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The Office of Native Students Services and the School of Native Studies at the University of Alberta are joining together to host the third annual Flying Moon Round Dance on Aug. 31.

The celebration will begin at 5 p.m. on the university quad. The event is free, and is open to the public.

The round dance takes its name from the Cree word for the month of August - Ohpahowipisim - which means "flying-up moon" or "flying moon", signifying the time of year "when young birds fly away on their own."

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A unique program offered by Northern Lakes College's Grouard campus is giving students training and hands-on experience in designing and creating Native clothing.

The 10-month program teaches sewing and clothing design in a Native context.

It includes basic skill development in sewing as well as in pattern drafting and design, along with courses covering a variety of aspects of Native design.

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A unique program offered by Northern Lakes College's Grouard campus is giving students training and hands-on experience in designing and creating Native clothing.

The 10-month program teaches sewing and clothing design in a Native context.

It includes basic skill development in sewing as well as in pattern drafting and design, along with courses covering a variety of aspects of Native design.

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A University of Lethbridge student was a winner of the 1999 "Indigenous Futures 2000" international case writing competition.

Kim Gravelle is a graduate of the university's Aboriginal management certificate program, and is currently enrolled in the faculty of management's general degree program at the university. Gravelle won the award for best student submission, as well as an honorable mention in the general awards category.

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A University of Lethbridge student was a winner of the 1999 "Indigenous Futures 2000" international case writing competition.

Kim Gravelle is a graduate of the university's Aboriginal management certificate program, and is currently enrolled in the faculty of management's general degree program at the university. Gravelle won the award for best student submission, as well as an honorable mention in the general awards category.

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Yellowhead Tribal Council scored a coup July 17 when Rubin Hurricane Carter made an appearance at a YTC education conference, banquet and fund-raiser where he was the featured keynote speaker.

Carter, now the subject of a full length book, The 16th Round, and a movie entitled The Hurricane, with Denzel Washington playing the part of the former middleweight boxer, spent more than 20 years in jail for a triple murder he did not commit.

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Yellowhead Tribal Council scored a coup July 17 when Rubin Hurricane Carter made an appearance at a YTC education conference, banquet and fund-raiser where he was the featured keynote speaker.

Carter, now the subject of a full length book, The 16th Round, and a movie entitled The Hurricane, with Denzel Washington playing the part of the former middleweight boxer, spent more than 20 years in jail for a triple murder he did not commit.

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The Calgary Board of Education's new policy covering all aspects of Aboriginal education comes into effect on Sept. 1. The policy, which will focus on the "unique cultural, historical, and economic circumstances of Aboriginal people," will be phased in gradually.

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The Calgary Board of Education's new policy covering all aspects of Aboriginal education comes into effect on Sept. 1. The policy, which will focus on the "unique cultural, historical, and economic circumstances of Aboriginal people," will be phased in gradually.

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Even with a growing library of documents, Metis genealogist Geoff Burtonshaw says he can help only about three out of every four people who contact him.

The problem, he explains, is knowing where to begin to begin the search.

"You have to have a date to know where to look," he says. (Microfilmed demographic information in the Manitoba Script, for instance, fills a drawer in a file cabinet.)