Bear Claw Casino Opens at White Bear
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Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 26, no. 1, December 1996, p. 12
Description
First casino in Canada located on reserve land at White Bear First Nation.
Humourous animated short involves a ill-equipped European "discovering" the Inuit homeland and promptly planting flags everywhere as a sign of ownership and an Inuit hunter's response. Accompanying material: The Bear Facts: Lesson Plan.
Duration: 3:58.
Guide to accompany film, The Bear Facts. Target audience Grades one to three in the subject areas of History, Social Sciences, First Nations and Humanities.
Historical note:
Joan Beatty was the first Aboriginal woman elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature. Prior to this Beatty had a career in journalism and production, as well as management at SaskTel.Discusses a questionable comment made on the radio by host T. J. Conner regarding the Olympic Torch visit stopping in Curve Lake to "buy smokes".
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