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Dear Editor:
I would like to offer comment on the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision on Indians and Crown land wood.
For any Euro-Canadian court to pass fair, unbiased and just judgement on Canadian natural resources it must begin from the standpoint of: the land that now is known as Canada is the homeland of the Beothuk, MicMac, Maliseet, Mohawk, Ojibway, Cree…
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Dear Editor:
I would like to offer comment on the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision on Indians and Crown land wood.
For any Euro-Canadian court to pass fair, unbiased and just judgement on Canadian natural resources it must begin from the standpoint of: the land that now is known as Canada is the homeland of the Beothuk, MicMac, Maliseet, Mohawk, Ojibway, Cree…
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Dear Editor:
I would like to thank Norman and Jerry who stopped on the 417 Highway in Ottawa at midnight on July 7.My son was in a single car accident and Norman and Jerry were the next vehicle by.
They stopped, helped my son and stayed with him. Not only did they comfort him and stay with him until the police and ambulance arrived, they went with the ambulance to…
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Dear Editor:
I would like to thank Norman and Jerry who stopped on the 417 Highway in Ottawa at midnight on July 7.My son was in a single car accident and Norman and Jerry were the next vehicle by.
They stopped, helped my son and stayed with him. Not only did they comfort him and stay with him until the police and ambulance arrived, they went with the ambulance to…
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Dear Editor:
I am just disgusted by the efforts of the Assembly of First Nations in resolving the shameful Indian Residential School issue. Bringing the message to survivors of Indian Residential School across the country, as if people will receive a cheque in the mail next spring.
I guess National Chief Phil Fontaine doesn't want to stand up to a government that is…
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Dear Editor:
I am just disgusted by the efforts of the Assembly of First Nations in resolving the shameful Indian Residential School issue. Bringing the message to survivors of Indian Residential School across the country, as if people will receive a cheque in the mail next spring.
I guess National Chief Phil Fontaine doesn't want to stand up to a government that is…
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Dear Editor:
I have been following the Liberal government's choice of a new governor general with great interest.
The last one, Adrianne Clarkson, spent the taxpayers' money lavishly without any regard for the concerns of Canada's poor.
Now we are going to have a governor general whose loyalty to Canada is in question. Each day that passes we have new…
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Dear Editor:
I have been following the Liberal government's choice of a new governor general with great interest.
The last one, Adrianne Clarkson, spent the taxpayers' money lavishly without any regard for the concerns of Canada's poor.
Now we are going to have a governor general whose loyalty to Canada is in question. Each day that passes we have new…
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Dear Editor:
Re: "Ontario NDP leader wary of new approach"
As the new Minister Responsible for Aboriginal Affairs and one who has long had an interest in Aboriginal matters, I wish to clarify a number of statements made by Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton about funding of the Ontario Secretariat for Aboriginal Affairs (formerly the Ontario Native Affairs…
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Dear Editor:
Re: "Ontario NDP leader wary of new approach"
As the new Minister Responsible for Aboriginal Affairs and one who has long had an interest in Aboriginal matters, I wish to clarify a number of statements made by Ontario NDP leader Howard Hampton about funding of the Ontario Secretariat for Aboriginal Affairs (formerly the Ontario Native Affairs…
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Windspeaker Editorial
Chief John Martin of the Gesgapegiag First Nation, chair of the Mi'gmawei Mawiomi political alliance of Mi'kmaq communities in the Gaspe region of Quebec, was moved to write a letter to the editor of Windspeaker this month that was unfortunately a little too long to print in its entirety.
We say "unfortunately" because Chief Martin's essay was…
Page 5 Windspeaker Editorial
Chief John Martin of the Gesgapegiag First Nation, chair of the Mi'gmawei Mawiomi political alliance of Mi'kmaq communities in the Gaspe region of Quebec, was moved to write a letter to the editor of Windspeaker this month that was unfortunately a little too long to print in its entirety.
We say "unfortunately" because Chief Martin's essay was quite…
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"The Indian has reached the end of an era. The things that we hold sacred, the things that we believe in have been repudiated by the federal government. But we will not be silenced again, left behind to be absorbed conveniently into the wretched fringes of a society that institutionalizes wretchedness. The Buckskin Curtain is coming down."
These words, written by Dr.…
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"The Indian has reached the end of an era. The things that we hold sacred, the things that we believe in have been repudiated by the federal government. But we will not be silenced again, left behind to be absorbed conveniently into the wretched fringes of a society that institutionalizes wretchedness. The Buckskin Curtain is coming down."
These words, written by Dr.…
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Entrepreneur- Gisele Martin, 27, Partner-Douglas Wright, Business-Tla-ook Cultural Adventures
Launched-National Aboriginal Day, June 21, 2002. Location-Tofino, B.C.
Tla-ook Cultural Adventures offers guided cultural tours of Clayoquot Sound in traditional Nuu-Chah-Nulth dugout canoes.
Windspeaker: Why did you start your own business?
Gisele Martin:…