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Kamloops hosts the West's biggest powwow

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Kamloops has made it to the Top 100 list of the American Bus Association. The Washington based organizations says the big event that put Kamloops on the map is the annual Kamloopa Powwow.

Recognized as one of North America's top tourist events, the powwow attracts Native dancers from across the continent and provides entertainment for the buses and carloads of spectators that come to experience true Native culture one weekend a year.

Kamloops hosts the West's biggest powwow

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Kamloops has made it to the Top 100 list of the American Bus Association. The Washington based organizations says the big event that put Kamloops on the map is the annual Kamloopa Powwow.

Recognized as one of North America's top tourist events, the powwow attracts Native dancers from across the continent and provides entertainment for the buses and carloads of spectators that come to experience true Native culture one weekend a year.

Role model named to coach Sabres

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Ted Nolan, prominently featured on posters, promoting the Aboriginal role model program, continues to serve as a role model for Native youth.

He was introduced as the new head coach of the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres on July 18. Nolan replaces the man who hired him, John Muckler, who relinquished his coaching duties during the off-season so that he could focus on his general manager responsibilities with the club.

Role model named to coach Sabres

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Ted Nolan, prominently featured on posters, promoting the Aboriginal role model program, continues to serve as a role model for Native youth.

He was introduced as the new head coach of the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres on July 18. Nolan replaces the man who hired him, John Muckler, who relinquished his coaching duties during the off-season so that he could focus on his general manager responsibilities with the club.

Former gold medallist advises youth and government

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It's a striking moment, captured on a poster of Alwyn Morris holding up an eagle's feather after winning gold at the 1984 Olympics. That was more than a decade ago, but the memory of the Mohawk's kayaking success remains, partly because it was the pinnacle of what turned out to be a 13 year career with the national team, partly because it's one of the greatest moments in the history of Canadian Aboriginal sport.

Former gold medallist advises youth and government

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It's a striking moment, captured on a poster of Alwyn Morris holding up an eagle's feather after winning gold at the 1984 Olympics. That was more than a decade ago, but the memory of the Mohawk's kayaking success remains, partly because it was the pinnacle of what turned out to be a 13 year career with the national team, partly because it's one of the greatest moments in the history of Canadian Aboriginal sport.

Former gold medallist advises youth and government

Page 24

It's a striking moment, captured on a poster of Alwyn Morris holding up an eagle's feather after winning gold at the 1984 Olympics. That was more than a decade ago, but the memory of the Mohawk's kayaking success remains, partly because it was the pinnacle of what turned out to be a 13 year career with the national team, partly because it's one of the greatest moments in the history of Canadian Aboriginal sport.