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By Dianne Meili
Onistah-Sokaksin, Calf Shirt, was the leader of the Nitayxkax, Lone Fighters Band, and was a great war chief of the Bloods, a Plains tribe in what is now southern Alberta. Calf Shirt distinguished himself as a brave warrior numerous times in his...
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Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?Torry Eagle Speaker: Honesty. We all need at least one honest friend to rely on. W: What is it that really makes you mad?T.E.S.: Negative people who try to bring me down. I’ve been told not...
By Jennifer Ashawasegai Windspeaker Contributor OTTAWA
The House of Commons Finance Committee has recommended the privatization of reserve lands. The suggestion was made when the committee presented its pre-budget report before the holiday break. The committee thinks a policy such as this would help...
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We’re not too sure what everyone is complaining about when it comes to the federal response to the Attawapiskat situation. Seems to us the fed’s response time is extremely fast, at least when dealing with any criticism it faces from outside sources...
By Shari Narine Windspeaker Contributor OTTAWA
By January, the federal government will have three more reports to look at when considering changes to First Nations primary and secondary education. Gilbert Whiteduck, spokesperson for the three First Nations organizations that wrote the Report on...
By Shari Narine Sage Contributing Editor SASKATOON
The First Nations Bank of Canada will cut its strings with The Toronto-Dominion Bank two years ahead of schedule. By early fall, FNBC will be independent. “Every time you expect to do something before you plan to and especially when it’s a positive...
By Shari Narine Sweetgrass Contributing Editor SAMSON CREE FIRST NATION
A residency bylaw recently passed by Samson Cree membership gives chief and council a say on who moves on to the First Nation as well as who can remain as residents. On Jan. 4, 479 people voted in favour of the By-Law Governing the Residency of...
By Shari Narine Sage Contributing Editor OTTAWA
First Nation chiefs met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and 12 Cabinet ministers on Jan. 24 in Ottawa in the first ever Crown-First Nations gathering. The meeting was over a year in the planning and had been called for by Assembly of First...
By Shauna Lewis Raven’s Eye Writer Hazelton
The Gitxsan First Nation has reversed a decision to participate in a controversial oil pipeline project that would have generated $7 million for the band. Gitxsan hereditary chiefs voted 78 per cent in favor of withdrawing from the Northern Gateway...
By Shari Narine Sage Contributing Editor GEORGE GORDON FIRST NATION
The George Gordon First Nation is accusing the federal and provincial governments of not negotiating in good faith during the recent Treaty Land Entitlement Settlement Agreement process. “While the George Gordon First Nation was at the negotiating...