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Joseph Yellowhorn hopes that a $1.5 million health facility being built on the Peigan reserve, 90 km east of Lethbridge, will be more than a place for his people to receive excellent medical attention.
He would like medical attention to come from Native physicians and dentists.
"Our goal is to get Native professionals," said Yellowhorn, the Health Needs Assessment…
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Joseph Yellowhorn hopes that a $1.5 million health facility being built on the Peigan reserve, 90 km east of Lethbridge, will be more than a place for his people to receive excellent medical attention.
He would like medical attention to come from Native physicians and dentists.
"Our goal is to get Native professionals," said Yellowhorn, the Health Needs Assessment…
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Joseph Yellowhorn hopes that a $1.5 million health facility being built on the Peigan reserve, 90 km east of Lethbridge, will be more than a place for his people to receive excellent medical attention.
He would like medical attention to come from Native physicians and dentists.
"Our goal is to get Native professionals," said Yellowhorn, the Health Needs Assessment…
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Fort Chipewyan was the host location for the 4th annual Health and Healing Conference from July 14 to 16.
The theme for this year's conference was Healing our Past - Honoring our Future.
The healing of the past was depicted by a community play, showing the impact of residential schooling on the community.
The members of the play were teens ranging in age…
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Actress Tantoo Cardinal and film-maker Greg Coyes, both Metis, have joined forces with Edmonton's Gerri Cook and Ava Karvonen to produce two films that are sure to help return some Aboriginal culture to Aboriginal people. By transferring stories and legends, like that of Wesakechak (the trickster), onto film, Cardinal who is associate producer, and Coyes, the producer, are…
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Actress Tantoo Cardinal and film-maker Greg Coyes, both Metis, have joined forces with Edmonton's Gerri Cook and Ava Karvonen to produce two films that are sure to help return some Aboriginal culture to Aboriginal people. By transferring stories and legends, like that of Wesakechak (the trickster), onto film, Cardinal who is associate producer, and Coyes, the producer, are…
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Actress Tantoo Cardinal and film-maker Greg Coyes, both Metis, have joined forces with Edmonton's Gerri Cook and Ava Karvonen to produce two films that are sure to help return some Aboriginal culture to Aboriginal people. By transferring stories and legends, like that of Wesakechak (the trickster), onto film, Cardinal who is associate producer, and Coyes, the producer, are…
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Little Red Air Service is on a direct flight for success. The air service is being piloted by 29-year-old Michael Nanooch, who was hand-picked for the position.
Nanooch who received his engineering diploma from Northern Lights College in Dawson Creek, B.C. and a Business Diploma from Grande Prairie Regional College, has been with Little Red since 1989.
Originally,…
Youth funds available
The Saddle Lake First Nation has received an $1,800 grant from the Lakeland Health Authority's Action for Health Community Grants Program.
The funding means that for four weeks, youth activities in the community can be planned, including a multicultural camp.
The learning program will enable participants to feel more positive about their community…
Youth funds available
The Saddle Lake First Nation has received an $1,800 grant from the Lakeland Health Authority's Action for Health Community Grants Program.
The funding means that for four weeks, youth activities in the community can be planned, including a multicultural camp.
The learning program will enable participants to feel more positive about their community…
Youth funds available
The Saddle Lake First Nation has received an $1,800 grant from the Lakeland Health Authority's Action for Health Community Grants Program.
The funding means that for four weeks, youth activities in the community can be planned, including a multicultural camp.
The learning program will enable participants to feel more positive about their community…
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The release of a report which was intended to dig to the root of troubles at the Samson Cree Nation didn't make much of an impact when it was unveiled by a band-appointed board of inquiry on Sept. 3.
The need for the report stemmed from problems on the reserve which boiled over last August when several band members locked themselves in the Samson band office in Hobbema.…
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The release of a report which was intended to dig to the root of troubles at the Samson Cree Nation didn't make much of an impact when it was unveiled by a band-appointed board of inquiry on Sept. 3.
The need for the report stemmed from problems on the reserve which boiled over last August when several band members locked themselves in the Samson band office in Hobbema.…
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The release of a report which was intended to dig to the root of troubles at the Samson Cree Nation didn't make much of an impact when it was unveiled by a band-appointed board of inquiry on Sept. 3.
The need for the report stemmed from problems on the reserve which boiled over last August when several band members locked themselves in the Samson band office in Hobbema.…
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It only takes John Lefthand Sr. two hours to get to the Calgary Stampede from his home. It used to take him 14 hours, but that was back in 1915.
Since then the 93-year-old Nakoda elder hasn't missed one Stampede yet, and now almost a century later, his lodge and family are a regular part of the stampede's Indian Village.
He doesn't come just to be a part of the Indian…