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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
  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 16

Sharing heritage and inspiration is what the International Native Arts Festival is

all about.

This year's events are planned for August 15-23 in Calgary, Alberta. Native artists, including painters, carvers, sculptors, photographers and jewelers, authors and performers will gather to show their wares and share their talents.

Visitors can try everything from…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 16

Sharing heritage and inspiration is what the International Native Arts Festival is

all about.

This year's events are planned for August 15-23 in Calgary, Alberta. Native artists, including painters, carvers, sculptors, photographers and jewelers, authors and performers will gather to show their wares and share their talents.

Visitors can try everything from…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Linda Caldwell, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 16

The works of an Alberta husband-and-wife team dominate a recently published collection of creative writings.

Ruth Mustus, from the Alexis Reserve 89 km northwest of Edmonton, has seven

of her written works in the book while her husband's art graces the cover.

Mustus and Glen Nipshank, a Cree from Slave Lake, are both students at the Institute of American…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Linda Caldwell, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 16

The works of an Alberta husband-and-wife team dominate a recently published collection of creative writings.

Ruth Mustus, from the Alexis Reserve 89 km northwest of Edmonton, has seven

of her written works in the book while her husband's art graces the cover.

Mustus and Glen Nipshank, a Cree from Slave Lake, are both students at the Institute of American…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Linda Caldwell, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 16

The works of an Alberta husband-and-wife team dominate a recently published collection of creative writings.

Ruth Mustus, from the Alexis Reserve 89 km northwest of Edmonton, has seven

of her written works in the book while her husband's art graces the cover.

Mustus and Glen Nipshank, a Cree from Slave Lake, are both students at the Institute of American…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Linda Caldwell, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Edmonton

Page 16

The works of an Alberta husband-and-wife team dominate a recently published collection of creative writings.

Ruth Mustus, from the Alexis Reserve 89 km northwest of Edmonton, has seven

of her written works in the book while her husband's art graces the cover.

Mustus and Glen Nipshank, a Cree from Slave Lake, are both students at the Institute of American…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Sharon Smith, Windspeaker Contributor, Edmonton

Page 13

More than 3,000 aboriginal people met recently in St. Albert for the international conference Healing Our Spirit Worldwide. They came from all over the globe to share their pain and successes in the struggle to free Native peoples of the devastating effects of alcohol and drug addictions.

Delegates represented many aboriginal cultures, including Sammi from Norway, Maori…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Sharon Smith, Windspeaker Contributor, Edmonton

Page 13

More than 3,000 aboriginal people met recently in St. Albert for the international conference Healing Our Spirit Worldwide. They came from all over the globe to share their pain and successes in the struggle to free Native peoples of the devastating effects of alcohol and drug addictions.

Delegates represented many aboriginal cultures, including Sammi from Norway, Maori…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Sharon Smith, Windspeaker Contributor, Edmonton

Page 13

More than 3,000 aboriginal people met recently in St. Albert for the international conference Healing Our Spirit Worldwide. They came from all over the globe to share their pain and successes in the struggle to free Native peoples of the devastating effects of alcohol and drug addictions.

Delegates represented many aboriginal cultures, including Sammi from Norway, Maori…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Sharon Smith, Windspeaker Contributor, Edmonton

Page 13

More than 3,000 aboriginal people met recently in St. Albert for the international conference Healing Our Spirit Worldwide. They came from all over the globe to share their pain and successes in the struggle to free Native peoples of the devastating effects of alcohol and drug addictions.

Delegates represented many aboriginal cultures, including Sammi from Norway, Maori…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 9

More than 30 members of a small Algonquin band in northern Quebec have been charged with a string of sexual and physical abuses on about 50 of the band's women and children.

And the number of accused men from the 300-member Grand Lac Victoria band could reach 40 when provincial police conclude their investigation, said spokesman Ghislan Blanchet.

The charges include…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 9

More than 30 members of a small Algonquin band in northern Quebec have been charged with a string of sexual and physical abuses on about 50 of the band's women and children.

And the number of accused men from the 300-member Grand Lac Victoria band could reach 40 when provincial police conclude their investigation, said spokesman Ghislan Blanchet.

The charges include…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 9

More than 30 members of a small Algonquin band in northern Quebec have been charged with a string of sexual and physical abuses on about 50 of the band's women and children.

And the number of accused men from the 300-member Grand Lac Victoria band could reach 40 when provincial police conclude their investigation, said spokesman Ghislan Blanchet.

The charges include…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 9

More than 30 members of a small Algonquin band in northern Quebec have been charged with a string of sexual and physical abuses on about 50 of the band's women and children.

And the number of accused men from the 300-member Grand Lac Victoria band could reach 40 when provincial police conclude their investigation, said spokesman Ghislan Blanchet.

The charges include…

  • October 20, 2001
  • Windspeaker Staff

Page 9

The Siksika Nation will take over most of the reserve's policing in September with the completion of a three-way agreement for local police services.

And the newly expanded Siksika Nation Police Force is scheduled to take control of police duties in 1994.

"The Siksika Nation welcomed the prospect of First Nations officers policing First Nations communities. That…