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Past wrong at Enoch put right for $52 million

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The leadership of the Enoch Cree Nation took advantage of a gathering of community members and visitors to the territory to put pen to paper to right an historic wrong.

Chief Ron Morin, along with past chiefs and current councillors, Elders and dignitaries delayed the Sunday grand entry of the community's annual powwow held Aug. 6 to 8 to formally sign the settlement of a land claim begun in the 1970s, registered in the courts as Cardinal versus the Crown.

History is just kicking around in the dirt

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Ever wonder if that old bone your dog dug up from your back yard might be a fossil of a prehistoric animal? Well, the staff of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Interpretive Centre invites you down to the museum to have arrowhead, fossil or rock dated and analyzed at their prehistoric version of Antiques Roadshow.

Archaeologists and other specialists will be on hand at the museum on Sept. 4 for Stones and Bones. They will be taking a look at any artifact brought in to them to attempt to determine its identity and the time period from whence it came.

Perfect Storm wows Folk Fest audience

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Gallagher Hill in Edmonton, traditional Papaschase territory, was the site of the 25th annual Edmonton International Folk Music Festival Aug. 5 to 8, and for the first time in 25 years, a drum group-Perfect Storm from Hobbema-was in the line-up.

In Perfect Storm's first appearance outside of Indian Country, the group joined folksinger Farron and Spirit of the West on stage Aug. 8 for a Folk Fest workshop, a chance for artists to jam.

Jon Mirasty makes name for himself in ECHL

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At the age of 21, Jon Mirasty is riding high after a successful rookie year playing in the East Coast Hockey League.

As left wing for the Bakersfield Condors, Mirasty, who is from Flying Dust First Nation, led the league with 32 fighting majors and 358 penalty minutes. At 5'10" and 220 lb, Mirasty has taken on the role of enforcer, fighting guys that he says are stronger and more experienced, something he had to get used to when he made the move from the junior leagues.

"Sixties Scoop" adoptee tells his story

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Barry Hambly was only four years old when he became a victim of the "Sixties Scoop," which saw hundreds of Aboriginal children removed from their homes and placed with non-Aboriginal families in Canada and the United States.

Now, more than 30 years later, Hambly is rediscovering his roots and sharing the experience with others. His story is featured in the documentary Red Road, which is scheduled to air on Life Network on Aug. 28.

Research project looks at traditional medicines

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The cardiovascular research group at the University of Saskatchewan is teaming up with two Saskatchewan First Nations to take a scientific look at what makes traditional herbal remedies work.

The research group plans to talk to Elders and healers from English River First Nation and the Lac La Ronge Indian band to gather information about traditional treatments of cardiovascular problems.