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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 Wet'suwet'en and Gitxsan hereditary chiefs say they have been forced to seek a Supreme Court of Canada ruling in order to be treated as equal partners in land claim negotiations with British Columbia and Canada.
After hitting every step in British Columbia's judicial ladder and securing only a partial victory in their quest to gain Canada's recognition that they own…
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It was a big day for the three Alberta First Nations that have been fighting Bill C-31, the 1985 government law that returned treaty status to thousands of Native people.
On June 3, the Federal Court of Appeal threw out a 1995 judgement by Judge F. Muldoon that ruled against the Sawridge, Tsuu T'ina and Ermineskin First Nations and in favor of upholding Bill C-31. Muldoon…
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It was a big day for the three Alberta First Nations that have been fighting Bill C-31, the 1985 government law that returned treaty status to thousands of Native people.
On June 3, the Federal Court of Appeal threw out a 1995 judgement by Judge F. Muldoon that ruled against the Sawridge, Tsuu T'ina and Ermineskin First Nations and in favor of upholding Bill C-31. Muldoon…
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It was a big day for the three Alberta First Nations that have been fighting Bill C-31, the 1985 government law that returned treaty status to thousands of Native people.
On June 3, the Federal Court of Appeal threw out a 1995 judgement by Judge F. Muldoon that ruled against the Sawridge, Tsuu T'ina and Ermineskin First Nations and in favor of upholding Bill C-31. Muldoon…
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Visitors to the Big Apple can take an hour or an afternoon away from the big city and spend a little time at the Heye Centre of the National Museum of the American Indian, without leaving town. Located at the tip of Battery Park in lower Manhattan, the museum features changing exhibitions and public educational sessions, as well as a permanent orientation exhibition, all…
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Visitors to the Big Apple can take an hour or an afternoon away from the big city and spend a little time at the Heye Centre of the National Museum of the American Indian, without leaving town. Located at the tip of Battery Park in lower Manhattan, the museum features changing exhibitions and public educational sessions, as well as a permanent orientation exhibition, all…
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Visitors to the Big Apple can take an hour or an afternoon away from the big city and spend a little time at the Heye Centre of the National Museum of the American Indian, without leaving town. Located at the tip of Battery Park in lower Manhattan, the museum features changing exhibitions and public educational sessions, as well as a permanent orientation exhibition, all…
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It takes only a few seconds for the magnitude of the development on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in rural Connecticut to sink in. Foxwoods, the casino that has transformed this sleepy, impoverished First Nation into the richest in America, is huge. And it is the granddaddy of all the casinos on reservations across the U.S.
With 12,500 sq. m of gaming space,…
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It takes only a few seconds for the magnitude of the development on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in rural Connecticut to sink in. Foxwoods, the casino that has transformed this sleepy, impoverished First Nation into the richest in America, is huge. And it is the granddaddy of all the casinos on reservations across the U.S.
With 12,500 sq. m of gaming space,…
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It takes only a few seconds for the magnitude of the development on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation in rural Connecticut to sink in. Foxwoods, the casino that has transformed this sleepy, impoverished First Nation into the richest in America, is huge. And it is the granddaddy of all the casinos on reservations across the U.S.
With 12,500 sq. m of gaming space,…
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A growing interest in Native American culture has caused a major economic boom for Indian people in America's Four Corners region-where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet. And if current trends continue, tourism will provide even more to the local economy in the near future.
In the early 1930s, when Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, Canyon de Chelly National…
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A growing interest in Native American culture has caused a major economic boom for Indian people in America's Four Corners region-where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet. And if current trends continue, tourism will provide even more to the local economy in the near future.
In the early 1930s, when Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, Canyon de Chelly National…
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A growing interest in Native American culture has caused a major economic boom for Indian people in America's Four Corners region-where Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet. And if current trends continue, tourism will provide even more to the local economy in the near future.
In the early 1930s, when Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado, Canyon de Chelly National…
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The Buffalo Point Internationat Resort is an ambitious recreation initiative of the Buffalo Point First Nation. Over 20 years in the making, the multi-faceted complex has been developed into a wilderness holiday playground catering to an international clientele.
The ultimate goal, say the owners, is to develop the resort into the province's largest and most popular…
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The Buffalo Point Internationat Resort is an ambitious recreation initiative of the Buffalo Point First Nation. Over 20 years in the making, the multi-faceted complex has been developed into a wilderness holiday playground catering to an international clientele.
The ultimate goal, say the owners, is to develop the resort into the province's largest and most popular…