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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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The first car testing facility built in the United States by a Japanese company has opened on the Ad-Chin Indian reservation south of Phoenix.
Religious rituals performed by a Japanese Shinto priest and an American Indian opened the 10 km oval track last month, the first time the two religions had been celebrated together.
The track will be used by the Nissan Motor…
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Brandford, Ont.
Bill Marshall's keen eyes have unearthed a priceless hoard of Indian artefacts and, even though he'll soon be 90, he doesn't need glasses.
Marshall says he can spot an arrowhead where most people wouldn't see anything at all.
Officials at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto says Marshall's 8,000 piece collection, which has been found along the…
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Prince George, B.C.
Mayor Bill Gilgan of Burns Lake has apologized to Native groups for comments he made about Native people.
Gilgan was criticized by Chief Ed John of the Carrier Sekani tribal council after the mayor made the remarks about Indians having a history of starving before the arrival of Europeans and that Indians should be learning English rather than…
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Vancouver
The offices of Tourism B.C. in Los Angeles got some strange visitors this week ? protestors dressed as wolves.
Three local residents protesting the B.C. government's wolf-kill program, dressed in fur wolf outfits complete with tails and ears, were arrested and charged with trespassing after they had handcuffed themselves to a display case and refused to…
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Toronto
Two-month-old Anna Sakakeep got a clean bill of health this week after she was sent through an airport X-ray scanner Jan. 3.
However, her parents are still angry and vow to sue those responsible for the error.
Bruce and Susan Sakakeep, of Big Trout Lake reserve near Thunder Bay, were travelling home when a Metropol Security officer at the Winnipeg…
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Although there are many alcohol treatment centres, aftercare for reformed alcoholics continues to be a critical component of the recovery process. Yet very few facilities exist.
A conference called Bridges into Tomorrow will be looking at this and other important issues connected with drug and chemical abuse Feb. 22 to 25 in the Motel Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C.
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The arrest of two Status Indian hunters charged with the killing of three elk on Highway 40 southwest of Calgary last week has sparked renewed debate on Treaty hunting rights.
Four people were charged after the entrails of three elk, two of which were pregnant, were found by a park ranger in the Mist Creek area, south of Peter Lougheed Provincial Park in Kananaskis Country.
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Though the new year has hardly begun, progress already made toward entrenching the Native right to self-government with in the Constitution is making up for 1987's dismal performance when the first ministers' conference ended in failure.
This week, Smokey Bruyere, head of the Native Council of Canada, said he and leaders from the other three national Aboriginal groups will…
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Faust Elder Rose Auger believes people need a strong link with their cultural roots to succeed in life.
But, Auger is concerned that Natives are losing their cultural identity. "Most Indian people have lots o desire and want to help our people. But, they need more than compassion for their people ? they need to know about their ancestry," stresses the 48-year-old Elder…
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"This is a dream come true."
These were the words of Don Burnstick, Spirit of the Rainbow program worker, spoken as he watched about 300 young people holding hands in a round dance at the Enoch rec centre gym.
Burnstick was raised on the Alexander reserve and was overjoyed to help his people, especially young ones, find their roots and grow up in the Native…
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People
Some call her a rebel, some say she's a trouble maker, but they all agree that history professor Olive Dickason is a feisty woman who knows how to fight for her rights.
Recently Dickason, who teaches Aboriginal history at the University of Alberta, made headlines for her fight against the university's mandatory retirement laws.
Dickason has won two…
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The accusations that Indians killed a herd of Bighorn sheep near Rocky Mountain House has blown the lid off a simmering pot of explosive opinions regarding Native hunting rights.
Many people have long disputed the special status of Indians when it comes to hunting, and this incident just adds fuel to the fire. It has already prompted an Alberta Wilderness Association…
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The Zone 4 Regional Council of the Metis Association of Alberta is suing its former vice president and director for alleged removal of documents.
In a statement of claim, the zone asks $28,337.13 in damages from former vice president Ben Courtrille, former director Ron LaRocque and former bookkeeper Marjorie Freidel.
Contacted in his Edmonton office, Larocque said…
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The Alberta government will be going to court Feb. 8 to appeal a ruling that provincial regulations were broken in the approval of the Oldman River dam construction.
Lawyers for the government and the Friends of the Oldman River will argue whether or not Environment Minister Ken Kowalski ignored the need for public notice before approving the controversial $349 million…
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A controversial cartoon labelled "racist" by the Alberta Press Council has been purchased by the Glenbow Museum archives.
The cartoon, published in an October edition of the Calgary Herald and drawn by Vance Rodewalt depicted a Lubicon "camp fire" scene when an Elder was instructing a youngster. The carton included references to the sacred pipe, fermented blueberries and…