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  • Doug Johnson, Windspeaker Correspondent, Ottawa

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MP Ethel Blondin-Andrew was appointed Secretary of State for youth and training in Prime Minister Jean Chretien's new government Nov. 4.

Some Native leaders had hoped the Dene from the Northwest Territories would be appointed to head the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Ovide Mercredi has expressed…

  • Doug Johnson, Windspeaker Correspondent, Ottawa

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MP Ethel Blondin-Andrew was appointed Secretary of State for youth and training in Prime Minister Jean Chretien's new government Nov. 4.

Some Native leaders had hoped the Dene from the Northwest Territories would be appointed to head the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Ovide Mercredi has expressed…

  • Doug Johnson, Windspeaker Correspondent, Ottawa

Page 2

MP Ethel Blondin-Andrew was appointed Secretary of State for youth and training in Prime Minister Jean Chretien's new government Nov. 4.

Some Native leaders had hoped the Dene from the Northwest Territories would be appointed to head the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Grand Chief of the Assembly of First Nations Ovide Mercredi has expressed…

  • Julie Vanderven, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

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While residential schools undeniably contributed to the social problems of Native people, the negative impact is perhaps being exaggerated in some cases, said a high-ranking Catholic official.

To simply suggest Native problems were caused by residential schools seems to be denied by the facts, Vancouver Archbishop Adam Exner told the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples…

  • Julie Vanderven, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

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While residential schools undeniably contributed to the social problems of Native people, the negative impact is perhaps being exaggerated in some cases, said a high-ranking Catholic official.

To simply suggest Native problems were caused by residential schools seems to be denied by the facts, Vancouver Archbishop Adam Exner told the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples…

  • Julie Vanderven, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

Page 1

While residential schools undeniably contributed to the social problems of Native people, the negative impact is perhaps being exaggerated in some cases, said a high-ranking Catholic official.

To simply suggest Native problems were caused by residential schools seems to be denied by the facts, Vancouver Archbishop Adam Exner told the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples…

  • Julie Vanderven, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

Page 1

While residential schools undeniably contributed to the social problems of Native people, the negative impact is perhaps being exaggerated in some cases, said a high-ranking Catholic official.

To simply suggest Native problems were caused by residential schools seems to be denied by the facts, Vancouver Archbishop Adam Exner told the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples…

  • D.B. Smith and Doug Johnson, Windspeaker Staff Writers, Ottawa

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Ottawa will be ready to implement every Native program outlined in the Liberal campaign policy guide if the money exists to do so, the newly appointed Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development said.

"It's fairly extensive," said Ron Irwin. "Everything from post-secondary education, the Aboriginal claims, Jean (Chretien) wants them done with dignity and he wants…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Calgary

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Celebrating 1993, the International Year of he World's Indigenous People, Calgary's Glenbow Museum offers a series of lectures and one field trip that explore a variety of attitudes, perspectives, and issues involving Canada's Indigenous Peoples.

The lectures look at contemporary issues of concern to Natives, such as politics, cultural survival, and ownership of cultural…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Calgary

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Celebrating 1993, the International Year of he World's Indigenous People, Calgary's Glenbow Museum offers a series of lectures and one field trip that explore a variety of attitudes, perspectives, and issues involving Canada's Indigenous Peoples.

The lectures look at contemporary issues of concern to Natives, such as politics, cultural survival, and ownership of cultural…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Calgary

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Celebrating 1993, the International Year of he World's Indigenous People, Calgary's Glenbow Museum offers a series of lectures and one field trip that explore a variety of attitudes, perspectives, and issues involving Canada's Indigenous Peoples.

The lectures look at contemporary issues of concern to Natives, such as politics, cultural survival, and ownership of cultural…

  • Windspeaker Staff, Calgary

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Celebrating 1993, the International Year of he World's Indigenous People, Calgary's Glenbow Museum offers a series of lectures and one field trip that explore a variety of attitudes, perspectives, and issues involving Canada's Indigenous Peoples.

The lectures look at contemporary issues of concern to Natives, such as politics, cultural survival, and ownership of cultural…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Honouring Our Voices is the Native Counselling Services of Alberta's newest offering in the organization's on-going educational program against violence. It was released in conjunction with A Family Affair, a report on family violence.

The 34-minute video offers personal glimpses of six women who suffered abuse, and how they gained personal strength to overcome it. Their…

  • Windspeaker Staff

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Honouring Our Voices is the Native Counselling Services of Alberta's newest offering in the organization's on-going educational program against violence. It was released in conjunction with A Family Affair, a report on family violence.

The 34-minute video offers personal glimpses of six women who suffered abuse, and how they gained personal strength to overcome it. Their…

  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 12

Honouring Our Voices is the Native Counselling Services of Alberta's newest offering in the organization's on-going educational program against violence. It was released in conjunction with A Family Affair, a report on family violence.

The 34-minute video offers personal glimpses of six women who suffered abuse, and how they gained personal strength to overcome it. Their…