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The Calgary Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee has called for nominations for its 1997 Aboriginal youth achievement award. The award is open to all Aboriginal youth, "including status, non-status and Metis individuals." Nominees must be between the ages of 14 and 24 by the submission deadline, they must be attending a junior or senior high school or a post-…
News in Brief
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The Calgary Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee has called for nominations for its 1997 Aboriginal youth achievement award. The award is open to all Aboriginal youth, "including status, non-status and Metis individuals." Nominees must be between the ages of 14 and 24 by the submission deadline, they must be attending a junior or senior high school or a post-…
News in Brief
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Some 65 Aboriginal women from around Alberta came together at Edmonton's Canadian Native Friendship Centre for an Aboriginal Women's Summit last month. They dealt with their feeling that Aboriginal women are being bypassed and ignored, at the same time as they are struggling to survive in a racially biased society. The format of the summit consisted of…
News in Brief
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Some 65 Aboriginal women from around Alberta came together at Edmonton's Canadian Native Friendship Centre for an Aboriginal Women's Summit last month. They dealt with their feeling that Aboriginal women are being bypassed and ignored, at the same time as they are struggling to survive in a racially biased society. The format of the summit consisted of…
News in Brief
Page 12
Some 65 Aboriginal women from around Alberta came together at Edmonton's Canadian Native Friendship Centre for an Aboriginal Women's Summit last month. They dealt with their feeling that Aboriginal women are being bypassed and ignored, at the same time as they are struggling to survive in a racially biased society. The format of the summit consisted of…
News in Brief
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The Banff Centre for Management will be playing host to Aboriginal leaders, businesses and governments in May at three programs: Jurisdictional arrangements between Aboriginal and Canadian governments will run from May 5 to 8; Aboriginal natural resources: Rights to water, fish, forests, minerals, oil and gas will run from May 12 to 15; and Understanding the…
News in Brief
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The Sturgeon Lake School will be hosting a youth conference for the students in Grades 1 to 12. The conference has been designed to help the students plan their careers and to increase their awareness of social issues such as drugs and alcohol. Sessions will also be offered that have been designed to stress Native beliefs and traditions, such as drumming and…
News in Brief
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The Sturgeon Lake School will be hosting a youth conference for the students in Grades 1 to 12. The conference has been designed to help the students plan their careers and to increase their awareness of social issues such as drugs and alcohol. Sessions will also be offered that have been designed to stress Native beliefs and traditions, such as drumming and…
News in Brief
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The Sturgeon Lake School will be hosting a youth conference for the students in Grades 1 to 12. The conference has been designed to help the students plan their careers and to increase their awareness of social issues such as drugs and alcohol. Sessions will also be offered that have been designed to stress Native beliefs and traditions, such as drumming and…
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Dolly, the cloned sheep who recently made headlines, is typical of the interests of white society, according to Tony Hall of the University of Lethbridge.
"We're always looking for someone's idea of the one best animal or the one best way of doing things, then trying to reproduce it," he said. "In Indian country, there is no one best way. Diversity is much more valued."…
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Dolly, the cloned sheep who recently made headlines, is typical of the interests of white society, according to Tony Hall of the University of Lethbridge.
"We're always looking for someone's idea of the one best animal or the one best way of doing things, then trying to reproduce it," he said. "In Indian country, there is no one best way. Diversity is much more valued."…
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Dolly, the cloned sheep who recently made headlines, is typical of the interests of white society, according to Tony Hall of the University of Lethbridge.
"We're always looking for someone's idea of the one best animal or the one best way of doing things, then trying to reproduce it," he said. "In Indian country, there is no one best way. Diversity is much more valued."…
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Terrying About
Tansi! How's your left hip? With all the round dances going on, it would not be unusual for some to complain about sore hips, eh?
Several round dances have gone by since the last issue of Sweetgrass - Alexander, Enoch, Hobbema and Slave Lake, Edmonton's Abbottsfield community and Britannia High School. I got to five of them and people have really…
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Terrying About
Tansi! How's your left hip? With all the round dances going on, it would not be unusual for some to complain about sore hips, eh?
Several round dances have gone by since the last issue of Sweetgrass - Alexander, Enoch, Hobbema and Slave Lake, Edmonton's Abbottsfield community and Britannia High School. I got to five of them and people have really…
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People and places
Oki. How is everyone, in this slow-to-thaw spring? A friend of mine, Joanne, had a good point about this 1997 spring. She said that Mother Earth and Old Man Winter are having an affair, and they don't want to part ways. Actually, I can't say that it's only happening in Alberta - I heard that Manitoba was another place they'd taken a liking to.
As I…