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With some additional prize money up for grabs, organizers of an Aboriginal volleyball tournament in Winnipeg are hoping for their biggest event yet.

For the third straight year the Winnipeg 'Kwe women's volleyball team is running its event, which is simply dubbed the 2006 Indigenous Volleyball Tournament.

The tourney, which will be held Nov. 24 to 25, will be staged at Winnipeg's Shamrock School.

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Aboriginal students wanting to enter the career of surveyor are now eligible to receive a generous $1,500 scholarship towards their studies at a recognized university, technical institute or community college.

The Association of Canada Lands Surveyors Association (ACLS) welcomes applications from First Nations, Metis, and Inuit students for its Geomatics Scholarship Program.

Page 19 Teneil Whiskeyjack grew up in Saddle Lake, Alta. and was just 10 when she took up the craft of acting. She has appeared in a number of productions, including Why the Rabbit Turns White and The Legend of the Spirit Bear, part of the Stories from the Seventh Fire animated series. She also appeared in the television miniseries Dreamkeeper, earning an award for Outstanding New Performance in a Film or TV Movie/Special from the First Americans in the Arts. Her latest role is that of Sarah Fox in Hank Williams First Nation-the Series, which premieres on APTN Nov. 18.

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Several of Vancouver's Aboriginal youth had an opportunity to showcase their artistic talents last month as the city by the sea opened its arms to Canada's first art gallery dedicated to acknowledging the importance of the arts in schools.

ArtStarts in Schools Gallery and Resource Centre opened its doors on Sept. 27 to a waiting crowd of sponsors, local artists, educators and youth.

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The most valuable private collection of Canadian Aboriginal artifacts is coming home, but it will be scattered, with only one item returning to its place of origin while the bulk of it goes to the Art Gallery of Ontario.

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In honor of Women's History Month (October), Aboriginal women in B.C. were recognized Oct. 18, and celebrated for their contributions to the province by Community Services Minister Ida Chong, representatives of the First Nations Leadership Council and the Metis Nation-BC.

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"One heart, one mind, one love, one determination for the protection of Mother Earth." These words from William Commanda, Elder of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, marked the opening of the 10th National Forest Congress held by the Canadian Forestry Association from Sept. 24 to 27 in Gatineau, Que.

More than 50 speakers from government, industry, conservation groups and a substantial number of First Nations shared perspectives on how Canada's vast boreal forest can be both protected and used wisely.

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A gathering of two-spirit people celebrated their unique journey through life and saw the society take its spiritual place in the circle during the Fourth Annual Elders and Two Spirit Gathering held in Edmonton on Oct. 20 to 22. It was the culmination of a three-year ceremonial process of reclamation.

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When the Liberal Party's leadership convention finally kicks off in Montreal on Dec. 2, at least 245 Aboriginal delegates will be there among the potential 6,000 voting delegates.

The race seems to be down to four serious candidates. Former Harvard professor Michael Ignatieff leads in the preliminary delegate count going into Montreal with 29.8 per cent. Former Ontario premier Bob Rae has 19.8 per cent. Former Ontario cabinet minister Gerard Kennedy has 16.8 and former federal cabinet minister Stephane Dion has 16.6.

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Ojibway hockey coach Ted Nolan's back in the National Hockey League after an eight-year absence.

At deadline on Oct. 25, his New York Islanders were playing .500 hockey and sitting in the league's top 10 after eight games, in second place just behind the New Jersey Devils for the divisional lead. Nolan is upbeat, focused and working hard now that he's back in the league where he was recognized as coach of the year in 1997 for his efforts behind the Buffalo Sabres' bench.