by MBC News | Mar 11, 2013 | Current News
A Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations vice-chief is encouraging victims of violence to turn to ceremonies as a form of healing. Kimberly Jonathan was elected to the FSIN last year and since that time she has spoken out about the need for a national inquiry to...
by MBC News | Mar 11, 2013 | Current News
A company looking for diamonds near Deschambault Lake will hold an information meeting in the community tonight. Stornoway Diamond Corporation has been looking for the precious stones for several months now. They are digging in two sites – one located seven...
by MBC News | Mar 11, 2013 | Current News
A series of information meetings for members of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band are being held over the next two weeks to discuss proposed changes to the band’s election act. Band councillor Leon Charles is chairing the process and says discussions have been going...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013 | Current News
Métis leaders are applauding Friday’s landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada regarding farmland promised to Métis children as part of the Red River Settlement of 1870. The high court ruled that the Métis are entitled to a declaration that Canada failed to...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013 | Current News
Poundmaker Chief Duane Antoine and seven others were sentenced for Treaty Land Entitlement fraud Friday. All pleaded guilty last year. Antoine and his brother Teddy, a former chief, each received a 20-month suspended sentence. They must complete 100 hours of community...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013 | Current News
Mosquito-Grizzly Bear’s Head-Lean Man First Nations Chief Noel Stone Jr. and Councillor Milton Oxebin have been ousted from their council seats. Aboriginal Affairs says the reason for the removal is the two allegedly engaged in vote buying practices during band...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013 | Current News
After months of job losses, there is some good news on the Aboriginal employment front. The latest numbers from Statistics Canada indicate off-reserve employment was up by 800 from February of last year. That represents a two per cent increase from a year ago. Economy...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013 | Current News
Friday was International Women’s Day. The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations used the occasion to renew its call for a national public commission of inquiry on ending violence against Indigenous women and girls. Vice-Chief Kimberley Jonathan notes a special...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013 | Current News
Over 250 staff and students marched to the steps of the Aboriginal Affairs building in Prince Albert on Friday waving signs and chanting songs against the proposed First Nations education act. The kids say they don’t like the way the proposed act is being formulated...
by MBC News | Mar 9, 2013 | Current News
An interpretative dance telling the story of the residential school experience premiered on Friday night at the Broadway Theatre in Saskatoon. The Silent Survivors is a co-production of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, Dance Saskatchewan and Thunder...
