Metis Harvesting Ruling To Be Appealed

Metis Harvesting Ruling To Be Appealed Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 14:06     The Crown is appealing a recent court decision regarding Metis harvesting rights in southern Saskatchewan.   Last month, a judge ruled that Regina Metis resident Don Belhumeur belonged to...

Draude Handed Aboriginal Cabinet Portfolios

Draude Handed Aboriginal Cabinet Portfolios Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 14:04     Saskatchewan’s new First Nations and Metis Relations Minister is also the new Minister of Northern Affairs.   June Draude is one of six founding members of the Saskatchewan...

RCMP Investigate Sudden Death At Sweetgrass

RCMP Investigate Sudden Death At Sweetgrass Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 14:00     The Mounties are looking into what they’re calling the sudden death of a man from the Sweetgrass First Nation, near North Battleford.   The RCMP and EMS personnel were called to...

Ile-a-la-Crosse Boarding School Review Not Done

Ile-a-la-Crosse Boarding School Review Not Done Thursday, November 22, 2007 at 13:59     An Ile-a-la-Crosse man is not impressed with a development earlier this week concerning former students of the community’s old boarding school.   Don Favel is pushing to...

Lawyer Weighs In On Residential Schools Trust Flap

Lawyer Weighs In On Residential Schools Trust Flap Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 13:48     The Assembly of First Nations says it doesn’t know what to believe concerning allegations of misused residential school trust money.   The Liberals have been attacking...

AFN Signs Agreement With National Mining Body

  AFN Signs Agreement With National Mining Body Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 13:45     The Mining Association of Canada has signed a letter of intent with the country’s largest First Nations organization.   Yesterday in Ottawa, Assembly of First Nations...

More Aboriginal Language Textbooks In The Works

More Aboriginal Language Textbooks In The Works Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 13:43     Two new series of textbooks featuring Aboriginal languages are being unveiled this afternoon in Regina.   The project is the brainchild of the First Nations University of Canada...

Researchers Develop New Aboriginal Learning Gauge

Researchers Develop New Aboriginal Learning Gauge Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 13:41     The Canadian Council on Learning and the Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre have developed a new model to measure Aboriginal peoples’ success in learning.   They are...

TV Program Profiles Exemplary Inner City Youths

TV Program Profiles Exemplary Inner City Youths Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at 13:39     The story of a group of inner city Regina youths leaving a life of crime will air on SCN tonight.   The documentary called “Running from Crime” tells the story of 15...

Another Setback For Boarding School Survivors

Another Setback For Boarding School Survivors Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at 15:28     Survivors of two boarding schools in northern Saskatchewan have lost their initial bid to be added to the residential school settlement agreement.   The government received...