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A first-of-a-kind event took place in Prince Albert recently - an event featuring fiddle music and a foot-stomping beat. The first-ever national training program sponsored by the Metis National Council of Women took centre stage in the lives of a group of 10 young Metis women from all across western Canada and as far away as Ontario.
They were participating in an eight-week…
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A first-of-a-kind event took place in Prince Albert recently - an event featuring fiddle music and a foot-stomping beat. The first-ever national training program sponsored by the Metis National Council of Women took centre stage in the lives of a group of 10 young Metis women from all across western Canada and as far away as Ontario.
They were participating in an eight-week…
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A first-of-a-kind event took place in Prince Albert recently - an event featuring fiddle music and a foot-stomping beat. The first-ever national training program sponsored by the Metis National Council of Women took centre stage in the lives of a group of 10 young Metis women from all across western Canada and as far away as Ontario.
They were participating in an eight-week…
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The family of Wayne McArthur of Pheasant Rump First Nation, near Kisbey, Sask. have undertaken a labor of love - to prolong the life of the man who is either brother, son, father, husband, nephew or uncle to them all.
Doctors have told them that a bone marrow transplant is Wayne's best chance for survival, so his family is trying to find a donor whose genetic (DNA) profile…
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The family of Wayne McArthur of Pheasant Rump First Nation, near Kisbey, Sask. have undertaken a labor of love - to prolong the life of the man who is either brother, son, father, husband, nephew or uncle to them all.
Doctors have told them that a bone marrow transplant is Wayne's best chance for survival, so his family is trying to find a donor whose genetic (DNA) profile…
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The family of Wayne McArthur of Pheasant Rump First Nation, near Kisbey, Sask. have undertaken a labor of love - to prolong the life of the man who is either brother, son, father, husband, nephew or uncle to them all.
Doctors have told them that a bone marrow transplant is Wayne's best chance for survival, so his family is trying to find a donor whose genetic (DNA) profile…
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Sitting in her office under a dreamcatcher, Connie Braun looks back over the past year with pride and amazement. She has managed to juggle the roles of wife, mother of a teenage son and two-year-old twins, co-ordinator of ABJAC (The University of Saskatchewan's Aboriginal Justice and Criminology program), instructor and the winding up of her Masters degree in Sociology at the…
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Heroic courage and bravery were honored this year at the Onion Lake Pow Wow. Three band members received national recognition for rescuing three people from a burning building two years ago.
Roy Littlewolfe, Cecile Wolfe and Clinton Carter were presented with the Royal Canadian Humane Association bronze medal during the Grand Entry ceremonies on Sunday afternoon.
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Unity '99 may have officially started on July 7, but for a group of about 40 people, it actually started a few nights earlier.
In Regina. On a bus.
Shannon Avison, the Indian Communication Arts (INCA) program director at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College (SIFC) in Regina, organized the bus trip to Seattle. Thanks to her, students in the INCA Summer Institute…
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Art Kaiswatum has been many things over the years- heavy equipment operator, union rep, husband, father, grandfather, chief, Elder. This spring, he was recognized for yet another role he has filled-volunteer.
Kaiswatum was one of sixteen people to receive the Saskatchewan Volunteer medal during a ceremony held at the provincial legislature April 26.
Kaiswatum is…
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Art Kaiswatum has been many things over the years- heavy equipment operator, union rep, husband, father, grandfather, chief, Elder. This spring, he was recognized for yet another role he has filled-volunteer.
Kaiswatum was one of sixteen people to receive the Saskatchewan Volunteer medal during a ceremony held at the provincial legislature April 26.
Kaiswatum is…
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Students from all the schools within the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) spent four days showing off their artistic talents when the PAGC held its tenth annual Fine Arts Festival April 30 to May 3.
Students participated in many different areas of the arts during the festival, ranging from visual arts to creative writing to performing arts.
"A lot of the events…
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Students from all the schools within the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) spent four days showing off their artistic talents when the PAGC held its tenth annual Fine Arts Festival April 30 to May 3.
Students participated in many different areas of the arts during the festival, ranging from visual arts to creative writing to performing arts.
"A lot of the events…
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Metis heritage and culture is as rich as the vast continent upon which it originated. The annual Back to Batoche festival to be held this year from July 26 to 29 celebrates all aspects of Metis life, both traditional and contemporary, showing the true scope of this uniquely North American people. And even better, it's a lot of fun, too.
The quality of the Back to Batoche…
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Metis heritage and culture is as rich as the vast continent upon which it originated. The annual Back to Batoche festival to be held this year from July 26 to 29 celebrates all aspects of Metis life, both traditional and contemporary, showing the true scope of this uniquely North American people. And even better, it's a lot of fun, too.
The quality of the Back to Batoche…