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Blood Indian plans to sue writer over book

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When the book, The Miss Hobbema Pageant written by W.P. Kinsella hit the bookstores last year, it opened would causing cries of prejudice from Hobbema residents.

Many residents called the book 'racist' and demeaning to Indians although Kinsella maintained it was strictly fiction.

Now David Small Face, an Indian from the Blood Reserve in southern Alberta, is protesting against another book of Kinsella fictional writing by suing him.

Blood Indian plans to sue writer over book

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When the book, The Miss Hobbema Pageant written by W.P. Kinsella hit the bookstores last year, it opened would causing cries of prejudice from Hobbema residents.

Many residents called the book 'racist' and demeaning to Indians although Kinsella maintained it was strictly fiction.

Now David Small Face, an Indian from the Blood Reserve in southern Alberta, is protesting against another book of Kinsella fictional writing by suing him.

Blood Indian plans to sue writer over book

Page 16

When the book, The Miss Hobbema Pageant written by W.P. Kinsella hit the bookstores last year, it opened would causing cries of prejudice from Hobbema residents.

Many residents called the book 'racist' and demeaning to Indians although Kinsella maintained it was strictly fiction.

Now David Small Face, an Indian from the Blood Reserve in southern Alberta, is protesting against another book of Kinsella fictional writing by suing him.

Program prepares women for working world

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Grand MacEwan College offers a ten-week program to prepare Native women for the working world.

The Native Women's Pre-employment Program at GMCC's Cromdale campus has proved successful for some of those who have completed the program.

Sylvia Gambler, 25, finished the program in October 1989.

"I didn't know what career I wanted. I didn't know what I would need for the career. I helped a lot," said Gambler.

Program prepares women for working world

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Grand MacEwan College offers a ten-week program to prepare Native women for the working world.

The Native Women's Pre-employment Program at GMCC's Cromdale campus has proved successful for some of those who have completed the program.

Sylvia Gambler, 25, finished the program in October 1989.

"I didn't know what career I wanted. I didn't know what I would need for the career. I helped a lot," said Gambler.

Program prepares women for working world

Page 14

Grand MacEwan College offers a ten-week program to prepare Native women for the working world.

The Native Women's Pre-employment Program at GMCC's Cromdale campus has proved successful for some of those who have completed the program.

Sylvia Gambler, 25, finished the program in October 1989.

"I didn't know what career I wanted. I didn't know what I would need for the career. I helped a lot," said Gambler.

Program prepares women for working world

Page 14

Grand MacEwan College offers a ten-week program to prepare Native women for the working world.

The Native Women's Pre-employment Program at GMCC's Cromdale campus has proved successful for some of those who have completed the program.

Sylvia Gambler, 25, finished the program in October 1989.

"I didn't know what career I wanted. I didn't know what I would need for the career. I helped a lot," said Gambler.

Society hopes to build Metis museum

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Annoyed by small inaccuracies found in current Metis history, an Edmonton society wants to open a museum in the near future to give people a better background of Metis history currently found in Canada.

The museum would exhibit historical Metis artifacts and be a resource center, according to Gordon Poitras, the main founder of the Louis Riel Historical Society.

He helped form the society in 1986 following an exhibition of Metis history at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary.

Society hopes to build Metis museum

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Annoyed by small inaccuracies found in current Metis history, an Edmonton society wants to open a museum in the near future to give people a better background of Metis history currently found in Canada.

The museum would exhibit historical Metis artifacts and be a resource center, according to Gordon Poitras, the main founder of the Louis Riel Historical Society.

He helped form the society in 1986 following an exhibition of Metis history at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary.

Society hopes to build Metis museum

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Annoyed by small inaccuracies found in current Metis history, an Edmonton society wants to open a museum in the near future to give people a better background of Metis history currently found in Canada.

The museum would exhibit historical Metis artifacts and be a resource center, according to Gordon Poitras, the main founder of the Louis Riel Historical Society.

He helped form the society in 1986 following an exhibition of Metis history at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary.