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They may have eaten well for one night, but it was done for a cause-to help children who may not get to eat at all.
More than 700 people turned out for the 11th annual Chili for Children fundraiser held at the Saskatchewan Centre of the Arts on May 7.
The event not only raises money for one of Regina's largest inner-city charities, but also draws attention to the…
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The Saskatchewan Arts Alliance hosted the 2004 Arts Congress in Saskatoon on May 7 and 8 with a variety of guests from the Native community, including Saskatchewan Minister of Culture, Youth and Recreation Joan Beatty and playwright Drew Hayden Taylor.
Beatty is new to the portfolio, becoming the minister in November 2003, so her involvement in a segment of the congress-…
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Maria Campbell, renowned Metis author, playwright, film-maker and teacher, has received this year's Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize in the Arts in recognition of her contributions to Canada's literary and cultural identity.
Campbell's career has spanned three decades, beginning with the publication of her first book in 1973, an autobiography entitled Halfbreed.…
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For years Nora Cummings has been working to help improve the situation for Aboriginal women across the province. On May 13, her efforts were recognized when she was awarded a 2003 Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal.
The Metis senator was one of eight citizens to receive the medal, handed out by Lt.-Gov.Dr. Lynda Haverstock at the provincial legislature. The medals are awarded to…
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Dallas Poundmaker has been an artist since he was a child. Growing up, he focused mainly on traditional Aboriginal art because his culture is important to him and his family. Now as part of a community art project in Saskatoon, he's being paid to do what he loves and is gaining valuable life skills.
Poundmaker is just one student at Saskatoon Community Youth Arts…
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It all began in 1999 when a group of Aboriginal businessmen got together to talk about what they could do to help inner city kids in their neighbourhood. Since then, the Regina Aboriginal Kin Club been busy raising money for sport and recreation programs that encourage youth to become more involved in their community.
"When we first started, we were giving donations to a…
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What started out as a hobby for Debra Cameron and Shelly Eyahpaise has lead to a major archaeological discovery that could change the history of North America as we know it.
Cameron and Eyahpaise, both of Beardy's, have discovered a fully intact spearhead believed to date from approximately 12,000 BCE. If so, the spearhead would be proof prehistoric hunters were present in…
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Herb George is out of politics now and into governance.
The former Assembly of First Nations British Columbia vice- chief who retired from politics late in 2003 is working to establish the First Nations Governance Centre.
"It will be designed to assist in the further development of our day-to-day government operations, and it will support us as we seek to implement…
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Rinks in Prince Albert, Saint Louis and Birch Hills hosted some fantastic hockey from March 24 to 28, during the fourth annual Red Earth Owen Head and Orville Nawakayas Memorial Aboriginal Minor Hockey Tournament.
Forty teams from across Saskatchewan joined six teams from Manitoba in the annual contest, which saw a number of closely matched contests on the ice.
"It…
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For the first time ever, Lou Gardiner watched the final game of the Lawrence Weenie Cup Native old-timers' hockey tournament from the stands.
Gardiner, who had won the tournament in each of its first three years, had his hopes for a fourth LWC title dashed when his Ile-a-la-Crosse team was upset in the B-side quarterfinals by the Regina Urban Tribe. Regina in turn fell to…
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Don Burnstick may be a funny guy, but his Redskins are no joke.
The popular entertainer's Redskins hockey team captured the Native Stanley Cup on their very first try, blanking the Beardy's Blackhawks 2-0 in the final game of the Battlefords Indian-Metis Friendship Centre All-Native Hockey Tournament.
The 40th annual tournament took place March 26 to 28 at the…
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Kids in Isle-a-la-Crosse are getting a chance to step into the world of filmmaking this month when Big Soul Productions brings its popular and successful repREZentin' workshop to the community April 9 to 19.
Participants will learn all the tricks of the trade, including writing, directing and production. Thirty-four youth between the ages of 14 and 30 will take part in…
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It's been a long wait, but this summer the patience of Breach of Trust fans will be rewarded when the band launches it's latest CD.
The four-member band got it's start in La Ronge in 1994, and although none of the members are originally from the community, lead singer Marty Ballentyne said he will always consider La Ronge to be the band's home base.
"That's where…
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It's not just a clash of culture, but also a clash of ideas.
That's the message Catherine Bell delivered in a speech on protection and repatriation of First Nation cultural property, given to about 100 people at Luther College's Rex Schneider Auditorium on March 18.
Bell, a professor at the University of Alberta's law school in Edmonton who specializes in…
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A number of changes are planned at the University of Saskatchewan over the next five years, aimed at improving the school's relationships with the Aboriginal community.
Cecilia Reynolds is dean of education at the U of S. She said the university plans to expand its Aboriginal education programs in the areas of research and distance education, and to create new science…