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THE URBANE INDIAN
Nothing makes an archeologist salivate more than finding a pre-contact First Nation pipe in a 600-year-old garbage dump. That's because the pipe ceremony is the most sacred and cherished of all the Native spiritual practices.
I've often heard Elder William Commanda, a pipe carrier from the Algonquin community of Kitigaan Zibi in Quebec, say that…
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THE URBANE INDIAN
Nothing makes an archeologist salivate more than finding a pre-contact First Nation pipe in a 600-year-old garbage dump. That's because the pipe ceremony is the most sacred and cherished of all the Native spiritual practices.
I've often heard Elder William Commanda, a pipe carrier from the Algonquin community of Kitigaan Zibi in Quebec, say that…
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Saskatchewan son Donny Parenteau first made his mark in the entertainment business playing with other performers, including Brian Sklar and Neal McCoy, but these days the talented singer, songwriter and musician is standing centre stage.
Parenteau spent more than a decade as part of McCoy's band then, in 2002, he decided to leave Nashville and move back to his hometown of…
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Saskatchewan son Donny Parenteau first made his mark in the entertainment business playing with other performers, including Brian Sklar and Neal McCoy, but these days the talented singer, songwriter and musician is standing centre stage.
Parenteau spent more than a decade as part of McCoy's band then, in 2002, he decided to leave Nashville and move back to his hometown of…
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Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Carol Couchie: I guess loyalty.
W: What is it that really makes you mad?
C.C.: I guess stupidity. Stupidity and laziness. I'm a mother.
W: When are you at your happiest?
C.C.: There's so many things that make me happy. Gardening. And when I've been at a really nice birth, like after I…
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Windspeaker: What one quality do you most value in a friend?
Carol Couchie: I guess loyalty.
W: What is it that really makes you mad?
C.C.: I guess stupidity. Stupidity and laziness. I'm a mother.
W: When are you at your happiest?
C.C.: There's so many things that make me happy. Gardening. And when I've been at a really nice birth, like after I…
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The First Nation communities that are party to the numbered treaties have voted to unify and speak with one voice, and they intend that voice to be heard at the First Ministers' Meeting (FMM) in Kelowna this month.
The "Gathering of Treaties 1 to 11" occurred in Edmonton on Sept. 28 and 29. During that meeting a half-dozen resolutions were passed by an estimated 120…
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The First Nation communities that are party to the numbered treaties have voted to unify and speak with one voice, and they intend that voice to be heard at the First Ministers' Meeting (FMM) in Kelowna this month.
The "Gathering of Treaties 1 to 11" occurred in Edmonton on Sept. 28 and 29. During that meeting a half-dozen resolutions were passed by an estimated 120…
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North of 60-television star Tina Keeper has been recruited by the Liberal Party to run in the northern Manitoba riding of Churchill in the next federal election. She will face incumbent Bev Desjarlais who was elected to the riding as a NDP member, but who currently sits as an independent. She recently lost the party's endorsement for opposing the same-sex marriage legislation.…
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Dreams do come true; just ask Tracey Deer, a 27-year-old director from a Mohawk reserve just outside of Montreal called Kahnawake.
At the age of 12, Deer dreamt of being a film-maker and now with two films under her belt she said the dedication and hard work has paid off.
She reminisced about sitting down with her family to watch movies. She said her dad was a big…
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Dreams do come true; just ask Tracey Deer, a 27-year-old director from a Mohawk reserve just outside of Montreal called Kahnawake.
At the age of 12, Deer dreamt of being a film-maker and now with two films under her belt she said the dedication and hard work has paid off.
She reminisced about sitting down with her family to watch movies. She said her dad was a big…
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A First Nation citizen who refused to look the other way has caused a lot of controversy in southern Manitoba.
Margaret Clearsky, a probation worker employed by the Waywayseecappo First Nation, went to the band office on Aug. 19 to look at the band's audit report and see if there was any money for a family violence workshop. As she flipped through the pages of the audit…
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A First Nation citizen who refused to look the other way has caused a lot of controversy in southern Manitoba.
Margaret Clearsky, a probation worker employed by the Waywayseecappo First Nation, went to the band office on Aug. 19 to look at the band's audit report and see if there was any money for a family violence workshop. As she flipped through the pages of the audit…
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It sat on a shelf in Ottawa for almost two years after a lot of money was spent to get it through both houses of Parliament. Then, with little fanfare, the news was circulated that Bill C-6, the Specific Claims Resolution Act (SCRA), would not become law.
The announcement was made on Sept. 28 during the National Land Claims Research Workshop in Winnipeg. Robert Eyaphaise…
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It sat on a shelf in Ottawa for almost two years after a lot of money was spent to get it through both houses of Parliament. Then, with little fanfare, the news was circulated that Bill C-6, the Specific Claims Resolution Act (SCRA), would not become law.
The announcement was made on Sept. 28 during the National Land Claims Research Workshop in Winnipeg. Robert Eyaphaise…