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A grade 9 teacher wants his students to learn their lessons from a Native perspective.

Dale Trudgeon's charges are in the Integrated Occupational Program at Fort Saskatchewan Junior High School, just north-east of Edmonton. He wants to develop

his own curriculum, combining history, geography and economic development, which will examine the effects of those three areas of Canada's aboriginals.

"A new approach to an old curriculum," Trudgeon explains.

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A grade 9 teacher wants his students to learn their lessons from a Native perspective.

Dale Trudgeon's charges are in the Integrated Occupational Program at Fort Saskatchewan Junior High School, just north-east of Edmonton. He wants to develop

his own curriculum, combining history, geography and economic development, which will examine the effects of those three areas of Canada's aboriginals.

"A new approach to an old curriculum," Trudgeon explains.

Page 8

A grade 9 teacher wants his students to learn their lessons from a Native perspective.

Dale Trudgeon's charges are in the Integrated Occupational Program at Fort Saskatchewan Junior High School, just north-east of Edmonton. He wants to develop

his own curriculum, combining history, geography and economic development, which will examine the effects of those three areas of Canada's aboriginals.

"A new approach to an old curriculum," Trudgeon explains.

Page 8

A grade 9 teacher wants his students to learn their lessons from a Native perspective.

Dale Trudgeon's charges are in the Integrated Occupational Program at Fort Saskatchewan Junior High School, just north-east of Edmonton. He wants to develop

his own curriculum, combining history, geography and economic development, which will examine the effects of those three areas of Canada's aboriginals.

"A new approach to an old curriculum," Trudgeon explains.

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According to an elder's prophecy, the young people will come to teach the old.

So Travis Dugas, is learning as much as he can about his culture, which he in turn shares with people during his travels.

"When we as a people looked away from our culture, we looked away from ourselves," Dugas says. "When I learn more about the culture, I learned more about myself."

He's just returned from a trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he made

two presentations on self-growth through Native culture at the National 1992 Indian

Page 7

According to an elder's prophecy, the young people will come to teach the old.

So Travis Dugas, is learning as much as he can about his culture, which he in turn shares with people during his travels.

"When we as a people looked away from our culture, we looked away from ourselves," Dugas says. "When I learn more about the culture, I learned more about myself."

He's just returned from a trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he made

two presentations on self-growth through Native culture at the National 1992 Indian

Page 7

According to an elder's prophecy, the young people will come to teach the old.

So Travis Dugas, is learning as much as he can about his culture, which he in turn shares with people during his travels.

"When we as a people looked away from our culture, we looked away from ourselves," Dugas says. "When I learn more about the culture, I learned more about myself."

He's just returned from a trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he made

two presentations on self-growth through Native culture at the National 1992 Indian

Page 7

According to an elder's prophecy, the young people will come to teach the old.

So Travis Dugas, is learning as much as he can about his culture, which he in turn shares with people during his travels.

"When we as a people looked away from our culture, we looked away from ourselves," Dugas says. "When I learn more about the culture, I learned more about myself."

He's just returned from a trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he made

two presentations on self-growth through Native culture at the National 1992 Indian

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Tansi, ahnee and hello. The season of cheer is upon us. The signs are everywhere. Crowds of people hovering around cash registers, the neon glow of Christmas lights, party notices in the mail and the feeling that comes with this emotional territory; that everything is going to be all right.

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Tansi, ahnee and hello. The season of cheer is upon us. The signs are everywhere. Crowds of people hovering around cash registers, the neon glow of Christmas lights, party notices in the mail and the feeling that comes with this emotional territory; that everything is going to be all right.