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He didn't do it to receive recognition. But on June 12, at a reception to honor the Indigenous Law Program's first graduating class, Ray Yellowknee was presented with the Aboriginal Justice Award.
The award, established by the Indigenous law program as well as the law faculty, was created in honor of the graduating class. Yellowknee was awarded it for all the effort he…
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Welcome to Windspeaker's newest feature Coach's Corner. Once a month we will run tips for and by coaches of a variety of sports. Many of the tips are applicable in any field, inside or out, while some will be targeted to a specific sport.
Our first feature is on getting kids to play a sport - any sport - with all the gusto they are capable of.
Motivating by…
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Welcome to Windspeaker's newest feature Coach's Corner. Once a month we will run tips for and by coaches of a variety of sports. Many of the tips are applicable in any field, inside or out, while some will be targeted to a specific sport.
Our first feature is on getting kids to play a sport - any sport - with all the gusto they are capable of.
Motivating by…
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The sound of a drum throbs like a heartbeat through the cold walls of the Saskatchewan Penitentiary.
And as the voices of 10 inmates are raised in song, their message is carried to youth on the outside - keep straight, stay on the right path. But how is the message of the Broken Wing Singers carried outside these stone walls?
Through an innovative project which…
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The sound of a drum throbs like a heartbeat through the cold walls of the Saskatchewan Penitentiary.
And as the voices of 10 inmates are raised in song, their message is carried to youth on the outside - keep straight, stay on the right path. But how is the message of the Broken Wing Singers carried outside these stone walls?
Through an innovative project which…
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Many of the methods currently used to discipline and control the behaviour of disruptive students may prove ineffective when dealing with Native students, say experts.
Rather than curbing the offending behaviour, expulsions and suspensions may inadvertently reward students with time away from a school environment that often seems both unaware of and indifferent to Native…
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Many of the methods currently used to discipline and control the behaviour of disruptive students may prove ineffective when dealing with Native students, say experts.
Rather than curbing the offending behaviour, expulsions and suspensions may inadvertently reward students with time away from a school environment that often seems both unaware of and indifferent to Native…
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The Sechelt Indian Band is taking both the province of British Columbia and the federal government to court over a continuing land claim struggle.
Chief Garry Feschuk confirmed the court action June 7 after the band filed a writ of summons against both levels of government in B.C. Supreme Court at the beginning of June.
Feschuk said the band is taking the court…
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The Sechelt Indian Band is taking both the province of British Columbia and the federal government to court over a continuing land claim struggle.
Chief Garry Feschuk confirmed the court action June 7 after the band filed a writ of summons against both levels of government in B.C. Supreme Court at the beginning of June.
Feschuk said the band is taking the court…
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During the cool hours of a prairie dawn, land for a healing lodge for women was recently blessed by Elders, marking the first step in an historic move towards meetings the needs of Aboriginal women prisoners.
Elders of Nekaneet Band gathered for the sunrise ceremony at Cypress Hills
June 8 to prepare the land for the construction of a healing lodge for federally-…
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As the dissolution of the Department of Indian Affairs looms on the political horizon, heating the prospects of self-government Elders in Alberta are calling for reforms to the provincial Indian Association.
Restructure, dissolve or stay the same. Those are the three options brought forward to the Indian Association of Alberta by Elders during a recent gathering at…
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It was a land set aside for the use and enjoyment of the Tsilhqot'in - 250 miles by 300 miles of land in the valley of the Chilcotin River - back when the Canadian Pacific Railway first came to B.C. back when there was trust in the federal government.
Today it is the site of logging, ranching, fishing resorts and private residences, and the area over which the chiefs of…
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There are more ways to further your education than going to university.
Since its beginnings in 1976, the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies has graduated more than 1,000 students in non-credit and preparatory courses and an additional 600 have earned diplomas and certificates in credit programs.
A 1991 expansion occurred when the institute entered into…
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In the 1960's and 70's, Alex Janvier achieved notoriety by signing his paintings with his treaty number 287.
In 1965, while under contract with the department of Indian Affairs, he was labelled a rebel and had his contract torn up.
In 1977, he accused the National Indian Arts and Crafts Corporation of trying to "hamburger Native arts and then serve it to 20…
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Until Canada can provide a quality of life for Native people which matches that of non-Native people, Canadians should be more modest about this country's achievements in human rights, said Canadian Human Rights Commissioner Max Yalden.
Canada is regarded as a country where human rights are given tremendous protection, but Aboriginal people have been left out, Yalden said…