Tag Archives: First Nations
Few can say they’re 100-per-cent Indigenous but Lillian Lerat is close
Cowessess elder Lillian Lerat made a surprising discovery while researching her family tree - she is 99.6 per-cent Indigenous.Born Lillian Assiniboine in 1945 on the Ochapowace First Nation, to Frank ...
Oct 17, 2024
Federal minister pays visit to Sask. to finalize Cows and Plows announcements
A failed promise 150 years ago by the federal government to provide First Nation people with agricultural tools and equipment now represents a settlement in the area of $13 billion.The Federal Ministe...
Oct 15, 2024
Canada's Got Talent winner recognized as trail blazer
It's been quite the year for Rebecca Strong.Nearly five months after winning Canada's Got Talent, the singer from Stony Rapids has received a prestigious award that recognizes artists who trail-blaze ...
Oct 15, 2024
Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated with an eye on the election
As Native Americans across the U.S. come together on Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate their history and culture and acknowledge the ongoing challenges they face, many will do so with a f...
Oct 14, 2024
Report says at least 55 children died or disappeared at B.C. residential school
A British Columbia First Nation says at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending a residential school near Williams Lake, more than triple the number recorded for the institution in the N...
Oct 12, 2024
New organization is focused on growing the Indigenous agriculture industry
Kallie Wood and her team are planting the seeds of sustainable Indigenous agriculture across the country one project at a time.The National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food (NCIAF) is an Ind...
Oct 09, 2024
Prince Albert Grand Council leaders in Ottawa demanding help for housing and health care crisis
"We are in a state of crisis in our communities."Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) Grand Chief Brian Hardlotte made his message clear."Our people are struggling to survive with basic health care and ...
Oct 09, 2024
Sask. politicians under pressure to recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Saskatchewan is taking some heat after two Meadow Lake court workers were sent home early for wearing orange shirts on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR) on Sept. 30. Federation of S...
Oct 05, 2024
Sask. had highest number of residential schools in Canada, but NDTR not recognized; Chiefs
Saskatchewan is standing on the wrong side of history. That was the message delivered by several First Nation Chiefs Friday at a press conference hosted by the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) addres...
Oct 04, 2024
Indigenous courthouse workers sent home after wearing orange shirts on NDTR
After two Indigenous women working in the Meadow Lake Saskatchewan Justice Unit were sent home on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation for wearing orange shirts, Meadow Lake Tribal Council is cal...
Oct 03, 2024