Tag Archives: First Nations
PAGC launches books to help decolonize education, honour Indigenous knowledge
The Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) is supporting Indigenous-centred education in its communities with the launch of two books designed to empower educators and students with tools that reflect Ind...
Oct 28, 2024
Canadian Indigenous leaders call Biden's apology for residential schools 'first step'
Canadian Indigenous leaders say U.S. President Joe Biden's apology for his country's residential school system is only the first step toward healing generations of harm.On Friday, Biden apologized for...
Oct 26, 2024
First Nation voting locations for provincial election
Early voting for the Saskatchewan Provincial election set to began on Tuesday, October 22 in the province, and the race is as tight as ever. Below is a list of all the locations and times for voting o...
Oct 22, 2024
Manslaughter charges laid in connection to September death
A 25-year old man from La Ronge has been charged with one count of manslaughter in connection to the death of a man from Pinehouse Lake.In the early morning hours of Sept.16, La Ronge RCMP responded t...
Oct 17, 2024
Few can say they’re 100-per-cent Indigenous but Lillian Lerat is close
Cowessess elder Lillian Lerat made a surprising discovery while researching her family tree - she is 99.6 per-cent Indigenous.Born Lillian Assiniboine in 1945 on the Ochapowace First Nation, to Frank ...
Oct 17, 2024
Federal minister pays visit to Sask. to finalize Cows and Plows announcements
A failed promise 150 years ago by the federal government to provide First Nation people with agricultural tools and equipment now represents a settlement in the area of $13 billion.The Federal Ministe...
Oct 15, 2024
Canada's Got Talent winner recognized as trail blazer
It's been quite the year for Rebecca Strong.Nearly five months after winning Canada's Got Talent, the singer from Stony Rapids has received a prestigious award that recognizes artists who trail-blaze ...
Oct 15, 2024
Muskoday students dig and donate potatoes for food bank
Users of the Prince Albert Food Bank, who have some freshly dug garden potatoes with their Thanksgiving meals, can thank the land-based students from Muskoday First Nation.The students grew, dug and d...
Oct 13, 2024
Report says at least 55 children died or disappeared at B.C. residential school
A British Columbia First Nation says at least 55 children died or disappeared while attending a residential school near Williams Lake, more than triple the number recorded for the institution in the N...
Oct 12, 2024
New organization is focused on growing the Indigenous agriculture industry
Kallie Wood and her team are planting the seeds of sustainable Indigenous agriculture across the country one project at a time.The National Circle for Indigenous Agriculture and Food (NCIAF) is an Ind...
Oct 09, 2024
