by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013
Métis leaders are applauding Friday’s landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding farmland promised to Métis children as part of the Red River Settlement of 1870. The high court ruled that the Métis are entitled to a declaration that Canada failed to...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013
Poundmaker Chief Duane Antoine and seven others were sentenced for Treaty Land Entitlement fraud Friday. All pleaded guilty last year. Antoine and his brother Teddy, a former chief, each received a 20-month suspended sentence. They must complete 100 hours of community...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013
Mosquito-Grizzly Bear’s Head-Lean Man First Nations Chief Noel Stone Jr. and Councillor Milton Oxebin have been ousted from their council seats. Aboriginal Affairs says the reason for the removal is the two allegedly engaged in vote buying practices during band...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013
After months of job losses, there is some good news on the Aboriginal employment front. The latest numbers from Statistics Canada indicate off-reserve employment was up by 800 from February of last year. That represents a two per cent increase from a year ago. Economy...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013
Friday was International Women’s Day. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations used the occasion to renew its call for a national public commission of inquiry on ending violence against Indigenous women and girls. Vice-Chief Kimberley Jonathan notes a special...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013
Over 250 staff and students marched to the steps of the Aboriginal Affairs building in Prince Albert on Friday waving signs and chanting songs against the proposed First Nations education act. The kids say they don’t like the way the proposed act is being formulated...
