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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 Alberta Native Women's Association is in a "crisis situation" after efforts by both the government and association executives to locate the president, Donna Weaselchild have failed.
Association vice-president, Doris Calliou however stressed that "everything possible will be done to bring the organization back together."
Calliou says she and her organization have…
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The recent move of Metis Urban Housing (MUH) into the office of the Zone 3 Metis Association office has caused a rift within the Zone's council chambers, as well as the threat of resignation by MUH's Calgary chairman, Edith Thompson.
The move by MUH became necessary when Peter Pelletier assumed position of Zone 3 vice-president in early September. MUH, which he then…
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Ominayak evicts nurses, 'not cooperating,' he says
Provincial health nurses, involved in treating the recent tuberculosis epidemic at Little Buffalo Lake, are being evicted by the band.
"The way things are right now, we can't get any substantial approach going to deal with the problem," said Lubicon Lake Band Chief Bernard Ominayak, explaining he feels the…
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Settlement Metis form watchdog committee
A meeting called to discuss the concerns and alleged financial difficulties at the Buffalo Lake (Caslan) Metis Settlement ended with the formation of a new Alberta organization with a mandate to "protect settlement members".
The meeting was called by disgruntled settlement member Joe Blyan who invited the Alberta government,…
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The Indian Association along with Alberta Fish and Wildlife officials are investigating an alleged violation of Treaty hunting rights after an Evansburg couple claimed wildmeat was wrongfully seized from them on two separate occasions.
Daniel Desjarlais and his common-law wife Ester Big John were pulled over Oct. 31 at an RCMP check stop near Hobbema, where they were held…
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A standing-ovation performance is expected from a world famous professional Native dance troupe in Calgary on Oct. 10.
The American Indian Dance Theatre recently performed in New York City on Broadway and received a strong review from the New York Times.
The dance troupe has performed in such American cities as Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, San Francisco,…
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From its humble beginnings in the basement of a home where it began in 1965, the Native Cultural Heritage Centre has survived more than one change of address in its 24-year
history.
On Sept. 30, volunteers and staff of the centre marked another chapter in the evolution of what is considered one of the most unique Native resource centres in Canada.
An open…
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Peigan Chief Leonard Basstien is confident his band will win its legal fight to jurisdiction over the waters of the Oldman River which runs through his reserve.
"Our leading spiritual advisers indicate the final decision will be in our favor," the southern Alberta chief said in an interview in Edmonton Sept. 27.
In a landmark Canadian water rights case, the…
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Tansi, ahnee and hello.
Coffee and Elvis Presley. This morning finds me on a pleasant little journey back to 1955. It was in that year that Elvis and I emerged.
One of us would shake the world of popular music to its very foundation and become a legend and another would travel a lot of strange and wonderful roads and become the writer
that shares this…
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The pleas of Native inmates at Edmonton Institution who want to be assessed differently from other inmates seeking release has been granted, says the chief of the Native
Brotherhood.
The decision improves the odds of Natives getting paroled, said 38-year-old Willie Blake last week.
The institution recently hired well-known Native elder Joe Couture on a trial…
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Maskwachees Cultural College needs a new building to keep up with the growing demand of students wanting to attend the post-secondary institution.
There were well over twelve hundred people applying to the institution last fall, says Rita Dillon, counsellor at the Hobbema-based college.
This year, 92 students graduated from the college. Altogether, the college has…
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One-third of the communities served by the Northland School Division will not have to go to the polls Oct. 16 to vote on their local school board members.
Nine of the local school boards in the Northland School Division have been filled by acclamation while the positions of the other 17 boards depend on the October municipal election.
Three local school boards have…
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A total of 153 candidates are vying for 97 positions in the upcoming Oct. 16 school board elections in the Northlands School Division.
Of the candidates, 53 are incumbents.
The following is a list of candidates and the northern Alberta communities where they are running:
ANZAC/GREGOIRE LAKE RESERVE (7 board positions):
Christine Borek, Bernice Huska,…
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The crowd was hushed as the crowd waited for the Louis Bull singers and drummers to begin.
The drum cries began and at once the audience rose to honor the grand entry procession.
Two young eagle staff bearers danced to the beat of the drum through the centre of the two rows followed by a procession including Hobbema's Indian princess, elders, chiefs,
honored…
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The coordinator of the Spruce Grove food bank says she would risk being sent to jail if she gave hampers to treaty Indians who live on area reserves.
The federal government forbids the East Parkland Food Bank from giving them food, claims Stephanie Shenfield.
"The federal government is supposed to see after their social assistance and their food and everything else…