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Queen Elizabeth II spent much of the second day of her visit to Saskatchewan meeting Aboriginal people and being exposed to Aboriginal culture.

Her Royal Highness visited the provincial legislature, where she helped to unveil the Saskatchewan centennial mural painted by Metis artist Roger Jerome of La Ronge. Titled 'Northern Tradition and Transition,' the mural shows a First Nations couple canoeing on a river in the forests of northern Saskatchewan as an airplane flies overhead.

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Queen Elizabeth II spent much of the second day of her visit to Saskatchewan meeting Aboriginal people and being exposed to Aboriginal culture.

Her Royal Highness visited the provincial legislature, where she helped to unveil the Saskatchewan centennial mural painted by Metis artist Roger Jerome of La Ronge. Titled 'Northern Tradition and Transition,' the mural shows a First Nations couple canoeing on a river in the forests of northern Saskatchewan as an airplane flies overhead.

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The department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) and the grassroots membership are helpless to press forward on demands for accountability on the Poundmaker Cree Nation.

Protesters have camped out near what passes for a band office on the reserve, located near North Battleford, for several weeks now. They claim the election last May was not conducted according to their custom and they want it overturned.

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You could say the relationship between Saskatchewan's Aboriginal peoples and Great Britain's Royal Family has been cast in stone.

During her visit to the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) Regina campus on May 17 ,Queen Elizabeth II presented the university with a stone tablet on which her initials, as well as the initials of Queen Victoria, were carved.

The Queen presented the stone to university president Dr. Eber Hampton during her visit to the campus that Tuesday afternoon.

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Danielle Majeau is a young Metis woman living in the Edmonton, and is the first Alberta Aboriginal Apprenticeship Project (AAAP) apprentice to graduate from her apprenticeship program. Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training recently issued a journeyman certificate to her.

In 2000, Majeau registered as a cook apprentice. After working as an apprentice for a short period of time, she moved to Saskatchewan. Upon returning to Alberta in 2002, Majeau reactivated her apprenticeship program and joined the AAAP.

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Danielle Majeau is a young Metis woman living in the Edmonton, and is the first Alberta Aboriginal Apprenticeship Project (AAAP) apprentice to graduate from her apprenticeship program. Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training recently issued a journeyman certificate to her.

In 2000, Majeau registered as a cook apprentice. After working as an apprentice for a short period of time, she moved to Saskatchewan. Upon returning to Alberta in 2002, Majeau reactivated her apprenticeship program and joined the AAAP.

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On May 6, the Ben Calf Robe Society held a celebration to kick off the start of National Aboriginal Head Start Week.

The celebration featured guest speakers, fiddlers and jiggers, powwow dancing, activities for the kids, a bake sale and a balloon release to signify the start of the week.

The Mother Earth and Me Aboriginal Head Start program is for children ages three and four, and it prepares them with pre-kindergarten readiness skills needed to excel in the mainstream education system.

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On May 6, the Ben Calf Robe Society held a celebration to kick off the start of National Aboriginal Head Start Week.

The celebration featured guest speakers, fiddlers and jiggers, powwow dancing, activities for the kids, a bake sale and a balloon release to signify the start of the week.

The Mother Earth and Me Aboriginal Head Start program is for children ages three and four, and it prepares them with pre-kindergarten readiness skills needed to excel in the mainstream education system.

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National Aboriginal Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate the occasion than with a quiz about all things Aboriginal.

Here are a few questions about people, places and events that have been featured in stories in Raven's Eye and our sister publications over the past year. How many can you get right?

1) In the June 2004 issue of Windspeaker, we reported on the decision of the North American Indigenous Games Council to postpone the next games until 2006. They were scheduled to take place in 2005 in what U.S. city?

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National Aboriginal Day is just around the corner, and what better way to celebrate the occasion than with a quiz about all things Aboriginal.

Here are a few questions about people, places and events that have been featured in stories in Raven's Eye and our sister publications over the past year. How many can you get right?

1) In the June 2004 issue of Windspeaker, we reported on the decision of the North American Indigenous Games Council to postpone the next games until 2006. They were scheduled to take place in 2005 in what U.S. city?