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A special night for residents of the Alexis reserve and their guests included a meal and entertainment in a very unusual atmosphere July 5.
The doors of the Alexis First Nations Hall were shaded so that no outside light would get in through the thick glass. A few minutes would pass while people's eyes adjusted to the darkness and they could identified people and subjects…
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A special night for residents of the Alexis reserve and their guests included a meal and entertainment in a very unusual atmosphere July 5.
The doors of the Alexis First Nations Hall were shaded so that no outside light would get in through the thick glass. A few minutes would pass while people's eyes adjusted to the darkness and they could identified people and subjects…
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The Morinville Storm AA PeeWee fastball team took home a bronze medal from the Alberta PeeWee Provincials on the July 6 to 8 weekend.
Starting next month, more students at Athabasca University will have the chance to study on-line, thanks to a subsidy that may offset up to 50 per cent of tuition and the purchase of a computer for eligible students.
In June,…
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The Morinville Storm AA PeeWee fastball team took home a bronze medal from the Alberta PeeWee Provincials on the July 6 to 8 weekend.
Starting next month, more students at Athabasca University will have the chance to study on-line, thanks to a subsidy that may offset up to 50 per cent of tuition and the purchase of a computer for eligible students.
In June,…
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First Nations' control over education was the subject at a two-day symposium in Calgary at the end of May.
Co-sponsored by the Assembly of First Nations and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, the symposium featured think-tank discussions with more than 150 delegates from across the country. In the process, the delegates turned the co-sponsors into…
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First Nations' control over education was the subject at a two-day symposium in Calgary at the end of May.
Co-sponsored by the Assembly of First Nations and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, the symposium featured think-tank discussions with more than 150 delegates from across the country. In the process, the delegates turned the co-sponsors into…
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Two brothers are giving the Keeshig-Soonias family of Red Deer a reason to be proud as the Canada Summer Games approaches.
Dallas Soonias, 17 will be a competitor in volleyball and Sarain Soonias, who turned 19 on June 19, is travelling as an alternate for the basketball team.
Dallas said that strikes him as "pretty cool." The young men are the only athletes in the…
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Two brothers are giving the Keeshig-Soonias family of Red Deer a reason to be proud as the Canada Summer Games approaches.
Dallas Soonias, 17 will be a competitor in volleyball and Sarain Soonias, who turned 19 on June 19, is travelling as an alternate for the basketball team.
Dallas said that strikes him as "pretty cool." The young men are the only athletes in the…
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The opening last month of a Beaver Bundle off the Blood reserve is the first time the tribe has permitted that.
"This is one of the first ceremonies to be done outside of our reservation," Rob First Charger, a member of the Blood band council, told an audience of dignitaries on the lawn of the Galt Museum and Archives in Lethbridge.
"I approved this being done to…
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The opening last month of a Beaver Bundle off the Blood reserve is the first time the tribe has permitted that.
"This is one of the first ceremonies to be done outside of our reservation," Rob First Charger, a member of the Blood band council, told an audience of dignitaries on the lawn of the Galt Museum and Archives in Lethbridge.
"I approved this being done to…
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A story of a man who was taken away to residential school as a child, who was beaten down but later rose up and overcame, is related in the song Far from Home. A similar theme summed up the proud celebration of National Aboriginal Day that was held at the University of Alberta June 22.
As the song goes, "Someone came and took him far away, threw away his clothes, cut his…
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A story of a man who was taken away to residential school as a child, who was beaten down but later rose up and overcame, is related in the song Far from Home. A similar theme summed up the proud celebration of National Aboriginal Day that was held at the University of Alberta June 22.
As the song goes, "Someone came and took him far away, threw away his clothes, cut his…
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The Blood tribe Elder still calls him "Dave."
But make no mistake, said Florence Scout prior to Lethbridge Mayor David Carpenter's naming ceremony-it is no lapse of respect. The retiring mayor is "Dave" to Scout because she's comfortable and familiar with a man who has shown respect for Native people in word and deed.
But in her blessing and prayers for the mayor,…
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The Blood tribe Elder still calls him "Dave."
But make no mistake, said Florence Scout prior to Lethbridge Mayor David Carpenter's naming ceremony-it is no lapse of respect. The retiring mayor is "Dave" to Scout because she's comfortable and familiar with a man who has shown respect for Native people in word and deed.
But in her blessing and prayers for the mayor,…
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Not many people know that they can adopt a person they like to make up for the loss of a loved one, said Elder Christine (Whiskeyjack) Daniels at the National Aboriginal Day celebration at NorQuest College June 20.
"In Indian tradition, when someone reminds you of a loved one that had passed away, then you adopt that person to replace the one who had been lost," said…