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Encyclopedia > Calvin Pompana

Calvin Pompana is a politician and aboriginal activist in Manitoba, Canada. He is an elder in the Dakota tribe, from the Sioux Valley River first nation, and has been involved in several aboriginal outreach efforts in Manitoba. A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Glorious and free) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Area 647,797 km² (8th)  - Land 553,556 km²  - Water 64,241 km² (14. ... Dakota may refer to: A group of Amerindian tribes (see Lakota or Sioux), or lands named after them: The related tribes in Minnesota known as Dakota Oyate (Nation), or Santees, meaning allies, including the Prairie Island (Mdewakanton and Wahpekute) Indian Community, the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community, the Lower Sioux...


Pompana currently assists aboriginal youth in Winnipeg with job-training, in conjunction with the Urban Indian Association of Winnipeg and AMC Research and Policy Development. A former student in Canada's residential school system, he has provided assistance to other former students who were victimized in the system. Pompana is also an artist, and has worked in cultural activities such as storytelling, singing and dancing in native communities.


In the provincial election of 1990, Pompana ran as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the north-end Winnipeg riding of Point Douglas, which has a large aboriginal population. He finished third, with 575 votes (the winner, George Hickes of the NDP, was also aboriginal). The election of September 11, 1990 in Manitoba, Canada was won by the Progressive Conservatives, who took 30 out of 57 seats. ... The Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba is a right-of-centre political party in Manitoba, Canada. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Location. ... Point Douglas is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. ... George Hickes is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ... The New Democratic Party of Manitoba is a social democratic political party in Manitoba, Canada. ...


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