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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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Waneek Horn-Miller's achievements as an athlete may have finally overshadowed her involvement in the Oka crisis 10 years ago in Kahnawake, Que. At the age of 14, she was in the midst of a volatile confrontation between the Mohawk people, the town of Oka and the governments of the day over the issue of a municipal golf course on Mohawk territory. When she was struck and knocked…
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Three Native musicians and a didgeridoo-playing Caucasian say the high note in their Sydney Olympic performances called the Walk About Tour 2000 will come if they stand beside Ayers Rock.
"It's one of the modern wonders of the world," said Dave Delcary. The sacred rock has fascinated the Ojibway man since he was a youngster.
"I hope we go there," he said. "It's…
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The capital's Canadian Museum of Civilization has had a new president and chief executive officer for only five months, but it is clear he is putting his stamp on the way our cultures are reflected back to us.
His plans call for adding explanatory text to exhibits that previously was left out or minimized. He wants to showcase history with all the warts included.
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When Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray proudly announced that the Trans Canada Trail was now officially open, the crowd assembled at Jacques Cartier Park in Hull, Que. cheered and applauded the completion of one of the most monumental projects ever undertaken, the Trans Canada Trail Relay 2000.
The concluding ceremony on Sept. 9 saw the water from the Arctic, Atlantic and…
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As part of the opening celebrations held Aug. 25 to 27 at the Frog Lake First Nation Millennium 2000 Powwow, several young women from Samson band in Hobbema, Alta. teamed up to give the crowd a treat.
Creating a circle within a circle, the four female hoop dancers entertained a full house in the open-air arbor.
Braving the gusting winds and late summer chill, world…
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Mi'kmaq lobster fishers are finding themselves in hot water for doing the same thing that the Supreme Court of Canada acquitted Donald Marshall, Jr. of doing a year ago.
After several weeks of mounting tensions in Atlantic Canada after Mi'kmaq fishers began their season in August, things began to heat up in earnest on the morning of Sept. 23 as a deadline imposed by…
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It was high noon on a busy Friday when a couple of hundred Aboriginal people took to the streets and marched from the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre to Harbour Centre, the building where the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has their Pacific regional headquarters. The march was to show support of the Mi'kmaq Indians at Burnt Church, N.B. for exercising their…
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Chris Axworthy, Saskatchewan's Justice minister has ordered a public inquest into the events that led to the death of Darcy Dean Ironchild earlier this year.
The decision was announced after the provincial public prosecutions office decided there was no basis for the laying of criminal charges in relation to the matter. Ironchild, 33, was found dead of a drug overdose in…
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Leaders with Treaty 3 Grand Council say they are "frustrated" that suggestions to remedy health care concerns at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora are not being implemented. The council's Aboriginal constituents have been telling their leaders they lack confidence in the medical treatment they receive there.
Problems such as doctor shortages, transportation,…
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The 1996 Canadian census has revealed persistent patterns of disadvantage for Aboriginal peoples; however, the situation has improved somewhat since the 1991 census. This article compares the results of the 1996 census with the 1991 census to illustrate the economic situation experienced by Aboriginal peoples and show where disadvantage has increased and improvements realized. We…
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Dear Editor:
Re: Two days pay deducted because I went to see immediate family member in a serious condition.
Seven months ago there was an accident in Saskatoon involving my niece's baby. I notified the school administration, and I made all the necessary plans, and I did everything that was required. I felt it was my duty to go see my niece's baby and I considered…
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Dear Editor:
Many years prior to becoming a traditional land-use researcher for my own people, I had the privilege of spending some time in the mid-1970s in northern Que., during which the Cree were engaged in stopping Phase I of the James Bay Project and getting the governments of the day to negotiate a settlement. Even then, we heard talk of young Matthew Coon Come as…
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Dear Editor:
This letter is in regard to the article by Taiaiake Alfred entitled "Who you calling Canadian" published in the September issue.
I found that article very interesting, honest and also heart-touching. I find that everything that the author writes is all about the true meaning of the Aboriginal identity. We do have our own identity, separate from the…
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Dear Editor:
Images of Department of Fisheries patrol boats ramming and swamping the smaller Mi'kmaq fishermen's boats sear the hearts of every Native person in Canada. We all feel great sympathy for the Native peoples of the East Coast in their struggle and we stand in support because we have experienced the same kind of hate ourselves. For once it was shown for all to…
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Dear Editor:
I am amazed at the profundity and grasp of significant issues by the chiefs' national leader. I stand in wonder as he pronounces his petulant indignation reminiscent of the malevolent futility of the early and mid-nineties' leadership. During the onset of this ongoing claim to our inherent right to resources (which coincided with the AFN election campaign),…