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  • Laura Langstaff, Windspeaker Correspondent

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Native women are still at the bottom of the totem pole, a Native leader told an International Women's Day (IWD) workshop.

"Native women are pressured from all sides -- from Greenpeace lobbying against a way of life, by governments withholding dollars and tightening welfare policies and in terms of jobs," said Doris Ronnenburg.

She called on governments in Canada to…

  • Laura Langstaff, Windspeaker Correspondent

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Native women are still at the bottom of the totem pole, a Native leader told an International Women's Day (IWD) workshop.

"Native women are pressured from all sides -- from Greenpeace lobbying against a way of life, by governments withholding dollars and tightening welfare policies and in terms of jobs," said Doris Ronnenburg.

She called on governments in Canada to…

  • Laura Langstaff, Windspeaker Correspondent

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Native women are still at the bottom of the totem pole, a Native leader told an International Women's Day (IWD) workshop.

"Native women are pressured from all sides -- from Greenpeace lobbying against a way of life, by governments withholding dollars and tightening welfare policies and in terms of jobs," said Doris Ronnenburg.

She called on governments in Canada to…

  • Laura Langstaff, Windspeaker Correspondent

Page 2

Native women are still at the bottom of the totem pole, a Native leader told an International Women's Day (IWD) workshop.

"Native women are pressured from all sides -- from Greenpeace lobbying against a way of life, by governments withholding dollars and tightening welfare policies and in terms of jobs," said Doris Ronnenburg.

She called on governments in Canada to…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Calgary

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Chances are Rodney Pelletier will never hug his two young daughters again.

But at the moment three-year-old Amber and two-year-old Jheri are just about the only bright spots in an otherwise dreary landscape.

"Sometimes I feel that's the only thing I'm living for," says 21-year-old Rodney, and Eden Valley resident, who is trapped in a hospital bed on the 11th floor…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Calgary

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Chances are Rodney Pelletier will never hug his two young daughters again.

But at the moment three-year-old Amber and two-year-old Jheri are just about the only bright spots in an otherwise dreary landscape.

"Sometimes I feel that's the only thing I'm living for," says 21-year-old Rodney, and Eden Valley resident, who is trapped in a hospital bed on the 11th floor…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Calgary

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Chances are Rodney Pelletier will never hug his two young daughters again.

But at the moment three-year-old Amber and two-year-old Jheri are just about the only bright spots in an otherwise dreary landscape.

"Sometimes I feel that's the only thing I'm living for," says 21-year-old Rodney, and Eden Valley resident, who is trapped in a hospital bed on the 11th floor…

  • Dana Wagg, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Calgary

Page 1

Chances are Rodney Pelletier will never hug his two young daughters again.

But at the moment three-year-old Amber and two-year-old Jheri are just about the only bright spots in an otherwise dreary landscape.

"Sometimes I feel that's the only thing I'm living for," says 21-year-old Rodney, and Eden Valley resident, who is trapped in a hospital bed on the 11th floor…

  • Windspeaker Staff Writers, Edmonton

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Money provided by the province to the MAA to help pay for programs for the average Metis person in Alberta is being drawn off to help cover substantial pay raises for its leading officials, charges the New Democrats Native Affairs critic.

Bob Hawkesworth has also lashed out at the provincial government for letting the Metis Association of Alberta divert provincial money to…

  • Windspeaker Staff Writers, Edmonton

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Money provided by the province to the MAA to help pay for programs for the average Metis person in Alberta is being drawn off to help cover substantial pay raises for its leading officials, charges the New Democrats Native Affairs critic.

Bob Hawkesworth has also lashed out at the provincial government for letting the Metis Association of Alberta divert provincial money to…

  • Windspeaker Staff Writers, Edmonton

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Money provided by the province to the MAA to help pay for programs for the average Metis person in Alberta is being drawn off to help cover substantial pay raises for its leading officials, charges the New Democrats Native Affairs critic.

Bob Hawkesworth has also lashed out at the provincial government for letting the Metis Association of Alberta divert provincial money to…

  • Windspeaker Staff Writers, Edmonton

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Money provided by the province to the MAA to help pay for programs for the average Metis person in Alberta is being drawn off to help cover substantial pay raises for its leading officials, charges the New Democrats Native Affairs critic.

Bob Hawkesworth has also lashed out at the provincial government for letting the Metis Association of Alberta divert provincial money to…

  • Wayne Courchene, Windspeaker Correspondent, Gleichen Alta.

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A sense of celebration, pageantry and pride filled the ceremony that marked the official transfer of control of the education program in Siksika Nation Indian Reserve from the Department of Indian Affairs.

The ceremony also highlighted the re-opening of Crowfoot School after a recent $2.5 million of renovations.

Over 150 people arrived in the newly-renovated…

  • Josie Auger, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Grande Prairie, Alta.

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Grande Prairie Natives have the chance for the first time to learn a favorite Indian summer pastime.

They're being taught powwow dance at the city's friendship center by Saskatchewan Native Celina Vandale.

"I teach boys and girls traditional and fancy dancing. Everyone learns to grass dance. Each person works to develop individual style. I choose to see what dance…

  • Josie Auger, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Grande Prairie, Alta.

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Grande Prairie Natives have the chance for the first time to learn a favorite Indian summer pastime.

They're being taught powwow dance at the city's friendship center by Saskatchewan Native Celina Vandale.

"I teach boys and girls traditional and fancy dancing. Everyone learns to grass dance. Each person works to develop individual style. I choose to see what dance…