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Aboriginal people across Saskatchewan should soon be enjoying greater access to sport, recreation and cultural programs, thanks to $5.5 million from the province's centennial funds.

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The National Native Show and Sale of Canadian Arts and Crafts moved from Calgary to Edmonton and continued its success Nov. 20 to 22.

Particularly noticeable this year was the increased number of exhibitors from B.C., two from Whitehorse and three from the N.W.T.

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EDITORIAL

This week Edmonton was visited by a unique group of young people from New Zealand. They are indigenous people called Maoris and this particular group has toured the country displaying their unique traditional dancing.

As these young people share their traditions with our young people we are finding a lost of common ground. Like Canadian Aboriginals, these New Zealanders were colonized by the British and then invaded by missionaries, priests and politicians who told them their culture was "wrong."

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Metis association not in $80,000 deficit ? Prez

The president of the Metis Association of Alberta said he was dismayed when he read that the association had an $80,000 deficit in an October edition of Windspeaker.

Speaking at a Zone 3 Regional Council meeting Oct. 31 Desmeules admitted to the association's expenditures, as reported in the Oct. 2 article, but denied these expenditures had placed the association in a deficit position.

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The Native Council of Canada (Alberta) annual assembly originally scheduled for Dec. 12 has been cancelled due to lack of funds, announced president Doris Ronnenberg this week.

"We were hoping to secure funds . . . but now it doesn't look like the cheque will come through in time," she said.

However, the council has rescheduled the assembly for Jan. 30, 1988 for the Fort McMurray Friendship Centre.

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The manager of an Indian band-owned air service denies that it is price gouging its clients, many of whom are Little Red River band members.

Speaking on behalf of Little Red Air based in Fort Vermilion, John Rogers counters a letter that appeared in the Nov. 6 issue of Windspeaker claiming that band members must now pay $120 for a flight to Fox Lake compared to a supposed $20 fee charged by the former air service, Peace Air.

The $120 rate, says Rogers, is based on the cost of a return charter flight for which the fee was paid by only one person.

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Bands call for settlement

Alberta Indian bands joined together in a mass demonstration of support for the Lubicon Lake Indian band's 47-year-old land claim.

About 100 demonstrators marched from Edmonton's Churchill Square to the steps of the Legislative Building on the first day of the fall session, Nov. 23, to demand the government settle with the small Cree band.

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The young people who attended the Yellowhead Tribal Council's youth conference, Nov. 20 and 21 at Enoch, went away feeling proud of their culture and a little more prepared to say "no" to drugs and alcohol.

And that, according to Robert Cardinal, co-ordinator of the Eagle Flight '87 ? Soaring to New Heights conference, is what the event was all about. Held during the national alcohol and drug abuse awareness week, the workshops with Elders, rock stars and visitors from other provinces were designed to make young people feel good about their heritage and themselves.

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Hardy calls 'watchdog' group 'healthy,' says complaints are growing pains

Complaints and disagreements on the eight Metis settlements are the natural growing pains of democracy says the president of the Federation of Metis Settlements in reaction to the announcement of a "watchdog" organization formed on the Buffalo Lake settlement recently.

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Windspeaker has a special gift for you, our reader, this Christmas.

It's a special Dec. 11 issue filled to the brim with ancient legends from many tribes (Micmac, Haida, Blackfoot, Cree, Inuit, etc.), modern stories, wild meat recipes, herb lore, old ways and information about powerful animals like the bear, wolf and buffalo.

And, to all of you who have sent us your poetry to publish, if you haven't seen it in former issues of Windspeaker, the Dec. 11 issue is where you'll likely find it.