Welcome to AMMSA.COM, the news archive website for our family of Indigenous news publications.

Alberta Sweetgrass

Alberta Sweetgrass logo

Community focused with a grassroots appeal. Established in 1993 to serve the needs of the Indigenous people of Alberta.

  • February 17, 2001
  • Chris Reading, Sweetgrass Writer, EDMONTON

page 4

Aboriginal scholars met at the University of Alberta on Jan. 31 to discuss globalization and its effects on the lives of Indigenous people around the world. The International Centre and Native Student Services co-sponsored the event, One Planet-One Mother-One Nation, as part of International Week.

An increasingly global free market has meant disappearing borders,…

  • February 17, 2001
  • Chris Reading, Sweetgrass Writer, EDMONTON

page 4

Aboriginal scholars met at the University of Alberta on Jan. 31 to discuss globalization and its effects on the lives of Indigenous people around the world. The International Centre and Native Student Services co-sponsored the event, One Planet-One Mother-One Nation, as part of International Week.

An increasingly global free market has meant disappearing borders,…

  • February 17, 2001
  • Terry Lusty, Sweetgrass Writer, EDMONTON

Page 3

One of the first Aboriginal conferences in the new year focused on tomorrow's leaders, now children.

The third Alberta Aboriginal Head Start conference at Edmonton's Sheraton Grande Hotel, held Jan. 29-31, was attended by 160 delegates from 31 communities in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

Alvin Manitopyes, a Health Canada employee from Calgary, was the…

  • February 17, 2001
  • Terry Lusty, Sweetgrass Writer, EDMONTON

Page 3

One of the first Aboriginal conferences in the new year focused on tomorrow's leaders, now children.

The third Alberta Aboriginal Head Start conference at Edmonton's Sheraton Grande Hotel, held Jan. 29-31, was attended by 160 delegates from 31 communities in Alberta and the Northwest Territories.

Alvin Manitopyes, a Health Canada employee from Calgary, was the…

  • February 17, 2001
  • Sweetgrass Staff

Page 2

An educational program once operated through the Edmonton-based Metis Child and Family Services is back on track thanks to the diligent efforts of the Riel Institute for Education and Learning, a branch society of Zone 1V of the Metis Nation of Alberta.

The family intervention/ youth support training program, offered from 1993 to 1998, now falls under the social work…

  • February 17, 2001
  • Sweetgrass Staff

Page 2

An educational program once operated through the Edmonton-based Metis Child and Family Services is back on track thanks to the diligent efforts of the Riel Institute for Education and Learning, a branch society of Zone 1V of the Metis Nation of Alberta.

The family intervention/ youth support training program, offered from 1993 to 1998, now falls under the social work…

  • February 17, 2001
  • Sweetgrass Staff

Page 2

Roman Bittman, a Metis born in Fort Vermilion, was granted his award in the field of Media and Communications. Bittman's long list of credits include a stint at CBC news where he became producer of the science show The Nature of Things. He's made 100 films and been an advisor to the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. He has also been president of the Nova Scotia Film…

  • February 17, 2001
  • Sweetgrass Staff

Page 2

Roman Bittman, a Metis born in Fort Vermilion, was granted his award in the field of Media and Communications. Bittman's long list of credits include a stint at CBC news where he became producer of the science show The Nature of Things. He's made 100 films and been an advisor to the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. He has also been president of the Nova Scotia Film…