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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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Lawrence Boucher and his wife Diane are very angry over the "sheer neglect" that they are receiving from their landlord and Rubin Management in regards to their bachelor apartment not being fit to live in.
The Bouchers paid their rent and damage deposit on October 27, but when they were ready to move in, a new rug was put on the floor of their apartment and, according to…
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CALGARY - A former Department of Indian Affairs employee has accused the department to deliberately trying to "break" the Blood Band housing company, Kainai Industries.
Former Economic Development Co-ordinator Robert Laboucane said in an interview this week that a letter sent to chiefs and councillors of bands across the west inviting them to purchase housing built by…
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A recent article in our Windspeaker newspaper reported that the situation at Heart Lake Indian Reserve, approximately 80 km north of Lac La Biche, is an inside problem and should be left at that.
The article quoted Chief Peter Francis as saying that the controversy is indeed a local matter in that the reserve operated under band custom and, therefore, these kinds of…
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Ahneen, hello and tansi to you. You know, whenever I head down to the corner liquor store this same social problem reaches out for me. It starts in the cashier lineup. They go, "and that's $18.70. From twenty? A dollar thirty is your change. Have a nice weekend, sir." When my turn comes they just shove my booze in a bag, shove the bag and change in my direction without a smile or…
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Chief Walter and Catherine Twinn's visit to the reserve of Fox Lake, without the involvement of the Little Red River Band's Chief Johnson Sewepagaham, was the result of a request from the people of Fox Lake, "because they are quite desperate," said lawyer Catherine Twinn.
On November 4, the Twinns flew into Fox Lake, approximately 130 km north of Fort Vermilion, in what…
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Education is big business and an important element to the structure of any given society, be it Native or non-Native.
When you're in a business designed to attract clientele, one of the key strategies used to promote and sell one's goods or services is to resort to good public relations and that's exactly what the new School of Native Studies at the University of Alberta…
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Metis activist and once vice-president of the Metis Association of Alberta, Joe Blyan, is up in arms over comments made by the president of the MAA quoted in the Edmonton Sun, on November 17, in a story headlined, "Natives Warn of Violence."
"Some day young people are going to stand up and be more militant and, some day, if the government doesn't deal with us, there will…
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CALGARY - Regional Metis Association of Alberta (MAA) offices all across the province are on the verge of close-down as funding, which should have been received
in September, dries up.
The Calgary zone office will be forced to lock its doors at the end of this week
and other regional offices will be following suit as their individual budgets run dry, said…
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"Give Me My Father's Body" is the title of a fascinating new book that should be required reading for Native people everywhere. The book reads like the script from an unbelievable Hollywood movie - but it's all true.
The story begins in 1897. The American explorer Robert Peary was on one of his many trips searching for a route to the North Pole. He stopped at an Inuit…
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Court of appeals for the State of Louisiana has decided that the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe is the rightful owner of artifacts that were buried with their ancestors.
During the years 1731-1764, the ancestors of the Tunica-Biloxi Tribe had a village near the Mississippi River in what is now the State of Louisiana. After 1764, the Tunicas left that village…
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The Metis Association of Alberta (MAA) and the Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) announced at a press conference held in Edmonton, November mber 13, a new direction in the preparations leading up to the First Ministers Conference on Aboriginal Rights scheduled for April, 1987.
The new direction is that the two organizations have jointly confirmed the participation of…
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A group of impassioned speakers and supporters gathered on Sunday, November 16 at the front steps of the Alberta Legislature to honour and praise the memory of Louis Riel. The commemoration was the final portion of the weekend's Metis Cultural Days in Edmonton.
Despite the chilly sub-zero weather, the gathering included children, adults and Elders who had come to pay…
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Chief Johnson Sewepagaham of the Little Red River Band in Northern Alberta, is disturbed over an alleged meeting that took place on November 4 at Fox Lake, where a resolution was introduced to divide the Band by allowing the Fox Lake Reserve and its residents to separate and form a new band.
The little Red River Cree Band is comprised of three reserves - Gardner River,…
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Dwayne Desjarlais, of Native Resource Management Consultants has been awarded a contract to develop a proposal relating to forestry management on the eight Metis Settlements in Alberta.
The proposal Desjarlais is working on is aimed at attaining monies for a forest inventory. Once this inventory is in place, the settlements can begin work on a long-range forestry…
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SADDLE LAKE - Aboriginal communities across Canada wanting to preserve their cultural heritage may do well to look at the community-style effort of the Saddle Lake First Nations in strengthening their cultural spirit and identity.
The Cultural Education Centre at Saddle Lake is the focal point of activity aimed at cultural preservation, attracting the involvement of youth…