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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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It was a typical Tuesday for Autumn EagleSpeaker and her son Willow. They woke up and readied for school. She attends Mount Royal College and he goes to a Native school located in the city. As is their morning custom, they went to the store to buy a newspaper, and that's when things took a turn for the worse.
Ten Native people dead, a headline screamed.
The…
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It was a typical Tuesday for Autumn EagleSpeaker and her son Willow. They woke up and readied for school. She attends Mount Royal College and he goes to a Native school located in the city. As is their morning custom, they went to the store to buy a newspaper, and that's when things took a turn for the worse.
Ten Native people dead, a headline screamed.
The…
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A world champion and a Paralympic gold medallist are this year's national recipients of the Tom Longboat Award.
The awards honor Canada's most outstanding Aboriginal athletes.
Lara Mussell, an ultimate Frisbee player who lives in Maple Ridge, B.C., is the female athlete for 2004. And the male winner is Richard Peter, a wheelchair basketball player, who lives in…
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A world champion and a Paralympic gold medallist are this year's national recipients of the Tom Longboat Award.
The awards honor Canada's most outstanding Aboriginal athletes.
Lara Mussell, an ultimate Frisbee player who lives in Maple Ridge, B.C., is the female athlete for 2004. And the male winner is Richard Peter, a wheelchair basketball player, who lives in…
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Nasivvik
"We are the most taxed people in Canada!"
This complaint has passed the lips of most of the 10,000-plus people who live in the Nunavik Territory. If some people have not actually said this, they have certainly heard it being said by others. This statement has been asserted to an assortment of government ministers and commissions in a wide variety of…
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Nasivvik
"We are the most taxed people in Canada!"
This complaint has passed the lips of most of the 10,000-plus people who live in the Nunavik Territory. If some people have not actually said this, they have certainly heard it being said by others. This statement has been asserted to an assortment of government ministers and commissions in a wide variety of…
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Pro Bono
Dear Tuma:
I want to know about why it costs $50 to get a financial statement from my band. When I requested this, I was told it would cost me $50. I don't feel this is right. As a band member, am I not entitled to view this information? I am deeply concerned where all the funds are going on the reserve.
No Money Honey
Dear No Money Honey:…
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Pro Bono
Dear Tuma:
I want to know about why it costs $50 to get a financial statement from my band. When I requested this, I was told it would cost me $50. I don't feel this is right. As a band member, am I not entitled to view this information? I am deeply concerned where all the funds are going on the reserve.
No Money Honey
Dear No Money Honey:…
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Urbane Indian
You wouldn't think it, but in some parts of the world, theatre can rattle the walls and shake things up, but not for the reasons you might think. Theatre was created to provoke, to challenge, to make you think, to laugh, and to imagine. And sometimes you have to wonder if what may happen theatrically on the other side of the world might have some resonance…
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Urbane Indian
You wouldn't think it, but in some parts of the world, theatre can rattle the walls and shake things up, but not for the reasons you might think. Theatre was created to provoke, to challenge, to make you think, to laugh, and to imagine. And sometimes you have to wonder if what may happen theatrically on the other side of the world might have some resonance…
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Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Elisapie Isaac: What one quality? That's a nice question. I guess a friend who is able to really listen. To put his things aside ... just the quality of someone to just listen.
W: What is it that really makes you mad?
E.I.: I think it's all the people profiting on young children, that's really…
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Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Elisapie Isaac: What one quality? That's a nice question. I guess a friend who is able to really listen. To put his things aside ... just the quality of someone to just listen.
W: What is it that really makes you mad?
E.I.: I think it's all the people profiting on young children, that's really…
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Eight years ago, a group of students attending Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas got together one day just to hang out and play some music. Out of that impromptu jam session was born Tha Tribe, a contemporary drum group that has made a name for itself both on the powwow circuit and in the recording studio.
Members of the group have come and gone over…
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Eight years ago, a group of students attending Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas got together one day just to hang out and play some music. Out of that impromptu jam session was born Tha Tribe, a contemporary drum group that has made a name for itself both on the powwow circuit and in the recording studio.
Members of the group have come and gone over…
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The shock waves generated by the federal sponsorship scandal have spread across the government, and the result has been funding cuts for First Nation institutions, says Mark Green, the chairman of the board for the First Nation Technical Institute (FNTI).
Green said it's ironic that when government officials siphon millions of dollars out of the public purse, it's…