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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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Members of the McLeod Lake Indian band are blockading a forestry road to stop logging operations by Balcean Enterprises.
The band says the land and the timber north of Prince George belongs to them according to a federal treaty which offered them 51 hectares of land per band member.
The road block was prompted when negotiations for the land claims stalled on June 23…
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Georges Erasmus, grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations has suggested the formation of an agency, independent of government support, to assist Native people fighting in court battles over issues such as land and treaty rights.
"We've tried to work it out peacefully, but it hasn't worked," said Erasmus, referring to the last First Ministers Conference where the AFN…
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Allegations that the Calgary Urban Affairs Committee is "toothless" and is just a "public relations exercise" made by a city alderman who resigned from the committee in March have become a catalyst which could see the committee move from a purely advisory capacity to a commission.
In a recent interview Alderman Ann Blough, who was assigned to the committee, complained that…
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Two Calgary artists have designed a protest painting which, they say, symbolizes the "road block" Canada Council of Arts has erected across their work.
John Langeveld and Clifford Crane Bear, who work in conjunction, have painted a familiar scene from the Stoney Indian reserve west of Calgary. The scene is of a 1A highway near the Morley turnoff. However, a large red-and-…
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People must stop thinking the $250,000 OCO (Olympiques Canada Olympics) will be contributing toward a $1.25 million plan to involve Natives in the upcoming winter Olympics as funding, says chairman and president Frank King.
In an interview from his Calgary office recently, King pointed out that OCO is not a funding agency, but an organization formed purely to organize the…
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The Region 6 chapter of the Alberta Native Women's Association (ANWA) elected a new executive at a workshop here, June 20 ? 21, to start working towards incorporating their chapter.
Rose Yellowfeet, newly elected president and a Blood tribe member, told about 30 Native women at the workshop "we've got a lot of work ahead of us."
The Region 6 chapter want to become…
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Indignant northern Ontario bands hand back money to Bill McKnight
It's not every day that Indian people hand money back to the Government. But that's what six chiefs from Northern Ontario did recently. They collected the treaty money their people recieved this year and returned it to Indian Affairs Minister Bill McKnight. They gave the money back because they say the…
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As a native communications outlet, the Northern Broadcasting Society in Terrace, British Columbia, has an objective to one day reach self-sufficiency.
At present, their efforts for reaching this goal consist of pre-taped radio programs and research into the establishment of community radio stations across northern B.C.
Native Broadcasting officially opened its door…
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A lightning flash that killed three buffalo on the Morley reserve west of Calgary is responsible for the reinstatement of ecumenical conference, a spiritual gathering hosted by the Good Stoney Band, July 27 to 30.
"We see it as a sign from the Creator that the conference is needed again," explained Good Stoney Chief John Snow. He explained that in past years, when the…
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The O'Chiese reserve (69 km northwest of Rocky Mountain House) opened a mobile treatment program, designed to help alcohol and drug abusers overcome their addictions, on July 8.
The treatment will be conducted in a camp setting on the reserve where 30 band members have agreed to be a part of the program. For the first week of the month-long program, the band members will…
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Education is our future ? says athlete
Old Sun Community College (OSCC), located on the Siksika Blackfoot Reserve, held its 1st Annual Graduation Honorarium Banquet at the Band's new Deerfoot Sportsplex Centre on June 10.
Recognized were 31 OSCC 1987 graduates receiving diplomas and certificates in basic education, high school completion, homemaker and health…
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PEOPLE
The Indian Association of Alberta's youngest ever President, Gregg Smith, 37, vows to be a leader who's in touch with his people.
Smith explains, "I think it's important to have personal contact with people because it helps to develop relations with them. I try to get out to communities (rather than) being an administrator and sitting in an office or flying…
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EDITORIAL
In the beginning . . . there was the White Paper in 1968, which proposed to blend Indians into society and ultimately do away with reserves.
Then there was the Red Paper ? in it Indians rejected the White Paper, maintaining they were citizens "plus" and the government owed them certain compensations.
The 70's looked progressive as the government…
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An Indian Health Services doctor has diagnosed three Navajos as having Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS.
The doctors said that two of the three have died within the last year. The third is still being treated.
The doctor has speculated that the victims may have contracted the disease through sex or blood transfusions. He doubts that the victims were…
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Alwyn Morris, a Mohawk Indian from Quebec is in training for the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He will be training for most of this summer in his kayak throughout Canada and United States.
Alwyn won a gold medal in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics for the 1,00 meter two-man kayak event.
Millions of television viewers may recall the proud moment when…