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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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Signs of frustration with the leadership have been evident on the Wikwemikong Unceded Reserve in recent weeks and emotions have been running high.
One of the more dramatic manifestations of discontent occurred March 25 when several people carrying placards descended on the band administration building.
The protesters called for the resignation of Chief Gladys…
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National Aboriginal organizations are once again throwing their support behind Bill C-5, the proposed Species at Risk act, after amendments to strengthen Aboriginal involvement and protection of Indigenous knowledge received government support.
Some Aboriginal leaders had threatened to pull their support of the bill when the parts of the bill dealing with those issues were…
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When Dan McLean passed away on April 9 at the age of 89, his passing left a void in the lives of many people.
Described by some of those who knew him as a trailblazer and a progressive thinker who was dedicated to making things better for his people, McLean was also remembered as being a man that was filled with humor, who never failed to make those around him feel good.…
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A former employee who successfully sued the Dakota Tipi First Nation for unjust dismissal testified during the labor arbitration hearing that people employed by Chief Dennis Pashe attempted to intimidate him. The testimony also states that those people had Manitoba Warrior Society tattoos.
Gerald Lomax was suspended from his job as education director for the Dakota Tipi…
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Dear Editor:
I am writing to your newspaper in the hope that some of your readers may be able to pass on to me their opinions and feelings on the growing number of non-Native people in my country who continue to exploit Native Canadian culture.
I admit, as an English, non-Native person, I am not best equipped to comment on the following issues, but I have been…
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Dear Editor:
I take offense at various media attempts to minimize the effects the referendum will have on First Nations rights. For example, BCTV news writers claim that none of the questions are explosive, but I greatly disagree.
The referendum questions are explained as somewhat misleading, and that the package is somewhat laborous. There is a failure to…
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Dear Editor:
As a Wikwemikong band member, I have always honored and appreciated our belief systems, our language, our healers and herbalists, our customs and our way of life on Manitoulin Island.
In our community of Wikwemikong, we have various beliefs and practices including our Anishnaawbe way of living, of which I have always maintained my respect for. I have…
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It seems that in the simple world of Eldership, there is a hierarchy that I was not aware existed. This came to my attention recently when I was involved in a conversation about this certain Elder that will remain nameless, for reasons that will soon become apparent.
This one individual openly scoffed that this person would be considered a wise and respected Elder, citing…
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The so-called war on terrorism has now been changed to an alliance with terrorism and terrorist states, judging from George W. Bush's apparently absolute support of Israeli aggression against Palestinian territory (which each day witnesses new terrors for Palestinian civilians, as well as for foreign observers, news people, medical personnel, and international relief people).…
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There are a lot of stories about accountability-or the lack of it-throughout this month's issue. It wasn't something we planned. It just worked out that way.
For every story we write on this subject there are as many as a dozen dead end leads we follow where there's smoke but no fire or no way to prove who set the fire. While there is no shortage of stories about band…
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A Federal Court judge will hear arguments on April 29 that the minister of Indian Affairs is trampling on Section 35 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by using Section 74 of the Indian Act to impose a third party manager on Dakota Tipi First Nation.
Justice Douglas Campbell, who heard the Benoit Treaty 8 tax case in Alberta, will be the judge in Winnipeg. Lawyer Norman…
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The Canadian Human Rights Commission, in its freshly released annual report, has called for the government and First Nation leaders to come to a meeting of minds on the best way to modernize the Indian Act. In considering the comments made at the Beyond the Indian Act conference held in Ottawa on April 17 and 18, that may be a lot to ask.
Just days after the report's…
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Until March 31, George Fayant was co-ordinating a program that provided education and job training to the Metis people of the Fort Qu'Appelle District.
Fayant himself is now out of a job, thanks to a funding scandal inside the Metis Employment and Training Saskatchewan (METSI) program.
Despite a clean audit in the Fort Qu'Appelle operation, Human Resources…
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Chris Rivet, a 39-year-old Metis resident of Edmonton, has been an enrolled participant in the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement since the beginning in 1994.
While he says getting information about the intricate workings of the many corporate bodies set up to administer the agreement has never been easy, things have gotten worse in the last two years…
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Several members of the Assembly of First Nations executive council travelled to Montreal in the second week of April to meet with the national chief.
"We asked him what his plans were," Manitoba Vice Chief Kenneth Young told Windspeaker.
The executive meeting in Montreal on April 8 dealt with the issue of Chief Matthew Coon Come's absence at meetings. Young said it…