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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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The problems for Native people are much the same on both sides of the Canadian-United States border, according to Patrick Spotted Wolf, a Cheyenne-Arapahoe dancer.
Spotted Wolf, who is semi-retired, travels the powwow circuit with his wife Sandra, daughter and grandchildren each year. This year they went from their Oklahoma home throughout the northwestern states in B.C…
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The problems for Native people are much the same on both sides of the Canadian-United States border, according to Patrick Spotted Wolf, a Cheyenne-Arapahoe dancer.
Spotted Wolf, who is semi-retired, travels the powwow circuit with his wife Sandra, daughter and grandchildren each year. This year they went from their Oklahoma home throughout the northwestern states in B.C…
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It may not be 1993 or even 1994, but a group of volunteers in British Columbia are hoping to see a declaration of the international year of the elder in the not-too-distant future.
"Indigenous elders speak from the heart," said Karie Garnier, who is co-ordinating the campaign through a volunteer organization called Our Elders Speak Wisdom Society.
"There is a need…
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It may not be 1993 or even 1994, but a group of volunteers in British Columbia are hoping to see a declaration of the international year of the elder in the not-too-distant future.
"Indigenous elders speak from the heart," said Karie Garnier, who is co-ordinating the campaign through a volunteer organization called Our Elders Speak Wisdom Society.
"There is a need…
Page 14
It may not be 1993 or even 1994, but a group of volunteers in British Columbia are hoping to see a declaration of the international year of the elder in the not-too-distant future.
"Indigenous elders speak from the heart," said Karie Garnier, who is co-ordinating the campaign through a volunteer organization called Our Elders Speak Wisdom Society.
"There is a need…
Page 14
It may not be 1993 or even 1994, but a group of volunteers in British Columbia are hoping to see a declaration of the international year of the elder in the not-too-distant future.
"Indigenous elders speak from the heart," said Karie Garnier, who is co-ordinating the campaign through a volunteer organization called Our Elders Speak Wisdom Society.
"There is a need…
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Canadian Indian artist Gerald McMaster uses humor and irony to address the dischotomy of the stereotypes of cowboys and Indians.
His exhibition, The Cowboy/Indian Show, runs at the Calgary Glenbow Museum until Oct. 17.
When McMaster first started working on the concept three years ago, he saw it as an opportunity to visibly question stereotypes. He saw how the "…
Page 13
Canadian Indian artist Gerald McMaster uses humor and irony to address the dischotomy of the stereotypes of cowboys and Indians.
His exhibition, The Cowboy/Indian Show, runs at the Calgary Glenbow Museum until Oct. 17.
When McMaster first started working on the concept three years ago, he saw it as an opportunity to visibly question stereotypes. He saw how the "…
Page 13
Canadian Indian artist Gerald McMaster uses humor and irony to address the dischotomy of the stereotypes of cowboys and Indians.
His exhibition, The Cowboy/Indian Show, runs at the Calgary Glenbow Museum until Oct. 17.
When McMaster first started working on the concept three years ago, he saw it as an opportunity to visibly question stereotypes. He saw how the "…
Page 13
Canadian Indian artist Gerald McMaster uses humor and irony to address the dischotomy of the stereotypes of cowboys and Indians.
His exhibition, The Cowboy/Indian Show, runs at the Calgary Glenbow Museum until Oct. 17.
When McMaster first started working on the concept three years ago, he saw it as an opportunity to visibly question stereotypes. He saw how the "…
Page 10
When Canada celebrated its 100th birthday, politics to Helen Gladue simply
meant keeping harmony among her six school-age children on Alberta's Enoch reserve.
But two years later that changed when Pierre Trudeau's new government recommended Indians be assimilated into white society with the universally despised White Paper on Indian Policy.
In keeping with…
Page 10
When Canada celebrated its 100th birthday, politics to Helen Gladue simply
meant keeping harmony among her six school-age children on Alberta's Enoch reserve.
But two years later that changed when Pierre Trudeau's new government recommended Indians be assimilated into white society with the universally despised White Paper on Indian Policy.
In keeping with…
Page 10
When Canada celebrated its 100th birthday, politics to Helen Gladue simply
meant keeping harmony among her six school-age children on Alberta's Enoch reserve.
But two years later that changed when Pierre Trudeau's new government recommended Indians be assimilated into white society with the universally despised White Paper on Indian Policy.
In keeping with…
Page 10
When Canada celebrated its 100th birthday, politics to Helen Gladue simply
meant keeping harmony among her six school-age children on Alberta's Enoch reserve.
But two years later that changed when Pierre Trudeau's new government recommended Indians be assimilated into white society with the universally despised White Paper on Indian Policy.
In keeping with…
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To head off the growing number of youth suicides and crimes attributed to alcohol and drug abuse at the Louis Bull Reserve, education officials there are planning an exercise they hope will put a little fear in their children's hearts.
It worked so well last school season, they intend on making it a regular practice.
"It's had a real impact so far," notes reserve…