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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 is no secret that alcohol and drugs caused problems for Hobbema's four Indian nations.
Resolving them called for residential treatment centre.
Hobbema leaders gave that message to Minister of Health and Welfare Perrin Beatty at the opening of the Nayo-Skan Treatment Centre (NSTC) Oct. 19.
Beatty met medical and dental staff on a short tour of the centre…
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In the business world hard work and intelligence pays off.
But it's mostly hard work that bets your business off the ground, according to John Louw, the general manager of Business Assistance for Native Albertans corporation (BANAC).
It's what helps Treaty Indians and Metis people start businesses and stay in them, he says.
Formed as an independent…
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Alberta will pay tribute to small business women and men, the backbone of the province's economy, from Oct. 22-28.
Small business is the biggest employer, the biggest innovator, the biggest taxpayer and the biggest source of future growth.
The 1989 Small Business Week is focusing on Changing Markets in the 90s.
There was a time when a small business owner…
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Small business no longer means small scale to the Native business people, who pushed the entrepreneurial spirit in Alberta to new heights this year.
From the opening of a chopstick factory in Sturgeon Lake to the announcement of a $50 million cultural resort for Athabasca, Native business people in the province have proven they're unwilling to accept limitations.
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What had started as a community project turned out to be one of Alberta's finest Native theatre groups from Hobbema.
The 4-Winds Theatre group came together because they wanted to show people how they can express and heal themselves through drama.
"In 1987 people were talking about suicide, doing nothing," says Darrel Wildcat, Four Winds member.
The crowds…
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It was definitely a night of entertainment.
But for many in the audience it was an occasion to be proud of their Native heritage and of a chosen group of elite Native dancers from the American Indian Dance Theatre.
An energetic standing ovation was given to the 26 dancers and drummers after they gave giving an electrifying performance at the Center for the…
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The world's oldest Native culture will be extinct in nine months if logging in Southeast Asia isn't stopped immediately.
And Alberta's Aboriginal people could someday face the same crisis if pulp mill companies don't curtail the same deforestation here, said a prominent Canadian environmentalist during a presentation in Calgary Oct. 2.
As part of a North American…
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Tansi, ahnee and hello.
Against the sky are geese. On this frosty morning, they fill the air with messages to those of us earthbound. The goose song tells of winter and the approaching darkness. It tells of travelling and the memory of thousands of journeys before. It
tells of the never-ending promise. The promise of returning.
For me this morning they sing…
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While Wayne Moberly was discussing his suicidal feelings with teenage friends, he was leaving adults in the dark, an inquiry into his death heard on Oct. 5.
The 16-year-old Metis boy, who hanged himself in the basement of his foster parents' home May 30, revealed to at least three young people he was thinking of ending his life.
But foster parents Michelle Delorme,…
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Social problems of Natives in the Grande Cache area will get worse before they get better, says a Native Counselling Services worker.
Loretta Belcourt, Native courtworker with the Grande Cache organization, said area Natives have been in a crisis situation for 15 years and a joint co-operative effort between government and Native leaders is needed to address their…
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Yet another attempt is being made by Dene Tha' Band members to have Chief Harry Chonkolay removed from office.
A meeting will be held next Thursday at the Assumption community hall in a bid to bring the matter to a head, said band member Joe Pastion. Coincidentally the meeting will be held one day after Chonkolay will receive an Order of Canada in
Ottawa by…
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A group of Alexander band members are challenging band chief Allen Paul and his council charging the band's last election in 1987 in invalid.
"Not only was the election invalid, but our chief and council are not representing the majority of band members," declared Stanley Arcand at the meeting held on the reserve Oct. 11.
The group gathered a 129-name petition…
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Charges will not be laid by RCMP against Kehewin parents Vernon Soloway and Lila McCarthy following an investigation into allegations of physical and sexual abuse of their children.
"They're denying all allegations and we certainly don't have the evidence to go on with any charges in court," Const. Rich Carter of Bonnyville RCMP told Windspeaker Wednesday.
The…
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Gordon Gadwa is back in the driver's seat at Kehewin Reserve.
The 44-year-old chief had been locked out of his office by six of eight band councillors who voted Aug. 17 to oust him. They then appointed Gloria Badger as acting band chief.
Gadwa, who has been chief of the east-central Alberta reserve for the last decade, met with the group of multinous band…
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One Indian has been fired on and tension is mounting in a conflict between ranchers and traditional Indian hunters near a small Indian reserve in southern Alberta.
The Natives claim some ranchers are waging war against them because of a July 17 provincial court ruling which allowed Eden Valley band member George Alexson unrestricted access to Crown land.
Provincial…