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Some day you might be able to attend a concert of an all-Aboriginal children's choir at one of the major venues in the city, if Sherryl Sewepagaham, the artistic director of the Edmonton Aboriginal Children's Chorus has anything to do with it.

Her chorus practices every Tuesday evening at the Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples. It is attended by both girls and boys in grades four to six. Sewepagaham said the acoustics are wonderful at the church and the priest, Jim Holland, was pleased when asked if they could use the space.

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A six-day program run over six months called Women Who Run with the Wolves will help women tap into their innate ability to be intuitive, and discuss how they do not always use their gift, said Kim Ghostkeeper, organizer of the workshop-styled program.

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On Dec. 12, the Centre for World Indigenous Knowledge and Research at Athabasca University in Edmonton presented an afternoon with Jane Ash Poitras, who presented information on the topic of shamanism and the arts.

The noon-hour presentation was attended by about 30 people, including artist Allan Sapp.

Priscilla Campeau is the program administrator for the centre.

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Chiefs across the country are outraged by the Indian Affairs policy that puts them into third party management if they run a deficit.

Under-funded programs and the costs of administering a community in a remote location are not taken into account, several chiefs said during the Assembly of First Nation Confederacy held in Ottawa Dec. 9 o 11.

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I hope your holidays were great. Once again we are all off to a brand new start, hopefully setting some goals or renewing a New Year's resolution.

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Chief Victor Buffalo was jubilant that lawyers representing his Samson Cree Nation had persuaded the Federal Court of Canada to grant their request to call outgoing prime minister Jean Chretien as a witness in their billion-dollar breach of treaty and trust case against the government. The decision was made Dec. 3.

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The excitement was evident as a group of young people sat through a class on bullying at the Western Horsemanship Riding Clinic in Hobbema on Jan. 12. After the half-hour class, the kids rushed out of the room to the stalls to groom the horses and ride.

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TORONTO-The 2004 National Aboriginal Achievement Awards will be held in Calgary on April 4 and three of the 14 award recipients hail from Alberta. The list of recipients was released on Jan. 13 by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation (NAAF) in Toronto. The NAAF hosts the annual awards ceremony.

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The Peigan band will forgo politics and celebrate the passing of the Olympic torch when it moves through their reserve late this month.

The Peigans earlier endorsed the Lubicon band land claim and plans for demonstrations in support of the Lubicons., the band's own land claim and the controversial Oldman River dam have been postponed.

Band councillor Nelbert Little Mustache said band members made the decision to postpone the demonstrations after a plea from band Elders.

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Blackfoot Chief Strater Crowfoot says he supports the 1988 Winter Olympics but sympathizes with the Lubicon land claim.

"Native land claims are issues that should be dealt with, Olympics or no Olympics. We have our own land claim concerns," he said in a prepared statement this week.

Crowfoot, elected in December, says he and his council cannot dictate the sentiments of individual band members.