by MBC News | Mar 27, 2013
The George Gordon First Nation has become the latest Saskatchewan band to sign onto the First Nations Land Management Regime. A total of 69 First Nations have now joined the program. The regime allows bands to opt out of 34 sections of the Indian Act in a bid to get...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2013
Singer, songwriter and political activist Buffy Sainte-Marie entertained a crowd of more than 300 people at the First Nations University of Canada’s Regina campus last night. She was there to talk about the lost identity of North America’s Indigenous people. Her...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2013
The province’s Ministry of Environment has signed an agreement to have 2.3 million tree seedlings grown and stored at a nursery north of Prince Albert. The young trees will be planted next year in areas not covered by current licence agreements with forest...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2013
Questions have been raised recently (in a CBC report) about people on-reserve being charged taxes which don’t apply to them. SaskTel spokesperson Tara Tibeau says to be exempt from PST and GST, you must be a status Indian located on a reserve. She adds lots of...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2013
Conservative MPs from Saskatchewan lined up to protest some proposed changes to the province’s electoral boundaries today. Speaking before a senate hearing this morning, many said the plan would water down the strong agricultural voice the province has enjoyed...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2013
A vice-chief with the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations isn’t ruling out a legal challenge over the issue of education funding. The federation has released a report which says First Nations schools are getting roughly half the funding other schools do....
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2013
The chief of the Onion Lake Cree Nation says the federal government is using strong-arm tactics against First Nations people. Wallace Fox says Ottawa is pressing First Nations to accept federal legislation in order to get its contribution funding agreement. He says a...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2013
A University of Saskatchewan professor says the Idle No More movement has exposed what he calls an “unholy alliance” between the federal government and media to undermine the treaty and constitutional rights of First Nations people. Sakej Henderson teaches at the...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2013
The University of Saskatchewan is reaching out to more Aboriginal students. It has launched a new website in an effort to build partnerships in Aboriginal communities and to increase the participation of Aboriginal students. They currently make up about 10% of the...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2013
The La Ronge Ice Wolves say 24 candidates have applied for their vacant head coach and general manager position. Team president Terry Helary says the list includes interim head coach and GM Ron Holloway, who was former head coach Bob Beatty’s assistant the past...
