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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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Vancouver Island carver and painter Charles Elliott began his career as an artist when he was a child, carving miniature canoes for his friends and family.
Now he is as well known in his Tsartslip Reserve community as he is on the mainland. His work includes several notable totem poles, including one at the University
of Victoria's Elliott Building depicting the…
Page 10
She was to become the greatest connection I ever had to my Blackfoot ancestors, to my grandmother, my great-grandmother.
On a cold foggy morning I went to interview Beatrice Poor Eagle, whose Blackfoot name translated means "at home stay women." She is an 80-year-old Elder from the Siksika Nation near Calgary.
Poor Eagle greeted my mother, Audrey Crane, with a warm…
Page 10
She was to become the greatest connection I ever had to my Blackfoot ancestors, to my grandmother, my great-grandmother.
On a cold foggy morning I went to interview Beatrice Poor Eagle, whose Blackfoot name translated means "at home stay women." She is an 80-year-old Elder from the Siksika Nation near Calgary.
Poor Eagle greeted my mother, Audrey Crane, with a warm…
Page 10
She was to become the greatest connection I ever had to my Blackfoot ancestors, to my grandmother, my great-grandmother.
On a cold foggy morning I went to interview Beatrice Poor Eagle, whose Blackfoot name translated means "at home stay women." She is an 80-year-old Elder from the Siksika Nation near Calgary.
Poor Eagle greeted my mother, Audrey Crane, with a warm…
Page 10
She was to become the greatest connection I ever had to my Blackfoot ancestors, to my grandmother, my great-grandmother.
On a cold foggy morning I went to interview Beatrice Poor Eagle, whose Blackfoot name translated means "at home stay women." She is an 80-year-old Elder from the Siksika Nation near Calgary.
Poor Eagle greeted my mother, Audrey Crane, with a warm…
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The economic reality for the Lake Manitoba Band is bleak and all too familiar:
95 per cent unemployment, heavy reliance on welfare, substandard living conditions and no resources.
Prospects for the 1,000 band members are as dismal as the flat and rock-studded fields that yield few opportunities for farming or livestock. The only harvest in the area, about…
Pages 8 and 9
The economic reality for the Lake Manitoba Band is bleak and all too familiar:
95 per cent unemployment, heavy reliance on welfare, substandard living conditions and no resources.
Prospects for the 1,000 band members are as dismal as the flat and rock-studded fields that yield few opportunities for farming or livestock. The only harvest in the area, about…
Pages 8 and 9
The economic reality for the Lake Manitoba Band is bleak and all too familiar:
95 per cent unemployment, heavy reliance on welfare, substandard living conditions and no resources.
Prospects for the 1,000 band members are as dismal as the flat and rock-studded fields that yield few opportunities for farming or livestock. The only harvest in the area, about…
Pages 8 and 9
The economic reality for the Lake Manitoba Band is bleak and all too familiar:
95 per cent unemployment, heavy reliance on welfare, substandard living conditions and no resources.
Prospects for the 1,000 band members are as dismal as the flat and rock-studded fields that yield few opportunities for farming or livestock. The only harvest in the area, about…
Page 5
Tansi, ahnee and hello. When I was a boy the world was a place of voices. Long before my history became cemented with images and faces there was sound. In the early 1960s my world was a purely sonic place and the voices I recall so fondly at 37 resonate as clearly now as they did back then.
There were, of course, the Beatles. Curt Gowdy and Pee Wee Reese calling baseball,…
Page 5
Tansi, ahnee and hello. When I was a boy the world was a place of voices. Long before my history became cemented with images and faces there was sound. In the early 1960s my world was a purely sonic place and the voices I recall so fondly at 37 resonate as clearly now as they did back then.
There were, of course, the Beatles. Curt Gowdy and Pee Wee Reese calling baseball,…
Page 5
Tansi, ahnee and hello. When I was a boy the world was a place of voices. Long before my history became cemented with images and faces there was sound. In the early 1960s my world was a purely sonic place and the voices I recall so fondly at 37 resonate as clearly now as they did back then.
There were, of course, the Beatles. Curt Gowdy and Pee Wee Reese calling baseball,…
Page 5
Tansi, ahnee and hello. When I was a boy the world was a place of voices. Long before my history became cemented with images and faces there was sound. In the early 1960s my world was a purely sonic place and the voices I recall so fondly at 37 resonate as clearly now as they did back then.
There were, of course, the Beatles. Curt Gowdy and Pee Wee Reese calling baseball,…
Page 4
Pikiskwe
Picture this: You arrive at the only house within your price range that could adequately house five kids. Moments before, on the telephone, the landlord said the house was still available. The landlord takes one look at you and says the place has been taken.
If Community Development Minister Dianne Mirosh successfully implements her plans, the scenario just…
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Pikiskwe
Picture this: You arrive at the only house within your price range that could adequately house five kids. Moments before, on the telephone, the landlord said the house was still available. The landlord takes one look at you and says the place has been taken.
If Community Development Minister Dianne Mirosh successfully implements her plans, the scenario just…