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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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Indian programs unveiled
OCO '88 is seeking $1.25 million from Native and government agencies to enable Native participation in the Calgary Winter Olympic Games.
During an open board meeting Friday April 24, an Indian events program was unveiled. OCO '88 will be contributing $250,000 toward the event and the remainder will be sought from other sources.
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I want to pay some well-deserved recognition this week to a few people in the world of Native affairs. Some of the recognition is a pat-on-the-back and some it's a kick-in-the-pants, metaphorically speaking, of course.
First, three cheers to Peter Desbarats, David Crombie and Bill McKnight. Desbarats is the Dean of the School of Journalism at the University of Western…
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If the Canadian government returns the death penalty in this country, there is a very distinct possibility that Native people would be those most likely to be executed in disproportionate numbers says a recently completed study.
The study which was conducted by Economics Professor Kenneth Avio of the University of Victoria maintains that this potential is larger than life…
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Francis Jebeaux, an 82-year-old resident of the Kehewin Reserve, was an eligible bachelor until he shared his vows of matrimony with his love of seven years, Georgina Seawaposum, of the Whitefish Lake Band in Saskatchewan on April 25.
In a reception held in Kehewin Church hall, Francis' nephew Norbert Jebeaux expressed his happiness for the couple and explained to the…
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Cartoon centre of controversy
A city committee chairman has accused the Calgary Herald of inciting violence against the Lubicon Lake band and any Indian person attempting to blockade the Olympic torch relay.
Andrew Bear Robe, a Blackfoot band member, and chairman of the city's Native Urban Affairs Committee charges that the Herald's depiction of Indian people in…
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Cartoon centre of controversy
A city committee chairman has accused the Calgary Herald of inciting violence against the Lubicon Lake band and any Indian person attempting to blockade the Olympic torch relay.
Andrew Bear Robe, a Blackfoot band member, and chairman of the city's Native Urban Affairs Committee charges that the Herald's depiction of Indian people in…
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This week we begin a three part series linking Canada with the Sioux Lakota Nation in northern United States. To Native people, the boarder between the United States and Canada was artificial and Indians travelled across without notice. The settling of the West created two nations, yet to the Indians the border was not a barrier.
This series covers several "border…
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Acclaimed as the father of contemporary Canadian Native art, the works of Ojibway Indian artist Norval Morrisseau are currently being featured as a one man show in Edmonton until May 2.
For Morrisseau who was bestowed the Order of Canada for his contributions to the art scene, this is his third appearance within 16 months in Edmonton at the Manulife Building. The…
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Encompassing nearly 75,000 acres of arable Alberta flatland, the 6,000 plus members of the Four Bnads of Hobbema dwell in relative harmony.
The fertile land is, in most cases, suitable for agricultural crops including wheat, oats, barley and canola.
Oil boons have also figured in the financial independence of the Four Bands.
Annual royalties, paid out…
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At 39 years of age, Cardinal is finally gaining long sought recognition and acceptance in his chosen field of endeavor. A Metis and self-taught artist from the small community of Fishing Lake, Cardinal has no regrets for not having completed his high school education. After all, and more importantly he is doing what he likes best to do. In pursuing a vocation in art, he has…
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Guest Editorial
Newspapers, magazines and other like print material are instruments designed to create an awareness and understanding of what happens in the world around us and to impart such information to the public.
No informational tract, however, can operate in isolation and each has a duty to its readership. That role cannot be accommodated when the self-…
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The Peigan Nation will go to the polls again for the fourth time on April 21 to determine whether the $2.5 million settlement reached in 1981 over a 1909 land claim be distributed among band members.
Albert Yellow Horn Sr., Peigan band councillor and well-known land claims researcher, said the Band Cuoncil is recommending to its membership that they accept the out of court…
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In the summer of 1984 AMMSA conducted a community survey in virtually every Native community in northern Alberta. The purpose of the survey was to generate the opinions of Native people as to what kinds of interests and preferences they might have in terms of radio, television and newspaper programs and information.
During the month of May, AMMSA will conduct a follow-up…
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If you want an example of some people who are fighting the good fight just look at what's going on in Big Trout Lake. Two years ago Big Trout Lake was like a lot of other Indian villages ? it had an alcohol problem. It doesn't have one now ? at least it's not as big as it used to be ? but the band has other problems because of the fight it's putting up to beat the bottle.
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Window Rock, Arizona
The Navajo Times Today was the eyes and ears for 192,000 Navajos scattered across a 65,000-square-kilometre reservation and in the cities across the country, former editors say.
But in the view of tribal chairman Peter MacDonald, The Navajo Times was a meddlesome newspaper that too often was critical of tribal government and had drained more…