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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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The Sacred Circle Advisory Committee is concerned with a 40 per cent cut in Native education programs.
Funding has dropped from $610,000 in the previous fiscal year to $370,000 for the 1987-88 year.
A mediator for the Native education since 1982, the advisory committee is worried that non-Native resource people will be used to teach Native culture.
Committee…
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A rally to protest new government policies over post-secondary education is to take place at the Alexander reserve in August.
The resolution was made after Edmonton Task Force leader Adele Arcand made a blistering attack on the new government policy which dictates that Treaty Indian students will only be funded for a maximum of 40 months, approximately ten semesters of…
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The decision to bar the media from last year's IAA annual assembly was a "mistake" says president Gregg Smith.
"We've got nothing to hide so why not let them in. I think we should be more open about our business," says Smith in an interview after this year's annual assembly.
The IAA annual meetings had traditionally been open to the media, however, last year a…
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A new federal government policy which transfers authority over Native programs and services to the nation's bands, has been criticized by the Indian Association of Alberta (IAA) as, in fact, retaining government policy, legislative and financial control ? placing it upon a three-man steering committee from Ottawa.
The designated committee has "more power than the minister…
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Perry has been looking for his real mother for over a year now.
The 20-year old Metis was given up for adoption when he was only three months old. What is known about his real family is vague, but Perry says that he, along with a friend and member of Parent Finders, Ray Ensminger, will not give up the search until something is learned about his family.
It is known…
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Two tragic accidents, only days apart, have taken the lives of Blue Quills Native Education Centre secretary Priscilla Brertton and student Terrance Moosewah.
Nineteen year old Brertton was killed near Lamont the same week Moosewah died on Saddle Lake reserve. Both were residents of the reserve.
Students and staff alike mourned their loss last week and attended both…
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The annual meeting for the Federation of Metis Settlements held in Edmonton saw Ernest Howse elected as vice-president on June 27.
Howse, a member of the Metis Settlement of Buffalo Lake (Caslan), was elected after four rounds of secret ballot box voting took place. He defeated two other candidates vying for the position. Alberta Wanuch of Paddle Prairie and Lawrence…
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The Metis Association of Alberta (MAA) has announced its annual assembly will be held on August 15 and 16 in the Peace River area, at the Bear Lake Stampede grounds (three miles west of Grimshaw).
The assembly will be used to discuss issues and accept nomination for the election, to be held before September 1. However, nominations for candidates will begin on July 2 and…
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The Indian Association of Alberta (IAA) is about to start a closer working relationship with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), however, President Gregg Smith sidesteps the question of reconciliation with the assembly.
"We will be working with the AFN but I see it as a protocol arrangement, not a reconciliation. It (IAA) would prefer to see them join us," he added.
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If tehre was a hall of fame for Native communications, Josepi Padlayat and Paul Lumsden would have been in it a long time ago. After all, they built the northern Quebec Inuit broadcast organization and they ran it for years. The organization is Taqramiut Nipingat Incorporated (TNI). Josepi Padlayat used to be the TNI president. Paul Lumsden used to be the administrator. Together…
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NATIONAL
Why do we educate ourselves? What purpose does it serve? Is it just to satisfy our curiosity? Is it just to help us make more money and get a better job?
Do we use education to control social behavior and to dominate others?
These questions faced over 1,500 educators at the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples' Education held in Vancouver, June 8…
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An alliance of 50 Alberta and Saskatchewan Indian chiefs are refusing to bow to Canadian government policies and tactics designed to alter or remove what they consider their base Treaty rights.
The chiefs who make up the Treaty 6 Chiefs Forum, recently sponsored a delegation to meet with support groups and government in London, England. According to Allen Jacob of Cold…
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Northern Alberta Indian bands have led the way in taking control of their membership under Bill C-31.
Seven of the first 12 bands to establish band membership codes in response to Bill C-31 are from northern Alberta, two are from B.C., two from Ontario and one from Saskatchewan.
The first band in the country to take control of its membership was the Sawridge band of…
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EDITORIAL
It's good to see the government reacting positively to a report put together by a working committee regarding Native child welfare services.
And it's fitting to hear a member of the working committee say that, at all times during the child welfare study, the interests of the foster children themselves were kept as top priority ? not the interests of the…
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New-status Indians, who recently received status through Bill C-31 and who are predominantly urban dwellers, are to be represented on the Board of the Indian Association of Alberta (IAA) by a non-voting appointee.
A resolution was made to include "urban Indian" involvement in the association during the final day of the IAA annual assembly after several new status delegates…