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Ochapowace First Nation is suing provincial finance minister Janice MacKinnon and the Saskatchewan government over the province's seizure of band money.
The lawsuit may go beyond the $1,068.90 which the provincial government sized from the band's bank account, said Kevin Mellor, a Regina lawyer hired by the band for the legal case.
The province and several bands,…
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Ochapowace First Nation is suing provincial finance minister Janice MacKinnon and the Saskatchewan government over the province's seizure of band money.
The lawsuit may go beyond the $1,068.90 which the provincial government sized from the band's bank account, said Kevin Mellor, a Regina lawyer hired by the band for the legal case.
The province and several bands,…
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Pat Provost knows plenty of people who would like a taste of his ranching and rodeoing way of life; his problem is figuring out how to best market it.
That's why the Peigan rancher and rodeo stock supplier recently invited tour operators to give him feedback on a new three-day package that his company Sundance Traditional Tours, plans to introduce in June.
"We have…
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Pat Provost knows plenty of people who would like a taste of his ranching and rodeoing way of life; his problem is figuring out how to best market it.
That's why the Peigan rancher and rodeo stock supplier recently invited tour operators to give him feedback on a new three-day package that his company Sundance Traditional Tours, plans to introduce in June.
"We have…
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Combining traditional culture with English language skills is part of a new approach to pre-vocational training being offered on southern Alberta's Peigan Reserve.
Called "Joe's School" by some of the participants, the 28-week program is the brainchild of Joseph Yellowhorn, a member of the community.
"I think it's really important for an educator to be a member of…
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Combining traditional culture with English language skills is part of a new approach to pre-vocational training being offered on southern Alberta's Peigan Reserve.
Called "Joe's School" by some of the participants, the 28-week program is the brainchild of Joseph Yellowhorn, a member of the community.
"I think it's really important for an educator to be a member of…
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Jennifer Burgess likes to think of herself as a bit of a detective. As manger of the Native Book List (NBL), a mail-order wholesale book distributor based in Calgary, Burgess keeps alert for Native titles, particularly those printed by Native publishers.
"What would be the best present I could ever get is if someone sent me a list of all the little Native publishers in…
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Jennifer Burgess likes to think of herself as a bit of a detective. As manger of the Native Book List (NBL), a mail-order wholesale book distributor based in Calgary, Burgess keeps alert for Native titles, particularly those printed by Native publishers.
"What would be the best present I could ever get is if someone sent me a list of all the little Native publishers in…
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The first three members of the soon-to-be-created Tsuu T'ina Police Department graduated March 14 from the Alberta Justice Staff College.
Tammy Dodginhorse, Andrea Runner, and Kevin Starlight of the Tsuu T'ina Nation near Calgary were among the 20 Aboriginal graduates of the college's Police Recruit Training Program.
Starting April 1, the Tsuu T'ina police…
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The first three members of the soon-to-be-created Tsuu T'ina Police Department graduated March 14 from the Alberta Justice Staff College.
Tammy Dodginhorse, Andrea Runner, and Kevin Starlight of the Tsuu T'ina Nation near Calgary were among the 20 Aboriginal graduates of the college's Police Recruit Training Program.
Starting April 1, the Tsuu T'ina police…
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When the University of Utah adopted the sports name "Running Utes" in 1972, school fathers did so on the basis of an understanding with the Ute Tribe. Now, however, both the tribe and the university want to develop a formal relationship regarding the extremely successful athletics department's nickname.
"We got contacted by Mesa College in Grand Junction, Colorado," said…
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When the University of Utah adopted the sports name "Running Utes" in 1972, school fathers did so on the basis of an understanding with the Ute Tribe. Now, however, both the tribe and the university want to develop a formal relationship regarding the extremely successful athletics department's nickname.
"We got contacted by Mesa College in Grand Junction, Colorado," said…
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The Beardy's First Nation may soon become the second Native owners of a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League club. They're talking to the owners of the Minot Top Guns, who are looking to sell the club, "if the price is right," said Top Guns president and Regina businessman Kim McDougal.
"Until we get a signature and a deposit-and right now we've got neither-we still own the…
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The Beardy's First Nation may soon become the second Native owners of a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League club. They're talking to the owners of the Minot Top Guns, who are looking to sell the club, "if the price is right," said Top Guns president and Regina businessman Kim McDougal.
"Until we get a signature and a deposit-and right now we've got neither-we still own the…
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One of the most memorable moments of the 1994 Arctic Winter Games in Slave Lake, Alta., was a terrible one. Brian Randazzo of Anchorage, Alaska, suffered a patellar tendon rupture in the one-foot high kick, and many observers speculated that it would not only end his career, but that he might never walk again.
Randazzo served notice last month that the rumors of his…