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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 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 band members shown by the…
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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;…
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Long awaited, post-secondary education policy changes announced by the federal government offer nothing but false hope, says a spokesperson for the Assembly of First Nations
(AFN).
The changes turned out to be a public relations ploy instead of a progressive step for Native people in Canada, Liz Thunder said during a phone interview from her Ottawa office
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The builders of $500 million pulp mill near Peace River, Alberta have singed a forest management agreement (FMA) with the province that includes the traditional hunting grounds of
the Lubicon Indian band.
Daishowa Canada Ltd. was given access to 25,000 square kilometres of timer land in northern Alberta for use in its bleach kraft pulp mill process. Construction of…
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Windspeaker took four of the eight National Aboriginal Communications Society awards at the NACS annual conference held in Whitehorse last week.
It received awards for best overall newspaper for its special section on drug abuse and alcoholism, titled 'People On The Edge'; best news photography -- 'Needle in neck' by Everett
Lambert; best design and layout; and…
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Ousted Kehewin chief Gordon Gadwa says he's prepared to resign to make way for an all-council re-election to resolve the five week old leadership dispute that has split the Kehewin
band in this northern Alberta community.
The 44 year old chief, who had ruled the reserve for 10 years until Aug. 17 when he was ousted by six of eight band council members, made his…
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Fears of America's impending war with Iraq are a constant worry to Gail McNab. Her daughter Alexis Dustyhorn is in the United States Navy, the first Aboriginal woman with the Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 74, known as Charlie Company, which provides responsive military construction to navy, marine corps and other military operations.
"She will be a construction…
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The "Golden Girls" will be among 13 students graduating this spring from Brandon University's First Nations Aboriginal Counselling program.
This year, Matilda Lathlin, 53, Judy Stevenson, 54, and Tina Fox, 62, will be among those graduating from the four-year undergraduate program that blends Western education with traditional philosophy.
Students take courses in…
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The Moose Deer Point First Nation serves as a role model for First Nation communities looking for creative ways to boost local economies.
Recently the Ontario government paid tribute to their ground-breaking initiative with Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. and the Schad Foundation to develop Niigon Technologies. The company operates a precision injection molding…
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An increase in the number of community members starting on dialysis prompted the Battleford Tribal Council (BTC) Indian Health Services Home Care Program to take action against kidney disease.
The Battleford Tribal Council members include Little Pine, Poundmaker, Sweetgrass, Moosomin, Mosquito, Red Pheasant, Lucky Man and Saulteaux, located northwest of Saskatoon.
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Six dialysis chairs are heading more than 600 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg to the Island Lake First Nations Renal Care and Dialysis Centre.
The four First Nation communities in the Island Lake region- Garden Hill, Red Sucker Lake, St. Theresa Point and Wasagamack-are accessible only by water, air or a less than reliable winter road.
Island Lake has the…
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Winning first place in the World Championship Hoop Dance Contest in Phoenix, Arizona is not an easy feat. Just ask 28-year-old Lisa Odjig. But she did it.
She brought a trophy and $2,500 home after the first place win at the thirteenth annual contest held on Feb.1 and 2. Odjig competed against 18 men in the adult category to win the coveted title.
"It was great,…
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Ryan McMahon, 25, is a youth worker at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto. The centre provides community-building cultural and recreational programs.
Multi-colored paintings cover the walls and there is a hustle and bustle of people running towards the gym, looking for athletic activities.
There is a vibrant and welcoming atmosphere in the air. But the young…
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At first glance, it would probably be difficult to find something that Veco, Pitblado Barristers and Solicitors, Compass Group Canada and Manitoba Lotteries Corporation all have in common. Veco is a multi-national corporation providing project management, engineering, purchasing, construction, maintenance and operational services to industry and business. Pitblado is a firm of…