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This year marks the seventh year the Dreamcatcher youth conference will be held at Grant MacEwan Community College in Edmonton. This year's theme is "Dancing our Four Directions: All My Relations." The conference, which is hosted by the college's Child and Youth Care Program, will be held from Oct. 15 to 17.

"We are looking at having four youth representing the four directions at the conference in a youth panel," said conference assistant Carolynn Chartrand. "The presentation will have each of the youth bring life from each direction," she said.

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No child should have to go to school running on empty.

Even if they just have time to grab a chunk of bannock with milk before catching the school bus, or a quick piece of pizza with fruit juice before they strap on the rollerblades and hit the sidewalks.

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A two-day symposium in Vancouver will give museum and gallery curators, artists, and the general public a chance to explore the life and works of the late Haida artist Bill Reid.

The Legacy of Bill Reid: A Critical Enquiry will be held on Nov. 13 and 14 at the University of British Columbia's First Nations House of Learning.

Regarded as one of the most important Canadian artists of this century, Reid was known for his bronze sculptures, his Haida jewelry, his carvings, his art work, and his writings.

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Waneek Horn-Miller will, in all likelihood, fulfill a childhood dream next year.

Horn-Miller is expected to be on the Canadian women's water polo team, which has qualified to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The Canadians earned their Olympic berth by winning the gold medal at the recent Pan American Games in Winnipeg.

Women's water polo will make its Olympic debut in Sydney. And Horn-Miller, a 23-year-old Mohawk from Kahnawake, is rather keen to be part of the Canadian entry.

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The Skydome in Toronto will be the scene of the first Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards presented by Casino Rama on Dec. 2 to 5. The event will run in conjunction with the 6th annual Canadian Aboriginal Festival and Powwow. The awards will showcase and acknowledge the diverse talents of Canadian Aboriginal musicians.

"The casino hopes to provide professional opportunities for Aboriginal musicians in all aspects of the industry," said Casino Rama's vice president Ted Williams.

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On Oct. 1, Remstar Distribution of Canada will present the film Grey Owl. The movie that cost $30 million to make will be released in theatres across Canada.

"I think that the movie has a wonderful environmental message," said Remstar Distribution's executive director, Andrew Austin. "It is a great movie with great actors, a great cast and a director that delivers a fantastic message," he said.

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The HIV/AIDS epidemic is a global health problem, not something that any First Nation or tribal council can or should have to tackle alone, especially with the limited health care funding available today.

Pooling resources to deliver HIV/AIDS specific health services became the goal of the Battleford Tribal Council Health Services in 1999. A practical, hands-on outreach to the Aboriginal communities of central Saskatchewan that would bring STD expertise right onto the reserves.

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You don't hear as much about it as AIDS or cancer these days, but tuberculosis is still a major problem among Aboriginal people across Canada. Tuberculosis occurs 18 times as often in Aboriginal people as in Canadian-born, non-Aboriginal people, a 1999 Medical Services Branch (MSB) report says.

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For close to a year, the dreams and visions lingered, but the faith-keeper had no idea what they meant or what he was to do.

Finally, the meaning came. Through his visions, Joe Jacobs, 51, of Kahnawake, Que. was told that he had a message to bring to his people - a process now well underway although only the surface of the task has been scratched.

The message is aimed at raising awareness about diabetes, and it has inspired hundreds and hundreds of people.

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On Sept. 6 about 50 members of the Aboriginal community marched in the annual Labour Day parade through the streets of downtown Toronto to raise awareness about the ongoing issues surrounding the Sept. 6, 1995 shooting of protester Dudley George. While he was demonstrating at Ipperwash Provincial Park, George was shot by Acting Sgt. Kenneth Deane, a member of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP).