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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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The provincial and federal governments have done a poor job in promoting economic development on reserves, said Indian Affairs Minster Ron Irwin. This includes forcing Aboriginal people into unsuccessful ventures, costing both them and the taxpayer money. The fastest way to
improve the lives of Aboriginal people is to remedy these situations, he told a Commons Aboriginal…
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The provincial and federal governments have done a poor job in promoting economic development on reserves, said Indian Affairs Minster Ron Irwin. This includes forcing Aboriginal people into unsuccessful ventures, costing both them and the taxpayer money. The fastest way to
improve the lives of Aboriginal people is to remedy these situations, he told a Commons Aboriginal…
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A Tory member of the provincial parliament in Ontario is threatening to take "action" against Native fishermen if an end to a fishing dispute isn't reached soon. Barb Fisher, MPP for The Wiarton area in southern Ontario said there is a two-week deadline to final resolution to the dispute. She met with a group of angry sports fishermen in Wiarton after Native nets were spotted in…
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A Tory member of the provincial parliament in Ontario is threatening to take "action" against Native fishermen if an end to a fishing dispute isn't reached soon. Barb Fisher, MPP for The Wiarton area in southern Ontario said there is a two-week deadline to final resolution to the dispute. She met with a group of angry sports fishermen in Wiarton after Native nets were spotted in…
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A Tory member of the provincial parliament in Ontario is threatening to take "action" against Native fishermen if an end to a fishing dispute isn't reached soon. Barb Fisher, MPP for The Wiarton area in southern Ontario said there is a two-week deadline to final resolution to the dispute. She met with a group of angry sports fishermen in Wiarton after Native nets were spotted in…
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Dry grass swirls through the air and the ground vibrates as a helicopter swoops down from above in an effort to separate a wood bison
calf from the rest of the stampeding herd.
When the panicked animals disappear into the willows and spruce and the
chopper flies off on another mission, a lone bison calf, entangled in an
orange net, is all that remains…
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Dry grass swirls through the air and the ground vibrates as a helicopter swoops down from above in an effort to separate a wood bison
calf from the rest of the stampeding herd.
When the panicked animals disappear into the willows and spruce and the
chopper flies off on another mission, a lone bison calf, entangled in an
orange net, is all that remains…
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Dry grass swirls through the air and the ground vibrates as a helicopter swoops down from above in an effort to separate a wood bison
calf from the rest of the stampeding herd.
When the panicked animals disappear into the willows and spruce and the
chopper flies off on another mission, a lone bison calf, entangled in an
orange net, is all that remains…
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Danny Billie, spokesperson, for the Independent Traditional Seminole
Nation, stood solemnly throughout the Collier County, Florida,
commission meeting, waiting for a chance to speak.
Through long hours of county business, Billie stood. His stance all
the more poignant, because Billie had just completed a three-day walk
designed to draw attention…
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Danny Billie, spokesperson, for the Independent Traditional Seminole
Nation, stood solemnly throughout the Collier County, Florida,
commission meeting, waiting for a chance to speak.
Through long hours of county business, Billie stood. His stance all
the more poignant, because Billie had just completed a three-day walk
designed to draw attention…
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Danny Billie, spokesperson, for the Independent Traditional Seminole
Nation, stood solemnly throughout the Collier County, Florida,
commission meeting, waiting for a chance to speak.
Through long hours of county business, Billie stood. His stance all
the more poignant, because Billie had just completed a three-day walk
designed to draw attention…
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Roy Whitney has served as chief of Tsuu T'ina Nation in southern Alberta for 14 years. He led the negotiations that established the nation's company, Wolf Flat's Ordnance Disposal Corporation, which has international credentials in de-mining and ordnance dispoal. His efforts in creating business opportunities for other Aboriginal people are well known through his appointment in…
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Roy Whitney has served as chief of Tsuu T'ina Nation in southern Alberta for 14 years. He led the negotiations that established the nation's company, Wolf Flat's Ordnance Disposal Corporation, which has international credentials in de-mining and ordnance dispoal. His efforts in creating business opportunities for other Aboriginal people are well known through his appointment in…
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Young Aboriginal people from the Siksika First Nation in southern Alberta are returning to the land while learning about what it takes to develop a business in their home community with a project called Business without Borders.
The group of young people has developed a business plan for a market garden that will eventually provide fresh organic produce to their community…
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As survivors of the brutal residential schools of the past embark on the painful journey of healing, some 38 miles southeast of Santa Fe, New Mexico, students from the first graduating class of the Native American Preparatory School will have very different memories of the education system from the memories of their grandparents and parents. At this school they have found…