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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 vision for success that started as a drawing on a cocktail napkin six years ago has now been etched in stone, says Native neophyte businessman Leo Jacobs.
Jacobs has finalized a deal with European investors for the construction of a $50 million international tourist resort in northern Alberta.
And the long awaited announcement couldn't have come at a more…
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A land-use dispute between the federal government and the Sarcee Indian band on the southern Alberta reserve near Calgary has ended.
Windspeaker has learned that the Department of National Defence and band officials have reached a tentative agreement to clean up parts of the reserve that have been used for military exercises for
over 70 years.
Band members…
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Reading about a Native doll contest in the Windspeaker sparked local resident Bertha Bird to put her sewing skills and imagination to work.
The 47 year old sewing instructor entered her granny doll and won first place honors recently in The Indian Arts and Crafts Society's Native doll contest.
Bird's award was a cash prize of $1,000.
"The doll was conceived…
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Jeff Morrow
Indian hunter George Alexson never used to need help when he went into the bush to bag some elk in order to feed his family.
Now, he's facing a court battle with local ranchers who claim he's not authorized to be on their land.
Alexson says his status as an Indian permits him to hunt where he wants, and he's got the public to back him up.
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A way of entertainment for fishermen, is by way of yarn.
Most fishermen, after a day of fishing would sit around a campfire sharing stories on their best catches.
The rational behind the yarns was to see who could tell the biggest and best fish stories.
There's two northern fishermen that occasionally get a chance to meet and still share a few fish stories…
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Edmonton
There are few changes in hunting regulation for Natives in 1989. The following regulations apply only to Treaty Indians:
Treaty Indians who hunt on a subsistence level (killing only enough to feed their families), can hunt on unoccupied Crown land and on privately owned land where they have gained special
permission from the owner.
In these…
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The Alberta Human Rights Commission, which has come under fire recently for not being effective enough in cleaning up human rights violations in the province, is getting its hands dirty once more, says commission chairman Fil Fraser.
He said the human rights watchdog group is formulating a new process in dealing with complaints that fall under the 1972 Individual Rights…
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Tansi, ahnee and hello.
Changes.
Outside my window this morning there is bright sun in the sky. The sky that holds it is a hard blue. The air is clean, crisp and rich with the sounds of birds.
A new season.
At first glance it would almost seem like another lazy summer morning not unlike the ninety or so summer mornings which have just passed.
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Fort Macleod's former sewage plant supervisor said Christopher Twigg could not have entered the disaster tank by himself in 1977.
"Well, that's just my opinion, but he didn't go in by himself," said George Bota Thursday at the Rolf inquiry.
The inquiry was ordered by Premier Don Getty to look into strained relations between the Blood Band and RCMP and Lethbridge…
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Canada's national Native organization made its plea for the preservation of the world's timber resources during the opening day session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City Sept. 19.
Assembly of First Nations (AFN) environment spokesman Joe Norton told a corps of international media outside the UN building that Indians in Canada are opposed to the…
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Sporadic fighting on the besieged Mohawk Indian reserve located on the Canada U.S. border near Montreal, is on the verge of escalating into a full scale war, says the reserve's newspaper
publisher.
An arsenal of weapons, including Uzi assault rifles and hand grenades purchased in New York State, are being stockpiled in preparation for what could result in a bloody…
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Once again the Dene Tha referendum on the leadership of 81 year old Chief Harry Chonkolay has been cancelled.
Without an electoral officer appointed, the referendum scheduled for Sept. 15, was cancelled.
Rather than reschedule the referendum, Warren Daniels, coordinator of the referendum, plans to organize a general meeting involving the three communities, so band…
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Reserve, Alta.
The chief and council from the Alexander reserve are questioning the validity of a petition signed by 129 band members.
The petitioned was delivered by disgruntled band member Leslie Bruno recently favoring a change in the term of the chief and council from three years to two years.
Band members are fed up with the lack of representation of…
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Winnipeg
Just before he was to appear before Manitoba's native justice inquiry, the police inspector who investigated the J.J. Harper shooting killed himself in the basement of his south Winnipeg home
police chief Herb Stephen said yesterday.
Insp. Ken Dowson, 43, waited until his wife and three children were out of the house, then shot himself with his own…
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The Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) was formed by the former staff of the Alberta Native Communications Society which closed its doors in December of 1982 following
sixteen years of operation.
This dedicated group became the first board of AMMSA, incorporated January 21, 1983, consisting of Bert Crowfoot, President; Laurent Roy, Vice President;…