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Windspeaker Publication

Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 15

All sides have to change the way they look at things if treaty talks are to accelerate to an acceptable pace.

That's the message that emerged after two days of high level discussion about ideas that might be able to drive treaty negotiations towards reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous interests in Canada and around the world.

The Indigenous Bar…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 15

All sides have to change the way they look at things if treaty talks are to accelerate to an acceptable pace.

That's the message that emerged after two days of high level discussion about ideas that might be able to drive treaty negotiations towards reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous interests in Canada and around the world.

The Indigenous Bar…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 15

All sides have to change the way they look at things if treaty talks are to accelerate to an acceptable pace.

That's the message that emerged after two days of high level discussion about ideas that might be able to drive treaty negotiations towards reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous interests in Canada and around the world.

The Indigenous Bar…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 15

All sides have to change the way they look at things if treaty talks are to accelerate to an acceptable pace.

That's the message that emerged after two days of high level discussion about ideas that might be able to drive treaty negotiations towards reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous interests in Canada and around the world.

The Indigenous Bar…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley , Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 14

The Member of Parliament for Churchill River (Saskatchewan) conducted a workshop during the Indigenous Bar Association's annual meeting to pitch an unusual idea and ask Aboriginal lawyers if they could help him make it work.

Rick Laliberte wants to create a formal place for Indigenous leaders within the federal system. He first floated the idea in a speech in the House of…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley , Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 14

The Member of Parliament for Churchill River (Saskatchewan) conducted a workshop during the Indigenous Bar Association's annual meeting to pitch an unusual idea and ask Aboriginal lawyers if they could help him make it work.

Rick Laliberte wants to create a formal place for Indigenous leaders within the federal system. He first floated the idea in a speech in the House of…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley , Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 14

The Member of Parliament for Churchill River (Saskatchewan) conducted a workshop during the Indigenous Bar Association's annual meeting to pitch an unusual idea and ask Aboriginal lawyers if they could help him make it work.

Rick Laliberte wants to create a formal place for Indigenous leaders within the federal system. He first floated the idea in a speech in the House of…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley , Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 14

The Member of Parliament for Churchill River (Saskatchewan) conducted a workshop during the Indigenous Bar Association's annual meeting to pitch an unusual idea and ask Aboriginal lawyers if they could help him make it work.

Rick Laliberte wants to create a formal place for Indigenous leaders within the federal system. He first floated the idea in a speech in the House of…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 14

A veteran supporter of the rights of Indigenous peoples at the international level told the Indigenous Bar Association's (IBA) annual meeting in Vancouver that Indigenous representatives are so frustrated with the lack of progress on international recognition of their rights that they are seriously considering abandoning the process.

The chair of the UN working group on…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 14

A veteran supporter of the rights of Indigenous peoples at the international level told the Indigenous Bar Association's (IBA) annual meeting in Vancouver that Indigenous representatives are so frustrated with the lack of progress on international recognition of their rights that they are seriously considering abandoning the process.

The chair of the UN working group on…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 14

A veteran supporter of the rights of Indigenous peoples at the international level told the Indigenous Bar Association's (IBA) annual meeting in Vancouver that Indigenous representatives are so frustrated with the lack of progress on international recognition of their rights that they are seriously considering abandoning the process.

The chair of the UN working group on…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 14

A veteran supporter of the rights of Indigenous peoples at the international level told the Indigenous Bar Association's (IBA) annual meeting in Vancouver that Indigenous representatives are so frustrated with the lack of progress on international recognition of their rights that they are seriously considering abandoning the process.

The chair of the UN working group on…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 13

Canada's Comprehensive Claims Policy is out of date and ignores the last 15 years of the law's evolution, so say members of the Indigenous Bar Association (IBA), who stated it as a fact in a public forum on Oct. 19 during the IBA's annual meeting.

Dave Nahwegahbow, succeeded this year as IBA president by Metis lawyer Mark Stevenson, then went further and said he believes…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 13

Canada's Comprehensive Claims Policy is out of date and ignores the last 15 years of the law's evolution, so say members of the Indigenous Bar Association (IBA), who stated it as a fact in a public forum on Oct. 19 during the IBA's annual meeting.

Dave Nahwegahbow, succeeded this year as IBA president by Metis lawyer Mark Stevenson, then went further and said he believes…

  • October 26, 2001
  • Paul Barnsley, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Vancouver

Page 13

Canada's Comprehensive Claims Policy is out of date and ignores the last 15 years of the law's evolution, so say members of the Indigenous Bar Association (IBA), who stated it as a fact in a public forum on Oct. 19 during the IBA's annual meeting.

Dave Nahwegahbow, succeeded this year as IBA president by Metis lawyer Mark Stevenson, then went further and said he believes…