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Alberta Sweetgrass
Alberta Sweetgrass - The Aboriginal Newspaper of Alberta
published monthly since December 1993.
Contributing Editor: Shari Narine
With more than 9,000 copies distributed monthly via Canada Post and on newstands, Alberta Sweetgrass is your most effective means of reaching Alberta's Aboriginal people.
The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that the federal government shares responsibility with the province when it comes to approving economic development on Beaver Lake Cree Nation traditional territory.
In a unanimous decision delivered April 30,...
The newest statistics for Aboriginal households places Edmonton second for the largest urban Aboriginal population and Alberta first for the largest Métis population.
According to the figures recently released by Statistics Canada through its new...
Organizers of the second Alberta Indigenous Games are hoping this year’s version will be considerably larger than its inaugural event.
The 2011 games featured about 400 participants. That’s a far cry from the 2,000 athletes that organizers had...
A new co-management agreement signed between the province and the Métis Settlement General Council will mean more economic opportunities for Métis settlements.
“The real big benefit of this agreement is that now, with industry coming on settlement...
“Water is not for sale.” “Water is sacred.” Those are the words that filled a rain-dampened rally that saw demonstrators make their way from Canada Place in downtown Edmonton to the Alberta Legislature on May 24.
“Our treaty says we have a right to...
Cree Métis artist and author Dianne Meili was one of 20 recipients of the 2013 Alberta Book Publishing Awards and the Alberta Literary Awards recently handed out. Meili’s Those Who Know: Profiles of Alberta’s Aboriginal Elders, published by...
The Piitoyais Family School opened in 2002 following the closure of the Plains Indian Cultural Survival High School, is the first urban school in Canada run by and for Indigenous people.
The Calgary Board of Education, together with Calgary’s urban...
Objections from the Fort McKay First Nation over Athabasca Oil Corporation’s Dover oilsands project caused stock to fall for the company in the first quarter of the year. The Energy Resources Conservation Board still has to render its...
Edmonton has become the first city in Alberta to officially join forces with the province to commit to improving the quality of life and opportunities for urban Aboriginals.
“I think that the most important thing that (this memorandum) does is that...
Award-winning Cree actor Michelle Thrush has experienced success in her starring roles in the CBC drama Arctic Air, and for appearances on APTN and in Aboriginal communities around Alberta. But attending the prestigious International Film Festival...
