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Ethel Blondin-Andrew, federal secretary of the state for training and youth, the only Aboriginal member of the Liberal cabinet, claims she was misquoted by Broadcast News in a recent wire story. The Western Arctic Member of Parliament was responding to a story reporting on her comments at a Calgary Native health conference at the end of November.

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Ethel Blondin-Andrew, federal secretary of the state for training and youth, the only Aboriginal member of the Liberal cabinet, claims she was misquoted by Broadcast News in a recent wire story. The Western Arctic Member of Parliament was responding to a story reporting on her comments at a Calgary Native health conference at the end of November.

1994 - Year In Review

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JANUARY

NAFTA sparks Mexico clashes

1994 - Year In Review

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JANUARY

NAFTA sparks Mexico clashes

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At first glance, Addie Arey doesn't seem like a prime candidate for the Yukon Sports Hall of Fame.

You won't see any animated encouragement, yells and screams from the sidelines when he's coaching. Arey's participated in eight Arctic Winter Games, as well as the Northern Games, the World Eskimo Olympics, the North American Indigenous Games and the Commonwealth Games.

And he doesn't know how many medals he has. He's never counted them, he said. Arey doesn't say much. In fact, you're lucky if you get a quick nod as you pass by.

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Disabled Natives need recognition on a national level, through the Assembly of First Nations, said delegates at a recent health conference.

Representatives from several provincial associations made that clear at a national First Nations health conference Pathways to Holistic Health held in Calgary, Alberta, Nov. 27-30.

"If we had a national committee, we could achieve our goals," said Ian Hinksman, president of the British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society.

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Traditional forms of Aboriginal medicine will be recognized in Ontario under a new health policy announced by the provincial government and Native leaders.

The policy endorses the use of traditional healers, midwives and Elders. In addition, the government has pledged that those practising traditional medicine will be recognized, respected and protected from government regulation.

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East and West met this month at a southern Alberta reserve when the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi shared his vision of a world filled with good will.

"It was against the British rule that my grandfather put up his big fight," Rajmohan Gandhi explained to the Stoney children among the guests at the Nakoda Lodge. "He believed in no-violence and love.

"But I forgot all that when I was fighting with my sister," Gandhi joked, referring to his own childhood.

akua tuta by Kashtin, a Columbia recording

This musical treat starts by placing you by the lakeshore, the loon crying to your spirit, the hypnotic drum beat luring you into the Kashtin spell.

Light and airy guitars, a blues fiddle, some harmonica and warm, sometimes gravelly vocals harmonize together in a mature sound. These are songs of Mother Earth, self-confidence, compassion, hope and dreams. By the second tune - kasset - All the Children, Kashtin has set the mood.

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It was a sell-out crowd that greeted folks attending this year's Huron Carole Benefit Concert at the University of Alberta Meyer Horowitz theatre December 3.

Although it was the first time that the concert was staged in Edmonton , the public did not disappoint. They packed the house. Consequently, it most certainly paved the way, and then some, for the concert to return in future.

The Edmonton Food Bank was undoubtedly smiling from ear-to-ear since they were the designated recipient of the profits from ticket sales of the fund-raiser.