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Dear Editor:
Re: Sweetgrass burning ban
I was interested to read in your publication that the authorities in charge of Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Institution have apparently banned sweetgrass burning in smudging ceremonies, but continue to allow incense burning…
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Dear Editor:
Re: Sweetgrass burning ban
I was interested to read in your publication that the authorities in charge of Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Institution have apparently banned sweetgrass burning in smudging ceremonies, but continue to allow incense burning…
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Blue Quills First Nations College hosted a week-long cultural camp designed for youth and families to learn and follow the traditional teachings of love, honesty, sharing and determination.
The objectives of the camp were to bring generations together to celebrate the spirit…
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"Since I have been incarcerated," wrote an Aboriginal inmate in a letter to Wawatay News in November 1997, "I participated in sacred ceremonies such as the sweatlodge, which is a very meaningful experience for me. I felt the healing power of this ceremony which left a great…
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Established in 1996, the White Buffalo Youth Inhalant Treatment Centre in northern Saskatchewan is a nationally recognized residential facility that treats youth who have addictions to solvents.
Located on Sturgeon Lake First Nation, the centre is open to youth 12 to 17…
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Established in 1996, the White Buffalo Youth Inhalant Treatment Centre is a nationally recognized residential facility that treats youth who have addictions to solvents. Located on Sturgeon Lake First Nation, the centre is open to youth 12 to 17 from across Canada who come to take…
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Winnipeg's Children of the Earth High School is now into its third year of operation and, as with any new school, is still experiencing growing pains.
With a population of 250 students in Grades 9 through12, the challenges are obvious. The concept of an Aboriginal survival…
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Furious Blackfeet Indians stormed out of the Provincial Museum of Alberta Wednesday vowing to return with their lawyers after a brief struggle with security guards over sacred Indian bundles brought recently from a Montana collector.
During an unplanned ceremony to "smudge"…
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For First Nations with small population and remote locations, cultural renewal can be challenging. However, a small Native community nestled on Western Manitoulin has reached out to larger reserves for help in bringing the traditions home.
Zhiibaahaasing First Nation,…
Self-described settler ally Trina Cooper-Bolam found a world of difference between Western and Indigenous practices of commemoration.
Bolam worked with residential school commemoration projects funded through the Indian Residential…
Dennis Whitford is hoping to provide both a "spiritual (and) physical type of growth" to the 20 or so youngsters who take traditional dance instruction from him.
The boys and girls in his class range in age from five to 15 years old and meet once a week in McLennan, located about 30 km…
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Dennis Whitford is hoping to provide both a "spiritual (and) physical type of growth" to the 20 or so youngsters who take traditional dance instruction from him.
The boys and girls in his class range in age from five to 15 years old and meet once a week in McLennan, located…
Dennis Whitford is hoping to provide both a "spiritual (and) physical type of growth" to the 20 or so youngsters who take traditional dance instruction from him.
The boys and girls in his class range in age from five to 15 years old and meet once a week in McLennan, located about 30 km…
Caption: Elder Vinnia Vanoverdyck (left) stands with Suzanne Dzus, ccordinator for the Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women.
Annual Valentine’s march honours murdered, missing women
Beating ceremonial drums, singing a traditional west coast women’s warrior…
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The man that helped end the Gustafsen Lake standoff wants no publicity. In his opinion, publicity and power politics are what led to the protracted tensions between the police and the people in the Sundance camp.
"He doesn't want a big name for himself, or to be known," said…