A collection of Metis, Cree, Blackfoot, Nakota and Iroquois artifacts will soon have a new home at the Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) after spending a century-and-a half in a Scottish castle.
James Carnegie, the ninth Earl of Southesk, collected the historical artifacts during a visit to western Canada in the mid-1800s. The items were stored away in a trunk in the attic of Kinnaird Castle, the earl's home, for close to 150 years.

The collection was put up for auction at Sotheby's in New York City on May 8.

A collection of Metis, Cree, Blackfoot, Nakota and Iroquois artifacts will soon have a new home at the Royal Alberta Museum (RAM) after spending a century-and-a half in a Scottish castle.
James Carnegie, the ninth Earl of Southesk, collected the historical artifacts during a visit to western Canada in the mid-1800s. The items were stored away in a trunk in the attic of Kinnaird Castle, the earl's home, for close to 150 years.

The collection was put up for auction at Sotheby's in New York City on May 8.

The Edmonton Food Bank launched its Plant a Row, Grow a Row campaign on May 17, which encourages local growers to plant and harvest root vegetables for local food banks.

Whether your garden is large or small, the food bank asks growers to add an additional row or bed or pot and plant something extra.

The Dene Tha' are going to federal court to block the giant Mackenzie Valley pipeline, a $7 billion project that will tap into gas reserves in the Beaufort Sea. The Dene Tha' are worried that the pipeline development will ruin their way of life. They will argue they were not properly consulted about the project, saying they weren't officially told about the Mackenzie Valley pipeline until January of last year. The band reports the pipeline will take a 100-metre swath of its land. It will be in court in June.

Beginning this fall, 8,100 post-secondary students from rural Alberta will be eligible to receive $1,000 each in Millennium Alberta Rural Incentive bursaries as a result of a three-year joint program between the provincial government and the Canada Millenium Scholarship Foundation. First- and second-year students who live outside of Edmonton, Calgary, St. Albert and Sherwood Park and who qualify for Alberta student aid can be considered for the bursary.

Settle the Lubicon land claim, Canada is being told by the United Nations on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in a report released in May. It's the second time the UN has asked Canada to settle the dispute. The Lubicon band of about 500 members have never signed a land claim agreement and negotiations have been on again off again since the 1970s. The most recent report also advises Canada to consult with the Native nation before granting licenses for logging or oil and gas.

A project that benefits Aboriginal students with training in interactive media, and that teaches skills required to launch high-tech careers was given a shot in the arm on May 24 with an investment of funds from Western Economic Diversification.

Alberta will be featured at the world-famous Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, DC from June 30 to July 11 and an Aboriginal singing group will be one of the star performers at the event. The first time a Canadian province has been the feature exhibit, more than 1.5 million people are expected to attend and media coverage will showcase the event to the world.

On June 20, 1946 Lawrence Steinhauer and Eunice Jackson were united in marriage at the Saddle Lake United Church by Rev. Brick Thackery. Witnesses were Hector Jackson and Evelyn Stamp (Pruden).

Lawrence served in World War II from 1939 to 1945. After the many harships he went through, which many of us will never know or understand, Lawrence was given an honorable discharge and returned to Canada in November of 1945 from Europe.

Upon his return he was given a welcome celebration at the late Gus Steinhauer's and shortly after was united in marriage to Eunice.

The organizers of Dreamspeakers Film Festival announced its line-up of the 23 shows it will feature June 7 to 10 during the annual event in Edmonton. Headlining is the feature film Indian Summer: The Oka Crisis, a fictionalized account of the summer of 1990 in Oka, Que. when the largest deployment of Canadian troops since the Korean War moved into the town to dismantle blockades set up by Mohawks who were protesting plans to build a golf course on a Native burial ground.