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Blueprint for the Future, an Aboriginal youth career fair at Edmonton's Shaw Conference Centre was buzzing as an estimated 2100 Aboriginal youth converged on the annual fair sponsored each year in a different Canadian city by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation in Toronto.
The location each time around coincides with whatever city is hosting that particular…
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"Venturing forth" is a phrase that means to take a risk and go out into the world.
Venturing Forth is also the title of a 13-part Aboriginal business television series focusing on economic development in First Nations communities across Canada.
The series premiered on Sunday, Feb. 4 on the Aboriginal People's Television Network (APTN).
The documentary crew…
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"Venturing forth" is a phrase that means to take a risk and go out into the world.
Venturing Forth is also the title of a 13-part Aboriginal business television series focusing on economic development in First Nations communities across Canada.
The series premiered on Sunday, Feb. 4 on the Aboriginal People's Television Network (APTN).
The documentary crew…
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It's a milestone that few ever reach: 50 years married. Maurice and Helen Wolfe from Hobbema achieved that on Feb. 6, still happy and very fulfilled, according to their daughter Jeanette Sampson.
The couple, who have lived in Hobbema all their lives, celebrated with about 80 family and friends at the Moose Lodge in Ponoka on Feb. 3. They have 10 children. Jeanette, at 49…
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It was one wild weekend, a real rock 'em, sock 'em time at Edmonton's Ben Calf Robe School as it played host to 13 Aboriginal ball hockey teams on the Feb. 3-4 weekend.
Sponsored by Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society's Wind Dancers youth program co-ordinated by Bonnie Belhumeur, the two-day event was a fund-raiser for a youth retreat being planned by the Urban Multi-…
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It was one wild weekend, a real rock 'em, sock 'em time at Edmonton's Ben Calf Robe School as it played host to 13 Aboriginal ball hockey teams on the Feb. 3-4 weekend.
Sponsored by Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society's Wind Dancers youth program co-ordinated by Bonnie Belhumeur, the two-day event was a fund-raiser for a youth retreat being planned by the Urban Multi-…
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When Rosa John and her husband Melvin started storytelling and dancing for their children's classmates, they had no idea it would grow into an arts network connecting Native kids-and everyone else-with their culture.
The couple now head the Kehewin Native Performance and Resource Network, based out of the Bonnyville area reserve. The organization, formed in 1991 while the…
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When Rosa John and her husband Melvin started storytelling and dancing for their children's classmates, they had no idea it would grow into an arts network connecting Native kids-and everyone else-with their culture.
The couple now head the Kehewin Native Performance and Resource Network, based out of the Bonnyville area reserve. The organization, formed in 1991 while the…
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The Calgary Board of Education's launch of its Aboriginal Role Model Directory in early January marked both a beginning and an end. It was the completion of four years of work compiling a directory that highlights the accomplishments of 60 Aboriginal men and women from a variety of fields and professions. But, more importantly, perhaps, it also marked the beginning of an ongoing…
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The Calgary Board of Education's launch of its Aboriginal Role Model Directory in early January marked both a beginning and an end. It was the completion of four years of work compiling a directory that highlights the accomplishments of 60 Aboriginal men and women from a variety of fields and professions. But, more importantly, perhaps, it also marked the beginning of an ongoing…
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The struggle concerning a burial ground between Epcor and representatives of the Aboriginal community may be ongoing, but the public hearings are over.
The controversy stems from Epcor's request to build a 170-megawatt, gas-fired turbine in the Rossdale Flats, immediately south of downtown Edmonton in the North Saskatchewan River valley.
The Alberta Energy and…
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The struggle concerning a burial ground between Epcor and representatives of the Aboriginal community may be ongoing, but the public hearings are over.
The controversy stems from Epcor's request to build a 170-megawatt, gas-fired turbine in the Rossdale Flats, immediately south of downtown Edmonton in the North Saskatchewan River valley.
The Alberta Energy and…
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If you are a northern Native who wants to attend school in the Edmonton area, look no farther than Nona German for advice.
If your home is in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, and you wish to make the transition from north to south but need help with human, physical and financial resources, look no farther than Nona German.
German, a Metis born and raised in…
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If you are a northern Native who wants to attend school in the Edmonton area, look no farther than Nona German for advice.
If your home is in the Northwest Territories or Nunavut, and you wish to make the transition from north to south but need help with human, physical and financial resources, look no farther than Nona German.
German, a Metis born and raised in…
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Tansi!
Economy on a roll?
Further to Tsuu T'ina First Nation's oil strike, I reported that they are pumping that valuable black gold. What I could not find out for our last issue was whether Tsuu T'ina also has "the belly" of oil on their property. In recent conversation with the band, I have been informed that, yes, they do!
The band is hosting a Valentine's…