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Participants are once again being sought for a celebrity golf tournament that will raise funds for a proposed Aboriginal hockey academy in Alberta.
The fourth annual tournament will be staged on Aug. 11 at the Heritage Pointe Golf Club in De Winton, located just south of Calgary.
Some of the proceeds from the event will go to Greater Strides Hockey Academy Foundation. Former…
For the second time in three years Dwight King and Jordan Nolan managed
to capture hockey's most prestigious trophy. King, a Metis from Meadow
Lake, Sask., and Nolan, an Ojibwe from Ontario's Garden River First
Nation, are members of the Los Angeles Kings.
The Kings captured
the Stanley Cup on home ice on June 13, with a 3-2 double overtime
victory over the…
On Friday, June 13th the Los Angeles Kings defeated the New York Rangers in double overtime to win their second Stanley Cup in three years.
The team ended their longest ever playoff game with a goal from Alec Martinez with 5:17 left in the second overtime period.
For the second time in three years Dwight King and Jordan Nolan managed to capture hockey's most prestigious trophy…
Release: Assembly of First Nations Acknowledges 6th Anniversary of Parliament's Apology for Indian Residential Schools, Urges Full Implementation of Settlement Agreement & Concrete Steps Toward Real Reconciliation
Ottawa - Tomorrow will mark six years since Parliament offered an apology to former students of Indian residential schools and their families, and the…
“The thing about angry mobs is sometimes they're right."
That was a tweet from Stephen Lautens, recovering lawyer, smartass and occasional columnist, from way back in March 1, 2013. It was a reaction to #tomflanagan and his public comments about child porn. ‘member Tom? Well, he was back in the news this month with his new book “Persona Non Grata: The Death of Free Speech in the Internet…
#ATLEORESIGNS: As one might expect, the Twitter comments about the Shawn Atleo resignation May 2 were as polarized as the reaction to the former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations himself. Kelly Lindsay, President & CEO of the Aboriginal Human Resource Council, called Atleo “an unwavering champion & friend of Indigenous Peoples, inclusion & education” while other…
#FNCFNEA: Regional Chief Bill Traverse directed the F-bomb at an APTN reporter when he asked about the unofficial gathering of the AFN’s Confederacy of Nations. It was hastily assembled for the first time in 10 years (behind closed doors) in response to Bill C-33 and Shawn Atleo’s resignation from the top job at the AFN. Sto:lo Grand Chief Doug Kelly called some grassroots people he engaged…
From June 19 to June 21, Victoria, B.C. will host the 2014 Aboriginal Cultural Festival, highlighting and celebrating the region’s rich Indigenous culture through storytelling, artisans, dance, song and food. The three-day festival will take place on both the outdoor grounds and the second floor mezzanine of the Royal BC Museum and around Victoria’s Inner Harbour.
The festival will…
Celebrated Samoan dance artist Lemi Ponifasio from New Zealand is bringing Stones In Her Mouth with 10 Maori women to the Luminato Festival, June 12 to June14 at the MacMillan Theatre in Toronto.
Stones In Her Mouth tells, in dance and song, stories of oppression, abuse of power and of a changing world. Through oratory, choral-work and dance, Stones In Her Mouth gives voice to…
A new film called MAÏNA, starring Roseanne Supernault, Graham Greene, Ipellie Ootoova, Natar Ungalaaq and Tantoo Cardinal, will be screened across the country in June for National Aboriginal History Month. The movie takes place in the time before contact with Europeans and “introduces us to two fascinating civilizations that founded America,” reads a press statement.
“In the aftermath…
Ebb and Flow First Nation evacuees return home
With $8.7 million from the federal government for 29 new homes and primary road work on Ebb and Flow First Nation, which was completed in April, all remaining 2011 Manitoba evacuees from that First Nation will be returning home. As of early May, there were 51 long-term evacuees from Ebb and Flow First Nation.
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A project aimed at helping First Nations people navigate the health care system in order to receive appropriate and timely treatment for cancer has received funding.
The collaborative venture with three leads is seeking to determine what the needs are in First Nations communities on reserve and in rural and remote locations in Alberta. Dr. Angeline Letendre, Alberta Health Services,…
It is unlikely that anybody could have predicted the ending to the girls’ gold-medal contest at this year’s National Aboriginal Hockey Championships.
Saskatchewan and Ontario were deadlocked at 3-3 in the late stages of the match, which was held on May 3 in Kahnawake, Que.
Saskatchewan’s chances did not look good when the team was assessed a penalty with just 98 seconds left in…
Indigenous people in Toronto may face premature death
Researchers at Anishnawbe Health Toronto found the city’s Aboriginal population that visited Indigenous health centres in Toronto between 2008 and 2010 died much younger than other city residents. According to the study, the average age of death for those residents was 37 years old. Toronto Public Health says the…
Begay Suffers Heart Attack
Notah Begay III, a former PGA Tour player who now works as a TV golf analyst, is expected to make a full recovery following a late April heart attack. Begay, 41, is a full blooded Native American who was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has Navajo, San Felipe and Isleta ancestry.
Begay, who won six pro events, including four on the…