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Maggie Hogson, a well-known activist in the area of residential school survivor healing, said the recently announced compensation package for former residential school students provides formal acknowledgment that the residential school system devastated the Native community over generations.

Hogson, who was a member of the Aboriginal Working Caucus that provided advice to the federal government on residential school compensation, said there is much good to be found in the agreement-in-principle announced in Ottawa on Nov. 23.

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A compensation package for the survivors of residential schools announced in Ottawa Nov. 23 is receiving mixed early reviews in the Native community, with many former students, upon hearing details of the agreement, expressing a wide range of emotions, including frustration, anger and sadness.

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A compensation package for the survivors of residential schools announced in Ottawa Nov. 23 is receiving mixed early reviews in the Native community, with many former students, upon hearing details of the agreement, expressing a wide range of emotions, including frustration, anger and sadness.

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The big talent from Alberta was front and centre when the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards were presented on a snowy winter's night in Toronto Nov. 25.

Carl Quinn, the ladies of Asani, powwow group Painted Horse from the south, and the Northern Cree Singers all walked away with hardware. The Keeper of Tradition Award was presented to northern Alberta's Allan Beaver.

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The big talent from Alberta was front and centre when the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards were presented on a snowy winter's night in Toronto Nov. 25.

Carl Quinn, the ladies of Asani, powwow group Painted Horse from the south, and the Northern Cree Singers all walked away with hardware. The Keeper of Tradition Award was presented to northern Alberta's Allan Beaver.

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His fight for rights took place in the intellectual arena

Many words have been used over the years to describe Vine Victor Deloria Jr.-Author, scholar, lawyer, activist, educator, historian, political scientist and theologian. He has been called a visionary and a warrior, a radical and a mentor, a philosopher and a hero. Time magazine referred to him as one of the 11 greatest religious thinkers of the 20th century. Many of today's Indigenous leaders cite Deloria's written word as helping to inspire them to be involved and make a difference.

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His fight for rights took place in the intellectual arena

Many words have been used over the years to describe Vine Victor Deloria Jr.-Author, scholar, lawyer, activist, educator, historian, political scientist and theologian. He has been called a visionary and a warrior, a radical and a mentor, a philosopher and a hero. Time magazine referred to him as one of the 11 greatest religious thinkers of the 20th century. Many of today's Indigenous leaders cite Deloria's written word as helping to inspire them to be involved and make a difference.

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Researchers from the University of Calgary's Digital Media Laboratory are teaming up with Red Crow College to create a video game designed to teach the Blackfoot language to Blackfoot youth.

The goal of the I'Powahsin Project, which gets its name from the Blackfoot word for 'speak', is to create a game that reflects Blackfoot culture, is inhabited by Blackfoot characters and requires the player to learn the Blackfoot language in order to play and win the game.

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Students are key allies in two projects that monitor the natural environment at Black River First Nation, Brian Kotak said. He was reporting at the Water for Life conference held in Winnipeg Oct. 19 and 20 about the environmental work done in his department in the community.

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Students are key allies in two projects that monitor the natural environment at Black River First Nation, Brian Kotak said. He was reporting at the Water for Life conference held in Winnipeg Oct. 19 and 20 about the environmental work done in his department in the community.