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Dear Editor:
Re: Lubicon Cree-Windspeaker October 2005
Once again, the Lubicon Cree are moving into the spotlight, or at least the leaders are. A Lubicon delegation will be going to Geneva to witness the United Nations Human Rights Committee question Canada on its unethical tactics of negotiation.
The government has to come to the table in good faith since…
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Dear Editor:
Re: Lubicon Cree-Windspeaker October 2005
Once again, the Lubicon Cree are moving into the spotlight, or at least the leaders are. A Lubicon delegation will be going to Geneva to witness the United Nations Human Rights Committee question Canada on its unethical tactics of negotiation.
The government has to come to the table in good faith since…
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Editorial
We read with great interest the leaked eight-page executive summary of the final report of the Assembly of First Nation (AFN) Renewal Commission, in which profound changes to the way the AFN functions are proposed. (see page 8.)
The idea of who represents whom is identified in the report as a most pressing issue and rightly so. Given that the First…
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Editorial
We read with great interest the leaked eight-page executive summary of the final report of the Assembly of First Nation (AFN) Renewal Commission, in which profound changes to the way the AFN functions are proposed. (see page 8.)
The idea of who represents whom is identified in the report as a most pressing issue and rightly so. Given that the First…
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The world has lost one of its great storytellers. On Sept. 10, Bernelda Wheeler passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer.
She began her life on April 8, 1937 on Muskopetung First Nation in southeastern Saskatchewan, one of six children of Cree, Assiniboine and Saulteaux heritage born to Colin and Clara Pratt of George Gordon First Nation.
Bernelda spent her…
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Southern Alberta's newest tourism attraction, the Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, hosted its official launch on the 128th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 7, Sept. 22.
The facility, located south of Cluny, Alta. on the Siksika Nation, is built on 2,000 acres of prairie grassland overlooking the Bow River. The site is where Treaty 7 was signed in 1877.
The…
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Southern Alberta's newest tourism attraction, the Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park, hosted its official launch on the 128th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 7, Sept. 22.
The facility, located south of Cluny, Alta. on the Siksika Nation, is built on 2,000 acres of prairie grassland overlooking the Bow River. The site is where Treaty 7 was signed in 1877.
The…
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Something that started out as a hobby has turned into a "viable" business for Michaelee Lazore, a Mohawk from the Akwesasne reserve near Montreal. Sequoia is the name of her bath and body boutique that opened in March 2004 at the Tewatohnhi'saktha business complex in Kahnawake.
The name Sequoia comes from the giant sequoia trees that live to be 2,000 to 3,000 years old.…
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Something that started out as a hobby has turned into a "viable" business for Michaelee Lazore, a Mohawk from the Akwesasne reserve near Montreal. Sequoia is the name of her bath and body boutique that opened in March 2004 at the Tewatohnhi'saktha business complex in Kahnawake.
The name Sequoia comes from the giant sequoia trees that live to be 2,000 to 3,000 years old.…
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Cheryl Sorell is happy to receive a little help to pay her tuition this year.
Sorell, who is in her third year of studies towards a bachelor's degree in child and youth care, is just one of 78 Aboriginal students from across Alberta who will be receiving money from the provincial government to help cover their education expenses.
The province is providing a total…
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Cheryl Sorell is happy to receive a little help to pay her tuition this year.
Sorell, who is in her third year of studies towards a bachelor's degree in child and youth care, is just one of 78 Aboriginal students from across Alberta who will be receiving money from the provincial government to help cover their education expenses.
The province is providing a total…
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If you think taking part in a literacy program just means sitting in a classroom, practicing your reading and writing, think again.
Right across Manitoba there are Aboriginal communities and organizations offering literacy programs that not only help students improve their reading and writing abilities, but teach them how to use computers, help them learn their…
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If you think taking part in a literacy program just means sitting in a classroom, practicing your reading and writing, think again.
Right across Manitoba there are Aboriginal communities and organizations offering literacy programs that not only help students improve their reading and writing abilities, but teach them how to use computers, help them learn their…
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After years of quiet, diligent work at the negotiating table, the leaders of the Lubicon Cree Nation and their supporters are starting to make some noise-again.
The years of silence was a condition of federal negotiators who would only participate in self-government and land compensation talks if the northern Alberta nation did not "negotiate in the media."
…
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After years of quiet, diligent work at the negotiating table, the leaders of the Lubicon Cree Nation and their supporters are starting to make some noise-again.
The years of silence was a condition of federal negotiators who would only participate in self-government and land compensation talks if the northern Alberta nation did not "negotiate in the media."
…