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Although it's only been open for a few weeks, members of the four Hobbema bands have beat a path to the door of the new Hobbema health centre, says its new assistant director.
"We are really getting a good response," said Linda Dumkee who added that the convenient location of the new centre has saved band members the long and often exhausting journey to Edmonton.
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The organizer of an international Aboriginal child conference feels the Canadian government has snubbed his conference and embarrassed Canadian Aboriginal people.
In a press conference after a speech to the Calgary Chamber of Commerce Monday Oct. 5, Indian Affairs Minister Bill McKnight was asked to speak to the organizers of the 3rd annual International Aboriginal Child…
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The "under-funded, and all too frequently inadequate" state of law and order on Alberta reserves came under fire when a Indian Association of Alberta task force released a discussion paper to leaders at the All-Chiefs conference, Sept. 29.
"Alberta Indian program delivery lags behind Indian policing programs elsewhere in Canada," says the paper, which must receive approval…
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It was another award-winning night for Terres en Vues/Land InSights on Nov. 17 as the Quebec-based cultural organization earned a Mishtapew Award for the second year in a row.
Last year Land Insights, which works to promote Native culture, was winner of the Mishtapew Award in the Culture category. This year, the organization received the award for Involvement in the…
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When work began on the Raglan nickel mine near Katinniq on the northern tip of Quebec in the mid-1990s, the nearby Inuit communities of Salluit and Kangirsujuaq wanted to ensure they were participants in, not just observers to, the development and its economic spin-offs.
In 1996, the two communities merged their land holding corporations to form Nuvumiut Developments Inc…
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Sylvain Picard believes it is the service Native Benefits Plan provides to its customers and the many business partnerships it has created that earned the company the honor of being named Aboriginal Business of the Year at this year's Mishtapew Awards gala.
Picard is executive director of Native Benefits Plan, which was originally formed in 1979 as a pension plan for…
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It was a celebration both of Aboriginal culture and Aboriginal business success at the Capitole de Quebec Nov. 17, as the fifth annual Mishtapew Awards of Excellence were handed out.
Fourteen businesses were recognized at the gala, organized each year by the First People's Business Association (FPBA) to recognize the accomplishments of Aboriginal entrepreneurs, to help…
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More than 300 people were in attendance to celebrate the winners of the 2002 Nishnawbe Aski Nation Business Awards held in Timmins, Ont. on Nov. 27. It was the 12th year for the awards ceremony that honors Aboriginal entrepreneurs, executives, businesses and organizations within the Nishnawbe Aski Nation territory.
In 1993, the annual awards banquet became a fund-raiser…
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After 18 months of cross Canada consultations, the Commission on the Future of Health in Canada released its final report on Nov. 28, and the document was met with a lukewarm reaction from the Aboriginal community.
The commission, which was headed up by former Saskatchewan premier Roy Romanow, was given the task of talking to Canadians about the future of health care in…
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Happily, we seem to be in the midst of a time of renewed interest in the life, performance art and literary work of Canada's own Pauline Johnston. With three new books available, Paddling Her Own Canoe and E. Pauline Johnson Tekahionwake, Collected Poems and Selected Prose by Carole Gerson and Veronica Strong-Boag and Charlotte Gray's biography Flint and Feather, there is enough…
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E. Pauline Johnson Tekahionwake
Collected Poems And Selected Poetry
Edited by Carole Gerson and Veronica Strong-Boag
University of Toronto Press
343 pages (hc)
$26.95
Carole Gerson and Veronica Strong-Boag have edited a new edition that helps dash a commonly held misconception-that Pauline Johnson can be dismissed as a drawing-room poet…
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Faron Johns has a tough time explaining his success.
The 49-year-old is the lead singer and songwriter for the Pappy Johns Band, which stole the spotlight by winning four trophies at the fourth annual Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards held on Nov. 28 at Toronto's SkyDome.
Johns was selected as the best male artist at the awards. The Pappy Johns Band also received…
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One Man's Justice
By Thomas Berger
Douglas & McIntyre
346 pages (hc)
$40
Former Supreme Court justice, political leader, and long-time lawyer Thomas Berger was on Vancouver Island recently for the launch of his new book, One Man's Justice, which documents a dozen important legal cases that Berger fought during his 50-year law career,…
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Flint and Feather
By Charlotte Gray
Harper Flamingo Canada
448 pages (hc)
$37.95
In Flint and Feather, Charlotte Gray has woven a rich biographical tapestry, revealing a complex portrait of Pauline Johnson that sheds a bright new light on Canada's most charismatic poet and performer-and yet leaves much of her mystery intact.
Johnson was…
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Dragonfly Kites
By Tomson Highway
Illustrated by Brian Deines
HarperCollins
32 pages (hc)
$19.99
Dragonflies are very much in vogue these days. Children's author Tomson Highway discovered their translucent magic long before the mysterious bugs became a hot commercial property.
An experienced time traveler, Highway has once again…