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She stares straight ahead with complex eyes, her face and hair and clothes a mixture of textures and colors that compel the viewer to look deeper.

Yet, this year's first place painting in Peace Hills Trust's 19th annual Native art show award ceremony is not so much about the woman's portrait that dominates the canvas as the small stick-man dancers that swirl around her head.

"The story is not the lady herself," said Keith Nolan, a Missanabie Cree raised in Ontario but living in Edmonton for the past 16 years. "It's the dancers. It's what she's thinking."

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She stares straight ahead with complex eyes, her face and hair and clothes a mixture of textures and colors that compel the viewer to look deeper.

Yet, this year's first place painting in Peace Hills Trust's 19th annual Native art show award ceremony is not so much about the woman's portrait that dominates the canvas as the small stick-man dancers that swirl around her head.

"The story is not the lady herself," said Keith Nolan, a Missanabie Cree raised in Ontario but living in Edmonton for the past 16 years. "It's the dancers. It's what she's thinking."

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An Edmonton police officer has received the first Social Justice Award of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW). On Oct. 19, Detective Freeman Taylor was recognized for bringing justice in the long-outstanding murder case of an Aboriginal woman.

Joyce Cardinal was brutally assaulted the night of Nov. 27, 1993, said Gerry Shimko, deputy chief of the Edmonton Police Service.

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An Edmonton police officer has received the first Social Justice Award of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW). On Oct. 19, Detective Freeman Taylor was recognized for bringing justice in the long-outstanding murder case of an Aboriginal woman.

Joyce Cardinal was brutally assaulted the night of Nov. 27, 1993, said Gerry Shimko, deputy chief of the Edmonton Police Service.

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An Edmonton police officer has received the first Social Justice Award of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW). On Oct. 19, Detective Freeman Taylor was recognized for bringing justice in the long-outstanding murder case of an Aboriginal woman.

Joyce Cardinal was brutally assaulted the night of Nov. 27, 1993, said Gerry Shimko, deputy chief of the Edmonton Police Service.

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An Edmonton police officer has received the first Social Justice Award of the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women (IAAW). On Oct. 19, Detective Freeman Taylor was recognized for bringing justice in the long-outstanding murder case of an Aboriginal woman.

Joyce Cardinal was brutally assaulted the night of Nov. 27, 1993, said Gerry Shimko, deputy chief of the Edmonton Police Service.

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Dreamcatcher Aboriginal Youth Conference 2001 caused excitement within Grant MacEwan College's walls Oct. 12 through 14. Youth from across the country were entertained, educated and illuminated for three days, which seemed just too short.

The Child and Youth Care program of the college hosted the conference. This year's theme was Responsibility: Self, Family, Community.

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Dreamcatcher Aboriginal Youth Conference 2001 caused excitement within Grant MacEwan College's walls Oct. 12 through 14. Youth from across the country were entertained, educated and illuminated for three days, which seemed just too short.

The Child and Youth Care program of the college hosted the conference. This year's theme was Responsibility: Self, Family, Community.

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Dreamcatcher Aboriginal Youth Conference 2001 caused excitement within Grant MacEwan College's walls Oct. 12 through 14. Youth from across the country were entertained, educated and illuminated for three days, which seemed just too short.

The Child and Youth Care program of the college hosted the conference. This year's theme was Responsibility: Self, Family, Community.

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Dreamcatcher Aboriginal Youth Conference 2001 caused excitement within Grant MacEwan College's walls Oct. 12 through 14. Youth from across the country were entertained, educated and illuminated for three days, which seemed just too short.

The Child and Youth Care program of the college hosted the conference. This year's theme was Responsibility: Self, Family, Community.