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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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Wegadesk Gorup-Paul is no longer doing flips in his backyard. Instead, the 18-year-old Victoria resident is performing and starring on the national and international stages.
Gorup-Paul, Mi'kmaq, is a member of the Canadian senior men's diving team. He's hoping to represent the country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.
Gorup-Paul is the reigning…
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While the 2006 North American Indigenous Games held in Denver, Colorado are long over, some of the winning athletes are still waiting for their medals.
Some have been patient and understanding about the situation. Others are disappointed with the lack of organization that led to the hardware shortfall.
From July 2 to 9, Aboriginal youth from across Canada and the…
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Once again the Iroquois Nationals just missed out on a medal at the world men's field lacrosse championships. The Native squad was defeated 21-8 by Australia in the bronze-medal game of the world tournament, which concluded July 22 in London, Ont.
Canada beat the United States 15-10 in the gold-medal contest.
This marked the third straight time the Iroquois…
A group of Saskatchewan teenagers 17 to 19 years old made a bit of history by winning a national softball title. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Chiefs captured the gold medal at the Canadian midget boys' softball championships.
The Chiefs are believed to be the first Native squad to even compete in a Softball Canada tournament. And the club earned a spot in the…
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The Aboriginal community in Ontario's capital city has an important new health resource, the Seventh Generation Midwives of Toronto.
Led by Ojibway midwife Sara Wolfe, the practice was launched in January.
"We knew we'd be approved," said Wolfe about the proposal she and a group of other Toronto midwives submitted to the Government of Ontario.
The idea to…
Aboriginal Women on the Move safely returned to their community after a 7,200 kilometre bike tour across the country to raise awareness about family violence in First Nation communities.
Cyclists Donna Metallic, Sheila Swasson and Chi Metallic make up Women on the Move. They began their awareness cycle on May 28 in Mission, B.C. and completed the three-month journey that took them all…
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Lately, our beloved prime minister has been making a lot of interesting promises as he settles into office, like for instance making his own government more accountable to the people. I think we all need a bit more accountability in our lives. I know I do. I think it comes from being called a "no-account" too many times.
I just hope Harper isn't forgetting he's still on…
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It's no surprise that songs from blues guitarist Derek Miller's new album, The Dirty Looks, are up for nomination at the Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards in Manitoba in November. The album's 12 cuts are rife with an emotional personal struggle that speaks to a new time in the life of the artist.
"Recording Dirty Looks was the hardest thing I have ever done," said…
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A remote community in a rugged and beautiful wilderness has invited Kevin Brownlee, the curator of archaeology from the Manitoba Museum, to pursue studies on its history.
Located 200 kilometres northwest of Thompson, Granville Lake enjoys a strong history that has been kept alive. Of special interest to the project are some of the oral histories of some of the caves,…
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The promotional material for the Aboriginal Peoples Choice (APC) Music Awards describes the initiative as the only one of its kind where the fans choose which Aboriginal artists will win the hardware.
"The Junos, the Canadian Country Music Awards, the East Coast Music Awards and the Western Canadian Music Awards (WCMA) are all awards systems that are adjudicated by a…
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Albert David comes from a long line of head-hunters. That fact seems hard to square as he sits, raises his foot above his head, points his toe toward the ceiling and complains about the pitiable arch he managed to develop in ballet class during five years of hard slog at a dance school in Sydney, Australia.
David's distant grandfather was the king of Tudu, or Warrior…
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It was six days of cultural celebration, holistic healing and steps made forward to healthy lifestyles at the fifth gathering of the Healing Our Spirit Worldwide (HOSW) conference.
From Aug. 6 to 11, Indigenous peoples from around the globe participated in workshops that highlighted healing initiatives, research, wellness issues and traditional solutions to health and…
With the occupation of Douglas Creek Estates in Caledonia appearing regularly in the headlines, suddenly many more Canadians know at least a little bit more about the history of the Six Nations people. But sometimes just a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
Terms like "Haudenosaunee" and "Haldimand Tract" were, until recently, known only in the Iroquois communities up and down…
Talks aimed at resolving issues related to the occupation of a housing development by Native protesters in Caledonia, Ont. have resumed after a 10-day period of confusion caused by a judge's order.
On Aug. 8, Justice David Marshall of the Ontario Superior Court ruled from the bench that government agents involved in negotiations to end the land question on which the dispute at Six…