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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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More than 100 guests were invited to mark the opening of Canada's first Aboriginal Sport Development Centre on May 2.
The guests - Aboriginal leaders, provincial sports figures, government officials and media representatives - assembled just north of Victoria at the newly-built structure on the Tsartlip First Nation to witness the traditional ceremony as two Coast Salish…
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Dear Editor:
I have fond memories of growing up in my own reservation. I believe my parents raised us up to the best of their ability. We grew up happy despite the poor economic conditions in those days. All we needed was a roof over our heads and the family to be happy.
I recalled the times we had visitors. We were sent to go play or we were told to sit down and…
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To the people:
Tansi! I have to say something about how I feel about the flooding in the last three years.
If you look back to the first flood, you might see the things I see happen to the Earth. Mother Earth is dying more and more each year, and as we, the people, know water is the gift of life, that is why I think we have been getting the floods in the last three…
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To the people:
Tansi! I have to say something about how I feel about the flooding in the last three years.
If you look back to the first flood, you might see the things I see happen to the Earth. Mother Earth is dying more and more each year, and as we, the people, know water is the gift of life, that is why I think we have been getting the floods in the last three…
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To the people:
Tansi! I have to say something about how I feel about the flooding in the last three years.
If you look back to the first flood, you might see the things I see happen to the Earth. Mother Earth is dying more and more each year, and as we, the people, know water is the gift of life, that is why I think we have been getting the floods in the last three…
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Dear Editor:
At the Serpent River First Nation in Ontario where I claim membership, there are 930 members of the band, 330 of which are living on the reserve with the remaining 600 living elsewhere.
These 600 members are, because of the Indian Act, not allowed to vote, although they are directly affected by decisions and policies implemented by the chief and band…
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Dear Editor:
At the Serpent River First Nation in Ontario where I claim membership, there are 930 members of the band, 330 of which are living on the reserve with the remaining 600 living elsewhere.
These 600 members are, because of the Indian Act, not allowed to vote, although they are directly affected by decisions and policies implemented by the chief and band…
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Dear Editor:
At the Serpent River First Nation in Ontario where I claim membership, there are 930 members of the band, 330 of which are living on the reserve with the remaining 600 living elsewhere.
These 600 members are, because of the Indian Act, not allowed to vote, although they are directly affected by decisions and policies implemented by the chief and band…
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Deh Cho First Nations Grand Chief, Gerald Antoine, felt it was "worthwhile" to go to Geneva for the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, held from March 17 to April 25. The intervention paper he was prepared to lobby for on behalf of the Deh Cho peoples wasn't submitted to the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs in time to be translated,…
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Deh Cho First Nations Grand Chief, Gerald Antoine, felt it was "worthwhile" to go to Geneva for the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, held from March 17 to April 25. The intervention paper he was prepared to lobby for on behalf of the Deh Cho peoples wasn't submitted to the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs in time to be translated,…
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Deh Cho First Nations Grand Chief, Gerald Antoine, felt it was "worthwhile" to go to Geneva for the recent meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, held from March 17 to April 25. The intervention paper he was prepared to lobby for on behalf of the Deh Cho peoples wasn't submitted to the International Working Group on Indigenous Affairs in time to be translated,…
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Family members of Dudley George find it interesting that every press account of the guilty verdict in the Deane case found it necessary to mention- but not examine- the reaction of the courtroom audience when Judge Hugh Fraser revealed his decision.
"A packed courtroom burst into cheering and applause as a provincial police officer was convicted Monday in the shooting…
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Family members of Dudley George find it interesting that every press account of the guilty verdict in the Deane case found it necessary to mention- but not examine- the reaction of the courtroom audience when Judge Hugh Fraser revealed his decision.
"A packed courtroom burst into cheering and applause as a provincial police officer was convicted Monday in the shooting…
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Family members of Dudley George find it interesting that every press account of the guilty verdict in the Deane case found it necessary to mention- but not examine- the reaction of the courtroom audience when Judge Hugh Fraser revealed his decision.
"A packed courtroom burst into cheering and applause as a provincial police officer was convicted Monday in the shooting…
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The opposition parties in the Ontario legislature are convinced that Premier Mike Harris' Progressive Conservative government made a horrible mistake in the early months of its mandate - a mistake that led to the death of Dudley George.
A steady stream of government documents has been surfacing in recent weeks which suggest that the police and the government were working…