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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 latest in the "I'm so fascinated by Indians I just have to make a
film about them" movie opened on March 10. Dance Me Outside, directed
by Bruce MacDonald, pieces together several W.P. Kinsella short stories
(how Altmanesque) into quite a wonderfully shot and acted film detailing
the life of a couple of down home rez boys and girls. Politics and…
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She is truly one of Canada's artistic darlings, a lady whose works have
influenced numerous other artists -- Native and non-Native alike. She
is a strong woman, one who believed in herself and her abilities and
managed to survive through times when artists really were a struggling
breed. I am speaking of Daphne Odjig-Beavon.
More commonly known…
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She is truly one of Canada's artistic darlings, a lady whose works have
influenced numerous other artists -- Native and non-Native alike. She
is a strong woman, one who believed in herself and her abilities and
managed to survive through times when artists really were a struggling
breed. I am speaking of Daphne Odjig-Beavon.
More commonly known…
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She is truly one of Canada's artistic darlings, a lady whose works have
influenced numerous other artists -- Native and non-Native alike. She
is a strong woman, one who believed in herself and her abilities and
managed to survive through times when artists really were a struggling
breed. I am speaking of Daphne Odjig-Beavon.
More commonly known…
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European Union Regulation 3254/91 comes into effect for Canada on Jan
1. 1996. Unless Canada bans leghold traps in all its provinces and
territories for 13 different species of fur bearers, AND adopts
internationally recognized "humane" trapping methods the European market
will be closed to most of our wild furs. As 90 per cent of our wild
furs…
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European Union Regulation 3254/91 comes into effect for Canada on Jan
1. 1996. Unless Canada bans leghold traps in all its provinces and
territories for 13 different species of fur bearers, AND adopts
internationally recognized "humane" trapping methods the European market
will be closed to most of our wild furs. As 90 per cent of our wild
furs…
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European Union Regulation 3254/91 comes into effect for Canada on Jan
1. 1996. Unless Canada bans leghold traps in all its provinces and
territories for 13 different species of fur bearers, AND adopts
internationally recognized "humane" trapping methods the European market
will be closed to most of our wild furs. As 90 per cent of our wild
furs…
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Maybe half the Native newspaper editorials published in this country in
the last five years have detailed cases of discrimination against First
Nations people by the majority, usually referred to as "white." And
rightly so.
If anybody in or involved with Native affairs hasn't been effected by
attitude or action based on racial intolerance, he's…
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Maybe half the Native newspaper editorials published in this country in
the last five years have detailed cases of discrimination against First
Nations people by the majority, usually referred to as "white." And
rightly so.
If anybody in or involved with Native affairs hasn't been effected by
attitude or action based on racial intolerance, he's…
Page 6
Maybe half the Native newspaper editorials published in this country in
the last five years have detailed cases of discrimination against First
Nations people by the majority, usually referred to as "white." And
rightly so.
If anybody in or involved with Native affairs hasn't been effected by
attitude or action based on racial intolerance, he's…
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Six Aborigines flied papers to sue the Australian government last week
for being forcibly separated from their families. Under laws in effect
from 1928 to 1953 Northern Territory, the huge, sparsely populated area
in north-central Australia which includes the Outback and most of the
Aborigine reserves, police snatched children from their families and…
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Six Aborigines flied papers to sue the Australian government last week
for being forcibly separated from their families. Under laws in effect
from 1928 to 1953 Northern Territory, the huge, sparsely populated area
in north-central Australia which includes the Outback and most of the
Aborigine reserves, police snatched children from their families and…
Page 5
Six Aborigines flied papers to sue the Australian government last week
for being forcibly separated from their families. Under laws in effect
from 1928 to 1953 Northern Territory, the huge, sparsely populated area
in north-central Australia which includes the Outback and most of the
Aborigine reserves, police snatched children from their families and…
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What a long, strange road it's been for the people of Winneway, an
isolated Algonquin community at the end of a winding, gravel road 400 km
north of Ottawa.
Forced to relocate twice in less than 90 years, Winneway now finds
itself battling British bankers, devious Quebec politicians and a
Montreal developer arrested in the U.S. on a money-…
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What a long, strange road it's been for the people of Winneway, an
isolated Algonquin community at the end of a winding, gravel road 400 km
north of Ottawa.
Forced to relocate twice in less than 90 years, Winneway now finds
itself battling British bankers, devious Quebec politicians and a
Montreal developer arrested in the U.S. on a money-…