by MBC News | Apr 27, 2015
Two First Nation writers were winners this weekend at the annual Saskatchewan Book Awards held in Regina. Dawn Dumont won the City of Regina Fiction Award for her book, Rose’s Run and Ernie Louttit won the Rasmussen, Rasmussen & Charowsky Aboriginal Peoples’...
by MBC News | Apr 27, 2015
A young woman from North Dakota has been selected as the new Miss Indian World. The annual pageant wrapped up on the weekend in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Cheyenne Brady from New Town, North Dakota finished in first place. Each contestant competed in the areas of public...
by MBC News | Apr 25, 2015
Northern Saskatchewan wild rice harvesters met in Prince Albert this past weekend for their 30th annual conference. The harvesters were represented from all the different regions in the north and while not every harvester was there for the conference there were more...
by MBC News | Apr 24, 2015
One man from Fishing Lake First Nation and another from Wadena face numerous charges after a robbery and shooting incident at Quill Lake earlier this week. 25 year-old Delbert Nanaquetung and 28 year-old face three counts of attempted murder, attempted robbery among...
by MBC News | Apr 24, 2015
The province has announced a 330-thousand dollar investment for an urban First Nations project. Over the years, First Nations people have moved to the city to seek a better life. What many of them found was a foreign place with all kinds of challenges. The Saskatoon...
by MBC News | Apr 24, 2015
Enbridge Pipelines is aiming to bring together general contractors with Aboriginal businesses through a trade show at Whitecap Dakota First Nation. Today, businesses and contractors gathered for the last of Enbridge’s Aboriginal Business Reverse Trade Show....
by MBC News | Apr 24, 2015
First Nations actors will be lined up in Saskatoon tomorrow auditioning for a role in the HBO mini-series, “Lewis and Clark”. Tyrone Tootoosis is no stranger to auditions. He went to his first back in 1970. He says at one audition he got called back three...
by MBC News | Apr 24, 2015
A husband and wife Cree language team are on the White Bear First Nation this afternoon giving students some specialized Cree language tools. Arok Wolvengrey and his wife Jean Okimasis are language professors at the First Nations University and they are giving the...
by MBC News | Apr 24, 2015
Sexual assault support workers gathered in Saskatoon Thursday and Friday for a conference and the Indian Residential Schools was a big part of the discussion. Linda Opoonechaw gave a presentation on the history and impact of the residential schools in Canada during...
by MBC News | Apr 23, 2015
A program aiming to prevent risk-related trauma in youth is celebrating ten years in Saskatoon. P.A.R.T.Y. stands for prevent alcohol and risk-related trauma in youth. This morning, members of the P.A.R.T.Y. program honoured their presenters and collaborators for...
