by Dan Jones | Jun 3, 2021 | Current News
The former Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission said the federal government has known of possible unmarked graves at residential schools, but chose to ignore that. Murray Sinclair testified during an emergency House of Commons Committee on the TRC Final...
by Dan Jones | Jun 3, 2021 | Current News
The Clearwater River Dene Nation has established a checkpoint on Highway 955, as there has been an increase on uranium exploration. An area north of the community is rich in uranium deposits. The First Nation contents that the granting of exploration permits is being...
by Dan Jones | Jun 2, 2021 | Current News
(Photo: Justice for Our Stolen Children camp tipi.) The Saskatchewan Court of Appeals is reserving its decision on whether to dismiss an appeal by an Indigenous protest camp, which occupied Wascana Park for 197 days in 2018. The Justice for Our Stolen Children Camp,...
by Dan Jones | Jun 1, 2021 | Current News
A somber ceremony was held at the site of one of Canada’s last known standing residential schools, and a place where 35 unmarked graves were discovered, not only to honour the children who did not come home from the Muskowekwan Indian Residential School, but for the...
by Dan Jones | Jun 1, 2021 | Current News
The New Democrats are supporting the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations in its call to the federal government to commit to investigating potential unmarked graves at residential schools in the province. The response comes following the discovery of the remains...
by Dan Jones | May 31, 2021 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations and the province are jointly pressuring the federal government to commit to further action in discovering potential burials at residential schools in Saskatchewan. The response comes following the discovery of the remains...
by Dan Jones | May 31, 2021 | Current News
Two students from the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Education are attempting to preserve the history and culture of Cumberland House through quilting. Students located in the northern community have worked to translate the stories of their relatives and...
