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September 30, 2015. Primco Dene has donated $18,000 to the Aboriginal Community-Industry Relations certificate, a joint program by the University of Alberta’s faculty of extension and the Circle for Aboriginal Relations, launched earlier this month. “What I like best about the ACIR program is that it uses traditional knowledge and teachings throughout its curriculum,” said…
After winning a prestigious contest, work by Metis artist Angela Hall is displayed on the wall of the Confederacy of Treaty 6 board room in Edmonton.
But Hall is humble about being one of two winners selected to have their art presented on Treaty 6 Recognition Day.
“I am only a tool for something that is far more important than my wants and desires, like the message in the…
SOS Registration
Registration for the three-day Sisters in Spirit Gathering took place Monday. The event is being held at West Edmonton Mall, with families of the murdered and missing Indigenous women in attendance. The hope, says organizer Karen McCarthy, is to plan steps in moving forward in dealing with the issue.
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Treaty 6 Grand Chief Tony Alexis told the breakfast crowd at the second day of the Sisters in Spirit Gathering in Edmonton to exercise their sovereign right and vote in the upcoming federal
election. Both the NPD and Liberals have committed to holding a national public inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women while the Conservatives have continued to…
September 28, 2015. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says the Munk Debate on Canada's foreign policy with federal party leaders demonstrates the need for greater inclusion and focus on First Nations and Indigenous priorities in the last weeks leading up to the federal election. "Indigenous rights are human rights, and federal leaders must show…
September 28, 2015. The first all-candidates forum in the Fort McMurray-Cold Lake riding was notably missing more than half the field, including Conservative incumbent David Yurdiga. Nearly 70 high school students quizzed NDP candidate Melody Lepine and Liberal candidate Kyle Harrietha on issues ranging from post-secondary education, environmental and economic issues, to…
September 29, 2015. Today and tomorrow the Alberta RCMP Missing Persons and Unidentified
Remains Unit will be conducting an aerial sweep of the Bow and Saskatchewan rivers, south of Calgary. The RCMP is coordinating its operation with a similar process being undertaken by the Calgary Police Service within the City of Calgary and with the Lethbridge and Medicine Hat city…
Reconciling Edmonton is an archival project that uses three different media of art to tell the story of how Aboriginal peoples and settlers lived together.
“As part of the Reconciliation in Solidarity Edmonton group, it’s a project that shows that reconciliation is a process that has been happening for a long time in Edmonton,” said Miranda Jimmy, Aboriginal relations project…
The province cannot afford to wait for the federal government to take the lead when it comes to improving the child welfare system for Alberta’s Aboriginal people, says child and youth advocate Del Graff.
In anticipation of a review by the province of the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act, the Office of the Child and Youth Advocate has undertaken a special report examining…
September 25, 2015. Skeena-Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen says First Nations in Alberta and British Columbia stand together in
opposition to locating Pacific NorthWest’s LNG export terminal in prime salmon spawning grounds. "I think it has unified First Nations right across from here to Alberta because everybody understands the value of wild…
September 25, 2015. Homeward Trust has awarded the management of Hope Terrace permanent supportive housing project to Bissell Centre. Hope Terrace is a unique program, which will support individuals who
have persistent addictions and mental health challenges, and who require extensive supports with a focus on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Supports include a…
September 25, 2015. Shannon Phillips, Minister Responsible for the Status of Women, will be delivering remarks on Sept. 29, for Spirit of Our Sisters gathering in Edmonton. The national gathering will create a forum for various stakeholders to collaborate and identify strategies for next steps in moving forward.
Throughout the two-day gathering, sessions will be offered…
September
25, 2015. The RCMP now considers the death of
Victoria Joanne Crow Shoe to be a homicide. The body of the Lethbridge resident was found along the shore of the Oldman River Reservoir at the Windy Point campground on Sept. 13, 2015. She was last seen by family members on…
September 27, 2015. The new education lead for the National Centre of Truth and Reconciliation and Alberta educator Charlene Bearhead says the
federal government must work with the communities to determine how best to commemorate the 139 former residential schools. Bearhead says the only former residential school that is commemorated as part of …
CEMA to continue operating September 25, 2015.
Despite potential financial woes, the Fort McMurray-based Cumulative Environmental Management Association has decided not to dissolve. CEMA spokeswoman Carol Christian confirmed the vote to dissolve was defeated, but would not release the voting results citing confidentiality rules. The organization relies on industry funding for almost…