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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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Native leaders will be invited to the next round of constitutional negotiations involving Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa, who has raised concerns over the latest
self-government package.
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney made the announcement last week, putting to
rest fears that Native organizations would be left out of the final process.
The question…
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Native leaders will be invited to the next round of constitutional negotiations involving Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa, who has raised concerns over the latest
self-government package.
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney made the announcement last week, putting to
rest fears that Native organizations would be left out of the final process.
The question…
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A dispute over gas drilling on a sacred mountain is pushing the boundaries of archeological studies that determine whether areas should be protected for their historical significance.
"The kind of uses people had for that area isn't well protected in legislation," said anthropologist Doug Hudson, who is helping Chetwynd-area bands with historical and cultural studies of…
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A dispute over gas drilling on a sacred mountain is pushing the boundaries of archeological studies that determine whether areas should be protected for their historical significance.
"The kind of uses people had for that area isn't well protected in legislation," said anthropologist Doug Hudson, who is helping Chetwynd-area bands with historical and cultural studies of…
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A dispute over gas drilling on a sacred mountain is pushing the boundaries of archeological studies that determine whether areas should be protected for their historical significance.
"The kind of uses people had for that area isn't well protected in legislation," said anthropologist Doug Hudson, who is helping Chetwynd-area bands with historical and cultural studies of…
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A dispute over gas drilling on a sacred mountain is pushing the boundaries of archeological studies that determine whether areas should be protected for their historical significance.
"The kind of uses people had for that area isn't well protected in legislation," said anthropologist Doug Hudson, who is helping Chetwynd-area bands with historical and cultural studies of…
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Yellowknife RCMP searched a northern Native newspaper and seized photographs to use in a criminal investigation against striking workers at a gold mine.
"In principle I don't think we should become an investigative arm for the RCMP," said Lee Selleck, managing editor of the Press Independent, who took photographs at a scuffle between strikers and police in the Giant mind…
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Yellowknife RCMP searched a northern Native newspaper and seized photographs to use in a criminal investigation against striking workers at a gold mine.
"In principle I don't think we should become an investigative arm for the RCMP," said Lee Selleck, managing editor of the Press Independent, who took photographs at a scuffle between strikers and police in the Giant mind…
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Yellowknife RCMP searched a northern Native newspaper and seized photographs to use in a criminal investigation against striking workers at a gold mine.
"In principle I don't think we should become an investigative arm for the RCMP," said Lee Selleck, managing editor of the Press Independent, who took photographs at a scuffle between strikers and police in the Giant mind…
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Yellowknife RCMP searched a northern Native newspaper and seized photographs to use in a criminal investigation against striking workers at a gold mine.
"In principle I don't think we should become an investigative arm for the RCMP," said Lee Selleck, managing editor of the Press Independent, who took photographs at a scuffle between strikers and police in the Giant mind…
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About three years ago, social services managers in Bonnyville, Alta., implemented a new program to help keep families together when the department was on the brink of removing children.
The project chugged along quietly winning enthusiastic endorsements from social service workers in the community 160 km northeast of Edmonton and attracting interest from other agencies.…
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About three years ago, social services managers in Bonnyville, Alta., implemented a new program to help keep families together when the department was on the brink of removing children.
The project chugged along quietly winning enthusiastic endorsements from social service workers in the community 160 km northeast of Edmonton and attracting interest from other agencies.…
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About three years ago, social services managers in Bonnyville, Alta., implemented a new program to help keep families together when the department was on the brink of removing children.
The project chugged along quietly winning enthusiastic endorsements from social service workers in the community 160 km northeast of Edmonton and attracting interest from other agencies.…
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About three years ago, social services managers in Bonnyville, Alta., implemented a new program to help keep families together when the department was on the brink of removing children.
The project chugged along quietly winning enthusiastic endorsements from social service workers in the community 160 km northeast of Edmonton and attracting interest from other agencies.…
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Ottawa's latest offer in the 50-year-old Lubicon land settlement dispute contains "little that's new," says Bernard Ominayak, chief of the 500-member northern Alberta band.
In a nine-page letter to Indian Affairs Tom Siddon, Ominayak flatly rejected the July 24 offer, which Ottawa estimates could be worth up to $73 million.
"These numbers don't add up to the claimed…