Tag Archives: First Nations

Love and culture make stolen regalia irreplaceable
A 17-year-old Prince Albert teen is missing a huge part of his past after the regalia his parents have been preparing since before he was born was stolen two nights ago. Leander Dreaver said some of t...
Jul 22, 2024

‘I am walking with my whole heart’: Healing walk addresses grief after deadly day on Highway 4
A Highway to Healing walk this weekend saw people come out to support Saskatchewan families grieving after two fatal crashes within hours of each other on Highway 4 earlier this month.On July 5, a 48-...
Jul 21, 2024

Prince Albert family participates in research project on racialized policing
Investigating experiences of "over-protection" or "unde-protection" by police, a team of researchers from the University of Saskatchewan have spent the past two days working with a family in Prince Al...
Jul 20, 2024

Back to Batoche Days returns bigger and better
Our Moment to Shine is a fitting theme for this year's Back to Batoche Days, given the hot temperatures expected all weekend.From humble beginnings, the event has noticeably grown in size, and Mtis Na...
Jul 19, 2024

PBCN celebrates Indigenous culture and wellness room at Foran Mining near Hanson Lake
It's a space Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation (PBSN) Chief Peter Beatty describes as a sanctuary for First Nations employees and an educational resource for others.The Indigenous Culture and Wellness Room...
Jul 19, 2024
Back to Batoche Days aims to reinvigorate Métis culture
Michelle LeClair has been steeped in Mtis culture her entire life."We didn't have a TV when we were young, so my dad used to put a curtain up and a light, and he would do little puppet shows behind th...
Jul 18, 2024

Battleford looking at future of Battlefords Industrial School chimney
A chimney that bore witness to the residential school era and subsequent deaths of 74 children housed within the building it once served is facing the possibility of joining the rest of the ruins that...
Jul 16, 2024

Headstone for late LLRIB Chief Isiah Charles erected in Stanley Mission
A new headstone honouring the late Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) Chief Isiah Charles was commemorated Tuesday. Charles was the chief of the LLRIB from 1967 to 1969 and he was from Grandmother's Bay...
Jul 16, 2024
Canada’s apologizes for labeling Dakota and Lakota as second-class First Nations
"We are sorry," are three words Dakota and Lakota First Nations have been waiting to hear after being viewed as "second class First Nations" for decades by Canada.On Monday, hundreds of youth, elders,...
Jul 15, 2024

Morin family walk with supporters and loved ones in continued efforts to find Ashley
Amid the drumming and singing that was leading family and friends on their walk in the July heat, a growing voice rose above the rhythmic beat from within the crowd. A chant repeated a simple prayer: ...
Jul 11, 2024