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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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Federal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale said preparations are being made within his department to line up the cash that will be needed to pay for residential school compensation.
During a Sept. 9 meeting with Windspeaker, the man responsible for formulating the federal government's budget promised there will be money available. An exact figure has not been set.
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Federal Finance Minister Ralph Goodale said preparations are being made within his department to line up the cash that will be needed to pay for residential school compensation.
During a Sept. 9 meeting with Windspeaker, the man responsible for formulating the federal government's budget promised there will be money available. An exact figure has not been set.
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Members of southern Louisiana's Indian tribes are facing a grim future. The recent hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast area have seen their homes destroyed by floodwaters and their livelihoods eliminated with the cancellation of the shrimp, oyster and crab fishing seasons.
Hardest hit of the southern tribes is the United Houma Nation. Principal Chief Brenda Dardar said the…
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Members of southern Louisiana's Indian tribes are facing a grim future. The recent hurricanes that hit the Gulf Coast area have seen their homes destroyed by floodwaters and their livelihoods eliminated with the cancellation of the shrimp, oyster and crab fishing seasons.
Hardest hit of the southern tribes is the United Houma Nation. Principal Chief Brenda Dardar said the…
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The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) committed itself in 1996 to achieving a 50 per cent Aboriginal employment rate and, as recently as this year, gave its own efforts on meeting that goal a passing grade. But a report compiled by an Aboriginal INAC employee questions the department's methods of collecting the data that produces the employment rate.
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The Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) committed itself in 1996 to achieving a 50 per cent Aboriginal employment rate and, as recently as this year, gave its own efforts on meeting that goal a passing grade. But a report compiled by an Aboriginal INAC employee questions the department's methods of collecting the data that produces the employment rate.
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As Sept. 6 came and went, the beginning of the second decade since the fatal shooting of Dudley George began with a fight over release of information between the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and the chief commissioner of the inquiry into the Native activist's death.
The details of the dispute emerged in an order issued by Ipperwash Inquiry Commissioner Sidney Linden.…
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A mediation panel created by an act of Parliament has been in existence for 12 years and has never heard a single case.
The terms of Canada's largest and most internationally heralded land claim agreement are protected by Section 35 of Canada's Constitution but the separate contract that governs how the agreement will be funded is not.
These are just two of the…
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A mediation panel created by an act of Parliament has been in existence for 12 years and has never heard a single case.
The terms of Canada's largest and most internationally heralded land claim agreement are protected by Section 35 of Canada's Constitution but the separate contract that governs how the agreement will be funded is not.
These are just two of the…
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Dear Editor:
The agreement proposed between the Assembly of First Nations and the federal government in the settlement of the long-standing issue on residential schools was released recently. For some former residential school students, the proposal may seem justified, when merely focusing on the aging, sick and those who did not experience excessive physical, mental or…
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Dear Editor:
The agreement proposed between the Assembly of First Nations and the federal government in the settlement of the long-standing issue on residential schools was released recently. For some former residential school students, the proposal may seem justified, when merely focusing on the aging, sick and those who did not experience excessive physical, mental or…
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Dear Editor:
As an economist and a populist, Nova Scotia's education Minister Jamie Muir's warning "that schools may be forced to pay for any online materials used in class" is a matter of concern to me.
We need intellectual property to accrue to the society that spawns it. We need knowledge to remain in the hands of the public and public institutions.
For…
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Dear Editor:
As an economist and a populist, Nova Scotia's education Minister Jamie Muir's warning "that schools may be forced to pay for any online materials used in class" is a matter of concern to me.
We need intellectual property to accrue to the society that spawns it. We need knowledge to remain in the hands of the public and public institutions.
For…
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Dear Editor:
Victim. I refuse to accept this word for the circumstance that I found myself in, or the circumstances the sisters have found themselves in. In accepting this word, I forfeit my power to you and I refuse to forfeit my power or the power of my sisters to this society.
This society has fed itself on those of us who do not fit into your world. Giving us…
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Dear Editor:
Victim. I refuse to accept this word for the circumstance that I found myself in, or the circumstances the sisters have found themselves in. In accepting this word, I forfeit my power to you and I refuse to forfeit my power or the power of my sisters to this society.
This society has fed itself on those of us who do not fit into your world. Giving us…