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A guided walk into the Oldman River Valley is a way to learn the history and traditional way of life of the Peigan people, members of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
Jordie Provost, a member of the Peigan Nation, was an interpretive guide at the Piikani Lodge Interpretive Centre in Brocket last year. The centre, an impressive log building on Highway 3, is located just shy of an hour's drive east of Lethbridge in southwestern Alberta.
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A guided walk into the Oldman River Valley is a way to learn the history and traditional way of life of the Peigan people, members of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
Jordie Provost, a member of the Peigan Nation, was an interpretive guide at the Piikani Lodge Interpretive Centre in Brocket last year. The centre, an impressive log building on Highway 3, is located just shy of an hour's drive east of Lethbridge in southwestern Alberta.
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Would you like to see wood bison? Award-winning wood bison that is. Alberta's Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is home to the Beaver Creek Wood Bison Ranch where more than 300 wood bison will graze and roam this summer.
About 40 kilometres north of the region's centre, Fort McMurray, the ranch is a joint venture between Syncrude Canada Ltd., the world's largest producer of light-sweet crude oil, and the Fort McKay First Nation.
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Would you like to see wood bison? Award-winning wood bison that is. Alberta's Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo is home to the Beaver Creek Wood Bison Ranch where more than 300 wood bison will graze and roam this summer.
About 40 kilometres north of the region's centre, Fort McMurray, the ranch is a joint venture between Syncrude Canada Ltd., the world's largest producer of light-sweet crude oil, and the Fort McKay First Nation.
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A group of civilian and military officials visited Calgary recently to explain the Canadian Armed Forces' drive to recruit minorities. Lieutenant Michele Tremblay, a Mohawk currently serving as the Diversity Staff Officer at CFB Borden, said the military's goal is to have 3.5 per cent of its ranks composed of First Nations people.
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A group of civilian and military officials visited Calgary recently to explain the Canadian Armed Forces' drive to recruit minorities. Lieutenant Michele Tremblay, a Mohawk currently serving as the Diversity Staff Officer at CFB Borden, said the military's goal is to have 3.5 per cent of its ranks composed of First Nations people.
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Education advisor passes away
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Education advisor passes away
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Education advisor passes away
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When original host Graham Greene called in sick to the 1997 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, there were no regrets when Tom Jackson stepped into a role that he's practically made his own. Backed by another magnificent John Kim Bell set and surrounded by the cream of Canada's Aboriginal communities, Jackson and his co-hosts from North of 60, Tina Keeper and Gordon Tootoosis, were joined by Dances With Wolves' star Tantoo Cardinal.