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Only 25 years old, Joe Osawabine brings a wealth of threatre experience to his new post of artistic director of Manitoulin Island's De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre Group.
De-ba-jeh-mu-jig, well known for mounting productions by renowned CanadianAboriginal playwrights, is now in its twentieth year. Osawabine, a member of Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve on the Island, came on…
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De-ba-jeh-mu-jig Theatre Group is touring Prague, Czech Republic this month as part of a creative collaboration with the drama department at the University of Toronto and Prague's Studio Ysilon Theatre.
The Prague-Toronto-Manitoulin Island Theatre Project (PTMTP) is spreading its message of cultural understanding through the performance of two plays: A Trickster's Tale by…
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Dancer and choreographer Santee Smith didn't work for two years after her daughter, Semiah, was born.
"I had to have some time to connect with her and recover from the experience," Smith said. "I don't think I had a full eight hours sleep for a year-and-a-half [after she was born]. She was a difficult baby, and I was worn out."
Eventually, however, she had to get…
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The National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA) is encouraging Aboriginal youth to consider forestry careers.
The association is targeting youth in at attempt to address the current shortage of Aboriginal people involved in management of forest resources.
"Based on the numbers that we have, there are 12,000 people who are professional forest workers in the…
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For 12 years, the First Nations forestry unit of the North Shore Tribal Council (NSTC) has ensured that forestry services remain accessible and viable. The unit has been providing consulting, management and technical services to bands and to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal forestry businesses. Although staying afloat in the forestry business has been marked by financial challenges…
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A senior government official warned us a week before Indian Affairs Minister Andy Mitchell'speech at the Canada-Aboriginal Roundtable meeting in Ottawa on April 19 that it would be a "launch pad" for the Paul Martin agenda.
It was. The Indian Affairs minister laid out a number of details about what his department will be doing to further the Prime Minister's plan to make…
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A Chiefs of Ontario letter shows that the fight over who votes and who doesn't at the Assembly of First Nations' twice-annual confederacy meetings will resume at the next chiefs' meeting in May.
National Chief Phil Fontaine sent a letter to all First Nation chiefs and councils on March 18, announcing that "the next Confederacy of Nations to be held at Saskatoon,…
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Historian Dr. John Mohawk laughs a lot for a man with a serious message to deliver. Mohawk, a professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, spoke about endemic Native poverty in the United States and Canada on March 22 at the University of Toronto's Distinguished Speaker Series.
"We're in this together," said Mohawk.
Native people are the poorest people…
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The Kenora Nechee Friendship Centre was the scene of a special week-long event supporting families and highlighting Metis culture during spring break.
A theme week called Voyageur Days was held March 15 to 19, and included babies' and children's programs sponsored by a committee comprised of the Kenora Metis Council, the Nechee Friendship Centre,Aishinabeekweweg, an…
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Ontario teams collectively had their most successful year yet at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.
All four Ontario clubs ended up winning medals at the tournament, staged April 18 to 24 in Prince George, B.C.
This marked the third year for the tournament. The first two editions were held in Akwesasne.
For the third straight year the Ontario South…
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Buffalo, New York may still host the North American Indigenous Games (NAIG), but it won't be next summer. The games have been delayed a year after the games' governing council ended its relationship with the group that had earned the rights to host the games in 2005.
The NAIG council was expected to re-open the bidding to potential hosts after a scheduled three-day meeting…
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Thunder Rolling in the Mountains had its Canadian premiere in Toronto on March 23 and 24, at Dancemakers Studio in the historic Distillery District. Billed as a play, it's actually a monologue based on the story of Chief Joseph and his band of non-treaty Nez Perce, who embarked on a four-month, 1,400-mile journey to Canada after refusing to relocate to a reservation in Oregon.…
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The words come easily to Ken Maracle now, whether he speaks in the Cayuga language or in English, reciting a ceremonial Haudenosaunee speech, or discussing world affairs. As an artist, Maracle specializes in crafting objects used to record events and serve as memory aids, to hand ideas down from generation to generation.
As proprietor of the Wampum Shop located at Six…
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Xerox Canada is now accepting applications for their 2004 Aboriginal scholarship program. For the past 10 years, Xerox has awarded $12,000 annually to eight Aboriginal students who plan to pursue studies in business and technology at an accredited Canadian post-secondary institution. Students enrolled in university programs may receive up to $3,000 a year for up to four years.…
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Writer Marilyn Dumont is really excited about a new project. She'd like to produce a documentary about the descendants of Gabriel Dumont, "What they know about their history, and its impact on their lives."
The documentary is in the developmental stage, but Dumont said, "I feel it will take me somewhere different."
Dumont counts herself among the Metis descendants…