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Over the past few years, concerns have been raised that the majority of Aboriginal communities in Canada have yet to embrace the unlimited advantages that computers can offer.
So Dan Martel, who works for Lesser Slave Lave Indian Regional Council, took it upon himself to organize the Information Communication Technology forum held in Edmonton on Dec. 8 to 10.
"This…
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Some day you might be able to attend a concert of an all-Aboriginal children's choir at one of the major venues in the city, if Sherryl Sewepagaham, the artistic director of the Edmonton Aboriginal Children's Chorus has anything to do with it.
Her chorus practices every Tuesday evening at the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples. It is attended by both girls and boys…
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A six-day program run over six months called Women Who Run with the Wolves will help women tap into their innate ability to be intuitive, and discuss how they do not always use their gift, said Kim Ghostkeeper, organizer of the workshop-styled program.
Facilitated by Fiona Fieldwalker, a storyteller, artist and musician, Women Who Run with the Wolves is inspired by the…
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On Dec. 12, the Centre for World Indigenous Knowledge and Research at Athabasca University in Edmonton presented an afternoon with Jane Ash Poitras, who presented information on the topic of shamanism and the arts.
The noon-hour presentation was attended by about 30 people, including artist Allan Sapp.
Priscilla Campeau is the program administrator for the centre…
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Chiefs across the country are outraged by the Indian Affairs policy that puts them into third party management if they run a deficit.
Under-funded programs and the costs of administering a community in a remote location are not taken into account, several chiefs said during the Assembly of First Nation Confederacy held in Ottawa Dec. 9 o 11.
The department of Indian…
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I hope your holidays were great. Once again we are all off to a brand new start, hopefully setting some goals or renewing a New Year's resolution.
I went back to Fort Chipewyan for Christmas holidays to spend somet ime with my grandparents. It was great-quiet, and very nice, with no traffic noise and no rushing about. I felt like I had to keep doing something. I was not…
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Chief Victor Buffalo was jubilant that lawyers representing his Samson Cree Nation had persuaded the Federal Court of Canada to grant their request to call outgoing prime minister Jean Chretien as a witness in their billion-dollar breach of treaty and trust case against the government. The decision was made Dec. 3.
Mr. Justice Max Teitelbaum had rejected that request in…
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The excitement was evident as a group of young people sat through a class on bullying at the Western Horsemanship Riding Clinic in Hobbema on Jan. 12. After the half-hour class, the kids rushed out of the room to the stalls to groom the horses and ride.
The clinic began last November and is operated with funds from the National Crime Prevention Strategy. The clinic work…
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TORONTO-The 2004 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards will be held in Calgary on April 4 and three of the 14 award recipients hail from Alberta. The list of recipients was released on Jan. 13 by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) in Toronto. The NAAF hosts the annual awards ceremony.
Provincial minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development,…
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The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), and particularly its Aboriginal population, celebrated the grand opening of a new Aboriginal student centre at the school's main campus in Edmonton Dec. 2.
The centre is just one part of a larger campaign called the Aboriginal Educational Success Initiative, chaired by Mel Benson, a recent winner of the National…
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If you enjoy reading Christmas stories to your children as part of your holiday celebration and you're looking for something new to supplement the tried and true Christmas classics, here are a few Christmas books written by Aboriginal authors that you might want to check out.
Baseball Bats for Christmas
By Michael Arvaarluk Kusugak
Annick Press Ltd.
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Coaches and players praised organizers for a job well done in hosting the province at the Blackfoot All-Teen Basketball Classic held at the Deerfoot Sportsplex on Siksika Nation Nov. 14 and 15.
Siksika was chosen from 68 clubs vying to host one of the seven tournaments on the Alberta Youth Basketball Club's (AYBC) fall roster.
The AYBC was established as a…
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The whole world is celebrating Christmas. The stores are filled with shoppers and everyone is anticipating a time when we can get together for food, laughter and friendship.
I remember when my grandmother would start to bake and get everything ready right after midnight mass. We'd wake to the cupboards lined up with baked goods and we'd look forward to relatives and…
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Warren Goulding of Saskatchewan, author of the book Just Another Indian: A Serial Killer and Canada's Indifference, was presented a social justice award by the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women. Goulding's book discusses the murders of three Aboriginal women-Eva Taysup, Shelley Napope and Calinda Waterhen-and the justice system who let them down by ignoring their…
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Friends and family gathered at the Samson middle school gymnasium in Hobbema on Nov. 27 to honor six past chiefs and the present chief of the Samson Cree Nation.
A sense of pride and well being filled the air as guests were treated to a dinner, an honor song by drum group Perfect Storm, and a variety of entertainment. Organizers went above and beyond to decorate the gym…