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In the past month, many things have happened here in Indian Country. We had elections, award shows, conferences, a powwow, and of course Halloween. The month of October was one not to forget, one that had both Saskatoon and Prince Albert booming in business because of Indian customers. I ran into old friends and new friends as part of the annual Indian Month, which I now call it…
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Columnist Denis Okanee Angus' column will not appear this month. Denis and his family, along with the friends and fellow veterans from First Nations across the province, are mourning the death of his father Donald Alexander Angus, who passed away at age 78 on Oct. 27.
A Second World War veteran who survived the horrors of the D-Day invasion of Normandy, which was the…
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Dear Editor:
Re: Lebret Junior Hockey . . . Sports section, October 1999 issue.
I wish to offer a statement of correction in regards to the past history of the Saskatoon Rage as it relates to the Beardy's & Okemasis First Nation. In your story, you state that the Beardy's & Okemasis First Nation purchased the former Minot Top Guns in 1997. This is not the…
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Kids just wanna hang out. They want familiar territory where they feel comfortable. A cool place where they have a sense of belonging and a sense of ownership.
With the recent opening of a new youth centre, just around the corner from the Native Friendship Centre, Aboriginal kids in Lloydminster finally have a place to call their own, a home-away-from-home where they can…
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Success is a family affair at Turtle Island Music.
Cousins George, 34, and Kelly Parker, 38, have spent a lot of time in each other's company. Although they are four years apart in age, the pair grew up together in Cando, about 60 km south of North Battleford. When they grew older, they stuck together, heading off to college in Prince Albert to study their shared interest…
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After taking the white man's medicine for 500 years, many First Nation communities are taking steps toward prescribing their own.
For more than 10 years, First Nations have been slowly assuming control of federal health care services delivered to their people.
It's hoped greater command of how federal dollars are spent - and programs and services delivered - on…
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Two northern Saskatchewan health districts have introduced an innovative approach to health care delivery after signing a partnership agreement to jointly manage shared programs and services.
The Keewatin Yathe and Mamawetan Churchill River health districts signed the agreement last May, but waited to announce it until Oct. 20 to coincide with the ninth annual northern…
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In recognition of World AIDS Day, people all over the world will be wearing a red ribbon on Dec. 1.
The ribbon is an international symbol showing support in the continuing fight against AIDS. It is intended to be a symbol of hope, towards finding a vaccine and a cure that will stop the suffering created by HIV/AIDS.
The idea for the red ribbon came from a small…
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Frank (Fox) Morin's last drunk was 20 years ago, and he quit heroin, speed, coke and MDA three years before he got off the booze. Worked, got married, raised a family. Been living clean all this time. But suddenly, at age 50, he got really sick, nearly died, got a liver transplant just in time to save his life, and he says it was all on account of bad choices he made early in…
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The availability of healthy food and sporting facilities is a major hurdle in efforts to prevent diabetes in Northern Saskatchewan, says the medical health officer for the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority.
"When it comes to the primary prevention of diabetes, we're talking about very basic changes in the communities around physical activity and the foods that people…
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The health care status of people in Northern Saskatchewan has improved dramatically over the last several years, but there is still a way to go before it is comparable to other parts of the province, says a health official.
"We're seeing a shift from those improved situations in infectious diseases to more chronic illnesses," said Dr. James Irvine, medical health officer…
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Chiefs, tribal councils, health care workers and representatives of both the federal and provincial government have found a way to improve the quality of health care facilities for First Nations in the Fort Qu'Appelle region.
Health Minister Pat Atkinson and officials from the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council signed an agreement last month to provide capital funding…
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Like most projects, it started with an idea.
It made economic sense for the five member bands of the File Hills Agency to combine their resources to offer integrated health and social care to their residents.
That's what made the recent opening of the File Hills Health and Social Development Centre on the Okanese First Nation so special. It is not only a new health…
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The sight of an eagle soaring high above the earth, flying with the cloud people, is a powerful experience. In Aboriginal tradition, the eagle represents the strongest of spiritual powers and when the bird dies, these powers remain in the feathers, claws and body parts.
Eagle feathers are in great demand for the traditional spiritual ceremonies of the Cree, Dene, Saulteaux…
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It was a moment for the ages when Metis Senator John B. Boucher tied a sash around the waist of visiting South African President Nelson Mandela on the morning of Sept. 24, 1998.
The man who spent more than 20 years as a political prisoner for his actions in opposition to the South African apartheid regime and who emerged from prison in the post-apartheid era to become the…