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It's a little bit country, a little bit rock and roll, and it's all fun.
Prince Albert was treated to the seventh installment of Voices of the North Feb. 18 to 20 as part of the Prince Albert Winter Festival, and organizers say the music showcase is getting bigger and better with each year.
The show features the best of Aboriginal talent from around Saskatchewan and…
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Plans are underway for the third Unity Ride hosted by the Joseph Bighead Cree Nation - an honor bestowed upon the Cree Nation that is in fulfillment of Sioux prophesies for the mending of the Sacred Hoop and for peace and unity.
Chief Ernest Sundown of the Chief Joseph Bighead Cree First Nation has been honored with the responsibility of organizing the events on behalf of…
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Indian bands across the province are continuing to look at Saskatoon as an attractive place to purchase land and establish urban reserves, says a senior planner with the city.
City planner Lorne Sully says the number of urban reserves within Saskatoon could easily double within the next few years.
The city is ready to negotiate with Native groups given its positive…
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Holly Dillon is a woman with a vision and a sensitive eye for the environment.
Not content to sit still, play it safe and take no risks, she is busy blazing a new trail in her life and education, daring to go where few women and even fewer Native women have gone before.
A gifted student in both the arts and science, Dillon is determined to take on the world, the…
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Beginning September, a new channel will offer programming that will be about Aboriginal people and their culture.
The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network application for the world's first ever national public Aboriginal television network was approved Feb. 22 by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
Abraham Tagalik, chairman of…
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A new outreach program has been making the streets a little friendlier for youth in Prince Albert since it began this past December. The program is being run by the Prince Albert Outreach Youth Project out of a second-hand van that patrols the streets and alleys of the city three nights a week.
Donna Gamble, 33, a former runaway, street kid and prostitute herself, is the…
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Recently, my wife and I went to a general band meeting. We went to this band meeting because one of the topics for discussion was child welfare.
Neither of us are very happy with the child welfare arrangements that First Nations communities have. In this column, I want to encourage readers to stretch their minds when they are thinking about what we are going to do about…
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The Voices of the North talent show may be getting too big for its britches, according to co-producer Bernice Sayese.
The show is now in its seventh year as part of the Prince Albert Winter Festival and attracted capacity crowds to its three night run. A second Friday night late show was added this year to help with the demand.
"I think the more people hear about it…
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Canadian cruiser weight boxing champion Willard Lewis, an Alberta Cree now living in Edmonton, is stirring up interest in Saskatchewan where Indian gaming operators are lining up to get a piece of the action.
Although the 23-year-old professional fighter has been a known factor for some years to some of Saskatchewan's boxing fans and promoters, that awareness and interest…
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In the August 1980 issue of National Geographic there is an article entitled "Man's 80 Centuries in Veracruz." The article says archeological evidence such as broken tools around campsites and fire pits dates from 5600 BC. It is significant that 75 of these centuries are pre-Columbian.
Could this story have been titled Eighty Centuries of Man in Vancouver or Regina?…
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Programs directed at Aboriginal youth in Saskatchewan cities will receive almost $10 million over the next five years, according to a Feb. 12 announcement by Canadian Heritage.
Regina, Saskatoon and Prince Albert are among six western cities that will take a share in the $100 million Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centres Initiative - $10 million of which Canadian…
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When Lloydminster banker Bonnie Green first got involved in community literacy programs, she was amazed to find out how many adults were unable to read, write or even count their own change at the store.
Literacy was something she had always taken for granted.
Serving on local committees and the Lloydminster Literacy Board became a real eye opener for Green,…
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The Governor General's Literary Awards represent the highest recognition Canada can give to its writers and the Saskatchewan Book Awards are the highest literary recognition given by Saskatchewan. This year, two First Nation writers were nominated for specific categories of both awards: Louise B. Halfe (Sky Dancer) for her poetry book Blue Marrow, published by McClelland &…
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In a move designed to provide young Aboriginal athletes with an alternative to the on-again, off-again North American Indigenous Games, the Indigenous Sport Council of Alberta is planning to host a Western Canadian Indigenous Games this summer.
The 1999 North American Indigenous Games, originally scheduled for Fargo, North Dakota, have been cancelled. The possibility of…
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The atmosphere was electric, the arena packed to overflowing, when the Onion Lake Winter Hawks challenged the Lloydminster Jr. B Bandits on Feb. 4.
More than 1,800 people filled the stands of the Civic Centre in Lloyd to watch the "new kids on the block" take on the well- seasoned Bandit team, whose eight time winning streak in Northern Alberta Jr. B league championships,…