Tag Archives: First Nations

The chief of Standing Buffalo First Nation says the idea of banning alcohol has come up in the wake of a tragic murder on the reserve, but says the band is already taking proactive steps to address is...

Twenty-five years after his freezing death, family, friends and strangers gathered in a Saskatoon church basement to honour the memory of Neil Stonechild. About 150 people attended a feast a...

Twenty-five years after his freezing death, family, friends and strangers gathered in a Saskatoon church basement to honour the memory of Neil Stonechild. About 150 people attended a feast a...

Archeologists are searching for fragments of history beside the graveyard of Regina's Indian Industrial School (RIIS). The residential school opened in 1891 and closed in 1910. Over the next century, ...

The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) interim chief says "the time is now" to renew relationships between aboriginal communities and the federal government with the election of&nbs...

One of Saskatchewan's most-prominent First Nations chiefs has been arrested and is now facing four criminal charges. Onion Lake chief Wallace Fox had been the subject of an RCMP investigation ever sin...

First Nations fighting the federal government's financial transparency law are celebrating a victory. A decision by the by Federal Court of Canada on Friday has ordered the government to back off lega...

It's been four years since Guy Lonechild was unceremoniously removed as chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN). But now, with the Legislative Assembly approaching, Lonechild is ...

Saskatchewan Senator Lillian Dyck challenges the RCMP and the federal government to release statistics proving that 70 per cent or crimes against aboriginal women come at the hands of aboriginal men. ...

On the same day as a march and vigil for missing and murdered aboriginal women, Saskatoon police requested help in locating a 17-year-old First Nations girl. Raylien Charles was first reported missing...