Welcome to AMMSA.COM, the news archive website for our family of Indigenous news publications.
Page 17
The place and people which serve as his inspiration are 1,700 kilometres away. But sculptor Paul Qayutinnuaq needs only to look within himself to see the images for his soapstone creations.
"It's based on memory," says Qayutinnuaq, a soft-spoken 35-year-old Inuit living in Fairview, Alta. His home in this grain-growing area of Peace Country is a world apart from Gjoa…
Page 17
The place and people which serve as his inspiration are 1,700 kilometres away. But sculptor Paul Qayutinnuaq needs only to look within himself to see the images for his soapstone creations.
"It's based on memory," says Qayutinnuaq, a soft-spoken 35-year-old Inuit living in Fairview, Alta. His home in this grain-growing area of Peace Country is a world apart from Gjoa…
Page 8
According to government statistics from 1990 show that the average yearly income in Yellowknife was $39,031; $25,881 in Rankin Inlet; $21,033 in Arctic Bay and $14,542 in Pelly Bay. Compare them to the average yearly income for the NWT in 1990: $29,340.
The short story is, affordable housing and the growing Territorial population are fast coming to a head. And solutions…
Page 8
According to government statistics from 1990 show that the average yearly income in Yellowknife was $39,031; $25,881 in Rankin Inlet; $21,033 in Arctic Bay and $14,542 in Pelly Bay. Compare them to the average yearly income for the NWT in 1990: $29,340.
The short story is, affordable housing and the growing Territorial population are fast coming to a head. And solutions…
Page 8
According to government statistics from 1990 show that the average yearly income in Yellowknife was $39,031; $25,881 in Rankin Inlet; $21,033 in Arctic Bay and $14,542 in Pelly Bay. Compare them to the average yearly income for the NWT in 1990: $29,340.
The short story is, affordable housing and the growing Territorial population are fast coming to a head. And solutions…
Page 8
According to government statistics from 1990 show that the average yearly income in Yellowknife was $39,031; $25,881 in Rankin Inlet; $21,033 in Arctic Bay and $14,542 in Pelly Bay. Compare them to the average yearly income for the NWT in 1990: $29,340.
The short story is, affordable housing and the growing Territorial population are fast coming to a head. And solutions…
Page 7
Eskasoni Chief Alison Bernard wants to give the bankrupt Gold Eagle fisheries a second chance.
Since buying the former Nova Aqua fish farm at a receivership sale in 1991, Bernard's band invested $3 million into the fishery. A series of bad management strategies forced the fishery to file for bankruptcy in February, leaving the band with a total $5 million debt.
But…
Page 7
Eskasoni Chief Alison Bernard wants to give the bankrupt Gold Eagle fisheries a second chance.
Since buying the former Nova Aqua fish farm at a receivership sale in 1991, Bernard's band invested $3 million into the fishery. A series of bad management strategies forced the fishery to file for bankruptcy in February, leaving the band with a total $5 million debt.
But…
Page 7
Eskasoni Chief Alison Bernard wants to give the bankrupt Gold Eagle fisheries a second chance.
Since buying the former Nova Aqua fish farm at a receivership sale in 1991, Bernard's band invested $3 million into the fishery. A series of bad management strategies forced the fishery to file for bankruptcy in February, leaving the band with a total $5 million debt.
But…
Page 7
Eskasoni Chief Alison Bernard wants to give the bankrupt Gold Eagle fisheries a second chance.
Since buying the former Nova Aqua fish farm at a receivership sale in 1991, Bernard's band invested $3 million into the fishery. A series of bad management strategies forced the fishery to file for bankruptcy in February, leaving the band with a total $5 million debt.
But…
Page 6
It is time to take control of Native work and move on from the past, said aboriginal artists at an international conference in Hull.
Artists from around the world came to the Museum of Civilization to take part in the first international conference of Indigenous writers, performing and visual artists. Called Beyond Survival - The Walking Dreamer Ends The Silence, the…
Page 6
It is time to take control of Native work and move on from the past, said aboriginal artists at an international conference in Hull.
Artists from around the world came to the Museum of Civilization to take part in the first international conference of Indigenous writers, performing and visual artists. Called Beyond Survival - The Walking Dreamer Ends The Silence, the…
Page 6
It is time to take control of Native work and move on from the past, said aboriginal artists at an international conference in Hull.
Artists from around the world came to the Museum of Civilization to take part in the first international conference of Indigenous writers, performing and visual artists. Called Beyond Survival - The Walking Dreamer Ends The Silence, the…
Page 6
It is time to take control of Native work and move on from the past, said aboriginal artists at an international conference in Hull.
Artists from around the world came to the Museum of Civilization to take part in the first international conference of Indigenous writers, performing and visual artists. Called Beyond Survival - The Walking Dreamer Ends The Silence, the…
Page 6
Native art should be allowed to develop along more ways than those established by traditions, says a Comanche writer.
Paul Chaat Smith was a participant in a cross-border forum on Native art and Culture, held in Thunder Bay April 23 and 24. In an interview he discussed the different paths Native art is evolving and how important it is to allow that progression to happen…