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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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Being deprived of the opportunity to practice and enjoy the rich culture in which she was born had a remarkable effect on Maggie Black Kettle, a Blackfoot Elder living in Calgary.
Instead of forgetting the ways of her heritage, which would have been the easy course to take, Black Kettle pursued her culture to a proficiency that allows her to teach it to the students at…
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Canada boasts many distinct and identifiable aboriginal groups. One group, the Metis, were created from two separate groups of people right here on Canadian soil.
The Metis are politically, socially and culturally distinct and their presence cannot be denied. Often the very term Metis draws associations with cultural concepts such as the Red River cart and the…
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Editorial
The ongoing anti-fur lobby is testimony to the long and often bitter feud between Aboriginal people and conservationists. Whenever the issue of hunting or trapping is discussed groups like the Alberta Wilderness Association protest that trapping is inhumane and Aboriginal hunters accuse conservationists of being overzealous tree huggers.
However, last…
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University students who recently finished the fall term, celebrated Christmas with family and friends and a program of songs, storytelling, skits and a visit from Santa Dec. 11, at the U of A campus.
John Kortuem, president of the Aboriginal Student Council (formerly Native Student Club) announced changes to the image and style of operation by the Native student body. The…
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Five Native Advisory Committees have been established in Slave Lake, Kinuso, Faust, Joussard and High Prairie as part of the High Prairie School Division's Native Education Project.
Representatives of each of the committees shared their goals for the coming year.
"I haven't done this before, its new to me," says Marilyn McRee. "But I was so concerned about Native…
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An amendment to the Indian Act to alter Indian taxation powers on surrendered lands may be introduced into the House of Commons after Christmas.
The amendment is being drafted by the Kamloops Indian band after many years of unsuccessful bids to gain band jurisdiction over surrendered lands.
The chief, of the Kamloops band located in the south central interior of…
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The Ben Calf Robe School will finally be moving to its own facilities after more than three yeas of negotiation with the Edmonton Catholic School Board.
During a December 7 board meeting, a motion made by trustee Jim Shinkaruk designating the Notre Dame School in Edmonton's west end as the future site for the school was passed. The site ownership will be transferred to…
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Cree script's ancient origins probed
Do Cree Indians write the same script as Jesus? Research undertaken by Dr. Anne Anderson Native Heritage and Cultural Centre points to many "uncanny" similarities between the ancient Aramaic scripts and the modern-day Cree syllabary.
The Aramaic script is an ancient writing form developed in the middle east about 3,000 years ago…
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The Native Pastoral Centre will be changing its name to the Native Catholic Community Parish in the new year.
By making the name change, Native Pastoral Centre volunteer assistant director Jack Bell hopes to avoid "confusion caused between our organization and the (Canadian) Native Friendship Centre." People often get the two groups confused because their names sound…
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Native people in the province of Alberta probably don't have to worry about moose organs being contaminated by cadium ? a toxic substance ? says an officer with Alberta Fish and Wildlife.
A recent report in the Edmonton Journal stated that health officials in Manitoba advised people not to eat moose kidney and liver after potentially dangerous cadium was found in them.…
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The Hobbema-owned Kiseputinow Holdings Ltd. purchased four malls in November in an effort to protect the reserve's economic future.
The investment is added security for the Louis Bull band (the owner of Kiseputinow Holdings) and will ensure economic stability will be maintained if their natural resources dry up.
"Since we all know oil is a depleting commodity ? it…
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A lawyer for the Alexander Indian reserve says the band's election procedures ? recently declared illegal ? are used by many other bands across the country.
Federal officials declared the new council illegal because it failed to notify the department that it would be setting up its own election rules rather than following regulations governing band elections under the…
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Settlement before Xmas
"It's hard to believe," stated the chief of the Lubicon Indian band responding to a recent announcement that a settlement of the Lubicon land claim may be close at hand, without input from the band.
Brian Malone, federal Lubicon land claim negotiator, stated he hopes to be able to announce a partial or interim settlement agreement with the…
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Committee to review Metis programs
The signing of a framework agreement signals "the dawn of a new era of co-operative effort," said Metis Association president Larry Desmeules.
The agreement between the association and the provincial government was the described by Ken Rostad, solicitor general and minister for Native programs as "a move towards self-sufficiency in…
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Caught between two worlds
Artist Bill Reid began his life in Victoria on Jan. 12, 1920. William Ronald Reid was the first of three children born to Sophie and Billy Reid. His mother was Haida from Skidegate, his father, an American whose mother was German and father Scottish.
After her marriage to Billy Reid in 1919, Sophie Reid had distanced herself from her Haida…