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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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Each side accused the other of using threats and intimidation when lawyers for Japanese multi-national corporation Daishowa, Inc. and members of the activist group Friends of the Lubicon tangled in an Ontario courtroom late last month.
Daishowa initiated the court action. The company is seeking to have an existing temporary injunction which prohibits the promotion of a…
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West Coast First Nations learned that extinguishment is the pot of gold at the end of the British Columbia Treaty Commission negotiation process rainbow when negotiators representing Canada and the province made an offer they hope will lead to the treaty process' first agreement-in-principle.
On Aug. 22, the federal government and the government of British Columbia…
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West Coast First Nations learned that extinguishment is the pot of gold at the end of the British Columbia Treaty Commission negotiation process rainbow when negotiators representing Canada and the province made an offer they hope will lead to the treaty process' first agreement-in-principle.
On Aug. 22, the federal government and the government of British Columbia…
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West Coast First Nations learned that extinguishment is the pot of gold at the end of the British Columbia Treaty Commission negotiation process rainbow when negotiators representing Canada and the province made an offer they hope will lead to the treaty process' first agreement-in-principle.
On Aug. 22, the federal government and the government of British Columbia…
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Students attending Red Crow College in Cardson, Alta., are going to have some pretty fancy living quarters to hang their hats and do their homework.
Renovations have recently been completed on the old St. Paul's residential school. The building, which has been abandoned for over 10 years, now resembles an up-scale apartment complex. The building has also had a name change…
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Students attending Red Crow College in Cardson, Alta., are going to have some pretty fancy living quarters to hang their hats and do their homework.
Renovations have recently been completed on the old St. Paul's residential school. The building, which has been abandoned for over 10 years, now resembles an up-scale apartment complex. The building has also had a name change…
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Students attending Red Crow College in Cardson, Alta., are going to have some pretty fancy living quarters to hang their hats and do their homework.
Renovations have recently been completed on the old St. Paul's residential school. The building, which has been abandoned for over 10 years, now resembles an up-scale apartment complex. The building has also had a name change…
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Blessed Creator:
I pray for good health this day and perhaps a peaceful sleep.
I'm in La Ronge, Sask. now. God's beautiful creations - what colors! I can feel a beautiful fall coming in Saskatchewan.
A lot of thoughts entered my heart while picking sage by Whitecap.
Little do they know that I too struggle. I'm faced with the reality of deterioration…
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Blessed Creator:
I pray for good health this day and perhaps a peaceful sleep.
I'm in La Ronge, Sask. now. God's beautiful creations - what colors! I can feel a beautiful fall coming in Saskatchewan.
A lot of thoughts entered my heart while picking sage by Whitecap.
Little do they know that I too struggle. I'm faced with the reality of deterioration…
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Blessed Creator:
I pray for good health this day and perhaps a peaceful sleep.
I'm in La Ronge, Sask. now. God's beautiful creations - what colors! I can feel a beautiful fall coming in Saskatchewan.
A lot of thoughts entered my heart while picking sage by Whitecap.
Little do they know that I too struggle. I'm faced with the reality of deterioration…
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The sun is barely up, but Derick Pitawanakwat has been awake for hours. Every second Friday he rises at 4 a.m. and builds a huge fire near his home on the Wikwemikong reserve in northeastern Ontario.
Two huge cast-iron cauldrons are suspended over the fire by heavy chains attached to a wooden tripod. Inside the cauldrons, small bits of wood, roots, bark and leaves float…
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The sun is barely up, but Derick Pitawanakwat has been awake for hours. Every second Friday he rises at 4 a.m. and builds a huge fire near his home on the Wikwemikong reserve in northeastern Ontario.
Two huge cast-iron cauldrons are suspended over the fire by heavy chains attached to a wooden tripod. Inside the cauldrons, small bits of wood, roots, bark and leaves float…
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The sun is barely up, but Derick Pitawanakwat has been awake for hours. Every second Friday he rises at 4 a.m. and builds a huge fire near his home on the Wikwemikong reserve in northeastern Ontario.
Two huge cast-iron cauldrons are suspended over the fire by heavy chains attached to a wooden tripod. Inside the cauldrons, small bits of wood, roots, bark and leaves float…
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A proverb states that "The devil goes share in gaming."
While some may agree, profits from two tribal-owned casinos in southeastern Connecticut benefit several deserving partners. Tribe member are guaranteed jobs and free education for life and the state of Connecticut get $200 million annually, representing 25 per cent of the slots. This region of the state was severely…
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A proverb states that "The devil goes share in gaming."
While some may agree, profits from two tribal-owned casinos in southeastern Connecticut benefit several deserving partners. Tribe member are guaranteed jobs and free education for life and the state of Connecticut get $200 million annually, representing 25 per cent of the slots. This region of the state was severely…