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Editorial
Two child welfare conferences were held in Calgary last week. One an international Aboriginal peoples' conference which saw people from all over the world attend, and the other a Metis conference.
During these conferences the issue of child care and love for our children, especially the Aboriginal child who is so often more at risk than his or her white…
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Blood Indian Andy Crop Eared Wolf, a second year University of Lethbridge student, was recently elected president by acclamation to the Native American Students' Association (NASA).
Crop Eared Wolf's lone opponent, Sherry Chism, withdrew from the presidency race after the death of her grandfather, former Alberta Lieutenant ?Governor, Ralph Steinhauer. Chism is a…
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The Alberta premiere of 'Foster Child' directed by Metis producer Gil Cardinal takes place at the Edmonton Provincial Museum Theatre, Oct. 21 (8 p.m.), beginning a nation-wide tour of the hard hitting non-fictional story and its filmmaker.
The film is an unrehearsed documentary about Cardinal's frustrating search for his natural family. None of the characters in the 43…
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The Blue Quills Native Education Council recently held their executive elections which saw the president remain unchallenged for the third term in a row, Joe Dion.
"Nobody wants the job," laughed Dion when asked why he thought he's won the presidency by acclamation three times.
But an employee since 1982 says the real reason is because "the job is a tough one."…
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Residents of the Goodfish Lake reserve have four new councillors and are one step closer to a new chief.
The election took place Oct. 6 at Goodfish Lake's Pakan school where 293 members of the band cast their votes for four council positions.
Another election will be held Oct. 20 to select one of the four newly-elected councillors as chief.
Former chief…
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A resolution that the chiefs of Alberta will not rejoin the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) was eventually tabled at the second phase of the All-Chiefs conference held in Calgary on Oct. 7.
At the first phase of the conference, held in Enoch Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1, AFN national chief Georges Erasmus made a plea for the reunification of the Alberta chiefs and the AFN.…
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Despite being removed as the chief of the Saddle Lake reserve in 1985 following charges of alleged spending irregularities, Eugene Steinhauer was elected into the position Oct. 8.
Band officials say 628 out of a possible 1,400 eligible voters cast votes at the Saddle Lake band hall. But because the band follows custom election practices no further details were released to…
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Chief Bernard Ominayak, of the Lubicon Lake Band, has appealed to the leaders of all Alberta bands, to join him to his land claim fight which involves a boycott of the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Ominayak made the request at the All-Chiefs conference held on the Enoch Reserve, near Edmonton, Sept. 29, 30 and Oct. 1. About 35 chiefs from 42 Alberta bands attended the meeting.…
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Delegates urge political involvement
Resolutions to involve the political bodies of the Metis Association and the Metis National Council in child welfare were passed during the final day of the first national Metis child welfare conference held in Calgary Oct. 5 to 7.
The conference was organized by Metis Child Services of Edmonton (MCS) to address the issues facing…
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Aboriginal delegates meet to discuss child welfare issue
More than a thousand delegates from all parts of the world gathered in Calgary to compare facts and discuss strategies for the care of Aboriginal children Oct. 7 to 10.
After the opening ceremonies well-known Native singer, Winston Wuttunee dedicated his song, 'I am an Indian,' to the conference. Wuttunee…
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This year's first ever Indian Summer World Festival of Aboriginal Motion Pictures, involved more than just film-watching.
It was a time of sharing as Aborigines from Australia, Maoris from New Zealand, Sames from Lapland, Hopi's from the United State and Canadian Natives exchanged information about their cultures. They talked about filming techniques and how their people…
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The one year moratorium on child welfare agreements between the federal, provincial and band governments has been a complete waste of time, say organizers of a child welfare conference.
The moratorium on tri-partite and bi-partite agreements between bands and governments went into effect last year when the government announced that a task force would investigate the…
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Alberta's Bow Valley College is helping to satisfy the appetite for employees of the province's industrial sector with programs that will help Aboriginal people find work in the trades.
Nina Goodman is the co-ordinator for the Aboriginal Pre-Trades Program, as well as the Aboriginal Adventure Tourism Integrated Program at Bow Valley, both of which are recent additions to…
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An upcoming education conference will offer teachers unique and effective approaches with which to illustrate math and science principles to Aboriginal students in the classroom.
The workshops will be featured at DreamCatching: Professional Development Opportunities in Montreal from Feb. 19 to 22, hosted by the Native Access to Engineering program (NAEP) at Concordia…
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It's fitting that Commander John Herrington, the first Native American in space, is a member of the board of directors of the American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES). When Herrington speaks to Native American children and youth, he tells them that if they give their best effort, anything is possible. And that's the message AISES has been working to get out…