First Nations

'No improvement': Beauval mayor demands action over ongoing health-care disruptions

Residents of Beauval and surrounding northern communities are once again facing health-care disruptions, with Mayor Rick Laliberte calling on provincial and federal officials to address the growing cr...

Feb 19, 2025

Sask. Indigenous Storytelling Month brings author Jessica Johns to North Battleford

As February marks Saskatchewan Indigenous Storytelling Month, Cree author Jessica Johns is set to visit North Battleford on Feb. 26 to share insights from her critically acclaimed novel, Bad Cree, wit...

Feb 14, 2025

Canada makes sweeping changes to Jordan's Principle after CHRT ruling

OTTAWA - Canada has announced sweeping changes to a program designed to ensure First Nations kids get the care and supports they need, when they need them. The changes come almost a year after the fed...

Feb 13, 2025

Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of Order of Canada by Governor General

The appointment of singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie to the Order of Canada has been terminated by the Governor General.The move was announced in the Canada Gazette, the federal government newspape...

Feb 08, 2025

'Historical moment': 11 Yellowstone bison transferred to Sask First Nations

A family of 11 Yellowstone bison from the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes in Montana have been reintroduced to their ancestral land of Mosquito, Grizzly Bear's Head, Lean Man (MGBHLM) First Nat...

Feb 07, 2025

'Supposed to live in peace, respect and friendship': Treaty Commissioner works to strengthen relationships through education

Communication has been the common thread throughout Dr. Kathy Walker's life. Growing up on Okanese First Nation in Treaty 4 territory, as she received her higher education at the University of Saskatc...

Feb 03, 2025

Sturgeon Lake First Nation calls on governments to study and protect 11,000 year old settlement

Following a major archaeological discovery west of Prince Albert involving the uncovering of a settlement that dates back 11,000 years, Sturgeon Lake First Nation and its council are calling on local,...

Feb 03, 2025

Federal class action claims government failed to support First Nations with opioid crisis

Has the government of Canada done enough to assist First Nation communities struggling with the opioid crisis and was there, in fact, a breach of a treaty that was signed 150 years ago?Those are among...

Feb 01, 2025

SRC develops Indigenous Action Plan

The Saskatchewan Research Council is launching its new Indigenous Action Plan to help northern communities and the Crown organization reach common goals.The cornerstone of the plan is to continue buil...

Jan 29, 2025

Ahtahkakoop leadership extends special invite to British Crown

Chief Larry Ahenakew and Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation are extending an official invitation to His Majesty the King to attend the 150th Commemoration of Treaty 6. On Monday, a letter was signed in the Offic...

Jan 28, 2025