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Launched in 1997. A news publication specifically designed for the Indigenous people of British Columbia and Yukon.

  • December 18, 2004
  • Cheryl Petten, Raven's Eye Writer, Penticton

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If Aboriginal languages are to survive and thrive, their usage can't be limited to the classroom. They must be used, read and heard in literature, in the arts and in all forms of media.

This was one of the conclusions that came out of a unique conference held at the En'owkin Centre Nov. 26 to 28 that brought together Aboriginal storytellers, writers, media professionals,…

  • December 18, 2004
  • Max Maudie, Raven's Eye Writer, Vancouver

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A unique school on the Tsleil-Waututh Nation's main reserve takes in the toughest cases and comes up with remarkable results.

"These kids have been suspended from every alternative education program going," said Tom Wall, the school's principle and one of its teachers. "We tell them they have power over their own life."

In its second year, the Tsleil-Waututh school…

  • December 18, 2004
  • Raven's Eye Staff

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Smoke began billowing from the rear of Elizabeth Apartments in Prince Rupert at about 11 a.m. Nov. 10. Within an hour, flames engulfed large parts of the complex. By 5 p.m., the building was a write-off.

"I was inside the apartment by myself. I was getting ready to go the doctor when I looked out my bedroom and the flame shot out before me," said Clara Ridley, 55, who was…

  • December 18, 2004
  • Heather Andrews Miller, Raven's Eye Writer, London Ont.

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Aboriginal women and girls are encouraged to enter Canada Pageants Corporation competitions, including Miss Pre-Teen (age seven to 12), Miss Teen (age 13 to 19), Miss Canada (age 20 to 26), Ms. Canada (age 27 and up) and Mrs. Canada (age 21-56). Community service and hard work are the criteria for winning.

The competitions exist to provide personal and professional…

  • December 18, 2004
  • Deirdre Tombs, Raven's Eye Writer, New Aiyanish

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Less than two months after receiving the Order of Canada, Nisga'a Elder Reverend Canon Rod Robinson, a spiritual, community and political leader who successfully fought for self-government, died Dec. 1 after a lengthy illness.

Nelson Leeson, president of Nisga'a Lisims Government and close friend of the Nisga'a Elder, said that Robinson was a legend in his own time whose…

  • December 18, 2004
  • Max Maudie, Raven's Eye Writer, Ottawa

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In a second announcement by Indian Affairs Minister Andy Scott, the National Aboriginal Veterans Association will receive $100,000.

Of the funding, $50,000 will go towards the completion of the National Aboriginal Veterans Monument in Ottawa. Four bronze panels depicting the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and peacekeeping will be set into the monument granite…

  • December 18, 2004
  • Deirdre Tombs, Raven's Eye Writer, North Vancouver

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It was a jubilant group who filled a room at the Squamish Nation Recreation Centre as the chiefs from the Lil'wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations signed an agreement to work collaboratively to maximize Aboriginal participation in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

The Four Host First Nations agreement was signed during the First Nation…

  • December 18, 2004
  • Deirdre Tombs, Raven's Eye Writer, Vancouver

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There is outrage at environment Minister Stephane Dion and Fisheries Minister Geoff Regan for their recommendation not to list Cultus and Sakinaw sockeye salmon as species at risk.

The First Nations Summit and BC Aboriginal Fisheries Commission say they will take the federal government to court if the federal cabinet decides in favor of this recommendation in January…

  • November 24, 2004
  • Sam Laskaris, Raven's Eye Writer, Cowichan Valley

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The North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) is returning to Canada, but not until 2008.

British Columbia officials are thrilled Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island has been named the host. The official announcement was made Oct. 22 following a NAIG council meeting in Uncasville, Conn.

"We're very excited about this, both from a community and provincial level,"…

  • November 24, 2004
  • Jenn Farrell, Raven's Eye Writer, New Westminster

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There is no shortage of guidebooks and instructional seminars for the international business traveller, but they don't spell out how to work with Aboriginal people, a Justice Institute spokesman claims.

When preparing to negotiate with clients from other parts of the world, it's common practice to learn as much as possible about their culture, government, lifestyles and…

  • November 24, 2004
  • Deirdre Tombs, Raven's Eye Writer, Edmonton

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Vancouver-based Meis artist Sandy Scofield sange to an appreciative audience during the True North Wild and Free performance on the Horowitz Stage at the University of Alberta. The Nov. 5 event was a fundraiser for the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) Edmonton chapter, and it was part of a cross-country tour by CPAWS to promote the preservation of the Canadian boreal…

  • November 24, 2004
  • Joan Taillon, Raven's Eye Writer, Cranbrook

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"It's an exciting project," the new president of SEM Resort Ltd. said about the joint venture corporation that recently rescued the financially foundering St. Eugene Mission Resort to turn it into a top-rung tourist draw.

Daniel Shilling, understandably, does not want to dwell on past "management problems and cost over-runs." He sees great opportunities for this resort…

  • November 24, 2004
  • Paul Barnsley, Raven's Eye Writer, Toronto

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Now that the federal court has ruled that off-reserve Aboriginal people have been discriminated against when it comes to skills and training funding, what has the federal government done to remedy that discrimination?

Pit on-reserve people against off-reserve people in a scrap over money, say two women associated with a Toronto Aboriginal employment and training agency.…

  • November 24, 2004
  • Joan Taillon, Raven's Eye Writer, Fort St. John

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"In 2002-2003, the oil and gas activity increased by 62 per cent," Treaty 8 First Nations chair Chief Liz Logan said about exploration in their traditional territory in British Columbia. "And then this year, just to August, it increased another 27 per cent, and so the province is really encouraging development."

The problem with that, the chief explained, is that "They don'…

  • November 24, 2004
  • Joan Taillon, Raven's Eye Writer, Vancouver

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Foster parents and their supporters who want to draw attention to the strengths and problems of the foster care system launched a unique project this month to put the system in the public eye.

Gary Mavis, executive director of the Federation of Aboriginal Foster Parents (FAFP), spoke to Raven's Eye on Nov. 3 about the launch of the Aboriginal Foster Doll Awareness project…