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A new art gallery owned, operated and managed by a group of Aboriginal youth has opened on Whyte avenue, the hub of Edmonton's artistic expression.
Sun and Moon Visionaries art gallery and studio opened its doors to the public last April and have been receiving an excellent response.
"We've been receiving lots of support through word of mouth," said Jaret Sinclair-…
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The Office of Native Students Services and the School of Native Studies at the University of Alberta are joining together to host the third annual Flying Moon Round Dance on Aug. 31.
The celebration will begin at 5 p.m. on the university quad. The event is free, and is open to the public.
The round dance takes its name from the Cree word for the month of August -…
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The Office of Native Students Services and the School of Native Studies at the University of Alberta are joining together to host the third annual Flying Moon Round Dance on Aug. 31.
The celebration will begin at 5 p.m. on the university quad. The event is free, and is open to the public.
The round dance takes its name from the Cree word for the month of August -…
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A unique program offered by Northern Lakes College's Grouard campus is giving students training and hands-on experience in designing and creating Native clothing.
The 10-month program teaches sewing and clothing design in a Native context.
It includes basic skill development in sewing as well as in pattern drafting and design, along with courses covering a variety…
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A unique program offered by Northern Lakes College's Grouard campus is giving students training and hands-on experience in designing and creating Native clothing.
The 10-month program teaches sewing and clothing design in a Native context.
It includes basic skill development in sewing as well as in pattern drafting and design, along with courses covering a variety…
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A University of Lethbridge student was a winner of the 1999 "Indigenous Futures 2000" international case writing competition.
Kim Gravelle is a graduate of the university's Aboriginal management certificate program, and is currently enrolled in the faculty of management's general degree program at the university. Gravelle won the award for best student submission, as well…
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A University of Lethbridge student was a winner of the 1999 "Indigenous Futures 2000" international case writing competition.
Kim Gravelle is a graduate of the university's Aboriginal management certificate program, and is currently enrolled in the faculty of management's general degree program at the university. Gravelle won the award for best student submission, as well…
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Yellowhead Tribal Council scored a coup July 17 when Rubin Hurricane Carter made an appearance at a YTC education conference, banquet and fund-raiser where he was the featured keynote speaker.
Carter, now the subject of a full length book, The 16th Round, and a movie entitled The Hurricane, with Denzel Washington playing the part of the former middleweight boxer, spent…
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Yellowhead Tribal Council scored a coup July 17 when Rubin Hurricane Carter made an appearance at a YTC education conference, banquet and fund-raiser where he was the featured keynote speaker.
Carter, now the subject of a full length book, The 16th Round, and a movie entitled The Hurricane, with Denzel Washington playing the part of the former middleweight boxer, spent…
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The Calgary Board of Education's new policy covering all aspects of Aboriginal education comes into effect on Sept. 1. The policy, which will focus on the "unique cultural, historical, and economic circumstances of Aboriginal people," will be phased in gradually.
It covers measures to calculate the success rate of Aboriginal students, an approach to acknowledging…
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The Calgary Board of Education's new policy covering all aspects of Aboriginal education comes into effect on Sept. 1. The policy, which will focus on the "unique cultural, historical, and economic circumstances of Aboriginal people," will be phased in gradually.
It covers measures to calculate the success rate of Aboriginal students, an approach to acknowledging…
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Even with a growing library of documents, Metis genealogist Geoff Burtonshaw says he can help only about three out of every four people who contact him.
The problem, he explains, is knowing where to begin to begin the search.
"You have to have a date to know where to look," he says. (Microfilmed demographic information in the Manitoba Script, for instance, fills a…
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Even with a growing library of documents, Metis genealogist Geoff Burtonshaw says he can help only about three out of every four people who contact him.
The problem, he explains, is knowing where to begin to begin the search.
"You have to have a date to know where to look," he says. (Microfilmed demographic information in the Manitoba Script, for instance, fills a…
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Geoff Burtonshaw used to build offices, schools and homes, but now he helps people reconstruct their Metis past.
For 15 years, Burtonshaw, a retired journeyman carpenter, has been collecting old government, church and other records to create family trees for 947 people.
"It's often the 45-to-50-year-olds who have some old grandma tell them as she is dying, 'You…
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Geoff Burtonshaw used to build offices, schools and homes, but now he helps people reconstruct their Metis past.
For 15 years, Burtonshaw, a retired journeyman carpenter, has been collecting old government, church and other records to create family trees for 947 people.
"It's often the 45-to-50-year-olds who have some old grandma tell them as she is dying, 'You…