Evacuee Round Dance honours McMurray residents and fire victims
By Terry Lusty (ANNews) – As the vicious wildfires of May scorched areas of the city of Fort McMurray and surrounding territories until they consumed…
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Metis woman welcomes Syrian refugee into her home
By Terry Lusty (ANNews) – It takes a very special person to take in people and care for them, one after another after another. Take…
Dancing for my father, Singing for my son
By Terry Lusty For the art community, especially the Indigenous art community, the three days of March 3 through 5th in Edmonton proved a most…
Harry Rusk receives lifetime achievement award from Traditional Country Music Association
by Terry Lusty (ANNews) – Over the past half-century there have not been many Aboriginals who really made their mark in the country music industry….
Aboriginal Pavilion features spectacular dancing at Edmonton Heritage Days
The 40th annual Heritage Days celebrations at Edmonton’s Hawrelak Park were a resounding success with 62 pavilions representing over 80 various cultural groups from around…
Aboriginal Pavilion delights the crowds at Edmonton Heritage Days
Over the August long weekend, more than 360,000 people flocked to Edmonton’s Hawrelak Park to sample the sights, sounds and tastes of 85 different cultures…
Tsuu T’ina Nation chuckwagon – and Kurt Bensmiller – win Rangeland Derby… again
This year was extra-special for chuckwagon reinsman Kurt Bansmiller and owner Tsuu T’ina Nation as their rig posted a 1:16:73 time in the final championship…
TRC final event drew thousands to Walk for Reconciliation in Ottawa
The work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is done. The final chapter drew to a close May 31 – June 3 in Ottawa…
Congregants fight to keep local priest at Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples
If never before, Father Jim Holland is certainly the talk of the town these days in Edmonton’s Aboriginal community. And, yes, the Native community was…
Elder’s Grand Counsel discusses plans for Kihciy Askiy project in Edmonton
For many years there has been a small core group of Aboriginals in Edmonton who have attempted to establish some form of sacred territory in…