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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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Roy Whitney, chief of the Tsuu T'ina reserve near Calgary, is suing band member Bruce Starlight for defamation of character after obtaining a copy of a confidential letter Starlight wrote to Jane Stewart, minister of Indian and Northern Affairs. The letter accused Whitney and the Tsuu T'ina band administration of mismanaging reserve finances.
Starlight wrote the letter to…
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Homeless people bother me. They really do. As I walk down the street, or try to ride in the subway, there are always people begging, trying to wring the last few coins out of my wallet. The homeless come in many shapes, sizes, ages, and races. All of them will hit me up for money if given the chance. Some of them have newspapers dedicated to homeless issues that they'll try and…
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Homeless people bother me. They really do. As I walk down the street, or try to ride in the subway, there are always people begging, trying to wring the last few coins out of my wallet. The homeless come in many shapes, sizes, ages, and races. All of them will hit me up for money if given the chance. Some of them have newspapers dedicated to homeless issues that they'll try and…
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Homeless people bother me. They really do. As I walk down the street, or try to ride in the subway, there are always people begging, trying to wring the last few coins out of my wallet. The homeless come in many shapes, sizes, ages, and races. All of them will hit me up for money if given the chance. Some of them have newspapers dedicated to homeless issues that they'll try and…
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At first, we discarded a couple of letters this month from readers who felt the need to speak out, but who were too afraid of retribution to sign their names. That's standard newspaper practice, a practice to which the newspapers published by AMMSA strictly adhere regardless of the merit of a letter. Letters from people who won't stand behind their accusations or opinions, who…
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At first, we discarded a couple of letters this month from readers who felt the need to speak out, but who were too afraid of retribution to sign their names. That's standard newspaper practice, a practice to which the newspapers published by AMMSA strictly adhere regardless of the merit of a letter. Letters from people who won't stand behind their accusations or opinions, who…
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At first, we discarded a couple of letters this month from readers who felt the need to speak out, but who were too afraid of retribution to sign their names. That's standard newspaper practice, a practice to which the newspapers published by AMMSA strictly adhere regardless of the merit of a letter. Letters from people who won't stand behind their accusations or opinions, who…
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It's now even easier to follow one of Canada's official sports.
LacrosseTalk, a new Canadian newspaper dedicated exclusively to
news and happenings in the sport, was launched earlier this year. Two issues have already been published. Another two are scheduled to be released later this year.
The publication is expected to continue being produced quarterly.…
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The third annual James Buller Awards ceremony held on June 18 honored Aboriginal people in the arts who have achieved excellence and contributed to the area of theatre, film and television.
The Centre for Indigenous Theatre announced the winners of the four categories. Ian Ross's play fareWel , which toured in most major cities across Canada, won the James Buller award for…
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Like his father and grandfather before him, Stanley Sarazin of the Algonquins of Golden Lake near Pembroke, Ont. makes birch bark canoes. Now he's teaching his sons the age-old skill.
"My father was my teacher and now I'm passing it down to my sons. It's a tradition but I can't see that it's that remarkable," said Sarazin.
However that's not how the nominating…
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As the 100th anniversary of the northern adhesion to Treaty 8 approaches, a small group of people who believe they represent what remains of one of the treaty's original signatories is trying to re-establish what it claims is a distinct Indigenous nation that was intentionally dispersed and almost destroyed by the federal government.
Hay River resident Barbara Beck, a social…
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A Federal Court of Canada justice has ruled that a Native woman who works for a reserve-based company doesn't have to pay income tax, even if she lives and works off reserve.
A decision on whether or not the federal government will appeal the June 9 decision in Schilling v. Canada won't be announced until Sept. 9 at the latest. The normal 30-day period during which a party…
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Unity '99 may have officially started on July 7, but for a group of about 40 people, it actually started a few nights earlier.
In Regina. On a bus.
Shannon Avison, the Indian Communication Arts (INCA) program director at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (SIFC) in Regina, organized the bus trip to Seattle. Thanks to her, students in the INCA Summer Institute…
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Everett Soop's body is frail and weak, but his heart and soul are as strong as the Rocky Mountains that watch over him and the land that he loves.
He's lived with the muscular dystrophy that has confined him to a wheelchair for 40 years, with diabetes further ravaging his body.
Despite all the physical adversity he's faced in life, his great spiritual strength has…
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The joint management committee of the Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy has released a report of a six-month study into the issues of Ontario-born Aboriginal children put in the custody of non-Native care providers outside their communities of origin.
The report, titled Our Way Home, was prepared by Native Child and Family Services in conjunction with the consultants…