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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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Dear Tuma:
Is the Residential Tenancy Act applicable on First Nations communities? There are now many people in many of our communities living in rental units and a lot of times these units are substandard and are not maintained by the landlords. What recourse would a tenant have for such things as unfair eviction, a poorly maintained unit, unsafe living conditions, not…
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Occasionally I get asked by some poor fool who actually thinks I might know something, if I can boil down, or synthesize as briefly as possible, the essential differences between Native people and white people. Many wise and learned men have spent their careers researching and debating that very topic. Well, surprisingly, I believe I have found one such example, and it was…
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When I first proposed a "media column" to this news publication, I saw something that would be part-media literacy and part-media watchdog. I hoped to concentrate on the literacy aspect but knew the watchdog function would be an occasional but necessary evil. This is one of those times.
It brings me to complaints about three newspaper columnists. Two have gone to press…
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It appears that President George Bush II is going to attack Iraq no matter what happens in the United Nations or with public opinion in the United States. Personally, I think that a war at this time is a subversive act, one calculated to plunge the U.S. into deeper debt, deteriorating quality of life, and more hatred overseas.
But if Bush chooses to proceed, I propose some…
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Editorial
The events of the Assembly of First Nations' two-day special confederacy have convinced us to jump off the editorial fence and make our position known on the federal government's First Nations governance initiative.
Shelve it.
First Nations' people should get that much consideration and here's why.
What was amply demonstrated by the AFN in…
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Several speakers at the Feb. 20 and 21 Assembly of First Nations' special confederacy spoke about using civil disobedience to bring attention to their complaints about the governance package being proposed by the federal government.
After National Chief Matthew Coon Come and Dan Gaspe, the AFN's Parliamentary liaison, updated the delegates about what had been happening…
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It started when Chief Morris Shannaccappo, a member of the chiefs committee on fiscal relations, got up to speak on Feb. 20, the first day of the Assembly of First Nations' special assembly called to deal with the federal government's First Nations legislative package on governance.
"We're getting beat up. Not only by the white government, but also by our own people," he…
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When the newly-elected council of Caldwell First Nation convened its first meeting on Feb. 3, at the top of the agenda was the preparation of a resolution for a ratification vote of its land claim settlement.
An agreement-in-principle was signed in 1998 that would put to rest a claim that under the Treaty of 1790, the Caldwells did not receive a land base. The…
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Stripped of half its budget and under attack from inside and out, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has been forced to seek out allies in new ways.
Chiefs, their proxies and others who attended the special chiefs' confederacy in Ottawa on Feb. 20 and 21 found themselves drafted into the lobbying corps. They were dispatched in two shifts to Parliament Hill to tell anyone…
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Analysts of First Nation government say they are seeing a widespread assault on Aboriginal rights and some believe it's a sign that the Prime Minister is still trying to pass his much-reviled 1969 White Paper assimilation agenda into law before he retires.
Windspeaker found evidence of the assault in several proposed government bills that could have an effect on…
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After listening to two Throne Speeches with lots of promises about improving the quality of life for First Nations people, and then seeing the Minister of Indian Affairs talking about a budget speech that would be "just like Christmas," First Nations leaders say their expectations were high when Finance Minister John Manley entered the House of Commons on Feb. 18.
Minutes…
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Two prominent Native leaders were "disciplined" in absentia by the small number of chiefs gathered for the two-day Assembly of First Nations special confederacy that concluded Feb. 21 in Ottawa.
Clarence "Manny" Jules and Herb George were removed as co-chairs from the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) fiscal relations committee by a vote of 37 to two. There are 633 member…
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Many people may think that Native Nashville North is all glamor and glitter but do they realize the hard work and dedication it takes to produce a variety show of this calibre?
Of course to the average person it really doesn't matter. They simply want to watch the show because they love music, dancing and good country singers . . . they love to be entertained.
Let…
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Dear Editor:
Recent articles by Eddie Keen (Edmonton Sun, October 15/87) and Windspeaker have presented a very negative picture of the financial affairs of Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement.
While Buffalo Lake may have had some financial problems in the past, suggestions of current mismanagement are unfounded and deplorably misleading.
It has been suggested, for…
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Opinion
Dear Editor:
The road to neglect is paved with good intentions. For months I have wanted to write a letter in praise of the work of Windspeaker, my tardiness disappeared with the arrival of your current issue.
Rocky Woodward's column taking "Big Eddie" to task for a recent broadcast on CHED and a column in The Sun prodded me into this letter.
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