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There was great weather all weekend long for the Onion Lake First Nation Powwow, held July 16 to 18, and it showed in the number of dancers attending the event.
For the opening grand entry on Friday night there were already over 500 dancers, numbers organizers don't usually see until Saturday night.
"That's beautiful. That's nice to see that people are so interested…
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The members of Little Pine and Lucky Man First Nations gathered together earlier this summer to mark the passing of 125 years since Chief Minahikosis (Little Pine) and Chief Papewas (Lucky Man) signed an adhesion to Treaty 6.
While other leaders signed the treaty with the crown in 1876 and 1877, Minahikosis and Papewas refused to sign. Then, in 1879, the buffalo scarce…
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Two beavers and their friends learn the value of teamwork as they battle a fierce forest fire in a new children's book called The Beaver's Big House. Published by the Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research (GDI), the book is aimed at children in grades 3 and 4.
Beaver's Big House tells the story of siblings Baptiste and Betsy, who are busy…
Twenty-six-year-old Shanna LaFramboise has amassed an impressive list of accomplishments: Health Canada scholarship recipient, Canada World Youth participant, university graduate and registered nurse. Now she has a new addition to that list-national Aboriginal role model.
LaFramboise, a Metis woman born and raised in Saskatoon, was one of 12 exceptional people selected by the National…
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It's every parent's worst nightmare-a missing child.
It's been over a month-and-a-half since five-year-old Tamra Keepness went missing from her Regina home and the search for her continues. From the beginning those search efforts have been aided by people from across the province, each wanting to do their part in efforts to bring little Tamra home.
Tamra went…
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More than 500 people took part in a national residential school gathering held Aug. 3 to 5 on the Gordon First Nation, hoping to find help and support in dealing with the trauma they may have suffered as a result of the residential school experience and to learn more about the options available to them in the courts.
The "Moving Beyond" gathering was hosted by the First…
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It's taken three years and a change of venue, but the Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) can finally go ahead with its plans to build a casino.
Whitecap Dakota First Nation, located 25 kilometeres south of Saskatoon, will be home to the new casino, which received approval from the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority on Aug. 6. Once completed, it will be the fifth casino…
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You may not have heard the names Tramaine Miles and Leslie Pasqua yet, but these two 15-year-olds have already taken the boxing world by storm.
It has only been a year since Miles and Pasqua began competing but their stellar performances in the ring have shown that they have the potential to one day become world-class athletes. The two boxers took part in the Cadet…
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If you stop in at the new Petro Canada gas bar and convenience store located on Broadway Street West in Yorkton, you can see for yourself the results of a partnership between Kahkewistahaw First Nation and Parkland Regional College.
The gas bar, owned and operated by Kahkewistahaw First Nation, opened for business May 1 and had its official opening on June 17. But long…
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Goodbye Fort Qu'Appelle Indian Hospital. Hello All Nations Healing Hospital.
It's not the only change Qu'Appelle Valley residents will see when it comes to their heath care. At a ceremony June 12, officials from the federal, provincial and municipal governments joined File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council (FHQTC) representatives to officially open the All Nations Healing…
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In a quiet suburban neighbourhood in Saskatoon, thousands of women have embarked on a healing journey, trying to come to terms with a painful past. Visitors to Tamara's House, a support network for adult women survivors of childhood sexual abuse, are welcome to share their experiences in a safe and comforting environment. From its emotional release room to the complementary care…
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After a lot of planning, negotiating and hard work, Sweetgrass First Nation has realized its goal of creating a new community centre.
A fitness centre, kitchen, gymnasium, stage and balcony are all part of the new facility, a place where kids and adults can hang out, play sports or learn more about their culture. But Chief Rod Atcheynum and the other members of the…
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Lorne Cardinal is a happy man.
The 40-year-old member of the Sucker Creek First Nation in Alberta has a steady acting job in the most popular situation comedy in Canadian television history.
And he's now in a position to attract and educate Aboriginal young people about what it takes to work in television, film, and theatre production.
Cardinal plays Davis…
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As one of the newest Aboriginal artists to arrive on the urban music scene, Lindsay Knight, a.k.a. Eekwol, is an up and coming artist getting ready to make waves with her own hip-hop sound. With her debut album Apprentice to the Mystery slated for release at the end of June along with a busy touring schedule, the singer/songwriter from Muskoday First Nation is doing what she…
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Some familiar faces mixed with the not so familiar in Saskatoon this past May, as Aboriginal artists gathered to celebrate and share their knowledge with each other.
Hosted by the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company (SNTC), Gathering Our Artists was held in Saskatoon from May 27 to 29. Aboriginal artists from across Canada, as well as one New Zealander, performed for and…