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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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"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…
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Dear Editor:
After reading Taiaiake Alfred's writing I have to say I agree with his thoughts. I have held the same beliefs for all of my life. I believe we need to take this FNG [First Nations Governance] even further to see how the church has contributed to this same type of thought system that denigrates our people to still being the "pagans" in need of the colonists…
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Dear Editor:
After reading Taiaiake Alfred's writing I have to say I agree with his thoughts. I have held the same beliefs for all of my life. I believe we need to take this FNG [First Nations Governance] even further to see how the church has contributed to this same type of thought system that denigrates our people to still being the "pagans" in need of the colonists…
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Dear Editor:
The recent article on the Indian residential schools issue ("Who's really to blame?-Windspeaker, April 2001) misrepresents important facts.
In particular, reference to the abuse of Innu children in Labrador by clergy, which occupies fully one-third of the article, is misplaced and misleading. It is misplaced in an article that purports to be about…
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Dear Editor:
The recent article on the Indian residential schools issue ("Who's really to blame?-Windspeaker, April 2001) misrepresents important facts.
In particular, reference to the abuse of Innu children in Labrador by clergy, which occupies fully one-third of the article, is misplaced and misleading. It is misplaced in an article that purports to be about…
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This last month has seen an incredible amount of time, energy and money expended by the government of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations to spin the story regarding the governance process to reflect their differing individual points of view.
Each side has sacrificed all that time, energy and money (and, on occasion, the truth) to protect their own interests. What we'…
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This last month has seen an incredible amount of time, energy and money expended by the government of Canada and the Assembly of First Nations to spin the story regarding the governance process to reflect their differing individual points of view.
Each side has sacrificed all that time, energy and money (and, on occasion, the truth) to protect their own interests. What we'…
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Former Kamloops Indian band chief Manny Jules, the driving force behind the proposed financial institutions act, explained the details of the initiative to chiefs gathered at the Confederacy of Nations held May 8 to 10.
Four institutions would be created by the act, said Jules. A statistical agency that compiles and analyzes economic information in First Nations is "…
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Former Kamloops Indian band chief Manny Jules, the driving force behind the proposed financial institutions act, explained the details of the initiative to chiefs gathered at the Confederacy of Nations held May 8 to 10.
Four institutions would be created by the act, said Jules. A statistical agency that compiles and analyzes economic information in First Nations is "…
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Angry chiefs gave the national chief and the Assembly of First Nations executive a strong mandate to fight Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault's push to pass legislation he says is aimed only at strengthening the Indian Act.
Debate throughout the three-day Confederacy of Nations at the North Vancouver-area Squamish First Nation Recreation Centre showed that the chiefs…
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Angry chiefs gave the national chief and the Assembly of First Nations executive a strong mandate to fight Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault's push to pass legislation he says is aimed only at strengthening the Indian Act.
Debate throughout the three-day Confederacy of Nations at the North Vancouver-area Squamish First Nation Recreation Centre showed that the chiefs…
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The creation of an institution that was recommended by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People was announced in downtown Vancouver on May 7.
National Chief Matthew Coon Come was present along with a 10-person board of directors representing all regions of the country to announce that the First Nations Governance Institute will open its doors on June 1. The institute,…
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The creation of an institution that was recommended by the Royal Commission on Aboriginal People was announced in downtown Vancouver on May 7.
National Chief Matthew Coon Come was present along with a 10-person board of directors representing all regions of the country to announce that the First Nations Governance Institute will open its doors on June 1. The institute,…
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There are lots of ways to immerse yourself in the heroic story of the American West at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
With four museums and an art gallery, as well as guided excursions available beyond the center's walls, there are always absorbing and thought-provoking attractions for anyone interested in the history of the West and in Plains Indian culture.
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There are lots of ways to immerse yourself in the heroic story of the American West at the Buffalo Bill Historical Center.
With four museums and an art gallery, as well as guided excursions available beyond the center's walls, there are always absorbing and thought-provoking attractions for anyone interested in the history of the West and in Plains Indian culture.
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