Long-time FSIN legislative speaker passes away

Vern Bellegarde, left, and Fred Starblanket pictured in 1985. Photo courtesy sicc.sk.ca He was known simply as “Mr. Speaker.” Fred Starblanket, the long-time speaker of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Legislative Assembly passed away Friday...
Language Keepers celebrates successes

Language Keepers celebrates successes

Left to right, Saskatchewan Indian Culture Centre president, Dorothy Myo, Gyasi Ross, a motivational speaker from the Blackfeet Nation, Zoe Hopkins, learned to speak her Mohawk language fluently five years ago. About five years ago, Zoe Hopkins decided to learn her...
Lawyers expect resolution in Ahtahkakoop murder case

Lawyers expect resolution in Ahtahkakoop murder case

A first-degree murder case out of Ahtahkakoop took a surprising turn in Prince Albert Provincial Court on Thursday. Dakota Hilliard John Knife’s defense, legal aid lawyer Adam Masiowski, told a Prince Albert judge that the case will most likely end up being...

La Ronge doctor pressures province for more support

A doctor in La Ronge has launched a petition to pressure the government to get more physicians working in the area. Dr. Sean Groves says doctors at La Ronge Medical Clinic are overworked and patients are not getting the care they deserve. He says the patient...

RCMP disciplines four members for drinking on dry reserve

The RCMP insists its officers aren’t above the law, and that includes in relation to the alcohol ban on Buffalo River Dene Nation. The RCMP recently found out that four of its off-duty members had been drinking at a house party in Dillon this May. Dillon is on...
Judge reserves Kinistin-Saulteaux man’s murder sentence

Judge reserves Kinistin-Saulteaux man’s murder sentence

A Kinistin-Saulteaux man who had killed two people before he was 30 is still waiting for his sentence after a Melfort Court of Queen’s Bench hearing on Wednesday. Jordan Thomas Lumberjack had previously been convicted of second-degree murder by a twelve-person jury....
Relearning the language

Relearning the language

When Gyasi Ross left the reserve for the city he left behind his traditional Blackfeet language. It wasn’t until he started working on songs with his powwow-singing cousin that he started to learn how to speak Blackfeet again. Ross was the keynote speaker at the...