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On a cool, cloudy Monday morning on Nov. 15, hundreds of people attended the 11th annual Join the Circle Rally and Walk Sober in Edmonton.
The event that began at 10 a.m. with a rally at city hall and ended with a walk to the Sacred Heart Church of the First Nations was a way for people to come together and celebrate an addictions-free lifestyle.
The event was…
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On a cool, cloudy Monday morning on Nov. 15, hundreds of people attended the 11th annual Join the Circle Rally and Walk Sober in Edmonton.
The event that began at 10 a.m. with a rally at city hall and ended with a walk to the Sacred Heart Church of the First Nations was a way for people to come together and celebrate an addictions-free lifestyle.
The event was…
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One of the Aboriginal community's artists of note is Maxine Noel, a Santee Oglala Sioux originally from the Birdtail Reserve in southwestern Manitoba. There she grew up in an Indian boarding school, one of only two Indian children to do their entire schooling at that institution. Outside the school, she learned a lot from her grandmother who was determined that she study classic…
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One of the Aboriginal community's artists of note is Maxine Noel, a Santee Oglala Sioux originally from the Birdtail Reserve in southwestern Manitoba. There she grew up in an Indian boarding school, one of only two Indian children to do their entire schooling at that institution. Outside the school, she learned a lot from her grandmother who was determined that she study classic…
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Child poverty is the focus recent initiatives on the Peigan reserve in southwestern Alberta. Awareness of the issue is the aim of a chalk out, where statistics and information regarding child poverty will be written on the sidewalk at the Peigan administration building, sponsored by the Peigan Youth Task Force.
"Child poverty isn't only about not having enough to eat or…
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Child poverty is the focus recent initiatives on the Peigan reserve in southwestern Alberta. Awareness of the issue is the aim of a chalk out, where statistics and information regarding child poverty will be written on the sidewalk at the Peigan administration building, sponsored by the Peigan Youth Task Force.
"Child poverty isn't only about not having enough to eat or…
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One of the greatest resources in this country is water and, in southwestern Alberta, one of the greatest sources of water is found in the Old Man River, which snakes its way through the Peigan reserve. But the economic benefits this river provides for municipalities and businesses, ranchers and farmers, south, north, east and west of the reserve cannot be seen on the reserve…
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One of the greatest resources in this country is water and, in southwestern Alberta, one of the greatest sources of water is found in the Old Man River, which snakes its way through the Peigan reserve. But the economic benefits this river provides for municipalities and businesses, ranchers and farmers, south, north, east and west of the reserve cannot be seen on the reserve…
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Oki. What's happening here with Old Man Winter? Maybe he has passed by us or is going to visit us in the New Year. Some people say this strange weather is because the weather patterns are changing. If that's going to happen, then what about powwow summer? Is it going to be powwow spring?
It has been one heck of year, you know, this last year of the 1900s. I wanted to know…
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Oki. What's happening here with Old Man Winter? Maybe he has passed by us or is going to visit us in the New Year. Some people say this strange weather is because the weather patterns are changing. If that's going to happen, then what about powwow summer? Is it going to be powwow spring?
It has been one heck of year, you know, this last year of the 1900s. I wanted to know…
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Hundreds of people enjoyed a formal dinner hosted by the Nechi Training and Research Health Promotions Institute on Nov. 20. The Celebrating Success Banquet held at the Northlands AgriCom in Edmonton was in commemorating Nechi's 25 years of service to Canada.
"Plans for Nechi's celebrations began in October 1998, so it took us over a year to put everything into place. We…
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Hundreds of people enjoyed a formal dinner hosted by the Nechi Training and Research Health Promotions Institute on Nov. 20. The Celebrating Success Banquet held at the Northlands AgriCom in Edmonton was in commemorating Nechi's 25 years of service to Canada.
"Plans for Nechi's celebrations began in October 1998, so it took us over a year to put everything into place. We…
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On Nov. 18, more than 700 people gathered to remember Joey Gladue, a dancer from Edmonton who died in a motor vehicle accident on Sept. 3. Gladue, who was 18 when he died, was a member of the Edmonton Metis Cultural Dance group.
Both the Native and Metis communities honored Gladue by hosting the first Joey Gladue Memorial Festival Talent Show and Dance. His trophies and…
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On Nov. 18, more than 700 people gathered to remember Joey Gladue, a dancer from Edmonton who died in a motor vehicle accident on Sept. 3. Gladue, who was 18 when he died, was a member of the Edmonton Metis Cultural Dance group.
Both the Native and Metis communities honored Gladue by hosting the first Joey Gladue Memorial Festival Talent Show and Dance. His trophies and…
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Family members and the Metis community at large in Alberta are mourning the loss of one of their most esteemed and cherished Elders. On Nov. 12, Mrs. Delia Gray, 82, passed away. She was predeceased by her husband Robert in 1975 and her best friend, Teri House, who passed away earlier this year.
Mrs. Gray was a tiny lady who had a huge impact on the community and people…