One of the leaders of a Sixties Scoop survivors organization says the government should not be in a rush to make an apology. Alberta Premier Rachel Notley apologized to Sixties Scoop survivors on Monday and the Manitoba government made an apology in 2015. However,...
Former Truth and Reconciliation Commission Commissioner Marie Wilson is challenging Canadians to think about how to incorporate reconciliation, post TRC. Wilson was a guest speaker at a diversity conference in Regina this week. Her presentation focused on how...
La Ronge town council has released details on upcoming changes to regulations and guidelines for alcohol sales and consumption in the community. The announcement was made last night at a public forum attended by about 60 people at the Kikinahk Friendship Centre....
Keewatin Community Development Association and Northlands College are sponsoring the second annual Core Days. The two-day event begins later today at the Northlands College River Campus in Air Ronge. The CEO of KCDA, Randy Johns, says students, members of the public...
Alex Maurice says he believes it is important to speak on behalf of veterans who can no longer speak for themselves. The president of the Saskatchewan Metis Veterans Association is part of a group who is meeting with a parliamentary committee in Beauval on Wednesday....
A new study says food insecurity continues to be a major problem for Saskatchewan First Nations communities. The First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study looks at 14 First Nations communities in the province. It finds 37 per cent of Saskatchewan First...
Eighteen First Nations in Canada and 17 tribes in the United States are descendants of the Oceti Sakowin that speak three main dialects, Dakota, Nakota and Lakota. Many Dakota language speakers have gathered in Saskatoon this week, learning ways to revitalize and...
Stacy Swampe grew up in Alberta during the mid to late part of the twentieth century. He says, like many other Indigenous kids his age, he liked to play hockey and sing in powwows. For him, however, he says everything changed the day his father died. “I lost my role...
The husband of a northern Saskatchewan First Nations chief has been committed to stand trial in a historical sexual assault case. Fifty-five-year-old Raymond Morrison is facing old Criminal Code charges of buggery, indecent assault and sexual assault of two males...
Several First Nation leaders and organizations gathered with officials from the City of Saskatoon Tuesday morning to raise a reconciliation flag. The raising of the flag has become a yearly tradition in the city ever since Saskatoon made a declaration to respond to...
