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Article: Achievement award recipients named.(NEWS)(2008 National Aboriginal Achievement Award)(Awards list)
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- Saskatechewan Sage
- Article date:
- December 1, 2007
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Two individuals with connections to Saskatchewan are among the 14 people selected to receive a National Aboriginal Achievement Award in 2008.
The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards are handed out annually by the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation to recognize the contributions of exceptional Aboriginal people.
The award in the politics category will be handed out to Metis educator and politician Joseph Leon Handley from Meadow Lake, who has dedicated his career to public service, most recently as premier of the Northwest Territories. Handley served in that position from December 2003 to October 2007, choosing ...