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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 legislation criminalizes the right to hunt and it certainly doesn't take into account that firearms are tools for the practice of those rights," said Ardith Walkem, a lawyer for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. For last three years Walkem has been working on the issues surrounding the firearms act for Aboriginal people.
"The union chiefs passed a…
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"The legislation criminalizes the right to hunt and it certainly doesn't take into account that firearms are tools for the practice of those rights," said Ardith Walkem, a lawyer for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. For last three years Walkem has been working on the issues surrounding the firearms act for Aboriginal people.
"The union chiefs passed a…
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"The legislation criminalizes the right to hunt and it certainly doesn't take into account that firearms are tools for the practice of those rights," said Ardith Walkem, a lawyer for the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs. For last three years Walkem has been working on the issues surrounding the firearms act for Aboriginal people.
"The union chiefs passed a…
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Eldon Okanee and a group of like-minded individuals are challenging the election system on the Thunderchild First Nation.
Okanee, a candidate for chief in the Dec. 3 Thunderchild election, developed a seven-member party to run under the banner Coalition for Change for the seven positions on council. It becomes one of the first party-style election campaigns for…
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Eldon Okanee and a group of like-minded individuals are challenging the election system on the Thunderchild First Nation.
Okanee, a candidate for chief in the Dec. 3 Thunderchild election, developed a seven-member party to run under the banner Coalition for Change for the seven positions on council. It becomes one of the first party-style election campaigns for…
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Eldon Okanee and a group of like-minded individuals are challenging the election system on the Thunderchild First Nation.
Okanee, a candidate for chief in the Dec. 3 Thunderchild election, developed a seven-member party to run under the banner Coalition for Change for the seven positions on council. It becomes one of the first party-style election campaigns for…
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In the late 1950s, the Upper House of Parliament dusted off a seat for James Gladstone, a member of the Blood tribe of Alberta. He was Canada's first Aboriginal senator and his official appointment to the Senate was made on Jan. 31, 1958.
At the time of Gladstone's appointment, a person in Canada was described as anyone but an Indian, Native people did not have the right…
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In the late 1950s, the Upper House of Parliament dusted off a seat for James Gladstone, a member of the Blood tribe of Alberta. He was Canada's first Aboriginal senator and his official appointment to the Senate was made on Jan. 31, 1958.
At the time of Gladstone's appointment, a person in Canada was described as anyone but an Indian, Native people did not have the right…
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In the late 1950s, the Upper House of Parliament dusted off a seat for James Gladstone, a member of the Blood tribe of Alberta. He was Canada's first Aboriginal senator and his official appointment to the Senate was made on Jan. 31, 1958.
At the time of Gladstone's appointment, a person in Canada was described as anyone but an Indian, Native people did not have the right…
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Lawyers who advise Aboriginal leaders in the province of British Columbia are crying foul after watching the slow evolution of the provincial and federal governments' response to the Delgamuukw decision.
"Those people are resisting the implications of the real gains of Delgamuukw," Vancouver lawyer Stuart Rush told the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs' annual…
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Lawyers who advise Aboriginal leaders in the province of British Columbia are crying foul after watching the slow evolution of the provincial and federal governments' response to the Delgamuukw decision.
"Those people are resisting the implications of the real gains of Delgamuukw," Vancouver lawyer Stuart Rush told the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs' annual…
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Lawyers who advise Aboriginal leaders in the province of British Columbia are crying foul after watching the slow evolution of the provincial and federal governments' response to the Delgamuukw decision.
"Those people are resisting the implications of the real gains of Delgamuukw," Vancouver lawyer Stuart Rush told the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs' annual…
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The doors to the much-anticipated Aboriginal Healing Fund will open next month, according to director Paul Chartrand.
Applications will be available as of Dec. 2 for the $350 million set aside by the federal government to help communities and families devastated by the effects of residential schools.
Secretary of the Healing Fund, and one of 17 directors, Chartrand…
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The doors to the much-anticipated Aboriginal Healing Fund will open next month, according to director Paul Chartrand.
Applications will be available as of Dec. 2 for the $350 million set aside by the federal government to help communities and families devastated by the effects of residential schools.
Secretary of the Healing Fund, and one of 17 directors, Chartrand…
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The doors to the much-anticipated Aboriginal Healing Fund will open next month, according to director Paul Chartrand.
Applications will be available as of Dec. 2 for the $350 million set aside by the federal government to help communities and families devastated by the effects of residential schools.
Secretary of the Healing Fund, and one of 17 directors, Chartrand…