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Documentary film-maker Tasha Hubbard will receive the prestigious Canada Award at the 2005 Geminis for her film Two Worlds Colliding, the National Film Board (NFB) has announced.
The Canada Award, created and sponsored by the Department of Canadian Heritage, is given for excellence in mainstream television programming that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of…
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The Indigenous Bar Association (IBA) has awarded the Indigenous Peoples' Counsel (I.P.C.) to the Native Law Centre research director Dr. James (Sakej) Henderson in recognition of his outstanding career achievements.
The I.P.C. awards are peer-based awards given to honor significant and outstanding achievements in serving the Indigenous community and the Creator with honour…
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The Indigenous Bar Association (IBA) has awarded the Indigenous Peoples' Counsel (I.P.C.) to the Native Law Centre research director Dr. James (Sakej) Henderson in recognition of his outstanding career achievements.
The I.P.C. awards are peer-based awards given to honor significant and outstanding achievements in serving the Indigenous community and the Creator with honour…
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The Saskatchewan attorney general's application to have the case against Dean Edmondson reviewed by the Supreme Court of Canada has been dismissed.
Edmondson was one of three men charged in connection with the sexual assault of a 12-year-old Cree girl in 2001. The men were accused of picking the girl up one evening, providing her with alcohol and then sexually assaulting…
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The Saskatchewan attorney general's application to have the case against Dean Edmondson reviewed by the Supreme Court of Canada has been dismissed.
Edmondson was one of three men charged in connection with the sexual assault of a 12-year-old Cree girl in 2001. The men were accused of picking the girl up one evening, providing her with alcohol and then sexually assaulting…
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Those who expected a whitewash when the All Chiefs Task Force on the Future of the First Nations University of Canada Interim Report and Discussion Paper was released on Oct. 19 were in for a bit of surprise. The report was tougher than anyone expected.
The task force had been criticized because it was the creation of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN),…
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Those who expected a whitewash when the All Chiefs Task Force on the Future of the First Nations University of Canada Interim Report and Discussion Paper was released on Oct. 19 were in for a bit of surprise. The report was tougher than anyone expected.
The task force had been criticized because it was the creation of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN),…
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One of Red Pheasant reserve's most famous sons was honoured during a memorial service at the Passchendaele Memorial in Belgium on Nov. 1.
And Erwin Ureel-Vanhaverbeke, a Belgian soldier with an interest in the military history of his country, plans to organize an event to honor him further, beginning in 2007.
During one of many stops on the Aboriginal Spiritual…
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One of Red Pheasant reserve's most famous sons was honoured during a memorial service at the Passchendaele Memorial in Belgium on Nov. 1.
And Erwin Ureel-Vanhaverbeke, a Belgian soldier with an interest in the military history of his country, plans to organize an event to honor him further, beginning in 2007.
During one of many stops on the Aboriginal Spiritual…
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Twenty Aboriginal veterans and their care providers, accompanied by 14 Aboriginal youth from all regions of Canada, travelled throughout Flanders and Normandy on both sides of the France-Belgium border from Oct. 26 to Nov. 4, paying their respects to fallen comrades buried in the many wartime graveyards throughout the region.
It was all part of a $1.5 million effort by…
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Jack Pine Stables, located about an hour's drive from Saskatoon, isn't your typical bed and breakfast.
The business, which advertises itself as an Aboriginal bed and breakfast and guest ranch, offers visitors a chance to experience aspects of First Nation and Metis culture, from dining on bannock or pemmican to spending the night in the on-site tipi village.
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Jack Pine Stables, located about an hour's drive from Saskatoon, isn't your typical bed and breakfast.
The business, which advertises itself as an Aboriginal bed and breakfast and guest ranch, offers visitors a chance to experience aspects of First Nation and Metis culture, from dining on bannock or pemmican to spending the night in the on-site tipi village.
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Six Battlefords-area First Nations are forming a council that will govern education in Aboriginal schools in the region.
The Northwest Nations Education Council (NNEC), the first Aboriginal education authority of its kind in the province, will provide educational services for schools operated by Little Pine, Poundmaker, Red Pheasant, Sweetgrass, Moosomin,and Mosquito,…
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Six Battlefords-area First Nations are forming a council that will govern education in Aboriginal schools in the region.
The Northwest Nations Education Council (NNEC), the first Aboriginal education authority of its kind in the province, will provide educational services for schools operated by Little Pine, Poundmaker, Red Pheasant, Sweetgrass, Moosomin,and Mosquito,…
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If you'd told Clarence Pine a decade ago that he was going to be a literacy role model, he probably wouldn't have believed you. But that is exactly what the 45-year-old student and father has become.
Pine is one of this year's recipients of a Canada Post Literacy Award, receiving the award for individual achievement in Saskatchewan.
Pine is originally from Serpent…