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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 20, 2001
  • Richard Wagamese, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 5

Tansi, ahnee and hello.

It's the choices we make in life and the way we react to the consequences of those choices that determines the extent of our happiness. Learning that has taken the better part of these soon-to-be 37 years I've spent in this reality.

Indeed, it's been the way I've reacted to things that's charted my course. Never

the consummate…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Richard Wagamese, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 5

Tansi, ahnee and hello.

It's the choices we make in life and the way we react to the consequences of those choices that determines the extent of our happiness. Learning that has taken the better part of these soon-to-be 37 years I've spent in this reality.

Indeed, it's been the way I've reacted to things that's charted my course. Never

the consummate…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Richard Wagamese, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 5

Tansi, ahnee and hello.

It's the choices we make in life and the way we react to the consequences of those choices that determines the extent of our happiness. Learning that has taken the better part of these soon-to-be 37 years I've spent in this reality.

Indeed, it's been the way I've reacted to things that's charted my course. Never

the consummate…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Connie Buffalo, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 4

Pikiskwe

For the aboriginal people of the Americas, 500 years is just a heartbeat in our lifetime. Our history began thousands of years before the sadist Christopher Columbus stumbled upon our shores.

Our ancestors hunted the Mastodon and traversed the glaciers to settle at the southern most tip of South America and all places in between. Before Columbus arrived,…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Connie Buffalo, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 4

Pikiskwe

For the aboriginal people of the Americas, 500 years is just a heartbeat in our lifetime. Our history began thousands of years before the sadist Christopher Columbus stumbled upon our shores.

Our ancestors hunted the Mastodon and traversed the glaciers to settle at the southern most tip of South America and all places in between. Before Columbus arrived,…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Connie Buffalo, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 4

Pikiskwe

For the aboriginal people of the Americas, 500 years is just a heartbeat in our lifetime. Our history began thousands of years before the sadist Christopher Columbus stumbled upon our shores.

Our ancestors hunted the Mastodon and traversed the glaciers to settle at the southern most tip of South America and all places in between. Before Columbus arrived,…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Connie Buffalo, Windspeaker Columnist

Page 4

Pikiskwe

For the aboriginal people of the Americas, 500 years is just a heartbeat in our lifetime. Our history began thousands of years before the sadist Christopher Columbus stumbled upon our shores.

Our ancestors hunted the Mastodon and traversed the glaciers to settle at the southern most tip of South America and all places in between. Before Columbus arrived,…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 4

On Oct. 26 we'll all be asked to put a mark next to a word, either yes or no. There won't be a maybe. There won't be the option to say we'd like to think about things a little longer.

And Prime Minister Brian Mulroney assures us we face economic chaos and other disasters if we do not ratify the Charlottetown accord right away. It gets very confusing very quickly.

  • October 20, 2001
  • Carol McDowell, Windspeaker Contributor, CALGARY

Page 3

Natives who cast their votes from urban areas in the Oct. 26 referendum will

not be counted separately like the votes of those in aboriginal communities and reserves, Elections Canada announced recently.

That decision has left urban Natives wondering if the self-governing status promised in the agreement has been breached before the vote even takes place.

  • October 20, 2001
  • Carol McDowell, Windspeaker Contributor, CALGARY

Page 3

Natives who cast their votes from urban areas in the Oct. 26 referendum will

not be counted separately like the votes of those in aboriginal communities and reserves, Elections Canada announced recently.

That decision has left urban Natives wondering if the self-governing status promised in the agreement has been breached before the vote even takes place.

  • October 20, 2001
  • Carol McDowell, Windspeaker Contributor, CALGARY

Page 3

Natives who cast their votes from urban areas in the Oct. 26 referendum will

not be counted separately like the votes of those in aboriginal communities and reserves, Elections Canada announced recently.

That decision has left urban Natives wondering if the self-governing status promised in the agreement has been breached before the vote even takes place.

  • October 20, 2001
  • Carol McDowell, Windspeaker Contributor, CALGARY

Page 3

Natives who cast their votes from urban areas in the Oct. 26 referendum will

not be counted separately like the votes of those in aboriginal communities and reserves, Elections Canada announced recently.

That decision has left urban Natives wondering if the self-governing status promised in the agreement has been breached before the vote even takes place.

  • October 20, 2001
  • Cooper Langford, Windspeaker Staff Writer, WINNIPEG

Page 3

There's no telling which way First Nation opinion in Manitoha will blow when the winds of the national referendum sweep Canada Oct. 26, community leaders say.

Although the province's First Nations are treaty bands in general, there has not been a flat rejection of the constitutional process.

That does not mean the deal stands unopposed. There are concerns it may…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Cooper Langford, Windspeaker Staff Writer, WINNIPEG

Page 3

There's no telling which way First Nation opinion in Manitoha will blow when the winds of the national referendum sweep Canada Oct. 26, community leaders say.

Although the province's First Nations are treaty bands in general, there has not been a flat rejection of the constitutional process.

That does not mean the deal stands unopposed. There are concerns it may…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Cooper Langford, Windspeaker Staff Writer, WINNIPEG

Page 3

There's no telling which way First Nation opinion in Manitoha will blow when the winds of the national referendum sweep Canada Oct. 26, community leaders say.

Although the province's First Nations are treaty bands in general, there has not been a flat rejection of the constitutional process.

That does not mean the deal stands unopposed. There are concerns it may…