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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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A second witness at the Marshall inquiry has accused the police officer instrumental in sending Donald Marshall to prison of lying.
RCMP Sergeant Herb Davies said yesterday that John MacIntyre, the former Sydney police chief, tried to hide a police document as the RCMP re-investigated the case in 1982.
MacIntyre has denied that he ever did so.
Sgt. Davies'…
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More than 100 groups and individuals are trying to get the Meech Lake constitutional accord changed.
Spokespersons for women's, Native, multi-cultural, a francophone and religious groups are getting set to make their pitches to the legislature committee scheduled to hold public hearings this week.
Most of the hearings will be held in Toronto but the committee plans…
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If the government handed self-government over to the Metis people of Alberta it would do them no good anyway because they are not prepared to manage themselves, said Saskatchewan Metis vice-president Wayne McKenzie.
"We can't just ask for self-government," he said. "We have to do our homework."
McKenzie was addressing a recent workshop of Metis Zone 3 members on the…
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The Mohawk nation of the Akwesasne reserve, on the Canadian-American border in Quebec, is preparing land claims to expand their nation and become the first reserve to get unequivocal self-government.
The Mohawk plan to claim ownership of the Thousand Islands is part of a claims package that already includes $1 billion worth of land in New York state.
In a statement…
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An estimated $10,000 is available for Natives who can demonstrate the talent, motivation and financial need to pursue their artistic venture, said Wanda Wuttunee, Canadian Native Arts Foundation (CNAF) regional director.
The monies are being offered in the form of grants and are available due to the success of a foundation art auction held in Calgary last November. Any…
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John Kim Bell, founder and president of the Canadian Native Arts Foundation (CNAF) hosted an official ceremony Feb. 4 to launch the first full-length Native contemporary ballet, In The Land of Spirits.
The ballet will make its debut at a gala performance at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa in November with a subsequent national tour extending into 1989.
"In The…
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A Native family here is anxiously awaiting the arrival of an engineer to examine structural defects in the home they were evicted from last month because they failed to make mortgage payments.
The Gardiners, now living in a government trailer, had been living in a tent for six days following their eviction.
An engineer will be sent into the tiny community located…
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Mohawk false-face mask back on display
A sacred false-face mask used by the Mohawk Indians for religious ceremonies is again on display in the Glenbow Museum's Spirit Sings exhibition.
The decision was made to allow the museum to display the artefact by a Calgary court Jan. 28. In an earlier ruling the mask had been removed after the Mohawks applied for an…
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How can you support the Last Stand of the Lubicon?
If nothing else, you can wear a button or pin to show where you stand. They are available from the Calgary-based Committee Against Racism, which will be organizing a number of information booths throughout Calgary, including one at the University of Alberta.
"We will be selling buttons and pins and giving away…
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President of the Alberta Native Women's Association Donna Weaselchild, who was removed as the national president of the Native Women's Association of Canada last year, will be replaced during a special assembly next month.
The special meeting will be held in Ottawa March 18 to 22. Weaselchild was removed after she failed to gain support of the Alberta delegation shortly…
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With a bonfire and white Christmas lights twinkling in the trees, Native actress Tantoo Cardinal married Hollywood actor John Lawlor on a misty Thursday night. Jan. 14.
Dressed in a purple cape and dress, Tantoo, 37, said "I do" to Lawlor, 46, who wore a B.C. Indian sweater in a ceremony that took place in the backyard Edmonton home of Cardinal's friend.
Holding…
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Windspeaker's Olympic Preview
Although the official exhibition of Native artefacts at the Glenbow Museum offers spectators an opportunity to learn the history of Aboriginal people, the Olympic program A Culture in Transition will highlight modern Indian and Metis culture.
Olympic visitors will learn much from The Spirit Sings, says Olympic coordinator Sykes…
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Editorial
A special celebration took place in Edmonton this week when people gathered together at the Native Pastoral Centre to honor about 15 Elders.
People packed into the tiny centre to take part in a unique and deeply spiritual celebration of eucharist in honor of God. The ceremonies opened with the burning of sweetgrass and Elders took the roles of Eucharistic…
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A Metis man, found unconscious in a Lac La Biche jail cell last spring, may have died from a neck hold put on him by a RCMP officer, a lawyer for the dead man's family argued at a fatality inquiry Jan. 27.
Const. Richard Michaud testified that he had used the hold after Jack Thompson, 29, tried to attack another prisoner but he did not apply enough force to cut off…
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Two Treaty Indians pleaded not guilty Jan. 27 to charges laid after the shooting of three elk in Kananaskis Country in early January.
Beverley Anne Dekock of High Prairie and Clarence McRee of Slave Lake were not present during the provincial court hearing but their lawyer Ken Staroszik entered their pleas.
Dekock has been charged with five counts under the Wildlife…