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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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Three candidates will face-off to be chief of Saskatchewan's most powerful First Nations organization. Allan Adam, Rodney Gopher and Blaine Favel, the incumbent, are all vying to be chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
The elections will be held on Oct. 16 in Saskatoon. This year's elections will also see a new pared-down executive, with voters…
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Dear Editor:
I am on the Lubicon membership list, and have been labeled a dissident by the media and Indian Affairs because I and others with shared philosophies have been trying to correct the imbalances of power we perceive in our communities.
In the past few months, I have been following the stories of other bands experiencing similar leadership problems such as…
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Dear Editor:
I am on the Lubicon membership list, and have been labeled a dissident by the media and Indian Affairs because I and others with shared philosophies have been trying to correct the imbalances of power we perceive in our communities.
In the past few months, I have been following the stories of other bands experiencing similar leadership problems such as…
Page 10
Dear Editor:
I am on the Lubicon membership list, and have been labeled a dissident by the media and Indian Affairs because I and others with shared philosophies have been trying to correct the imbalances of power we perceive in our communities.
In the past few months, I have been following the stories of other bands experiencing similar leadership problems such as…
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Dear Editor:
The following response to the Aug. 24 Peoples Forum on Aboriginal Issues that was conducted in Fredericton by M.P. Andy Scott was hand delivered to Mr. Scott. Questions were posed for participants to consider. Included here are the questions for the "Justice Issue" circle in which I participated.
Questions:
What type of alternative Native…
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Follow me here: David battled Goliath. Aboriginal people in Canada have sure been fighting Goliaths for a very long time and they don't often win. That's why when an entire community can come together to battle any Goliath, they should be recognized for their courage, not silenced as in the case of the Lubicon Cree and their supporters.
The Lubicon have been facing their…
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Follow me here: David battled Goliath. Aboriginal people in Canada have sure been fighting Goliaths for a very long time and they don't often win. That's why when an entire community can come together to battle any Goliath, they should be recognized for their courage, not silenced as in the case of the Lubicon Cree and their supporters.
The Lubicon have been facing their…
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Follow me here: David battled Goliath. Aboriginal people in Canada have sure been fighting Goliaths for a very long time and they don't often win. That's why when an entire community can come together to battle any Goliath, they should be recognized for their courage, not silenced as in the case of the Lubicon Cree and their supporters.
The Lubicon have been facing their…
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Not long ago I received a letter from a woman whom I shall call Linda. Unfortunately the envelope with her return address had been lost in transit. In this letter she struggled to share some of the anger and confusion she felt at being a person trapped between two cultures. She is the product of an Irish mother and a Mohawk father who had evidently separated when she was young…
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Alanis King-Odjig tells the creation story in a way most people in the tent have never heard it before. As a sister pounds the drum, Alanis acts as a messenger between two worlds.
"I start at the beginning of time," she said. "There is a void universe, and stars represent endless thoughts with earth, air, fire, and water creating Mother Earth. Then life comes in trees,…
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Alanis King-Odjig tells the creation story in a way most people in the tent have never heard it before. As a sister pounds the drum, Alanis acts as a messenger between two worlds.
"I start at the beginning of time," she said. "There is a void universe, and stars represent endless thoughts with earth, air, fire, and water creating Mother Earth. Then life comes in trees,…
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Alanis King-Odjig tells the creation story in a way most people in the tent have never heard it before. As a sister pounds the drum, Alanis acts as a messenger between two worlds.
"I start at the beginning of time," she said. "There is a void universe, and stars represent endless thoughts with earth, air, fire, and water creating Mother Earth. Then life comes in trees,…
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It's old news now, but the Reform Party of Canada released a 59-page report on how they would improve the collective lot of First Nations people by making us all happy Canadians. The report was unavailable to me, so I had to rely on the executive summary that was posted on the Reform Party's Internet site.
Mike Scott is the Aboriginal Affairs critic for the Reform Party…
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It's old news now, but the Reform Party of Canada released a 59-page report on how they would improve the collective lot of First Nations people by making us all happy Canadians. The report was unavailable to me, so I had to rely on the executive summary that was posted on the Reform Party's Internet site.
Mike Scott is the Aboriginal Affairs critic for the Reform Party…
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It's old news now, but the Reform Party of Canada released a 59-page report on how they would improve the collective lot of First Nations people by making us all happy Canadians. The report was unavailable to me, so I had to rely on the executive summary that was posted on the Reform Party's Internet site.
Mike Scott is the Aboriginal Affairs critic for the Reform Party…