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wendigo

(ˈwɛndɪˌɡəʊ) or

windigo

npl -gospl -go or -gos
1. (Alternative Belief Systems) (among Algonquian Indians) an evil spirit or cannibal
2. (Breeds) another name for splake
[from Algonquian: evil spirit or cannibal]
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Jeremiah Windego, CEO of the Naicatchewenin Development Corporation (NDC), knows Aboriginal communities like his need to take matters into their hands in striving toward creating a local economy that's eventually free of government handouts.
Windego said Canada's First Nation population is growing at a rate four per cent annually but Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada funding has been capped at two per cent since 1996.
To Windego, the writing is on the wall, First Nations must make their own breaks.
The modus operandi is to refuse to let opportunity pass them by, said Windego.
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