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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.
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
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Numerous health problems plague Aboriginal people: HIV and AIDS, diabetes, alcohol or other substance abuse, and suicide are just a few. The human cost is enormous as these problems do more than just claim the lives of the victims. There is often longer-term…
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
Page 3
Numerous health problems plague Aboriginal people: HIV and AIDS, diabetes, alcohol or other substance abuse, and suicide are just a few. The human cost is enormous as these problems do more than just claim the lives of the victims. There is often longer-term…
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
Page 3
Numerous health problems plague Aboriginal people: HIV and AIDS, diabetes, alcohol or other substance abuse, and suicide are just a few. The human cost is enormous as these problems do more than just claim the lives of the victims. There is often longer-term…
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
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Compared to timeless works like the Magna Carta, the United State Constitution or the Iroquois Confederacy's Great Law of Peace, the Indian Act isn't much. But for the 600-odd band councils in Canada, it's the alpha and omega of day-to-day life.
The…
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
Page 4
Compared to timeless works like the Magna Carta, the United State Constitution or the Iroquois Confederacy's Great Law of Peace, the Indian Act isn't much. But for the 600-odd band councils in Canada, it's the alpha and omega of day-to-day life.
The…
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
Page 4
Compared to timeless works like the Magna Carta, the United State Constitution or the Iroquois Confederacy's Great Law of Peace, the Indian Act isn't much. But for the 600-odd band councils in Canada, it's the alpha and omega of day-to-day life.
The…
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
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Museums and cultural centres preserve a people's history. The artifacts and memories can be seen through display cases or in photographs, but what about a language?
Who preserves a culture's language?
Historically, Aboriginal language has been…
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
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If you're a careful reader of the mainstream press, you can stitch together the types of stories that get national front page exposure and from them get an idea of
what a typical daily newspaper editor believes are the essential issues in Aboriginal…
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
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The New Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary describes the world 'dispute' as, "strife, or contest in words or by arguments; a difference of opinion; vigorously maintained; controversy in words; a wordy war...."
In Aboriginal terms a dispute can all too…
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
Windspeaker's commitment to Aboriginal youth has never been greater. By providing as many of Canada's youth with access to such a unique educational tool as Classroom Edition at no cost, Windspeaker's Classroom Edition and its many partners are playing a fundamental tole in…
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
Windspeaker's commitment to Aboriginal youth has never been greater. By providing as many of Canada's youth with access to such a unique educational tool as Classroom Edition at no cost, Windspeaker's Classroom Edition and its many partners are playing a fundamental tole in…
CLASSROOM EDITION
The educational tool that showcases critical issues impacting Canada's Aboriginal People.
Windspeaker's commitment to Aboriginal youth has never been greater. By providing as many of Canada's youth with access to such a unique educational tool as Classroom Edition at no cost, Windspeaker's Classroom Edition and its many partners are playing a fundamental tole in…
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The battle over the Cheviot Mine project is reaching a boiling point.
A coalition of 16 environmental groups across North America has come together under the banner of conservation. They are fighting the proposed Cheviot Mine project, located near the Jasper National Park. The coalition is part of an international campaign to fight the proposed strip mine from going ahead…
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The battle over the Cheviot Mine project is reaching a boiling point.
A coalition of 16 environmental groups across North America has come together under the banner of conservation. They are fighting the proposed Cheviot Mine project, located near the Jasper National Park. The coalition is part of an international campaign to fight the proposed strip mine from going ahead…
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The battle over the Cheviot Mine project is reaching a boiling point.
A coalition of 16 environmental groups across North America has come together under the banner of conservation. They are fighting the proposed Cheviot Mine project, located near the Jasper National Park. The coalition is part of an international campaign to fight the proposed strip mine from going ahead…