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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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Jonathan Cheechoo is one step closer to fulfilling his goal of playing in the National Hockey League.
At the NHL Entry Draft, staged June 27 in Buffalo, the Moose Factory, Ont. native was selected in the second round - the 29th pick overall - by the San Jose Sharks. Cheechoo, a Cree who didn't start playing organized hockey until he was 14, was not overly upset at not…
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Jonathan Cheechoo is one step closer to fulfilling his goal of playing in the National Hockey League.
At the NHL Entry Draft, staged June 27 in Buffalo, the Moose Factory, Ont. native was selected in the second round - the 29th pick overall - by the San Jose Sharks. Cheechoo, a Cree who didn't start playing organized hockey until he was 14, was not overly upset at not…
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For more than a quarter of a century, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium has been representing Indian and First Nation colleges across North America.
Starting out with just a a half dozen member colleges in 1972, the consortium now boasts a membership of 30 higher learning centres.
The majority of the consortium's membership is in the United States (28…
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For more than a quarter of a century, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium has been representing Indian and First Nation colleges across North America.
Starting out with just a a half dozen member colleges in 1972, the consortium now boasts a membership of 30 higher learning centres.
The majority of the consortium's membership is in the United States (28…
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For more than a quarter of a century, the American Indian Higher Education Consortium has been representing Indian and First Nation colleges across North America.
Starting out with just a a half dozen member colleges in 1972, the consortium now boasts a membership of 30 higher learning centres.
The majority of the consortium's membership is in the United States (28…
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Grey skies, pounding rain and muddy roads might have dampered spirits, but had little effect on the determination of the film production crew of Big Bear, currently shooting on the Pasqua Reserve.
Battling unpredictable elements that made the steep winding roads down into the Pasqua Valley almost impassible and a northeast wind that made filming conditions next to…
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Grey skies, pounding rain and muddy roads might have dampered spirits, but had little effect on the determination of the film production crew of Big Bear, currently shooting on the Pasqua Reserve.
Battling unpredictable elements that made the steep winding roads down into the Pasqua Valley almost impassible and a northeast wind that made filming conditions next to…
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Grey skies, pounding rain and muddy roads might have dampered spirits, but had little effect on the determination of the film production crew of Big Bear, currently shooting on the Pasqua Reserve.
Battling unpredictable elements that made the steep winding roads down into the Pasqua Valley almost impassible and a northeast wind that made filming conditions next to…
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Leonard Peltier is a political prisoner who was wrongly extradited from Canada to the United States in 1976 and has spent the last 23 years imprisoned for a crime the United States government today openly admits it cannot prove he actually committed.
On June 26, 1975, two FBI agents were killed in a shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. But the troubles…
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Leonard Peltier is a political prisoner who was wrongly extradited from Canada to the United States in 1976 and has spent the last 23 years imprisoned for a crime the United States government today openly admits it cannot prove he actually committed.
On June 26, 1975, two FBI agents were killed in a shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. But the troubles…
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Leonard Peltier is a political prisoner who was wrongly extradited from Canada to the United States in 1976 and has spent the last 23 years imprisoned for a crime the United States government today openly admits it cannot prove he actually committed.
On June 26, 1975, two FBI agents were killed in a shoot-out on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. But the troubles…
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Twenty-three years, that's a lot of time. In the past 23 years, nations rose and fell, mankind extended the limits to limitless space, peace has come to countries that have been at war for centuries, and war has come to shatter the peace and calm in a variety of communities around the globe.
And during the last 23 years, men and women, countless, faceless, forgotten human…
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Twenty-three years, that's a lot of time. In the past 23 years, nations rose and fell, mankind extended the limits to limitless space, peace has come to countries that have been at war for centuries, and war has come to shatter the peace and calm in a variety of communities around the globe.
And during the last 23 years, men and women, countless, faceless, forgotten human…
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Twenty-three years, that's a lot of time. In the past 23 years, nations rose and fell, mankind extended the limits to limitless space, peace has come to countries that have been at war for centuries, and war has come to shatter the peace and calm in a variety of communities around the globe.
And during the last 23 years, men and women, countless, faceless, forgotten human…
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Six Aboriginal locations across the country have been added to Canada's 800 existing national historic sites.
On June 21, Andy Mitchell, the secretary of state for Canada's parks, announced the new designations. The sites, selected by the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, highlight the historic importance of the Métis, Gwich'in, West Coast, Huron and Ojibwa…