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Students with the File Hills Employment and Training Centre Active Measures “Way2Work” program have used their studies to remember a group of people who are often overlooked.
The 12 students worked with Mark Dieter, a produced playwright and director from the Peepeekisis First Nation, but perhaps best known for his portrayal of Corner Gas’s hotel bartender Paul Kinistino. Dieter…
After a three year hiatus, the Ânskohk Aboriginal Writers’ Festival returned to Saskatoon.
The four-day festival was hosted by the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network and featured improv, readings, workshops, and seminars. The last festival was in 2008, when it was hosted by the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company.
Dawn Dumont read from her first book, Nobody Cries at Bingo…
Curtis Peeteetuce and Danny Knight are learning about various aspects of the theatre world thanks to a grant program through the city of Saskatoon.
The city put up the funds to have Saskatoon’s Persephone Theatre operate an Aboriginal Artist Mentorship Residency program during its 2011-12 season, which began in September and continues until May.
The original plan was to hire one…
Joshua Bouvier from Turtleford has been selected as one of 10 Canadian recipients of RBC’s 2011 Aboriginal Student Awards.
“It definitely relieved some pressure that I don’t need for university,” said Bouvier, currently in his second year of the University of Saskatchewan’s civil engineering program. “I was happy to know that my hard work had paid off.”
After graduation, he…
More than a million dollars has been awarded to 23 researchers at the University of Saskatchewan who are studying various Aboriginal issues.
The $1.2 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada will go towards research on issues such as the impact of oil sands, coping with environmental change, establishing a sense of place, incorporating Indigenous…
There is no denying that Cory Generoux is ecstatic over what his most recent appointment will mean for him.
“This is a huge step for my career,” said Generoux, a 32-year-old Cree/Lakota who has been hired for a newly created position — the Saskatchewan producer for the National Film Board of Canada.
Though it is expected he will travel extensively throughout the province in his new…
A new program by Sask Sport Inc. hopes to inspire young Aboriginal people to look to sports opportunities and promote healthy active lifestyles.
The Aboriginal Champions Program was launched Oct. 26. Six athletes were chosen to represent and encourage young Aboriginal people into sports.
One of those champions is paralympian Colette Bourgonje of Prince Albert.
The 49-year-…
Eleven years of serving the tiny northwestern Saskatchewan community of Birch Narrows First Nation has resulted in unexpected recognition for a nurse practitioner.
Tracy Daigneault was shocked to learn the community had nominated her for the Award of Excellence from the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of the federal government. And that she had won.
“I travel there once a…
The announcement has finally come that the Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre will be built on University of Saskatchewan campus.
“This idea has been discussed for many years, so it is exciting for Aboriginal students that this will become a reality,” said Ryan Moccasin, president of the Indigenous Student Council.
The student centre was designed by Douglas Cardinal, who has…
Hundreds of people gathered in Regina on Oct. 14 to witness history in the making. A first in Canada, the Treaty 4 flag now flies permanently alongside the municipal, provincial and national flags in front of Regina‘s City Hall.
Mayor Pat Fiacco said the raising of the Treaty 4 flag signifies the continuance of the relationship that was established between First Nations and non-…
The search continues for a Muskowekwan teen who has been missing for more than six months.
Seventeen-year-old Cody Wolfe was last seen April 29. Text messages seem to place him on a road north of Lestock that has since washed out. It appears he made it around and was headed to a rural home on the Muskowekwan First Nation, said his aunt, Myrna LaPlante.
However, “there still has…
Two violent incidences on First Nations less than a week apart involving the RCMP have raised concerns about the underlying issues of need that face many First Nations.
“We realize that the incidents of Oct. 4 are really a symptom of a much bigger problem. We have to come to terms on how we come together as a community to address the issues behind the symptoms,” said Chief Ian McKay, of…
Two new, youthful faces have joined the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
At the fall Legislative Assembly, Simon Bird from the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation was elected Fourth Vice-Chief with 553 votes, defeating Orrin Greyeyes who had 155 and Guy Lariviere with 135.
Bird became emotional after winning, pausing as he acknowledged his wife of 11 years, Naomi.
“We’…
A record number of Aboriginal candidates have resulted in only a handful of Aboriginal MLAs in the Saskatchewan Legislature.
Premier Brad Wall and the Saskatchewan Party were returned to power in the Nov. 7 election in a convincing win, taking 49 of 58 seats. Among the newcomers to fill those Sask Party seats are Aboriginal MLAs Roger Parent (Saskatoon Meewasin), Greg Lawrence (Moose…
Two names added to RCMP Honour Roll
The RCMP held its National Memorial Service on Sept. 11 at the RCMP Academy, “Depot” Division, to honour members, special constables and auxiliary constables who lost their lives in response to an operational policing duty in which there was the element of life-threatening risk. The names of Special Constable Andrew Ooyoumut and…