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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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Lloyd Auger is one of the longest-serving members of Nechi, proud to contribute as secretary/treasurer on the Institute's board of directors. He's been associated with the Institute for 25 years, from the earliest days.
"Lot's of people from Saddle Lake [First Nation] are involved, have been involved," said Auger.
One change he has seen during his tenure is that…
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As the CEO of Nechi Training, Research and Health Promotions Institute, on the forefront of holistic healing and addictions-free lifestyles, you might think Ruth Morin would be too busy doing her job to talk about it. But she took time out anyway, to share with Windspeaker how she got into her role and the future of Nechi.
Morin was employed at Saddle Lake Counselling…
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Nechi Training, Research and Health Promotions Institute, usually just called Nechi, identifies itself and its mission as "an Aboriginal movement committed to holistic healing and healthy, addictions-free lifestyles."
The most recent statistics, covering the 1998-99 fiscal year, highlight success and progress in many areas:
Last year's graduating class celebrated…
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From isolated communities in eastern Canada to the reserves of British Columbia, drug and alcohol treatment centres continue to play an important role among their inhabitants.
Drug and alcohol addiction is recognized as a universal problem that affects everyone. It is prevalent in almost all cultures and communities.
The Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse located…
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People across Canada will have an opportunity to celebrate addiction-free living in November during National Addictions Awareness Week, Nov. 14 to 20.
The awareness week is a Canada-wide initiative organized by Nechi Training, Research & Health Promotions, based in St. Albert, Alta.
According to promotional materials provided by Nechi, the goal of National…
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A tattoo of an eagle, a bear, a dragon, hearts, barbed wire, names of boyfriends or girlfriends, and navel, ear or nose rings are expressions of art that carry personal meaning for the person who gets one.
Among the ancient Egyptians and other cultures, including Aboriginal cultures, tattoos have been around for thousands of years. In the early 1900s, tattoos were…
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Since the development of insulin in the 1920s, people who require the treatment to manage their diabetes have had one means of getting the insulin into their systems - injection. Although that is still the case, the choices for administering those injections are no longer limited to needles and syringes.
According to information contained in a buyers' guide published by…
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Frank (Fox) Morin's last drunk was 20 years ago, and he quit heroin, speed, coke and MDA three years before he got off the booze. Worked, got married, raised a family. Been living clean all this time. But suddenly, at age 50, he got really sick, nearly died, got a liver transplant just in time to save his life, and he says it was all on account of bad choices he made early in…
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Recently, a formal inquiry was ordered by the Manitoba Human Rights Commission to determine whether a woman has the right to breastfeed her baby in public. This inquiry will barely have an impact in the Aboriginal community, according to a study being conducted by researchers in Winnipeg.
According to a group of Manitoba's leading neonatal health care providers,…
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Review
Prison Writings:
My Life Is My Sun Dance
By Leonard Peltier
St. Martin's Press, New York
256 pages, $22.95 (sc)
"When the oppressors succeed with their illegal thefts and depredations, its called colonialism. When their efforts to colonize indigenous peoples are met with resistance or anything but abject surrender, it's called…
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Crazy Dave
By Basil Johnston
Key Porter
334 pages
$24.95
Basil Johnston says he's apolitical, but don't believe him for a second.
The Cape Croker, Ont. Ojibway writer and academic has listened to the Elders and recorded a living history of his people in the Georgian Bay region. Along the way, he has created a very useful guide to the…
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Review
Inkonze: The Stones of Traditional Knowledge
By Phillip R. Coutu and Lorraine Hoffman-Mercredi
Thunderwoman Ethnographics
290 pp., $24.99
The collaborative efforts of Métis, Phillip Coutu, and a Chipewyan Native writer, Lorraine Hoffman-Mercredi, has resulted in the publication of Inkonze: The Stones of Traditional Knowledge, stories…
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A unique travelling exhibit organized by Vancouver's Presentation House Gallery opened in Winnipeg on Sept. 18. Indian Princesses and Cowgirls: Stereotypes from the Frontier is an exhibition of more than 200 antique prints, postcards, calendars, sheet music, playing cards, black and white photographs and other items using images of Indian princesses. The display at the Winnipeg…
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Alfred James Sutherland and Estherine Sutherland (nee Simpson) have a difficult story to tell, a story they've been waiting for at least two decades to recount.
It's a story of loss, of painful separation and of theft.
Tucked just off the main road leading into this small Métis community of about 300 people lies the modest Sutherland home where a group of men,…
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Rain poured on Ryerson University's Second Annual Traditional Powwow on Oct. 2, forcing the seven drum groups, 100 dancers, and more than 100 spectators to abandon the outdoor bleachers in the Quadrangle, and continue the event indoors. Many of the 32 vendors simply cut their losses and left, leaving only a handful behind in the corridors next to the gymnasium, selling the usual…