Tag Archives: First Nations
Poundmaker artist, production company honoured with grants
A Poundmaker Cree Nation artist and production company are being recognized with grants for their work promoting Indigenous culture and history. The total amount being awarded by the Saskatchewan Arts...
Feb 05, 2020 Poundmaker Cree Nation artist Floyd Favel and production company Miyawata Culture Inc. received a number of grant awards for promoting Indigenous culture and history. (submitted photo/Floyd Favel)
LLRIB continues to work on Cows and Plows agricultural settlement
The Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) continues to work with the federal government on the Cows and Plows Treaty 6 adhesion agricultural benefits. That's according to LLRIB Chief Tammy Cook-Searson, wh...
Feb 04, 2020 The LLRIB wants the federal government to speed up a claim for agricultural benefits. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
School board explores Cree kindergarten
Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division is designing a Cree language program and looking for community input. The school board is hoping to start a bilingual Cree kindergarten class at one school t...
Feb 04, 2020 Kindergarten learning materials in Cree. (submitted photo/Victor Thunderchild)
Special monument planned in Prince Albert to honour MMIW
A monument to help honour and pay tribute to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls may have a home on Prince Albert's riverbank by later this summer.The Sisters in Spirit project was the ide...
Feb 04, 2020 Family like those of Monica Burns will soon be asked for input on a special project. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Mistawasis school among local art grant recipients
A high school 45 minutes west of P.A. is getting $10,000 to fund a collaborative art project. Mistawasis Nhiyawak High School was one of several local grant recipients announced by the Saskatchewan Ar...
Feb 03, 2020 A Medicine Wheel mural created by Mistawasis students and artist Kris Moffatt last year. (submitted photo/Denise Desjardins)
Women's conference promotes goal setting and self-care
A vice-principal from Saskatoon told a crowd of nearly 200 women too many children are not making into university because they lack fundamental skills.Melanie Cook, who works at Oskayak High School, a...
Jan 31, 2020 Vice-Principal Melanie Cook discusses the importance of early literacy skills. (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)
"We don't really know where's he going to stay tonight," P.A. judge raises concerns with thief's release
The correctional system has sometimes been referred to as a revolving door, but for a man from James Smith Cree Nation, who had been in custody over 120 days, the door was temporarily closed until the...
Jan 30, 2020 (File photo/ paNOW Staff)
Leadership hopes new Bell's Point Youth Centre will make an impact
Lac La Ronge Indian Band Coun. Michael Bird wants students to feel at home at the new Bell's Point Youth Centre along Elders Road. The approximately $300,000 facility opened earlier this week and incl...
Jan 29, 2020 Roxanne Roberts, Coun. Michael Bird and Allen Morrow are seen inside the youth centre. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)
MLCN ratifies new business charter
A new agreement ratified last week by Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) chief and council will help create wealth and sovereignty for the community, according to the Chief Executive Officer of Montreal...
Jan 28, 2020 From left to right sitting: Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) Councillor Troy Naytowhow, MLCN Vice Chief Dean Henderson, MLCN Chief Frank Roberts, MLCN Councillor Stanley Bird, MLCN Councillor Eldon Henderson. Standing from left to right Montreal Lake Business Ventures (MLBV) Borden Wasyluk, MLCN Councillor Debbie Kasheep, MLBV Chairman Noland Henderson and MLBV Director Roger Bird. (submitted photo/ Robert Fincati)
Women empower women at Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation
First Nation communities in the region are invited for an evening of empowerment and community support at Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation. Shelley Wiart, co-founder of Women Warriors told meadowlakeNOW...
Jan 27, 2020 (submitted photo/Woman Warriors)