by Dan Jones | Jun 20, 2022 | Current News
Karen Bird is seeking a judicial review of an Elder’s Council decision to remove her as Chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. In May, the First Nation advised the public that Bird was no longer Chief for “unprofessional conduct, behaviors and lateral violence.”...
by Dan Jones | May 9, 2022 | Current News
Saskatchewan Indigenous women, alleging forced or coerced sterilization are demanding accountability in the health sector, but also legislative changes to prevent what they went through from happening to other women. “During this I kept saying no, I don’t want...
by Dan Jones | Feb 22, 2022 | Current News
Warning: Disturbing Content. The Battlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs (BATC) said it is extending its search grid for the Delmas residential school. An initial search of the school’s foundation yielded zero anomalies in ground-penetrating radar conducted by SNC Lavalin....
by Dan Jones | Nov 10, 2021 | Current News
WARNING: Disturbing content. An emotional journey to bring home missing residential school children has begun, as the Star Blanket Cree Nation is conducting a ground-penetrating radar search of land near the former Lebret Indian Industrial School. Chief...
by Dan Jones | Nov 1, 2021 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, the Regina Treaty Status Indian Services and the City of Regina are working to find accommodations for approximately 70 people housed in a tent city at Regina’s Pepsi Park. For about one month, people have been camping...
by Dan Jones | Oct 28, 2021 | Current News
The Chief of a northern First Nation said the killing of bears earlier this summer was uncalled for. Karen Bird, Chief of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation is disputing the provincial government’s assessment that bears needed to be euthanized near the Southend...
by Dan Jones | Oct 15, 2021 | Current News
A professor from Stanley Mission is being recognized for his decades-long work in revitalizing the Cree Language. Solomon Ratt is an Associate Professor at the First Nations University of Canada and has been named to the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. “I was surprised...
by Sam Campling, Dan Jones | Oct 12, 2021 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nation is dismissing allegations of wrongdoing in the nomination of candidates. Three men contesting for various leadership positions within the FSIN claim there were irregularities within the nomination process, which...
by Dan Jones | Oct 5, 2021 | Current News
(Photo: Little Pine First Nation Chief Wayne Segamanis.) WARNING: Disturbing content A Saskatchewan First Nations Chief is questioning what comes next if Pope Francis apologizes for the Catholic Church’s role in operating some of Canada’s residential schools. A...
by Dan Jones | Sep 24, 2021 | Current News
Premier Scott Moe is getting pushback for his recent comments, which appeared to single out the Far North and First Nations communities for low COVID-19 immunization rates. In his post federal election response, Moe tried to tie Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the...