aboriginal turtle awards

16 Red Deer Express Wednesday, June 23, 2010 RED DEER NATIVE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY presents ABORIGINAL TURTLE AWARDS ABORIGINAL WEEK June 21 - 27 Come Out and Enjoy! Held June 21 at the Capri Centre A sold out crowd gathered at the Capri Hotel & Convention Centre on June 21 to honour the 15 recipients of this year’s Aboriginal Turtle Awards celebrating Aboriginal achievement in Central Al- berta. The ceremony also marked National Aborigi- nal Day and the Summer Solstice. The evening opened with elder AlaJoy Morris offering a prayer, followed by a honour song. Mayor Morris Flewwelling brought greetings from the City before guests were served with a de- licious Aboriginal-themed dinner including ban- nock and bison tenderloin. The silent auction raised almost $1,500 which will go toward the new Friendship Centre. The local Aboriginal community is grateful to the many individuals and businesses that contributed items to the silent auction. Recording artist Curt Young and Jamie Medi- cine Crane entertained, and the Red Deer Aborig- inal Dance Troupe not only performed but was also awarded the Turtle Award for Aboriginal Arts. Following the awards Morning Star drummers and singers from Sunchild First Nation played sev- eral drum songs. The performance was followed by a round dance song that got everyone out of their chairs to participate in a traditional ceremony of friendship. “Next year promises to be even bigger,” said event organizer Mandy Grifﬁths, adding sponsors are encouraged to contact the Red Deer Na- tive Friendship Centre early to participate in next year’s Turtle Awards. The proceeds of the June 21 fundraiser will help to achieve the dream of a New Friendship Heal- ing Centre that will offer high quality Aboriginal programs, cultural supports and services the community has appreciated over the past 25 years. The Red Deer Native Friendship Centre con- gratulates the recipients of the awards this year and acknowledges the generous support of the sponsors who made this event possible and contributed to the celebration of Aboriginal achievement in Central Alberta: Red Deer Express Red Deer College Myers Norris Penny Collins Barrow Peace Hills Trust City of Red Deer Aboriginal Frontline Rocky Native Friendship Centre Red Deer Aboriginal Employment Community & District Foundation Safe Harbour Society Drumocracy Red Deer Friendship Centre Capri Hotel & Convention Centre Aboriginal Arts Award Red Deer Dance Troupe Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support Education & Training Awards Debbie Oostindie Entrepreneurship Award Bruce & Allison Plain-Cutknife Health Award Darryl Lickers Kookum Award Agnes Johnson Mooshum Award Douglas Bonaise Youth Award (12 - 24) Natalie Michele Chiles Youth Award (5 - 11) Cheyenne Ogilvie Youth Award (12 - 24) Cody Derocher Volunteer Award Therese Kehler Service Provider Awards Bev Weber Traditional Practices Award Darcy Goodrunning Kookum Award Theresa (Corky) Jonasson Life Time Achievement Award Ms. Cora Fedyk Outstanding Contribution Award Dr. John Paul Stewart Accepted by Erika Stewart Wednesday, June 23 Metis Local & Metis LINKS Open House @ Metis Links Thursday, June 24 RDNFS Open House Thursday, June 24 Library Film Screening 6:00 - 8:30pm Friday, June 25 RDAES Dance Saturday, June 26 Heritage Square Celebration 10:00am - 4:00pm Friday, June 25 Native Counselling Open House Photo not available

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16 Red Deer Express Wednesday, June 23, 2010

RED DEER NATIVE FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY presents

ABORIGINALTURTLE AWARDS

ABORIGINAL WEEK June 21 - 27 Come Out and Enjoy!

Held June 21 at the Capri CentreA sold out crowd gathered at the Capri Hotel &

Convention Centre on June 21 to honour the 15 recipients of this year’s Aboriginal Turtle Awards celebrating Aboriginal achievement in Central Al-berta.

The ceremony also marked National Aborigi-nal Day and the Summer Solstice. The evening opened with elder AlaJoy Morris offering a prayer, followed by a honour song.

Mayor Morris Flewwelling brought greetings from the City before guests were served with a de-licious Aboriginal-themed dinner including ban-nock and bison tenderloin.

The silent auction raised almost $1,500 which will go toward the new Friendship Centre. The lo-cal Aboriginal community is grateful to the many individuals and businesses that contributed items to the silent auction.

Recording artist Curt Young and Jamie Medi-cine Crane entertained, and the Red Deer Aborig-inal Dance Troupe not only performed but was also awarded the Turtle Award for Aboriginal Arts.

Following the awards Morning Star drummers and singers from Sunchild First Nation played sev-eral drum songs. The performance was followed by a round dance song that got everyone out of their chairs to participate in a traditional ceremony of friendship.

“Next year promises to be even bigger,” said

event organizer Mandy Griffi ths, adding spon-sors are encouraged to contact the Red Deer Na-tive Friendship Centre early to participate in next year’s Turtle Awards.

The proceeds of the June 21 fundraiser will help to achieve the dream of a New Friendship Heal-ing Centre that will offer high quality Aboriginal programs, cultural supports and services the com-munity has appreciated over the past 25 years.

The Red Deer Native Friendship Centre con-gratulates the recipients of the awards this year and acknowledges the generous support of the sponsors who made this event possible and con-tributed to the celebration of Aboriginal achieve-ment in Central Alberta:

Red Deer ExpressRed Deer CollegeMyers Norris PennyCollins BarrowPeace Hills TrustCity of Red DeerAboriginal FrontlineRocky Native Friendship CentreRed Deer Aboriginal Employment Community & District FoundationSafe Harbour SocietyDrumocracyRed Deer Friendship Centre Capri Hotel & Convention Centre

Aboriginal Arts AwardRed Deer Dance Troupe

Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support

Education & Training AwardsDebbie Oostindie

Entrepreneurship AwardBruce & Allison Plain-Cutknife

Health AwardDarryl Lickers

Kookum AwardAgnes Johnson

Mooshum AwardDouglas Bonaise

Youth Award (12 - 24)Natalie Michele Chiles

Youth Award (5 - 11)Cheyenne Ogilvie

Youth Award (12 - 24)Cody Derocher

Volunteer AwardTherese Kehler

Service Provider AwardsBev Weber