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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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FIRST PERSON
Another adventure has begun!
Very little time is given to me to write to you, so I will simply write how I feel and what has happened in the past few days.
From Western Canada, point yourself to the southwest, take a deep breath, and take a giant quantum leap in space and time. Go past the Cook Islands and straight on until you see what looks…
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Tansi, ahnee and hello. And there are times when the words we are given resurface much later and surprise us with their elegance. The trickster holds them in his hands for years and then tosses them out again in a burst of irony that rankles sometimes but teachers nonetheless.
When I was a boy I was given words that set me up for a lifetime of frustration.
In the…
Page 5
Tansi, ahnee and hello. And there are times when the words we are given resurface much later and surprise us with their elegance. The trickster holds them in his hands for years and then tosses them out again in a burst of irony that rankles sometimes but teachers nonetheless.
When I was a boy I was given words that set me up for a lifetime of frustration.
In the…
Page 5
Tansi, ahnee and hello. And there are times when the words we are given resurface much later and surprise us with their elegance. The trickster holds them in his hands for years and then tosses them out again in a burst of irony that rankles sometimes but teachers nonetheless.
When I was a boy I was given words that set me up for a lifetime of frustration.
In the…
Page 5
Tansi, ahnee and hello. And there are times when the words we are given resurface much later and surprise us with their elegance. The trickster holds them in his hands for years and then tosses them out again in a burst of irony that rankles sometimes but teachers nonetheless.
When I was a boy I was given words that set me up for a lifetime of frustration.
In the…
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In the maze of ethnic and cultural diversity called Canada, there is a group of people whose history and identification is unlike any other cultural group.
The Canadian Indian, or as we prefer to be addressed, the First Nations, is a group that has been disposed, relocated, ignored, pacified and again re-located. Throughout history the transitions of our people have been…
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In the maze of ethnic and cultural diversity called Canada, there is a group of people whose history and identification is unlike any other cultural group.
The Canadian Indian, or as we prefer to be addressed, the First Nations, is a group that has been disposed, relocated, ignored, pacified and again re-located. Throughout history the transitions of our people have been…
Page 4
In the maze of ethnic and cultural diversity called Canada, there is a group of people whose history and identification is unlike any other cultural group.
The Canadian Indian, or as we prefer to be addressed, the First Nations, is a group that has been disposed, relocated, ignored, pacified and again re-located. Throughout history the transitions of our people have been…
Page 4
In the maze of ethnic and cultural diversity called Canada, there is a group of people whose history and identification is unlike any other cultural group.
The Canadian Indian, or as we prefer to be addressed, the First Nations, is a group that has been disposed, relocated, ignored, pacified and again re-located. Throughout history the transitions of our people have been…
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Money talks. In fact, if often says things that people themselves are reluctant or unable to say.
And during this, the United Nations' International Year of the World's Indigenous People, the dollars and cents being sucked out of Native coffers to be put back into Canada's federal reserves are speaking volumes.
Ottawa appears ready to celebrate the occasion by…
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Money talks. In fact, if often says things that people themselves are reluctant or unable to say.
And during this, the United Nations' International Year of the World's Indigenous People, the dollars and cents being sucked out of Native coffers to be put back into Canada's federal reserves are speaking volumes.
Ottawa appears ready to celebrate the occasion by…
Page 4
Money talks. In fact, if often says things that people themselves are reluctant or unable to say.
And during this, the United Nations' International Year of the World's Indigenous People, the dollars and cents being sucked out of Native coffers to be put back into Canada's federal reserves are speaking volumes.
Ottawa appears ready to celebrate the occasion by…
Page 4
Money talks. In fact, if often says things that people themselves are reluctant or unable to say.
And during this, the United Nations' International Year of the World's Indigenous People, the dollars and cents being sucked out of Native coffers to be put back into Canada's federal reserves are speaking volumes.
Ottawa appears ready to celebrate the occasion by…
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The Royal Commission on Aboriginal People will hold special hearings for the High Arctic Exiles this spring to examine the forced relocation of Inuit families during the 1950s.
"Testimony presented to the commission by relocatees, during hearings in Inukjuak in the spring of 1992, triggered our concerns, commission co-chair Rene Dussault said.
"We are struck by the…
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The Royal Commission on Aboriginal People will hold special hearings for the High Arctic Exiles this spring to examine the forced relocation of Inuit families during the 1950s.
"Testimony presented to the commission by relocatees, during hearings in Inukjuak in the spring of 1992, triggered our concerns, commission co-chair Rene Dussault said.
"We are struck by the…