PhD Student From Canoe Lake Awarded $108,000 Research Grant

by | Jun 19, 2013

An academic researcher says imposed systems of colonial governance have not worked well for Indigenous people and it is time to look at the policies First Nations people used themselves, prior to European contact. Cassandra Opikokew, a PhD student in the...

New Book Says Indigenous People Paid Heavily For National Railway

by | Jun 18, 2013

A new book says the Canadian government withheld food from Indigenous people in the late 1880’s, sometimes to the point of starvation, in order to make way for a national railway through Saskatchewan. Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics, and the Loss of Aboriginal...

A Saskatchewan Connection To “The Lone Ranger”

by | Jun 18, 2013

A First Nations fashion designer from the Montreal Lake Cree nation is getting noticed in Hollywood. Linda Lavallee now lives in Chilliwack B.C. but part of her business still operates out of Saskatchewan. She designs and makes one of a kind handcrafted boots. Her...

Road Crews Fix Washout On Highway 2

by | Jun 18, 2013

Traffic is flowing again north of Prince Albert — which is music to the ears of people who live north of Montreal Lake. Highway 2 north of Prince Albert has been re-opened after a huge sinkhole closed both lanes south of Weyakwin over the weekend. The washout...

Bands Struggle To Provide Services To Flooded Reserves

by | Jun 18, 2013

Heavy rains have pushed two First Nations to the breaking point. Evacuations are set to take place this morning on the James Smith First Nation while the Beardy’s Okemasis reserve was forced to close down four roads and is struggling to get children to school. Everett...

FSIN Says New Safe Drinking Water Act Highly Ineffective

by | Jun 14, 2013

The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations says the federal government’s new safe drinking water act violates treaty rights, provides insufficient funding to enforce standards and has been passed without proper consultation. The organization adds the new...