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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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Windspeaker Ontario
The 31st annual Little NHL Hockey Tournament is being hosted by the Fort William First Nation in the Thunder Bay area on March 10 to 14. This is the largest Native hockey tournament for youth in Ontario and is one of the longest running in Canada. This year marks the first time that the tournament will be held so far north. For the past six out of eight…
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Windspeaker Ontario
"A big blanket of silence hid the atrocities that went on behind the walls of the residential schools," according to Aboriginal therapist Dennis Windego. "And some of us are still stuck in the memories, still helpless, still victims, still brainwashed."
Windego, founder of the Aboriginal Peoples Training Programs in Timmins, Ont., was a principal…
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Windspeaer Ontario
First Nations communities involved in the energy sector, or wanting to learn more about opportunities to get involved, should mark Feb. 27 and 28 on their calendars.
Those are the dates for this year's First Nations Energy Conference, to be held at the International Plaza Hotel in Toronto. The theme of the third annual conference is "Making it…
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Windspeaker Ontario
February 6 marks the twenty-seventh year of Leonard Peltier's imprisonment term. He was convicted in the shooting deaths of two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.
Peltier, along with citizens groups across the continent, have steadfastly maintained his innocence and on Dec. 5, 2001, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL)…
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Windspeaker Ontario
When Sandra Juutilainen travels to Rome this spring, she'll be seeing the Colisseum, the Piazza Venezia, the Roman Forum, and the Vatican. But she probably won't have time to stop and enjoy the view.
Those are just some of the sights to see along the course of this year's Rome marathon, which Juutilainen will be competing in to raise money for…
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Windspeaker Ontario
Prime Minister Jean Chretien named Rama First Nations own James Bartleman as Ontario's twenty-seventh Lieutenant Governor on Jan. 10.
In his new capacity as the Queen's representative in Ontario, Bartleman replaces Hilary Weston, who was appointed to the post five years ago and whose term has expired.
Bartleman, the father of three, was…
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Applications are now being accepted for a new $5,000 grant being awarded to help fund cultural projects created by First Nations youth in Montreal.
The grant is a joint initiative by Land InSights-organizers of Montreal's annual First Peoples' Festival-and the Mayor's Foundation for Youth.
Land InSights was founded in 1990, and works to promote Aboriginal culture…
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Lynda Cockerill, a family court worker with Native Counselling Services of Alberta, is one of 10 domestic violence workers recently chosen to be a recipient of one the first Jerry P. Selinger awards.
The awards, named for Calgary's former chief crown prosecutor who passed away in May 2000, are administered by Homefront, a Calgary agency working to prevent domestic…
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If you're an Aboriginal women considering a career in the trades, the Secwepemc Cultural Education Society has a program designed for you.
The Aboriginal Women in the Trades (AWIT) course is offered as part of the society's Aboriginal Apprenticeship and Industry Training programming, (AAIT), aimed at increasing the number of Aboriginal people in the trades and technology…
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Funding from a utility corporation is helping the Peigan Nation tackle the problem of illiteracy both in the school and in the community.
Last November, the Peigan School Committee received $15,000 from UtiliCorp to purchase the literacy program that their Napi Playground Elementary School had been borrowing for five years, and to hire a co-ordinator.
Being able to…
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Promoting and supporting Aboriginal partnerships with non-Aboriginal firms is just one of the goals of Aboriginal Business Development Online, the Ontario government's Web site dedicated to helping to strengthen Aboriginal economies across the province.
The site, located at www.…
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Since its first foray into the world of business more than a decade ago, partnerships have played a major role in Meadow Lake Tribal Council's economic development initiatives.
Its first major business venture was the purchase of a 40 per cent interest in NorSask Forest Products, a stud mill located near Meadow Lake.
"We bought into it with the employees who were…
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Growth, innovation and prosperity are goals shared by virtually all Canadian companies, and provincial governments across the country are increasingly recognizing the importance of Aboriginal businesses and putting forth programs to foster their success is these areas.
The Ontario government, through its extensive 'Building Aboriginal Economies' strategy, is at the…
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A number of treatment programs have found a new home in the Somba Kei Healing Lodge. The Grollier Hall Residential School Treatment Program is just one. It provides a safe environment for people who are addressing issues that stem from residential schools.
"Eight beds are set aside for both men or women who are interested in taking the 40-day Residential School
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A father and son team of traditional healers appeared in the Superior Court of Justice in Gore Bay, Ont., Jan. 24 to request permission to go home. Juan and Edgar Uyunkar have been detained on Manitoulin Island since their arrest on Nov. 24. The two practitioners of Indigenous medicine have been charged, along with their interpreter, with a series of offences that could lead to…