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Canada's first and only Aboriginal Mothers' Centre may have just turned a year old, but it is growing fast and strong.
The brainchild of founder and executive director Penny Kerrigan, the centre was built according to best practices from mothers' centres in Europe, and it is unique in its sophisticated sustainability development plan.
Kerrigan, who used to work for…
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The University of British Columbia's new Aboriginal health research institute, B.C. ACADRE, officially opened on May 21.
The B.C. ACADRE name is an acronym for Aboriginal Capacity and Developmental Research Environment. ACADREs are Aboriginal health research institutes set up by the federal government through the Institute of Aboriginal Peoples Health (IAPH), which is one…
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"This has been a personal journey to bring back some of our traditional cultural activities. Our people have used resources from the land to make tools to provide for their families. It is still to be understood through our Indian stories about how we are to utilize our natural resources."
With those words, Upper Nicola Indian Band Chief George Saddleman celebrated the…
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Tla-ook Adventures, owned and operated by 25-year-old Gisele Martin and her partner, Doug Wright, provides dugout canoe tours with a strong Nuu-chah-nulth flavor. The 34-foot Sa-sit-qua-ees carved by Gisele's father, Joe Martin, was launched four years ago. He eventually gave the canoe to his daughters, Gisele and Marie-France.
Seeing a promising opportunity, Gisele…
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The University of British Columbia confered an honorary doctor of laws, honoris causa degree on Chief Robert Joseph of the Kwagiulth Nation on May 26.
Chief Joseph has become a leader for his people, having overcome hardships including separation from his parents in early childhood and having gone through residential school.
As a hereditary chief, Chief Joseph has…
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With 50 speakers and presenters, 37 workshop sessions and approximately 350 delegates, the National Aboriginal Hepatitis C Conference was a unmistakable success. And with the alarming number of Aboriginal people infected with Hepatitis C, raising awareness is key to reducing the numbers. According to the B.C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Hepatitis C infection among the…
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Three students from Hazelton Secondary School teamed up to compete in the national E-Spirit Business Plan Competition held in Halifax in May and sponsored by the Business Development Bank of Canada. Their project entitled Hiking Gitksan History Ltd. won the bronze award. The competition encourages Canada's Aboriginal youth to experience entrepreneurship through hands-on learning…
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Wet and cold weather wasn't enough to detract carnival organizers from staging the water balloon toss at the Gitxsan First Nation's inaugural Family Fun Night.
Held in conjunction with the declared International Family Day on May 15, hundreds of community members poured into the Gitanmaax Hall for frivolities.
The hall was large enough to accommodate the event, yet…
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Now that the world can travel to Kincolith (Gingolx), the community is showcasing itself on the World Wide Web.
On the same weekend when the Nisga'a Highway was inaugurated, which finally gives the population of 400 a road in and out of town after decades of isolation, Kincolith launched its own Web site. As of May 16, Net surfers can visit…
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Gingolx (Kincolith), one of four major communities within the Nass Valley in the northeastern part of the province, is connected to the rest of the mainland by a 28 km, two-lane, all-weather road, now that the Kincolith Extension Highway Project is complete.
Kincolith, an isolated community only accessible by boat, ferry or float plane service from Prince Rupert, is the…
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filled with the delicious aroma of juicy fried chicken and fresh bannock. The sitting area is crowded with Elders visiting quietly while waiting for cook Agnes Case and bannock maker Yellicy Hunlin to finish last-minute preparations in the kitchen.
The Elders of Redstone have been enjoying a full-course lunch every Wednesday for six years. Alice Hunlin, social…
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Wild horses in central British Columbia will be cautiously observed and protected by a First Nations ranger hired by the Xeni Gwet'in First Nation government.
Chief Roger William of the Xeni Gwet'in said that ranger patrolling of the ?Elegesi Qiyus Wild Horse Preserve, which the Xeni Gwet'in founded, will start in May.
"He'll be patrolling the whole area and just…
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The hands of an artist are one of the many tools used to create his vision. They're often dripping with paint, callused, or weathered and beaten from the elements and labor, but always full of rich history and stories. And such history lies in the hands of Vancouver Island local artist, Calvin Hunt of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation, who chips and smoothes his visions into the canvas of…
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What's more fun than an afternoon of storytelling?
An afternoon of storytelling during a canoeing adventure, more than 20 participants of the First Nations Big Sisters Mentoring Program would say.
Northwest Coast Canoe Adventure offered an authentic Coast Salish water travel experience to program participants in two traditional-style, ocean-going canoes on April 26…
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There was wind, rain, hail and breaks of sunshine, but most of all there was fun. The kind of fun that goes on regardless of the elements. The kind of fun that attracts 10,000 children and their parents to take part.
The McDonald's FunZone Children's Festival was held in Maple Ridge May 2 to 4. And for the first time in the nine-year history of the event, the local Katzie…