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Back to School
Red Crow College, a post-secondary institution on the Blood Reserve at Standoff, Alta., played host to school presidents and other officials of more than 20 tribally-controlled U.S. Indian colleges recently, at an annual retreat in Waterton Lakes National Park.
Red Crow president, Marie Smallface Marule, said they were the only Canadian Institute in…
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Back to School
Red Crow College, a post-secondary institution on the Blood Reserve at Standoff, Alta., played host to school presidents and other officials of more than 20 tribally-controlled U.S. Indian colleges recently, at an annual retreat in Waterton Lakes National Park.
Red Crow president, Marie Smallface Marule, said they were the only Canadian Institute in…
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A housing crisis is worsening in the Cree communities of Northern Quebec at the same time as government funding is slashed for new homes.
More than 1,000 Crees are now on waiting lists for housing, and 100 more are added to the lists each year. Funding for new homes was effectively cut in half in the last federal budget. Last year, 73 new homes were built, a number which…
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A housing crisis is worsening in the Cree communities of Northern Quebec at the same time as government funding is slashed for new homes.
More than 1,000 Crees are now on waiting lists for housing, and 100 more are added to the lists each year. Funding for new homes was effectively cut in half in the last federal budget. Last year, 73 new homes were built, a number which…
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In a surprise move, Simeonie Nalukturuk has resigned as president of Makivik Corporation just 17 months after taking over the helm from Senator Charlie Watt.
Steven Hendrie, spokesman for the body representing Northern Quebec's Inuit, said Nalukturuk resigned for "personal reasons." But sources said he remained troubled by a drinking-and-driving accident last spring for…
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In a surprise move, Simeonie Nalukturuk has resigned as president of Makivik Corporation just 17 months after taking over the helm from Senator Charlie Watt.
Steven Hendrie, spokesman for the body representing Northern Quebec's Inuit, said Nalukturuk resigned for "personal reasons." But sources said he remained troubled by a drinking-and-driving accident last spring for…
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It promises to be a heated fall for Quebec First Nations as the separatist government in Quebec City keeps its promise to hold a referendum on sovereignty in 1995.
Still stuck at around 50 per cent support or less, the separatists have their hands full with a deeply divided public. Ardent opposition from the First Nations isn't making their lives any easier.
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It promises to be a heated fall for Quebec First Nations as the separatist government in Quebec City keeps its promise to hold a referendum on sovereignty in 1995.
Still stuck at around 50 per cent support or less, the separatists have their hands full with a deeply divided public. Ardent opposition from the First Nations isn't making their lives any easier.
…
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Review
Buried in Silence
By Connie Sampson
190 pages, $15.95 (pb.)
NeWest Press, Edmonton
"The whites told only one side. Told it to please themselves. Told much that is untrue. Only his own best deeds, only the worst of the Indians, has the white man told."
--Yellow Wolf of the Nez Perce
"While much is too strange to be…
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Review
Buried in Silence
By Connie Sampson
190 pages, $15.95 (pb.)
NeWest Press, Edmonton
"The whites told only one side. Told it to please themselves. Told much that is untrue. Only his own best deeds, only the worst of the Indians, has the white man told."
--Yellow Wolf of the Nez Perce
"While much is too strange to be…
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For more than 30 years, Buffy Sainte-Marie has been moving audiences the world over with her distinctive singing and tell-it-like-it-is writing styles.
While she was first known as a folk singer and writer of protest songs in the 60s, Sainte-Marie has been inspired to write love songs as well as songs for children.
"The songs I wrote back then are still valid," she…
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For more than 30 years, Buffy Sainte-Marie has been moving audiences the world over with her distinctive singing and tell-it-like-it-is writing styles.
While she was first known as a folk singer and writer of protest songs in the 60s, Sainte-Marie has been inspired to write love songs as well as songs for children.
"The songs I wrote back then are still valid," she…
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Review
Young Northern Voices
Various
BushLeague Records
The compilation of 21 children's songs that were performed by grade 5 to grade 12 students was produced with the assistance of Metis singer Don Freed and engineered by Del Ryan. The project began in the spring of 1993 with the blessings of the Northern Lights School Division and the La Ronge…
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Review
Pat Braden: Listen to your heart
Self-produced, 1994
In May, Pat Braden released his second solo recording ? on cassette. He plays an interesting and seldom-promoted instrument called a Chapman Stick. This extra-wide fret-board incorporates 10 strings of both the bass and regular guitar and is played by plucking, strumming or striking. It's not to…
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Review
Pat Braden: Listen to your heart
Self-produced, 1994
In May, Pat Braden released his second solo recording ? on cassette. He plays an interesting and seldom-promoted instrument called a Chapman Stick. This extra-wide fret-board incorporates 10 strings of both the bass and regular guitar and is played by plucking, strumming or striking. It's not to…