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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 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…
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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…
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The criminal conviction of a police officer who fatally shot a Chippewa land claim protester sent shock waves through the Aboriginal community from coast to coast last month, but the victim's family - and lawyers and politicians with an interest in the case - all say that the man who pulled the trigger is a scapegoat; that the people whose orders he was following must also be…
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The criminal conviction of a police officer who fatally shot a Chippewa land claim protester sent shock waves through the Aboriginal community from coast to coast last month, but the victim's family - and lawyers and politicians with an interest in the case - all say that the man who pulled the trigger is a scapegoat; that the people whose orders he was following must also be…
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The criminal conviction of a police officer who fatally shot a Chippewa land claim protester sent shock waves through the Aboriginal community from coast to coast last month, but the victim's family - and lawyers and politicians with an interest in the case - all say that the man who pulled the trigger is a scapegoat; that the people whose orders he was following must also be…
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A statue the federal government said it would put in storage after complaints from a Native group will remain on view indefinitely.
The National Capital Commission said last fall it would remove the bronze figure of a Native scout kneeling at the feet of explorer Samuel de Champlain on Ottawa's Nepean Point. When the loin cloth-clad brave didn't come down before winter,…
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A statue the federal government said it would put in storage after complaints from a Native group will remain on view indefinitely.
The National Capital Commission said last fall it would remove the bronze figure of a Native scout kneeling at the feet of explorer Samuel de Champlain on Ottawa's Nepean Point. When the loin cloth-clad brave didn't come down before winter,…
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A statue the federal government said it would put in storage after complaints from a Native group will remain on view indefinitely.
The National Capital Commission said last fall it would remove the bronze figure of a Native scout kneeling at the feet of explorer Samuel de Champlain on Ottawa's Nepean Point. When the loin cloth-clad brave didn't come down before winter,…
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Status at the United Nations will lead to "concrete gains" for Canada's Metis people, said Gerald Morin, president of the Metis National Council.
The council's application for consultative status with the UN's Economic and Social Council was accepted by a UN committee at a meeting in New York early in May. It now only requires the council's formal approval, said Morin in…
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Status at the United Nations will lead to "concrete gains" for Canada's Metis people, said Gerald Morin, president of the Metis National Council.
The council's application for consultative status with the UN's Economic and Social Council was accepted by a UN committee at a meeting in New York early in May. It now only requires the council's formal approval, said Morin in…
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Status at the United Nations will lead to "concrete gains" for Canada's Metis people, said Gerald Morin, president of the Metis National Council.
The council's application for consultative status with the UN's Economic and Social Council was accepted by a UN committee at a meeting in New York early in May. It now only requires the council's formal approval, said Morin in…
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A small, mostly francophone community near Winnipeg has been dubbed the 'Ste. Anne First Nation' after 400 refugees from the Roseau River reserve, fleeing the swollen Red River, were forced to take refuge in the town's curling rink.
The Aboriginal visitors and their non-Aboriginal hosts have been getting along famously, officials from both sides report.
About an…
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A small, mostly francophone community near Winnipeg has been dubbed the 'Ste. Anne First Nation' after 400 refugees from the Roseau River reserve, fleeing the swollen Red River, were forced to take refuge in the town's curling rink.
The Aboriginal visitors and their non-Aboriginal hosts have been getting along famously, officials from both sides report.
About an…
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A small, mostly francophone community near Winnipeg has been dubbed the 'Ste. Anne First Nation' after 400 refugees from the Roseau River reserve, fleeing the swollen Red River, were forced to take refuge in the town's curling rink.
The Aboriginal visitors and their non-Aboriginal hosts have been getting along famously, officials from both sides report.
About an…
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Mike Mitchell, the former elected chief of the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne (near Cornwall, Ont.), will have to draw on his many years of experience with political maneuvering to accomplish his latest goal.
The lacrosse enthusiast has run into resistance from the west coast lacrosse establishment as he tries to get the number of Aboriginal players in the National Lacrosse…