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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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We thought, we really, really thought, we could no longer be shocked by the often times farcical nature of the federal government's actions in Indian Country. But that was before we talked to some people involved in the on-going talks about long-term First Nation fishing deals in Atlantic Canada.
Picture this: a scene right out of that silliest of all silly movies, Monty…
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Canadian society is clearly having a hard time coming to grips with the legacy of the Indian residential school system. As thousands of Native people come forward with horrific allegations of physical, sexual and cultural abuse, government and church officials are looking for ways to minimize the damage to themselves, sources say, by thwarting the attempts of school survivors to…
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Canadian society is clearly having a hard time coming to grips with the legacy of the Indian residential school system. As thousands of Native people come forward with horrific allegations of physical, sexual and cultural abuse, government and church officials are looking for ways to minimize the damage to themselves, sources say, by thwarting the attempts of school survivors to…
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The government has apologized, so have some of the churches, and in the major newspapers, at least, few are denying any more that Native children were abused in residential schools.
With thousands of Indian residential school charges filed against the federal government and the churches that administered its assimilationist policies now in the courts, the full magnitude…
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The government has apologized, so have some of the churches, and in the major newspapers, at least, few are denying any more that Native children were abused in residential schools.
With thousands of Indian residential school charges filed against the federal government and the churches that administered its assimilationist policies now in the courts, the full magnitude…
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Things are at a standstill in the Atlantic First Nations fishery talks. The chiefs say it's because the Department of Fisheries and Oceans isn't respecting East Coast treaties.
Last year's one-year fishing agreements are set to expire on March 31. As of March 20, Millbrook First Nation Chief Lawrence Paul says the ball is in the government's court and it's going to take a…
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Things are at a standstill in the Atlantic First Nations fishery talks. The chiefs say it's because the Department of Fisheries and Oceans isn't respecting East Coast treaties.
Last year's one-year fishing agreements are set to expire on March 31. As of March 20, Millbrook First Nation Chief Lawrence Paul says the ball is in the government's court and it's going to take a…
Dear Editor:
My name is Peter Schwarzbauer and I am an active member of the human rights organization "Society for Threatened Peoples - Austria" in Vienna. Over the last decades, I have been closely following Canadian politics regarding Aboriginal peoples. Our group's activities have focused mainly on the Lubicon Cree.
I am quite surprised by the recent developments in Canada (…
Dear Editor:
My name is Peter Schwarzbauer and I am an active member of the human rights organization "Society for Threatened Peoples - Austria" in Vienna. Over the last decades, I have been closely following Canadian politics regarding Aboriginal peoples. Our group's activities have focused mainly on the Lubicon Cree.
I am quite surprised by the recent developments in Canada (…
Dear Editor:
My name is Peter Schwarzbauer and I am an active member of the human rights organization "Society for Threatened Peoples - Austria" in Vienna. Over the last decades, I have been closely following Canadian politics regarding Aboriginal peoples. Our group's activities have focused mainly on the Lubicon Cree.
I am quite surprised by the recent developments in Canada (…
Letter:
Money to deal with the healing for residential schools is, personally, not enough, because, I myself have been on this healing journey and have suffered through a lot of suicide attempts, drug abuse, alcohol abuse though residentional schools. I went through the abuses in boarding schools, the physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, and, personally, there is no way anyone can…
Letter:
Money to deal with the healing for residential schools is, personally, not enough, because, I myself have been on this healing journey and have suffered through a lot of suicide attempts, drug abuse, alcohol abuse though residentional schools. I went through the abuses in boarding schools, the physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, and, personally, there is no way anyone can…
Letter:
Money to deal with the healing for residential schools is, personally, not enough, because, I myself have been on this healing journey and have suffered through a lot of suicide attempts, drug abuse, alcohol abuse though residentional schools. I went through the abuses in boarding schools, the physical, sexual, and psychological abuse, and, personally, there is no way anyone can…
Letter:
I think that it's a darned shame that the Assembly of First Nations is taking the responsiblity of saying what Native people need in relation to any money or anything that comes from the federal government for the people that suffered the abuse in those schools. I think that all of the native leaders should allow the people that were abused to decide what happens to anything…
Letter:
I think that it's a darned shame that the Assembly of First Nations is taking the responsiblity of saying what Native people need in relation to any money or anything that comes from the federal government for the people that suffered the abuse in those schools. I think that all of the native leaders should allow the people that were abused to decide what happens to anything…