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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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Standing six-foot-three and weighing 230 pounds, Albert Doxtator, 23, is the super heavyweight world gold medal champion in pankration, the original gladiator sport of the Olympics.
Doxtator, a member of the turtle clan of the Oneida Nation and from the Chippewas of Thames reserve near London, Ont., gets a lot of strength from his traditional beliefs.
"The turtle…
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A four-day workshop at Simon Fraser University's downtown Harbour Centre, held Jan. 25, helped women with an interest in politics to learn the tricks of the trade.
Chief Sophie Pierre of the St. Mary's First Nation, B.C. was the keynote speaker at the opening reception. Viola Thomas, the first woman elected president of the United Native Nations, British Columbia, was…
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A four-day workshop at Simon Fraser University's downtown Harbour Centre, held Jan. 25, helped women with an interest in politics to learn the tricks of the trade.
Chief Sophie Pierre of the St. Mary's First Nation, B.C. was the keynote speaker at the opening reception. Viola Thomas, the first woman elected president of the United Native Nations, British Columbia, was…
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A new facility has opened up in the old residential school on the Muskowekwan First Nation, designed to address behavioural problems of troubled kids and get them back on track.
The Four Directions Child and Family Services Inc. Stabilization and Assessment Centre had its grand opening Dec. 21, although the first two children were placed at the centre the first week of…
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A new facility has opened up in the old residential school on the Muskowekwan First Nation, designed to address behavioural problems of troubled kids and get them back on track.
The Four Directions Child and Family Services Inc. Stabilization and Assessment Centre had its grand opening Dec. 21, although the first two children were placed at the centre the first week of…
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Dear Editor :
In response to the "identity" question posed in your December 2000 issue by Drew Hayden Taylor:
I think it's as important for Natives not to judge each other as it is in any other community of human beings.
Ultimately, every so-called "Indian" knows themselves best. We all know to what degree we understand traditional culture, but I'm not sure…
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Dear Editor :
In response to the "identity" question posed in your December 2000 issue by Drew Hayden Taylor:
I think it's as important for Natives not to judge each other as it is in any other community of human beings.
Ultimately, every so-called "Indian" knows themselves best. We all know to what degree we understand traditional culture, but I'm not sure…
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I'm a 37-year-old man, a single child of a single parent, who at the time of this writing has no children (though there's that summer of '87 that I can't seem to account for) and what's the one job that comes to mind that I would be completely unsuited for, other then an aerobics instructor (though I do look good in spandex , if the lighting is low enough)?
I am talking…
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I'm a 37-year-old man, a single child of a single parent, who at the time of this writing has no children (though there's that summer of '87 that I can't seem to account for) and what's the one job that comes to mind that I would be completely unsuited for, other then an aerobics instructor (though I do look good in spandex , if the lighting is low enough)?
I am talking…
Monday, July 3, 2000, in the Bella Coola Valley.
This valley is a flawless middle ground between sea and sky. It must have been this way all along the coast before these valleys were logged off or cheesed up for the tourists. I spend most of this first morning staring up at the mountains and out at the water, in slack-jawed awe of my surroundings.
My wife told me to go scout…
Monday, July 3, 2000, in the Bella Coola Valley.
This valley is a flawless middle ground between sea and sky. It must have been this way all along the coast before these valleys were logged off or cheesed up for the tourists. I spend most of this first morning staring up at the mountains and out at the water, in slack-jawed awe of my surroundings.
My wife told me to go scout…
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Since it appears we're never going to see an Aboriginal minister of Indian Affairs, maybe the best we'll ever get is a guy like Bob Nault. Not previously a hard-core Ottawa insider type, he's that most rare of politicians - a non-lawyer with a labor background from a northern riding that includes 51 First Nations. Our sources even tell us Mr. Nault got a lot of help in the last…
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Since it appears we're never going to see an Aboriginal minister of Indian Affairs, maybe the best we'll ever get is a guy like Bob Nault. Not previously a hard-core Ottawa insider type, he's that most rare of politicians - a non-lawyer with a labor background from a northern riding that includes 51 First Nations. Our sources even tell us Mr. Nault got a lot of help in the last…
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Indian Affair Minister Robert Nault has announced that he will push for a new law to help fill in some of the legislative gaps in the Indian Act and push his department to pursue an unprecedented consultation process that reaches out to all First Nations people.
A similar process, initiated by former minister Ron Irwin in 1996, died on the order paper when the 1997 federal…
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Indian Affair Minister Robert Nault has announced that he will push for a new law to help fill in some of the legislative gaps in the Indian Act and push his department to pursue an unprecedented consultation process that reaches out to all First Nations people.
A similar process, initiated by former minister Ron Irwin in 1996, died on the order paper when the 1997 federal…