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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 leaders of the Sahtu Dene people are clinging to the hope that the federal government will live up to the spirit of their treaty and deal with a tragedy within their community in an honorable fashion, but their advisors fear the Dene are in for a disappointment.
Several members of the Déline Dene First Nation travelled to Ottawa for a June 10 meeting with Indian and…
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The leaders of the Sahtu Dene people are clinging to the hope that the federal government will live up to the spirit of their treaty and deal with a tragedy within their community in an honorable fashion, but their advisors fear the Dene are in for a disappointment.
Several members of the Déline Dene First Nation travelled to Ottawa for a June 10 meeting with Indian and…
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The leaders of the Sahtu Dene people are clinging to the hope that the federal government will live up to the spirit of their treaty and deal with a tragedy within their community in an honorable fashion, but their advisors fear the Dene are in for a disappointment.
Several members of the Déline Dene First Nation travelled to Ottawa for a June 10 meeting with Indian and…
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Newfoundland and Labrador provincial court judge, James Igloliorte, as the only Inuk judge in Labrador, says the importance of being a role model has not escaped him. His contributions as jurist and educator and proud spokesman for his people have not escaped the notice of his peers either, who have honored Igloliorte with this year's National Aboriginal Achievement…
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James Karl Bartleman, as Canada's current High Commissioner to the Republic of South Africa, has done little in his 33-year public service career that isn't a matter of record. And what a stellar record it is.
In the thick of foreign policy implementation in Cuba, Israel and a host of other hot spots for years now, in 1994 Bartleman was picked as foreign…
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Dr. Malcolm King, a prominent research scientist and professor of the pulmonary division, department of medicine at the University of Alberta, is the 1999 National Aboriginal Achievement Award winner in the category of Medical Sciences. Dr. King's main area of interest is mucus rheology, which is the study of the flow of mucus in the lungs and other organs. His…
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Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk was born in 1931 on the Ungava Coast near present-day Kangirsujuaq, Que. There were no schools in her village until the 1960s, but Mitiarjuk has earned the reputation of a scholar and legendary authority on Inuit language and culture. Years of unstinting service to Inuit education, of holding up the standard of traditional values and…
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Dorothy Betz, a 70-year-old retired community activist who helped spearhead the friendship centre movement in Canada, is excited to receive this year's National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the category of Community Development.
Wayne Helgason, president of the Indian and Métis Friendship Centre in Winnipeg, who nominated Betz for the award, has known her…
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Dorothy Grant has been on the cutting edge all her life. The 43-year-old member of the Kaigani Haida people of British Columbia is renowned for unique Native fashion designs that highlight her artistic talent in everything from ready-to-wear to exclusive, one-of-a-kind collections. Grant's famous button blankets, spruce root hats and other garments combining art and…
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Theresa Stevenson, this year's recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Community Development, is best known for the hot lunch program called "Chili for Children," which she established in 1979 in a low-income neighborhood in Regina for Aboriginal school children. That program is still going strong and has expanded to three locations with new people…
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As the performers and technicians scurried throughout the Saskatchewan Centre for the Arts in Regina during the last rehearsal before show time, Justin Bellegarde appeared to be the most relaxed person involved with the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards gala show.
The Grade 6 student at Fort Qu'Appelle Elementary school was the host of the nationally…
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Deep in the rain forest, somewhere in the Canadian Pacific Northwest, a mountain stream trickles down the rocky side of a mountain, past towering ancient cedar and pine trees and into the thick overgrowth of forest.
A reproduction of that very scene from the Northwest Coast was created on the stage at the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards gala on March 12…
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Ten years past retirement, Métis educator Howard Adams still defines his views as "radical." Whatever the political stripe, Adams' conversation and writing reveal the passion of a man who has made a career out of combating the systemic racism he says holds Aboriginal people back.
His is a lifetime of daring and innovative support of unpopular Métis and Indian…
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"It's good to have goals, but try to be realistic; if the job market isn't there, you may have to try other things." Dr. Lillian Eva Dyck, this year's National Aboriginal Achievement Award winner in the field of Science and Technology, says that although people need to plan their future, they should remain flexible in a rapidly changing society.
The same advice…
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"What a person can do, another person can imitate. If you put your mind into something, you will succeed. Excuses won't get you there."
That's the advice of Dr. Edward Kantonkote Cree, this year's recipient of the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the category of Medicine. He's also the current head of the oral and maxillofacial surgery department at…