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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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Academics and others with expertise in fiduciary law attended a two-day forum on fiduciary relationships sponsored by the London-based Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (AIAI) and the Law Commission of Canada on June 19 and 20.
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Judges, law professors from Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia, as well as lawyers, government officials,…
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Information on the Indian and Northern Affairs Web site about the feedback federal officials are receiving from community consultations on Minister Robert Nault's governance act initiative is not as detailed as the minister's comments have led observers to expect.
He promised the information gathered at each session would be posted within 24 hours, but in many cases, that…
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Information on the Indian and Northern Affairs Web site about the feedback federal officials are receiving from community consultations on Minister Robert Nault's governance act initiative is not as detailed as the minister's comments have led observers to expect.
He promised the information gathered at each session would be posted within 24 hours, but in many cases, that…
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National Chief Matthew Coon Come sent out letters to all First Nations chiefs in early July asking for their support for the First Nations Fiscal Institutions Act. Grand Chief Larry Sault of the Ontario political territorial organization the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians thinks that request was out of line.
Coon Come's two-page letter was a hearty endorsement…
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National Chief Matthew Coon Come sent out letters to all First Nations chiefs in early July asking for their support for the First Nations Fiscal Institutions Act. Grand Chief Larry Sault of the Ontario political territorial organization the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians thinks that request was out of line.
Coon Come's two-page letter was a hearty endorsement…
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Canadian visitors to the Pointe-a-Calliere Museum's exhibit dealing with the Great Peace Treaty of 1701 can be heard to ask the same question over and over again: Why didn't we learn about this in school?
A good question.
All summer long, the city of Montreal is celebrating an important and impressive accomplishment involving a rarely remembered governor of New…
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Canadian visitors to the Pointe-a-Calliere Museum's exhibit dealing with the Great Peace Treaty of 1701 can be heard to ask the same question over and over again: Why didn't we learn about this in school?
A good question.
All summer long, the city of Montreal is celebrating an important and impressive accomplishment involving a rarely remembered governor of New…
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The audience reaction when much beloved Quebecois singer Claude Dubois brought his talents to the Montreal Spectrum stage for the Rez, White and Blues annual concert organized as part of the First Peoples' Festival showed that the Land InSights founders are well on their way to accomplishing an ambitious goal.
Earlier in the evening, prior to the 8:30 p.m. start time for…
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The audience reaction when much beloved Quebecois singer Claude Dubois brought his talents to the Montreal Spectrum stage for the Rez, White and Blues annual concert organized as part of the First Peoples' Festival showed that the Land InSights founders are well on their way to accomplishing an ambitious goal.
Earlier in the evening, prior to the 8:30 p.m. start time for…
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Dear Editor:
I am sure you are all pleased the governor general of Canada, Adrienne Clarkson, finally unveiled a bronze statue in recognition of all the Aboriginals who enlisted and served in two world wars and the Korean conflict, and served so well, although it should have been done at least 45 years ago.
Congratulations to Sam Sinclair and Chester Cunningham for…
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Dear Editor:
I am sure you are all pleased the governor general of Canada, Adrienne Clarkson, finally unveiled a bronze statue in recognition of all the Aboriginals who enlisted and served in two world wars and the Korean conflict, and served so well, although it should have been done at least 45 years ago.
Congratulations to Sam Sinclair and Chester Cunningham for…
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Dear Editor:
Re: The editorial "Where are you chief?" in your July issue of Windspeaker.
I am not surprised at all that you have problems contacting Chief Coon Come, because I have been writing to him since he was with the Grand Council of the Crees, and to this day he has yet to respond to any of the letters that I wrote to him.
Although he may have been a…
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Dear Editor:
Re: The editorial "Where are you chief?" in your July issue of Windspeaker.
I am not surprised at all that you have problems contacting Chief Coon Come, because I have been writing to him since he was with the Grand Council of the Crees, and to this day he has yet to respond to any of the letters that I wrote to him.
Although he may have been a…
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Dear Editor:
I am writing in response to Jeff Bear's "op-ed" piece "Kill the Sacred Cow" which appeared in the June edition of Windspeaker.
The article contained a number of inaccurate and false statements concerning the AFN/INAC Joint Initiative for Policy Development, the staff that work on that initiative and the Assembly of First Nations in general. As acting…
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Dear Editor:
I am writing in response to Jeff Bear's "op-ed" piece "Kill the Sacred Cow" which appeared in the June edition of Windspeaker.
The article contained a number of inaccurate and false statements concerning the AFN/INAC Joint Initiative for Policy Development, the staff that work on that initiative and the Assembly of First Nations in general. As acting…