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A solemn ceremony took place on the Alexander First Nation on April 29, as a Cree family prayed for support for a decision they've made that they hope will save their brother's life.
Robert Bruno, 54, suffers from Hepatitis C, a condition he contracted through a blood transfusion. He is in the final, life-threatening stages of the liver disease. Matthew Bruno, 50, his…
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A solemn ceremony took place on the Alexander First Nation on April 29, as a Cree family prayed for support for a decision they've made that they hope will save their brother's life.
Robert Bruno, 54, suffers from Hepatitis C, a condition he contracted through a blood transfusion. He is in the final, life-threatening stages of the liver disease. Matthew Bruno, 50, his…
Dear Editor:
My name is Robin MacLean. I was adopted in 1973. I have been looking for my birth family since 1994.
My birth name is Darlene Louise Monias; date of birth is Dec. 26, 1972; birth place is Medicine Hat, Alberta.
I was apprehended on Feb. 23, 1973 by Child Welfare in Medicine Hat.
According to a letter written to Indian Affairs, the Band #779 Saddlelake/…
Dear Editor:
My name is Robin MacLean. I was adopted in 1973. I have been looking for my birth family since 1994.
My birth name is Darlene Louise Monias; date of birth is Dec. 26, 1972; birth place is Medicine Hat, Alberta.
I was apprehended on Feb. 23, 1973 by Child Welfare in Medicine Hat.
According to a letter written to Indian Affairs, the Band #779 Saddlelake/…
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On April 18, four First Nations, along with Alberta Energy Company Ltd. (AEC) and Precision Drilling Corporation, launched a joint venture to bring jobs, training and expanded business expertise to the Aboriginal communities involved.
Chiefs of the Kehewin, Frog Lake, Cold Lake and Heart Lake First Nations signed a Memorandum of Intent with AEC and Precision to own and…
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On April 18, four First Nations, along with Alberta Energy Company Ltd. (AEC) and Precision Drilling Corporation, launched a joint venture to bring jobs, training and expanded business expertise to the Aboriginal communities involved.
Chiefs of the Kehewin, Frog Lake, Cold Lake and Heart Lake First Nations signed a Memorandum of Intent with AEC and Precision to own and…
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Before science was test tubes and labs, it was Native.
For as long as they have existed, Native people have followed the patterns of nature, all the while using principles of science that weren't formally recognized until researchers began documenting phenomena like gravity and the Earth's seasonal cycles.
A unique program from the Science Alberta Foundation has…
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Before science was test tubes and labs, it was Native.
For as long as they have existed, Native people have followed the patterns of nature, all the while using principles of science that weren't formally recognized until researchers began documenting phenomena like gravity and the Earth's seasonal cycles.
A unique program from the Science Alberta Foundation has…
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Edmonton's police officers and members of the Native community danced the night away.
The Boyle Street Community Services Co-op Inner City Resource Centre, along with the Edmonton Police Service's Aboriginal Resource Officer program (ARO), co-hosted a round dance on April 28 with the theme "Gathering in Friendship-Around the drum 2001."
"In the history of the…
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Edmonton's police officers and members of the Native community danced the night away.
The Boyle Street Community Services Co-op Inner City Resource Centre, along with the Edmonton Police Service's Aboriginal Resource Officer program (ARO), co-hosted a round dance on April 28 with the theme "Gathering in Friendship-Around the drum 2001."
"In the history of the…
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For the first time in 27 years the National Indian Athletic Association held the National Men's and Women's Basketball tournament in Canada.
The tournament was held at the Siksika First Nation outside of Calgary from April 17 to 23. With more than 1000 people present including 12 women's and 16 men's teams, it was an event to remember.
"It went pretty good," said…
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For the first time in 27 years the National Indian Athletic Association held the National Men's and Women's Basketball tournament in Canada.
The tournament was held at the Siksika First Nation outside of Calgary from April 17 to 23. With more than 1000 people present including 12 women's and 16 men's teams, it was an event to remember.
"It went pretty good," said…
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To hear about his daily activities, it would be hard to believe that Beaver Lake Cree Elder Leo Mountain is 90 years old.
Celebrating the big birthday with friends, family and community members on April 28 at Beaver Lake's Maria Munro Hall, Mountain joked that he'd need to swipe his cap over the birthday cake if he was going to generate enough wind to blow out all the…
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To hear about his daily activities, it would be hard to believe that Beaver Lake Cree Elder Leo Mountain is 90 years old.
Celebrating the big birthday with friends, family and community members on April 28 at Beaver Lake's Maria Munro Hall, Mountain joked that he'd need to swipe his cap over the birthday cake if he was going to generate enough wind to blow out all the…
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Joe Handley, Northwest Territories minister of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development, along with Resources deputy minister Robert McLeod, accompanied Premier Stephen Kakfwi to Edmonton last month to promote the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline route as the best way to move Arctic gas to market.
On April 10, Handley and McLeod talked to Sweetgrass about why they…