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A new manufacturing facility called Mikisew Slings & Safety will provide employment for a number of Aboriginal people from the Mikisew Cree Nation of Northern Alberta.

The employees will manufacture web and round style synthetic slings capable of lifting 100 lbs to 100,000 lbs of weight, which will be used for strapping loads in transportation vehicles. The product will be distributed to various companies throughout western Canada's industrial market place.

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On Oct. 1, Elder Joe P. Cardinal of the Saddle Lake Reserve blessed the site of a new 52-bed youth housing facility that will be constructed in Edmonton's inner city.

The facility will be called Cunningham Place after Dr. Chester Cunningham, the founder of Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA).

NCSA will operate the facility and provide residents with services and programs that focus on family urban living skills and employment readiness programs that will help individuals to achieve self-sufficiency.

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The cold wind and cloudy day did not dampen the spirits of those in attendance at the 125th anniversary Treaty 7 commemoration held at Blackfoot Crossing, Siksika Nation on Sept. 22.

The day reaffirmed the signing of the treaty that opened up 50,000 square miles for western settlement. On that Sept. 22 in 1877, Chief Crowfoot and Col. James F. Macleod, as well as other prominent chiefs of the area and several representatives of the Dominion of Canada changed the course of history for southern Alberta.

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A party to officially introduce CFWE, the Native Perspective to Bonnyville and area communities, and to launch the radio station's new 100,000 watt signal that serves the region, was held on Sept. 30 at the Bonnyville Agriplex.

Bingo, door prizes, balloons, and a talent show were part of the evening's events.

CFWE staff Christine Ashley, Tina Wood, Al Standerwick, Norm Quinney, and Curtis Clark were on location to make sure things ran smoothly and to hand out the bingo, door and talent show prizes.

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The portraits of a number of Aboriginal people will be on display at the Whyte Museum for a new theme called Spirits of the West that started Oct. 11 and runs through to January 2003.

One of the five exhibits that speaks to the theme is entitled Friends and Neighbours: Portraits by Peter and Catharine Whyte. This particular exhibit (held in Swiss Guides Room) portrays people who the Whytes befriended at home and abroad.

Most of the portraits in this exhibit are of Stoney people from Morley, said curator Carol Black.

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Negotiations are underway to determine what to do with a rare find on the Blood reserve in southeastern Alberta.

In early June, Korite Minerals, mining Ammolite on the reserve, uncovered the remains of a 73 million year old marine reptile.

"Two of our guys from the reserve work with Korite. They actually saw the skeleton. They uncovered the teeth. They stopped the operation right away," said Rick Tailfeathers, public relations director with the Kainaiwa band.

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Negotiations are underway to determine what to do with a rare find on the Blood reserve in southeastern Alberta.

In early June, Korite Minerals, mining Ammolite on the reserve, uncovered the remains of a 73 million year old marine reptile.

"Two of our guys from the reserve work with Korite. They actually saw the skeleton. They uncovered the teeth. They stopped the operation right away," said Rick Tailfeathers, public relations director with the Kainaiwa band.

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It may not have been overwhelming support, but it was enough to give the nod to a $64.3 million settlement agreement between the Piikani First Nation (formerly the Peigan Nation) and the federal and provincial governments.

The settlement puts aside claims that the Piikani Nation may have on water rights, under Aboriginal, treaty or common law, and discontinues current legal action in regard to litigation over rights, entitlements and jurisdiction relating to the "beds, shores and water of the Oldman River as it passes through the Piikani Reserve."

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It may not have been overwhelming support, but it was enough to give the nod to a $64.3 million settlement agreement between the Piikani First Nation (formerly the Peigan Nation) and the federal and provincial governments.

The settlement puts aside claims that the Piikani Nation may have on water rights, under Aboriginal, treaty or common law, and discontinues current legal action in regard to litigation over rights, entitlements and jurisdiction relating to the "beds, shores and water of the Oldman River as it passes through the Piikani Reserve."

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It may not have been overwhelming support, but it was enough to give the nod to a $64.3 million settlement agreement between the Piikani First Nation (formerly the Peigan Nation) and the federal and provincial governments.

The settlement puts aside claims that the Piikani Nation may have on water rights, under Aboriginal, treaty or common law, and discontinues current legal action in regard to litigation over rights, entitlements and jurisdiction relating to the "beds, shores and water of the Oldman River as it passes through the Piikani Reserve."