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Hockey schools can offer young skaters a lot of important pointers on the ice, but often the off-ice activities aren't as rewarding. Transportation to and from the arena or back to a hotel, on a bus, off a bus, and back on a bus again can make a multi-day hockey school seem like a grueling experience.

That's what Reg Cardinal and Irwin "Dino" Letendre thought also. So the two Alexis First Nation men decided to put on a hockey school where the teaching off the ice was just as important - and probably more important - than the drills taught on the ice.

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The interest in the Cree Language Instructor Training Program at Maskwachees Cultural College in Hobbema is an indication of the popularity of education mixed with Aboriginal teachings. The program draws students from across Alberta and Saskatchewan to learn basic teaching to full term lesson planning.

More Cree language teachers could come in handy in the upcoming years as more and more, there is a cross-over between main stream learning and traditional teachings.

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Colleges and technical institutes across Canada are offering more services for Aboriginal students. Grant MacEwan Community College and NAIT in Edmonton are no exception.

Jane Woodward, chair of Native Communications and Co-ordinator of the Aboriginal Education Centre at Grant MacEwan Community College, said the education centre is intended for first time students to meet with a peer group.

"The provided meeting place is the most popular with Native students," said Woodward.

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Colleges and technical institutes across Canada are offering more services for Aboriginal students. Grant MacEwan Community College and NAIT in Edmonton are no exception.

Jane Woodward, chair of Native Communications and Co-ordinator of the Aboriginal Education Centre at Grant MacEwan Community College, said the education centre is intended for first time students to meet with a peer group.

"The provided meeting place is the most popular with Native students," said Woodward.

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Colleges and technical institutes across Canada are offering more services for Aboriginal students. Grant MacEwan Community College and NAIT in Edmonton are no exception.

Jane Woodward, chair of Native Communications and Co-ordinator of the Aboriginal Education Centre at Grant MacEwan Community College, said the education centre is intended for first time students to meet with a peer group.

"The provided meeting place is the most popular with Native students," said Woodward.

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The Bearspaw Nation, one of the three Stoney Nations located southwest of Calgary, opened their new $4.5 million school on Aug. 20.

The Chief Bearspaw Memorial School is the result of years of persistent effort by the community and its leaders

In 1988, former councillors John Lefthand Jr. and Rex Daniels struggled to convince Indian Affairs of the need for a new school in the community to replace the existing facility.

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Vocational level courses can often be the foot-in-the-door that students need to enter universities. In Edmonton, both the Alberta Volcational College and the University of Alberta are working to make education and training more accessible to Aboriginal students.

Academic upgrading and career training are available at Edmonton's Alberta Vocational College.

"Upgrading is from Grades zero to 12 with graduates not necessarily completing high school," explained Brenda Rylands, Aboriginal student liaison for the college.

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Joseph Yellowhorn hopes that a $1.5 million health facility being built on the Peigan reserve, 90 km east of Lethbridge, will be more than a place for his people to receive excellent medical attention.

He would like medical attention to come from Native physicians and dentists.

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Joseph Yellowhorn hopes that a $1.5 million health facility being built on the Peigan reserve, 90 km east of Lethbridge, will be more than a place for his people to receive excellent medical attention.

He would like medical attention to come from Native physicians and dentists.

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Joseph Yellowhorn hopes that a $1.5 million health facility being built on the Peigan reserve, 90 km east of Lethbridge, will be more than a place for his people to receive excellent medical attention.

He would like medical attention to come from Native physicians and dentists.