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This week as I prepared myself for the Sun Dance, I had mixed emotions about going. On one hand, I was so excited - as I usually am - to participate, to join with the Elders and other dancers to celebrate, honor, and pay respect to the Creator, Mother Earth, and all our relations.
On the other hand, I was saddened because I know there are many less fortunate individuals…
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This week as I prepared myself for the Sun Dance, I had mixed emotions about going. On one hand, I was so excited - as I usually am - to participate, to join with the Elders and other dancers to celebrate, honor, and pay respect to the Creator, Mother Earth, and all our relations.
On the other hand, I was saddened because I know there are many less fortunate individuals…
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To review the stack of case historiesWindspeaker has acquired, documenting the stories of men and women who endured the abuse and despair offered up by residential schools aross the nation, is a mind-numbing experience.
The reasonable person cannot fully comprehend the depth of mankind's penchant for perversion, because it knows no bounds.
The question is not Did…
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To review the stack of case historiesWindspeaker has acquired, documenting the stories of men and women who endured the abuse and despair offered up by residential schools aross the nation, is a mind-numbing experience.
The reasonable person cannot fully comprehend the depth of mankind's penchant for perversion, because it knows no bounds.
The question is not Did…
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A Parti Quebecois candidate believe Native cultures have nothing to teach modern society.
In a film documentary to be seen this fall, PQ hopeful Richard Le Hir, former president of the Quebec Manufacturers Association, said if it could be demonstrated to him Native culture is superior in any way, then there would be something to learn from Aboriginal society.
"I…
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A Parti Quebecois candidate believe Native cultures have nothing to teach modern society.
In a film documentary to be seen this fall, PQ hopeful Richard Le Hir, former president of the Quebec Manufacturers Association, said if it could be demonstrated to him Native culture is superior in any way, then there would be something to learn from Aboriginal society.
"I…
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A total of 130 deficiencies have been identified in a review of a Department of National Defence study on military flight training in eastern Quebec and Labrador.
The technical review, commissioned by the Innu Nation, Conseil Des Atikamekw et des Montagnais, and Naskapi Band of Quebec was released July 28. It critiques the Department of National Defence's environmental…
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A total of 130 deficiencies have been identified in a review of a Department of National Defence study on military flight training in eastern Quebec and Labrador.
The technical review, commissioned by the Innu Nation, Conseil Des Atikamekw et des Montagnais, and Naskapi Band of Quebec was released July 28. It critiques the Department of National Defence's environmental…
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Canada's north is now a little cleaner. The environmental reclamation of a Defense Early Warning Line site at Horton River, between the Tuktoyaktuk and Paulatuk on the Arctic Ocean, will wind down this month.
The clean-up project was awarded to the Inuvialuit Development Corporation at Inuvik, N.W.T. The corporation received more than $1 million from Indian and Northern…
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Canada's north is now a little cleaner. The environmental reclamation of a Defense Early Warning Line site at Horton River, between the Tuktoyaktuk and Paulatuk on the Arctic Ocean, will wind down this month.
The clean-up project was awarded to the Inuvialuit Development Corporation at Inuvik, N.W.T. The corporation received more than $1 million from Indian and Northern…
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The traditional Metis language of Michif is on the verge of extinction.
This unique and little known language is now under study by the Metis National Council which wants to reverse the pattern of assimilation by developing an action plan for Michif's survival.
Guy Freedman, director of special projects fort he MNC, heads the study with the help of Canada's…
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The traditional Metis language of Michif is on the verge of extinction.
This unique and little known language is now under study by the Metis National Council which wants to reverse the pattern of assimilation by developing an action plan for Michif's survival.
Guy Freedman, director of special projects fort he MNC, heads the study with the help of Canada's…
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A civil suit claiming damages of $350,000 has been launched against the Metis Nation of Alberta Association, senate of the MNAA and numerous individuals associated with the MNAA.
Member James Penton, along with eight MNAA societies, began the suit by filing a statement of claim in Court of Queen's Bench July 29.
Penton and his fellow plaintiffs want the defendants…
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A civil suit claiming damages of $350,000 has been launched against the Metis Nation of Alberta Association, senate of the MNAA and numerous individuals associated with the MNAA.
Member James Penton, along with eight MNAA societies, began the suit by filing a statement of claim in Court of Queen's Bench July 29.
Penton and his fellow plaintiffs want the defendants…
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The International Retailers Association of British Columbia has dealt another blow to the province's planned Tobacco Marking Program, resulting in an indefinite postpone-ment of the program's effective date.
The association has been fighting the marking program since April because it is considered racist. The province intended to mark all tobacco packages with the…