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December -98

Pressure builds, government balks

Healing fund accepts applications

Lawyers say spirit of Delgamuukw ignored

New firearms legislation threatens Native lifestyle

Seven Aboriginal Senators: 40 years

Coalition addresses urban concerns

Decision's made in anger . . .- Editorial

Solidarity with Guatemala - Guest Column

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November - 98

Fontaine pushes for meeting with Pope

Fargo a bust; Oklahoma may host

Eco-colonialism or environmentalism

Oppositition tries to stop Nisga'a deal

Homeless in your own homeland

Bell appointed to CBC board

Is anybody listening?- Editorial

Invaders of space: 1492 again? - Guest Column

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October - 98

Publisher leads attack on Nisga'a agreement

Delgamuukw: Nobody seems to get it

Federal Court of Appeal hears Mitchell case

Investigation demanded in northern shooting

Inuit ancestry lost with the stroke of a pen

Shop around for best journalism school

Publisher betrays public trust- Editorial

A hero's fall from grace - Guest Column

The above is only a partial list of all the stories featured in the October, 1998 issue of Windspeaker.

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September - 98

Nisga'a deal will mean big changes

Final agreement debated across the country

Nisga'a celebrate final argeement

Court decision pleases Native leaders

AFN takes on mainstream press

"Pushers in white coats" root of drug problems

Rumors of abuse, cover-up at clinics

One city at a time - Chester Knight and the Wind

Supreme Court gets it right- Editorial

Get back to the natural - Guest Column

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August - 98

Who is Leonard Peltier and what was he fighting for?

The world calls for Peltier's release

Residential school compensation: Who do I turn to? What do I do?

Is there really strength in numbers?

There is danger in using people's pain.

Windspeaker tops among publications

Shift in collecting tobacco tax will be fought

Manitoba reserve gets tough on drug users

Stance brings McLain home

Which Canada is the real Canada?- Editorial

Collective resolve is what is needed - Guest Column

The above is only a partial list of all the stories featured in the August, 1998 issue of Windspeaker.

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July - 98

AIM - The history

Quebec chiefs want to negotiate new approach

Law changed - band can tax members

United Church, feds both liable

Residential schools violated UN law

Custer's last stand performed again

Order of Ontario medal for first female band councillor

It's started... - Editorial

Reconstructing Aboriginal history - Guest Column

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June - 98

in the news:

Larry Sault
John Kim Bell
August Collin
Wilson Nepoose

Letters to the Editor

Grassy Narrows takes 'last stand' on nuclear waste

Impasse continues in New Brunswick

Late bloomer captures title

The politics of compensation

Do as I say - Not as I do ­ Editorial

Honored or exploited: Entertainer concerned

When nothing's said - Guest Column

Still searching for peace - Ken Ward

Don't forget Guide to Indian Country

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May - 98

Ipperwash sentence to be appealed

Aboriginal people living off reserve not seeing the benefits

Feds said to be ignoring protocol

Is there some history hiding in your closet

Diashowa boycott may continue

Powwow keeps getting bigger and better

Diamond Belts attract top amateurs

A page turned all too quickly ­ Editorial

Honored or exploited: Entertainer concerned

Responding to the critical - Guest Column

Wilting away, bit by bit - Ken Ward

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April - 98

Mother and child killed in shootout

Political fight over new money begins

Windspeaker readers speak out on the "apology"

Negative attitudes about Indians revealed by poll

A tale of two tribes: Genetically the same, but oh, so different

Willard Lewis on a tear for a title

Credible news Windspeaker's stock in trade

Exciting first years celebrated

Burden of history on RCMP ­ Editorial

Time to refocus effort - Publisher's Statement

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March - 98

QUOTABLE QUOTE:

"The expression of sorrow is directed at those individuals who suffered abuse. It was not directed at all First Nations people, who have all lost something because of the residential schools, whether they experienced physical or sexual abuse or not."

- Ovide Mercredi on the federal response to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples report.

Leaked letter leads to libel suit

Church and Government on trial

Windspeaker readers speak out on the "apology"

European suspicious of Canada's intent

Mercredi says feds' response inadequate

Hoopin' it up at the world championships

Protect the whistle blower ­ Editorial

Get ready for the next generation - Guest Column

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February-98

Feds Respond

Statement of Reconciliation

Give us strength - Editorial

Eastern reserves make best of icy situation

Black belt takes on the world

Money is not the issue

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January - 98

Aboriginal title defined:New trial ordered in Delgamuukw case

Healing fund still uncertain

Senator loves the trenches

Beautiful British Columbia kept its ugly secret for far too long - Editorial

Searching for my Siberian cousins

Plane Crash

Passengers preparing for Christma

Plane had enough fuel to turn around

1997 Year in Review

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