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Dear Editor:

On Oct. 11, I was escorted by two non-Native officers of the Correctional Service of Canada to visit with my dying sister in Edmonton. Though the temporary absence was granted for "compassionate" reasons, the treatment that my family was subjected to was totally in conflict with anything humane or compassionate. It was an insult to the Native concept of family.

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Dear Editor:

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Dear Editor:

Re: The presentation of headdresses and naming ceremonies for non-Natives.

I believe the time has come for me to speak to this issue that I see as becoming an Aboriginal tradition.

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The three-year long trial regarding the involvement of the federal government and United Church of Canada in abuses of Native children at the Alberni Indian Residential School is finally winding down.

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It started with a group of professionals talking about their inner city roots and what they had to offer kids in the core of Regina that could help show them the way. They made it to the boardrooms of corporate Saskatchewan themselves. Time to pay back. But how?

Basil Quewezance, Kinsmen Club president and marketing supervisor at SaskEnergy, says they started thinking about an Aboriginal service club about two years ago.

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Sparked into action by derogatory remarks expressed by rock music mogul Bruce Allen on a Vancouver radio station, a group called One Voice Has Power has vowed to keep diligent vigil on all forms media.

After Allen's Aug. 3 on-air rant, the group, spearheaded by Kat Norris, began a information blitz calling for community action by way of a demonstration in front of the offices of CFOX.

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Five students from Wabaseemoong School in the semi-isolated community of Wabaseemoong northwest of Kenora, Ont. qualified at a provincial chess competition in October to represent Northern Ontario in a tournament against the United States next April in Thunder Bay.

Ten-year-old Kirk Cameron also won the provincial championship in his age group and has qualified to represent Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian Championship in New Brunswick in July.

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More than 1,000 elementary students from northern communities in Saskatchewan are getting an opportunity to express themselves through song, and will receive a CD recording of their efforts as a permanent reminder of their achievements.

The students are taking part in the "Our Very Own Songs" project, initiated by Metis singer and songwriter Don Freed, and being run in co-operation with Saskatchewan Education and the Ile-a-la-Crosse School Division, which is representing school divisions and First Nations in 29 communities.

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The Ojibway and Cree Cultural Centre celebrated its 25th anniversary on Oct. 25 basking in the encouraging words of a host of dignitaries and old friends.

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As I sat in a little cafe just past the security gates at Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ont., I pondered the activities of the last few days. I had just spent the better part of them at the National Aboriginal Information Technologies Conference held at the Blue Mountain Resort (www.bluemountain.ca) just west of Collingwood, Oct. 20 to 22.