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The Ojibwa-Cree people of Sandy Lake are poised to halt the spread of diabetes, which is threatening to erupt into an epidemic on remote re-serves, including their own in northern Ontario.
"The community is visionary in some waysthey came to me be-cause they're a forward-thinking community which made (the problem) a political item on their agenda," says Dr. Stewart Harris…
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The Ojibwa-Cree people of Sandy Lake are poised to halt the spread of diabetes, which is threatening to erupt into an epidemic on remote re-serves, including their own in northern Ontario.
"The community is visionary in some waysthey came to me be-cause they're a forward-thinking community which made (the problem) a political item on their agenda," says Dr. Stewart Harris…
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Probably the easiest and most effective way to inspire young people to become entrepreneurs is to introduce them to others who have followed, and achieved their dreams.
The Spirit Lives: Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada, is a six-part video series designed to do just that. Produced by the non-profit Canadian Foundation for Economic Education in collaboration with the…
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Probably the easiest and most effective way to inspire young people to become entrepreneurs is to introduce them to others who have followed, and achieved their dreams.
The Spirit Lives: Aboriginal Entrepreneurs in Canada, is a six-part video series designed to do just that. Produced by the non-profit Canadian Foundation for Economic Education in collaboration with the…
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Buffy Sainte Marie, Tantoo Cardinal and John Kim Bell-all Canadian born, all achievers, al success stories. And all guests of the fourth-annual Dreamspeakers Film and Performing Arts Festival in Edmonton. The May 31 to June 2 segment was dedicated to film screenings at the Princes Theatre, while film symposia at the University of Alberta; Lister Hall attracted a good following…
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Buffy Sainte Marie, Tantoo Cardinal and John Kim Bell-all Canadian born, all achievers, al success stories. And all guests of the fourth-annual Dreamspeakers Film and Performing Arts Festival in Edmonton. The May 31 to June 2 segment was dedicated to film screenings at the Princes Theatre, while film symposia at the University of Alberta; Lister Hall attracted a good following…
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Review
The Dreamspeakers Festival of Aboriginal arts kicked off on May 31 with the screening of five short films at the Princess Theatre in Edmonton. Ranging from light made-for TV fare to searing polemics, the films illustrated both the strengths of Canada's fledgling Aboriginal film community and the challenges it still has to overcome.
The first film, Beverly…
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Review
The Dreamspeakers Festival of Aboriginal arts kicked off on May 31 with the screening of five short films at the Princess Theatre in Edmonton. Ranging from light made-for TV fare to searing polemics, the films illustrated both the strengths of Canada's fledgling Aboriginal film community and the challenges it still has to overcome.
The first film, Beverly…
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Once upon a time, many years past, there was a man who told a story from his wayward youth. As he so bravely put it, it was a long time ago in a reserve far far away, when he was but a young and innocent Aboriginal living with his family in the serene outdoors known today as Northern Ontario. Then one day, as often happens in tales such as this, a wandering group of…
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Once upon a time, many years past, there was a man who told a story from his wayward youth. As he so bravely put it, it was a long time ago in a reserve far far away, when he was but a young and innocent Aboriginal living with his family in the serene outdoors known today as Northern Ontario. Then one day, as often happens in tales such as this, a wandering group of…
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Allowing media coverage of sacred ceremonies my be frowned upon by some members of the Aboriginal community, but Peigan Elder and spiritual leader Joe Crowshoe welcomes such opportunities.
"Without photographs and stories about our traditions, they'll die out," Crowshoe says. "I don't see any harm in letting people take pictures and write about our traditions if it's done…
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Guest Column
As powwows get bigger and the prize money keeps getting higher, they can no longer be considered a time to get together with old friends and a place to meet new friends. Powwows have become a battleground and its dancers the warriors. Now we know that in most conflicts there are two opposing sides. At the powwow, every registered person becomes his own…
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It's common enough to hear talk about how strange the political air is on the western side of the Rockies. British Columbia is significantly, er, different from the rest of Canada. As are British Columbians.
There are also big differences in the Aboriginal community, and they aren't, for the most part, inter-tribal differences. In the rest of Canada, Indians are…
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It's common enough to hear talk about how strange the political air is on the western side of the Rockies. British Columbia is significantly, er, different from the rest of Canada. As are British Columbians.
There are also big differences in the Aboriginal community, and they aren't, for the most part, inter-tribal differences. In the rest of Canada, Indians are…
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Sentencing circles could alleviate some of the estrangement Native youth feel from the mainstream justice system, says a member of a federal group gathering input for a revised Young Offenders Act.
"We have to begin looking at (alternatives to jail) that fit culturally," says Joan Pennell. "One youth I spoke to had been put in open custody (by the circle) rather than…