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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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Education, training and employment for youth in the forestry industry will be some of the major issues discussed at the Aboriginal Forestry 2001 conference in Saskatoon from Jan. 21 to 24. The theme for the conference is Putting Today?s Experiences into Tomorrow?s Forestry.
?We want to get youth involved because the youth population is expanding and there are a number…
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Tobique First Nation has initiated a joint study with the University of New Brunswick?s nursing faculty to assess the community?s prevailing attitude toward a disease that once killed large numbers of Maliseet people, but is nearly dormant in the province now. The qualitative research study of how tuberculosis affected the Maliseet will be completed the end of March.
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Tobique First Nation has initiated a joint study with the University of New Brunswick?s nursing faculty to assess the community?s prevailing attitude toward a disease that once killed large numbers of Maliseet people, but is nearly dormant in the province now. The qualitative research study of how tuberculosis affected the Maliseet will be completed the end of March.
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An edition of the Native Social Work Journal dedicated to HIV/AIDS within the Aboriginal population was launched Dec. 1 in Sudbury.
?This special edition of the journal is extremely important because it examines an issue in society where there is very little literature. Without the needed resources to diminish the threat of HIV/AIDS, Aboriginal communities have little…
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An edition of the Native Social Work Journal dedicated to HIV/AIDS within the Aboriginal population was launched Dec. 1 in Sudbury.
?This special edition of the journal is extremely important because it examines an issue in society where there is very little literature. Without the needed resources to diminish the threat of HIV/AIDS, Aboriginal communities have little…
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To mark the fourth annual Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Day on Dec. 1, community leaders across Canada joined forces with Aboriginal AIDS service organizations to co-ordinate events aimed at raising awareness of HIV and AIDS among community members.
Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Day is co-ordinated by the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN), a national coalition of Aboriginal…
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To mark the fourth annual Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Day on Dec. 1, community leaders across Canada joined forces with Aboriginal AIDS service organizations to co-ordinate events aimed at raising awareness of HIV and AIDS among community members.
Aboriginal AIDS Awareness Day is co-ordinated by the Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network (CAAN), a national coalition of Aboriginal…
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Mary Longman?s Blood and Stones exhibition provides a link of the stories, historical events, cultural and spiritual practices of the Plains people.
?The essence that I strive to achieve through the metaphorical form can be described as the Manitou, soul, presence and life in all things animate or inanimate,? she said. The effect of her effort is mesmerizing.
?Art…
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Mary Longman?s Blood and Stones exhibition provides a link of the stories, historical events, cultural and spiritual practices of the Plains people.
?The essence that I strive to achieve through the metaphorical form can be described as the Manitou, soul, presence and life in all things animate or inanimate,? she said. The effect of her effort is mesmerizing.
?Art…
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Eight ladies? and five men?s teams met at Brandon University on Nov. 24 and 25 for the United Tribes Volleyball Club?s annual all Native tournament.
Hosted by United Tribes, the tournament was attended by teams from many parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, including Winnipeg, Peguis, Norway House, Ebb ?n? Flow and a good showing from southwestern Manitoba.
A high…
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Eight ladies? and five men?s teams met at Brandon University on Nov. 24 and 25 for the United Tribes Volleyball Club?s annual all Native tournament.
Hosted by United Tribes, the tournament was attended by teams from many parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan, including Winnipeg, Peguis, Norway House, Ebb ?n? Flow and a good showing from southwestern Manitoba.
A high…
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A decades-old controversy over who should control use of a lake that the Okanagan Nation Alliance considers sacred is heating up again around the town of Osoyoos, about 13 miles north of the United States border.
The property containing Spotted Lake is currently owned by descendants of the late Ernest Smith, who once had the idea of developing a spa there but who was…
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A decades-old controversy over who should control use of a lake that the Okanagan Nation Alliance considers sacred is heating up again around the town of Osoyoos, about 13 miles north of the United States border.
The property containing Spotted Lake is currently owned by descendants of the late Ernest Smith, who once had the idea of developing a spa there but who was…
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An Oregon United States District Court judge ruled on Nov. 15 that Gustafsen Lake activist O.J. Pitawanakwat was participating in an uprising against the government of Canada that was of a political character, so, under the terms of the extradition treaty between Canada and the United States, he can?t be turned over to Canadian authorities.
Pitawanakwat and his fellow Ts?…
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An Oregon United States District Court judge ruled on Nov. 15 that Gustafsen Lake activist O.J. Pitawanakwat was participating in an uprising against the government of Canada that was of a political character, so, under the terms of the extradition treaty between Canada and the United States, he can?t be turned over to Canadian authorities.
Pitawanakwat and his fellow Ts?…