Clearwater River Dene settle “cows and plows” claim

Clearwater River Dene settle “cows and plows” claim

The Clearwater River Dene Nation is set to receive a substantial financial settlement from the federal government. When Treaty 8 was ratified in 1900, it stipulated that certain agriculture provisions were to go to signatory First Nations who wanted to undertake...
Bellegarde urges changes to UNDRIP legislation

Bellegarde urges changes to UNDRIP legislation

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde is urging a House of Commons Committee to recommend 12 changes to a proposed Bill to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). The legislation tabled in December...
Shoal Lake Cree Nation woman last seen at Nipawin pharmacy

Shoal Lake Cree Nation woman last seen at Nipawin pharmacy

Police continue to search for a 26-year-old woman from the Shoal Lake Cree Nation who was last seen on Wednesday. Mykayla Bearboy was last seen at the Rexall Pharmacy in Nipawin where she had been dropped off by a medical taxi. She was supposed to meet the driver for...
Ahtahkakoop’s Peekeekoot making an impact with P.A. Raiders

Ahtahkakoop’s Peekeekoot making an impact with P.A. Raiders

Dallyn Peekeekoot has been making the best of his debut season in the Western Hockey League. In seven games with the Prince Albert Raiders the 2004 born forward from Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation has five points, with three goals and two assists. Peekeekoot credits much of...