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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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For two weeks Cree students in this remote northern community have been unable to attend classes because their school has been declared "a threat to life and property."
The school was closed by the Department of Indian Affairs following an architecture's report which called the school "totally inadequate" and cited fire safety as a major concern.
Chairman of the…
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Roy Ebsary, who was charged in 1985 with killing Sandy Seale after wrongfully convicted Micmac Indian Donald Marshall spent 11 years in jail, has died at the age of 75 of natural causes.
Marshall protested Ebsary's innocence and was finally released after an RCMP investigation. Ebsary spent a year in jail for manslaughter.
He was also the first and strangest witness…
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Govt' to decide fate of sick bison
Government officials are seeking a panel to make recommendations in a special inquiry to decide the fate of a diseased bison herd at Wood Buffalo National Park.
The bison, roaming freely in the 60,000 sq. km park in northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories, suffer from tuberculosis and brucellosis (an infection that can cause…
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The distance between the downtown Daishowa offices and the remote areas of northern Alberta will be temporarily bridged on March 7, when a rally to support the Lubicon takes place in front of the Japanese forest products office.
The rally is to protest a recent forest management agreement between the Alberta government and Daishowa which the Lubicons say infringes on their…
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Doris Ronnenberg has been waiting for two years to gain status under Bill C-31 because her application is a "problem case," and the federal government is coming under attack by Native groups over the method of processing applications similar to Ronnenbergs.
"What seems to be happening is if there's a problem with a particular case (application) then it seems to be put to…
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Alberta Native businesses and economic development projects got a boost of $6.2 million in funding from the federal government this week but not everyone is entirely happy with the way in which applications of funds are processed.
"It takes far too long . . . there have been some projects that have been hanging for a long time. It (applications) goes through quite a…
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Calgary's City Hall unveils sculpture of Sarcee chief
For the Crowchild family of the Sarcee reserve near Calgary, Jan. 27 was a day for them to see their memories of ancestor Chief David Crowchild immortalized in sculpture.
And for Nelson Gutnik, it was a day to have his work with and for Native people honoured with the presentation of the Chief David Crowchild…
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Editorial
Pipe ceremony photo upsets readers
Some people are upset that Windspeaker published a photograph of a pipe ceremony on our front page (see Ceremony to Save a River, Feb. 12 issue).
These people may say that we neglected to show the proper respect for the pipe, used in a ceremony of extreme reverence ? and even disrespect for the Elder conducting the…
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A new Christian youth group here is "learning to build the church and find their place in the community," says Lucienne Meek.
The Native Pastoral Centre administrator explains the centre formed the youth group in November hoping to attract a younger generation that can "keep the church alive."
The group currently has about a dozen members and although the numbers…
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A special Jan. 28 ceremony of thanksgiving took place at the Native Pastoral Centre in honor of the many Elders who are regular and hard working members of the congregation.
The celebrations began with a mass and eucharist. The mass began with the burning of sweetgrass and ended with a traditional round dance.
Then a special feast of rabbit and bannock followed by…
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For eight teenagers from Alexander reserve's Kipothaka high school, the giant University of Alberta campus has just become friendlier.
On Jan. 21, accompanied by teacher Franklin McKenzie, they came to have a close look at the academic city within a city and to see what university has to offer.
After joining up with Native university students, who were their host/…
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Students spotlight Native people and issues on university airways
A new Native radio program, operated by a group at the University of Alberta, is intended to make listeners more aware of the issues and people who shape the Native community today.
"There's a lot of people that don't know about the great things that are being done by Native people today," says one of…
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Friends of the Oldman River are taking their message to the public with a door to door campaign.
About 3,000 newspapers describing the issues surrounding the project have been distributed in Edmonton by the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Another 7,000 are going to Calgary homes.
The newspaper says off-stream storage and water conservation could deliver the…
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An investigation has been launched into accusations that Olympic security police made racist remarks and shoved Lubicon Lake demonstrators last weekend. The investigation was prompted by a letter from the Calgary Committee Against Racism (CCAR) and "is being treated as a legitimate complaint," said Doug Green, Deputy Chief Olympic security co-ordinator.
The behaviour of…
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The Alberta Court of Appeal will hear from three Mohawk Indian councils in their appeal against the Glenbow museum to have a sacred false face mask returned. They are asking the court to overturn a decision by the Court of Queen's Bench that returned a mask to the Calgary Museum's Olympic exhibit said Chief Bud Morris of the Kahnawake Council.