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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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"First Nation communities must be well governed so that they can achieve economic development." So goes the new Indian Affairs mantra. At every opportunity, the Indian Affairs minister tells us that we should put land and rights and culture on the backburner, and look at our situation in pragmatic terms, with a solution as simple as implementing "good government" in our…
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"First Nation communities must be well governed so that they can achieve economic development." So goes the new Indian Affairs mantra. At every opportunity, the Indian Affairs minister tells us that we should put land and rights and culture on the backburner, and look at our situation in pragmatic terms, with a solution as simple as implementing "good government" in our…
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Ready or not, it's coming to a First Nation near you. The minister of Indian Affairs is pushing hard to get the First Nations Governance Act into law by the autumn of 2002. Our coverage this month fills a lot of space, but it only scratches the surface of a tremendously complex issue.
Hundreds, maybe thousands, of questions abound. The AFN spring confederacy in Vancouver…
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Ready or not, it's coming to a First Nation near you. The minister of Indian Affairs is pushing hard to get the First Nations Governance Act into law by the autumn of 2002. Our coverage this month fills a lot of space, but it only scratches the surface of a tremendously complex issue.
Hundreds, maybe thousands, of questions abound. The AFN spring confederacy in Vancouver…
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An act that the federal government hopes to table within the next several months will "provide for an integrated system of First Nation financial management, to establish certain First Nation institutions for that purpose and to make consequential amendments to other acts."
After several requests for background material regarding the matter were ignored by AFN…
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An act that the federal government hopes to table within the next several months will "provide for an integrated system of First Nation financial management, to establish certain First Nation institutions for that purpose and to make consequential amendments to other acts."
After several requests for background material regarding the matter were ignored by AFN…
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Teams of government officials will soon spread out across the country, asking First Nations people what they think the government should do to improve their local governments.
Robert Nault, the Indian Affairs minister, during a long interview with this newspaper, frequently hinted he believes the First Nations leadership is trying to scuttle his plans for reform because…
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Teams of government officials will soon spread out across the country, asking First Nations people what they think the government should do to improve their local governments.
Robert Nault, the Indian Affairs minister, during a long interview with this newspaper, frequently hinted he believes the First Nations leadership is trying to scuttle his plans for reform because…
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First Nation chiefs are getting ready to fight the Indian Affairs minister on several fronts as details of how the federal government will change the way First Nations are governed begin to surface.
Three separate pieces of legislation are being prepared that will fundamentally change the role of First Nations leaders. Along with a proposed First Nations Governance Act, a…
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First Nation chiefs are getting ready to fight the Indian Affairs minister on several fronts as details of how the federal government will change the way First Nations are governed begin to surface.
Three separate pieces of legislation are being prepared that will fundamentally change the role of First Nations leaders. Along with a proposed First Nations Governance Act, a…
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Aboriginal businesses are playing an essential role in Canadian economic development, according to a recently release report by Industry Canada.
The report, Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada: Progress and Prospects, states that over 20,000 businesses in Canada are Aboriginally-owned. Between 1981 and 1996, the number of Aboriginal people who were self-employed grew…
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Aboriginal businesses are playing an essential role in Canadian economic development, according to a recently release report by Industry Canada.
The report, Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada: Progress and Prospects, states that over 20,000 businesses in Canada are Aboriginally-owned. Between 1981 and 1996, the number of Aboriginal people who were self-employed grew…
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Aboriginal businesses are playing an essential role in Canadian economic development, according to a recently release report by Industry Canada.
The report, Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada: Progress and Prospects, states that over 20,000 businesses in Canada are Aboriginally-owned. Between 1981 and 1996, the number of Aboriginal people who were self-employed grew…
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Between buffalo and bombs, business is literally booming on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation located southwest of Calgary.
The 1,000-plus members of the reserve have parlayed their business acumen and negotiating skills into a lucrative and unique contract to clear their land of unexploded munitions left over from military training exercises.
Wolf's Flat Ordnance…
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Between buffalo and bombs, business is literally booming on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation located southwest of Calgary.
The 1,000-plus members of the reserve have parlayed their business acumen and negotiating skills into a lucrative and unique contract to clear their land of unexploded munitions left over from military training exercises.
Wolf's Flat Ordnance…