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It's the end of the 1990s and what better way to end the decade (not to mention the millenium and the century) than by looking back at our favorite 'one-hit-wonders' we used and abused and then later used their CDs as great ninja shooting stars. Don't laugh too hard, just remember you used to love these guys.
10) Kris Kross: only big hit - "Jump, Jump."
Their…
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As the century comes to a close - arguments that that doesn't actually happen until the end of next year notwithstanding - it's important to look back at where we were 100 years ago so that we can appreciate the progress made by our people and, just as important, use the history to guide us into the future.
Here is a list of important historical events, many of which are…
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In my dad's passing, I learned a lot. I learned a lot about being a father. When he left, I felt all alone. In confronting this feeling of aloneness, I grew stronger. It was my children who pulled me out of this feeling of aloneness and I began to realize in a different way just how much they need me, their father.
Life here went on despite the fact that my father was gone…
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If you read the last issue of Eagle Feather News, you'll see that Marjorie Beaucage criticized APTN (the Aboriginal People Television Network) for their poor programming and their perspective on the Prairies, by saying, "Is Saskatchewan just about dog races, graduations, weddings, and powwows, with a little Cree added in?"
If you read my column last month in Sage, you'll…
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When Vern Harper isn't hanging out with his drum group, he likes to make stuff.
Really good stuff. Life-like recreations of contemporary powwow dancers, complete with miniature bells, jingles and feathers. Colorful figurines wearing tiny hand-stitched replicas of medicine bags, bustles and roaches.
As a traditional Plains Cree artist, he also likes to work very…
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It took being locked up in prison for Ben McIvor to learn some of his Aboriginal culture.
"This is where I learned everything," said McIvor, who is currently serving nine years for manslaughter at the medium-security Saskatchewan Penitentiary, about one kilometer west of Prince Albert.
The inmate, who has four years left on his sentence, has been participating in…
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Academics from the University of Saskatchewan are helping to lay the groundwork for a hemispheric conference on Indigenous issues, an event that would raise the profile of First Nations affairs and shed an international light on the unique challenges facing Aboriginal people from Saskatchewan and Western Canada.
The conference, tentatively scheduled for the fall of 2000,…
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The Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority (SIGA) is hoping to expand its profitable gaming operations with the creation of a new 50,000 square foot casino in Saskatoon.
SIGA president and chief executive officer Dutch Lerat confirmed the gaming authority's plans Nov. 18, describing a proposed casino that would cost $10 million to build and would employ as many as 300 people…
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If the provincial government changes its policy and forces status Indians to pay provincial sales tax on all off-reserve purchases, the Standing Buffalo band may build its own shopping mall on the reserve, said Chief Mel Isnana.
"It's something we've considered," said the chief. "If the province wants our people to pay those taxes when we purchase goods off the reserve, we…
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The Lac La Ronge Indian band has won a landmark court decision that could result in more than 750,000 acres of Crown-owned land being turned over to band members.
Court of Queen's Bench Justice Frank Gerein ruled Nov. 30 that the federal and provincial governments underestimated Treaty Land Entitlement payments, which were intended to satisfy the terms of Treaty 6, an…
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As Harvey Ironeagle tried to break through the large crowd in the courtroom, a friend shook his hand.
"Congratulations, so far," said the man.
Ironeagle, 63, and his 55-year-old friend, Henry Cyr, walked from the Provincial Court as free men, but, they and their lawyer say, the issues surrounding their charges of illegally selling fish haven't been resolved.
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The Standing Buffalo First Nation is in the process of becoming the next band to sign the terms of Treaty 4.
The adhesion - an agreement to adhere to the terms of the 1874 treaty - will mean a new relationship between the 1,000-member Dakota band and the federal government, said Standing Buffalo Chief Mel Isnana.
"Our objective is, by September 2000, to be a part of…
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Suzanne Shukin, a Metis woman from northern Saskatchewan, is one of three scholarship recipients announced by Canadian National Railways in early November.
Shukin is completing a criminal justice diploma at Lethbridge Community College in Lethbridge, Alta., and plans to enroll in the University of Lethbridge where she will pursue a pre-law degree in political science. He…
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In a landmark decision that could have far-reaching implications for First Nations across Canada, a Federal Court judge has determined that a Saskatchewan Indian band broke the law by denying one of its members the right to cast a ballot in band elections.
Judge Andrew MacKay ruled that the Sakimay First Nation near Grenfell, violated the Indian Act as well as the Canadian…
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People living in rural and remote areas of Saskatchewan could soon be paying more for basic telephone services, said Jack Hillson, the province's newly appointed minister for intergovernmental affairs.
Hillson, the Liberal MLA from North Battleford, said rural and remote residents could be saddled with higher telephone rates in light of a recent decision by the Canadian…