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An exhibition currently underway at Wanuskewin Heritage Park looks to spread awareness of the residential school experience, and to help residential school survivors and their descendants deal with the ongoing effects from now defunct program. The exhibition, which opened on Feb. 25 and runs through Aug. 8, presents the most extensive collection of residential school photographs…
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Prince Albert's 2002 Citizen of the Year, Bernice Sayese, has certainly earned the title as the busiest woman in Prince Albert. And she also has the distinction of being one of only a handful of women, as well as the first Aboriginal woman, to win this award.
Known to the youth of Prince Albert as "Mama Bear," Sayese was honored at an awards dinner at the Prince Albert…
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The University of Saskatchewan (U of S) is currently hosting three Australian students from the University of Canberra (U of C) as part of its first-ever Aboriginal student exchange.
The exchange was initiated by Jeanine Leane, a Wirradjuri woman and the academic co-ordinator at the Ngunnawal Centre, U of C. She feels strongly about "moving Aboriginal students around the…
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Public education systems across the country are currently in the midst of significant changes, as educators address the need to develop curricula that better deal with the cultures and beliefs of Canada's large and growing Aboriginal community. With the highest proportion of Aboriginal youth of any province, Saskatchewan continues to lead the country in these changes, by…
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Two Aboriginal women were among this year's recipients of Saskatchewan Healthcare Excellence Awards (SHEA), given out in recognition of extraordinary contributions to the province's health industry.
Marie Haviland and Myrtle O'Brien received their awards at a gala held at the Delta Regina Hotel on Jan. 31.
Haviland, from Muskowekwan First Nation, is health director…
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When Dene singer Leonard Adam entertains his audiences, he is accomplishing much more than providing them with a pleasurable sound. Adam, who writes his own material, sings stories learned from his grandparents who raised him in the northern Saskatchewan community of Uranium City. The family lived a traditional lifestyle, working a trapline and immersing themselves in their…
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At 24 years of age, Pamela Whitecalf has a job that she adores, she has a loving and supportive family, she has many close friends, and she has already won three national awards in her chosen field. For most people, such abundant blessings would be reason enough to dance and cheer. At the very least, one would expect some hint of an inflated ego, but not so for this Saskatoon…
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Three residents of Saskatchewan have been named among the 14 recipients of this year's National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, which will be handed out at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on March 28.
John Arcand is a ninth generation Metis fiddler. With 250 original tunes of his own, he has been writing and performing since childhood.
His efforts to ensure that…
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Things have certainly turned around for Raylene Powder.
Not too long ago, the 17-year old was thinking about dropping out of school. Now, she is not only succeeding in her studies, but she is leading other students by her example.
Powder recently received the Hudson's Bay Co. Aboriginal Youth Scholarship in recognition of her leadership qualities.
"Really?"…
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Joely BigEagle helps her children with homework at the kitchen table every night, sees them off to bed, and then pulls out another pile of books. The 33-year-old mother of three is in her fourth year of civil engineering at the University of Calgary and she always has assignments due.
BigEagle is originally from the White Bear First Nations near Carlyle, but she moved to…
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The transition between teenager and adulthood for Raelene Carter has been spent travelling across Canada while juggling parental responsibilities.
Now completing her two-year term as the youth member of the board of directors for the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC), those responsibilities bring Carter, a resident of Onion Lake, to Ottawa once a month.…
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No one wants to think about a crisis happening in his or her community, but not thinking about it won't stop it from happening. Now, thanks to some forward thinking, there are 40 people on Big River First Nation who are prepared to help if a crisis does come their way.
The 40 community members are part of a crisis team formed on the First Nation. The team members are all…
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According to the results of Statistics Canada's 2001 census, the number of people in Canada identifying themselves as having some Aboriginal ancestry increased by 22.2 per cent since the last census was done in1996. Aboriginal people now account for 4.4 per cent of Canada's population.
The census results, released at the end of January, show 976,300 people identified…
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Twelve-year-old Darren Budd, a Grade 6 student from Prince Charles school in Prince Albert, was one of the winners of this year's National Non-Smoking Week poster competition, co-ordinated by the local Coalition of People for Smoke Free Places. Four area elementary schools participated in the contest, and the top three entrants from each school were presented with certificates of…
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On Jan. 21, Chris Axworthy, provincial minister of Aboriginal Affairs, announced his resignation from the portfolio, as well as from the portfolios of Justice, and Intergovernmental Affairs. He also announced that he will not be seeking re-election as MLA for the Saskatoon-Fairview riding, which he has represented since June 1999.
Axworthy began his political career at…