Recently added articles from Alberta Sweetgrass:
New Aboriginal series debuts at AIFF.(Alberta News)
Dec 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Blackstone, produced in association with APTN, the Alberta Film Development Program and other partners, debuted late last month after having been nominated for four American Indian Film Festival awards. The one hour drama was shown at AIFF in San Francisco ...
Onion Lake Energy makes Taiwan short list for oil work.
Dec 01, 2009; ... Onion Lake Energy has made the short list as one of the companies that Chinese Petroleum Corp. is considering for oil and gas work to be done on First Nations' land in Alberta and Saskatchewan. "I don't think any other First Nation has ever been able to achieve that high a level ...
Chief passes away.(Alberta News)
Dec 01, 2009; ... Raymond Arcand, recently appointed to the advisory committee for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, passed away on Nov. 9. In a written statement, George Stanley, Assembly of First Nations' regional chief for Alberta, said, "As Chief of his Nation, Ray was determined in the struggle ...
Crane Bear to receive NAAA.(Alberta News)
Dec 01, 2009; ... Tom Crane Bear was among the 14 Aboriginal Canadians recognized by the House of Commons recently for their selection to the 17th Annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards, which will take place March 26, 2010. Crane Bear, a teacher from the Siksika Nation, was recognized in the ...
Medicine wheel approach for Poundmakers Lodge.(HEALTH)
Dec 01, 2009; ... When it comes to addictions, treatment centres offer a variety of ways to control a disease from which no culture is immune. What is special about the Poundmaker's Lodge Treatment Centre, located in St. Albert and operating since 1973, is the way in which its counsellors and staff combine ...