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The 18th annual Tsuu T'ina Nation Rodeo was a scorcher and not just because of mid-day temperatures around 30 C and clear skies. For four days at the end of July, Canada's largest Aboriginal rodeo hosted cowboys from places as far away as Arizona and the competition was as hot as the weather.

Away from the dusty rodeo ground, in the shade of the main arbor was a four-day powwow which, like the rodeo, drew participants from a wide area, and turned the Redwood Fair Grounds into a vast campground and a sea of color.

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A handful of Native Canadian performers will be heading to Germany this fall, representing Canada at Worldwide Music Expo (WOMEX) 2000 in Berlin Oct. 19 to 22. The international music expo is the world's largest event dedicated to world, roots, folk, ethnic, traditional and local music.

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Two of Canada's leading theatre directors are using their Aboriginal perspective to reshape modern arts and dance with the production of Bones: An Aboriginal Dance Opera.

A workshop production, or a bare bones Bones, was presented at the Margaret Greenham Theatre on July 7 and 9 during the Banff Arts Festival. A full-scale production of the opera will premiere at the 2001 Banff Arts Festival

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Paddling Her Own Canoe-The Times and Texts of E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake will be a welcome addition to the libraries of Native and Canadian history aficionados and to women's studies courses in universities. Published by the University of Toronto Press in June, the heavily referenced book-a third of its 331 pages comprise the appendix, bibliography and index-is, despite its scholarly approach, immensely readable for an educated general audience.

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Chances are you've seen Joyce McNeal dozens of times but never knew it. Whether it's doubling for actors like Stephanie Powers, Faye Dunaway or Tantoo Cardinal, this stuntwoman can do it all-and for McNeal, being thrown down a flight of stairs or left dangling from a helicopter is just another day on the job.

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With more involvement by Aboriginal people in the direction and operation of the Lac Ste. Anne pilgrimage, the annual trek to the healing waters in central Alberta, located near the rural community of Alberta Beach, has been reshaped to accommodate the ever increasing number of Native visitors.

With more than 40,000 people attending the pilgrimage annually, this year the event, held from July 22 through to July 27, celebrated a new partnership between the Aboriginal people and the Missionary Oblates of Grandin Province.

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On an eight-week tour sponsored by Indian Affairs and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) members of the Saskatchewan First Nations Veterans Association (SFNVA) have been meeting with veterans from across the province.

Stopping at every powwow and First Nation event that could be crammed into a busy summer itinerary, representatives of SFNVA have been spreading an urgent message to all Saskatchewan First Nations and tribal councils.

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After an almost seven-year estrangement, the Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations have rejoined the Assembly of First Nations.

A political accord was signed and celebrated during a ceremony at the Ermineskin Cree Nation powwow on Aug. 6 near Hobbema, Alta. Newly elected AFN Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come was in attendance.

As the chiefs signed the accord, a confederacy staff member told Windspeaker that the new national chief's bottom line position on the nature of the relationship between First Nations and Canada was the deciding factor.

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When Tom Cruise, Robbie Robertson, and Lennox Lewis are in Toronto and have a hankering for Bison steak they know exactly where to get their fix.

The Eureka Continuum, located in Toronto's westend, serves up delicious dishes of Native fusion fare. The specialty restaurant has been receiving excellent reviews since its doors opened last January.

"Robbie Robertson was ecstatic about it because we serve smoked caribou, bison, and bannock," said Duke Redbird, co-owner. "We've had lots of celebrities dine with us."

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A design created by artist Wade Stephen Baker is featured on the newest coin in the Royal Canadian Mint's Millennium coin series.

The design, entitled "The Ties That Bind," is featured on the August 2000 quarter, officially launched by the mint Aug. 1 at the Squamish Nation Recreation Centre.

The coin features a circular double wolf design, with the two wolves coming face-to-face and tails touching.