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Ding dong, the department's dead. Which old department? The mean old department.
Well, maybe they're not dead yet, merely ill, on their last legs, about to kick the proverbial bureaucratic can, suffering from chronic archaisms and terminal outdatedness. I am, of course, referring to the soon-to-be late Department of Indian Affairs. I would say let us observe a minute of…
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I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Windspeaker's faithful readers to our new monthly publication. First of all, I would like to clarify the reasons why we decided to publish on a monthly basis.
The first impression some readers may have had is that Windspeaker has gone to a monthly format because of financial restraints.
Fortunately this is not the…
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I would like to take this opportunity to welcome Windspeaker's faithful readers to our new monthly publication. First of all, I would like to clarify the reasons why we decided to publish on a monthly basis.
The first impression some readers may have had is that Windspeaker has gone to a monthly format because of financial restraints.
Fortunately this is not the…
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First Great Whale is stopped and now Alcan's Kemano II - the last few months have provided much to celebrate in Indian Country.
The $1. 3 billion hydroelectric monster, known as the Kemano Completion Project, which promised to change forever the face of the Fraser River system in British Columbia, met its undignified demise Jan. 23.
Acting as coroner, provincial…
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First Great Whale is stopped and now Alcan's Kemano II - the last few months have provided much to celebrate in Indian Country.
The $1. 3 billion hydroelectric monster, known as the Kemano Completion Project, which promised to change forever the face of the Fraser River system in British Columbia, met its undignified demise Jan. 23.
Acting as coroner, provincial…
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Former Long Lake Band councilors claiming election and financial irregularities complained that Chief Gordon Gadwa had hired outside security to prevent resumption of a blockade of band buildings.
Gadwa countered that he was just ensuring the rights of band members to go about their own business.
Fourteen people were arrested on the morning of Jan. 18, for defying…
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Former Long Lake Band councilors claiming election and financial irregularities complained that Chief Gordon Gadwa had hired outside security to prevent resumption of a blockade of band buildings.
Gadwa countered that he was just ensuring the rights of band members to go about their own business.
Fourteen people were arrested on the morning of Jan. 18, for defying…
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Calling it the "beginning of the Sweetgrass Revolution", taxation protesters ended their 29-day occupation of the Revenue Canada offices in Toronto on Jan. 13.
The 19 protesters who had remained on the fifth floor of the building claims a victory as they emerged, even though Revenue Minister David Anderson insisted the government will not rescind income tax changes…
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Calling it the "beginning of the Sweetgrass Revolution", taxation protesters ended their 29-day occupation of the Revenue Canada offices in Toronto on Jan. 13.
The 19 protesters who had remained on the fifth floor of the building claims a victory as they emerged, even though Revenue Minister David Anderson insisted the government will not rescind income tax changes…
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A man found guilty on 12 counts of sex-related offences involving nine Native girls under age 14 was sentenced to five years in prison.
George Zimmerman was married to a dormitory supervisor at the Prince Albert Indian Student Education Centre when the incidents took place between 1976 and 1983.
A jury deliberated for eight-and-a-half hours before finding the 57-…
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A man found guilty on 12 counts of sex-related offences involving nine Native girls under age 14 was sentenced to five years in prison.
George Zimmerman was married to a dormitory supervisor at the Prince Albert Indian Student Education Centre when the incidents took place between 1976 and 1983.
A jury deliberated for eight-and-a-half hours before finding the 57-…
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The only results some land claim negotiations in Ontario produce are more negotiations, charges a report by the Indian Commission of Ontario.
And Aboriginal governments are just as involved in wasting millions of public dollars in the process as are provincial and federal governments, said the report.
The 108-page document blasts officials for spending millions of…
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The only results some land claim negotiations in Ontario produce are more negotiations, charges a report by the Indian Commission of Ontario.
And Aboriginal governments are just as involved in wasting millions of public dollars in the process as are provincial and federal governments, said the report.
The 108-page document blasts officials for spending millions of…
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Northern Quebec is becoming a big new flashpoint in the debate over forestry in this country.
With the Great Whale hydroelectric project on ice for the moment, the Crees of James Bay are focusing renewed attention on what they see as an immediate threat to their way of life - indiscriminate clear-cutting that is permitted under the province's notoriously lax rules for…
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Northern Quebec is becoming a big new flashpoint in the debate over forestry in this country.
With the Great Whale hydroelectric project on ice for the moment, the Crees of James Bay are focusing renewed attention on what they see as an immediate threat to their way of life - indiscriminate clear-cutting that is permitted under the province's notoriously lax rules for…