merasty, an elderly woman living in Beaver Lake,…
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The winter of 1980 heralded the beginning of a personal journey for Angelique Levac, one of three remaining birch bark biting artists in Canada.
Birch bark biting is an ancient art form commonly practised by northern woodland women.
Levac's odyssey started when she discovered a magazine article on Angelique Merasty, an elderly woman living in Beaver Lake,…
Page 17
The winter of 1980 heralded the beginning of a personal journey for Angelique Levac, one of three remaining birch bark biting artists in Canada.
Birch bark biting is an ancient art form commonly practised by northern woodland women.
Levac's odyssey started when she discovered a magazine article on Angelique Merasty, an elderly woman living in Beaver Lake,…
Page 17
The winter of 1980 heralded the beginning of a personal journey for Angelique Levac, one of three remaining birch bark biting artists in Canada.
Birch bark biting is an ancient art form commonly practised by northern woodland women.
Levac's odyssey started when she discovered a magazine article on Angelique Merasty, an elderly woman living in Beaver Lake,…
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The chief hands the pipe to a warrior and then folds his arms. He nods his head and the circle of bare-chested braves in moccasins, clanging beads and buckskin pants begin to chant and dance around a campfire. They don't seem to notice the crowd of 150 or so staring at them.
The Indians are extremely serious as they hop on their left foot and then their right - now…
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The Australian high court recently rejected the notion that indigenous people did not own the land on which they had traditionally lived.
Called the Mabo land decision, it has provided a new basis for relations between the indigenous and other Australia, said Prime Minister Paul Keating.
"The High Court's historic decision is a threshold and positive one for the…
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The Australian high court recently rejected the notion that indigenous people did not own the land on which they had traditionally lived.
Called the Mabo land decision, it has provided a new basis for relations between the indigenous and other Australia, said Prime Minister Paul Keating.
"The High Court's historic decision is a threshold and positive one for the…
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The Australian high court recently rejected the notion that indigenous people did not own the land on which they had traditionally lived.
Called the Mabo land decision, it has provided a new basis for relations between the indigenous and other Australia, said Prime Minister Paul Keating.
"The High Court's historic decision is a threshold and positive one for the…
Page 9
The Australian high court recently rejected the notion that indigenous people did not own the land on which they had traditionally lived.
Called the Mabo land decision, it has provided a new basis for relations between the indigenous and other Australia, said Prime Minister Paul Keating.
"The High Court's historic decision is a threshold and positive one for the…
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For Carola Calf Robe, 1982 was the beginning of a new life. Calf Robe, who's just been elected to the Blood Tribal Council, entered the St. Paul Treatment Centre on the Blood Reserve in May of that year and her long journey to sobriety began.
"The people at St. Paul did so much for me," she says. "I used to think that you had to party to be successful, but they showed me…
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For Carola Calf Robe, 1982 was the beginning of a new life. Calf Robe, who's just been elected to the Blood Tribal Council, entered the St. Paul Treatment Centre on the Blood Reserve in May of that year and her long journey to sobriety began.
"The people at St. Paul did so much for me," she says. "I used to think that you had to party to be successful, but they showed me…
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For Carola Calf Robe, 1982 was the beginning of a new life. Calf Robe, who's just been elected to the Blood Tribal Council, entered the St. Paul Treatment Centre on the Blood Reserve in May of that year and her long journey to sobriety began.
"The people at St. Paul did so much for me," she says. "I used to think that you had to party to be successful, but they showed me…
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For Carola Calf Robe, 1982 was the beginning of a new life. Calf Robe, who's just been elected to the Blood Tribal Council, entered the St. Paul Treatment Centre on the Blood Reserve in May of that year and her long journey to sobriety began.
"The people at St. Paul did so much for me," she says. "I used to think that you had to party to be successful, but they showed me…
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FIRST PERSON
Ignoring the high levels of pollution, over-population, and rampant levels of poverty here in Mexico is a demanding task. I wish I could do something. Yet I'm reminded that my purpose here is one of observation. Solely.
My elder, Diane Reid, has invited me for a reason. The Journey of Peace and Dignity runners who left Alaska and Argentina in April…