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"Our Aboriginal designers are there now!" said Andre Morriseau of Aboriginal Voices Radio. "Keep it up," offered Amos Keys of the Aboriginal Music Awards.
Morriseau and Keys both acted as emcees for Meet the Challenge, a press conference and fashion show held March 16 at the Indian Motorcycle Cafe and Lounge in Toronto.
Organized by designer Angela DeMontigny (Cree…
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Carl Beam has spent the last three decades creating works of art. On March 16, the M'Chigeeng First Nation artist received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in recognition of the contributions he has made to visual arts in Canada.
Carl Beam was born in 1943. He was raised in a residential school environment and immersed in both European and Native…
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Carl Beam has spent the last three decades creating works of art. On March 16, the M'Chigeeng First Nation artist received the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in recognition of the contributions he has made to visual arts in Canada.
Carl Beam was born in 1943. He was raised in a residential school environment and immersed in both European and Native…
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Daniel Beardy was a son, a hockey hero, a mentor and a friend to many. He was only 19 years old when he died on Aug. 1, 2004 after being brutally beaten at a party on the Fort William First Nation. Police have charged Corey Wesley, a 23-year-old resident of Greenstone, Ont., with manslaughter in connection with Daniel's death. Wesley will go to trial sometime in the fall.
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Daniel Beardy was a son, a hockey hero, a mentor and a friend to many. He was only 19 years old when he died on Aug. 1, 2004 after being brutally beaten at a party on the Fort William First Nation. Police have charged Corey Wesley, a 23-year-old resident of Greenstone, Ont., with manslaughter in connection with Daniel's death. Wesley will go to trial sometime in the fall.
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They're cheap, easy to obtain and very addictive, and so begins the Constance Lake First Nation's battle against prescription drug abuse.
"We have to be proactive in dealing with the issue before it becomes a huge problem and we don't want to see people dying from this abuse," said Constance Lake Chief Arthur Moore. "We want to educate our people and different…
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They're cheap, easy to obtain and very addictive, and so begins the Constance Lake First Nation's battle against prescription drug abuse.
"We have to be proactive in dealing with the issue before it becomes a huge problem and we don't want to see people dying from this abuse," said Constance Lake Chief Arthur Moore. "We want to educate our people and different…
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The Thunder Bay-Rainy River school district has announced an initiative designed to help Aboriginal students stay in school.
The program is called Pathway to Aboriginal Student Success (PASS), and is part of the larger $1.5 million Learning to Age 18 project put together by Northern Ontario Education Leaders (NOEL), a group comprised of eight school boards and 10 district…
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The Thunder Bay-Rainy River school district has announced an initiative designed to help Aboriginal students stay in school.
The program is called Pathway to Aboriginal Student Success (PASS), and is part of the larger $1.5 million Learning to Age 18 project put together by Northern Ontario Education Leaders (NOEL), a group comprised of eight school boards and 10 district…
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Soon a computer with Internet access will be all a person living in a remote community will need to receive industry recognized information technology training, thanks to the First Nations Distance Learning Program.
The program is being developed by Cisco Systems Canada, a worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, in partnership with Industry Canada, Human…
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Soon a computer with Internet access will be all a person living in a remote community will need to receive industry recognized information technology training, thanks to the First Nations Distance Learning Program.
The program is being developed by Cisco Systems Canada, a worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, in partnership with Industry Canada, Human…
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Representatives of the world's first national Aboriginal television network will appear before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on June 6 in Niagara Falls to state their case for renewal of the network's broadcast license.
Parties concerned with the license of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), which expires Aug. 31,…
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Representatives of the world's first national Aboriginal television network will appear before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on June 6 in Niagara Falls to state their case for renewal of the network's broadcast license.
Parties concerned with the license of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), which expires Aug. 31,…
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Six Nations of the Grand River was well represented when this year's National Aboriginal Achievement Awards were handed out in Saskatoon on March 31-two of the 14 recipients honoured at the gala event are from the community.
Dr. Thomas Dignan and Joe Jacobs were both honoured by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation for their many accomplishments; Dignan in the…
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Six Nations of the Grand River was well represented when this year's National Aboriginal Achievement Awards were handed out in Saskatoon on March 31-two of the 14 recipients honoured at the gala event are from the community.
Dr. Thomas Dignan and Joe Jacobs were both honoured by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation for their many accomplishments; Dignan in the…