Wandering Spirit Grave-Site Vandalized

The Wandering Spirit Grave-site in Battleford has been vandalized. It’s the site where the bodies of eight First Nations warriors were dumped after being hung in Fort Battleford in 1885. Chief Wandering Spirit and 7 other men were accused of killing nine settlers and...

Crash On Red Earth Reserve Claims Woman’s Life

A 38-year-old woman from Red Earth First Nation died when the vehicle she was in went into water. The crash on the reserve happened around 6:30 Saturday morning. Investigators say the car remained upright, but was partially submerged. The woman was pronounced dead at...

Hearing For Timber Bay School Survivors Wraps Up

All former students of the Timber Bay School can do now is wait and see if a judge agrees with their application to qualify under the Indian residential school settlement agreement. A hearing into the matter wrapped up last week at Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon....

AFN Chief Appears Before Senate Committee

The head of the Assembly of First Nations says the high prison incarceration rates of Indigenous people are a direct result of the under funding of Aboriginal education. Shawn Atleo was speaking before the Senate Standing Committee on Aboriginal Peoples in Ottawa last...

Elders Gathering Kicks Off In Pinehouse

Fish, moose-meat and the musical band “C-weed” will all be on the menu this week at a special event in Pinehouse. Today is the first full day of the Northern Saskatchewan Elders Gathering at the community hall. Elders will spend the week discussing issues...