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Landing feet first in the vibrant Toronto theatre scene can be pretty intense, especially if you happen to be a Native student hailing from Yellowknife, Kodiak Island, Alaska or some small reserve in Saskatchewan.
But some people belong on the stage, said Saskatchewan actress Carol Greyeyes, principal and artistic director of the Indigenous Theatre School. They gotta sing…
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Landing feet first in the vibrant Toronto theatre scene can be pretty intense, especially if you happen to be a Native student hailing from Yellowknife, Kodiak Island, Alaska or some small reserve in Saskatchewan.
But some people belong on the stage, said Saskatchewan actress Carol Greyeyes, principal and artistic director of the Indigenous Theatre School. They gotta sing…
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Canadian archeologists are hoping to uncover some pre-historic secrets about Saskatchewan's earliest inhabitants in a five-year, multi-million dollar research project that studies how Native people lived on the Prairies thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers.
Last month, the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon announced it will be part of an…
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Canadian archeologists are hoping to uncover some pre-historic secrets about Saskatchewan's earliest inhabitants in a five-year, multi-million dollar research project that studies how Native people lived on the Prairies thousands of years before the arrival of European settlers.
Last month, the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon announced it will be part of an…
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The 11th annual Mother/Daughter Celebration which took place Feb. 17 at Thunderchild First Nation was a celebration with an unusual twist and some powerful goals.
"Our annual Mother/Daughter banquet is a feast to celebrate all the women living on the reserve as 'Keepers of Tradition.' It was also a way to help keep the bonds between female generations strong. To help keep…
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The 11th annual Mother/Daughter Celebration which took place Feb. 17 at Thunderchild First Nation was a celebration with an unusual twist and some powerful goals.
"Our annual Mother/Daughter banquet is a feast to celebrate all the women living on the reserve as 'Keepers of Tradition.' It was also a way to help keep the bonds between female generations strong. To help keep…
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A straw bale house pilot project may help to solve the chronic shortage of quality housing for Aboriginal people in Regina.
The North American Indian Housing Corporation, called Namerind, is in the final stages of completing a straw bale house at 717-7th Avenue in Eastview. This is the first of five straw houses the non-profit corporation plans to build over the next five…
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A straw bale house pilot project may help to solve the chronic shortage of quality housing for Aboriginal people in Regina.
The North American Indian Housing Corporation, called Namerind, is in the final stages of completing a straw bale house at 717-7th Avenue in Eastview. This is the first of five straw houses the non-profit corporation plans to build over the next five…
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Lawyers working for the Assembly of First Nations are in the process of analyzing proposed changes to the Indian Act. The changes received first reading in Parliament on Feb.11 and are now being fast-tracked through the legislative process.
AFN Grand Chief Phil Fontaine is concerned that the government of Canada appears to be pushing the changes through without any…
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His Celtic parents call him Patrick David Sutton. His Cree parents call him Wapstikwanis (Little White Head). Adopted into two Cree families and named by Elder Bill Pechow of Frog Lake after a hero that is part mythical, part mortal, Pat Sutton calls himself lucky to have landed feet first in the Aboriginal culture.
His spiritual journey into Indian Country began 15 years…
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His Celtic parents call him Patrick David Sutton. His Cree parents call him Wapstikwanis (Little White Head). Adopted into two Cree families and named by Elder Bill Pechow of Frog Lake after a hero that is part mythical, part mortal, Pat Sutton calls himself lucky to have landed feet first in the Aboriginal culture.
His spiritual journey into Indian Country began 15 years…
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Most people know that Aboriginal people are over-represented in the Canadian criminal justice system. The fact of the matter is that this is soft talk. The truth is that Aboriginal people are dying and the Canadian criminal justice system bears a special responsibility for these deaths, despite the fact that at the time of writing this column, the RCMP investigating recent deaths…
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Most people know that Aboriginal people are over-represented in the Canadian criminal justice system. The fact of the matter is that this is soft talk. The truth is that Aboriginal people are dying and the Canadian criminal justice system bears a special responsibility for these deaths, despite the fact that at the time of writing this column, the RCMP investigating recent deaths…
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I have never seen anything like this in my life, everyday in the newspaper there has been something new and different that deals with the Aboriginal community.
Whether it's casinos, political debates on "racist hiring initiatives" or a major RCMP investigation, the non-Aboriginal media sure know how to make money off us. The media's portrayal of Native people in…
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I have never seen anything like this in my life, everyday in the newspaper there has been something new and different that deals with the Aboriginal community.
Whether it's casinos, political debates on "racist hiring initiatives" or a major RCMP investigation, the non-Aboriginal media sure know how to make money off us. The media's portrayal of Native people in…