First Nations

Countdown begins for Christmas Gospel Jamboree

The sad reality this time of year is not every family can afford gifts or a big Christmas meal, but a small group of volunteers from the area are doing their part to spread a bit more cheer.The third ...

Dec 13, 2019 (Nigel Maxwell/ paNOW Staff)

Makwa Sahgaiehcan School warmed by Christmas Cards

Students and staff at Makwa Sahgaiehcan School have been inundated with thousands of Christmas cards filled with messages of hope and support in response to the youth crisis. Some of the messages are ...

Dec 12, 2019 Students at Makwa Sahgaiehcan School received thousands of Christmas Cards of Hope from all over the world.(Nicole Reis/meadowlakeNOW Staff)

Fond du Lac chief renews calls for runway upgrades two years after deadly plane crash

Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation Chief Louie Mercredi is renewing his call for airport improvements two years after the crash of West Wind Flight 280. "One week after the crash, I came to Ottawa to...

Dec 12, 2019 Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation Chief Louie Mercredi and West Wind Aviation President and CEO Michael Rodyniuk at the local airport. (Derek Cornet/larongeNOW Staff)

Major fur trade event set for Prince Albert

Furs from many of the hundreds of trappers across the North will head to market in Prince Albert on Saturday for the Northern Saskatchewan Trappers Association (NSTA) Fur Table. Organizers of the even...

Dec 12, 2019 An image of fur being assessed and valued for market. (NSTA Facebook)

Flying Dust First Nation holding its first "Safe Talk"

Flying Dust First Nation will host its first Safe Talk in the coming days. Patricia Main is a First Nation prevention worker and will be administering the Safe Talk, a peer to peer suicide prevention ...

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Women of Wahpeton First Nation welcome Congolese peace activist

Wahpeton Dakota Nation welcomed an international guest and celebrated a powerful new partnership at an event on Thursday. During a women's-only gathering, the Congolese peace activist, Neema Namadamu ...

Dec 06, 2019 Neema Namadamu (center) with Wahpeton community members from left: Lavina Waditaka, Cheryle Vermette, Maureen Walker, Lois Standing, and Darlene Goodvoice. (submitted/Robert Fincati)

Amendments to jury legislation excludes First Nation elected officials

Recent amendments to provincial legislation is excluding chiefs and council members from First Nations bands from serving as jurors.The province said in a press release the move is to ensure consisten...

Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy on its way to First Nations

Chiefs from Indigenous communities in the region were returning home Wednesday from The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and Special Chiefs Assembly held this week in Ottawa. Barry Matsuing Chalifoux, ...

Action plan on missing, murdered Indigenous women coming by June: Bennett

OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the federal government will release by June 2020 its plan to respond to the final report of the inquiry into missing an...

Dec 04, 2019

Montreal Lake band members prepare for election in 2020

A date has been finalized for the next Montreal Lake Cree Nation election.On Tuesday, March 31, 2020, band members will head to the polls and vote for chief and council. The nomination meeting is sche...

Dec 03, 2019 (file photo/paNOW Staff)