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Saskatchewan Announces $4 Billion Irrigation Project At Lake Diefenbaker
July 2, 2020 Work To Begin Immediately To Stimulate The Economy Today, Premier Scott Moe announced the first steps of a generational project that will fulfill the vision of Prime Minister John Diefenbaker to ensure the prosperity of Saskatchewan people and irrigate up to 500,000 acres of land from Lake Diefenbaker, more than doubling the […]
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The story behind the longest First Nation name in the country and its fight for land – APTN News
February 24, 2020 The Mosquito Grizzly Bear Head Lean Man First Nation has the longest First Nation name in Canada. How that name came about has a longer history with many twists and claims that continue to this day. Read More: https://aptnnews.ca/2020/02/24/the-story-behind-the-longest-first-nation-name-in-the-country-and-its-fight-for-land/
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Learning from The Land: Why Indigenous Land-Based Pedagogy Matters – GDI
Indigenous people across Canada are familiar with colonization and its lingering impact on our social and economic well-being. As Matthew Wildcat and others (2014) remind us, “if colonization is fundamentally about dispossessing Indigenous peoples from land, decolonization must involve forms of education that reconnect Indigenous peoples to land and the social relations, knowledges and languages […]
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Canada Must Ensure First Nations Rights, Title and Jurisdiction Are Respected in Trans Mountain Expansion Project
Canada Must Ensure First Nations Rights, Title and Jurisdiction Are Respected in Trans Mountain Expansion Project February 4, 2020 (Ottawa, ON) – Following the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision today on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Perry Bellegarde says the federal government must ensure that First Nations’ […]
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Saskatoon clears path to forming 8th urban reserve in city – CBC
Agreement between city, Kahkewistahaw First Nation signed on Tuesday Oct 23, 2019 Saskatoon will soon have a new urban reserve. On Tuesday officials from the City of Saskatoon and the Kahkewistahaw First Nation “cleared a path” to designate the First Nation’s land at 1215 Claypool Drive as an urban reserve, according to a City of […]
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City and Kahkewistahaw First Nation sign new Urban Reserve Agreements
October 22, 2019 The City and Kahkewistahaw [kak-uh-WISH’-tuh-how] First Nation have cleared a path to designate the First Nation’s land at 1215 Claypool Drive as an urban reserve. Mayor Charlie Clark and Chief Evan Taypotat, along with the Council of Kahkewistahaw First Nation, and Saskatoon Board of Police Commissioners Chair, Darlene Brander, today signed urban […]
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Métis land claim could spark ‘reset’ in relations between Indigenous people and government, says prof – CBC
Ken Coates says negotiation is far better for all parties than expensive, protracted court battles Oct 17, 2019 University of Saskatchewan professor Ken Coates hopes this week’s massive Métis land claim will spark a change in the relationship between governments and Indigenous people. Métis people from Saskatchewan and Alberta filed a 120,000 square-kilometre land claim […]
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Northern Sask. and Alberta Metis groups pursuing ‘unprecedented and historic’ land claim – CTV News
October 16, 2019 SASKATOON –Metis leaders from northern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan are taking the federal government to court over a 120,000 square-kilometre piece of land spanning both provinces, saying it was fraudulently taken away. “We need to do something about getting our land back,” said Jim Durocher, president of the local Metis in Ile […]
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RCMP Transfers Land of Residential School Cemetery to Commemorative Association
From: Public Safety Canada June 25, 2019 Regina, Saskatchewan Public Safety Canada Today, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, announced the transfer of the Regina Indian Industrial School (RIIS) cemetery from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) to the RIIS Commemorative Association. This land transfer honours the memory of the […]
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First Nations University land receives reserve status – 620 CKRM.com
February 13, 2019 Canada’s first urban reserve negotiated for educational purposes is in Regina. The land upon which First Nations University is located on, totaling just over 32 acres in size received reserve status Wednesday.. “I see the joy on their (peoples) face when we did the ceremony, I felt so much,” said Chief Michael […]
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