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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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Carney Nerland refused to let a passer-by telephone an ambulance from his Prince Albert gun shop from the Native man shot by the white-power leader, an inquiry heard.
Kim Korroll, who was driving past Nerland's store just after the shooting of Leo Lachance, testified he saw the 48-year-old Cree trapper "go down violently" after being shot through the door.
"He went…
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A sacred bundle will be carried by marathon runners from Edmonton to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1993 to mark the opening of the North American Indigenous Games.
Yes folks, it's official now. The northern Saskatchewan town has been chosen as the site of the second games. Organizers hope to draw more than 3,500 Natives athletes from across the continent.
"We're…
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A sacred bundle will be carried by marathon runners from Edmonton to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1993 to mark the opening of the North American Indigenous Games.
Yes folks, it's official now. The northern Saskatchewan town has been chosen as the site of the second games. Organizers hope to draw more than 3,500 Natives athletes from across the continent.
"We're…
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Runners on an epic relay that will link North and South America next October
in Mexico City have started their journey and will be passing through Alberta over the next two to three weeks.
Ten athletes started the 6,000 kilometre North American leg of the journey marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the west on May 2 in Tok, Alaska.
They…
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Runners on an epic relay that will link North and South America next October
in Mexico City have started their journey and will be passing through Alberta over the next two to three weeks.
Ten athletes started the 6,000 kilometre North American leg of the journey marking the 500th anniversary of Columbus's arrival in the west on May 2 in Tok, Alaska.
They…
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Young, blonde Tanya enters an Edmonton classroom and introduces herself as the new student to the Native teacher.
The teacher directs the girl to take a seat. She approaches one in the front row but one of the students, Dwayne, grabs the chair, jerks his thumb towards the back of the room and says, "Whites sit in the back."
The all-Native class - with the exception…
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Young, blonde Tanya enters an Edmonton classroom and introduces herself as the new student to the Native teacher.
The teacher directs the girl to take a seat. She approaches one in the front row but one of the students, Dwayne, grabs the chair, jerks his thumb towards the back of the room and says, "Whites sit in the back."
The all-Native class - with the exception…
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A $431-million land claim deal in Saskatchewan is almost complete and is now down to a set of federal-provincial negotiations to hammer out a time frame for paying compensation to the bands.
Dan Bellegarde, first vice-chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, said agreement has been reached in almost all major areas of the deal.
And Saskatchewan…
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A $431-million land claim deal in Saskatchewan is almost complete and is now down to a set of federal-provincial negotiations to hammer out a time frame for paying compensation to the bands.
Dan Bellegarde, first vice-chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, said agreement has been reached in almost all major areas of the deal.
And Saskatchewan…
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First Person
Guest Column
When it comes to the environment, I really don't know what the answers are anymore. We hear about the three R's, about the value of composting, bicycling to work instead of driving, etc. I don't know if you're like me or not, but it seems as though the more things get complicated, the less I want to hear about it!
In my opinion, it's…
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First Person
Guest Column
When it comes to the environment, I really don't know what the answers are anymore. We hear about the three R's, about the value of composting, bicycling to work instead of driving, etc. I don't know if you're like me or not, but it seems as though the more things get complicated, the less I want to hear about it!
In my opinion, it's…
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What's Happening?
Hobbema - We would like to send our best wishes to Arnold Lewis for his services on
the Samson band council for 25 years. He has held the position as councillor for 13 consecutive two-year terms since 1967, when he was first elected.
On the afternoon of May 8, he was given an outdoor barbeque to honor the special event and his service to…
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What's Happening?
Hobbema - We would like to send our best wishes to Arnold Lewis for his services on
the Samson band council for 25 years. He has held the position as councillor for 13 consecutive two-year terms since 1967, when he was first elected.
On the afternoon of May 8, he was given an outdoor barbeque to honor the special event and his service to…
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Guest Column
Is there a backlash to requests by aboriginal leaders during this current round of Constitutional discussions? Some national columnists may have you believe so.
Montreal columnist William Johnson described a report written by the Assembly of First Nations as mythical-thinking, Utopian, and unrealistic and the Native contributors as being paeans to the…
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Button, button. Who's got the button?
New Democrat John McInnis came out this week with details of a long-awaited federal environmental review of the Oldman River dam project. And McInnis says he thinks the province has a copy of the report but is holding back on releasing details until
it can write a response.
Over at Alberta Environment, the minister's…