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Muriel Betsina is raising four of her grandchildren. In her small community of Ndilo, a Dene community in Yellowknife, N.W.T. there are at least four other grandparents who are responsible for bringing up their children's children.
But Social Services has tied this long-standing Aboriginal tradition in red tape and the results is a no-win situation for all involved.
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Muriel Betsina is raising four of her grandchildren. In her small community of Ndilo, a Dene community in Yellowknife, N.W.T. there are at least four other grandparents who are responsible for bringing up their children's children.
But Social Services has tied this long-standing Aboriginal tradition in red tape and the results is a no-win situation for all involved.
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Muriel Betsina is raising four of her grandchildren. In her small community of Ndilo, a Dene community in Yellowknife, N.W.T. there are at least four other grandparents who are responsible for bringing up their children's children.
But Social Services has tied this long-standing Aboriginal tradition in red tape and the results is a no-win situation for all involved.
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Muriel Betsina is raising four of her grandchildren. In her small community of Ndilo, a Dene community in Yellowknife, N.W.T. there are at least four other grandparents who are responsible for bringing up their children's children.
But Social Services has tied this long-standing Aboriginal tradition in red tape and the results is a no-win situation for all involved.
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The Kainai Lady Hawks won their third straight basketball tournament for the 1993-94 season as they defeated Cardston here at Senator Gladstone Hall by a score of 57-30 in the championship final Feb. 11-13.
The Hawks are making a bid to represent Alberta in the National Indian Athletic Association basketball finals in Norman, Oklahoma in April. The team won the Arnold Crow Child Memorial at Sarcee during the Christmas holidays, and The Kainai Family and Community Services tourney here at the Gladstone Hall.
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The Kainai Lady Hawks won their third straight basketball tournament for the 1993-94 season as they defeated Cardston here at Senator Gladstone Hall by a score of 57-30 in the championship final Feb. 11-13.
The Hawks are making a bid to represent Alberta in the National Indian Athletic Association basketball finals in Norman, Oklahoma in April. The team won the Arnold Crow Child Memorial at Sarcee during the Christmas holidays, and The Kainai Family and Community Services tourney here at the Gladstone Hall.
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The Kainai Lady Hawks won their third straight basketball tournament for the 1993-94 season as they defeated Cardston here at Senator Gladstone Hall by a score of 57-30 in the championship final Feb. 11-13.
The Hawks are making a bid to represent Alberta in the National Indian Athletic Association basketball finals in Norman, Oklahoma in April. The team won the Arnold Crow Child Memorial at Sarcee during the Christmas holidays, and The Kainai Family and Community Services tourney here at the Gladstone Hall.
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The Kainai Lady Hawks won their third straight basketball tournament for the 1993-94 season as they defeated Cardston here at Senator Gladstone Hall by a score of 57-30 in the championship final Feb. 11-13.
The Hawks are making a bid to represent Alberta in the National Indian Athletic Association basketball finals in Norman, Oklahoma in April. The team won the Arnold Crow Child Memorial at Sarcee during the Christmas holidays, and The Kainai Family and Community Services tourney here at the Gladstone Hall.
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Bull ropes, chaps, spurs and the rosin bag came out of moth balls for the first major rodeo event for the 1994 rodeo season on the Native circuit, a bullarama in southern Alberta.
It was business for the 16 bull riders, who paid $200.00 entry fee each, to get on two head, covering two bulls got contestants another one for the top ten semi-finals.
From there, the top six advanced to the sudden death $1,000 ride-off.
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Bull ropes, chaps, spurs and the rosin bag came out of moth balls for the first major rodeo event for the 1994 rodeo season on the Native circuit, a bullarama in southern Alberta.
It was business for the 16 bull riders, who paid $200.00 entry fee each, to get on two head, covering two bulls got contestants another one for the top ten semi-finals.
From there, the top six advanced to the sudden death $1,000 ride-off.