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The creator of Cowboys and Indians (and Metis?) will give a free public lecture and presentation of his work in Edmonton.
David Garneau's painting exhibition opens at Harcourt House Gallery on Nov. 23, the day after a lecture at MacEwan Centre for the Arts. The exhibition runs until Dec. 23.
In Garneau's own words the exhibit "wonders if Metis ought to be considered in the…
Laird Goulet of Rosetown, Sask. won the Peace Hills Trust 24th anniversary First Nations art contest in the adult category. Here he is congratulated on his win by Peace Hills Trust executive committee member Chief Victor Buffalo. Second place went to Leonard George of Merritt, B.C. and third went to Theresa Towers-Rickard of Red Deer. Honorable mentions were awarded to Sean Couchie of London,…
Hobbema country boy Shane Yellowbird pulled two awards at the inaugural Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards held in Winnipeg Nov. 3, Best New Artist for Life Is Calling My Name and Single of the Year for Beautiful Concept. Winners were selected by a community of online voters between Sept. 1 and Oct. 13 from a total of 56 nominees in 17 categories.
Hank Horton won in the Best…
The Treaty Seven First Nations in southern Alberta are concerned that the South Saskatchewan River Basin Management Plan (SSRB) will hinder environment and economic development. Doug Ohrn, SSRB project manager, disagrees.
A press release issued on behalf of the Treaty 7 Chiefs' Association states that chiefs want to see the implementation of the SSRB management plan suspended because of…
Nominations have opened for the Alberta Business Awards of Distinction, which celebrate success in the province's thriving business community. Deadline for entries is Nov. 14.
Among the categories is the Alberta Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Aboriginal Woman Entrepreneur Award of Distinction, which recognizes outstanding achievement by Aboriginal women entrepreneurs who…
CHUM Limited has launched a national multi-platform campaign to solicit nominations for the 2007 Top 20 Under 20, honoring young Canadians who have demonstrated a significant level of achievement, leadership and innovation. The call for entries closes Jan. 22, 2007.
Top 20 Under 20 is a national youth awards program founded by Youth in Motion. The competition is open to all Canadians…
The arrival of students for the new school year at Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC) was celebrated on Sept. 20. The Circle of Aboriginal Students (CAS) organized the day's events that began with a morning pipe ceremony in a new 19-foot tipi adjacent to the school. Nearby, geese on the fog-covered reservoir sang about leaving.
Pipe carrier, Elder Helen Piper of Grimshaw, welcomed…
Amisk Community School (ACS) believes that traditional Cree values, traditions and customs can offer unique solutions to the educational problems that plague all schools.
Mark Rota is a member of the management team at the school located 10 miles south of Lac la Biche on the Beaver Lake Cree Nation.
"The school has no principal or vice-principal and does not code, label or…
More than 300 Metis students were recognized at the Belcourt Brosseau Metis Awards Celebration of Educational Achievement in Edmonton on Sept. 30. Investing In Our Future Together was the theme of the gathering, celebrating the five-year anniversary of the awards. It brought together the award recipients and the award founders, Dr. Herb Belcourt, Orval Belcourt and Geroges Brosseau.
The…
Marjorie Brunet has been extra busy this fall. She has made moccasins for the entire Ben Calf Robe School student population of 200.
Bryan Richardson is principal at the northeast Edmonton school. "Having Marjorie consent to make all these moccasins represented a huge undertaking. We are getting the students ready to share their culture and their dance expertise at CBC's Centre Stage in…
George McGeough would like to see more Aboriginal families in the Edmonton area become foster parents.
McGeough is manager of the foster care program at the Ben Calf Robe Society, an Edmonton-based organization that provides a variety of programs to the local Aboriginal community, including an Aboriginal Head Start program, a traditional parenting program, home and family support…
Through sheer determination and encouragement from family and friends, Floyd Grossetete has been successful in his mission to improve his literacy. He was recently recognized at a celebration in Edmonton on Sept. 8 as one of 13 Canadians selected to receive an Individual Achievement Award in the 2006 Canada Post Literacy Awards.
"It was a real struggle for me, but I just kept on…
The 21st annual Gemini Awards will be handed out during a series of ceremonies being held in October and November, recognizing the best in Canadian television programming.
The Gemini Awards national broadcast gala will be held in Vancouver on Nov. 4, marking the first time the gala event will be held outside of Toronto.
The television movie One Dead Indian, a dramatization of the…
The Woodpeckers Association of Alberta is planning a dinner, dance and entertainment fundraiser with an arts and crafts giveaway on Nov. 18.
The money raised will go toward land claim education activities planned by the group, said President Shirley Gladue.
Members of the Woodpeckers Association are the descendents of the hereditary chiefs line of the Papaschase, a Cree community…
Alberta's Aboriginal Affairs Minister Pearl Calahasen listened silently as Driftpile First Nation Chief Rose Laboucan read a resolution rejecting Alberta's plan for consulting First Nations about resource harvesting on their traditional territories. Then the minister got up and left the room.
All parties agree that's what happened. They disagree on other details though.
It was…