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Hepatitis C is a virus that causes liver disease. Less than one per cent of Canadians may carry the Hepatitis C virus and most don't know they have it. Aboriginal people are becoming infected with Hepatitis C at over seven times the rate as non-Aboriginal Canadians.
How do I get it?
The virus is transmitted when your blood is exposed to an infected person's blood.…
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The usual question Louis Soop asks when he visits museums resulted in an unusual answer when he went to the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) in Toronto in 1998.
The request to view Kainai artifacts in the possession of the ROM led to the viewing of Kainai artifacts housed by the British Museum in London, England. And that led to the current exhibit of Akatapiiwa/Ancestors…
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Casting calls from Rocky Mountain House south to Standoff have given 2,000 First Nations people a chance to work in the television industry.
Classic Casting, of Calgary is casting extras for the filming of Dreamkeeper, a Hallmark mini-series that's set in New Mexico in the 1800s, but is being filmed in Alberta.
"It's a wonderful story," said Alyson Lockwood, in…
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When Dan McLean passed away on April 9 at the age of 89, his passing left a void in the lives of the many people.
Described by some as a trailblazer and a progressive thinker who was dedicated to making things better for his people, McLean was also remembered as being a man that was full of humor, who never failed to make those around him feel good.
McLean was an…
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An exciting workshop hosted by Edmonton's Ben Calf Robe Society (BCRS) is proving to be popular with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal participants alike.
The Cultural Awareness Training Series teaches the basics of Aboriginal culture, history and traditions.
"Any interested person is invited to attend," said Debbie Coulter, program co-ordinator with the society. "…
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The way Leonard (Rocky) Wade of Frog Lake tells it, he didn't believe he was in any danger when he rushed to help Cst. Mike Caudron move a female shooting victim to a safe place so she could get medical attention, but that's not the way the RCMP see it.
Wade and Caudron were at RCMP headquarters in Edmonton on May 3 to receive the commissioner's commendation for bravery…
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The youngest dancers from the Edmonton Metis Cultural Dance Society stole the hearts of the audience at the Fiddle and Bow Metis Music and Dance celebration on the last weekend of April.
The Metis dancers passionately performed all the standards, from the broom dance to the Red River jig.
Senator Thelma Chalifoux hosted the evening with Ken Schaffer, who is a…
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For 47-year-old Irene Flett-Redwood, going back to school as an adult was not easy, but she graduated from the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College in Regina in May 2001 with a bachelor's degree in education.
A mother of five and a proud grandmother of 10, Flett-Redwood has come a long way from a life without self-confidence and direction.
"I was afraid to try…
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A funeral celebrating the life of Josephine Crow Shoe was held at the Brocket Community Hall on Feb. 5.
Josephine and her husband Joe were spiritual leaders of the Peigan Nation (Blackfoot Confederacy).
Not only as Joe's wife, but as a holy woman in her own right, this wise, gentle, faithful soul committed herself to see to the betterment of her tribal community,…
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The long-awaited and much-heralded Maskwacis Winter Celebration at Hobbema on the March 15 to 17 weekend proved a fun-filled time.
Using local schools, recreation centres and arenas, this first-time event had much to offer the estimated 6,000 or more visitors who travelled to the festivities from all over the province as well as from Saskatchewan and British Columbia. Most…
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Recent tallies put the number of homeless in the capital city at 1,600. The figure may be higher.
That's up from March 2000, when the Edmonton Homelessness Count Committee determined there were 1,125 homeless in the city, 579 who were identified as "absolute homeless" and 546 who live in emergency accommodations. Forty per cent were identified as Aboriginal.
The…
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When it comes to hockey, winning is never an easy feat. Just ask the 171 teams that converged on Edmonton's major sheets of ice for this year's Alberta Native Provincial Hockey Championships, April 4 to 7.
Atoms to Midgets turned up to show what a force they could be. They came out smoking, gunning for a win.
And win was precisely what the Paddle Prairie Metis…
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Aboriginal history is filled with misunderstanding and mistrust between Native people and the police. The stereotypical picture is the guy in a car who arrives when there's trouble, applies a Band-Aid solution and leaves. This is an image Const. Daryl Mahoney is working to change.
Mahoney is Metis, his mother being from the Key First Nation in Norquay, Sask.
With…
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An unpleasant experience on a school bus in British Columbia has turned into a winning video for four students at the Tatsikiisaapo'p Middle School on the Blood Nation, in southwestern Alberta.
A 90-second video produced by the media club of that school has been chosen as one of 10 winners in a national competition hosted by MuchMusic.
"When I was going to school in…
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Sometimes it only takes 30 seconds for your life to change.
When Travis Youngchief, 31, attended a powwow almost three years ago in Frog Lake he had no idea his life would take on a new direction.
As he watched a young boy about seven years-old named Sundance Wapass celebrate his Aboriginal culture by dancing, Youngchief felt a spark inside his own spirit.
"I…