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Windspeaker Publication

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, Ottawa

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The federal court has temporarily rejected claims to oil and gas royalties by a group of 13 women seeking reinstatement in the central Alberta Samson band.

In an interim ruling, Judge James Jerome said he couldn't offer a decision on this aspect of the case without hearing all arguments relating to the women's status with the band under Bill C-31.

"These are issues…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff, Pelican Narrows Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan's Peter Ballantyne band has decided not to join the province's multi-million dollar umbrella land deal even though it is entitled to one of the largest settlements in the package.

Band members narrowly defeated a $62-million offer to buy land and mineral rights in a referendum that would have seen the community join the province-wide agreement.

  • October 21, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff, Pelican Narrows Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan's Peter Ballantyne band has decided not to join the province's multi-million dollar umbrella land deal even though it is entitled to one of the largest settlements in the package.

Band members narrowly defeated a $62-million offer to buy land and mineral rights in a referendum that would have seen the community join the province-wide agreement.

  • October 21, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff, Pelican Narrows Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan's Peter Ballantyne band has decided not to join the province's multi-million dollar umbrella land deal even though it is entitled to one of the largest settlements in the package.

Band members narrowly defeated a $62-million offer to buy land and mineral rights in a referendum that would have seen the community join the province-wide agreement.

  • October 21, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff, Pelican Narrows Saskatchewan

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Saskatchewan's Peter Ballantyne band has decided not to join the province's multi-million dollar umbrella land deal even though it is entitled to one of the largest settlements in the package.

Band members narrowly defeated a $62-million offer to buy land and mineral rights in a referendum that would have seen the community join the province-wide agreement.

  • October 21, 2001
  • Dave Hickey, Windspeaker Contributor, Gambler Reserve Manitoba

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A seven-year-old piece of legislation is behind a bitter feud that has erupted on the tiny Gambler reserve in western Manitoba.

Bill C-31, passed in 1985, allows Native women who lost their status by marrying non-Natives to regain their status. The law applies to their children, as well. But a group of these women trying to rejoin the Gambler band have met with opposition…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Dave Hickey, Windspeaker Contributor, Gambler Reserve Manitoba

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A seven-year-old piece of legislation is behind a bitter feud that has erupted on the tiny Gambler reserve in western Manitoba.

Bill C-31, passed in 1985, allows Native women who lost their status by marrying non-Natives to regain their status. The law applies to their children, as well. But a group of these women trying to rejoin the Gambler band have met with opposition…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Dave Hickey, Windspeaker Contributor, Gambler Reserve Manitoba

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A seven-year-old piece of legislation is behind a bitter feud that has erupted on the tiny Gambler reserve in western Manitoba.

Bill C-31, passed in 1985, allows Native women who lost their status by marrying non-Natives to regain their status. The law applies to their children, as well. But a group of these women trying to rejoin the Gambler band have met with opposition…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Dave Hickey, Windspeaker Contributor, Gambler Reserve Manitoba

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A seven-year-old piece of legislation is behind a bitter feud that has erupted on the tiny Gambler reserve in western Manitoba.

Bill C-31, passed in 1985, allows Native women who lost their status by marrying non-Natives to regain their status. The law applies to their children, as well. But a group of these women trying to rejoin the Gambler band have met with opposition…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

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Some Canadian bands are willing to defy laws to assert their right to run and regulate their own casinos on reserves, aboriginals told a Native gaming conference in Vancouver.

Financially strapped bands say they have to bet their future on gambling because there are no other options.

"There's no resources left - no lumber, no fish - and land claims are still being…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

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Some Canadian bands are willing to defy laws to assert their right to run and regulate their own casinos on reserves, aboriginals told a Native gaming conference in Vancouver.

Financially strapped bands say they have to bet their future on gambling because there are no other options.

"There's no resources left - no lumber, no fish - and land claims are still being…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

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Some Canadian bands are willing to defy laws to assert their right to run and regulate their own casinos on reserves, aboriginals told a Native gaming conference in Vancouver.

Financially strapped bands say they have to bet their future on gambling because there are no other options.

"There's no resources left - no lumber, no fish - and land claims are still being…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

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Some Canadian bands are willing to defy laws to assert their right to run and regulate their own casinos on reserves, aboriginals told a Native gaming conference in Vancouver.

Financially strapped bands say they have to bet their future on gambling because there are no other options.

"There's no resources left - no lumber, no fish - and land claims are still being…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Linda Caldwell, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Canoe Lake Saskatchewan

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Protesters blocking a logging access road north of Meadow Lake have settled in for the winter and are renewing their struggle to halt logging. The Protectors of Mother Earth, whose members are manning the blockade, have filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission against the Saskatchewan government.

The group alleges Minister of Natural Resources Eldon…

  • October 21, 2001
  • Linda Caldwell, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Canoe Lake Saskatchewan

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Protesters blocking a logging access road north of Meadow Lake have settled in for the winter and are renewing their struggle to halt logging. The Protectors of Mother Earth, whose members are manning the blockade, have filed a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission against the Saskatchewan government.

The group alleges Minister of Natural Resources Eldon…