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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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Gerald Okanee is a young man with a powerful voice. He has been a guest singer with renowned drum groups Noon Express, Mandaree, High Noon and Red Bull. He is currently lead singer of Saskatchewan's Big Bear Singers.
In contrast to his big voice at the drum, Okanee is soft-spoken and unassuming in everyday life and is known on his home reserve of Thunderchild First Nation…
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When Chief Dan George died on Sept. 23, 1981 at the age of 82, he had become an icon of gentleness and quiet humor in households across North America. While most people knew him as the Indian who became a movie star, there was much more to this man than the image flickering larger than life on the silver screen.
Geswanouth Slahoot was born July 24, 1899 on the Burrard…
Page 28 I've got memories of way back when I was little. I mostly grew up with my grandfather... and his wife, and I have some beautiful memories. In 84 years of learning experience I can see a big difference. Today we talk about our health, what should we be doing... We have to change a big system, but how do we do this is a big question. First of all, that we have to recognize that our…
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If Pakon Bong Rodney becomes one of the fathers of a modern Indigenous state in Vanuatu in the South Pacifc, Six Nations writer Brian Maracle may become a venerated figure in that nation's history.
Rodney, a resident of the remote island village of Ranon on Ambrym Island in Vanuatu, a country located about an hour-and-a-half by plane from the northeastern tip of Australia…
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Windspeaker's Paul Barnsley was one of three journalists sent on a two-week tour of communities in the South Pacific by the Victoria-based Pacific Peoples Partnership. The non-governmental organization seeks to raise awareness of social and political issues in a part of the world that is not seen as a high-priority area in Canada for international aid. Nelson Bird, host of CTV…
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More than 200 Aboriginal youth from across the country were in Halifax from May 13 to 16 taking part in this year's E-Spirit Business Plan Competition, designed to give Aboriginal high school students first-hand experience in being entrepreneurs.
"Over 300,000 new jobs will be required to meet the demand from Aboriginals entering the workforce over the next 10 years,"…
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Television is a powerful medium that can challenge and empower people by telling stories they can relate to. As executive producer of the Sharing Circle, Lisa Meeches has not only educated Canadians with her half-hour show about Aboriginal people, but she has stepped up to encourage other Native people to enter the broadcasting sector.
With the increase in mentorship…
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Juan and Edgar Uyunkar moved slowly around the makeshift courtroom in the council chambers of the Wikwemikong First Nation getting long hugs from supporters after their sentencing April 25. They pleaded guilty the day before to administering a noxious substance and trafficking in a controlled substance, charges that stemmed from the death of a woman who was taking part in a…
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Aboriginal students from Northern Ontario may soon be able to complete their medical education without moving far from home, thanks to plans for a new medical school in the area.
The Northern Ontario Medical School (NOMS), the first new medical school in Canada in more than 30 years, will be divided between two campuses, one at Laurentian University in Sudbury, the other…
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Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Billy: Spirituality.
W: What is it that really makes you mad?
B: I don't really get mad ... kind of twofold. When I say something, the words, you can never take them back. I wish I could. Most of the time, on a different level, what disturbs me in the United States, it would apply to Canada, it…
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It took a while to get going, but once the Ontario South entry got on track, it was impossible to derail.
And for the second straight year, the Ontario South women's side captured the gold medal at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.
This year's tournament, which featured six entrants in the women's division, took place in Akwesasne from April 27 to May 3…
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A pair of teams think they earned the right to be called champions, but in the end, it was only one, the Saskatchewan club, that was awarded gold medals following the men's final in the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.
The tournament, which featured eight men's teams, was held in Akwesasne from April 27 to May 3.
Members of Team Manitoba, which won last…
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The Tiny Warrior
A Path to Personal Discovery and Achievement
D. J. Eagle Bear Vanas
Andrew McMeel Publishing (Kansas City)
63 pages, $9.95 US (s.c.)
You've seen the child struggle through his teen years. You've tried in your own way to give him guidance, but some young people refuse to hear another point of view.
You've seen the…
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Cindy Scott
CD: This Northern Girl
Song: I Will Carry You
Label: Homestead Records
Producers: Barry Allen and Gordie Matthews
This Northern Girl is the first professional recording released by Cindy Scott, and it earned her nominations for a 2002 Prairie Music Award for outstanding Aboriginal recording, as well as nominations in the Best…
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NASIVVIK
The first generation of Inuit who experienced formal education learned some amazing things.
Among them, the history of Canada taught from the Qallunaat (white man's) point of view.
In this version, Qallunaat, who pioneered the European conquest of North America, are highly regarded, some even revered, as discoverers and founders of unknown lands.…