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A new Calgary-wide initiative for youth, aged 6 to 16, is providing information and access to a variety of quality, supervised and fun after school activities focusing on Aboriginal culture.
Currently, six Aboriginal programs are being offered in different locations throughout the city through the Calgary AfterSchool program which is available free of charge to Aboriginal youth between…
CPS IRS training video made available to all
The Calgary Police Service is making its award-winning Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement training video available for anyone who wishes to use it. “Although the video was developed for our members, after we rolled it out and showed it to the Police Commission we started getting inquiries,” said Michelle…
Homeless Connect held next month
May 9 marks the fourth Homeless Connect event to be held at the Shaw Conference Centre. Homeless Connect Edmonton is a broad-based community-inspired initiative, providing free appropriate services to homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless, on one day and at one location. Services include mental health assessments,…
A new group of community leaders has stepped up to advise Homeward Trust on how to fight homelessness in Edmonton in a culturally appropriate way for Aboriginal clients.
“The Aboriginal component is at the core of what we do. The Aboriginal Advisory Council is not about adding another layer of administration. It’s about making sure our programs and projects are reflective of the unique…
Claims by Chief Allan Adam that the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation was deliberately given tainted bison meat is “alarming (and) unfair.”
In a news release issued by the ACFN, Adam said, “Generating contaminated meat and offering it to the First Nations people is a cruel act of total disrespect to the dignity of the people of Fort Chipewyan.”
The release of Adam’s statement came…
Some of Alberta’s best and brightest youth were honoured at the 2010 Alberta Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards held on March 6 in Edmonton. Sponsored by the Métis Nation of Alberta, the awards are designed to honour Aboriginal youth, who display outstanding leadership qualities and who make a difference within their communities.
Nominees were judged by a panel of independent youth,…
Morley students show compassion
Students at Morley Community School raised close to $4,000 in support for Haiti earthquake survivors. Their most recent fundraiser, part of the Help Haiti Heal campaign, a garage sale and carnival earned $1,500, adding to the previously raised $2,418, which was donated to the Red Cross earlier in the year. Funds from the most recent…
There are two main reasons why few Aboriginal people seek help when they have experienced discrimination: they either don’t know help is available or they don’t believe the system works.
The findings were revealed by the Aboriginal Commission on Human Rights and Justice last month in Edmonton in what Mayor Stephen Mandel referred to as a “tremendous document.”
Entitled “The…
Note: Alfred Lennie passed away in Feb. 2006. We print this sacred story with the permission of his wife, Julie.
I was a trapper and guide in the Northwest Territories, 200 miles north of Tulita, at a place called Lennie Lake. I lived with my wife and daughter in a little log cabin, nestled in the bushes along the lake. Many times we would see wolf packs hunting and travelling out our…
Organizations wishing to initiate Aboriginal arts programs have a new source of funding to access.
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts is offering $100,000 to be allotted by March 31, 2007. The maximum amount of money one organization can apply for is $10,000. Al Chapman, with the Arts Branch of Alberta Community Development, is hoping that Alberta Aboriginal Affairs and Northern…
The humble man who changed history holding an eagle feather and uttering the word 'no' to the Meech Lake Accord recently encouraged Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation to stand strong in the face of substance abuse and dysfunction.
"Harper's most important message was for us to love each other," said Marie Kappo, Elder and Community Action Group (CAG) member, which invited the leader to the…
The humble man who changed history holding an eagle feather and uttering the word 'no' to the Meech Lake Accord recently encouraged Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation to stand strong in the face of substance abuse and dysfunction.
"Harper's most important message was for us to love each other," said Marie Kappo, Elder and Community Action Group (CAG) member, which invited the leader to the…
If it was Aboriginal, artsy, or awesome, you could find it at the 13th annual Canadian Aboriginal Festival held last month in Toronto.
You could get a tattoo at the trade show, learn about the ancient game of lacross, or be blown away by the by the floor-stomping, tongue-protruding dances of the people from the Land of the Clouds-the Maori-at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards
…At press time, Sweetgrass received the names of the recipients of the 2007 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards.
This year's Alberta award winners are: Joane Cardinal Schubert-Arts, Joe Couture-Health, Bertha Clark Jones-Lifetime Achievement, James Makokis-Youth, and Lewis Cardinal for Public Service. Other national winners are Jack Poole-Business and Commerce, Andre Alestine for…
Starting from Fort Calgary, a group of Métis citizens and political leaders led a Red River cart procession to City Hall, where the Métis flag was raised in honor of the history, and present day contributions of Métis citizens to Calgary. Following the procession, amid a large crowd of Métis, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal supporters, Alderman Rick McIver proclaimed Métis Week, spanning Nov. 13…