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In September 2005, the suicide of an 11-year-old girl galvanized the communities of Clearwater County to come together to find a way to change the lives of people feeling alone and hopeless. The girl was the ninth person in the area to take her own life in the space of six months.
During 2005, besides the nine completed suicides, there were 58 attempted suicides, the…
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The federal government is doing its share to ensure the 2008 North American Indigenous Games are a success.
Canada's Minister for Sport Michael Chong announced on Nov. 3 the government is pledging $3.5 million to the event.
This support represents slightly more than one-third of the anticipated $10 million that will be required to run the games that will be held in…
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Phil Fontaine, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), says he is shocked at the news of cuts by the federal Conservative government to Aboriginal language preservation funding.
On Nov. 2, Bev Oda, the minister of Heritage and Status of Women, provided a written response to a question about language funding by Member of Parliament Charlie Angus. Oda stated…
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Usually when my editor knocks on my door, she's there to assign stories, not to send me on a casting call for a movie, but that's exactly what she did on one recent Friday afternoon. I read the newspaper clipping that requested slim Aboriginals with long hair go to the Wingate Inn in Edmonton and apply to work as extras for the movie production of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.…
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The Art Gallery of Alberta will present the work of Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc., Canada's first Inuit independent film company. ISUMA: to have an idea will run from Dec. 9 to Feb. 19, 2007.
Isuma was founded in 1990 by Zacharias Kunuk, Pauloosie Qulitalk, Norman Cohn and the late Paul Apak Angilirqu. The production company became internationally known through their…
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Will they or won't they? That is the question being asked by treaty First Nations people about the requirement that passports be necessary for people crossing from Canada into the United States.
So far officials don't seem to know if First Nations people will need passports, reports the Canadian Press, or if treaty cards will be sufficient identification when crossing the…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…