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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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It doesn't quite match the excitement of winning the Stanley Cup, a feat Norm Maracle and his Detroit Red Wings' teammates accomplished in 1998, yet Maracle is still rather pleased with his latest accomplishment. The 26-year-old Native goaltender backstopped the Orlando Solar Bears to the Turner Cup, the International Hockey League's championship.
Orlando defeated the…
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It doesn't quite match the excitement of winning the Stanley Cup, a feat Norm Maracle and his Detroit Red Wings' teammates accomplished in 1998, yet Maracle is still rather pleased with his latest accomplishment. The 26-year-old Native goaltender backstopped the Orlando Solar Bears to the Turner Cup, the International Hockey League's championship.
Orlando defeated the…
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The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
By Louise Erdrich
HarperCollins
361 pages (hc)
$39.50
The author photo on Chippewa writer Louise Erdrich's last two books shows her as haggard, drawn, shadowed. No wonder. In the mid-1990s, she was embroiled in a messy divorce from her longtime collaborator and husband, the writer and academic…
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The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse
By Louise Erdrich
HarperCollins
361 pages (hc)
$39.50
The author photo on Chippewa writer Louise Erdrich's last two books shows her as haggard, drawn, shadowed. No wonder. In the mid-1990s, she was embroiled in a messy divorce from her longtime collaborator and husband, the writer and academic…
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Tom Flanagan, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, was presented with the $25,000 Donner Prize for his book, First Nations? Second Thoughts, at an awards ceremony in Toronto.
The Donner Prize is awarded by the Donner Canadian Foundation, which was created in 1950 by businessman William H. Donner. The annual prize rewards books written about…
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Tom Flanagan, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, was presented with the $25,000 Donner Prize for his book, First Nations? Second Thoughts, at an awards ceremony in Toronto.
The Donner Prize is awarded by the Donner Canadian Foundation, which was created in 1950 by businessman William H. Donner. The annual prize rewards books written about…
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Fatal Passage
The Untold Story of John Rae, the Arctic Adventurer Who Discovered the Fate of Franklin
By Ken McGoogan
Harper Flamingo Canada
312 pages
$34 (hc)
In Fatal Passage, author Ken McGoogan takes on Canada's image of itself as he seeks to correct historical inaccuracies and expose the attitudes that created them.
The story…
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Fatal Passage
The Untold Story of John Rae, the Arctic Adventurer Who Discovered the Fate of Franklin
By Ken McGoogan
Harper Flamingo Canada
312 pages
$34 (hc)
In Fatal Passage, author Ken McGoogan takes on Canada's image of itself as he seeks to correct historical inaccuracies and expose the attitudes that created them.
The story…
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The Last Amigo
By Stevie Cameron and Harvey Cashore
Macfarlane Walter and Ross
336 pages
$36.99 (hc)
At a time when First Nations are being told that Canadian authorities can provide all the answers related to openness, transparency and accountability in government, a new investigative book detailing how Canadian authorities manage only to…
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The Last Amigo
By Stevie Cameron and Harvey Cashore
Macfarlane Walter and Ross
336 pages
$36.99 (hc)
At a time when First Nations are being told that Canadian authorities can provide all the answers related to openness, transparency and accountability in government, a new investigative book detailing how Canadian authorities manage only to…
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Bones
Discovering the First Americans
By Elaine Dewar
Random House Canada
628 pages (hc)
$39.95
Maybe there is no consensus on the origins of Native Americans or about the length of time they predate other civilizations in the Americas, but there is evidence. An exciting new book on the topic shows, however, that much of the evidence has…
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Bones
Discovering the First Americans
By Elaine Dewar
Random House Canada
628 pages (hc)
$39.95
Maybe there is no consensus on the origins of Native Americans or about the length of time they predate other civilizations in the Americas, but there is evidence. An exciting new book on the topic shows, however, that much of the evidence has…
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Throat singers from across Nunavut and Northern Quebec will come together this fall for a four-day gathering to help promote and preserve their art.
Kattajjatiit Katimanirjuangat, or Inuit Throatsingers Gathering, will be held in Puvirnituq, in the Nunavik region of Quebec, from Sept. 10 to 14.
More than 60 throat singers are expected to take part in the event, the…
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Throat singers from across Nunavut and Northern Quebec will come together this fall for a four-day gathering to help promote and preserve their art.
Kattajjatiit Katimanirjuangat, or Inuit Throatsingers Gathering, will be held in Puvirnituq, in the Nunavik region of Quebec, from Sept. 10 to 14.
More than 60 throat singers are expected to take part in the event, the…
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Fed up with the rowdy behavior at a summer campground, members of the Saugeen Ojibway Indian band decided to set up barricades to close the camp down before May long weekend festivities took a suspected nasty turn.
About 50 members of the Saugeen First Nation erected the barricades in defiance of a federal court order prohibiting the band from closing down Hideaway…