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MN-S Eastern Region 3 Engages Community in Story Mapping Historical Métis Land Use
Saskatchewan – Métis Elders and community members from Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN–S) Eastern Region 3 (ER3) have created a historical tour of their regional area through interactive story mapping. The community, Elders and stakeholders gathered today to launch the project at the Motherwell Homestead National Historic Site, south of Abernethy, Saskatchewan. A combination of maps, text, […]
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Sask. NDP MLA calls for province to halt sale of Crown lands – CBC
Oct 22, 2021 Lands essential for First Nations, Métis hunters, trappers exercising treaty rights: Betty Nippi-Albright An Opposition MLA says Saskatchewan’s provincial government should stop selling Crown land, which she says is essential for First Nations and Métis hunters, trappers and traditional land users exercising their treaty rights. “What good are the rights to hunt, fish and gather […]
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Red Earth and Shoal Lake leaders call on province to mobilize more response to protect ancestral lands against wildfires
(Treaty 5 Territory) – Red Earth Cree Nation and Shoal Lake Cree Nation have issued evacuation orders for its members and residents at highest risk of smoke from wildfires in its region. On Thursday, September 30th, 440 evacuees were evacuated from Shoal Lake Cree Nation to Prince Albert, and, as of today, Red Earth Cree […]
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Peepeekisis Cree Nation celebrates signing of historic land – CTV News
August 11, 2021 PEEPEEKISIS CREE NATION, SASK. — After more than 30 years in federal courts, the Government of Canada and the Peepeekisis Cree Nation gathered together in virtual ceremony to celebrate the signing of an historic land claim settlement. The settlement agreement includes $150 million, offers the ability for Peepeekisis to acquire additional land […]
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Canada and the Peepeekisis Cree Nation celebrate settlement of specific claim
From: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada August 10, 2021 — Peepeekisis Cree Nation, Saskatchewan — Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada Working collaboratively to renew relationships and to right historical wrongs is key to advancing reconciliation with First Nations in Canada. Today, Chief Francis Dieter and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, […]
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Network of Sask. farmers, ranchers open land to Indigenous people to practise treaty rights – CBC
‘We’re so used to being persecuted for being on somebody’s land,’ says Fishing Lake First Nation hunter Jul 16, 2021 Farmers, ranchers and Indigenous people circled around Mary Smillie and her husband, Ian McCreary, as the two farmers erected a sign on their property, opening it to Indigenous land users. Their grain and livestock farm […]
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New land-use study aims to trace early movements of Metis – CTV News
April 21, 2021 YORKTON — A traditional land-use study is underway to discover how deep Metis roots run in Southeastern Saskatchewan. Researchers hope to trace the movements of the Metis peoples using interactive maps and storyboards, in partnership with Parks Canada and X-Terra. “This is allowing us to really dig a deep dive into that […]
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Air Ronge resident calls for LLRIB intervention in municipal tree thinning – larongeNOW
Air Ronge resident and Lac La Ronge Indian Band (LLRIB) member Candace Caisse is asking her First Nation leadership for solidarity in a matter that hits close to home. Earlier this month, she drafted a letter to LLRIB Chief Tammy Cook-Searson, as well as local councillors Ann Ratt, Sam Roberts, Michael Bird and Dennis Sanderson, […]
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More than a century after their land was taken, First Nation in Saskatchewan considering $127M offer from feds – APTN News
The Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Leanman First Nation in Saskatchewan is considering an offer from the federal government on a multi-million compensation award for land lost more than a century ago. In 1905, the community, located 156 kms northwest of Saskatoon, lost over 5,800 hectares of land to the federal government. The case has been […]
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Sask. First Nation votes for $150M federal settlement – Yorkton This Week
Peepeekisis Cree Nation have voted 97 per cent to approve Members of the Peepeekisis Cree Nation have voted 97 per cent to approve and receive a $150-million land settlement from the federal government, the roots of which date back to the late 1800s. Sitting in Treaty 4 territory a little more than an hour’s drive […]
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