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The wind rustles the aspen leaves, creating a sound much like water gently tumbling over rocks in a stream.

All around, the aspens speak their watery talk here at the Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band reserve, located a 45-minute drive north of Kamloops along Westsyde Road. On one side, the land comes to a sudden stop at the banks of the North Thompson River. On the other, large wooded hills dwarf everything below them. If ever there's a serene postcard paradise, this is it.

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The wind rustles the aspen leaves, creating a sound much like water gently tumbling over rocks in a stream.

All around, the aspens speak their watery talk here at the Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band reserve, located a 45-minute drive north of Kamloops along Westsyde Road. On one side, the land comes to a sudden stop at the banks of the North Thompson River. On the other, large wooded hills dwarf everything below them. If ever there's a serene postcard paradise, this is it.

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Nestled between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake in the Okanagan Valley in Penticton, a place exists where First Nations people can go to learn how to give form to their creativity, either through words or visual means. That place is the En'owkin Centre, a post-secondary institute for Native students that offers its teachings in a First Nations context.

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Nestled between Okanagan Lake and Skaha Lake in the Okanagan Valley in Penticton, a place exists where First Nations people can go to learn how to give form to their creativity, either through words or visual means. That place is the En'owkin Centre, a post-secondary institute for Native students that offers its teachings in a First Nations context.

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For 44-year-old Joyce Kirkpatrick, coming out of a lifestyle of drugs and alcohol was not easy. But when Kirkpatrick entered a detox centre in 1989, she never looked back. Since then she has become a strong advocate for Alcoholics Anonymous and other self-help groups and has actively been engaged in helping other people tackle their addictions with her business Wild Bear Claw Woman, a name she received in a ceremony. The business was started in 1999 and is conducted out of her home.

Kirkpatrick speaks quietly and clearly from the heart as she describes her past.

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For 44-year-old Joyce Kirkpatrick, coming out of a lifestyle of drugs and alcohol was not easy. But when Kirkpatrick entered a detox centre in 1989, she never looked back. Since then she has become a strong advocate for Alcoholics Anonymous and other self-help groups and has actively been engaged in helping other people tackle their addictions with her business Wild Bear Claw Woman, a name she received in a ceremony. The business was started in 1999 and is conducted out of her home.

Kirkpatrick speaks quietly and clearly from the heart as she describes her past.

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A resident of the Tobacco Plains reserve was one of the winners in the 1999 "Indigenous Futures 2000" international case writing competition.

Kim Gravelle is a graduate of the University of Lethbridge's Aboriginal Management Certificate program, and is currently enrolled in the Faculty of Management's General degree program. Gravelle won the award for best student submission, as well as an honorable mention in the general awards category.

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A resident of the Tobacco Plains reserve was one of the winners in the 1999 "Indigenous Futures 2000" international case writing competition.

Kim Gravelle is a graduate of the University of Lethbridge's Aboriginal Management Certificate program, and is currently enrolled in the Faculty of Management's General degree program. Gravelle won the award for best student submission, as well as an honorable mention in the general awards category.

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On Aug. 7, four men from the Squamish Nation and members of the North Vancouver Canoe Club boarded a plane heading to Townsville, located in northeastern Australia close to the Great Barrier Reef, to compete in the Australian Outrigger Canoe Racing Association's ninth World Sprint Titles.

The team races outrigger canoes and includes Reno Natrell, Ian Billy, Cory Lewis, and Tony Nahanee.

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On Aug. 7, four men from the Squamish Nation and members of the North Vancouver Canoe Club boarded a plane heading to Townsville, located in northeastern Australia close to the Great Barrier Reef, to compete in the Australian Outrigger Canoe Racing Association's ninth World Sprint Titles.

The team races outrigger canoes and includes Reno Natrell, Ian Billy, Cory Lewis, and Tony Nahanee.