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Nine-year-old Keisha Cook eagerly bounced from display to display at the Eighth Annual Prince Albert Grand Council Fine Arts Festival which ran from April 26 to 29 in Prince Albert.

The Grade 3 artist, weaver and wordsmith was enthusiastically taking in all the other student work being showcased at the festival. "I like getting ideas from other people's art," Cook said. "There's nice stuff that people make out of their own minds."

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With famous faces like Val Kilmer and Cher making it big in the entertainment world, the floodgates of fame have been flung wide open for people of Aboriginal ancestry to sing, dance and act their way into our hearts.

But what about the heady world of high power advertising, glossy magazines and newspapers, the image makers and breakers of our times? Where do Aboriginal people fit into the big picture spread today?

"We all like to think we are beautiful in some way," said Lucy Carter, cosmetician and teacher at Onion Lake First Nation.

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The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and South East Treaty 4 Tribal Council hosted the 1999 Saskatchewan Indian Winter Games from April 5 to 9. The event attracted close to 3,000 athletes from around the province.

Meadow Lake Tribal Council came out on top for the third straight year with 251 points. Meadow Lake represents 11 bands. Athletes from those communities were in the running in every sport: volleyball, badminton, broomball and hockey.

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Michelle Hiegli is going to spend the summer as an editorial assistant and researcher for CBC Newsworld in Calgary.

The 19-year-old Saulteaux Nation member of the Yellow Quill First Nation, who resides in the provincial capital, is one of eight journalism students from across the country who have been selected for a Joan Donaldson scholarship.

As part of this year's celebration of CBC Newsworld's 10th year on the air, the public broadcaster created these four-month-long paid summer positions for promising young reporters.

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One way I like to relax and relieve stress is when I'm on the internet, or as most people would call it . . . the worldwide web. The number of teenagers who surf the web on a daily basis is amazing. You could be on a 'Teen Chat' website and be talking to other teenagers from around the world. The internet also has its many surprises - you could be chattin' with another teen, who you think is 14 years old from New Mexico, when in fact he's an old man who's alone at 78 and living in a trailer park in Arizona. Trust me, you don't want to download his pictorials.

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When I was young I knew how to speak Cree, at least until they put me in a foster home. Then I did not have anyone to speak Cree to anymore. I am 41 years old and I can't speak my language. I can often understand what people are saying, but I can't carry on a conversation. This hurts me a lot.

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Porcupines leave their stories on the trees. They are our little four-legged brothers from the forest who have long been part of the sacred legends and lives of the people of the Plains and Woodland tribes.

Since prehistoric times, Aboriginal people have benefited from the porcupine, learning to weave intricate stories and designs, both personal and magic, with quills, sinew and natural dyes.

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In its second year of operation, the First Nations Bank is on its way to meeting the goal of becoming a national bank with the opening of a third branch in Walpole Island, Ont.

"There's great opportunity for a bank that is focused on the First Nation market. The bank is growing and expanding to be First Nations driven and owned," said David Ross, president of First Nations Bank of Canada.

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Initial reports, based on interviews with the approximately 30 Aboriginal protesters who appeared outside Kilburn Hall, a 48-bed secure facility for young offenders, suggest that a 17-year-old Aboriginal detainee was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment that was reminiscent of scenes in the shockingly violent movie A Clockwork Orange.

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The Supreme Court of Canada has sent a message saying there are far too many Aboriginal people in Canada's jails. The ruling came during the sentencing of a British Columbia Aboriginal woman for manslaughter.

The high court also ruled that Canada's courts put too many Aboriginal people behind bars and alternatives need to be found.

It's a message that Aboriginal justice workers have been trying to get out for years.