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I HAVE SPOKEN
I sometimes hear our older people talking about the "good old days." I cannot help but agree that the days gone by were better. People learned living skills by practical experience. Everyone had to work for a living. When I say work, I mean sweating and working physically. People these days say that they are working. I do not agree with that. As a result of…
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I HAVE SPOKEN
I sometimes hear our older people talking about the "good old days." I cannot help but agree that the days gone by were better. People learned living skills by practical experience. Everyone had to work for a living. When I say work, I mean sweating and working physically. People these days say that they are working. I do not agree with that. As a result of…
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Pikiskwe
This past week the first ministers and Native leaders finally reached a constitutional agreement.
It doesn't matter that last week the same leaders were espousing negativity and had reached an impasse on several key issues.
I, for one, can't help but feel that we've all been had, just a little.
Time will tell if that same feeling will…
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The folks blockading Highway 903 in northern Saskatchewan are showing their resolve to stop clear-cut timber harvests goes far beyond the summer months.
With the first chills of autumn and winter in the air, the protesters have announced they will build cabins to carry their demonstration through the winter months. One of their first building projects is a school so that…
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The folks blockading Highway 903 in northern Saskatchewan are showing their resolve to stop clear-cut timber harvests goes far beyond the summer months.
With the first chills of autumn and winter in the air, the protesters have announced they will build cabins to carry their demonstration through the winter months. One of their first building projects is a school so that…
Page 4
The folks blockading Highway 903 in northern Saskatchewan are showing their resolve to stop clear-cut timber harvests goes far beyond the summer months.
With the first chills of autumn and winter in the air, the protesters have announced they will build cabins to carry their demonstration through the winter months. One of their first building projects is a school so that…
Page 4
The folks blockading Highway 903 in northern Saskatchewan are showing their resolve to stop clear-cut timber harvests goes far beyond the summer months.
With the first chills of autumn and winter in the air, the protesters have announced they will build cabins to carry their demonstration through the winter months. One of their first building projects is a school so that…
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It's here. After months of consultations, meetings and negotiations, the leader of four national aboriginal organizations and the provincial premiers have arrived at a self-government deal they are willing to take to the country.
This clearly represents giant strides since the days of the failed Meech Lake accord. Native concerns have moved to the top of the national…
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The 64th Metis Nation of Alberta annual general assembly resolved to support Metis freshwater fishermen seeking to escape control of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation.
Members voted unanimously after a presentation from Robert Ross of Hay River, N.W.T. Ross, chairman of the Great Slave Lake Fish Company L.T.D., is also head of Concerned Fishermen, a group…
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The 64th Metis Nation of Alberta annual general assembly resolved to support Metis freshwater fishermen seeking to escape control of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation.
Members voted unanimously after a presentation from Robert Ross of Hay River, N.W.T. Ross, chairman of the Great Slave Lake Fish Company L.T.D., is also head of Concerned Fishermen, a group…
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The 64th Metis Nation of Alberta annual general assembly resolved to support Metis freshwater fishermen seeking to escape control of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation.
Members voted unanimously after a presentation from Robert Ross of Hay River, N.W.T. Ross, chairman of the Great Slave Lake Fish Company L.T.D., is also head of Concerned Fishermen, a group…
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The 64th Metis Nation of Alberta annual general assembly resolved to support Metis freshwater fishermen seeking to escape control of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation.
Members voted unanimously after a presentation from Robert Ross of Hay River, N.W.T. Ross, chairman of the Great Slave Lake Fish Company L.T.D., is also head of Concerned Fishermen, a group…
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Grande Prairie's Metis Local 1990's work to improve its people's situation is hamstrung by a lack of support from the Metis Nation of Alberta, its president claims.
The local is relying on donations and bingo fund-raisers to carry out vital projects ranging from job programs to building cultural respect through the schools, Local 1990 president Bruce McMahon said.
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Grande Prairie's Metis Local 1990's work to improve its people's situation is hamstrung by a lack of support from the Metis Nation of Alberta, its president claims.
The local is relying on donations and bingo fund-raisers to carry out vital projects ranging from job programs to building cultural respect through the schools, Local 1990 president Bruce McMahon said.
…
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Grande Prairie's Metis Local 1990's work to improve its people's situation is hamstrung by a lack of support from the Metis Nation of Alberta, its president claims.
The local is relying on donations and bingo fund-raisers to carry out vital projects ranging from job programs to building cultural respect through the schools, Local 1990 president Bruce McMahon said.
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