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Marlene Hale gave up high-paying jobs at five-star restaurants to teach people living with HIV/AIDS how to cook nutritious meals on a budget. Now, thanks to partnerships with the University of British Columbia, the City of Vancouver and the Musqueam First Nation, her students will gain access to an-eighth of an acre of fertile land to grow vegetables to supplement their diet.…
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A unique Aboriginal theology program is celebrating its 20th anniversary by honoring two of its founders with doctorate degrees.
The Vancouver School of Theology's Native Ministries Program offers the only accredited master of Divinity by extension degree in North America and emphasizes the promotion of the Christian faith within the cultural context of First Nations…
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A unique Aboriginal theology program is celebrating its 20th anniversary by honoring two of its founders with doctorate degrees.
The Vancouver School of Theology's Native Ministries Program offers the only accredited master of Divinity by extension degree in North America and emphasizes the promotion of the Christian faith within the cultural context of First Nations…
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National Aboriginal Day is June 21, and what better way to celebrate the occasion than with a quiz about all things Aboriginal. Here are a few questions about people, places and events that have been featured in stories in Raven's Eye and our sister publications over the past year.
1) In the July 2004 issue of Windspeaker, we featured a story about actor Lorne Cardinal. On…
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National Aboriginal Day is June 21, and what better way to celebrate the occasion than with a quiz about all things Aboriginal. Here are a few questions about people, places and events that have been featured in stories in Raven's Eye and our sister publications over the past year.
1) In the July 2004 issue of Windspeaker, we featured a story about actor Lorne Cardinal. On…
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A declaration signed May 25 by the Ktunaxa Nation affirms that the Shuswap Kinbasket are full citizens of the Ktunaxa Nation, but the move is not without controversy.
The declaration was made as a result of the Shuswap Band's announcement to the Ktunaxa chiefs that the band would remove itself from the Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Tribal Council Society (KKTCS) as of Sept. 14. The…
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A declaration signed May 25 by the Ktunaxa Nation affirms that the Shuswap Kinbasket are full citizens of the Ktunaxa Nation, but the move is not without controversy.
The declaration was made as a result of the Shuswap Band's announcement to the Ktunaxa chiefs that the band would remove itself from the Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Tribal Council Society (KKTCS) as of Sept. 14. The…
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Fame and fortune may be what most performers strive for, but George Leach is motivated by different things: passion for good music and the anticipation of performing for a crowd.
Leach, a 28-year-old guitarist and singer, said his passions are writing songs and expressively playing them for people.
"My parents gave me a quote to live by: 'Play to express, not to…
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Fame and fortune may be what most performers strive for, but George Leach is motivated by different things: passion for good music and the anticipation of performing for a crowd.
Leach, a 28-year-old guitarist and singer, said his passions are writing songs and expressively playing them for people.
"My parents gave me a quote to live by: 'Play to express, not to…
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Eight young people are helping to beautify their city while learning some valuable new skills this summer.
In partnership with the government of Canada and numerous local sponsors, the city of Merritt has commissioned a master muralist to paint larger than life murals of the country music stars who have performed at the annual Merritt Mountain Music Festival, and eight…
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Eight young people are helping to beautify their city while learning some valuable new skills this summer.
In partnership with the government of Canada and numerous local sponsors, the city of Merritt has commissioned a master muralist to paint larger than life murals of the country music stars who have performed at the annual Merritt Mountain Music Festival, and eight…
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Adults must go beyond paying lip service if the high rate of Aboriginal youth suicide is going to decline. That was the prevailing sentiment heard at a conference held in May in Prince Rupert.
The conference, titled the Northwest Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention and Community Healing Project, was held May 4 to 6, and involved youth focus groups, an inter-nation forum,…
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Adults must go beyond paying lip service if the high rate of Aboriginal youth suicide is going to decline. That was the prevailing sentiment heard at a conference held in May in Prince Rupert.
The conference, titled the Northwest Aboriginal Youth Suicide Prevention and Community Healing Project, was held May 4 to 6, and involved youth focus groups, an inter-nation forum,…
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"How devastated our parents must have felt when the [department of Indian Affairs] and RCMP came to apprehend the children. I could never forget how my mom looked running by the train with her arms outstretched and crying. Gradually they turned to alcohol to numb the pain," Martha Joseph said.
On May 26th, Joseph joined two other residential school survivors-Delaney…
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"How devastated our parents must have felt when the [department of Indian Affairs] and RCMP came to apprehend the children. I could never forget how my mom looked running by the train with her arms outstretched and crying. Gradually they turned to alcohol to numb the pain," Martha Joseph said.
On May 26th, Joseph joined two other residential school survivors-Delaney…