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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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It will be ten days of sharing. The sharing of two distinct cultures and the sharing of two distinct eras. And there to take part in it will be Joe and Reggie Crowshoe of the Peigan reserve.
On Sept. 16 the Crowshoes left for northwestern China where they will participate in a cultural exchange with the Kazakh people, the natives of that country. The Crowshoes took with…
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The dispute between the Sucker Creek band and a band member over the eviction of her non-Native husband will be resolved today (Sept. 18), says chief James Badger.
The dispute began with band member Cindy Sawka, formerly Calliou, received an eviction notice addressed to her white husband from the band council saying "this (Sucker Creek) is an Indian reserve, not a Metis…
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"When I was a child of five years, a bracelet and necklace from a Medicine Pipe Bundle were transferred to me. Since then, I have followed traditional Blackfoot customs, such as praying and fasting, Sun dances and other sacred ceremonies. This way of living has been a source of strength throughout my life and it will continue to be so in the future. I have not lost my Blackfoot…
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Sixteen-hour days are not unusual for Margie Chingee, a Tsek'ehne Native born and raised at McLeod Lake in northcentral British Columbia.
As the safety co-ordinator and First Aid person for Duz Cho Logging Ltd., a major contractor in the McKenzie forest district, Chingee spends her work week in the bush and weekends at home in Prince George, 185 kilometres south of…
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Children in Saskatchewan schools in Grade 7 up to Grade 12 are learning about an important part of their history. The Office of the Treaty Commissioner (OTC) and their partners have developed curriculum, material and resources to study treaties and the treaty relationship.
These units feature the treaty-making process and the events leading up to it, as well as the…
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Deborah Pelletier has a busy, exciting time ahead of her. She became the first person to be named as co-ordinator of Aboriginal resources and services at the National Library of Canada on Oct. 4. The new position is designed to develop and promote the library's collection, and to encourage more people, communities and organizations to access the library's resources, especially…
If you are going into the music business you had better learn the lexicon. Here are a few examples:
CanCon-It is not what you think! Canadian law requires at least 30 per cent of the music that AM and FM radio stations broadcast to be by Canadian artists. The CBC is required to air 50 per cent, and 10 per cent by all other special format radio.
Each release in Canada must…
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The Canadian and Saskatchewan governments are each putting $10 million over five years into a fund aimed at strengthening and diversifying the northern Saskatchewan economy.
The Canada-Saskatchewan Northern Development Agreement will provide opportunities for northerners to improve infrastructure, training and education, and increase research and business investment.…
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While most of the focus on addressing addictions problems in Aboriginal communities has been on alcohol and street drug use, there is another type of drug addiction that hasn't received as much attention-addiction to prescription medication.
It is easier for prescription drug misuse to go unnoticed. Prescription drugs are legal, easy to access, and there is no social…
Page 19 For Joshua: An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son By Richard Wagamese Doubleday Canada 228 pages (hc) $32.95 Novelist and former Windspeaker columnist Richard Wagamese was born Ojibway, but only recently became a "real Indian." "A real Indian is a person who lives by their feelings," Wagamese writes in his new book, For Joshua: An Ojibway Father Teaches His Son (published by Doubleday…
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The Good Path:
Ojibwe learning and activity book for kids
By Thomas Peacock and Marlene Wisuri
Afton Historical Society Press
127 pages (sc)
$17.95 (US)
The book The Good Path is many things: It is an introduction to the history, culture, and oral storytelling of the Ojibwe people. It teaches the nine values of the Ojibwe. And it is a…
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Angelique: Buffalo Hunt
By Cora Taylor
Penguin Books
85 pages (sc)
$7.99
Angelique Dumas, 10, lives with her family near Batoche in northern Saskatchewan.
When we meet her in the spring of 1865 she has joined the family in the twice-yearly buffalo hunt. This year she will be playing an active part.
She is now old enough to join…
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As Long as the Rivers Flow
By Larry Loyie
with Constance Brissenden
Illustrated by
Heather D. Holmlund
A Groundwood Book-Douglas & McIntyre
36 pages (sc)
$18.95
As Long as the Rivers Flow is a poignant story of a 'golden Indian summer' in 1944 and how good it was to be a young Cree boy living a traditional life with…
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Ancestral Portraits
The Color of My People
By Frederick R. McDonald
University of Calgary Press
105 pages, 61 color reproductions (sc)
$29.95
This first book by Alberta Cree artist and writer Frederick R. McDonald is a multi-layered offering that weaves together the artist's life, travels, and personal reflections in prose, poetry and…
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The Man Who Ran Faster Than Everyone:
The Story Of Tom Longboat
By Jack Batten
Tundra Books
112 pages (sc)
$16.99
The story of a Six Nations man who became one of the country's most celebrated athletes in the early 20th century has won the Norma Fleck Award, presented annually to the best Canadian non-fiction children's book.
The…