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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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Media advisory: Government of Canada and Star Blanket Cree Nation to celebrate historic Addition to Reserve
Star Blanket Cree Nation, Treaty 4, Saskatchewan – Please be advised that the Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Minister of Indigenous Services, alongside Chief Michael Starr from Star Blanket Cree Nation, will celebrate an Addition to Reserve for use by the First Nations University of Canada. A media availability will follow the signing ceremony. Date: Wednesday, February […]
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‘Native Land’ Map Helps You Recognize Which Indigenous Territory You Live On – HuffPost Canada
“It helps plant a seed that there’s people here before you, these are the lands that they’re on, and they’re still here.” @What traditional territory is your city on? Are you on unceded xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) territory? The territory of the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca and Mississaugas of […]
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Ochapowace looking to be recognized as two separate first nations – CTV News
November 19, 2018 Ochapowace First Nation is asking the federal government to be allowed to separate back into two first nations. The two existed when Treaty 4 was signed in 1874 and were later combined into one. The chief of Ochapowace says the first nation has gone to court to correct a wrong done by […]
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Pasqua First Nation votes in favour of $145M settlement with federal government – CBC
Settlement involves 6,500 hectares of land unlawfully surrendered in 1906 Oct 30, 2018 A process to right a wrong from over 100 years ago has concluded with members of the Pasqua First Nation accepting a settlement from the federal government. Chief Matthew T. Peigan said band members voted 97 per cent in favour of a […]
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Yellow Quill First Nation, Saskatoon announce the creation of city’s newest urban reserve – MBC Network Radio Online
Oct 25, 2018 The head of the Saskatoon Tribal Council says the Bridge City continues to lead the way in the creation of urban reserves in Canada. STC and the city announced the creation of the sixth reserve in Saskatoon Wednesday. The latest one is under the authority of the Yellow Quill First Nation and […]
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First Nation wants appeal court to nix argument about reserve status – StarPhoenix
The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan will consider Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation’s request later this month. October 10, 2018 Lawyers representing a Saskatchewan First Nation want to appeal a decision that allows the provincial government and SaskPower to argue that 600 acres of flooded land near Southend was never properly designated as a reserve and […]
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NFN hopeful for water and sewer replacement funding – My West Nipissing Now
Aug 10, 2018 The Little Pine First Nation will vote today regarding ratifying their treaty annuities claim settlement with the federal government. The approximately $6.8 million claim, settled last December was for non-treaty payment of $5 per band member yearly from 1885-1888, following the Louis Riel rebellion. As part of the settlement, there is a […]
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Understanding Assessment of First Nation Lands – FNTC
Understanding Assessment of First Nation Lands under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act and section 83 of the Indian Act. First Nations contract with qualified, independent assessors to assess the leases, licenses and other occupations of their lands (generally referred to as “interests in land”). Over the past 30 years, a national approach to assessment […]
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Gas station on Idylwyld designated as urban reserve land – CBC
Retro Petro, owned by Thunderchild First Nation, is Saskatoon’s 6th urban reserve land Jan 29, 2018 Saskatoon City Council has approved a request by the Thunderchild First Nation to have the land they own at 1135 Idylwyld Drive North turned into an urban reserve. The Retro Petro gas station and the land it sits on […]
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