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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 trial of a Lubicon band member accused of fire-bombing logging equipment more than two years ago is finally underway.
Reinie Jobin's jury trial on arson and mischief charges began Feb. 16 in provincial court in Edmonton. Jobin was charged after a fire in November, 1990 did an estimated $25,000 damage to a logging camp at Haig Lake, 350 kilometres north of Edmonton.…
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Tansi, ahnee and hello. I've grown to love the soft light of morning. No wonder, really. Throughout our traditional stories and legends the coming of light represents awareness, enlightenment, knowledge. Maybe it's the vestiges of those teachings that attracts me to this time of day or perhaps it's the freshness and energy that exists here which calls me.
Either way,…
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The term "Indian " was used to describe the Indigenous people that our European discoverers stumbled upon so many years ago. Although incorrect, it was a term that remained as a term of reference for the brown-skinned people who occupied the Americas.
Initially, all "brown-skinned" people were eligible to be included in this designated group. With familiarity and partial…
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The term "Indian " was used to describe the Indigenous people that our European discoverers stumbled upon so many years ago. Although incorrect, it was a term that remained as a term of reference for the brown-skinned people who occupied the Americas.
Initially, all "brown-skinned" people were eligible to be included in this designated group. With familiarity and partial…
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The term "Indian " was used to describe the Indigenous people that our European discoverers stumbled upon so many years ago. Although incorrect, it was a term that remained as a term of reference for the brown-skinned people who occupied the Americas.
Initially, all "brown-skinned" people were eligible to be included in this designated group. With familiarity and partial…
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The term "Indian " was used to describe the Indigenous people that our European discoverers stumbled upon so many years ago. Although incorrect, it was a term that remained as a term of reference for the brown-skinned people who occupied the Americas.
Initially, all "brown-skinned" people were eligible to be included in this designated group. With familiarity and partial…
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The disappearance of a few hundred thousand fish in the Fraser River last fall has stirred up more than just concern for the future of a natural resource. It has polarized much of the Canadian fisheries industry over the rights of Natives to harvest food fish alongside commercial, non-Native fisheries.
And it has reignited tempers on both sides of the issue of Native…
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The disappearance of a few hundred thousand fish in the Fraser River last fall has stirred up more than just concern for the future of a natural resource. It has polarized much of the Canadian fisheries industry over the rights of Natives to harvest food fish alongside commercial, non-Native fisheries.
And it has reignited tempers on both sides of the issue of Native…
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The disappearance of a few hundred thousand fish in the Fraser River last fall has stirred up more than just concern for the future of a natural resource. It has polarized much of the Canadian fisheries industry over the rights of Natives to harvest food fish alongside commercial, non-Native fisheries.
And it has reignited tempers on both sides of the issue of Native…
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The disappearance of a few hundred thousand fish in the Fraser River last fall has stirred up more than just concern for the future of a natural resource. It has polarized much of the Canadian fisheries industry over the rights of Natives to harvest food fish alongside commercial, non-Native fisheries.
And it has reignited tempers on both sides of the issue of Native…
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Negotiations over a comprehensive land claim settlement in the Northwest Territories have ended despite Native concerns that the deal was not everything they wanted.
The agreement reached between the Sahtu Dene and Metis and federal negotiators Jan. 10 provides land, economic benefits and resource management rights but ignores the issue of self-government.
"We didn…
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Negotiations over a comprehensive land claim settlement in the Northwest Territories have ended despite Native concerns that the deal was not everything they wanted.
The agreement reached between the Sahtu Dene and Metis and federal negotiators Jan. 10 provides land, economic benefits and resource management rights but ignores the issue of self-government.
"We didn…
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Negotiations over a comprehensive land claim settlement in the Northwest Territories have ended despite Native concerns that the deal was not everything they wanted.
The agreement reached between the Sahtu Dene and Metis and federal negotiators Jan. 10 provides land, economic benefits and resource management rights but ignores the issue of self-government.
"We didn…
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Negotiations over a comprehensive land claim settlement in the Northwest Territories have ended despite Native concerns that the deal was not everything they wanted.
The agreement reached between the Sahtu Dene and Metis and federal negotiators Jan. 10 provides land, economic benefits and resource management rights but ignores the issue of self-government.
"We didn…
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A federal committee has been established to investigate sexual abuse problems in this Native community after repeated pleas for help from the band's chief and council.
A spokesman for Indian Affairs Minister Tom Siddon said the minister wants to meet Chief Angus Starr to discuss the problem, which Starr blames partially on a severe housing shortage on the reserve.
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