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Recently I turned the magical age of 33 far-too-experienced years. And it hurt. That particular event was difficult enough but then I remembered a good friend telling me that when he turned 33, he described it as being his "Christ" year. Evidently Jesus Christ was 33 years old when he died. Charming.
And on a more Aboriginal note, the famous warrior Crazy Horse (of Custer…
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Recently I turned the magical age of 33 far-too-experienced years. And it hurt. That particular event was difficult enough but then I remembered a good friend telling me that when he turned 33, he described it as being his "Christ" year. Evidently Jesus Christ was 33 years old when he died. Charming.
And on a more Aboriginal note, the famous warrior Crazy Horse (of Custer…
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Tom McCormack draws different traditions together in his tales. He's one of the most accomplished intertribal Native story tellers in the U.S., and he's planning to move to Alberta later this year.
"I like to be giving back and empowering people through these stories," he explains. McCormack incorporates many things into his performance art, which he puts on through…
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Tom McCormack draws different traditions together in his tales. He's one of the most accomplished intertribal Native story tellers in the U.S., and he's planning to move to Alberta later this year.
"I like to be giving back and empowering people through these stories," he explains. McCormack incorporates many things into his performance art, which he puts on through…
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Guest Column
In a local New Brunswick newspaper (The Telegraph Journal -- Aug 16, 1995) article, the Minister of Indian Affairs announced the 'start' signal for the First Nations to begin the negotiation process for their input or their statement of claims to self-government on reserve-by- reserve basis. The article states that there are 20 eligible First Nation…
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Guest Column
In a local New Brunswick newspaper (The Telegraph Journal -- Aug 16, 1995) article, the Minister of Indian Affairs announced the 'start' signal for the First Nations to begin the negotiation process for their input or their statement of claims to self-government on reserve-by- reserve basis. The article states that there are 20 eligible First Nation…
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When we wrote in this spot two months ago about the potential for protests, blockades and stand-offs in B.C. this summer, we had in mind peoples and nations driven to civil disobedience over legitimate issues. Recent developments have raised two troubling questions that weren't part of that column. In a strange way, two months ago seems like a more innocent time.
Since…
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When we wrote in this spot two months ago about the potential for protests, blockades and stand-offs in B.C. this summer, we had in mind peoples and nations driven to civil disobedience over legitimate issues. Recent developments have raised two troubling questions that weren't part of that column. In a strange way, two months ago seems like a more innocent time.
Since…
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An Oregon couple was arraigned Aug. 11 in Benton County Superior Court on charges of disturbing an Indian burial ground along the Columbia River in southern Washington state. Authorities recovered more than 30,000 artifacts from the home of Irrigon, Oregon residents John Joseph Horner Jr., 48, and Leona J. Lightle, 42. A sheriff's department spokesman described the stockpile as a…
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An Oregon couple was arraigned Aug. 11 in Benton County Superior Court on charges of disturbing an Indian burial ground along the Columbia River in southern Washington state. Authorities recovered more than 30,000 artifacts from the home of Irrigon, Oregon residents John Joseph Horner Jr., 48, and Leona J. Lightle, 42. A sheriff's department spokesman described the stockpile as a…
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On Sept. 9, the reign of Miss Indian Nations IV will come full circle as a new princess is chosen. Teresa Snow, a 22-year-old Goodstoney Nakoda Sioux/Yuma Quechan Indian from Morley, Alta., is preparing to pass on the crown and title she's held for the past year.
It's become a memorable year for this young lady who was the first Canadian to ever win the crown.
Snow…
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On Sept. 9, the reign of Miss Indian Nations IV will come full circle as a new princess is chosen. Teresa Snow, a 22-year-old Goodstoney Nakoda Sioux/Yuma Quechan Indian from Morley, Alta., is preparing to pass on the crown and title she's held for the past year.
It's become a memorable year for this young lady who was the first Canadian to ever win the crown.
Snow…
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About 40 people, including several Peigan Elders, gathered at the Maskinonge Wetlands area of Waterton Lakes National Park Aug. 14 to unveil a new display focusing on the area's Native heritage.
The central of the three plaques which make up the exhibit offers a brief text in Blackfoot, as well as English and French.
Acknowledging the long Aboriginal history of the…
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About 40 people, including several Peigan Elders, gathered at the Maskinonge Wetlands area of Waterton Lakes National Park Aug. 14 to unveil a new display focusing on the area's Native heritage.
The central of the three plaques which make up the exhibit offers a brief text in Blackfoot, as well as English and French.
Acknowledging the long Aboriginal history of the…
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While B.C. Natives got a head start at catching sockeye salmon last week amid an angry protest from non-Native fishermen, the federal government announced the Aboriginal fishing strategy that allows the Natives first crack at the fish is to be reviewed this fall.
The scene on the Fraser River on the southern fringes of Vancouver was tense as Natives hauled up nets bulging…