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"We are here to talk about choice," said Matthew Gladue, a Caslan School Grade 9 student, during an anti-smoking presentation to the school's Grade 5 and 6 class on Jan. 20.
"We hope that you will make the right choice for you, and not what others believe to be right," said Gladue.
The presentation to the students was made on the annual anti-smoking awareness day…
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The Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society wants to focus on the successes, rather than the pain of Aboriginal people. To that end it is planning a health conference called Up Where We Belong that will promote the success of Aboriginal people, their communities and agencies. The conference will be held at the Ramada Inn and Conference Centre on March 19 and 20. The conference is…
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Jennifer Vivier was in trouble, big trouble.
It all started about four years ago when the then 13-year-old Metis from Edmonton was living in Calgary and having difficulties with her mobility.
She couldn't walk. She fell out of bed and couldn't get up by herself. She couldn't dress herself or eat without someone else's assistance. Her sense of balance was gone,…
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The award that celebrates the memory of an accomplished Aboriginal runner will be held on May 14 at the Jasper Place Legion.
The Rita Houle award recognizes one male and one female athlete who not only display athletic ability, but who also help in the community.
The nominees from across Canada must demonstrate accomplishment in education, and the willingness to…
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A book on the history of the Callihoo family that was completed a short time ago was launched on Jan. 23 at the Musee Heritage Museum in St. Albert. The celebration of this new book attracted a full house with a number of the Callihoo family in attendance.
The book titled The Sun Traveller was written by Elizabeth Macpherson. It chronicles the history of the Callihoo…
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After 25 years in the making, the Alberta Elders Cree Dictionary is finished.
According to Dr. Earle Waugh, editor of the book, Sister Nancy LeClaire began to compile information for the dictionary more than a quarter of a century ago, and that work was recently completed by Elder George Cardinal.
LeClaire's goal was to provide the public with a chance to study a…
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On Feb. 6, Edmontonians had the opportunity to sit back, relax and enjoy the original songs and music of Canadian folk music artist Dennis Lakusta, who is Metis orginally from Edmonton, but now lives in Victoria.
Performing before a packed house at Edmonton's Full Moon Folk Club in the Riverdale Hall, Lakusta introduced the audience to a few choice cuts from his new and…
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Tina Keeper may appear to be keeping a low profile ever since North of 60 was cancelled last year, but nothing could be further from the truth.
Besides staying very active in the local Winnipeg theatre scene (she's just finished a month-long run performing in a local production), Keeper will soon be seen starring in the new television film, In the Blue Ground: A North of…
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Some of the faces that helped to establish North of 60 as one of Canada's most widely watched television series over its six year run, reunite on the screen in the upcoming In the Blue Ground: A North of 60 Movie, slated to air March 28 on CBC.
Based on the successful CBC series set in the fictional town of Lynx River, N.W.T, this two-hour television movie is something of…
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Mayor Al Duerr of Calgary has declared Jan. 27 as Family Literacy Day. In honor of Family Literacy Day, the Bow Valley College has launched its new Aboriginal Literacy and Parenting Skills Program. The program, known as A-LAPS, includes a manual that combines how-to reading exercises and how-to parent training by using Aboriginal history, stories and legends.
Laureen…
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Tansi!
Brenda Ryland from Alberta Vocational College on 108 St., Edmonton, says they are inviting people to their Feb. 27 Round Dance which, of course, is open to the public.
Happy birthday Thelma! Feb. 8, eh! Canadian Senator Thelma Chalifoux's office, in co-operation with the St. Albert Liberal Constituency and the federal Liberal Party, is organizing and hosting…
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Commentary
The inquiry into the deaths of Connie and Ty Jacobs has started, and life for everyone went on as usual, everyone except the Jacobs family. The hope of many Aboriginal people, especially for Aboriginal women, is that the results of the inquiry may lessen the chance of history repeating itself. For others the issue is where to lay the blame.
For some…
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It's Tuesday and a small group of Grade 3 girls eagerly gather in a classroom to open the teaching circle with a sweetgrass prayer. They are here to learn more about the Cree language, the legends and the values of Aboriginal people.
The group, made up of students at St. Patricks Catholic School, meet once a week in the teaching circle under the guidance of Marilyn Gladue…
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The wants and needs of pre-schoolers have always been of importance to many Aboriginal people. In light of this fact, an educational system directed at children ages three and four was developed and called Head Start.
In Edmonton, Alice Bolduc, a program co-ordinator for the Ben Calf Robe Society Mother Earth and Me Head Start Program, explained that the project, generally…
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Recommendations will be presented by the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women at the Connie and Ty Jacobs fatality inquiry. The IAAW has gained standing at the inquiry and will base its presentation on the recently released report called Violence against Aboriginal Women.
"We have to get attention to the problems and the situations that Aboriginal women are…