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The Travelling Diabetes Resource Program, known as TDRP, is unique to Alberta and probably to all of Canada. Begun as a pilot project in 1997 by the Canadian Diabetes Association, Alberta and Northwest Territories Division, the aims of the program are to educate people on how to manage their diabetes and to link them up with local health professionals and diabetes support groups…
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Decorated cradleboards, an eagle feather bonnet, southwestern pottery and numerous other artifacts will be showcased during a unique presentation at Calgary's Glenbow Museum.
Powerful Images, an exhibit of Aboriginal art work, will run from July 3 to Sept. 26. The presentation will feature the traditional and contemporary works of regional and internationally-recognized…
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June 4 in Valleyview was a special day for a very special person who had an impacted Metis and Indian people and communities in Alberta for better than 20 years. That was the day that Valleyview and Zone 6 of the Metis Nation of Alberta held a banquet to honor one of their own, Marina Brothers. On the wall of the hall hung a banner proclaiming her lifetime commitment to the…
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A lengthy fight card that had two Aboriginal boxers go down in defeat were better fighters than they appeared to be.
June 24 was Showdown 11 at Northlands Agricom in Edmonton with the feature bout being a long-awaited rematch between Edmonton's Tony 'Bad Boy' Badea and Vancouver's Manny 'The Teacher' Sobral.
The fight card opened with a super lightweight bout…
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Students of Native studies at the University of Alberta, embarked on a unique project last fall entitled Applied Historical Research on Metis Land Rights.
This is the first such course ever offered at the university said the school's director, Frank Tough.
Recently, the fruits of the project came front and centre in a database exhibit called The Scrip Files: The…
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Siksika Nation members living off-reserve will be able to vote and run for office in Siksika Nation elections if a new election code is ratified in a referendum to be held this summer.
The residency stipulation of 77(1) of the Indian Act prevents off-reserve First Nation members from voting or running for office in band elections but that is eliminated in the new code…
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Native and non-Native youths in the Pincher Creek area in southwestern Alberta are being offered an opportunity to improve their marketability.
In a pilot project the Napi Friendship Centre, 15 young people between 15 and 30 years of age are being sought to not only learn academic, life and employment skills, but also to improve the relationship between Pincher Creek and…
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A training opportunity is available for Aboriginal artists that will give them ownership of a co-operative business and will allow for cultural exploration through the arts. The program is called the Aboriginal Youth Artisan Self Employment Program.
"Here's an opportunity for Aboriginal artists to create their future through a co-operative business that combines their…
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With the snip of a ribbon and the slicing of a cake, the Heart Lake First Nation opened its band-owned truck stop and restaurant on Feb. 17.
The Aboriginal community in northeastern Alberta hopes to pump up its economic development with the new business.
The official opening of the new enterprise, sitting alongside secondary high-way 881, 50 km north of Lac La…
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Chiefs and leaders from oil and gas producing First Nations from Alberta and British Columbia met with leaders from petroleum companies on March 1 at the McDougall Centre in Calgary.
"Priority is getting industry and First Nations to work together and moving forward," said Ben Ground, Indian Resource Council Board of Directors Vice-chair.
The Indian Resource…
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When Sandra Shade first went to work for the Chinook Health Region's Diabetes and Lipids Education Centre, her job was to focus on the urban Aboriginal community. Within a short time, however, she was getting so many referrals from the nearby Blood and Peigan reserves that they were included in her Aboriginal diabetes prevention and maintenance program.
"Diabetes has…
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Meetings continued through March 10 with published reports predicting an agreement is imminent in the more than 60-year-old Lubicon Lake Nation fight for a home territory.
In 1899, when Treaty 8 was being finalized, government officials missed the Lubicon people who live in a remote area of north central Alberta. In 1939, the federal government recognized the Lubicon as a…
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strikes Metis task force
A task force has been established by Dave Hancock, minister of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs, to look at the structure and future direction of the Metis Settlements Appeal Tribunal.
The tribunal was established to act as a quasi-judicial court of appeal for disputes over land or membership from the eight Metis settlements in…
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On Feb. 12, the Ministry of Canadian Heritage announced a $100 million fund for the Urban Multipurpose Aboriginal Youth Centre Initiative.
Canadian Heritage, in conjunction with local Aboriginal organizations, is establishing a series of Aboriginal youth advisory committee meetings in key urban centres to determine a selection process for the advisory committee that will…
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The First Nations Veterans Association of Southern Alberta will host A Warriors Day of Remembrance in conjunction with the Museum of the Regiments in Calgary. The museum will display the exhibit titled "Aboriginals in the Service of Peace."
The date of June 6, which is also remembered as D-Day, has been selected to honor all Aboriginal veterans and Aboriginal serving…