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The Great Canoes
By David Neel
135 pages, $27.95
Douglas & McIntyre
Vancouver/Toronto
Vancouver
David Neel is a member of the Fort Rupert Kwagiutl nation, a photographer, visual artist and author of the newly launched book, The Great Canoes, a contemporary history of the revival of the northwest coast tradition of cedar canoe building.
Page 12
The Great Canoes
By David Neel
135 pages, $27.95
Douglas & McIntyre
Vancouver/Toronto
Vancouver
David Neel is a member of the Fort Rupert Kwagiutl nation, a photographer, visual artist and author of the newly launched book, The Great Canoes, a contemporary history of the revival of the northwest coast tradition of cedar canoe building.
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Review
HeartBeat:
Voices of First Nations Women
Smithsonian Folkways
One of the most comprehensive recordings of traditional and contemporary songs done by Indigenous women is found in a 34-track release from Smithsonian Folkways.
This vast repertoire by 18 diverse performers represents the evolving forms of traditional, intertribal and Euro-influenced music of North America.
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"Sexy, light and witty," is the description given to a new mini-series currently being filmed at the Waksauksing- Parry Island First Nation in northern Ontario.
Filming of The Rez started on Sept. 25 on the series inspired by the critically acclaimed Bruce McDonald feature film, Dance Me Outside.
The mini-series continues to look at the lives of the popular characters created by W. P. Kinsella. The six half-hour comedy dramas are co-produced by CBC Television, Yorktown and Shadow Shows.
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"Sexy, light and witty," is the description given to a new mini-series currently being filmed at the Waksauksing- Parry Island First Nation in northern Ontario.
Filming of The Rez started on Sept. 25 on the series inspired by the critically acclaimed Bruce McDonald feature film, Dance Me Outside.
The mini-series continues to look at the lives of the popular characters created by W. P. Kinsella. The six half-hour comedy dramas are co-produced by CBC Television, Yorktown and Shadow Shows.
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With the incidents at Ipperwash and Gustafsen Lake fresh in the minds of everyone, it seems that particular opinions about the treatment of these, all to frequent, Native crises are being voiced more openly; or perhaps more accurately, there is a belief that there is a double standard in relation to these blockades in that Natives get preferential treatment or handled with kid gloves.
Tell that to Dudley George, the Ojibway man killed at Ipperwash.
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With the incidents at Ipperwash and Gustafsen Lake fresh in the minds of everyone, it seems that particular opinions about the treatment of these, all to frequent, Native crises are being voiced more openly; or perhaps more accurately, there is a belief that there is a double standard in relation to these blockades in that Natives get preferential treatment or handled with kid gloves.
Tell that to Dudley George, the Ojibway man killed at Ipperwash.
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Don Kelly is one of Canada's hottest young comedians, but he's not tripping over bags of money on his way to the stage door just yet.
Kelly, a 32-year-old Ojibwa from Winnipeg, went to Toronto in September to compete in the Yuk Yuk comedy chain's annual search for the best new standup comic in Canada. Going up against dozens of the best comics in the country, Kelly came in second.
His prize money? Well, there wasn't' any, actually.
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Don Kelly is one of Canada's hottest young comedians, but he's not tripping over bags of money on his way to the stage door just yet.
Kelly, a 32-year-old Ojibwa from Winnipeg, went to Toronto in September to compete in the Yuk Yuk comedy chain's annual search for the best new standup comic in Canada. Going up against dozens of the best comics in the country, Kelly came in second.
His prize money? Well, there wasn't' any, actually.
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Guest Column
The issue of fisheries is becoming more and more important, especially with the tremendous depletion of important species in virtually all parts of North America.
Native nations need to take a good, hard look at the marine and lake fisheries issue, along with the related issues of shellfish, sea vegetables, and crustaceans.