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Artists sculpts for art's sake
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Michael Evans has driven for two days to get here to watch and listen and learn all he can at Qaggig. Armed with pen and paper and bespectacled eyes, he's looking to absorb all he can of a culture that has captivated his imagination.
"I retired after 13 years of editing, went deeply into debt, and decided to follow my heart," says Evans, a PhD student in Indiana University's doctoral program in folklore, who hopes to someday be a professor teaching others about Inuit culture.
Artists sculpts for art's sake
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Michael Evans has driven for two days to get here to watch and listen and learn all he can at Qaggig. Armed with pen and paper and bespectacled eyes, he's looking to absorb all he can of a culture that has captivated his imagination.
"I retired after 13 years of editing, went deeply into debt, and decided to follow my heart," says Evans, a PhD student in Indiana University's doctoral program in folklore, who hopes to someday be a professor teaching others about Inuit culture.
Inuit stage first southern festival
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When the Inuit Art Foundation and the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation got together to toss about potential fund-raising ideas, what emerged was the first-ever Inuit national cultural festival in Canada.
"It's the first Inuit festival outside of the North, but even any festival in the North wouldn't have included Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Quebec and Labrador," said Marybelle Mitchell, the executive director of the Inuit Art Foundation.
Inuit stage first southern festival
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When the Inuit Art Foundation and the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation got together to toss about potential fund-raising ideas, what emerged was the first-ever Inuit national cultural festival in Canada.
"It's the first Inuit festival outside of the North, but even any festival in the North wouldn't have included Inuit from the Northwest Territories, Quebec and Labrador," said Marybelle Mitchell, the executive director of the Inuit Art Foundation.
Sechelt to enter land claim talks
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Officials with the Sechelt Indian Band, federal and provincial governments put their initials to a framework agreement that will serve as a guide to upcoming land claim negotiations.
The framework agreement was signed recently in Victoria by chief negotiators from all three governments, including Chief Garry Feschuk of the Sechelt band.
The signing marks the official entrance of the Sechelt band into the realm of land claim negotiations and wrapped up the two-day conference.
Sechelt to enter land claim talks
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Officials with the Sechelt Indian Band, federal and provincial governments put their initials to a framework agreement that will serve as a guide to upcoming land claim negotiations.
The framework agreement was signed recently in Victoria by chief negotiators from all three governments, including Chief Garry Feschuk of the Sechelt band.
The signing marks the official entrance of the Sechelt band into the realm of land claim negotiations and wrapped up the two-day conference.
Elders' gathering draws 3,000
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The Twelfth Annual Elders' and Traditional Peoples' Gathering was "the best gathering yet," according to a poll of participants done by Johna Hupfield, one of eight co-ordinators.
The largest gathering of its kind in Canada attracted more than 3,000 participants to Peterborough, Ontario's Trent University. This three day event, Feb. 17-19, offered a manifold of contemporary and traditional activities focusing on this year's theme, Family Growth Through Our Elders.
Clear-cutting decimating Stoney reserve
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Clearcutting on this southern Alberta reserve has decimated the equivalent of 25 years worth of logged wood over the past four months.
An estimated 500,000 cubic metres of wood have been harvested from Stoney Indian Band land, a staggering 2,631 per cent more than the 19,000 cubic metres recommended by Forestry Canada.