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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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"Current economic conditions probably affect us more than other companies," states Milt Pahl, president of Edmonton-based Native Venture Capital Co. Ltd.
Pahl is a former MLA and Alberta minister responsible for Native Affairs.
"Our management team is still in the learning stage in what is a unique Canadian venture, and we could be affected more because we haven't…
Funeral services held for Dan Willier
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DRIFTPILE - Most of the population of Driftpile gathered at the Roman Catholic Church on this frosty winter morning to say farewell to one of the patriarches of the community.
Daniel Willier died in High Prairie hospital on Sunday, January 27, 1987.
Mourners travelled from British Columbia and Edmonton to pay respects to…
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History was made in an Edmonton Courtroom when two Native witnesses were allowed to take the oath traditionally using the Sacred Pipe.
James Dean Agecoutay and Wayne Bruce received their swearing in from an
Elder prior to giving testimony at a preliminary hearing into murder charges against Phillip Bearshirt and Robert Pelltier. Pelltier and Bearshirt are charged…
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The Ontario Human Rights Commission has decided that the price of racial discrimination, in one recent rent case, is $2,600. That's how much it'll cost a motel owner in Sault Ste. Marie to settle a complaint. It seems that he made racist remarks
to a group of Native people staying at his motel and one of them complained.
That person was Gene Rheaume. He's a Metis…
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LETHBRIDGE - Phil Lane, co-ordinator of the University of Lethbridge's Four Worlds Development Project, recently made a presentation to the United Nations Annual Conference for Non-Governmental Organizations.
The conference was held in New York City, January 22 and 23 at UN Head-quarters and attracted more than 800 delegates.
The conference highlighted the "…
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OTTAWA - In a study conducted by the University of Calgary's Research Unit for Public Policy, Canadians were found to be more concerned about "improving the social and economic situation of Canada's Native people," than about a free-trade agreement with
the United States.
"The message to the governments of Canada and the provinces from this study should be very…
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A major international conference will be held to address the increasing educational and health care problems of solvent abuse within Indian communities across the U.S. nation and Canada.
In response to this growing drug abuse phenomenon, the first International Native American Abuse Conference will be held at the Doubletree Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma, March 2 - 4.
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STURGEON LAKE - I woke up with the sun shining through my motel window in Valleyview. It was later than I thought and I had promised myself, over supper the night before, that I would be at the Surgeon Lake Band office by nine o'clock.
The day before, I had travelled from Peace River, where I had spent the day picking up stories and visiting.
Not knowing just where…
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The Calgary Native Friendship Society has decided against launching an appeal contesting a judge's ruling that the Board of Directors May 24 elections are invalid. Instead they will hold a re-election at an unspecified time in the near future. The date of the special meeting and the re-elections will be decided after board members meet with the plaintiff in the case, George…
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A proposed policy affecting big game hunting in Alberta is scheduled to go before the legislature in mid-March of this year. Quite recently, however, there have been expressions of concern from the Native and non-Native community that the policy may have serious implications regarding Aboriginal hunting rights.
According to Russell Plante, Native hunter from Edson and…
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EDITOR'S NOTE: In addition to the discussions reported by Jim Thunder in the following story, a number of other politically sensitive issues were discussed. The Elders asked that the media not report their discussions on those sensitive issues. Out of respect for their wishes, we will not be reporting on those matters they wish left unreported.
FORT McMURRAY - Elders…
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"I went to jail, lived on 'the skid' in old cars - anything - and I did a lot of drugs. But that's a bad side of my life. I just want to focus on my music now," confessed singer Elvis Grey, who appeared on the January 24 episode of Native Nashville North this year.
The entertainer lost his eyesight when he was nine years old. "Apparently I wasn't immunized right and came…
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Joe Courtoreille rolled his cigarette, which never seemed to leave the ash tray in front of him, and occasionally felt the end of it. Courtoreille inhaled the smoke 'til his rough fingertips could feel the cigarette coming to an end. Then, he carefully put it out.
Like much of his daily routine, smoking a cigarette has become a meticulous pattern Courtoreille has…
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The Metis Association of Alberta (MAA) has set March 14 and 15 as the dates for its annual assembly for the 1986-87 fiscal year.
No location for the assembly has been announced, although it is understood Slave Lake and Edmonton are the two locations being debated.
The assembly had been originally set for mid-August of last year, but had to be postponed due to…
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A lot of people have been phoning and saying that, although they know Native Nashville North is being aired, they are not receiving the program in their areas.
The program began to air on January 10, a Saturday, at 10:30 in the evening. However, CBC North does not reach into the Cold Lake/Elizabeth area, and it also does not air in southern Alberta, unfortunately at this…