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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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A $65 million-dollar tourist development slated for the Rocky Mountain House area won't be welcomed by the Indian band which has unsettled treaty land claims nearby.
"We are opposed to any development in the area until our claim is settled," said Chief John Snow of the Goodstoney Blackfoot in Morley. The Morley band have unsettled land claims and treaty settled spiritual…
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A $65 million-dollar tourist development slated for the Rocky Mountain House area won't be welcomed by the Indian band which has unsettled treaty land claims nearby.
"We are opposed to any development in the area until our claim is settled," said Chief John Snow of the Goodstoney Blackfoot in Morley. The Morley band have unsettled land claims and treaty settled spiritual…
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Indian Affairs minister Tom Siddon announced a new $160 million dollar program May 5 targeting Native child welfare.
The program which will be community-based and controlled, will be restricted to status Indians on reserve and Inuit communities.
Monies for the five-year project will be divided into $65 million for "culturally sensitive" mental health programs…
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Indian Affairs minister Tom Siddon announced a new $160 million dollar program May 5 targeting Native child welfare.
The program which will be community-based and controlled, will be restricted to status Indians on reserve and Inuit communities.
Monies for the five-year project will be divided into $65 million for "culturally sensitive" mental health programs…
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Alberta's junior provincial boxing team cleaned up at the national finals in Ontario, bringing home a heavy cluster of medals and the overall team trophy.
"I thought I was going to have to hire a brink's guard to bring those precious medals back from the tournament," said Dennis Belair Jr., the Alberta Boxing Association's technical director
Out of 15 medal fights…
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Alberta's junior provincial boxing team cleaned up at the national finals in Ontario, bringing home a heavy cluster of medals and the overall team trophy.
"I thought I was going to have to hire a brink's guard to bring those precious medals back from the tournament," said Dennis Belair Jr., the Alberta Boxing Association's technical director
Out of 15 medal fights…
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Fifteen-year-old Junior Louis was the first to win a national title for the Samson Cree Nation Boxing Club at Hobbema.
"Junior's got a great future in boxing," said Stan Crane, the club's general manager and coach. "He used to be a slugger to start with but he realizes now he has to acquire those boxing skills to get to the top."
Junior started boxing three years…
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Fifteen-year-old Junior Louis was the first to win a national title for the Samson Cree Nation Boxing Club at Hobbema.
"Junior's got a great future in boxing," said Stan Crane, the club's general manager and coach. "He used to be a slugger to start with but he realizes now he has to acquire those boxing skills to get to the top."
Junior started boxing three years…
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Battered women seeking shelter often have to go far from home to find it. For women in the Wabasca area, that means being sent as far away as Edmonton, Grande Prairie or Peace River.
But this summer, Wabasca's Bigstone Band, about 150 km north of Slave Lake,
is due to open an emergency shelter for women. The second of its kind in the province, it will offer an on-…
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Battered women seeking shelter often have to go far from home to find it. For women in the Wabasca area, that means being sent as far away as Edmonton, Grande Prairie or Peace River.
But this summer, Wabasca's Bigstone Band, about 150 km north of Slave Lake,
is due to open an emergency shelter for women. The second of its kind in the province, it will offer an on-…
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On January 13, 1992, I got off a large, orange DC-3 aircraft and set foot in Old Crow, Yukon Territory. Friends thought I was nuts wanting to spend my vacation in a place where normal food consists of dried Caribou meat and bannock instead of icy drinks and coconuts, but I had another purpose in mind.
With populations in more temperate regions undecided in how the economy…
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On January 13, 1992, I got off a large, orange DC-3 aircraft and set foot in Old Crow, Yukon Territory. Friends thought I was nuts wanting to spend my vacation in a place where normal food consists of dried Caribou meat and bannock instead of icy drinks and coconuts, but I had another purpose in mind.
With populations in more temperate regions undecided in how the economy…
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If Dirk Vermeulen has his way, syllabic language users may soon be able to communicate via computer, no mater what language they're using.
He's chairman of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Encoding Committee. He began working to standardize syllabic languages in 1985 when he realized there was a need for different aboriginal cultures to communicate electronically.
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If Dirk Vermeulen has his way, syllabic language users may soon be able to communicate via computer, no mater what language they're using.
He's chairman of the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics Encoding Committee. He began working to standardize syllabic languages in 1985 when he realized there was a need for different aboriginal cultures to communicate electronically.
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The University of Lethbridge Centre for Aboriginal Management has been authorized to proceed with a program to train students as senior administrators and museum curators.
The Peigan Nation intends to fund up to 24 students in the next year.
Reg Crowshoe, general project manager for the Peigan Nation Red Book Project, said the Peigan Nation is still seeking…