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Vinnia van Overdyk could ask for no better endorsement than that which she gets from her children, both flesh and blood and foster children.

For close to 30 years van Overdyk and her late husband John have opened the doors of their Calgary home to children needing love, attention and structure.

"My kids used to bring kids home that weren't getting along at (their own) homes. They found our home stabilized them, then they would contact their parents," explained van Overdyk. "When their parents found out they were safe, they left them where they were."

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It's about a six-and-a-half hour drive from Siksika First Nation near Calgary to Regina. Sixteen-year-old Robin Big Snake made the drive with his father, Carlin, in mid-August to his second Western Hockey League training camp with the Regina Pats. Now, it looks like Regina will be Big Snake's home for the rest of the hockey season.

After attending his first WHL camp with the Pats as a 15-year-old last season, Big Snake made an impression on the organization's brass. They listed him and he returned home to Siksika.

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It's about a six-and-a-half hour drive from Siksika First Nation near Calgary to Regina. Sixteen-year-old Robin Big Snake made the drive with his father, Carlin, in mid-August to his second Western Hockey League training camp with the Regina Pats. Now, it looks like Regina will be Big Snake's home for the rest of the hockey season.

After attending his first WHL camp with the Pats as a 15-year-old last season, Big Snake made an impression on the organization's brass. They listed him and he returned home to Siksika.

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Forty-seven Aboriginal students in Alberta are getting bursaries averaging more than $4,200 apiece this year to help them continue their studies in a health profession. In all, $199,000 will be awarded through the Aboriginal Health Careers Bursary, through Alberta Health and Wellness' Aboriginal Health Strategy. The announcement was made by Health and Wellness Minister Gary Mar Sept. 1.

The bursary, to be paid in November, is for tuition, books and living expenses of students in all health fields.

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It's that time of year when round dances kick in with a vengeance as if making up for lost time. While the summer season is devoted primarily to powwows and rodeos, the round dance takes hold during the winter, right up until late spring.

This year a few round dances are now already behind us. One of those occurred Oct. 6 in northeast Edmonton, when scores of people packed the Red Road Healing Society hall to pay tribute to modern-day warriors.

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It's that time of year when round dances kick in with a vengeance as if making up for lost time. While the summer season is devoted primarily to powwows and rodeos, the round dance takes hold during the winter, right up until late spring.

This year a few round dances are now already behind us. One of those occurred Oct. 6 in northeast Edmonton, when scores of people packed the Red Road Healing Society hall to pay tribute to modern-day warriors.

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Tansi!

Guess who's back in town?

Marilyn Dumont!

The writer and poet used to live in Edmonton, then moved to British Columbia, where she has been working as the director of the First Nation student centre at Simon Fraser University. From now until May 2001, she is writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta.

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Tansi!

Guess who's back in town?

Marilyn Dumont!

The writer and poet used to live in Edmonton, then moved to British Columbia, where she has been working as the director of the First Nation student centre at Simon Fraser University. From now until May 2001, she is writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta.

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The Assembly of First Nations is saying its members can't meet the Supreme Court of Canada's Nov. 20 deadline to accommodate off-reserve residents in band elections.

Canada's court of last resort struck down a section of the Indian Act in the Corbiere case last year. The court delayed the date when the decision would take effect for 18 months in order to give the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs and First Nations' councils time to come up with a non-discriminatory means of including off-reserve members in band politics.

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The Assembly of First Nations is saying its members can't meet the Supreme Court of Canada's Nov. 20 deadline to accommodate off-reserve residents in band elections.

Canada's court of last resort struck down a section of the Indian Act in the Corbiere case last year. The court delayed the date when the decision would take effect for 18 months in order to give the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs and First Nations' councils time to come up with a non-discriminatory means of including off-reserve members in band politics.