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  • Kenton Friesen, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 9

She stares straight ahead with complex eyes, her face and hair and clothes a mixture of textures and colors that compel the viewer to look deeper.

Yet, this year's first place painting in Peace Hills Trust's 19th annual Native art show award ceremony is not so much about the woman's portrait that dominates the canvas as the small stick-man dancers that swirl around her…

  • Inna Dansereau, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 8

An Edmonton police officer has received the first Social Justice Award of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW). On Oct. 19, Detective Freeman Taylor was recognized for bringing justice in the long-outstanding murder case of an Aboriginal woman.

Joyce Cardinal was brutally assaulted the night of Nov. 27, 1993, said Gerry Shimko, deputy chief of the…

  • Inna Dansereau, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 8

An Edmonton police officer has received the first Social Justice Award of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW). On Oct. 19, Detective Freeman Taylor was recognized for bringing justice in the long-outstanding murder case of an Aboriginal woman.

Joyce Cardinal was brutally assaulted the night of Nov. 27, 1993, said Gerry Shimko, deputy chief of the…

  • Inna Dansereau, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 8

An Edmonton police officer has received the first Social Justice Award of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW). On Oct. 19, Detective Freeman Taylor was recognized for bringing justice in the long-outstanding murder case of an Aboriginal woman.

Joyce Cardinal was brutally assaulted the night of Nov. 27, 1993, said Gerry Shimko, deputy chief of the…

  • Inna Dansereau, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 8

An Edmonton police officer has received the first Social Justice Award of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW). On Oct. 19, Detective Freeman Taylor was recognized for bringing justice in the long-outstanding murder case of an Aboriginal woman.

Joyce Cardinal was brutally assaulted the night of Nov. 27, 1993, said Gerry Shimko, deputy chief of the…

  • Inna Dansereau, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 6

Dreamcatcher Aboriginal Youth Conference 2001 caused excitement within Grant MacEwan College's walls Oct. 12 through 14. Youth from across the country were entertained, educated and illuminated for three days, which seemed just too short.

The Child and Youth Care program of the college hosted the conference. This year's theme was Responsibility: Self, Family, Community.…

  • Inna Dansereau, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 6

Dreamcatcher Aboriginal Youth Conference 2001 caused excitement within Grant MacEwan College's walls Oct. 12 through 14. Youth from across the country were entertained, educated and illuminated for three days, which seemed just too short.

The Child and Youth Care program of the college hosted the conference. This year's theme was Responsibility: Self, Family, Community.…

  • Inna Dansereau, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 6

Dreamcatcher Aboriginal Youth Conference 2001 caused excitement within Grant MacEwan College's walls Oct. 12 through 14. Youth from across the country were entertained, educated and illuminated for three days, which seemed just too short.

The Child and Youth Care program of the college hosted the conference. This year's theme was Responsibility: Self, Family, Community.…

  • Inna Dansereau, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 6

Dreamcatcher Aboriginal Youth Conference 2001 caused excitement within Grant MacEwan College's walls Oct. 12 through 14. Youth from across the country were entertained, educated and illuminated for three days, which seemed just too short.

The Child and Youth Care program of the college hosted the conference. This year's theme was Responsibility: Self, Family, Community.…

  • Bruce Weir, Sweetgrass Writer, Calgary

Page 5

Bookworms and literature lovers packed the Engineered Air Theatre in Calgary on Oct. 12 to see Eden Robinson and Lee Maracle.

The two Aboriginal authors - both with bright futures and very notable careers - appeared as part of PanCanadian Wordfest 2001.

The event was billed as a reading and "a look at life influenced by a First Nations perspective." It quickly…

  • Bruce Weir, Sweetgrass Writer, Calgary

Page 5

Bookworms and literature lovers packed the Engineered Air Theatre in Calgary on Oct. 12 to see Eden Robinson and Lee Maracle.

The two Aboriginal authors - both with bright futures and very notable careers - appeared as part of PanCanadian Wordfest 2001.

The event was billed as a reading and "a look at life influenced by a First Nations perspective." It quickly…

  • Bruce Weir, Sweetgrass Writer, Calgary

Page 5

Bookworms and literature lovers packed the Engineered Air Theatre in Calgary on Oct. 12 to see Eden Robinson and Lee Maracle.

The two Aboriginal authors - both with bright futures and very notable careers - appeared as part of PanCanadian Wordfest 2001.

The event was billed as a reading and "a look at life influenced by a First Nations perspective." It quickly…

  • Bruce Weir, Sweetgrass Writer, Calgary

Page 5

Bookworms and literature lovers packed the Engineered Air Theatre in Calgary on Oct. 12 to see Eden Robinson and Lee Maracle.

The two Aboriginal authors - both with bright futures and very notable careers - appeared as part of PanCanadian Wordfest 2001.

The event was billed as a reading and "a look at life influenced by a First Nations perspective." It quickly…

  • Paul Barnsley, Sweetgrass Staff Writer, Calgary

Page 4

A legal action that has been called the most important Native rights lawsuit in Canada will soon move into its second phase now that basic information has been put into the court record.

Close to 100 days of trial hearings and more than 400 days of examinations of witnesses have been conducted so far in the case of Victor Buffalo v. the Queen. The trial, begun May 1, 2000…

  • Paul Barnsley, Sweetgrass Staff Writer, Calgary

Page 4

A legal action that has been called the most important Native rights lawsuit in Canada will soon move into its second phase now that basic information has been put into the court record.

Close to 100 days of trial hearings and more than 400 days of examinations of witnesses have been conducted so far in the case of Victor Buffalo v. the Queen. The trial, begun May 1, 2000…