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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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Here are the main elements of the $575 million suit filed by the Samson Band at Hobbema against the federal government.
The band wants $100 million for losses and damages caused by improper negotiation and terms of oil and gas leases covering drilling on band-owned land,
The band wants another $175 million for losses and damages for improper administration and…
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An Edmonton area food bank is refusing to give food to treaty Indians, telling them to back to their home reserve if they are in need.
Treaty Indian Linda Mowry and her husband helped the East Parkland Food Bank in Spruce Grove deliver food to needy area residents 15 months ago.
But when she turned to the food bank for help a year later in July, they were turned…
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A $575-million lawsuit launched by the Samson Band against the federal government is a turning point in the fight by Indian bands for self-determination, says the band lawyer.
"If they don't get control of their own money, there is no hope in this land for the Indian nations to have meaningful, real self-government," said James O'Reilley.
"If they can't even control…
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While other Metis were moving away from Wolf Lake Metis Settlement "like flies," Isadore Cardinal was holding his ground.
Twenty-nine years after the former colony had its status as a settlement rescinded in 1960, he's still there.
And he'll probably die there, he said.
Raised in the bush in and around the northeastern Alberta community, the 69 year old…
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As a white woman with treaty rights, Sharon Steinhauer says she's been able to build bridges between Natives and non-Natives.
"I believe in the universality of mankind. The differences between us are minimal and the commonalties between us are great and I wonder on the folly of man to concentrate on the
differences," says the 42 year old woman.
"We all want…
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Alberta will not have a treaty Indian running for October's upcoming Senate election.
Harvey Cardinal's bid to be the first Treaty Indian to run in a Senate election has fizzled.
The Medicine Hat resident failed to the 1,500 signatures required to run in the election, which is being held Oct. 16 at the same time as province-wide municipal elections.
He…
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It was called the greatest form of communication by Native people since the smoke signal.
And when the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) took to the airwaves Sept. 22, beaming its radio show via satellite from its Edmonton headquarters, AMMSA
president Fred Didzena said it opened a new era of progress for Native people.
Didzena told a packed…
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Tansi, ahnee and hello.
There was once a man who sought healing. This young man looked back on the actions of his life with great sadness and with great shame.
He was a warrior. Despite the honors that had been heaped upon him by his people the young warrior felt great dissatisfaction.
Somehow he sensed that there was more. Something inside him told him that…
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The federal government has committed itself to long-term support for aboriginal and economic development, says the administrator for the Canadian Aboriginal Economic
Development Strategy.
Tony Reynolds, administrator for the program, told 300 delegates at the 1989 Working Conference on Indian Economic Development that an allocation of $874 million for the first…
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Blood Chief Roy Fox says his tribe has had a long, tough battle to get an on-reserve irrigation project underway, but it will pay off.
"Water and land have been a sacred trust to our people since time began. The creator has given these resources to us and we are responsible to endure we look after them and use
them to the best advantage. In modern times we may have…
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Native people have been instrumental in creating a strong Native economy in Canada and the federal government will help in that effort, says Indian Affairs Minister Pierre Cadieux.
Cadieux, also minister responsible for northern affairs, made his remarks during a luncheon address Sept. 26 at this year's Working Conference on Indian Economic Development
held at the…
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History proves that industrialization in Canada has negative social impacts on Native communities, says Harold Cardinal, executive director of the Aboriginal Resource Development
Group.
That's why Native people have every right to be wary of promises made by big businesses bearing gifts of economic growth and employment opportunities, declared Cardinal during a…
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Twenty-two businesses put their wares on display at the 1989 Working Conference on Indian Economic Development in the Edmonton Inn from Sept. 26 to 28.
The tradeshow information booths demonstrated the growth of Native businesses, according to conference coordinator Don Logan.
"What we're trying to do is compare it to ten years ago when a conference of this nature…
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Alberta's Indians will make real dreams happen when they join forces, set goals and place a priority on education and business says Wetaskiwin MP Willie Littlechild.
"We have to set goals and examples. The Japanese decided to be number on in the world by setting goals in decades.
"They decided they were going to be number one in the world in the 1950s in textiles…
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Native businessmen should be as shrewd and ambitious as their white counterparts, says former James Bay Cree chief Billy Diamond.
After all, says Diamond "we have access to the same resources as they do."
Diamond, whose business and political dealings have brought him national and international recognition, told delegates at the Indian Economic Development…