Fort Battleford National Historic Site near Duck Lake will be bustling with activity on Saturday. To celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day and commemorate the 150th anniversary of Treaty 6, the Office of the Treaty Commissioner and Parks Canada are hosting a special event that will bring together community members,...

For eight days, the North Saskatchewan River became a classroom unlike any other.Students from across the Lloydminster Public School Division traded desks for paddles on May 27, setting out on a 348-kilometre canoe journey between Fort Pitt and Fort Carlton to mark the 150th anniversary of Treaty 6.By the time the trip...

As they retrace the steps of their ancestors, students from Chief Ahtahkakoop School are writing their own history. To commemorate the upcoming 150th anniversary of the signing of Treaty 6, the 18 students and 10 adults are walking 140 kilometers to Fort Carlton Provincial Historic Park near Duck Lake. They left their ...

It's something she had done hundreds of times. In her home kitchen, with her niece on a summer day in 2024, Grandma Sherry made a batch of her now-famous bannock.Her niece took a video of the process and posted it to TikTok. At this point, Grandma Sherry (as she prefers to be called) already had some traction on social...

When Theresa O'Watch was a little girl growing up on Carry the Kettle First Nation, language lived all around her.It wasn't something written in books or taught from a curriculum. It was something that moved through kitchens and hallways, across the voices of grandparents, aunties, uncles.Nakoda was simply there.But as...

A new, one-of-a-kind exhibition is spotlighting the ongoing issue of over-representation of Indigenous peoples in provincial and federal custody.The exhibition, currently on display in Regina, has been years in the making and has produced some considerably emotional responses."People have had visceral responses to...

Prince Albert's Aboriginal Head Start preschool program is getting a new home. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday at the future location on 25th St. W. beside the new Ronald McDonald House, which is also under development. "Today we gather to celebrate a truly special milestone for our Head Start family ...

Spring in Saskatchewan has brought two new traditional Indigenous birth programs.Sturgeon Lake First Nation celebrated the grand opening of the Shirley Bighead Nihāwiki and Ohpikihāwasowin Birthing and Child Rearing Lodge this spring. The Lodge provides mothers from the First Nation with the opportunity to give birth...

Three Saskatchewan First Nations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to address the drug crisis in their home communities.Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation, Piapot First Nation, and Pasqua First Nation signed an MOU on May 12 to commit to addressing key challenges impact their communities, including substance a...

Seven years after the release of the national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), the Saskatchewan government said it has expanded support programs, strengthened legislation and invested millions into efforts aimed at preventing violence against Indigenous women and girls.In a news rel...

In about 16 to 18 months, a new youth centre will stand in Red Pheasant Cree Nation. The group marked the start of construction with a sod-turning ceremony, celebrating a project that will provide young people with a dedicated space to gather, learn and play. (Image Credit: Alyssa Rudolph/ battlefordsNOW) "This i...

Thousands of students packed into Kinsmen Park in Prince Albert on Friday for a celebration of cultures in the ninth edition of the Heart of the Youth Pow Wow. Schools from across the Saskatchewan Rivers Public School Division and the Prince Albert Catholic School Division, as well as from surrounding First Nations mad...