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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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Dear Editor:
I am utterly disgusted with the crass politics of the federal Conservatives. Stephen Harper and Peter McKay's lust for power is dangerous. Playing politics with the country's future by making a deal with the Bloc Quebecois to bring down the Liberal government is political brinkmanship bordering on nihilism. Harper and McKay, who forged a party through deceit…
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Dear Editor:
Re: Transformative change.
Hey, when are the red skins going to wake up and do this ourselves? The man is still treating us like we're childlike and lawless. We don't need the man to hold our hand anymore. We have excellent teachers and lawyers, professors, individuals with degrees. Time to start walking don't you think!
-Leo
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Dear Editor:
Re: Transformative change.
Hey, when are the red skins going to wake up and do this ourselves? The man is still treating us like we're childlike and lawless. We don't need the man to hold our hand anymore. We have excellent teachers and lawyers, professors, individuals with degrees. Time to start walking don't you think!
-Leo
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Dear Editor:
In the past two weeks or so, there have been bear attacks in western Canada and in one case it has been deadly. My sincerest condolences to the family for their tragic loss. I am a member of the Wet'suwet'en Nation of central British Columbia and upon hearing of these attacks I wanted to share a message about bears that was passed onto us by our Elders.
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Dear Editor:
In the past two weeks or so, there have been bear attacks in western Canada and in one case it has been deadly. My sincerest condolences to the family for their tragic loss. I am a member of the Wet'suwet'en Nation of central British Columbia and upon hearing of these attacks I wanted to share a message about bears that was passed onto us by our Elders.
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Dear Editor:
Lies, lies and more lies. I watched the CBC Newsworld live announcement May 30 regarding settlements to former students of Canada's Indian residential schools and I am hurt and saddened but not surprised. Instead of announcing a settlement package, the government representatives are pursuing yet another study.
A Supreme Court judge will study us yet…
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Dear Editor:
Lies, lies and more lies. I watched the CBC Newsworld live announcement May 30 regarding settlements to former students of Canada's Indian residential schools and I am hurt and saddened but not surprised. Instead of announcing a settlement package, the government representatives are pursuing yet another study.
A Supreme Court judge will study us yet…
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Dear Editor:
When I was growing up, people would trap animals, and also hunt and kill them. The skins or furs would be sold and the meat of trapped and hunted animals would be eaten. My father sold the furs of the muskrats he trapped, and we ate the meat. As a child, I assumed that everyone lived this way: our life was ordinary, and we were just folks.
Many years…
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Dear Editor:
When I was growing up, people would trap animals, and also hunt and kill them. The skins or furs would be sold and the meat of trapped and hunted animals would be eaten. My father sold the furs of the muskrats he trapped, and we ate the meat. As a child, I assumed that everyone lived this way: our life was ordinary, and we were just folks.
Many years…
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The cat's definitely out of the bag now: things are transforming on the national Aboriginal political stage.
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine and Prime Minister Paul Martin, with Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott close at hand, signed a deal May 31 and-especially in the case of Scott-uttered some words that should mean that things will change…
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The cat's definitely out of the bag now: things are transforming on the national Aboriginal political stage.
Assembly of First Nations National Chief Phil Fontaine and Prime Minister Paul Martin, with Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott close at hand, signed a deal May 31 and-especially in the case of Scott-uttered some words that should mean that things will change…
Page 22 When Joe Augustine was young, he and his father would walk through the woods near their home community of Red Bank First Nation, now known as Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation, located near the Miramichi River in central New Brunswick. Their regular route would take them along a path beaten down over the years by caribou. Each time they walked the path, father and son would stop and…
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When Joe Augustine was young, he and his father would walk through the woods near their home community of Red Bank First Nation, now known as Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation, located near the Miramichi River in central New Brunswick.
Their regular route would take them along a path beaten down over the years by caribou. Each time they walked the path, father and son would…
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Young people interested in the world of aviation now have another avenue to explore for training.
Churchill Community High School in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Ronge is offering the only Aircraft Maintenance Orientation
Program in the province. Ten students, three girls and seven boys, several of whom are of Aboriginal ancestry, have now completed…
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Young people interested in the world of aviation now have another avenue to explore for training.
Churchill Community High School in the northern Saskatchewan community of La Ronge is offering the only Aircraft Maintenance Orientation
Program in the province. Ten students, three girls and seven boys, several of whom are of Aboriginal ancestry, have now completed…