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On March 23, Saddle Lake was host to an important event when Tracy Fleck, a Saddle Lake First Nation member, was called to the bar before her people during an all-Native ceremony held on Native land. It was the first such event in Alberta history.
"Today is an interesting day," said Judge Tony Mandamin. "We are hearing an application for admission from a Saddle Lake person…
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There was a mighty clap of thunder and a brilliant flash of lightning over Saskatoon on March 31 when the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation flew into town on the wings of a thunderbird to host its 12th annual achievement awards gala.
The gala celebrates the lives of 14 recipients from the Aboriginal community with a lavish stage show complete with performances by…
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The Edmonton Civic Panel released its findings March 23 on the extent to which Edmonton is an inclusive community, and panel co-chair Lewis Cardinal said the city has some work to do to catch up in the areas of meaningful social and economic participation of Edmonton's marginalized people.
"Whether they be people from visible minorities, are gay, live with disabilities or…
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The Edmonton Civic Panel released its findings March 23 on the extent to which Edmonton is an inclusive community, and panel co-chair Lewis Cardinal said the city has some work to do to catch up in the areas of meaningful social and economic participation of Edmonton's marginalized people.
"Whether they be people from visible minorities, are gay, live with disabilities or…
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It was a typical Tuesday for Autumn EagleSpeaker and her son Willow. They woke up and readied for school. She attends Mount Royal College and he goes to a Native school located in the city. As is their morning custom, they went to the store to buy a newspaper, and that's when things took a turn for the worse.
Ten Native people dead, a headline screamed.
The…
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It was a typical Tuesday for Autumn EagleSpeaker and her son Willow. They woke up and readied for school. She attends Mount Royal College and he goes to a Native school located in the city. As is their morning custom, they went to the store to buy a newspaper, and that's when things took a turn for the worse.
Ten Native people dead, a headline screamed.
The…
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The first principal of Canada's first urban Aboriginal high school formally resigned her position in January. Phyllis Cardinal, known as Dr. Cardinal to the students at Amiskwaciy Academy in Edmonton, leaves big shoes to fill.
"I said that when I was going to do this it would be for four or five years. You can bring things as far as you can with your knowledge, and then…
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A group of First Nations students from in and around Calgary made history this month as they participated in the 2005 ConocoPhillips World Schools Debating Championship.
Often referred to as the Olympics of high school debate, the annual event is held to encourage debate and promote an understanding of the impact issues can have on a global scale.
This is the…
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Portage and Northern Lakes colleges have joined forces to get a message to the provincial government that First Nation students in Alberta need access to the same funding opportunities enjoyed by non-Native residents.
The two colleges have formed a joint task force to draw government attention to the problems created when Alberta Human Resources and Employment (AHRE) began…
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Louise Halfe is a wife, mother and grandmother. She has a bachelor of social work from the University of Regina and has completed addictions training at the Nechi Training, Research and Health Promotions Institute. She is a respected writer with two books of poetry to her credit. Now she is adding another credit to her list of accomplishments. She has been named Saskatchewan's…
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The Assembly of First Nations is working to develop a national system to track prescription drug use among First Nations people.
Regional Chief Bill Erasmus, who chairs the AFN Secretariat on Health and Social Development, said such a system would be designed to protect the personal privacy of the people included in the system database while working to prevent abuse of…
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The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) has announced the recipients of this year's National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, and a number of them have an Alberta connection.
This year's business and commerce award winner is Douglas Golosky. The Golosky Group of Companies has its headquarters in Fort McMurray, Alta. Golosky is Metis and his companies provide a…
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Expect to see a very different National Aboriginal Achievement Awards show than what you've grown accustom to in the past.
Roman Bittman, the new executive producer of the gala show, to be held this year in Saskatoon on March 31, says the elaborate sets of years gone by are out, but that's not to say the audience can't expect something "quite spectacular" to replace them…
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Hank Williams First Nation, Directed by Aaron James Sorensen, Starring Gordon Tootoosis, Jimmy Herman and Stacy Da Silva
It may have been an unusual place to premiere a movie-500 kilometres north of Edmonton at Peace River's Cinema 72 on Feb. 4-but it was the most appropriate, said Aaron James Sorensen, the writer/director/producer of Hank Williams First Nation.
And…
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Aaron Sorensen was at a cross-roads. He had gone back to school to work on his master's degree in education, but came to the realization that it just "wasn't turning my crank at all."
And though he had been a musician in his earlier days, "I just hadn't really made it as a singer/songwriter and was getting too old to try again."
Then he got it into his head that,…