Métis youth across the province have chosen the new president for the Provincial Métis Youth Council. Autumn LaRose-Smith won this past weekend’s election with 47 percent of the vote. LaRose-Smith will be serving a four-year term in the position and will be...
A group of Indigenous matriarchs is calling for post-secondary institutions and other organizations to stop allowing non-Indigenous people to self identify as Indigenous. A demonstration took place at the University of Saskatchewan Friday afternoon with a group of...
There are several avenues to determine Métis ancestry in the province says the president of one organization. Charlene Lavallee is the president of AMNSIS (Association of Métis Non and Status Indians Saskatchewan), an organization working for non-status Indian, Métis,...
A demonstration is planned at the University of Saskatchewan on Friday to call for universities to investigate thoroughly any faculty who may be misrepresenting their Indigenous identity. The demonstration comes in response to U of S researcher Carrie Bourassa being...
A test project out of a mine in northern Saskatchewan was a success says the mine’s operators. For the past five years, Orano Canada and Denison Mines Corp have been deploying the Surface Access Borehole Resource Extraction (SABRE) method to mine for uranium at...
A professor from the University of Saskatchewan believes discussions around Metis identity may become one of the hallmark issues for Indigenous people in the 21st century. In recent weeks, stories have risen around Metis identity and who has the authority to proclaim...
The recently elected president of the Metis National Council says her goal is to bring all Metis Nations together. Cassidy Caron was the first woman elected to the national Metis leadership position at a General Assembly last month. Caron came into the position during...
The election results are in and Bobby Cameron has been re-elected as chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. 992 of an eligible 1088 voters cast their ballot during Thursday’s election. Multiple delays drove the election into later Thursday...
A Saskatchewan First Nation chief believes a papal visit and possible apology for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s Residential School System is “meaningless” without action. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops announced on...
The Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council is happy to hear the new Crown-Indigenous relations minister is willing to work on Indigenous land claims, but said a lot of work needs to be done. On Tuesday, Mark Miller replaced Carolyn Bennet as Canada’s...
