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Ever watch a program on television and at the end they say "taped in front of a live audience?" Did you ever wonder what that meant? If you'd like to know then head to the Rising Sun Cafe on Saturday evenings to watch the taping of an Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) show Saturday Night at the Rising Sun Cafe . It is a live-to-tape format in which the audience can…
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Ever watch a program on television and at the end they say "taped in front of a live audience?" Did you ever wonder what that meant? If you'd like to know then head to the Rising Sun Cafe on Saturday evenings to watch the taping of an Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) show Saturday Night at the Rising Sun Cafe . It is a live-to-tape format in which the audience can…
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Although the sky was overcast and the temperature was cool on Aug. 31, the huge white tent on the University of Alberta campus drew a fair size crowd at the third annual Ohpahowipism-Flying Moon round dance. A time to honor students, staff and scholars was the theme. More than 400 people came out to celebrate130 International students from Australia, Africa, South America, China…
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Although the sky was overcast and the temperature was cool on Aug. 31, the huge white tent on the University of Alberta campus drew a fair size crowd at the third annual Ohpahowipism-Flying Moon round dance. A time to honor students, staff and scholars was the theme. More than 400 people came out to celebrate130 International students from Australia, Africa, South America, China…
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It is the biggest rodeo in rural Alberta, and it keeps getting bigger and better.
The eleventh annual Silver Birch Rodeo, running Aug. 10 to 13 at the Kikino Metis Settlement, offered $17,500 in prize money, plus entry fees, to 135 participants from the Lakeland and Foothills Rodeo Association.
"It's the biggest rodeo on the circuit for prize money," said…
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It is the biggest rodeo in rural Alberta, and it keeps getting bigger and better.
The eleventh annual Silver Birch Rodeo, running Aug. 10 to 13 at the Kikino Metis Settlement, offered $17,500 in prize money, plus entry fees, to 135 participants from the Lakeland and Foothills Rodeo Association.
"It's the biggest rodeo on the circuit for prize money," said…
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On what their leaders called "a historic occasion," the four bands of the Blackfoot Nation- Peigan, Blood, Siksika, and the U.S.-based Blackfeet-renewed their unity and their hopes for the future by signing the Blackfoot Confederacy Declaration during the Siksika Nation's annual gathering Aug. 12.
The ceremony was delayed a few hours while organizers awaited the arrival of…
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On what their leaders called "a historic occasion," the four bands of the Blackfoot Nation- Peigan, Blood, Siksika, and the U.S.-based Blackfeet-renewed their unity and their hopes for the future by signing the Blackfoot Confederacy Declaration during the Siksika Nation's annual gathering Aug. 12.
The ceremony was delayed a few hours while organizers awaited the arrival of…
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William Erasmus, 76, is the Citizen of the Year for 2000 at the Kikino Metis Settlement. The honour was awarded during the August's Kikino Settlement Days and Silver Birch Resort Rodeo.
Erasmus is probably the best-known Elder in the community of 1200. He is a frequent guest at the elementary school, which is built on land he donated. He also donated the land for the…
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William Erasmus, 76, is the Citizen of the Year for 2000 at the Kikino Metis Settlement. The honour was awarded during the August's Kikino Settlement Days and Silver Birch Resort Rodeo.
Erasmus is probably the best-known Elder in the community of 1200. He is a frequent guest at the elementary school, which is built on land he donated. He also donated the land for the…
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"Unfinished business" might have been the unofficial motto of the 22nd Annual Assembly of the Metis Nation of Alberta (MNA) held Aug. 10 to 13 in Lac La Biche. The assembly, last held in Lac La Biche 13 years ago, attracted about 700.
"We didn't even get half of our business done," said Rick Boucher, vice-president of the host, Zone 1. "The members didn't even have a…
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"Unfinished business" might have been the unofficial motto of the 22nd Annual Assembly of the Metis Nation of Alberta (MNA) held Aug. 10 to 13 in Lac La Biche. The assembly, last held in Lac La Biche 13 years ago, attracted about 700.
"We didn't even get half of our business done," said Rick Boucher, vice-president of the host, Zone 1. "The members didn't even have a…
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For more than 50 years, the Sacred Heart Church on the Beaver Lake First Nation has been the site of a religious pilgrimage that draws people from near and far.
With Father Roy from Lac La Biche's St. Catherine's Catholic Church presiding over the gathering, more than 500 people were drawn to the activities, prayers and blessings held throughout the three-day celebration…
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For more than 50 years, the Sacred Heart Church on the Beaver Lake First Nation has been the site of a religious pilgrimage that draws people from near and far.
With Father Roy from Lac La Biche's St. Catherine's Catholic Church presiding over the gathering, more than 500 people were drawn to the activities, prayers and blessings held throughout the three-day celebration…
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With well under $200,000 a year in federal housing money and a 1,300 member, largely young population living in overcrowded conditions on the Alexis reserve, Chief Francis Alexis was used to hearing "We need more housing."
Realizing they will always be stuck with a housing shortage at the present rate of construction and being all too aware of the limitations of the…