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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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REVIEW
The Baby Blues
By Drew Hayden Taylor
Talonbooks
93 pages
Imagine all the things that can happen in one summer to change a person's life. Now put that into one day, set it at a powwow and you have Drew Hayden Taylor's eighth published work, The Baby Blues.
Taylor's goal in this play is to showcase the Native sense of humor, which…
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As a child, Charlie Hill secretly wished to be a stand-up comedian. He would sneak out of his bed and watch the original host of the Tonight Show, Jack Paar, make people laugh. He was also inspired by Dick Gregory, Jackie Gleason and Red Skelton, as well as Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy as his career blossomed. But it took focus and hard work. It required him to…
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REVIEW
Peace, Power, Righteousness: an indigenous manifesto
By Taiaiake (Gerald) Alfred
Published by Oxford University Press Canada
145 pages
$22.95
Taiaiake Alfred's Peace, Power, Righteousness: an indigenous manifesto has annoyed many Native people and delighted others.
The 34-year-old director of the Indigenous Governance…
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The Makah Nation treated thousands of guests to a traditional meal of salmon, halibut and whale meat on May 22, in celebration of the resurrected tradition of whaling.
At least 3,000 guests arrived from as far north as Alaska and as far south as the Fiji Islands. A few hundred Nuu-chah-nulth guests were in attendance to partake in what, for most, would be their first…
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More than 3,000 people crowded the shores of Neah Bay on the Victoria Day weekend to add their voices of support for the Makah Whale Hunt and sample a West Coast food source, gone untasted for 70 years.
From Anacla to Africa, and all points in-between, representatives from hundreds of Indigenous cultures congratulated the Makah whaling crew, and welcomed their whale,…
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Think you know about being Native/Aboriginal/Indigenous/First Nations/Indian (better known as a NAIFNI)? Or maybe you know somebody who's an annoying know-it-all? What better way to put yourself and your friends to the test? After all, it's better to know you're a know-it-all than to just think you're a know-it-all! It's better than nothing at all.
If you score 12 or more…
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Aboriginal Elders from Montana and Missouri attended the Alberta's School for the Deaf's 4th Annual Conference, the theme of which was 2000 Ideas for the Future, (with a touch of Aboriginal culture). It was attended by parents and people from the community. Students sat back and enjoyed the teachings of James Woodenlegs and Sam Yates. The Elders taught the students Native…
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On a scale of one to five how would you rate the level of knowledge in your community of Indian Affairs' policies in the following areas: elections, environment, wills and estates, human resources, membership, natural resources, moneys, additions to reserve, lands management and law-making?
That is one of the questions being posed to First Nation people by the Assembly of…
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A long-awaited visit by National Chief Phil Fontaine to the Caldwell First Nation's territory culminated in a public display of support for the proposed creation of a Caldwell reserve in southwestern Ontario. Sponsored by the Friends of Caldwell, the meeting attracted some 200 supporters, 50 per cent of which were non-Native, to hear the national chief speak at the Union Gas…
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Rapheal Cree, a 106-year-old Elder from northern Alberta, presented to the regional director of Indian Affairs a copy of the statement of claim that outlines about $1.6 billion in damages suffered by the Paul Cree Band.
The Elder is the son of Paul Cree, who was the chief of the band after whom it is named. In the statement of claim, delivered on June 1 in Edmonton, the…
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A coalition of seven national religious organizations announced it will be conducting an inquiry into the Churchill-Nelson hydro-electric project completed in the 1970s and responsible for massive flooding of the traditional lands of five Manitoba First Nations.
Calling the cultural, social and economic effects of the project "devastating to Aboriginal communities in the…
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Dear Editor:
RE: reply to Ms. Verna Kirkness commentary titled, "What happened to the $20 million for Languages"
Ms. Kirkness' commentary in your April 1999 issue titled raises questions and concerns about First Nations languages in Canada and how the funds from Canadian Heritage were administered by the Assembly of the First Nations for First Nations community-…
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Dear Editor:
I would like to correspond with any Canadian First Nations person (North American Indian, Inuit or Metis) who served in any branch of the Canadian military during the Second World War. This includes the women's branches and any nursing corps staff. I'm also seeking any First Nations person who served in the Canadian Red Cross, merchant marine or Canadian…
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Dear Editor:
I was born Jody/Jodie Lynn/Lynne Lambert, Aug. 27, 1969 in the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton.
I would like to find my birth family and am looking for anyone who may know of me or about me. I have little to go on except that my non-identifying information says that both my parent were Metis. My mother was about 17 and had a brother, she was 5'4"…
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Dear Editor:
There has been considerable discussion over the years about Aboriginal right and human rights. Now, with the conflict over the right to cut wood on Crown land, we hear these expressions tossed around more than ever, often by individuals on both sides of the conflict who have no idea what Aboriginal rights, or even human rights, for that matter, actually mean.…