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Dear Editor:

Re: Who gets it? Windspeaker September 2006

I applaud Windspeaker for this editorial, which is very well produced, informative and educational. It is too bad that the majority of Canadidans don't "get it," Windspeaker that is.

There is one thing I want to add and that is I know who gets it and has been getting it since the first colonist set foot on our territories.

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Dear Editor:

This is an open letter to all First Nation members who are seeking political office and members who will be voting in any upcoming First Nations elections. This is in regards to the welfare dependency among the majority of young Aboriginal people living on and off reserve. I am asking all those seeking political office to step up to the plate to stop youth from becoming statistics and taking the easy way out.

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Dear Editor:

I am writing this letter regarding the Caledonia (Ontario) conflict, the Canadian government, its selective/convenient rules of law and its (unjust) justice systems.

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People, most notably Gary McHale (see story page 8), are upset that the Ontario government and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are not doing anything about the occupation at Douglas Creek Estates in Caledonia, Ont.

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Since 1998, the bachelor of social work (BSW) program at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology has attracted students from around British Columbia and across Canada but now thanks to changes to the curriculum, the degree program is likely to attract even more students.

The new curriculum includes new courses on Aboriginal human life cycles, Aboriginal social policy, practice and ethics.

The four-year program will prepare graduates to work within Aboriginal communities, giving them the tools they require to address community needs more fully.

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A new training program for First Nation resource managers has been introduced at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.

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About 100 people were on hand at the recent launch of the Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre that took place at the Wanuskewin Heritage Park located just outside the city.

The Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre is a non-profit group whose purpose is to collect and classify data from various Aboriginal educational institutions in an effort to find teaching methods that will benefit the wider community.

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Cultures merged at the Vancouver Museum at the end of October with the official opening of a Native art exhibition that showcases a marriage of Pacific Northwest Coast and American Southwest Indigenous stylization.

Raven's Eye

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Metis film-maker Christine Welsh is sending a message of hope, resilience and awareness through her powerful, poignant and painful documentary concerning the ongoing epidemic of violence inflicted on First Nation women in Canada.

Ontario Birchbark

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Award-winning author and illustrator Leo Yerxa has just received another honor, being named this year's recipient of the Governor General's Literary Award in the Children's Literature-Illustration category.