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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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Following are the steps for developments of co-operative housing provided by Communitas, a resource group for housing co-operatives.
1. Apply for seed money from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
2. Ten people incorporate as a co-op under provincial legislation.
3. Perform a feasibility study to see if it will work financially.
4. Apply…
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A small group of Metis people is taking steps to start a Metis housing co-operative in Edmonton,.
A meeting to present the concept has been set for October 2 at 7:30 p.m. at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre in Edmonton.
The Wo-Te-Na Housing Group was created after Muriel Stanley Venne was approached by the owner of a west Edmonton housing complex who suggested…
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Reaction to news that the Canadian Bar Association has established a committee to look at the complex legal issues facing Native people in our country has generally been good, when people have known about it.
On initial contact by Windspeaker, most local and national Native organizations knew nothing about the "Special Committee on Rights and Positions on Aboriginal…
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OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is boycotting this week's round of meetings on the constitution to protest the fact that none of the organizer's main items of concern are to be addressed.
"We were not given sufficient reason to believe that if we attended this meeting, it would be worth our while," says AFN National Chief Georges Erasmus. "We had to make it…
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During the Canadian prairie winter season, Pat Deiter is a teacher, a parent, a spouse and an ordinary resident of Regina. But once summer comes and the powwow trail beckons, she becomes an avid dancer and attendee at cultural gatherings around her home province.
Deiter is a professor of a course in Pan-Indianism at the University of Regina.
"I teach what is…
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Jerry McDonald remembers that rain had just begun to fall when he and his fellow ironworker, Dennis LeBorgne, emerged from a 60-foot pit at Ground Zero. A few hundred firefighters, police officers and rescue workers were gathered around. They were saluting the "man basket" attached to a crane where a firefighter lay covered by an American flag.
The two Mohawks had…
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Some call him the master of the Metis fiddle. Some call him a legend. But whatever you call him, 59-year-old John Arcand from Saskatchewan has polished his fiddle skills to an exemplary degree.
Arcand's father taught him to play the fiddle when he was six. And six years later he was playing for the Red River Jiggers, square dancers, and dance troupes.
Arcand…
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Aboriginal Catholic youth from across Canada will be joining with thousands of other young Canadians as they welcome the world to Toronto for a celebration of the Catholic faith.
From July 22 to 28, the city will play host to World Youth Day 2002, with more than 350,000 registered participants from 150-plus countries expected to take part.
This the 17th…
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When traveling to your summer destinations, why not take time to visit some of the many museums and art galleries featuring Aboriginal displays and exhibits? Here are a few to get you stared.
The Gallery Lambton in Sarnia, Ont., is featuring works on paper and sculptures by Inuit and First Nations artists. The exhibition will run from June 15 to Aug. 17.
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Hidden deep in the forests of British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands is a holiday paradise that is steeped in Aboriginal culture and tradition.
"Culture is what it's all about," said Louie Waters. Waters welcomes visitors from all nations and backgrounds to his island paradise.
Although he grew up in Saskatchewan on the Starblanket Reserve near Prince…
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Since it was first established 72 years ago, the Museum of Northern Arizona in Flagstaff has worked to broaden public understanding about the people and lands of the Colorado Plateau. Visitors to the museum can learn more about the area's natural history and Indigenous people by visiting the museum's collections, touring its exhibits and, each summer, taking part in the…
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Step back in time through four centuries and live at Kanata (pronounced Gah-na-dah) as a 17th century Iroquois person, making fire by friction, tanning hides, pounding corn, and playing First Nations games like double ball and snow snake.
Participants will dwell in the elm and cedar longhouse and eat authentic Native cuisine made by their own hands at the 22.5 acre…
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One of the largest exhibits of First Nations artifacts in Canadian history opened for viewing in the Galt Museum and archives at Lethbridge in southwestern Alberta in May.
The Kainai artifacts, originally purchased from the nearby Blood reserve, brings together a collection that was split in the early 1900s and kept in storage at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in…
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The Victoria Native Friendship Centre is again joining forces with the Royal British Columbia Museum to host the First People's Festival from Aug. 9 to 11.
This is the 18th year for the festival, one of the largest urban Aboriginal gatherings in the country.
"It's a celebration of friendship and understanding. The idea of the festival is to showcase First…
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Six men sit around a great drum chanting, making thunder, while behind them lightning starts to slash through the sky. The song leader, the men, and the drum are one. The heartbeat of Mother Earth is deeply felt.
When the song is finished, the men gaze at the coming storm from the 8th floor of a New York City highrise.
The group, Heyna Singers ("heyna" is a…