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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…
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John Schandelmeier, of Paxson, Alaska, became only the second musher in the 13-year history of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race to win the race twice when he crossed the finish line of the 1,600-km run Feb. 21. He also won it in 1992.
The other to do that was Charlie Boulding, also of Alaska. He won the race in 1991 and 1993.
"I feel pretty good," said…
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John Schandelmeier, of Paxson, Alaska, became only the second musher in the 13-year history of the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race to win the race twice when he crossed the finish line of the 1,600-km run Feb. 21. He also won it in 1992.
The other to do that was Charlie Boulding, also of Alaska. He won the race in 1991 and 1993.
"I feel pretty good," said…
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Musher Stan Njootli, from Old Crow, Y.T. crossed the finish line of the 1,000 mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race almost a week after first-place finisher John Schandelmeier, of Paxson, Alaska. But winning the red lantern for the last-place musher doesn't bother him a bit.
"A thousand miles and this is all I get?" the 42-year-old driver said as he was handed the…
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Musher Stan Njootli, from Old Crow, Y.T. crossed the finish line of the 1,000 mile Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race almost a week after first-place finisher John Schandelmeier, of Paxson, Alaska. But winning the red lantern for the last-place musher doesn't bother him a bit.
"A thousand miles and this is all I get?" the 42-year-old driver said as he was handed the…
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One of Canada's best-kept basketball secrets is Gary Edgar, a member of the Nuxalk First Nation who plays for Malaspina University-College. He's in his junior, or d, year at the Nanaimo college.
"He's one of the best, if not the best, point guards playing college basketball in the country," said no less an authority than Jay Triano. The long-time Canadian national…
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One of Canada's best-kept basketball secrets is Gary Edgar, a member of the Nuxalk First Nation who plays for Malaspina University-College. He's in his junior, or d, year at the Nanaimo college.
"He's one of the best, if not the best, point guards playing college basketball in the country," said no less an authority than Jay Triano. The long-time Canadian national…
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Review
Common Sacred Ground
By Don Pullen
Blue Note/EMI, 1996
Get ready to embark on an unparalleled cross-cultural musical journey that weaves its way through traditional powwow and jazz.
The renowned composer pianist, Don Pullen, and the Chief Cliff Singers from Montana's Flathead Reservation, have created a dazzling work that punctuates the…
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Review
Common Sacred Ground
By Don Pullen
Blue Note/EMI, 1996
Get ready to embark on an unparalleled cross-cultural musical journey that weaves its way through traditional powwow and jazz.
The renowned composer pianist, Don Pullen, and the Chief Cliff Singers from Montana's Flathead Reservation, have created a dazzling work that punctuates the…
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Review
Billy Taylor
Home Town Fiddler
Sunshine Records
While this 12-song cassette has its moments, Home Town Fiddler sounds pretty much like a night of friends jamming on tunes. The best song on the tape is the raucous St. Anne's Reel. It and Big John McNeel showcase an ability to handle the two-stomp.
There are hints of oddball bluegrass…
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Review
Billy Taylor
Home Town Fiddler
Sunshine Records
While this 12-song cassette has its moments, Home Town Fiddler sounds pretty much like a night of friends jamming on tunes. The best song on the tape is the raucous St. Anne's Reel. It and Big John McNeel showcase an ability to handle the two-stomp.
There are hints of oddball bluegrass…
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Review
The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge: A Lakota Odyssey
By Joe Starita
388 pages, $32.50 (hc.)
or 2 cassettes, $27.50
Putnam, New York
The book opens in a nursing home in Colorado, in the room of Guy Dull Knife, Sr., who may, the book says, "live in three different centuries." He was born in 1899, and it is his history, and the…
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Review
The Dull Knifes of Pine Ridge: A Lakota Odyssey
By Joe Starita
388 pages, $32.50 (hc.)
or 2 cassettes, $27.50
Putnam, New York
The book opens in a nursing home in Colorado, in the room of Guy Dull Knife, Sr., who may, the book says, "live in three different centuries." He was born in 1899, and it is his history, and the…
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The fourth annual First Americans In The Arts award presentations were held in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 24. The awards show, which began as a small event in the back of a "Denny's-style" restaurant, has become high profile in Hollywood. This year the event was staged at the chic Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Native American entertainment community turned out in full…
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The fourth annual First Americans In The Arts award presentations were held in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Feb. 24. The awards show, which began as a small event in the back of a "Denny's-style" restaurant, has become high profile in Hollywood. This year the event was staged at the chic Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Native American entertainment community turned out in full…