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Some of the best young First Nation athletes Saskatchewan has to offer will be gathering on Red Pheasant First Nation from July 22 to 26 to take part in the 2007 Saskatchewan First Nation Summer Games.
About 3,500 athletes aged eight to 12 are expected to take part in the games, competing in athletics, golf, soccer and softball, as well as in one demonstration sport-road…
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People wanting to find out more about their Aboriginal ancestry now have a new tool that can help them in their search.
Tracing Your Aboriginal Ancestors in the Prairie Provinces: A Guide to the Records and How to Use Them was published in the fall of 2006 by the Saskatchewan Genealogical Society with financial support from the Metis National Council.
The guide…
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The Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company (SNTC) is offering up an evening filled with fine food, live entertainment and a chance to bid on works created by some of the country's most talented Aboriginal artists, during the third annual Expression Aboriginal Art Auction taking place at TCU Place in Saskatoon on Feb. 8.
The art viewing is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.…
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Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Nation Chief Phil Fontaine said the fight for an apology is on hold until the next, and last, milestone on the road to a final residential schools settlement agreement has been passed.
On Dec. 15 Ontario Superior Court Justice Warren Winkler signed off on the agreement that would eventually see former residential school students receive a…
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Representatives of the Northwest Nations Education Council (NNEC) and the Saskatchewan Teachers's Federation (STF) signed a memorandum of understanding on Nov. 15 that paves the way for negotiations to extend STF membership to teachers employed in NNEC schools.
Created in August 2005, the NNEC is the first Aboriginal education authority of its kind in the province, and…
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When Joseph Jean Fauchon and Sheldon Mauvieux began their studies in the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP) at the Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI), producing an award-winning children's book probably wasn't on their list of goals. But, on Nov. 25. when this year's winning books were announced during the Saskatchewan Book Awards gala in Regina, The Metis…
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For the past 19 years, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) has been running an annual campaign urging people not to drink and drive during the holiday season. This year's Project Red Ribbon campaign was launched on Nov. 1 and will run through until the New Year, encouraging people across the country to display MADD red ribbons as a sign of their personal commitment to drive…
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Half of all Aboriginal children in Saskatchewan are living in poverty.
That startling figure comes from the 2006 Report Card on Child Poverty in Saskatchewan, prepared by the social policy research unit of the faculty of social work at the University of Regina.
According to the Saskatchewan report card, the overall number of children in the province living in…
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In 1989, members of Parliament from both sides of the floor joined together and unanimously resolved to work to eliminate child poverty in Canada by the year 2000.
We are now six years past that deadline and the number of children living in poverty in the country is still more than a million.
Campaign 2000 is a national, non-partisan coalition of organizations…
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It may be a small theatre company right now but Maureen Belanger, general manager of Upisasik Productions Inc. has big plans for the fledgling theatre company. The only Metis-specific theatre company in Saskatchewan, Upisasik incorporated Aug. 1 of this year.
"If somebody asked me what I needed for this company to get to where I want to be, I would say that we definitely…
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A training program that had its beginnings in Saskatchewan will now be expanding to provide Aboriginal women from across the country an opportunity to help improve their lives.
The National Aboriginal Women for Tomorrow (AWFT) program was officially launched on Nov. 27. The program consists of a series of workshops designed to empower Aboriginal women by providing them…
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Saskatchewan artist John Henry Fine Day has passed away at the young age of 32. Diagnosed with leukemia five years ago, Fine Day built a significant amount of work during his illness, even undertaking the strenuous effort of preparing for exhibition at several shows.
A member of Sweetgrass First Nation, Fine Day was born on August 6, 1974 in Regina. From an early age he…
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Judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond will leave the Saskatchewan provincial court bench in February to act as British Columbia's new child and youth representative, overseeing the province's child protection system.
The position of representative for children and youth was created in response to a report that found the existing child protection system in the province deeply…
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The National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation has announced the names of the 14 outstanding individuals who will be receiving National Aboriginal Achievement Awards during the 14th annual awards gala to be held in Edmonton on March 16, 2007.
This year's recipient in the arts category will be Joane Cardinal Schubert. The Calgary-based writer, curator, lecturer, poet,…
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A small but important piece of Metis history has found a new home as part of the University of Saskatchewan library's special collections
A poem, handwritten by Louis Riel in his Regina jail cell just weeks before he was hanged for treason, is now part of the library collection. Riel had written the poem to his jailer, Robert Gordon on Oct. 27, 1885.
Before coming…