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Frances Weaselfat can count the number of transition homes run by Native people primarily for Native people on one hand.
"I'm only aware of three Native-run transition homes in Canada," she said.
One of those homes is located in Lethbridge. Weaselfat has been executive director for the Native Women's Transition Home Society for the past two years. The transition…
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Frances Weaselfat can count the number of transition homes run by Native people primarily for Native people on one hand.
"I'm only aware of three Native-run transition homes in Canada," she said.
One of those homes is located in Lethbridge. Weaselfat has been executive director for the Native Women's Transition Home Society for the past two years. The transition…
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REVIEW
Black Eyes All Of The Time
By Anne McGillivray
and Brenda Comaskey
University of Toronto Press
200 pages (sc)
In the book Black Eyes All of the Time, Intimate Violence, Aboriginal Women, and the Justice System, authors Anne McGillivray and Brenda Comaskey explore justice reforms that were intended to reduce domestic violence in…
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REVIEW
Black Eyes All Of The Time
By Anne McGillivray
and Brenda Comaskey
University of Toronto Press
200 pages (sc)
In the book Black Eyes All of the Time, Intimate Violence, Aboriginal Women, and the Justice System, authors Anne McGillivray and Brenda Comaskey explore justice reforms that were intended to reduce domestic violence in…
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EDMONTON-Aboriginal women who have a story to tell about rising above or overcoming some obstacle in life now have an opportunity to see their words in print. The Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW) is collecting first-person accounts written by Aboriginal women, which they plan to publish at the end of the year. The idea sprung from the Esquao Awards, where…
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EDMONTON-Aboriginal women who have a story to tell about rising above or overcoming some obstacle in life now have an opportunity to see their words in print. The Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW) is collecting first-person accounts written by Aboriginal women, which they plan to publish at the end of the year. The idea sprung from the Esquao Awards, where…
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A program slated to begin in April involves the three treaty areas in the province and the Northern Aboriginal Institute of Technology (NAIT).
The millennium project started after a meeting with the First Nations Technical Services Advisory group, which is made up of representatives from Treaties 6, 7 and 8. The group provides advisory services to chiefs and to the…
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A program slated to begin in April involves the three treaty areas in the province and the Northern Aboriginal Institute of Technology (NAIT).
The millennium project started after a meeting with the First Nations Technical Services Advisory group, which is made up of representatives from Treaties 6, 7 and 8. The group provides advisory services to chiefs and to the…
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It has been a long drought for the national Indian rodeo scene in Alberta. In fact, 20 years have lapsed since Hobbema, long considered the rodeo capital in Indian Country, played host to any major Indian rodeo. Back then, it was the Indian Rodeo Cowboys Association that was going strong.
Nonetheless, the long dry spell of some 20 years came to a conclusion following the…
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On Dec. 10, amidst Christmas decorations, including a huge Christmas tree, singer Rita Coolidge strode onto the Arden Theatre stage in St. Albert dressed in a red crushed velvet pantsuit and white turtleneck.
Coolidge, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, made more than a dozen albums, one of which, titled Anytime...Anywhere, produced Top 10 hits such as 'The way you do the…
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On Dec. 10, amidst Christmas decorations, including a huge Christmas tree, singer Rita Coolidge strode onto the Arden Theatre stage in St. Albert dressed in a red crushed velvet pantsuit and white turtleneck.
Coolidge, in the late 1960s and early 1970s, made more than a dozen albums, one of which, titled Anytime...Anywhere, produced Top 10 hits such as 'The way you do the…
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While thousands of Albertans hunkered down in the shelter of their homes waiting to see whether the New Year would unleash the fury of the dreaded Y2K bug, Edmonton's Aboriginal people were dancing the night away.
For the first time in its 12-year history, Edmonton's First Night Festival included an Aboriginal component. Billed as the World Beat Powwow, First Nations and…
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While thousands of Albertans hunkered down in the shelter of their homes waiting to see whether the New Year would unleash the fury of the dreaded Y2K bug, Edmonton's Aboriginal people were dancing the night away.
For the first time in its 12-year history, Edmonton's First Night Festival included an Aboriginal component. Billed as the World Beat Powwow, First Nations and…
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Who: Laura Vinson and Free Spirit.
What: Launch of a new CD called Point of the Arrow.
Question:
I noticed the new album has a lot to do with Aboriginal issues. Is this something you always wanted to do?
Answer:
I've always been inspired by people like Buffy Sainte-Marie. She was my original inspiration, and Joan Baez and people that do message…
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Who: Laura Vinson and Free Spirit.
What: Launch of a new CD called Point of the Arrow.
Question:
I noticed the new album has a lot to do with Aboriginal issues. Is this something you always wanted to do?
Answer:
I've always been inspired by people like Buffy Sainte-Marie. She was my original inspiration, and Joan Baez and people that do message…