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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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Hey gang, it's quiz time! Grab your writin' paper, writin' irons and test your knowledge of the latest arcane and trivial goings-on in the world of Native affairs.
Prizes will not be awarded and neatness does not count.
First question - Dorothy Wabisca, the slim trim vice-president of the Native Council of Canada, has joined: (a) The National Action Committee on the…
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SARCEE RESERVE - The minister of Indian Affairs has instructed Alberta officials to involve as many Alberta bands as possible in the upcoming Calgary Winter Olympic Games, but denies the new policy is an attempt to stymie the boycott called by the Lubicon Lake band.
In a news conference after a helicopter tour of the Sarcee Indian reserve which borders Calgary's west side…
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Judging for the Alberta Indian Arts and Crafts Society's Children's art contest took place in Edmonton October 29.
The purpose of the contest was to "encourage Native children to get involved in the art scene and possibly to find potential upcoming artists," said Val Kaufman, program officer for the contest.
Preparations for the contest began in September when the…
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SARCEE RESERVE - The minister of Indian Affairs is considering changing the Indian Act to allow bands to side-step the Access to Information Act which impels the government to hand over financial documents to the public.
In a news conference held on the Sarcee Reserve west of Calgary Friday, Bill McKnight said discussions were being held between his officials and…
Metis self-government plan proposed
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"Metis Self-Government in Alberta - Principles and Parameters" is the title of
a new position paper released by the Metis Association of Alberta (MAA) at a press conference November 6.
(Detailed coverage of the paper will be featured in next weeks' issue of "Windspeaker" because it was released so close to the deadline for…
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Recently I heard on the radio that because the Edmonton Police Department's budget has been affected by the tight economy, only a dozen or more new recruits for the force will be accepted this year.
The city is to depend more on city residents through programs such as Neighbour-hood Watch and Block Parents.
However this does not mean a person with a desire to…
CRIME PREVENTION
NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION WEEK - NOVEMBER 2 - 8, 1986
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Jim White has been a Native Liaison Officer with the Edmonton City Police for the past 11 years. White believes that working on social issue for his people as a liaison person with the city police is a way of contributing back to society.
"I lived on welfare as a child, and society has…
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One of Canada's foremost Indian artists, Maxine Noel, has literally taken the Native art world by storm. In the short space of six or seven years, she has proven herself to be the epitome of "overnight success." And for those who did not show up for her two-day exhibition at Edmonton's Bearclaw Gallery last weekend, you really did miss the boat.
A perennial favorite at…
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Hey you. Boo. Or booshoo as they say year round in Ontario. By the time most of you read this, some of us will have dressed up and undressed for another year by now. Some will have said, 'no way, never,' again. Some wouldn't have, wished they had but got shyed out instead. What we are talking about of course is Hallowe'en masks and shyness too.
Last year was the first…
EDITORIAL
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Who said the Canadian Football League (CFL) isn't big time? They're big enough to influence an entire nation (or at least CFL cities.) They're big enough to have a drug problem. And Edmonton Eskimos' Hector Pothier is big enough to know better. Pothier, a nine year CFL veteran, was arrested for possession of hashish at the Winnipeg International Airport…
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CALGARY - The Calgary Winter Olympics board will soon be appointing a Native board member who will have full voting power, will participate in organizing Olympic events, and will ensure Native participation will be more than just "feathers and beads" said the OCO '88 (Olympiques Calgary Olympics) volunteer chairman of the Native Peoples Committee.
In an interview in his…
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Self-government for the Sechelt Indian Band of British Columbia has become law October 9.
The Sechelt Indian Band Self-Government Act establishes the Band as a legal entity. The Act provides for the transfer of title of bands lands to the community and for
a band constitution.
"The Sechelt initiative shows one direction Indian self-government can follow,"…
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In some ways, the battle between the Department of Indian Affairs and Manitoba Indian bands is a phony war. The fighting has been fierce and dirty, it's true. What's more, things are soon going to get even worse when several new investigations and a court case begin to unfold. The public skirmishes, however camouflage the real dispute - not to mention the necessary solution.…
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REGINA - The end of October will see the beginning of a new annual trend at the Saskatchewsan Indian Federated College (SIFC).
On October 29 and 30, the college will be holding its first annual conference at the Regina Inn. Organizers of the SIFC conference '86 say they're trying to gather Indian education policy makers and personnel in a general assembly "to present and…
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The present status of the Edmonton Public School Board's (EPSB) Sacred Circle group finds them out on a limb in search of answers and solutions to their exclusion from direct participation in the school board's Native education policies and programs.
Now referring to themselves at the Sacred Circle Advisory Committee (SCAC), this body of mostly Native people had been…