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Photo caption: Urban Indian, a 2004 photograph by Terrance Houle, is featured in Narrative Quest. Houle is of Blood ancestry.
Photo: Courtesy Rotal Alberta Museum
“Let the next generation be born with the knowledge of what has passed,” said the late renowned Alberta artist Joane Cardinal-Schubert in a poem she wrote before her untimely death in…
One is a veteran Chief while the other is just a teenager.
But Richard Kappo, who is the Chief of the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation and Treaty 8 Grand Chief, has something in common with 17-year-old Ryan Crosschild: both are recipients of the Diamond Jubilee medal, an honour which will be awarded to 60,000 Canadians in 2012.
The medal was created this year to mark Queen Elizabeth’s…
Aboriginal women working in the business and professional sectors are recognizing the need to come together to hash out ideas, stories, and personal experiences to make for a better working community, all the while holding a “degree in one hand and a feather in the other,” said business consultant Marie Delorme.
Delorme, CEO of power house company The Imagination Group, spoke at a…
Richard Wagamese participated in WordFest’s celebration of Freedom to Read Week.
Richard Wagamese presents new novel Indian Horse
Richard Wagamese read from his new novel Indian Horse to a packed house at the Barley Mill Pub on Feb 29. Wagamese said he initially wanted to write a hockey novel, but was encouraged by his publisher into exploring the effects of the…
Dakota Belcourt is still considered to be a newcomer to the boxing game.
But the 15-year-old Métis can already boast about winning a silver medal at a prestigious provincial competition.
Belcourt, who lives in Edmonton, was just one of the more than 2,500 athletes who participated at this year’s Alberta Winter Games.
A total of 20 sports were contested at the Games, which…
A unique opportunity to present culturally-relevant learning materials to Aboriginal school children has resulted in an amazing collection of videos and text resources. But the materials are also proving popular with the mainstream population and others outside the classroom-setting who wish to know more about Indigenous culture, spirituality and traditions.
Sykes Powderface sits on the…
Officials with an Edmonton-based organization were among those thrilled to hear the federal government has made Aboriginal education a priority.
The Aboriginal Achievement Centre for Excellence, which was launched this past year, is hoping the government’s announcement will provide the spark needed to give the company a significant boost.
AACE is a supplemental education company…
Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation tops the list of the nine Aboriginal movers and shakers as chosen by Postmedia.
“It makes me feel like I’m doing my job,” said Adam of his selection. He is joined on the list by Cindy Blackstock, executive director of the First Nations Child and Caring Society and associate professor at the University of Alberta, Truth and…
Photo: Delegates to the Sustainable Building and Communities conference gathered at the River Cree Resort on Feb. 29 and March 1.
Conference addresses need for sustainability
Elders, First Nations council leaders, environmental scientists, architects, engineers, sustainability leaders, educators and students gathered for a two-day conference to discuss sustainable…
A fire on the Tsuu T’ina First Nation that had a Calgary alderman host a town hall meeting and issue news releases calling the situation “unacceptable” was at a landfill site that contained demolished buildings from the City of Calgary.
The fire, which broke out Feb. 8 and took the First Nation 48 hours to suppress by coverage, started through spontaneous combustion. High volumes of…
Twenty years ago, Peter Schultz saw a notice about the First Nations Alliance Church posted at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre.
“I knew right away that I would enjoy being a part of that church, and I’ve become involved as a member of the worship team at Sunday afternoon services, while still attending the church where I grew up in the mornings,” he said.
Through the…
Five months of waiting has proven worthwhile for the Stoney Nakoda Nation.
Earlier this month, the Alberta Court of Appeal vacated the Energy Resources Conservation Board’s decision that Eden Valley reserve did not require the same setbacks established for an urban centre. The decision was made by the ERCB on Suncor Energy Inc.’s application for the Sullivan development.
In the…
A New Democractic Party candidate in the last federal election is challenging Fort McMurray-Athabasca MP Brian Jean to present the facts that back up his accusations that First Nations leaders are taking funding from foreign environmental groups.
“I think he needs to prove those facts and numbers and illustrate those linkages rather than just making the assumptions that he is,” said…
Swan River First Nation has signed on to new litigation challenging Environment Minister Peter Kent’s decision to not issue an emergency order to protect woodland caribou.
“When we participated in the Northern Gateway hearing process, we identified the Little Smoky herd and the inaction around that. So that’s where we now started to get involved because we now know there are other…
Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam disagrees with the Supreme Court of Canada’s stand that the consultation process in Alberta is not a national issue thus dismissing the appeal that was before it.
“What that states is the fact that corporations and industry can continue to buy out leases right across the country. So it is a national issue right across this whole thing…