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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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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…
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What was to be an historic celebration turned into an angry confrontation on the Blood Reserve. On Monday, March 8, a small group of protesters set up a highway blockade that kept Chief Harley Frank, Elders from the Buffalo Women's Society and two truckloads of bison from entering the reserve for almost two hours.
The drama actually began about a year ago, when Frank was…
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What was to be an historic celebration turned into an angry confrontation on the Blood Reserve. On Monday, March 8, a small group of protesters set up a highway blockade that kept Chief Harley Frank, Elders from the Buffalo Women's Society and two truckloads of bison from entering the reserve for almost two hours.
The drama actually began about a year ago, when Frank was…
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What was to be an historic celebration turned into an angry confrontation on the Blood Reserve. On Monday, March 8, a small group of protesters set up a highway blockade that kept Chief Harley Frank, Elders from the Buffalo Women's Society and two truckloads of bison from entering the reserve for almost two hours.
The drama actually began about a year ago, when Frank was…
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What was to be an historic celebration turned into an angry confrontation on the Blood Reserve. On Monday, March 8, a small group of protesters set up a highway blockade that kept Chief Harley Frank, Elders from the Buffalo Women's Society and two truckloads of bison from entering the reserve for almost two hours.
The drama actually began about a year ago, when Frank was…
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A petition by a former RCMP officer to have a B.C. judicial inquiry declared invalid was dismissed last month by the province's Supreme Court.
The petition by Jim Greyeyes to halt the Williams Lake judicial inquiry into the abusive treatment of Natives by the justice system was dismissed by Supreme Court
Chief Justice William Esson.
Esson ruled there was not…
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A petition by a former RCMP officer to have a B.C. judicial inquiry declared invalid was dismissed last month by the province's Supreme Court.
The petition by Jim Greyeyes to halt the Williams Lake judicial inquiry into the abusive treatment of Natives by the justice system was dismissed by Supreme Court
Chief Justice William Esson.
Esson ruled there was not…
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A petition by a former RCMP officer to have a B.C. judicial inquiry declared invalid was dismissed last month by the province's Supreme Court.
The petition by Jim Greyeyes to halt the Williams Lake judicial inquiry into the abusive treatment of Natives by the justice system was dismissed by Supreme Court
Chief Justice William Esson.
Esson ruled there was not…
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A petition by a former RCMP officer to have a B.C. judicial inquiry declared invalid was dismissed last month by the province's Supreme Court.
The petition by Jim Greyeyes to halt the Williams Lake judicial inquiry into the abusive treatment of Natives by the justice system was dismissed by Supreme Court
Chief Justice William Esson.
Esson ruled there was not…
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The first in a series of 13 trials for the Lubicon band members charged with fire-bombing a logging camp has been declared a mistrial.
Justice J. McFadyen discharged the 10 women and two men March 8 after ruling that certain evidence heard in the trial of Reinie Jobin was inadmissible.
McFadyen said the evidence in question, police transcripts from two separate…
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The first in a series of 13 trials for the Lubicon band members charged with fire-bombing a logging camp has been declared a mistrial.
Justice J. McFadyen discharged the 10 women and two men March 8 after ruling that certain evidence heard in the trial of Reinie Jobin was inadmissible.
McFadyen said the evidence in question, police transcripts from two separate…
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The first in a series of 13 trials for the Lubicon band members charged with fire-bombing a logging camp has been declared a mistrial.
Justice J. McFadyen discharged the 10 women and two men March 8 after ruling that certain evidence heard in the trial of Reinie Jobin was inadmissible.
McFadyen said the evidence in question, police transcripts from two separate…
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The first in a series of 13 trials for the Lubicon band members charged with fire-bombing a logging camp has been declared a mistrial.
Justice J. McFadyen discharged the 10 women and two men March 8 after ruling that certain evidence heard in the trial of Reinie Jobin was inadmissible.
McFadyen said the evidence in question, police transcripts from two separate…
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The federal government confirmed late last month that it has slashed funding for Native economic development.
The government spending estimates announced in the House of Commons Feb. 26 confirmed details of the 10-per-cent budget cuts to Native programs promised in Finance Minister Don Mazankowski's December mini-budget.
The estimate confirmed:
- Friendship…