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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 federal government has announced a commitment to ensuring healthier, more productive lives for Canadian children. Called Bright Futures, it is a series of steps aimed at achieving a better tomorrow for the nation's youth.
And that commitment extends to Native and Inuit children, as long as the Native children live on reserves.
Some $160 million of a total $500…
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A memorial fund is being established by the Aboriginal Student Council at the University of Alberta for Lorraine Courtrille, a young Metis leader who died in a recent car accident.
Founders hope to collect $10,000 which would generate enough interest to award one scholarship per year, said Cora Voyageur, a graduate student and chairperson of the committee established to…
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A memorial fund is being established by the Aboriginal Student Council at the University of Alberta for Lorraine Courtrille, a young Metis leader who died in a recent car accident.
Founders hope to collect $10,000 which would generate enough interest to award one scholarship per year, said Cora Voyageur, a graduate student and chairperson of the committee established to…
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Treaty Indians who paid income tax on unemployment insurance benefits after 1985 could be entitled to refunds under a new Supreme Court of Canada ruling.
In a unanimous decision, the seven judges in Canada's top court ruled Native people should not have to pay tax on their benefits if the original work was done on reserve land.
Government officials have not said how…
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Treaty Indians who paid income tax on unemployment insurance benefits after 1985 could be entitled to refunds under a new Supreme Court of Canada ruling.
In a unanimous decision, the seven judges in Canada's top court ruled Native people should not have to pay tax on their benefits if the original work was done on reserve land.
Government officials have not said how…
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For the first time in band history, Sturgeon Lake has elected a woman to be their chief.
Darlene Desjarlais received 126 votes to defeat former chief Ron Sunshine and five others vying for the position. Desjarlais is believed to be only the third woman in Alberta to become chief of a band.
Her election was not without controversy. About 160 people attended a protest…
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For the first time in band history, Sturgeon Lake has elected a woman to be their chief.
Darlene Desjarlais received 126 votes to defeat former chief Ron Sunshine and five others vying for the position. Desjarlais is believed to be only the third woman in Alberta to become chief of a band.
Her election was not without controversy. About 160 people attended a protest…
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The land is the culture. That's the message behind Fred Fraser's symbolic land claim here in the foothills outside Calgary.
Fraser's been here in a make-shift cabin since last July. As head of a group called the Sarcee Bill C-32 Indian Band, he's hoping to force the government to deal with the rights of Bill C-31 people - people Fraser says the government created and is…
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The land is the culture. That's the message behind Fred Fraser's symbolic land claim here in the foothills outside Calgary.
Fraser's been here in a make-shift cabin since last July. As head of a group called the Sarcee Bill C-32 Indian Band, he's hoping to force the government to deal with the rights of Bill C-31 people - people Fraser says the government created and is…
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The Native Women's Association came out swinging against the report of the Assembly of First Nations' Circle on the Constitution, saying it is not a true reflection
of the Native community's grassroots.
In an association media release, circle commissioner Sharon McIvor slams To the Source for misrepresenting community attitudes towards Quebec, the treaties and the…
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The Native Women's Association came out swinging against the report of the Assembly of First Nations' Circle on the Constitution, saying it is not a true reflection
of the Native community's grassroots.
In an association media release, circle commissioner Sharon McIvor slams To the Source for misrepresenting community attitudes towards Quebec, the treaties and the…
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The creation of an Inuit homeland in the eastern Arctic is a step closer to reality after 54 per cent of voters approved a boundary to divide the Northwest Territories.
The east saw a record 73 per cent of voters turned out. They supported a boundary for a third Canadian territory to be called Nunavut, meaning "our land" in Inuktitut, by a nine-to-one margin.
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The creation of an Inuit homeland in the eastern Arctic is a step closer to reality after 54 per cent of voters approved a boundary to divide the Northwest Territories.
The east saw a record 73 per cent of voters turned out. They supported a boundary for a third Canadian territory to be called Nunavut, meaning "our land" in Inuktitut, by a nine-to-one margin.
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It could happen in Atlanta in 1996: Native athletes from across America competing in the world's largest sporting event as their own team.
That's the dream of Matt Spencer, a former sportswriter from Bedford, Mass., who set up an organization called Union with Native Athletes from across the U.S. to achieve the goal.
"A symbolic Olympic nation would be a great…
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It could happen in Atlanta in 1996: Native athletes from across America competing in the world's largest sporting event as their own team.
That's the dream of Matt Spencer, a former sportswriter from Bedford, Mass., who set up an organization called Union with Native Athletes from across the U.S. to achieve the goal.
"A symbolic Olympic nation would be a great…