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The Ghost River Rediscovery program's 10th anniversary celebrations were held over the Labour Day weekend with special guests Colleen Klein (Alberta Premier Ralph Klein's wife) and Assembly of First Nations regional chief for Alberta Jason Goodstriker in attendance.
The Rediscovery movement began in the Queen Charlotte Islands with the Haida Gwaii, and quickly grew to…
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On Sept. 6, Harry W. Daniels passed away after a lengthy battle with cancer.
Daniels was many things to many people-an actor, a storyteller, a teacher, an author, and a politician on both the national and international stage. But the one thing he is most closely associated with, and the accomplishment long-time friend Tony Belcourt believes Daniels was most proud of, was…
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The final gathering in a series of four designed to help residential school survivors heal from the trauma they experienced while attending Edmonton residential school was held Labour Day weekend on the site of the old school.
Hosted by Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centres and the Nechi Training, Research and Health Promotion Institute, this year's theme was Continuing Our…
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An agreement being hammered out between the provincial government and the Metis Nation of Alberta (MNA) that would govern Metis hunters and fishers has some people concerned that conservation issues are being ignored and that the deal is being pushed along too fast.
The agreement has not yet been finalized, but Alberta Minister of Aboriginal Affairs Pearl Calahasen said…
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The federal government has proposed expending hundreds of millions of new dollars to improve the health of Aboriginal peoples in Canada.
Prime Minister Paul Martin says another $700 million should be spent in addition to the $1.7 billion already expended with funds targeted to improving inefficiencies in the system, prevention initiatives and increasing the number of…
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Former NAIT (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology) students and instructors of the business programs sponsored by the Women of the Metis Nation and the Asokan Project were invited back to school to take part in Reunion 2004-Back to the Nest. The reunion conference ran from Aug. 20 to 22 and celebrated Aboriginal women's culture and training, as well as Edmonton's 100th…
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More than 200 teachers became students on Aug. 11 when they attended Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centre for lessons in Aboriginal culture and customs.
The teachers were taking part in Social Studies K-3 Summer Institute, a four-day workshop hosted by Alberta Learning that provided teachers with an early opportunity to learn about changes coming to the social studies…
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A new agreement signed between the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) and the Maskwachees Cultural College (MCC) on July 26 will result in more programs being offered at both institutions, while still allowing MCC students to keep the cultural components of their classes while attending NAIT.
A memorandum of understanding to jointly pursue training…
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This fall one school in the Edmonton Catholic School District is going to be offering a Cree bilingual program. It will start in kindergarten at St. Francis of Assisi school and, if successful, will be expanded to other grades in the coming years.
Joe Naccarato, principal of St. Francis of Assisi, is excited about the program. While the enrollment hasn't been in the…
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The Third Gathering on Aboriginal Health will be held Oct. 4 to 6 at the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Calgary.
"It's a national conference that brings together Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal health service providers, health professionals, to really look at Aboriginal health issues," said Kim Kiyawafew, co-chair of the conference planning committee. "Our theme this year is…
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Lyle Willier says he goes where he's needed. And since he started Four Directions Consulting a year-and-a-half ago, Willier has been needed across Canada.
Four Directions Consulting offers workshops on the medicine wheel teachings, grief and loss, and addictions and wellness, but the workshop Willier has been doing the most of, and the one he is bringing back to Edmonton…
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More than half a million members of the Dene Nation are being invited to Calgary this fall for the International Dene Elders Gathering. It is hoped that there the Dene tribes of North America will be reunified.
Organizers are calling for each of the Dene tribes, spread over an area as far north as Alaska and as far south as Mexico, to send delegates to the gathering…
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On July 7, members of the Blood Tribe celebrated the grand opening of the Blood Tribe Child Protection Services Corporation (BTCPSC) with the signing of the delegation of authority agreement by Blood Tribe Chief Chris Shade and Alberta Children's Services Minister Iris Evans.
The signing of the agreement puts the Blood Tribe one step closer to achieving its goal of helping…
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Leroy Good Eagle, a member of the Siksika Nation council, said the opening of the Siksika Interpretive Centre in the summer of 2005 will jump-start an exciting host of tourist attractions in the area.
The Siksika Interpretive Centre is a part of the Blackfoot Historical Park Project which has an estimated budget of $26 million.
"I've been involved in this project…
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The Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage began July 25 with the blessing of the lake. Amid children playing in the healing waters, the devoted followed the cross hip-deep into the lake or took up positions nearby to pray in small groups. A service hosted by the communities of Gift Lake, Whitefish Lake and Atikameg held in the shrine before the blessing was well attended. Alberta MLA Pearl…