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More than thirty women took to the streets of Cold Lake in a march to end discrimination on Friday, May 21, sharing the day with National Aboriginal Day.

The march was organized by Gina Russell and Agnes Gendron. Both are members of the Cold Lake First Nations Band, and both feel discriminated against as Bill C-31 people.

"Gina and I decided to have a march. We wanted the public to know what was happening to us. Nothing has changed for us since Bill C-31," Gendron said.

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Around the province, Edmonton had one of the largest ceremonies for National Aboriginal Day, but smaller communities and even families celebrated the specially designated day in their own ways.

The Enoch First Nation hosted a golf tournament to raise money for Team Alberta athletes travelling to the Indigenous Games.

In Calgary, the city's Aboriginal awareness society organized a bannock baking competition, a Native writers' series, and a museum information session on Native artifacts. A round dance and day of prayer was also organized.

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Around the province, Edmonton had one of the largest ceremonies for National Aboriginal Day, but smaller communities and even families celebrated the specially designated day in their own ways.

The Enoch First Nation hosted a golf tournament to raise money for Team Alberta athletes travelling to the Indigenous Games.

In Calgary, the city's Aboriginal awareness society organized a bannock baking competition, a Native writers' series, and a museum information session on Native artifacts. A round dance and day of prayer was also organized.

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Around the province, Edmonton had one of the largest ceremonies for National Aboriginal Day, but smaller communities and even families celebrated the specially designated day in their own ways.

The Enoch First Nation hosted a golf tournament to raise money for Team Alberta athletes travelling to the Indigenous Games.

In Calgary, the city's Aboriginal awareness society organized a bannock baking competition, a Native writers' series, and a museum information session on Native artifacts. A round dance and day of prayer was also organized.

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Around the province, Edmonton had one of the largest ceremonies for National Aboriginal Day, but smaller communities and even families celebrated the specially designated day in their own ways.

The Enoch First Nation hosted a golf tournament to raise money for Team Alberta athletes travelling to the Indigenous Games.

In Calgary, the city's Aboriginal awareness society organized a bannock baking competition, a Native writers' series, and a museum information session on Native artifacts. A round dance and day of prayer was also organized.

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Around the province, Edmonton had one of the largest ceremonies for National Aboriginal Day, but smaller communities and even families celebrated the specially designated day in their own ways.

The Enoch First Nation hosted a golf tournament to raise money for Team Alberta athletes travelling to the Indigenous Games.

In Calgary, the city's Aboriginal awareness society organized a bannock baking competition, a Native writers' series, and a museum information session on Native artifacts. A round dance and day of prayer was also organized.

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Around the province, Edmonton had one of the largest ceremonies for National Aboriginal Day, but smaller communities and even families celebrated the specially designated day in their own ways.

The Enoch First Nation hosted a golf tournament to raise money for Team Alberta athletes travelling to the Indigenous Games.

In Calgary, the city's Aboriginal awareness society organized a bannock baking competition, a Native writers' series, and a museum information session on Native artifacts. A round dance and day of prayer was also organized.

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After the dances and songs of the National Aboriginal Day performers had ended at Canada Place in Edmonton, a smaller ceremony was held two blocks away at Edmonton's City Hall.

Numerous presenters took the podium and praised the Aboriginal people for their determination, culture and tradition, but it was the comments of University of Alberta political science professor Dr. Joyce Green that brought the importance of the day into sharp focus.

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After the dances and songs of the National Aboriginal Day performers had ended at Canada Place in Edmonton, a smaller ceremony was held two blocks away at Edmonton's City Hall.

Numerous presenters took the podium and praised the Aboriginal people for their determination, culture and tradition, but it was the comments of University of Alberta political science professor Dr. Joyce Green that brought the importance of the day into sharp focus.

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After the dances and songs of the National Aboriginal Day performers had ended at Canada Place in Edmonton, a smaller ceremony was held two blocks away at Edmonton's City Hall.

Numerous presenters took the podium and praised the Aboriginal people for their determination, culture and tradition, but it was the comments of University of Alberta political science professor Dr. Joyce Green that brought the importance of the day into sharp focus.