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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.
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A special resolution calling for more accountability from the Métis Nation of Alberta’s provincial council didn’t make it on to the floor at the MNA’s annual general assembly held at Wabasca on Aug. 7.
The six-member resolution committee, with one...
Band chief and council for Blood Tribe First Nation will be making application to Indian and Northern Affairs Canada for disaster relief funding after three separate incidences of flooding on the southern Alberta First Nation in less than two months...
Leanne (Crowchief) Sleigh offered her moccasins “for all those people who walked the path before us” after she shared her experience of attending Indian day school.“Today I stand healed from the many hurts,” she said. But it’s been a long spiritual...
Until a few days before the Cree ceremony at Fort Normandeau, Florence Large didn’t know her father Daniel Large had attended the Red Deer Industrial School from 1895-1899.
“My dad never mentioned residential school,” said Large, who attended...
Across Canada, National Aboriginal Day was celebrated with numerous round dances in many communities that spread friendship and respect among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
The city of Red Deer was included in this by a special gathering of...
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Throat singing part of Folk Fest
Nunavut throat singers Celina Kalluk (left) and Tanya Tagaq keep the rhythm as they deliver the goods at the 2010 Edmonton Folk Festival on Aug. 6. The cousins performed at the five-day festival held...
Membership has spoken – and the message is the same. The Métis Nation of Alberta will not be amending its bylaws to replace red and white cards with Métis citizenship. In an 11-vote spread, delegates from across the province gathered in Wabasca for...
Despite allegations of wrong doing with the local school, Paul First Nation chief and council has placed in the top 10 according to the Aboriginal Governance Index (AGI).“The six main questions we asked may not have captured that issue,” said Joseph...
Unique partnership offer enhanced learning(From left) Dr. Trent Keough, president of Portage College, Paul Ponich, board chair of Aspen View School Division, and Dermod Madden, superintendent Aspen View Schools sign the memorandum of understanding...
Jani Lambert is disappointed that her aunt’s dedication to teaching has not been recognized.
Lambert’s aunt, Mamie Bernard, is one of five teachers along with the principal and a teacher’s assistant, who did not get their contracts renewed for...