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Renowned Cree artist Allen Sapp loves his people and loves his culture. That emotion is easily seen in his art work.
At age 69, when most people are in retirement, Sapp shows no signs of letting up on his life-long addiction to the people in his world and the places he knows. In fact, he has made a successful career of it. Travelling to art shows, galleries and exhibits…
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Renowned Cree artist Allen Sapp loves his people and loves his culture. That emotion is easily seen in his art work.
At age 69, when most people are in retirement, Sapp shows no signs of letting up on his life-long addiction to the people in his world and the places he knows. In fact, he has made a successful career of it. Travelling to art shows, galleries and exhibits…
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She's come a long way from making clothes for her Barbie dolls.
"I used to make clothes for my dolls when I was a little girl. It was always something I enjoyed," said Native fashion designer Patricia Piche about her early start in the fashion industry. " I think it's inherited because two of my aunts and both my mom and grandmother sew."
Piche,from the Cold Lake…
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She's come a long way from making clothes for her Barbie dolls.
"I used to make clothes for my dolls when I was a little girl. It was always something I enjoyed," said Native fashion designer Patricia Piche about her early start in the fashion industry. " I think it's inherited because two of my aunts and both my mom and grandmother sew."
Piche,from the Cold Lake…
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She's come a long way from making clothes for her Barbie dolls.
"I used to make clothes for my dolls when I was a little girl. It was always something I enjoyed," said Native fashion designer Patricia Piche about her early start in the fashion industry. " I think it's inherited because two of my aunts and both my mom and grandmother sew."
Piche,from the Cold Lake…
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It's Trivial Pursuit?- Aboriginal style.
TOPONA? is a new board game created by two Northwest Territories women who wanted to create something educational and fun for families.
Marilyn Sanderson and Ruth Manderville created the idea for the game after a 12-week business development training program put on by the Keninu K'ue First Nation. That was three years ago.…
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It's Trivial Pursuit?- Aboriginal style.
TOPONA? is a new board game created by two Northwest Territories women who wanted to create something educational and fun for families.
Marilyn Sanderson and Ruth Manderville created the idea for the game after a 12-week business development training program put on by the Keninu K'ue First Nation. That was three years ago.…
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It's Trivial Pursuit?- Aboriginal style.
TOPONA? is a new board game created by two Northwest Territories women who wanted to create something educational and fun for families.
Marilyn Sanderson and Ruth Manderville created the idea for the game after a 12-week business development training program put on by the Keninu K'ue First Nation. That was three years ago.…
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A festive, made up-story about coming togther during Christmas.
"Grandma Sanderson is coming," Mom waved the letter. "She says that she'll be here by Sunday."
"Gee, you might as well have waved a red flag in front of a bull," Dad warned as he looked toward his mother, Kookum Boudray.
The air around Kookum in our little house on the reserve seemed to go dry.…
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A festive, made up-story about coming togther during Christmas.
"Grandma Sanderson is coming," Mom waved the letter. "She says that she'll be here by Sunday."
"Gee, you might as well have waved a red flag in front of a bull," Dad warned as he looked toward his mother, Kookum Boudray.
The air around Kookum in our little house on the reserve seemed to go dry.…
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A festive, made up-story about coming togther during Christmas.
"Grandma Sanderson is coming," Mom waved the letter. "She says that she'll be here by Sunday."
"Gee, you might as well have waved a red flag in front of a bull," Dad warned as he looked toward his mother, Kookum Boudray.
The air around Kookum in our little house on the reserve seemed to go dry.…
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It was coming up to Christmas of 1995. I couldn't wait. I was going to Grande Prairie in a week to see my Grandma. She had been sick since November. She had diabetes and had just come out of the hospital.My family went to Grande Prairie to see her for Christmas.
Christmas was wonderful. A great big turkey, and my favorite - potatoes and gravy! Grandma made it the best!…
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It was coming up to Christmas of 1995. I couldn't wait. I was going to Grande Prairie in a week to see my Grandma. She had been sick since November. She had diabetes and had just come out of the hospital.My family went to Grande Prairie to see her for Christmas.
Christmas was wonderful. A great big turkey, and my favorite - potatoes and gravy! Grandma made it the best!…
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It was coming up to Christmas of 1995. I couldn't wait. I was going to Grande Prairie in a week to see my Grandma. She had been sick since November. She had diabetes and had just come out of the hospital.My family went to Grande Prairie to see her for Christmas.
Christmas was wonderful. A great big turkey, and my favorite - potatoes and gravy! Grandma made it the best!…
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I am the third child in a family of nine. I was born in Prince Albert, Sask. My father worked for the city and my mother worked in restaurants and as a cleaning lady for a dentist.
My father passed away when he was only 46. It was on my sister's birthday, April 4, 1972. It was a very sad time in my life.
Before that, I remember when I was at home my father would…