K-Days features traditional powwow celebration
(ANNews) – K-Days – Edmonton’s biggest summer festival of the year – will be held from July 20-29 for 10 days of thrilling rides, rockin’…
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Edmonton’s Interstellar Rodeo showcases Indigenous musicians: July 20-22
(ANNews) – Summer in Alberta is always a musical treat. In addition to powwows there are some wonderful festivals in both Edmonton and Calgary that…
Calgary Stampede’s Indian Village celebrates the Treaty 7 Nations – at Enmax Park until July 15
by Madeline Babinec (Calgary Stampede) – Taste traditional fried bannock, purchase Indigenous beaded jewellery or hand-painted art, discover the insides of family tipis, listen to…
Iroquois Lacrosse Team Defies BDS to Reach Israel
TORONTO July 12, 2018 – The Iroquois National Lacrosse Team has touched down in Israel for the World Men’s Lacrosse Championships, defying the protests of anti-Israel…
Grand Chief Littlechild Delivers Strong Statement to UN on Free, Prior and Informed Consent
(Ottawa, ON) – On behalf of the Assembly of First Nations, Treaty 6 Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild is participating this week at the meeting of…
New Alberta Anti-Racism Grant Program now open for application
(July 2018) – As part of government efforts to address racism, Alberta’s Culture and Tourism Minister Ricardo Miranda has unveiled details of a new Anti-Racism…
Beautiful ‘Fireflies at Twilight’ mural is installed at Calgary’s Victoria Park
Calgary, AB – On July 4, Springboard Performance’s Fireflies at Twilight containR mural installation makes way to east Victoria Park. The installation created in honour…
Early Bird Registration is now open for Children are our Sacred Bundle conferences in Osoyoos and Calgary
(July 3, 2018) – ‘The Children Are Our Sacred Bundle Conference’ in both Osoyoos and Calgary are now open for early bird registration! The Osoyoos…
University of Alberta offers a unique writing course this fall
by John Copley (ANNews) – A unique three-month writing course, Treaty Poetics 494, will be introduced at the University of Alberta this coming September. The…
Successful 2018 Metis Spring Festival sets new attendance records
by John Copley (ANNews) – St. Albert’s Servus Place once again provided the ideal venue for what turned out to be an attendance breaking event…