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The second annual Medicine Wheel of Sports Development Conference will be held May 24 to 26 at the Fantasyland Hotel with hopes that the people who attend will share stories and be inspired by the 20-plus workshops and four keynote speakers scheduled.
"It was made so that recreation directors could network and listen to success stories and to catch up on new technologies…
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The National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA) is working to get the message out to Aboriginal youth that a career in forestry involves much more than just planting trees.
The association, which works to promote Aboriginal control and sustainable development of forest resources for the benefit of Aboriginal communities, is targeting youth in an attempt to address the…
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Light Walkers International based in Cochrane is offering training that will provide participants with the skills to deal with issues stemming from being raised in an unhealthy environment, and to help others deal with their own healing process.
Gina Russell, 44, is a former participant of Turning Wounds to Wisdom. Russell, who was born and raised in Cold Lake, said that…
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Despite limited preparation, Alberta's entries managed to turn in some respectable results at this year's National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.
The tournament was held April 18 to 24 in Prince George, B.C. This was the third year of the national Aboriginal tournament. The first two events were both staged in Akwesasne, Ont.
This marked the first year, however,…
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Buffalo, New York may still host the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG), but it won't be next summer. The games have been delayed a year after the games' governing council ended its relationship with the group that had earned the rights to host the games in 2005.
The NAIG council was expected to re-open the bidding to potential hosts after a scheduled three-day meeting…
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This year's National Aboriginal Achievement Awards show held in Calgary April 4 cost an estimated $3 million, reports the foundation that puts together the gala awards night. That's down from last year, when the foundation held its 10th anniversary show in Ottawa at a cost of $4.5 million.
The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation annually pays tribute to the…
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This year's Miss Indian World first runner-up, named at the Gathering of Nations powwow, is none other than Calgary's Ivy Kim Scott.
The 25-year-old daughter of the Blackfoot Confederacy's Piikani First Nation came within two points of being crowned Miss Indian World. That award went to Delana Smith, Ojibwe, of Red Lake Nation, Minnesota.
To a standing-room-only,…
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A powerful photography exhibit on display at the Provincial Museum of Alberta is offering more than just a look back at the residential school experience. Organizers are hoping that people who see the exhibit will leave with a better understanding of what the young people who attended the schools went through.
Where Are The Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential…
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With six simple words on April 29, the Supreme Court of Canada ended a 12-year battle over the off-reserve, tax-exempt status of Treaty 8 people.
"Dismissed with costs to respondent" was the only direction from the Supreme Court to those seeking leave to argue Benoit versus the Crown before Canada's highest court.
The Benoit case set out to persuade Canadian courts…
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Kurt Ahenekew Gold lost his mother to the violence of downtown Edmonton before he was five years old.
"It's hard looking at a picture of your mother and not remembering her face," he said standing next to his younger brother Dallas, both choking back tears.
He was thanking a group of people who had come to honor the memories of women like his mother. He and Dallas…
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More than half of all Aboriginal people in Canada are smokers-62 per cent, in fact, according to recent statistics.
Compare that number to the 23 per cent of smokers in the non-Aboriginal population and you can see why tobacco secession groups are beginning to take a closer look at the materials they are using to encourage Aboriginal people to butt out.
A recent…
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It was a fun and educational time for the people who gathered at Portage College's McGrain Theatre in Lac La Biche on March 20 to watch Kikino Northern Lites Dancers perform the Red River Jig, the Duck Dance and the Square Dance.
The two-hour show, which included performances by singers Priscilla Morin and Northern Highway, gave the audience insight into how important the…
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The Native Seniors Centre put the fun in fundraiser on March 26 when they hosted 200 people at the Polish Hall in Edmonton and treated them to the comedy stylings of the Saggy Bottom Boys and Winston Wutunee, and the music of the Jess Lee Band and Carl Quinn.
The evening included a luncheon, a silent auction and a dance.
Anne Cardinal, administrative assistant…
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On April 17, the drums will beat a steady rhythm at the Ben Calf Robe School for Garret Campiou Lefthand, who would have turned 18 years old on April 20.
It will be the second in a series of four memorial dances for Garret, who died from injuries he received in a beating outside a school in November 2000.
Garret's aunt, Martha Campiou, said her nephew would have…
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There was a sense of anticipation in the air as more than 200 people gathered at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton March 17 for the announcement of a new major arts festival for Canada.
The Alberta Scene Festival will take place in Ottawa from April 28 to May 10, 2005 to showcase the talents of 600 of the province's finest visual artists, dancers, singers, writers, culinary…