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Established in 1983 to serve the needs of northern Alberta, Windspeaker became a national newspaper on its 10th anniversary in 1993.
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The Manitoba Indigenous Summer Games will be held in Brandon in July, and for the first time will be hosted by the Manitoba Metis Federation (Southwest Region).
The federation is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote the history and culture of the Metis people of Manitoba.
According to Jason Gobeil, the assistant co-ordinator of this year's games…
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The hands of an artist are counted among the many tools used to create a vision. Often they are dripping with paint, or cracked and callused from the elements and his labor. Always they are full of the rich history and stories he wants to transform into his work. History is at work in the hands of Vancouver Island artist Calvin Hunt of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation, who chips and…
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The sweet smell of willow and the cool breezes off the mighty Fraser River combine and surround the Xats'ull Heritage Village with the fresh scent of spring. The village is located 37 km north of Williams Lake on Highway 97 on the Xats'ull (Soda Creek) Indian reserve, the northernmost band belonging to the Secwepemc (Shuswap) nation.
Xats'ull (pronounced hats'ull)…
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May seems to be an eventful month for the Kanata Iroquoian Village in Brantford, Ont. It was in May 2000 when it opened its doors to its first tourists. It was May 2002 that it was declared by the Canadian Tourism Commission a national winner for it tour "White Pine Experience." And it was in May 2003 that it was destroyed.
With the tourist season about to begin, staff…
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Calgary
For 10 days in July, the city of Calgary pays homage to its history, hosting the Calgary Stampede, billed as the Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth.
While locals and visitors alike enjoy putting on their Stetsons and immersing themselves in the Western theme, those taking in the Stampede can also get a glimpse of the city's Native roots.
Each year, an…
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The southwest corner of Alberta can lay claim to many Native summer events designed to lure visitors to the area, but perhaps the most hands-on activity is the fish rescue on Piikani Nation territory.
For the past 12 years, volunteers have spent the Thanksgiving Day weekend recording the species and size of fish left trapped in the irrigation canals of the Oldman River…
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You'll get more than just a good night's sleep when you stay at the Bear's Inn located in the heart of Six Nations of the Grand River territory. Lisa Johnson and her husband Tim welcome you into their family during your stay and if you're in the market for a history lesson, just ask.
Opening a bed and breakfast was possibly the furthest idea from the Johnsons' minds 13…
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The drummers and dancers of the Abegweit First Nation on Lennox Island are hard at work practicing for their third annual powwow scheduled for Aug. 22 to 24.
"It's getting bigger every year," said Christine Bernard, one of the organizers of the Prince Edward Island event.
"Last year we had people from all over the Maritime provinces, and this year we've already…
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Nestled in the wilderness near the Ontario border at the town of Amos, Que., the people of the Pikogan First Nation (Abitibiwinni) welcome tourists to share for a time in the beauty of the unspoiled traditional lands of their ancestors.
Tourists flock there to camp, canoe and commune with nature the way the Algonquin people did in days gone by.
"Paddling down the…
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When most of us think of Native American art, works created from glass aren't usually what first comes to mind. But a visit to an exhibit being hosted by the Heard Museum in Phoenix this summer could change that.
Fusing Traditions: Transformations in Glass By Native American Artists opened at the museum in April, and runs until the end of August. The exhibit features the…
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In the early 1870s, Batoche was a new community, settled by Metis families who left the Red River settlement in Manitoba after federal government policies took away their lands and rights there.
By the mid-1880s, the same problems with government began for them again in their new home, with government surveyors sent into the area to open the land to European settlement…
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Before the Second World War, Newcastle Island was one of the great tourist destinations of Vancouver Island. The Snuneymuxw First Nation believes it can be again.
Newcastle Island became a provincial marine park in 1961, when the nearby city of Nanaimo granted it to the province after having acquired the island from the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1955. The Snuneymuxw…
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For three days this July, a small community will spring up in Rotary Peace Park along the banks of the Yukon River, made up of storytellers from around the world and those gathered to hear their tales.
This is the sixteenth year the Yukon International Storytelling Festival has been held in Whitehorse. This year's festival will be held from July 4 to 6, and will feature…
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He found his first artifact by accident when he was just 10 years old. Today, the fire that was sparked a half-century ago by that find still burns hot in the heart of Bud Cheff, Jr., whose passion for collecting can be seen in the variety and scope of artifacts on display at the Ninepipes Museum of Early Montana.
"When I was 10 years old and our car broke down, my sister…
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Since the first dynamite blast on Thunderhead Mountain in June 1948, millions of people have come to watch the progress of what will be the world's largest mountain carving-the Crazy Horse Memorial. It will make the U.S. presidents' faces carved on the side of Mount Rushmore, 17 miles away, look small in comparison.
Oglala Sioux warrior Crazy Horse was born in the Black…