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  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Saskatoon

Page 11

Aboriginal enterprise needs access to funds from non-government sources if Natives are to escape from the poverty cycle, the president of the Canadian Council on Native Business said.

Establishing an Aboriginal economic development bank through the private sector is just one of eight recommendations that the council plans to present to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal…

  • D.B. Smith, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Saskatoon

Page 11

Aboriginal enterprise needs access to funds from non-government sources if Natives are to escape from the poverty cycle, the president of the Canadian Council on Native Business said.

Establishing an Aboriginal economic development bank through the private sector is just one of eight recommendations that the council plans to present to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

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Before travelling to Vancouver for the opening of a native longhouse at the University of British Columbia, Cliff Porter had never set foot on a campus or known a university student.

And while the 19-year-old from Williams Lake was more interested in kicking around a beanbag ball than in the ceremony on May 25 to open the First Nations House of Learning, he was impressed…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

Page R7

Before travelling to Vancouver for the opening of a native longhouse at the University of British Columbia, Cliff Porter had never set foot on a campus or known a university student.

And while the 19-year-old from Williams Lake was more interested in kicking around a beanbag ball than in the ceremony on May 25 to open the First Nations House of Learning, he was impressed…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

Page R7

Before travelling to Vancouver for the opening of a native longhouse at the University of British Columbia, Cliff Porter had never set foot on a campus or known a university student.

And while the 19-year-old from Williams Lake was more interested in kicking around a beanbag ball than in the ceremony on May 25 to open the First Nations House of Learning, he was impressed…

  • Susan Lazaruk, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

Page R7

Before travelling to Vancouver for the opening of a native longhouse at the University of British Columbia, Cliff Porter had never set foot on a campus or known a university student.

And while the 19-year-old from Williams Lake was more interested in kicking around a beanbag ball than in the ceremony on May 25 to open the First Nations House of Learning, he was impressed…

  • Kelly Roulette, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

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British Columbia theatre group Spirit Song's latest production "Shape Shifter" is taking Native theatre in a new, light direction.

Director Ronnie Way says he wasn't interested in doing a play with a moral, as many Native playwrights feel obliged to.

"Too many plays have a message to tell," says Way, "I just wanted to do a play that people could enjoy."

  • Kelly Roulette, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

Page R6

British Columbia theatre group Spirit Song's latest production "Shape Shifter" is taking Native theatre in a new, light direction.

Director Ronnie Way says he wasn't interested in doing a play with a moral, as many Native playwrights feel obliged to.

"Too many plays have a message to tell," says Way, "I just wanted to do a play that people could enjoy."

  • Kelly Roulette, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

Page R6

British Columbia theatre group Spirit Song's latest production "Shape Shifter" is taking Native theatre in a new, light direction.

Director Ronnie Way says he wasn't interested in doing a play with a moral, as many Native playwrights feel obliged to.

"Too many plays have a message to tell," says Way, "I just wanted to do a play that people could enjoy."

  • Kelly Roulette, Windspeaker Contributor, Vancouver

Page R6

British Columbia theatre group Spirit Song's latest production "Shape Shifter" is taking Native theatre in a new, light direction.

Director Ronnie Way says he wasn't interested in doing a play with a moral, as many Native playwrights feel obliged to.

"Too many plays have a message to tell," says Way, "I just wanted to do a play that people could enjoy."

  • Stephanie O'Hanley, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

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The appearance of non-Native traders at the Odawa Powwow has sparked a petition to make sure they don't return next year.

The Odawa Native Friendship Centre in Ottawa puts on the annual powwow. At this year's powwow, held May 28-30, 68 stands showcases aboriginal arts and crafts. But not everyone selling aboriginal crafts was Native.

Timothy and Diane Nanticoke…

  • Stephanie O'Hanley, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

Page R5

The appearance of non-Native traders at the Odawa Powwow has sparked a petition to make sure they don't return next year.

The Odawa Native Friendship Centre in Ottawa puts on the annual powwow. At this year's powwow, held May 28-30, 68 stands showcases aboriginal arts and crafts. But not everyone selling aboriginal crafts was Native.

Timothy and Diane Nanticoke…

  • Stephanie O'Hanley, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

Page R5

The appearance of non-Native traders at the Odawa Powwow has sparked a petition to make sure they don't return next year.

The Odawa Native Friendship Centre in Ottawa puts on the annual powwow. At this year's powwow, held May 28-30, 68 stands showcases aboriginal arts and crafts. But not everyone selling aboriginal crafts was Native.

Timothy and Diane Nanticoke…

  • Stephanie O'Hanley, Windspeaker Contributor, Ottawa

Page R5

The appearance of non-Native traders at the Odawa Powwow has sparked a petition to make sure they don't return next year.

The Odawa Native Friendship Centre in Ottawa puts on the annual powwow. At this year's powwow, held May 28-30, 68 stands showcases aboriginal arts and crafts. But not everyone selling aboriginal crafts was Native.

Timothy and Diane Nanticoke…

  • Dina O'Meara, Windspeaker Staff Writer, Walpole Ontario

Page R4

For the first time in the province's history, a Native midget hockey team has taken the All Ontario cup.

A jubilant Walpole Island team carried their coach Stacey Kicknosway around the Walpole Community Centre after winning game four against the Zurich Thunder Team 5-3 in a best of seven series.

And that with a rookie coach and three valuable members playing with…