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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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Leann Eamer was raised by a non-Aboriginal family off the reserve, so having an opportunity to learn the language of her people seemed like an impossible dream.
"I always thought it was important to learn our own language, but so few people speak it these days I never thought I would get the chance," said Eamer.
That's why she was delighted when Rose Nadjiwon…
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Leann Eamer was raised by a non-Aboriginal family off the reserve, so having an opportunity to learn the language of her people seemed like an impossible dream.
"I always thought it was important to learn our own language, but so few people speak it these days I never thought I would get the chance," said Eamer.
That's why she was delighted when Rose Nadjiwon…
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Angry chiefs changed the wording of a proposed resolution regarding Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault's version of what an independent claims body (ICB) should look like, to toughen up what they saw as a weak statement by the Assembly of First Nations executive committee.
The minister, according to AFN staff, has gutted a process that could have created a truly…
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Angry chiefs changed the wording of a proposed resolution regarding Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault's version of what an independent claims body (ICB) should look like, to toughen up what they saw as a weak statement by the Assembly of First Nations executive committee.
The minister, according to AFN staff, has gutted a process that could have created a truly…
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First Nations chiefs at the Confederacy of Nations on May 9 told the Assembly of First Nations executive that more urgency needs to be injected into discussions about federal firearms legislation and how it affects Native people and their right to hunt.
Discussions between the AFN and Justice Canada continue though June 30, the date when an amnesty allowing unregistered…
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First Nations chiefs at the Confederacy of Nations on May 9 told the Assembly of First Nations executive that more urgency needs to be injected into discussions about federal firearms legislation and how it affects Native people and their right to hunt.
Discussions between the AFN and Justice Canada continue though June 30, the date when an amnesty allowing unregistered…
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Look a leader in the eye today and ask a few questions, primarily: Is the Indian Act a sacred cow, or a deadly disease?
Dateline, Calgary, early May
In a display of unabashed public relations, the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), Robert Nault, Canada's top Indian agent, rode into the sunset when he announced his governance initiative to high…
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Look a leader in the eye today and ask a few questions, primarily: Is the Indian Act a sacred cow, or a deadly disease?
Dateline, Calgary, early May
In a display of unabashed public relations, the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), Robert Nault, Canada's top Indian agent, rode into the sunset when he announced his governance initiative to high…
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It has been said that the three most amazing things ever invented by the white culture are the air conditioner, the push-up bra, and television. However, many of those same people (and quite a few others) would argue that television has done almost as much, if not more, to damage Native culture than residential schools and country music combined.
It's no secret that in…
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It has been said that the three most amazing things ever invented by the white culture are the air conditioner, the push-up bra, and television. However, many of those same people (and quite a few others) would argue that television has done almost as much, if not more, to damage Native culture than residential schools and country music combined.
It's no secret that in…
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Dear Editor:
I have just read your blurb on the comic story of Dhaliwal searching for the holiest of grails in the Maritimes. The author mentioned that Mi'kmaq fishing rights come from the treaty and calls them "treaty rights." I beg to differ with your author. Those rights to fishing are only some of the rights encompassed in "Netuklimk," a Mi'kmaw concept which may be…
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Dear Editor:
I have just read your blurb on the comic story of Dhaliwal searching for the holiest of grails in the Maritimes. The author mentioned that Mi'kmaq fishing rights come from the treaty and calls them "treaty rights." I beg to differ with your author. Those rights to fishing are only some of the rights encompassed in "Netuklimk," a Mi'kmaw concept which may be…
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A recent article on the Indian residential schools issue ("Who's really to blame?"-Windspeaker, April 2001) creates several inaccurate impressions about Catholic clergy and lay church workers.
Dr. William Marshall, whom I know to be a prominent figure in the field of psychology, has expressed a couple of rather alarming opinions without presenting a shred of evidence.…
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A recent article on the Indian residential schools issue ("Who's really to blame?"-Windspeaker, April 2001) creates several inaccurate impressions about Catholic clergy and lay church workers.
Dr. William Marshall, whom I know to be a prominent figure in the field of psychology, has expressed a couple of rather alarming opinions without presenting a shred of evidence.…
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"Solidarite! This is what democracy looks like!" These were the popular rallying cries of protesters in the streets of Quebec City. Both official languages of the "founding Nations of Canada" myth were represented at the anti-Free Trade Agreement of the Americas Summit demonstration by the predominantly white, middle class activists.
Hours earlier, the group with which I…