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Nothing succeeds like success, especially when it seems to snowball in every direction, and success has opened the floodgates of interest across Alberta and Saskatchewan in the cutting-edge work being done in the Cree Immersion Program at Onion Lake First Nation.
It all started, according to Brian MacDonald, soon after Saskatchewan Sage published an article in the January…
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At the Voice of the North Aboriginal talent showcase in Prince Albert, Ray Villebrun touched the hearts of his audience with his original song. It was a message from the heart to his wife Crystal Tootoosis.
"I wrote When You're Not Here for my wife," he said. "I was just letting her know it's not all roses on the road when you're not with your family. We have five children…
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At the Voice of the North Aboriginal talent showcase in Prince Albert, Ray Villebrun touched the hearts of his audience with his original song. It was a message from the heart to his wife Crystal Tootoosis.
"I wrote When You're Not Here for my wife," he said. "I was just letting her know it's not all roses on the road when you're not with your family. We have five children…
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Many of Clarence Kapay's paintings are so unique in style, the Saskatchewan artist has given them a name of their own - semi-abstraction.
His uniquely-styled paintings are done in a two-stage process. First, paint is carefully splattered onto the blank canvas. Once the paint has dried, Kapay paints new images from within the splatter. One of his best and most captivating…
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Many of Clarence Kapay's paintings are so unique in style, the Saskatchewan artist has given them a name of their own - semi-abstraction.
His uniquely-styled paintings are done in a two-stage process. First, paint is carefully splattered onto the blank canvas. Once the paint has dried, Kapay paints new images from within the splatter. One of his best and most captivating…
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It's been a while now that I have been writing this column. Every month I choose a photograph and write about it. I feel fortunate because lately a lot of people have been telling me to talk a little bit more about me and what my art means to me. I am a pretty quiet guy, and it still surprises me that I am writing this column. Usually, I let my pictures talk for me. The main…
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It's been a while now that I have been writing this column. Every month I choose a photograph and write about it. I feel fortunate because lately a lot of people have been telling me to talk a little bit more about me and what my art means to me. I am a pretty quiet guy, and it still surprises me that I am writing this column. Usually, I let my pictures talk for me. The main…
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When Laura McCallum first found out that she had been nominated and awarded the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal for 1997, she was really taken by surprise. It had just never occurred to her that anyone would recognize her work as a volunteer. Doing well had always been reward enough.
But more than 20 years of dedicated commitment to the people of her home community of Sandy…
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When Laura McCallum first found out that she had been nominated and awarded the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal for 1997, she was really taken by surprise. It had just never occurred to her that anyone would recognize her work as a volunteer. Doing well had always been reward enough.
But more than 20 years of dedicated commitment to the people of her home community of Sandy…
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If there was to be one motto of the Mother Child Futures program in Prince Albert, it might be: "Every one needs some help some time."
From free milk for pregnant and nursing mothers to Life Skills classes, and from how-to-cook seminars to an afternoon break for moms, the program provides help to mothers struggling with the everyday challenges of raising children.
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If there was to be one motto of the Mother Child Futures program in Prince Albert, it might be: "Every one needs some help some time."
From free milk for pregnant and nursing mothers to Life Skills classes, and from how-to-cook seminars to an afternoon break for moms, the program provides help to mothers struggling with the everyday challenges of raising children.
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Clem Chartier has his work cut out for him. The newly-elected President of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan has a list of goals for his three-year term that includes restarting the Metis land claims process, entrenching hunting and fishing rights for his people and coming up with an acceptable definition of Metis before an imminent enumeration takes place.
He also wants to…
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Clem Chartier has his work cut out for him. The newly-elected President of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan has a list of goals for his three-year term that includes restarting the Metis land claims process, entrenching hunting and fishing rights for his people and coming up with an acceptable definition of Metis before an imminent enumeration takes place.
He also wants to…
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Clem Chartier has his work cut out for him. The newly-elected President of the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan has a list of goals for his three-year term that includes restarting the Metis land claims process, entrenching hunting and fishing rights for his people and coming up with an acceptable definition of Metis before an imminent enumeration takes place.
He also wants to…
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Imagine a special greeting card that says '"tansi," or one for high school graduates with a birch bark-biting and a picture of an eagle feather tucked inside. Or how about a golden wedding anniversary card for kokum and mosom with blessings from the Creator . . . Done in quillwork and buckskin.
As one of the first people in Canada to recognize a need for culturally-…