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Toronto celebrated National Aboriginal Day with a week of events designed to bring attention to Aboriginal culture in the city.

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Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology is working out the details for a four-month language pilot project, which it hopes to have ready this month.

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On the occasion of the Aundeck-Omni-Kaning powwow, Chief Patrick Madahbee praised 15 people who were walking to Ottawa to draw attention to the problem of youth suicides. The walk began April 1 in Nanaimo, B.C., and concluded June 17 in Ottawa.

The purpose of the walk, according to organizer Gina Meldrum, was to reach out to all Canadians to raise awareness about the overwhelming problems facing young Native people.

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Favourable winds off the North Channel and near perfect temperatures greeted participants in the 12th annual Aundeck- Omni-Kaning Powwow held June 7 and 8. The theme of the gathering was "honouring our past, celebrating our future." It took place five miles west of Little Current on the reserve.

The Medicine Star singers performed during the grand entry and the N'Swakamok youth drum sang to honour veterans in attendance.

Elder Violet McGregor conducted the invocation. She called upon the community to strive for peace on both a personal and a community level.

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There was a time not too long ago when the Elders of the Muskoday First Nation had difficulty finding a location where they could hold their monthly meetings. Often the meetings would have to be held in either the band hall or the council chambers, depending on whether either location was available. Now, the Elders will never have to face that problem again.

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Whoever said that the best way to doom a project was to delegate it to a committee had obviously never heard of the Northern Labour Market Committee (NLMC).

Since its inception in 1983 as an idea-sharing forum for agencies involved in funding training programs in northern Saskatchewan, the committee has grown to become one of the backbones of employment equity and training for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the province's North.

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Attention Aboriginal job seekers-everything you need to find the job you're looking for or to access the training you need to get the job you want is now available through the Inclusion Network Web site.

The new site-www.inclusionnetwork.com-will allow you to post your resume online, find out which employers are looking for Aboriginal candidates and find information on which post-secondary institutions are offering Aboriginal programming.

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For one group of young men, the journey was just as important as the destination.

Members of Regina's Street Culture Youth Project biked from Regina to Edmonton for National Aboriginal Day celebrations. Along the way, they learned about their land and each other.

"I wanted to know the team better, to become a family," said 21-year-old Lawrence Henry from Regina. Despite a knee injury sustained early in the trip, Henry said the experience had been "awesome."

"It's a real male bonding experience with no distractions like television or city life."

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Summer is finally here, and with it comes a long list of events and activities to take in right across the province.

If you're looking for an opportunity for your children to combine learning with having fun, be sure to check out the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) annual science camp program. The science camps will be travelling to 10 communities across the province this summer, teaching participants about science with a First Nations perspective. The theme of this year's science camps will be protecting our riverbeds and shorelines.

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The prayers of the Elders must have been very strong.

Visitors, dancers and singers on their way to the grand opening of the 2003 Poundmaker Cree Nation powwow not only drove through pouring rain coming down from every direction, they also watched huge thunderstorms roll across the prairie skies throughout the weekend, threatening to drench everything in their path. But the dark storm clouds kept their distance from the arbour and campgrounds throughout the powwow, which ran from June 20 to 22.