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It's been almost a year since a community relations group was formed in the neighboring towns of Pincher Creek and Brocket in southwestern Alberta to combat racial tensions.
The groups wants to bridge a gap that was intensified when two Native men were charged in the beating death of an elderly non-Native Pincher Creek resident. The two communities are gaining a better…
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The family and friends of a mother and child killed by an RCMP shotgun blast during a botched child welfare seizure are hoping that an inquiry will result in changes to the way First Nations governments and the RCMP deal with Aboriginal people.
The inquiry into the deaths of Connie Jacobs and her son Ty began on Feb. 1 on the Tsuu T'ina First Nation near Calgary. Jacobs…
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On Jan. 29 to 31, a distant northeastern Alberta community of about 1,500 people hosted the Fort Chipewyan Gospel Revival. The inter-denominational gathering was a first for the area. The event attracted visitors from Alberta's Aboriginal communities as far south as the Siksika and Tsuu T'ina reserves and as far north as Atikameg, Gift Lake, Fort Smith and even a few visitors…
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Excitement filled the air as this year's organizers gathered to plan the Cree Nation Confederacy's fourth annual Cree Nation Gathering. The meeting, held at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre on June 9, was attended by a group of elders, organizers and guests of the confederacy.
The gathering is scheduled for July 26 to 29 and will take place at the Muskwachees…
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The Siksika First Nation hosted the National Youth Adolescence Conference '99 entitled Wake Up Call in Calgary on June 10 to 13.
The conference, was host to more than 430 delegates, who came from as far away as British Columbia to Nova Scotia. William Sharphead Jr., one of the facilitators, traveled from his Navajo Reserve home in the United States to talk about how he…
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Students from two First Nations schools in northeastern Alberta received an informative and educational lesson in gambling addiction at the end of May.
Students from Beaver Lake First Nation's Amisk School attended an Alberta Alcohol and Drug Commission play called King for a Day.
Performed by Calgary's Quest Theatre group, the performance has been played out 138…
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A symbolic run on two levels is how the two communities of Pincher Creek and Brocket celebrated National Aboriginal Day on June 21.
It was the first time since the day was declared in 1996 that Pincher Creek and the Peigan Nation have marked it together.
"As a community, we value your friendship. We value you as a community," said Pincher Creek mayor Art Bonertz,…
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She likes to make their eyes light up.
Whether she's making a medicine bag for a Jackie Chan movie or weaving a sweetgrass basket for an Elder, Ojibway artist Lee Hillman enjoys striking a personal cord with the people who buy her handiwork.
While she does makes a living selling Aboriginal artwork, artifacts and crafts, there is often a spiritual aspect involved…
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Talk to the Feather
There are many who wander in this world searching for the rightful place and the truth of who we are as Aboriginal people. It is these people that are spoken to by the Chief and the psuedo warriors of the people when they point to the hundreds of lives destroyed by the hungry diseases that took lives and swallowed up families. Our families, even though…
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Terrying around
Tansi!
If ya weren't there, ya missed being part of history. I'm speaking, of course, about the Treaty 8 Commemorative that transpired June 17-21 at Grouard and Sucker Creek Reserve. It was a wonderful occasion for many who took the opportunity to make their way to this, the last treaty that was signed in the 19th century and, believe you me, you'll…
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The sounds from a traditional drum group filled the air as 36 Aboriginal students from three high schools in Fort McMurray and one from Janvier walked on to a stage to receive recognition for completing high school.
The Father Mercredi High School, the Composite High School, the Westwood High School and the Peter Ge, Janvier High School celebrated the Second Annual…
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The University of Alberta's Aboriginal Health Careers program is fulfilling a need for more Aboriginal doctors in Canada with the graduation of two medical doctors from the program and the first Aboriginal graduate in the Public Health Sciences this year.
The two MD graduates are John Bradley Davies and Nancy Robson, and Josie Auger is the Public Health Science graduate…
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The dream of the Metis Cultural dancers is a reality with the opening of their new dance studio where they will continue to build on years of dancing while keeping the Metis culture alive through teaching others.
The dance studio walls feature the artwork of Morris Cardinal and lots of room to learn how to do the Duck Dance, Reel of Eight or the Red River Jig. Upstairs is…
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An eight week contract with an Okotoks company could lead to expansion and year round employment at Peigan Craft Limited, in Brocket located in southern Alberta.
The Peigan craft company is a Peigan band operated business which is well known for its moccasins and mukluks. Peigan is hoping that eight weeks of manufacturing webbed halters for Burwash Brand Horse Gear will…
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It's been eleven long years since Native Counseling Services took over the Grierson Centre, but Edmonton's Stan Daniels Healing Centre now hosts an Aboriginal Awareness Day. More than 200 people turned up at the centre on June 23, to celebrate the first annual Awareness Day.
A special feature of the evening was the recognition given to the late George Kehewin who, for…