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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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At 23, Phil Boyer has not yet put a band together but he is sure giving it a lot of thought of late. The young, talented, and ambitious man is in a new phase of life, having recently, cut an album under Winnipeg's Sunshine label. This was largely the result of his winning a talent show, one of many Boyer has already won.
Last summer, Boyer latched onto first place in the…
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Ahneen, tansi and hi, how are ya? Maybe we should be asking how high are you instead. If you weren't high enough a short time ago the North Saskatchewan might have moved your home address a couple of hundred muddy miles east of here.
Of course since most of prairie Indians figure untapped water to be a natural hazard anyway you're probably pretty good at avoiding it…
EDITORIAL
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Last week, "Windspeaker's" new Ottawa columnist, Owenadeka, offered a brief introduction to the new Minister of Indian Affairs, Bill McKnight.
It was not an encouraging report. Maybe part of the problem is his personal style, so different from his predecessor, the affable and enthusiastic David Crombie, who always seemed so eager to listen to Indian people…
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NEWS ANALYSIS
It is obvious that a dilemma exists within the rank and file of the Association of Metis and Non-Status Indians of Saskatchewan (AMNSIS) which nobody other than
an anti-Jim Sinclair wishes to address publicly. That group had the courage to speak their minds at the AMNSIS annual assembly held on July 24 and 25 at Batoche, Saskatchewan.
The…
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ELIZABETH SETTLEMENT - The Lakeland Catholic Board of Education has addressed concerns about Elizabeth Settlement School brought forward by a parents committee and several changes will be implemented when school resumes this fall.
This past May, the parents group attended the regular school board meeting to discuss staffing, split classes in early grades and…
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Details are being finalized for the 58th annual assembly of the Metis Association of Alberta (MAA) to be held in Athabasca August 22 to 24.
This year the assembly will get off to an earlier start than usual, with registration of delegates beginning at 9 a.m., Friday, August 22.
The official opening beginning at 2 p.m. with an opening prayer by an Elder and…
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There were still no nominations for the six Metis Association of Alberta (MAA) board seats to be contested in elections this year with only 10 days left until the nominations deadline.
The deadline for nominations is August 8 at 5 p.m.. Nominees have until August 12 at 2 p.m. to withdraw. Advance polls are set for Saturday, August 30, and the election will be held Monday…
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I think Miles Richardson has stumbled on to a good thing. He's the president of
the Council of the Haida Nation. Along with most of the Haidas (and a lot of other people besides), he's fighting the loggers on Lyell Island.
Lyell Island, of course, is a jewel of unspoiled beauty in the unique environment
of the Queen Charlotte Islands and since the Haida say…
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BATOCHE, SASK. - Allan Morin, provincial secretary for association for Metis and
Non-Status Indians of Saskatchewan (AMNSIS) introduced a new draft resolution called "Constitution of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan, Inc., which was passed at the annual assembly held here on July 24 and 25.
Morin disclosed the new draft resolution calling for termination of the non…
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Five Alberta Indians joined the Nicaraguan revolutionary process by attending
the International Symposium dealt specifically with the autonomy process now underway pertaining to Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast indigenous peoples.
The Alberta delegation, from Saddle Lake, Cold Lake, Beaver Lake, and the Blood Tribe, was among eleven other Canadians and about 100…
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KEHEWIN - A problem in housing has arisen between Kehewin council and reserve members who built homes through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Last month, the CMHC checked the reserve's books to see how it was administering the low rental subsidy. What it found was that the band was letting tenants pay only the difference between their monthly payment ($150…
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BATOCHE, SASK. - An coupe d'etat attempt by anti-Sinclair members to oust Jim Sinclair as president of the Association of Metis and Non-Status Indians of Saskatchewan (AMNSIS) failed during the two-day annual assembly of AMNSIS held here on July 24 and 25, respectively.
On two different occasions during the two-day annual assembly of AMNSIS, there was evidence of a…
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The grassroots election of a national Metis leader is being proposed by the Metis Association of Alberta.
If approved, the proposal would provide for a ballot for national leader along with ballots for elected officers of provincial associations. This would require that all provincial organizations hold their elections on the same day, and for the same length of term of…
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On August 21st of this year, Maggie Francise Calliou, will be 85 years old. With a crispness of mind she can still recall the days of long past.
Maggie was born at home on the Stony Plain Indian Reserve, better known today as the Enoch Reserve. Her father was an interpreter for this Band as well as 4 others in the area, the Alexander, Alexis, Paul and Michel Bands. As…
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COLD LAKE - Although Edgar Duckett has been picking arrowheads out of his garden for over forty years, only recently has his farm been declared an official archeological site. Since the late 1930's, when he first homestead on Ethel Lake, approximately 20 miles west of Cold Lake, Duckett has collected thousands of arrowheads, prehistoric tools, hide scrapers and broken flakes of…