
Chiefs in Saskatchewan sent a message to the provincial government to scrap a controversial bill or the new year could start with blockades. “Political avenues, legal avenues are in place,” Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron said. “If all else fails, we will blockade.” The Saskatchewan First Act passed its second reading in […]
A northern Saskatchewan First Nation has signed a land settlement agreement with the federal and provincial governments after it was shorted more than 1,700 hectares of land. Under Treaty 6 in 1876, Mistawasis Nêhiyawak was promised about 52 hectares acres of land for every member, but 34 people were left out. Saskatchewan says the First […]
Several events are being held across Regina today in honour of Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme is glad to see this day come around and has some advice for people who want to learn and be educated on the mistreatment of indigenous peoples. “People should come with […]
Canada Day will not look the way it normally does in our province as many communities are passing up on festivities in the wake of last month’s discovery of 751 unmarked graves on the Cowessess First Nation at the site of a former residential school. Premier Scott Moe has no problem with communities doing what […]
A newly released document shows prosecutors in Saskatchewan weighed backlash and remorse felt by people accused of posting hateful online messages after the high-profile shooting death of a young Cree man. Tuesday marks the three-year anniversary of the acquittal of Gerald Stanley in the death of 22-year-old Colten Boushie of Red Pheasant First Nation, after […]
It will be up to you to determine what happens to a statue of Canada’s first Prime Minister that is standing in Victoria Park. The City of Regina says it wants public feedback on the statue and what should be done with it and has added a plaque at the statue’s base indicating this. A […]
The province’s justice minister says if all goes well, he would like an indigenous person to replace Brent Cotter as the chair of the Public Complaints Commission. Cotter, who is now a Senator, has said he will stay as chair until a replacement is found with Morgan saying talks are underway to find that replacement […]
the national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling on members to lobby all parties in an effort to influence political platforms ahead of the federal election in October. “With the federal election coming, I want to say now the importance of voting and the importance of influencing all party platforms,” Perry Bellegarde […]