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Funding from a utility corporation is helping the Peigan Nation tackle the problem of illiteracy both in the school and in the community.
Last November, the Peigan School Committee received $15,000 from UtiliCorp to purchase the literacy program that their Napi Playground Elementary School had been borrowing for five years, and to hire a co-ordinator.
Being able to…
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Lynda Cockerill, a family court worker with Native Counselling Services of Alberta, is one of 10 domestic violence workers recently chosen to be a recipient of one the first Jerry P. Selinger awards.
The awards, named for Calgary's former chief crown prosecutor who passed away in May 2000, are administered by Homefront, a Calgary agency working to prevent domestic…
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Sara Scout of the Blood Nation said that having one foster mother out of 14 foster placements who "gave a damn" made a difference in her life - she's now pursuing a career in print journalism at Lethbridge Community College. But she's scared about the future of her nieces and nephews who are presently in foster care.
Scout attended a forum to address funding cuts being…
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Cross-Cultural Families of Native Children was host to an unusual, loose adaptation by the Free Spirit Theatre Troupe of Charles Dickens' popular A Christmas Carol story. A dozen vibrant youth put on the play about gambling. Aptly titled A Nechi Christmas Carol, the performance was held the evening of Dec. 18 at the Progressive Academy.
In a poor neighbourhood, Kukoom…
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Emile Berube, softball player, coach, sponsor and above all, promoter, has raised the sports profile of the community of Calahoo with his exemplary achievements over the past 40 years.
Now his daughter Shelley (Berube) Gadoury has made her own mark as a champion softball player.
The Alberta Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame has recognized them both. Emile…
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The Canada Council for the Arts announced last month it plans to distribute $75 million in new funding over three years. The money, which is part of $560 million allocated by the federal government to fund arts and culture over the same period, was confirmed in the last federal budget of 2001.
The first year is nearly up. The Canada Council board has approved distribution…
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These are the results of the Canadian National Competition Pow wow held Dec. 21 to 23 in Edmonton. The huge event with a theme of "celebrating traditions and cultures" was hosted by the Treaty 6, 7 and 8 Alberta chiefs.
Junior Girls' Jingle
1. Lakota Scabbyrobe, Duffield, Alta.
2. Chantelle Pabtayken, Onion Lake, Sask.
3. Gina Donecappo, Edmonton
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Tyler Maurice Beaulac is a 13-year-old Grade 8 student who is "good in everything," his aunt Verna Wittigo says. Not only is he an excellent all-round student at the Alexander Forbes school in Grande Prairie, but he is "an eloquent speaker" and gets very involved in school activities.
Wittigo figures that is why he was selected to receive one of the first awards presented…
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Challenge of Crown witness delayed by judge's illness
Paul Barnsley, Sweetgrass Writer, Calgary
Three scheduled weeks of hearings in the Samson Cree First Nation's $1.5 billion claim against the federal government were cancelled on Jan. 9 after Federal Court of Canada Judge Max Teitelbaum was diagnosed with cancer.
Judge Teitelbaum has presided over 149 days…
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A dream of weaving the youth of today with traditions of the past has become knotted, as the Alberta government announced cutbacks to school programs.
Partnerships formed to develop the spiritual and cultural traditions in Aboriginal students have found themselves without funding, which has left administration at several schools in the Edmonton public and separate school…
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Reading was always a priority for Leona Makokis. "I would take books into the outhouse and read for hours and hours," she divulged to a capacity crowd at the Aboriginal Role Models of Alberta ceremony in Edmonton Nov. 9.
"I went to faraway places in those books, and it didn't matter what it smelled like."
Humor, insight and inspiration marked her thank you address…
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The crowd came to their feet in honor of the Ben Calf Robe Children's Choir as they sang Circle of Life to kick off National Addictions Awareness Week (NAAW).
About 400 people rallied at Edmonton's City Hall on Nov. 19 for the 13th annual Join the Circle Walk.
It started with a ceremony and then the participants took to the street with smiling faces and flapping…
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The Edmonton Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee hosted its third annual Aboriginal Youth Award ceremony Nov. 13 at city hall. The award recognizes the self-development of four young people in grades eight to 10 who have demonstrated their abilities or achievement in leadership, sports and recreation, academics, volunteerism, cultural activities, dance/art, theatre/music,…
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If there was a murderer loose in Canada who was killing five people every single day, year after year, the public would be outraged and terrified.
Many people, however, are still failing to take impaired driving seriously, despite the fact that it kills 4.5 people and seriously injures about 125 people each day in this country, according to statistics compiled by Mothers…
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A festive, candle-lit dining hall set the stage for a night of laughter, dancing and sharing a vision.
People from across the province gathered at Edmonton's Mayfield Inn on Nov. 30 for A Christmas fundraising gala in support of the Alberta First Nations Youth Council (AFNYC).
National Chief Mathew Coon Come was present and gave an impassioned address that focused…