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REVIEW
Children of the World
Various Artists
Group Concept Music 1994
Sub-titled A Compilation Of Some Of Native Canada's Best Music, Children of the World is also a collection of some historically important music. The tracks are selected from previously released albums and represent 30 years of contemporary Native music recording in Canada.
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Page 20
REVIEW
Children of the World
Various Artists
Group Concept Music 1994
Sub-titled A Compilation Of Some Of Native Canada's Best Music, Children of the World is also a collection of some historically important music. The tracks are selected from previously released albums and represent 30 years of contemporary Native music recording in Canada.
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Fiddles, steel guitars produce sound reminiscent of barn dances
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REVIEW
The Mighty Mohawks, Various Artists.
Independent, 1995
In the early 1960s, four musicians from Kahnawake, sporting Mohawk haircuts and string ties, hit the road with a repertoire of original country songs and cover versions of standard hits of the day. They enjoyed a measure of…
Fiddles, steel guitars produce sound reminiscent of barn dances
Page 29
REVIEW
The Mighty Mohawks, Various Artists.
Independent, 1995
In the early 1960s, four musicians from Kahnawake, sporting Mohawk haircuts and string ties, hit the road with a repertoire of original country songs and cover versions of standard hits of the day. They enjoyed a measure of…
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It was a case of necessity being the Mother of Invention.
Darrell W. Pelletier was a student teacher preparing lesson plans for his Wednesday practice teaching. He wanted to include a story for the pre-kindergarten class, and since the bulk of the children were of First Nations ancestry, he was looking for something with contemporary Aboriginal content.
Tuesday…
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In the beginning it was just a joke, and in the end, well it turned out to be a joke. Tuesday morning, Jocelyn Wasacase tells me about the Saskatchewan's Indian Federated College women's hockey team, and how I should come to the practice.
Well, I'd never skated on boy's skates before, and I had no equipment. Being the conversationalist, I continue to ask about the game…
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In the beginning it was just a joke, and in the end, well it turned out to be a joke. Tuesday morning, Jocelyn Wasacase tells me about the Saskatchewan's Indian Federated College women's hockey team, and how I should come to the practice.
Well, I'd never skated on boy's skates before, and I had no equipment. Being the conversationalist, I continue to ask about the game…
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When the Kilgours want to stage a family reunion, all they have to do is show up at a Buffalo Bandits' lacrosse game.
Brothers Rich, Darris and Travis Kilgour, who have spent a good chunk of their playing careers in Canada, are this season all on the roster of the Bandits, the professional squad which competes in the Major Indoor Lacrosses League. Besides Buffalo, other…
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When the Kilgours want to stage a family reunion, all they have to do is show up at a Buffalo Bandits' lacrosse game.
Brothers Rich, Darris and Travis Kilgour, who have spent a good chunk of their playing careers in Canada, are this season all on the roster of the Bandits, the professional squad which competes in the Major Indoor Lacrosses League. Besides Buffalo, other…
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Quentin Pipestem has truly outdone himself. Well, at lest he's outdone his opposition. In just four years of competition, the Calgary resident, originally from the Tsuu Tina First Nation on the outskirts of that city, has won the Fifth Annual World Hoop Dance Championship for the third time. A mere three-point spread (242-239) he managed to best his nearest competitor, Derrick…
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Quentin Pipestem has truly outdone himself. Well, at lest he's outdone his opposition. In just four years of competition, the Calgary resident, originally from the Tsuu Tina First Nation on the outskirts of that city, has won the Fifth Annual World Hoop Dance Championship for the third time. A mere three-point spread (242-239) he managed to best his nearest competitor, Derrick…
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Smith Atimoyoo says he just sits and talks to anyone who will listen at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. But the 80-year-old from Little Pine Reserve was the driving force behind the creation of this internationally-renown park.
Jim Herriott, Windspeaker Contributor, Saskatoon
Elder Smith Atimoyoo is known throughout the prairie provinces as a "nice guy". The mention of…
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Smith Atimoyoo says he just sits and talks to anyone who will listen at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. But the 80-year-old from Little Pine Reserve was the driving force behind the creation of this internationally-renown park.
Jim Herriott, Windspeaker Contributor, Saskatoon
Elder Smith Atimoyoo is known throughout the prairie provinces as a "nice guy". The mention of…
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Gordon Tootoosis, star of the CBC TV series North of 60, took time to give something back to the Native people of Sskatchewan by speaking to the students at eight inner city Saskatoon schools.
He hoped to show the young Native children that even "a Cree from Poundmaker" can achieve whatever he desires, if he is willing to work for it and willing to believe in himself.…
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Gordon Tootoosis, star of the CBC TV series North of 60, took time to give something back to the Native people of Sskatchewan by speaking to the students at eight inner city Saskatoon schools.
He hoped to show the young Native children that even "a Cree from Poundmaker" can achieve whatever he desires, if he is willing to work for it and willing to believe in himself.…