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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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Eat well, get lots of exercise and determine to make the best of your situation. That's the winning combination for Destiny Whitney, 20, a member of the Tsuu T'ina Nation in Alberta and the volleyball team that took the gold at the North American Indigenous Games held in Winnipeg July 28 to Aug. 4. It also helps if you have the love and support of a terrific family, she said.…
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From the opening ceremonies at the North American Indigenous Games in Winnipeg July 25 to the closing ceremonies on Aug. 4, thousands of athletes, volunteers, and spectators shared in the excitement, exuberance and team spirit that dominated throughout the 11-day sporting event.
At any time of day, hundreds of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit youth on Winnipeg streets and…
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I am now 40 years old-14,600 days, 350,400 hours, and counting.
This earth on which I sit here writing has traveled completely around the sun, a humongous distance when you think of it, 40 times for me. And now it's on its way to 41. That's to the other side of the sun and back, an unfathomable distance in jogging terms. And in that time, disco, punk and grunge have all…
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I came from a large family where I learned from a young age to stand up for myself. When bannock was cooked and served it was a fight to the stretch to get one small piece. If you didn't get it you went hungry for the rest of the day. As a result of us acting like a pack of wolves, my brother got his nickname, Kaput. As the youngest and the weakest, he never got any bannock.…
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Letter to the Editor:
Over the past two months, the Canadian Red Cross was asked to help the residents of Conklin, Fox Lake, Peerless Lake and Trout Lake, who were evacuated to Fort McMurray, High Level and Red Earth Creek, due to the extreme forest fire conditions in northern Alberta. Red Cross assisted more than 1,500 people: conducting registration of evacuees,…
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An open letter to Mr. Drew Hayden Taylor:
I very much enjoyed your parchment and grad cap column in the August 2002 Windspeaker.
Your point on not having formal education and how others treat you as somewhat less than a complete success appears in all societies. It is sad that your success is not recognized for what it is-years of working smart, hard and staying…
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Dear Editor:
As you are aware, the First Nations veterans of Canada received a letter of offer on June 21 from Rey D. Pagtakhan of Veterans Affairs Canada. The compensation package will pay up to $20,000 per veteran.
The reaction of the majority of First Nations veterans was that of disappointment and disbelief. After years of ongoing battles with the government to…
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines Duress as forcible restraint or restriction, compulsion by threat; specifically: unlawful constraint or coercion.
I am a hereditary chief of the Mi'kmaq Grand Council. I am also a member of Esgenoopetitj community. Non-natives know us as Burnt Church First Nation. There was recently an agreement signed concerning lobster…
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Alain Jolicoeur became the third deputy minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in three years under Minister Robert Nault on Aug. 12. That's not the way it's supposed to be.
Deputy ministers tend to outlast ministers; the bureaucrats stay as politicians come and go.
Some Ottawa insiders say the rapid succession of chief bureaucrats within the…
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Phil Monture was summoned to a hotel in the city of Brantford, Ont. in early July and told his services were no longer required after 27 years as the director of the Six Nations Land Claim Research office.
He was dismissed without cause on behalf of Chief Roberta Jamieson and her council by the band's director of operations, Dr. Paulette Trembley. Band lawyer Dan Shields…
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The new president of the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association says the government of Canada has intentionally set up First Nation police services for failure.
Wes Luloff, chief of the northern Ontario Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, the largest First Nation police force in the country with 100 uniformed officers and 30 civilian employees, was elected president of the…
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Is it "from us?" Is it part of the governance package or not? If so, why is the national chief supporting it?
Those are the key questions First Nations leaders and their political staff are grappling with now that the First Nations Fiscal and Statistical Infrastructure Management act has been made public. The questions, some sources say, could cause an enormous problem for…
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It's been almost two decades since Manitoba Hydro put in place its first affirmative action policy, but by no means has the corporation grown complacent about its efforts to achieve a representative workforce.
The provincial Crown corporation, which currently employs more than 4,800 people across the province, is always coming up with new ways to try to meet its…
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A decision made 25 years ago to create employment on the Peigan Nation has resulted in the First Nations' name becoming synonymous with quality craftsmanship.
"As long as I can remember, there's always been a Peigan Crafts," said Waylon Yellow Horn, who recently began his position as manager for the band-owned company.
The chief and council of the day created…
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A new training video commissioned by the La Ronge Motor Hotel is not intended solely for teaching the basics of serving food and beverages in a restaurant, said hotel manager Clarence Neault. It is also intended to show these front-line service workers how they deserve to be treated-with respect.
This project, like an earlier one aimed at hotel housekeeping staff, was…