National Aboriginal
Achievement Awards
COVER:
Thomas
Prince
Canada's
Forgotten Aboriginal War Hero
NATIONAL ABORIGINAL
ACHIEVMENT AWARDS:
Dr. Freda Ahenakew
Mariano Aupilardjuk
Roman
Bittman
Dr Harold Cardinal
Dr. Lindsay Crowshoe
Tomson Highway
Fred House
Zacharias Kunuk
Richard Nerysoo
Lance Relland
Nicholas Sibbeston
Mary Thomas
Dolly Watts
BUSINESS:
Bankers Call Shots
A bank is calling the
financial shots on one of Manitoba's largest First Nations
CULTURE:
Debate
Rages Over Native Alcoholism
Gwishalaayt
The Spirit
Wraps Around You
EDUCATION:
Agreement Solidifies Ties Between Valley Schools and First Nations
Education Critical to Moving Forward
Education is Failing Aboriginal Students
MODERN TREATIES:
Atlantic
Chiefs Demand Action on Template Agreements
...the
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs are demanding a meeting
with DFO minister Herb Dhaliwa...
Cash-strapped Tribal Police Winding Down Operations
First Nations communities
in Cape Breton will no longer be policed by their own...
HUMOUR:
Support Your Local Native
OBITUARY:
Chief Simon Baker
POLITICS:
One
Dead Indian
Referendum
Circus Coming Soon to Your Town
20,000 Survivors of Residential Schools to Seek Compensation
Dolly
Watts
There
will never be a market for indigenous food in a restaurant setting in
Canada. Wrong. If you want to know just how wrong, talk to Dolly Watts.
As the owner-operator of Liliget Feast House and Catering, Watts - a member
of the Gitksan First Nation - has taken Vancouver by storm. Customers
entering Liliget arrive in what has been turned into a culinary long house
and experience traditional wild game and seafood as only Watts can prepare
it.
Entrees served in traditional long wooden bowls, made from carved cedar
and alder, complete the scene. "We grill most everything over fire," Watts
says proudly. "We use alder wood so that everything we cook tastes so
much like the food we used to eat in our villages."
With revenues increasing each year, Watts is the author of her own business
success story. While in university, she established a small bannock stand
called Grandma's Bannock. Demand was incredible and a catering business
- Just Like Grandma's Bannock - followed.
After that, Liliget Feast House and Catering was born in 1995. She's developed
a national and international reputation, serving as a program consultant
to prestigious conferences on Canadian cuisine, and speaking overseas
on Aboriginal cuisine.
Watts also co-founded the Aboriginal Business Club, which provides a forum
for sharing successful business strategies and ideas with others in the
Aboriginal community. The recipient of numerous culinary and business
honours, Watts has developed a solid nationwide clientele.