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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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Dear Editor:
There is so much outcry from Native organizations across Canada regarding the Indian Act amendments called "First Nations Governance Initiative."
The Indian Act is the most degrading piece of legislation there ever was. Yet I hear people putting their leaders down because they don't want to discuss these changes with Robert Nault. I think if people want…
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Dear Editor:
There is so much outcry from Native organizations across Canada regarding the Indian Act amendments called "First Nations Governance Initiative."
The Indian Act is the most degrading piece of legislation there ever was. Yet I hear people putting their leaders down because they don't want to discuss these changes with Robert Nault. I think if people want…
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This is the month for love. Taurus, be prepared to be swept off your feet because chances are he or she will…
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ARIES
Good News! This is your month. I hope you can afford the payments. The stars will truly shine on you for the next four weeks until you get the roof repaired. Enjoy life. Be confident. Grab the tiger by the tail, unless you are at the zoo.
TAURUS
This is the month for love. Taurus, be prepared to be swept off your feet because chances are he or she will…
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Over the years, ever since some smart-ass had the audacity to establish the summer solstice as "National Aboriginal Day," I have tended to disregard, if not boycott, celebrations of that day. Initially I was angry that Canada wanted to dismiss us by giving us a day. Angry, that is, until I attended the "blues night" at the Yale Hotel.
I watched as brown faces drank and…
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Over the years, ever since some smart-ass had the audacity to establish the summer solstice as "National Aboriginal Day," I have tended to disregard, if not boycott, celebrations of that day. Initially I was angry that Canada wanted to dismiss us by giving us a day. Angry, that is, until I attended the "blues night" at the Yale Hotel.
I watched as brown faces drank and…
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When we heard that churches have actually been using a legal strategy at trial in residential school cases that is based on the idea that an Indian's life is worth less than a white person's life, well, what can you say about that?
How about: it's disgusting, it's un-Christian (although some of sexual predator Arthur Plint's victims would say the opposite), it's racist, it…
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When we heard that churches have actually been using a legal strategy at trial in residential school cases that is based on the idea that an Indian's life is worth less than a white person's life, well, what can you say about that?
How about: it's disgusting, it's un-Christian (although some of sexual predator Arthur Plint's victims would say the opposite), it's racist, it…
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The planned expansion of the Sun Peaks ski resort near Kamloops, B.C. has brought Secwepemc (Shuswap) protesters into conflict with local residents and law enforcement authorities.
A similar protest in Melvin Creek (near Lillooet, B.C.) saw the RCMP arrest one non-Native and six Native protesters when police broke up a roadblock on Highway 99 on July 4.
With a new,…
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The planned expansion of the Sun Peaks ski resort near Kamloops, B.C. has brought Secwepemc (Shuswap) protesters into conflict with local residents and law enforcement authorities.
A similar protest in Melvin Creek (near Lillooet, B.C.) saw the RCMP arrest one non-Native and six Native protesters when police broke up a roadblock on Highway 99 on July 4.
With a new,…
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Windspeaker has learned that a motion was passed at a recent Assembly of First Nations executive council meeting that would see a proposal to abandon the boycott of the First Nations Governance Act consultations be put before the chiefs at the AFN general meeting in Halifax from July 17 to 19.
Manitoba vice-chief, Ken Young, verified that fact during a phone interview on…
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Windspeaker has learned that a motion was passed at a recent Assembly of First Nations executive council meeting that would see a proposal to abandon the boycott of the First Nations Governance Act consultations be put before the chiefs at the AFN general meeting in Halifax from July 17 to 19.
Manitoba vice-chief, Ken Young, verified that fact during a phone interview on…
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The Assembly of First Nations will have to operate this fiscal year on about half of the money it received last year. The Department of Indian Affairs (DIAND) has cuts AFN funding to $12 million from $19.8 million last year.
Sources say a variety of programs and positions are in jeopardy and morale is low. Several officials have said the quality of service provided to…
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The Assembly of First Nations will have to operate this fiscal year on about half of the money it received last year. The Department of Indian Affairs (DIAND) has cuts AFN funding to $12 million from $19.8 million last year.
Sources say a variety of programs and positions are in jeopardy and morale is low. Several officials have said the quality of service provided to…
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Chief Robert Joseph, executive director of the Provincial Residential School Project, said he was deeply shocked and outraged by what he called "the disturbing decision" handed down July 10 by B.C. Chief Justice Brenner in the Alberni Indian Residential School (AIRS) civil case.
The three-year-old civil trial involved seven First Nations individuals who sought damages…