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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 21, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff, Prince Albert Saskatchewan

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Ironically, two decisions concerning the fate of white supremacist Carney Nerland were both made on the second anniversary of Nerland's shooting of Cree trapper Leo LaChance.

Nerland, currently serving a four-year sentence for manslaughter in Manitoba's Stony Mountain prison, was ordered returned to Saskatchewan to testify at the Hughes Inquiry, which is investigating the…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff, Prince Albert Saskatchewan

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Ironically, two decisions concerning the fate of white supremacist Carney Nerland were both made on the second anniversary of Nerland's shooting of Cree trapper Leo LaChance.

Nerland, currently serving a four-year sentence for manslaughter in Manitoba's Stony Mountain prison, was ordered returned to Saskatchewan to testify at the Hughes Inquiry, which is investigating the…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Dave Hickey, Windspeaker Contributor, Roseau River Manitoba

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A group of women on the Roseau River Reserve says Chief Lawrence Henry is gambling with their safety.

The Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council police were banned from the reserve after helping the RCMP with a recent raid on video lottery terminals. The women say they don't trust the "peacekeepers" Henry has set up to replace the tribal police.

"There are some men within…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Dave Hickey, Windspeaker Contributor, Roseau River Manitoba

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A group of women on the Roseau River Reserve says Chief Lawrence Henry is gambling with their safety.

The Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council police were banned from the reserve after helping the RCMP with a recent raid on video lottery terminals. The women say they don't trust the "peacekeepers" Henry has set up to replace the tribal police.

"There are some men within…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Dave Hickey, Windspeaker Contributor, Roseau River Manitoba

Page 2

A group of women on the Roseau River Reserve says Chief Lawrence Henry is gambling with their safety.

The Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council police were banned from the reserve after helping the RCMP with a recent raid on video lottery terminals. The women say they don't trust the "peacekeepers" Henry has set up to replace the tribal police.

"There are some men within…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Dave Hickey, Windspeaker Contributor, Roseau River Manitoba

Page 2

A group of women on the Roseau River Reserve says Chief Lawrence Henry is gambling with their safety.

The Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council police were banned from the reserve after helping the RCMP with a recent raid on video lottery terminals. The women say they don't trust the "peacekeepers" Henry has set up to replace the tribal police.

"There are some men within…

  • October 21, 2001
  • D. B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Regina

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Native groups in northern Saskatchewan will have a say in how one mining company conducts its business.

A joint federal provincial environment review panel's recommendations to consult northern Native bands and communities over a surface lease agreement was given the green light by Environment and Public Safety Minister Bermy Wiens Feb. 5, after a three-week delay.

  • October 21, 2001
  • D. B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Regina

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Native groups in northern Saskatchewan will have a say in how one mining company conducts its business.

A joint federal provincial environment review panel's recommendations to consult northern Native bands and communities over a surface lease agreement was given the green light by Environment and Public Safety Minister Bermy Wiens Feb. 5, after a three-week delay.

  • October 21, 2001
  • D. B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Regina

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Native groups in northern Saskatchewan will have a say in how one mining company conducts its business.

A joint federal provincial environment review panel's recommendations to consult northern Native bands and communities over a surface lease agreement was given the green light by Environment and Public Safety Minister Bermy Wiens Feb. 5, after a three-week delay.

  • October 21, 2001
  • D. B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Regina

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Native groups in northern Saskatchewan will have a say in how one mining company conducts its business.

A joint federal provincial environment review panel's recommendations to consult northern Native bands and communities over a surface lease agreement was given the green light by Environment and Public Safety Minister Bermy Wiens Feb. 5, after a three-week delay.

  • October 21, 2001
  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Ottawa

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In a sudden about-face, the federal government agreed last week to move the community of Davis Inlet back to the mainland.

Tom Siddon, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, said last Tuesday that he endorsed the Innu's plan to relocate their village in order to save it.

"I recognize that Sango Bay is the preferred location of the Innu," he said. "We…

  • October 21, 2001
  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Ottawa

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In a sudden about-face, the federal government agreed last week to move the community of Davis Inlet back to the mainland.

Tom Siddon, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, said last Tuesday that he endorsed the Innu's plan to relocate their village in order to save it.

"I recognize that Sango Bay is the preferred location of the Innu," he said. "We…

  • October 21, 2001
  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Ottawa

Page 1

In a sudden about-face, the federal government agreed last week to move the community of Davis Inlet back to the mainland.

Tom Siddon, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, said last Tuesday that he endorsed the Innu's plan to relocate their village in order to save it.

"I recognize that Sango Bay is the preferred location of the Innu," he said. "We…

  • October 21, 2001
  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Ottawa

Page 1

In a sudden about-face, the federal government agreed last week to move the community of Davis Inlet back to the mainland.

Tom Siddon, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, said last Tuesday that he endorsed the Innu's plan to relocate their village in order to save it.

"I recognize that Sango Bay is the preferred location of the Innu," he said. "We…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff

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An inquiry into the harvest rights of Sasktchewan Natives in the Northwest Territories was announced recently by the Indian Claims Commission.

The inquiry was requested by the Fond du Lac, Black Lake and Hatchet Lake

First Nations of northern Saskatchewan (the Athaska Denesuline). The claim, which

was rejected by the Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern…