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  • Sam Laskaris, Windspeaker Contributor, Buffalo, N.Y.

Page 16

Thanks to some key performances from Native players, the Buffalo

Bandits are once again the Major Indoor Lacrosse League champions. The

Bandits won the championship final in the U.S. based league with a 15-10

triumph on home turf over the Philadelphia Wings on April 12.

Buffalo had previously won back-to-back league crowns in 1992 and '93.

The…

  • Christine Wong, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

Page 16

She emerged from Oka as a 14-year-old Mohawk with a bloodied body, a

wounded spirit, and a battered soul. Today, six years later, a scar

marks the spot where a soldier stabbed her in the chest with a bayonet

as she left the Oka barricades. But deeper scars, the emotional ones

inside her heart, have healed.

With the help of family, friends and…

  • Christine Wong, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

Page 16

She emerged from Oka as a 14-year-old Mohawk with a bloodied body, a

wounded spirit, and a battered soul. Today, six years later, a scar

marks the spot where a soldier stabbed her in the chest with a bayonet

as she left the Oka barricades. But deeper scars, the emotional ones

inside her heart, have healed.

With the help of family, friends and…

  • Christine Wong, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

Page 16

She emerged from Oka as a 14-year-old Mohawk with a bloodied body, a

wounded spirit, and a battered soul. Today, six years later, a scar

marks the spot where a soldier stabbed her in the chest with a bayonet

as she left the Oka barricades. But deeper scars, the emotional ones

inside her heart, have healed.

With the help of family, friends and…

  • Jackie Bissley, Windspeaker Contributor, Los Angeles

Page 14

Even though Los Angels is home for now, home is where the heart is and

for 15-year-old Crystle Lightning, that is the Enoch First Nation in

Alberta. When Crystle left the reserve eight years ago, one could say

she was already a seasoned traveller. At the ripe old age of four,

Crystle started as a model doing catalogue work out of Edmonton. By the…

  • Jackie Bissley, Windspeaker Contributor, Los Angeles

Page 14

Even though Los Angels is home for now, home is where the heart is and

for 15-year-old Crystle Lightning, that is the Enoch First Nation in

Alberta. When Crystle left the reserve eight years ago, one could say

she was already a seasoned traveller. At the ripe old age of four,

Crystle started as a model doing catalogue work out of Edmonton. By the…

  • Jackie Bissley, Windspeaker Contributor, Los Angeles

Page 14

Even though Los Angels is home for now, home is where the heart is and

for 15-year-old Crystle Lightning, that is the Enoch First Nation in

Alberta. When Crystle left the reserve eight years ago, one could say

she was already a seasoned traveller. At the ripe old age of four,

Crystle started as a model doing catalogue work out of Edmonton. By the…

  • Brian Wright-McLeod, Windspeaker Contributor

Page 13

Dead Issue

by Breach of Trust

Rockin' Rod Records.

Saskatoon's Breach of Trust delivers a thorough thrashing of bass-laced

grunge-metal that pummels your speakers until they collapse from

exhaustion. Breach's playing and song writing abilities sem second

nature but are influenced by a variety of rock and heavy-metal mentors.

Their…

  • Brian Wright-McLeod, Windspeaker Contributor

Page 13

Dead Issue

by Breach of Trust

Rockin' Rod Records.

Saskatoon's Breach of Trust delivers a thorough thrashing of bass-laced

grunge-metal that pummels your speakers until they collapse from

exhaustion. Breach's playing and song writing abilities sem second

nature but are influenced by a variety of rock and heavy-metal mentors.

Their…

  • Brian Wright-McLeod, Windspeaker Contributor

Page 13

Dead Issue

by Breach of Trust

Rockin' Rod Records.

Saskatoon's Breach of Trust delivers a thorough thrashing of bass-laced

grunge-metal that pummels your speakers until they collapse from

exhaustion. Breach's playing and song writing abilities sem second

nature but are influenced by a variety of rock and heavy-metal mentors.

Their…

  • Cole Pederson, Windspeaker Contributor, Edmonton

Page 12

On March 31, the National Film Board cancelled funding for its

Aboriginal film making body, Studio One.

Studio One was headquartered in Edmonton, and had been set up to enable

Aboriginal film makers to tell their own stories. It helped train film

makers and funded the production of some films.

Gravdon McRae, Executive Producer for the film…

  • Cole Pederson, Windspeaker Contributor, Edmonton

Page 12

On March 31, the National Film Board cancelled funding for its

Aboriginal film making body, Studio One.

Studio One was headquartered in Edmonton, and had been set up to enable

Aboriginal film makers to tell their own stories. It helped train film

makers and funded the production of some films.

Gravdon McRae, Executive Producer for the film…

  • Cole Pederson, Windspeaker Contributor, Edmonton

Page 12

On March 31, the National Film Board cancelled funding for its

Aboriginal film making body, Studio One.

Studio One was headquartered in Edmonton, and had been set up to enable

Aboriginal film makers to tell their own stories. It helped train film

makers and funded the production of some films.

Gravdon McRae, Executive Producer for the film…

  • Ken Larsen, Windspeaker Contributor

Review

Page 11

Peyote

by Raindance Sunshine Records

Including the pre-production phase, it was two years in the making, but

Peyote, Raindance's debut album of 11 original songs, has finally hit

the stands.

Raindance is a four-piece-group from (presumably, although it's not

totally clear) Georgina Island, Ont. and their line-up is Mardy…

  • Ken Larsen, Windspeaker Contributor

Review

Page 11

Peyote

by Raindance Sunshine Records

Including the pre-production phase, it was two years in the making, but

Peyote, Raindance's debut album of 11 original songs, has finally hit

the stands.

Raindance is a four-piece-group from (presumably, although it's not

totally clear) Georgina Island, Ont. and their line-up is Mardy…