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Alberta Sweetgrass

  • Sweetgrass Staff

Page 15

Around the province, Edmonton had one of the largest ceremonies for National Aboriginal Day, but smaller communities and even families celebrated the specially designated day in their own ways.

The Enoch First Nation hosted a golf tournament to raise money for Team Alberta athletes travelling to the Indigenous Games.

In Calgary, the city's Aboriginal awareness…

  • ROB MCKINLEY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

After the dances and songs of the National Aboriginal Day performers had ended at Canada Place in Edmonton, a smaller ceremony was held two blocks away at Edmonton's City Hall.

Numerous presenters took the podium and praised the Aboriginal people for their determination, culture and tradition, but it was the comments of University of Alberta political science professor Dr…

  • ROB MCKINLEY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

After the dances and songs of the National Aboriginal Day performers had ended at Canada Place in Edmonton, a smaller ceremony was held two blocks away at Edmonton's City Hall.

Numerous presenters took the podium and praised the Aboriginal people for their determination, culture and tradition, but it was the comments of University of Alberta political science professor Dr…

  • ROB MCKINLEY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

After the dances and songs of the National Aboriginal Day performers had ended at Canada Place in Edmonton, a smaller ceremony was held two blocks away at Edmonton's City Hall.

Numerous presenters took the podium and praised the Aboriginal people for their determination, culture and tradition, but it was the comments of University of Alberta political science professor Dr…

  • ROB MCKINLEY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

After the dances and songs of the National Aboriginal Day performers had ended at Canada Place in Edmonton, a smaller ceremony was held two blocks away at Edmonton's City Hall.

Numerous presenters took the podium and praised the Aboriginal people for their determination, culture and tradition, but it was the comments of University of Alberta political science professor Dr…

  • ROB MCKINLEY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

After the dances and songs of the National Aboriginal Day performers had ended at Canada Place in Edmonton, a smaller ceremony was held two blocks away at Edmonton's City Hall.

Numerous presenters took the podium and praised the Aboriginal people for their determination, culture and tradition, but it was the comments of University of Alberta political science professor Dr…

  • ROB MCKINLEY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

After the dances and songs of the National Aboriginal Day performers had ended at Canada Place in Edmonton, a smaller ceremony was held two blocks away at Edmonton's City Hall.

Numerous presenters took the podium and praised the Aboriginal people for their determination, culture and tradition, but it was the comments of University of Alberta political science professor Dr…

  • TERRY LUSTY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

There were both change and mixed reaction from the public to this year's National Aboriginal Day celebrations in Edmonton on June 20 and 21. The celebrations officially started at Canada Place and City Hall on the 20th. That night, a well-attended evening round dance at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre was also held. Other activities took place on June 21 at the Alberta…

  • TERRY LUSTY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

There were both change and mixed reaction from the public to this year's National Aboriginal Day celebrations in Edmonton on June 20 and 21. The celebrations officially started at Canada Place and City Hall on the 20th. That night, a well-attended evening round dance at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre was also held. Other activities took place on June 21 at the Alberta…

  • TERRY LUSTY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

There were both change and mixed reaction from the public to this year's National Aboriginal Day celebrations in Edmonton on June 20 and 21. The celebrations officially started at Canada Place and City Hall on the 20th. That night, a well-attended evening round dance at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre was also held. Other activities took place on June 21 at the Alberta…

  • TERRY LUSTY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

There were both change and mixed reaction from the public to this year's National Aboriginal Day celebrations in Edmonton on June 20 and 21. The celebrations officially started at Canada Place and City Hall on the 20th. That night, a well-attended evening round dance at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre was also held. Other activities took place on June 21 at the Alberta…

  • TERRY LUSTY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

There were both change and mixed reaction from the public to this year's National Aboriginal Day celebrations in Edmonton on June 20 and 21. The celebrations officially started at Canada Place and City Hall on the 20th. That night, a well-attended evening round dance at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre was also held. Other activities took place on June 21 at the Alberta…

  • TERRY LUSTY, Sweetgrass Writer, Edmonton

Page 14

There were both change and mixed reaction from the public to this year's National Aboriginal Day celebrations in Edmonton on June 20 and 21. The celebrations officially started at Canada Place and City Hall on the 20th. That night, a well-attended evening round dance at the Canadian Native Friendship Centre was also held. Other activities took place on June 21 at the Alberta…

  • KENNETH WILLIAMS, Sweetgrass Writer

Page 13

REVIEW

fareWel

By Ian Ross

96 pages

$12.95 (pb)

Scirocco Drama

Welcome to the Partridge Crop First Nation, a fictional Saulteaux reserve in Manitoba's Interlake region. Here we have six characters, Melvin, Nigger, Robert, Rachel, Phyllis and Teddy getting on each others' nerves as they wait for the welfare cheques to arrive.

But…

  • KENNETH WILLIAMS, Sweetgrass Writer

Page 13

REVIEW

fareWel

By Ian Ross

96 pages

$12.95 (pb)

Scirocco Drama

Welcome to the Partridge Crop First Nation, a fictional Saulteaux reserve in Manitoba's Interlake region. Here we have six characters, Melvin, Nigger, Robert, Rachel, Phyllis and Teddy getting on each others' nerves as they wait for the welfare cheques to arrive.

But…