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Pat Provost knows plenty of people who would like a taste of his ranching and rodeoing way of life; his problem is figuring out how to best market it.

That's why the Peigan rancher and rodeo stock supplier recently invited tour operators to give him feedback on a new three-day package that his company Sundance Traditional Tours, plans to introduce in June.

"We have to learn how bus tour operators run their businesses," Provost told a handful of people sitting around the boardroom of the Aboriginal Tourism Authority in Calgary on March 19.

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Pat Provost knows plenty of people who would like a taste of his ranching and rodeoing way of life; his problem is figuring out how to best market it.

That's why the Peigan rancher and rodeo stock supplier recently invited tour operators to give him feedback on a new three-day package that his company Sundance Traditional Tours, plans to introduce in June.

"We have to learn how bus tour operators run their businesses," Provost told a handful of people sitting around the boardroom of the Aboriginal Tourism Authority in Calgary on March 19.

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Combining traditional culture with English language skills is part of a new approach to pre-vocational training being offered on southern Alberta's Peigan Reserve.

Called "Joe's School" by some of the participants, the 28-week program is the brainchild of Joseph Yellowhorn, a member of the community.

"I think it's really important for an educator to be a member of the community where he teaches," Yellowhorn said. "If you're a part of the community, you care more about what happens to the other people in it.

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Combining traditional culture with English language skills is part of a new approach to pre-vocational training being offered on southern Alberta's Peigan Reserve.

Called "Joe's School" by some of the participants, the 28-week program is the brainchild of Joseph Yellowhorn, a member of the community.

"I think it's really important for an educator to be a member of the community where he teaches," Yellowhorn said. "If you're a part of the community, you care more about what happens to the other people in it.

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Jennifer Burgess likes to think of herself as a bit of a detective. As manger of the Native Book List (NBL), a mail-order wholesale book distributor based in Calgary, Burgess keeps alert for Native titles, particularly those printed by Native publishers.

"What would be the best present I could ever get is if someone sent me a list of all the little Native publishers in North America," she said.

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Jennifer Burgess likes to think of herself as a bit of a detective. As manger of the Native Book List (NBL), a mail-order wholesale book distributor based in Calgary, Burgess keeps alert for Native titles, particularly those printed by Native publishers.

"What would be the best present I could ever get is if someone sent me a list of all the little Native publishers in North America," she said.

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The first three members of the soon-to-be-created Tsuu T'ina Police Department graduated March 14 from the Alberta Justice Staff College.

Tammy Dodginhorse, Andrea Runner, and Kevin Starlight of the Tsuu T'ina Nation near Calgary were among the 20 Aboriginal graduates of the college's Police Recruit Training Program.

Starting April 1, the Tsuu T'ina police graduates begin a six-month to year-long field recruit training program with the RCMP detachment in Okotoks, located about 20 minutes south of Calgary.

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The first three members of the soon-to-be-created Tsuu T'ina Police Department graduated March 14 from the Alberta Justice Staff College.

Tammy Dodginhorse, Andrea Runner, and Kevin Starlight of the Tsuu T'ina Nation near Calgary were among the 20 Aboriginal graduates of the college's Police Recruit Training Program.

Starting April 1, the Tsuu T'ina police graduates begin a six-month to year-long field recruit training program with the RCMP detachment in Okotoks, located about 20 minutes south of Calgary.

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When the University of Utah adopted the sports name "Running Utes" in 1972, school fathers did so on the basis of an understanding with the Ute Tribe. Now, however, both the tribe and the university want to develop a formal relationship regarding the extremely successful athletics department's nickname.

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When the University of Utah adopted the sports name "Running Utes" in 1972, school fathers did so on the basis of an understanding with the Ute Tribe. Now, however, both the tribe and the university want to develop a formal relationship regarding the extremely successful athletics department's nickname.