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Lethbridge Mayor Rajko Dodik is “deeply honoured” to receive the Blackfoot name of “Night Rider.”
The non-Aboriginal mayor was recognized in a special naming ceremony led by Blackfoot Elder Francis First Charger as part of the official opening ceremonies for the Lethbridge Aboriginal Week festivities, held at the GALT Museum and Archives on June 18, 2012.
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At least two Alberta teenagers will be appearing in a new hockey television series.
Isaih Cardinal and Silas Makokis will be among the 20 Aboriginal players featured in Hit the Ice, a series that will primarily be featured this summer in Ottawa and in nearby Gatineau, Que.
The series, which will consists of 13 half-hour episodes, will be…
For the fifth straight season a pair of Aboriginal brothers finds themselves playing for the same professional hockey club.
But chances are not too many hockey fans know the whereabouts of Greg and Brad Leeb as they are not playing in the National Hockey League - or even North America.
Instead the brothers, who are Cree, are in England this season suiting up for the Coventry Blaze…
The former head of Syncrude Canada has been recognized nationally for his extensive dealings with Aboriginal businesses.
Eric Newell, a 67-year-old Edmonton resident, received this year’s Award for Excellence in Aboriginal Relations.
This marked the second year that officials from the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business have presented the award.
Newell received his award…
Additional funding from the federal government will allow the Alberta Council of Women’s Shelters to continue to help First Nations children who have witnessed violence.
Walking the Path, a program initiative of the ACWS, began as a pilot project in 2009. The program has been extended for an additional 21 months with the new funding.
Living with violence in the home can have a…
It appears that Aboriginal groups and environmental organizations are not the only ones who believe that the Alberta government has given the go-ahead to Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline project.
In the first phase of questioning at the joint panel review of the project, counsel for Northern Gateway decided against questioning the Alberta government panel.
“Unlike the other…
As Sherry Weaver rushed to get her children ready for school the phone rang — an addition to a morning many parents refer to as controlled chaos. But unbeknownst to her and husband Doug, they were about to get much busier.
The hurried voice on the other end of the phone belonged to a case worker who told Sherry about an emergent situation involving a three-year-old girl and two-month-…
Chief Cameron Alexis is confident that a recent partnership between his First Nation and the federal government will keep the Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation moving forward on its quest for economic independence.
“We hope that this initiative will bear fruit and we hope that it does create employment and is long term sustainability,” Alexis said.
The federal government is contributing…
It has been five years since Jackie Crazybull, a 44-year-old Blackfoot woman, was stabbed to death in an apparently random attack on the streets of Calgary during the Stampede and still there is no closure for her family.
“We are tired of waiting for answers,” said Sandra Manyfeathers, a younger sister who says she and many members of the family have been severely affected by Jackie’s…
Prime Minister Stephen Harper offers his condolences to widow Jeanne Lougheed at Peter Lougheed’s memorial service in Calgary.
Lougheed recognized for “unwavering commitment”
Former Premier Peter Lougheed, who passed away at the age of 84 on Sept. 13, was the first Alberta premier of Métis ancestry. Born on July 26, 1928, Lougheed was the son of Edgar Donald…
Duncan discusses issues with MNA president
John Duncan, federal minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, speaks with Audrey Poitras, president of the Métis Nation of Alberta, after his address to the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce last month. The MNA will lose $46,000 in core funding and up to 1.5 staff members once funding cuts announced by the federal…
Devoted and loyal, dogs have long been known as best friends and protectors, especially of their human family. In the case of Dawn Ayoungman’s missing toddler, the combined instincts of two dogs led to his discovery.
On Sept. 12 at 11:40 a.m., Ayoungman’s three-year-old son, Jet, wandered away from their Siksika home, accompanied by their German shepherd, Duke. Ayoungman said the two…
For Edmonton’s history to be fully known, the role undertaken by Indigenous people must be told.
That is the goal behind Fort Edmonton Management Company’s move to develop a new section in Fort Edmonton Park.
“(We) will be able to tell Indigenous people’s perspectives on their own history and that’s important because history can be a very political and emotional thing,” said…
A University of Alberta law professor expects the Métis harvesting case to make its way to the Supreme Court of Canada.
On Feb. 7, 2013, the case will be heard by the Alberta Court of Appeal in Calgary.
“I’m hoping the Court of Appeal will find that the current harvesting policy in Alberta has been stepped back. But … regardless of what the Court of Appeal says, I think this is…
An agreement with Parks Canada that granted Stoney Nakoda member’s lifetime access to the Banff National Park is better late than never, says Bearspaw First Nation Chief Darcy Dixon.
The park pass agreement, unveiled on Sept. 10, comes after two years of negotiating a memorandum of understanding between the Stoney Nakoda, which comprises Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley First Nations, and…