Welcome to AMMSA.COM, the news archive website for our family of Indigenous news publications.
Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
Page 1
] For the last two years, the Alberta government has been quietly asking Ottawa to pardon Metis hero Louis Riel, who was hanged for treason more than 100 years ago.
A petition has been sent to the federal justice department and Ottawa is reported to be considering the action.
Larry Desmeules, president of the Metis Nation of Alberta, welcomed Alberta's efforts to…
Page 1
] For the last two years, the Alberta government has been quietly asking Ottawa to pardon Metis hero Louis Riel, who was hanged for treason more than 100 years ago.
A petition has been sent to the federal justice department and Ottawa is reported to be considering the action.
Larry Desmeules, president of the Metis Nation of Alberta, welcomed Alberta's efforts to…
Page 1
The drums were barely silent, the smells of sweetgrass still lingering, when the debate over entrenching self-government rights arose for delegates at the first ever national treaty conference here in Edmonton.
Despite pleas from Assembly of First Nations Chief Ovide Mercredi for "one voice," treaty chiefs from across Canada expressed doubts that Mercredi's moves for…
Page 1
The drums were barely silent, the smells of sweetgrass still lingering, when the debate over entrenching self-government rights arose for delegates at the first ever national treaty conference here in Edmonton.
Despite pleas from Assembly of First Nations Chief Ovide Mercredi for "one voice," treaty chiefs from across Canada expressed doubts that Mercredi's moves for…
Keepers of The Fire
National Film Board
The lady who brought you Women in The Shadow (Best Documentary, 1992), producer Christine Welsh, has returned, now offering viewers a glimpse of the role of women as warriors. It's a trail many have blazed, but few are noted for.
When it comes to warfare, society generally tends to think of the male. Not so, and this film makes the…
Keepers of The Fire
National Film Board
The lady who brought you Women in The Shadow (Best Documentary, 1992), producer Christine Welsh, has returned, now offering viewers a glimpse of the role of women as warriors. It's a trail many have blazed, but few are noted for.
When it comes to warfare, society generally tends to think of the male. Not so, and this film makes the…
Keepers of The Fire
National Film Board
The lady who brought you Women in The Shadow (Best Documentary, 1992), producer Christine Welsh, has returned, now offering viewers a glimpse of the role of women as warriors. It's a trail many have blazed, but few are noted for.
When it comes to warfare, society generally tends to think of the male. Not so, and this film makes the…
REVIEW
Hands of History
National Film Board
Here is a refreshing invitation to the realm of Native art as defined
by four Native artists -- two from Alberta and two from British
Columbia. It's a welcome shift from the usual non-Native perspective of
exactly what comprises Native art.
Both Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert speak in…
REVIEW
Hands of History
National Film Board
Here is a refreshing invitation to the realm of Native art as defined
by four Native artists -- two from Alberta and two from British
Columbia. It's a welcome shift from the usual non-Native perspective of
exactly what comprises Native art.
Both Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert speak in…
REVIEW
Hands of History
National Film Board
Here is a refreshing invitation to the realm of Native art as defined
by four Native artists -- two from Alberta and two from British
Columbia. It's a welcome shift from the usual non-Native perspective of
exactly what comprises Native art.
Both Jane Ash Poitras and Joane Cardinal-Schubert speak in…
Page 10
In 1987, Edmund Bull founded the Red Bull singers following a tradition
handed down from his father and grandfather.
Since then, the powwow group has released countless tapes of its music
and is generally recognized as one of the finest powwow groups on the
continent.
Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Cree born on a small reserve near Regina but
…
Page 10
In 1987, Edmund Bull founded the Red Bull singers following a tradition
handed down from his father and grandfather.
Since then, the powwow group has released countless tapes of its music
and is generally recognized as one of the finest powwow groups on the
continent.
Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Cree born on a small reserve near Regina but
…
Page 10
In 1987, Edmund Bull founded the Red Bull singers following a tradition
handed down from his father and grandfather.
Since then, the powwow group has released countless tapes of its music
and is generally recognized as one of the finest powwow groups on the
continent.
Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Cree born on a small reserve near Regina but
…
Page 9
OK, I'm confused. Maybe somebody out there can explain it to me. Canada, the great country that it is , gets very upset when Spanish trawlers invade what Canada considers to be "their territory" to fish for some fish nobody had every heard of called a turbot.
So as self-proclaimed "Custodians of the Fish Stocks," and to save the fishing industry in Eastern Canada, they…
Page 9
OK, I'm confused. Maybe somebody out there can explain it to me. Canada, the great country that it is , gets very upset when Spanish trawlers invade what Canada considers to be "their territory" to fish for some fish nobody had every heard of called a turbot.
So as self-proclaimed "Custodians of the Fish Stocks," and to save the fishing industry in Eastern Canada, they…