Winter 2000 Issue

COVER: Barb Cramner - Messenger of Stories
She has a face wide and mobile, a sun-filled smile. She speaks in a voice of brightness and enthusiasm, secure in her self-confidence.

BIOGRAPHY: An Interview with Judge Steven Point
Judge Steven Point of Skowkale First Nation is one of a handful of First Nations people appointed a judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia.

Susan Aglukark - A Leading Voice in Canadian Music
In only seven years of performing, recording artist Susan Aglukark has emerged as a leading voice in Canadian music. 

BUSINESS: Profile: Lindley Family Farms
Faced with a choice between commercial or agricultural development, a Westbank First Nation's family opted for the latter-and reaped more than a source of organically grown food.

Mohawks To Be "Offshore" Banking Power
The Kahnawake Mohawk Nation in Quebec says it will establish its reserve as a "sovereign financial territory"...

CULTURE: Bee in the Bonnet
"What? How much?" The sweet little old lady said as she bought her cigarettes at the native smoke shop.

Gangsters Out to Beat The Rap 
Three teenagers saunter down the sidewalk in North End Winnipeg, one dragging a bicycle and another carrying a plastic bag.

Embrace the Visionaries
... thirteen Salish artists using various media and from various backgrounds.

EDUCATION: Visions Conference: Youthful Entrepreneurs Get Options 
A travelling road show is currently making the rounds within the province bringing a message of hope and opportunity to the Native youth regarding their future.

HISTORY: Murder of Anna Mae Aquash Unsolved After 23 Years
When Anna Mae Aquash was buried, women from the Pine Ridge Reservation dug her grave themselves in the March cold.

MODERN TREATIES: National Chief Urges Action By the Government
Phil Fontaine..stated today that the federal government must begin working immediately with First Nations to implement the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Corbiere v. Canada and the Batchewana Band

NWT Treaty 8 Tribal Corporation
The Chiefs of Akaitcho Treaty 8...met...Minister Robert Nault in Ottawa to discuss a number of issues related to the implementation of Treaty 8 

POLITICS: Registration To Redress Racist Dirty Tricks
Fifty years of political chicanery and racist shenanigans have deprived Newfoundland native people of their rights within Canada.