First Nations

'We weep for our children' : PAGC wants Feds to compensate Timber Bay School survivors

The Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council says the horrific discovery in B.C. last week, shows there can be no rest until the search for the children who never came home from residential scho...

Jun 02, 2021

Acclaimed Red Pheasant Cree Nation author honoured with GG Literary Award for Fiction

Author Michelle Good has been awarded the $25,000 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction for 2020 for her novel "Five Little Indians," that deals with the impact on survivors of residential sch...

Jun 01, 2021

Tour of future wellness centre shows structure at 50 per cent completion

The $16.1 million, 20,000 square-foot future wellness centre is 50 per cent complete. larongeNOW, along with Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) Chief Tammy Cook-Searson and health staff, toured the unde...

Jun 01, 2021

Sask. First Nation Elder says increased funding and resources needed to help families recover from residential school experience

An Elder from Sturgeon Lake First Nation west of Prince Albert says he was not surprised when he heard the tragic and horrific news that the remains of 215 children were found at a residential school ...

Jun 01, 2021

Archaeologist believes ground penetrating radar can show true reality of residential schools

A Saskatchewan archaeologist believes science can play an integral part in revealing what words cannot. Mike Markowski co-owns a heritage consulting company based in Saskatoon that specializes in grou...

Jun 01, 2021

Many join in walk to gravesite to honour children lost to residential schools

Tiny moccasins and teddy bears adorned the cairn at Battleford Industrial School children's graveyard Monday evening where people gathered to remember. They honoured the over 70 children buried there,...

Jun 01, 2021

The Ridge Wellness Centre enjoys official grand opening

Located south of Battleford, The Ridge Wellness Centre officially opened for the first phase of the project on May 31.The centre will be available to individuals or families from anywhere in the North...

May 31, 2021

'Never made it home': Residents honour children found at former Kamloops residential school

It was warm and overcast Monday as more than 100 tri-community residents gathered to honour the 215 children who's remains were found last week at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School.The eve...

May 31, 2021

Ceremony held at James Smith Cree Nation in honour of residential school lives lost

It's an event that has sent shockwaves across the country.The discovery of the remains of 215 children at the Kamloops Indian Residential School site in British Columbia.On Monday, May 31, a ceremony ...

May 31, 2021

Ceremony at PAGC for residential school lives lost

A special and sombre ceremony took place at the Prince Albert Grand Council Monday afternoon in remembrance of the 215 children whose remains were found last week near the former Kamloops Indian Resid...

May 31, 2021