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It was quite a show when the National Indian Athletic Association (NIAA) brought the game Canadian James Naismith's invented home to Canada on April 21. The men's basketball final was a blowout, but the women's final just couldn't have been any closer.

A good sized Saturday night crowd at Calgary's Crescent Heights senior high school gym was treated to some serious basketball as the NIAA annual showcase was hosted in Canada for the very first time. The two championship games capped off four days of tournament play involving 28 teams.

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A new chapter was added to literary history in Saskatchewan when internationally renowned Metis writer Maria Campbell paid a visit to elementary and high school students in Lloydminster April 25.

Jose Stone, who teaches the new Saskatchewan Grade 12 English curriculum at Holy Rosary high school commented on the general excitement and enthusiasm generated by Campbell's visit.

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A new chapter was added to literary history in Saskatchewan when internationally renowned Metis writer Maria Campbell paid a visit to elementary and high school students in Lloydminster April 25.

Jose Stone, who teaches the new Saskatchewan Grade 12 English curriculum at Holy Rosary high school commented on the general excitement and enthusiasm generated by Campbell's visit.

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It was only a few years ago when I first saw a Chilkat blanket dance. When it joined the women's procession on the ancient dirt floor of the bighouse, it almost floated above the other shawls. It wasn't creased. It didn't swing. It didn't bounce. It swayed with an amazing elegance. The thick, soft wool showed an amazing spread of colors and designs as all eyes watched its flowing, warm movements around the centre fire.

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It was only a few years ago when I first saw a Chilkat blanket dance. When it joined the women's procession on the ancient dirt floor of the bighouse, it almost floated above the other shawls. It wasn't creased. It didn't swing. It didn't bounce. It swayed with an amazing elegance. The thick, soft wool showed an amazing spread of colors and designs as all eyes watched its flowing, warm movements around the centre fire.

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Minister of Canadian Heritage, Sheila Copps, was at the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford on May 11 participating in an Aboriginal tourism round table hosted by Parks Canada and attended by Aboriginal Tourism Team Canada, the national organization representing Aboriginal tourism groups. It was there that she announced funding of $1.23 million for 22 projects under the Aboriginal component of the Museums Assistant Program (MAP).

"This funding is for specific Aboriginal projects that are occurring in our museums," Copps said.

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Dave Mannix, chairman of the National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA) believes the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) has a lot of work to do before it can say it promotes "environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and ecologically viable management of the world's forests," as its mission statement claims.

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Dave Mannix, chairman of the National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA) believes the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) has a lot of work to do before it can say it promotes "environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial and ecologically viable management of the world's forests," as its mission statement claims.

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Leann Eamer was raised by a non-Aboriginal family off the reserve, so having an opportunity to learn the language of her people seemed like an impossible dream.

"I always thought it was important to learn our own language, but so few people speak it these days I never thought I would get the chance," said Eamer.

That's why she was delighted when Rose Nadjiwon agreed to hold Ojibway lessons at the M'Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Centre in Owen Sound.

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Leann Eamer was raised by a non-Aboriginal family off the reserve, so having an opportunity to learn the language of her people seemed like an impossible dream.

"I always thought it was important to learn our own language, but so few people speak it these days I never thought I would get the chance," said Eamer.

That's why she was delighted when Rose Nadjiwon agreed to hold Ojibway lessons at the M'Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Centre in Owen Sound.