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It's hard to beat big business, but Saskatchewan wild rice growers are holding their own against competition giants in the U.S.

Grown mainly north of Prince Albert, wild rice has been an economic resource for many Aboriginal communities.

The Lac La Ronge Band is one of many who have tapped into the market as risky as land farming.

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It's hard to beat big business, but Saskatchewan wild rice growers are holding their own against competition giants in the U.S.

Grown mainly north of Prince Albert, wild rice has been an economic resource for many Aboriginal communities.

The Lac La Ronge Band is one of many who have tapped into the market as risky as land farming.

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The Saskatoon Board of Education has renewed its commitment to a unique program aimed at getting more Native kids off city streets and back into the classroom.

School trustees have agreed to expand the board's involvement in the First Nations Children at Risk: Education and Healing Empowerment Program, which is run in conjunction with the Saskatoon Tribal Council and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.

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The Saskatoon Board of Education has renewed its commitment to a unique program aimed at getting more Native kids off city streets and back into the classroom.

School trustees have agreed to expand the board's involvement in the First Nations Children at Risk: Education and Healing Empowerment Program, which is run in conjunction with the Saskatoon Tribal Council and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.

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Another step towards Metis self-government and economic development was accomplished last month when a five year tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Saskatchewan Metis and the provincial and federal government.

The signing took place on July 24 at Back to Batoche celebrations with a $400,000 donation to the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan.

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Another step towards Metis self-government and economic development was accomplished last month when a five year tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between Saskatchewan Metis and the provincial and federal government.

The signing took place on July 24 at Back to Batoche celebrations with a $400,000 donation to the Metis Nation of Saskatchewan.

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Movies have rarely, if ever, depicted the grace and inner spirit of North America's first people in the way Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves succeeds.

The Orion film production is being hailed by critics and Natives for its honest and effective portrayal of a society too often slandered by Hollywood's fairy-tale approach to aboriginal history.

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Ann Jack is a Mohawk from the Akwasasini Nation in Ontario. Her Mohawk name is Karonaihnoron - "the sky is expensive" - and she's from the Bear Clan.

A mother of 15 children and 39 grandchildren , in June 1968 at the age of 37, Anne had a vision which sent her on a 22-year quest to deliver a message to all people. After she received the vision, Jack was invited to an elders' conference in Oklahoma. It was the first conference she'd ever been invited to speak at. There were 106 Indian Nations attending the meeting and speeches lasted for eight days.

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The following article has been excerpted from "A Sharing With Those Who Know", a book being written by former Windspeaker editor Dianne Meili to commemorate elders from the 10 different nations in Alberta. The collection of elder interviews, accompanied by color photographs, will serve as a lasting record of the lives and wisdom of our beloved old ones who embody the best of what it means to be an aboriginal person. Meili is the great-granddaughter of Victoria Callihoo, a well-known Cree elder born in 1860 in the Edmonton area. Her book will be published in 1991.

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A Western Canadian tour by six Mohawk Warriors is a threat to the Indian affairs department, says a Mohawk Indian from the Kahnawake reserve.

Paul Smith, the younger brother of a Warrior, said the 20-day tour, which came to Edmonton Nov. 28 is a threat to Indian affairs "because we speak the truth and people know when they hear the truth. That's all we wanted this summer."

"The word is out," said Smith. "Internationally now the people see that Canada is carrying out a form of genocide, cultural genocide."