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"When I'm dancing, my spirit takes me back in time" said artist Norman Moyah.
"A greater power takes over and the whole world goes away."
"There's just me and the drum. The people who inspire me the most are my ancestors and through them I have been lead back to the Stone Age. Their ability to survive for tens of thousands of years on this continent fascinates me…
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"When I'm dancing, my spirit takes me back in time" said artist Norman Moyah.
"A greater power takes over and the whole world goes away."
"There's just me and the drum. The people who inspire me the most are my ancestors and through them I have been lead back to the Stone Age. Their ability to survive for tens of thousands of years on this continent fascinates me…
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At the end of a particularly grueling road trip years ago, Lloyd Pinay found himself burned out in a Miami hotel room.
"I said, 'the heck with this marketing' and came back here."
Today the Saskatchewan sculptor is living a balance between the business of being an artist and the artist's business of creating. This is year 17 of living solely on his income as a…
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At the end of a particularly grueling road trip years ago, Lloyd Pinay found himself burned out in a Miami hotel room.
"I said, 'the heck with this marketing' and came back here."
Today the Saskatchewan sculptor is living a balance between the business of being an artist and the artist's business of creating. This is year 17 of living solely on his income as a…
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At the end of a particularly grueling road trip years ago, Lloyd Pinay found himself burned out in a Miami hotel room.
"I said, 'the heck with this marketing' and came back here."
Today the Saskatchewan sculptor is living a balance between the business of being an artist and the artist's business of creating. This is year 17 of living solely on his income as a…
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This year's Metis Rendezvous Day at the Prince Albert Indian-Metis Friendship Centre saw continued growth in the popular event. More than 200 people attended the evening celebration of Metis culture, held on the 11th anniversary of the death of Louis Riel, Nov. 16.
"Everything went off beautifully," said friendship center program director Rose Henry. "We may even be…
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This year's Metis Rendezvous Day at the Prince Albert Indian-Metis Friendship Centre saw continued growth in the popular event. More than 200 people attended the evening celebration of Metis culture, held on the 11th anniversary of the death of Louis Riel, Nov. 16.
"Everything went off beautifully," said friendship center program director Rose Henry. "We may even be…
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This year's Metis Rendezvous Day at the Prince Albert Indian-Metis Friendship Centre saw continued growth in the popular event. More than 200 people attended the evening celebration of Metis culture, held on the 11th anniversary of the death of Louis Riel, Nov. 16.
"Everything went off beautifully," said friendship center program director Rose Henry. "We may even be…
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One of the world's largest producers of uranium has a northern preference for hiring and the vast majority of its staff are Aboriginal.
Cogema Resources Inc., with headquarters in Saskatoon, operates the McClean Lake and Cluff Lake uranium mine sites in Northern Sastatchewan. The company has a 50 per cent target for hiring northerners and approximately 80 per cent of that…
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One of the world's largest producers of uranium has a northern preference for hiring and the vast majority of its staff are Aboriginal.
Cogema Resources Inc., with headquarters in Saskatoon, operates the McClean Lake and Cluff Lake uranium mine sites in Northern Sastatchewan. The company has a 50 per cent target for hiring northerners and approximately 80 per cent of that…
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Dennis Morrison was found on the dance floor at Checkers in the Landmark Inn, one of a dozen-and-a-half frantic workmen trying to refurbish the Regina pub in time for the next day's grand opening. With a paint brush in hand he was up a ladder touching up grey stones on the ceiling, and readying himself for an all night job of drawing a large mural of a truck driving through mock…
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Dennis Morrison was found on the dance floor at Checkers in the Landmark Inn, one of a dozen-and-a-half frantic workmen trying to refurbish the Regina pub in time for the next day's grand opening. With a paint brush in hand he was up a ladder touching up grey stones on the ceiling, and readying himself for an all night job of drawing a large mural of a truck driving through mock…
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Protocol and etiquette.... the ancient way to honor traditions, and acknowledge the ancestors, animal spirits and the Creator.
The bottom line - respectful behavior at all times, with no drugs or alcohol ever allowed on the grounds in powwow country.
Powwow is an annual celebration of song, dance and ceremony that comes full circle each year after a whole year of…
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Protocol and etiquette.... the ancient way to honor traditions, and acknowledge the ancestors, animal spirits and the Creator.
The bottom line - respectful behavior at all times, with no drugs or alcohol ever allowed on the grounds in powwow country.
Powwow is an annual celebration of song, dance and ceremony that comes full circle each year after a whole year of…
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On July 8 to 16, the town of Fort Qu' Appelle east of Regina will be bustling with activity when more than 800 Girl Guides ranging in ages from 11 to 16 and their chaperones celebrate 90 years of guiding. The Girl Guides of Canada will be holding an interprovincial event on Fort Qu'Appelle's Treaty 4 campground.
In 1874, First Nations people met with a representative of…