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The applause and standing ovation which followed Sam Sinclair's farewell speed as president of the Metis Association of Alberta changed quickly to angry words and an attack on Sinclair's leadership when a resolution that $25,000 in severence pay be given to Sinclair was introduced to the assembly.
During a heated and at times emotional debate, MAA treasurer Paul Sinclair…
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Dissenting residents of the Paddle Prairie Metis Settlement, and government officials are tight-lipped over the recent election of two illiterate Settlement Council members.
Council called in the High Level RCP detachment after a sit-in at the Settlement administration offices by about 30 people took place Friday, August 14.
Gregg Calliou, council chairman charged…
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FISHING LAKE - Musician, laborer, soldier, handyman, hardware salesman. Joe Daigneault has been them all.
Daigneault was born in St. Lina, Alberta, in 1917, on a homestead quarter that
was purchased by his father for $10. By the time he was 14, he was working for a living. "I worked for $1 a day," he said. "It wasn't much but it was enough to live on."
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EDITORIAL
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There is no need to comment further on recent remarks by Jim Horsman, Alberta minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, regarding Native self-government. that has been done quite well enough on the next page and elsewhere in this newspaper.
What should be noted is that this is only the latest in a series of change and incidents relating to the Getty (and…
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CALGARY - "Aboriginal Rights and the Constitution" was the theme of a February 27 forum held at Mount Royal College in Calgary. The forum, designed to increase public awareness and understanding of the issues that are to be the subject of Native constitutional talks at the First Ministers' Conference (FMC) in Ottawa later this month, attracted approximately 150 people, many of…
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Alberta's Metis leaders will again approach the First Ministers' Conference (FMC) (March 26 to 27) with hopes of establishing Aboriginal self-government in Canada.
"We have the support of many groups and organizations across Canada, including the major Christian churches, yet according to one of our senior ministers, we are no better than a bunch of separatists," stated…
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CALGARY - The Prairie Treaty Nations Alliance (PTNA) is maintaining its tough stand against any involvement by provincial governments on Treaty matters, said Harold Cardinal speaking at the Aboriginal rights conference held February 28 at Mount Royal College here.
Cardinal, who was elaborating on the PTNA stand on the Aboriginal right to self-government, was joined by…
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Last week you read the feature, "Guide says millions at stake." This is the second part of that story.
Last weekend the Fish and Game Association held its annual convention at the Edmonton Inn, while yet another group of outdoorsmen held a rally at the Kinsmen Fieldhouse. Some surprises were in store and the issues many.
"Oil and money," says Indian Association of…
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Plans that may see the First Ministers' Conference open with a new prayer by Alberta's Metis people, endorsed by Pope John Paul II, were announced at a recent news conference.
As this issue comes off the press, Metis leaders are in Rome, in conference with His Holiness.
It is no secret that the major Christian churches in Canada endorse the Metis as they struggle…
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The next time you start singing along to your favourite song on the radio, I want you to think of a guy named Tom Hudson. He used to spend a lot of time singing along to the radio when he was growing up in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. Tom Hudson is a Metis and except for the fact that he says he sang all the time, his upbringing as a trapper's son was probably pretty…
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The Nova Scotia government has offered a middle ground approach to dealing with the definition and protection of Aboriginal rights to self-government, Georges Erasmus, president of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) recently reported to Native media.
The parties involved in the preparatory meeting to the First Ministers' Conference (FMC) on Aboriginal constitutional…
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PEIGAN RESERVE - Chief Peter Yellow Horn angrily denied any wrong-doing after allegations of mismanagement of the $750,000 allocated by the province for a study of the potential impact of the Oldman River Dam on the Peigan Nation.
Yellow Horn called a press conference March 2 at his home to contest a decision February 27 by four Peigan councillors to temporarily suspend…
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The Indian Association of Alberta (IAA) and the Metis Association of Alberta (MAA) have announced a united effort to ensure that Alberta's wildlife management and environmental protection rights are recognized by the Alberta government.
In a news release, the two groups state that the "management and environmental protection rights and capabilities of the Aboriginal…
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CALGARY - Recent statements by Alberta's intergovernmental affairs minister, Jim Horsman, that the entrenchment of Native self-government in the Constitution "would have an extremely destructive effect on Canada" has drawn sharp criticism from Native leaders.
A February 27 press conference at the University of Calgary addressed Horsman's comments, with rebuttals coming…
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Two Canadian Native people who are former residents of Edmonton have been nominated for Canada's most prestigious film awards, the Genies. Tantoo (Martin) Cardinal and Tom Jackson's names have been submitted for their roles in the widely acclaimed film production "Loyalties."
Altogether, Loyalties has been nominated for eight Genies at the 8th annual Academy of Canadian…