Saskatchewan Sage

The federal government will be providing Whitecap Dakota First Nation with $2.1 million in funding to allow the First Nation to make the infrastructure improvements needed before it can go ahead with its planned commercial ventures.

Those ventures include a casino, a hotel and spa, an RV park and campground, an ice arena and a light industrial park as well as retail and resort…

It will truly be a time to celebrate at the 2006 First Nations Cultural Celebration and Powwow being held in Saskatoon Oct. 27 to 29, as the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, one of the event's hosts, uses the powwow to celebrate its 60th anniversary.

The powwow, which will take place at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, will also be a celebration of the Year of the First…

Cree country crooner Shane Yellowbird will be the featured entertainer on Oct. 5 as the Saskatchewan First Nation's Women's Commission (SFNWC) hosts its second annual banquet celebrating First Nations Women's Day.

Celebrating the Seasons of Our Lives will be the theme of the event, which will be held in Centennial Hall A and B of the T.C.U. Place Arts and Convention Centre in Saskatoon…

Curtis Peeteetuce is an actor, director, playwright and musician. As of Sept. 1, he is also the Saskatoon Public Library's Writer in Residence.

Peeteetuce, who is from Beardy's and Okemasis First Nation, has been involved in the arts since 2001 when he first stepped onto the stage as part of the cast of Love Songs from a War Drum, produced through the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company…

The number of Aboriginal students completing high school is still lagging well behind the national average, according to a report released recently by the Caledon Institute of Public Policy.

According to figures contained in Aboriginal Peoples and Postsecondary Education in Canada, which were calculated based on information contained in the 2001 census, approximately 43 per cent of…

The literary talents of Aboriginal authors from Saskatchewan and beyond will be promoted and celebrated during the third annual Anskohk Aboriginal Literature Festival being held in Saskatoon Sept. 27 to 30.

This year's festival is being co-presented by McNally Robinson Booksellers, the Saskatoon Public Library and the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company (SNTC). The three co-presenters…

An arbitration panel has partially upheld a grievance against the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC) filed by Dr. Blair Stonechild, a professor in the school's Indigenous studies department.

Stonechild filed the grievance with the University of Regina Faculty Association (URFA) which also represents the faculty at FNUC, claiming his academic freedom had been violated when his…

For 35 years the Yorkton Friendship Centre has given Aboriginal people in the city a place to find friends and be part of a community. During that time span, it's attracted families and drawn leaders from at least three generations.

The Centre marked its birthday with a supper Friday night, Sept. 8, attended by Yorkton Mayor Phil DeVos and staff from a number of local Aboriginal…

Since it was first identified 25 years ago, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, has claimed the lives of around 25 million people worldwide. And, each day, an estimated 8,000 people are added to the list of the dead.

From Aug. 13 to 18, scientists, educators, policy makers, service organizers, community leaders and people living with AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus (…

The 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in Toronto and the growing number of human deaths linked to Avian Influenza worldwide have helped to drive home the importance of being prepared for a pandemic.

While initial fears that the strain of Avian Influenza that's claimed 143 lives in Asia and Africa since 2003 would soon begin to take its toll on this side of the ocean…

Renowned Native artist Arnold Isbister has written his first short fiction book, called Stories Moshum and Kokum Told Me.
The book contains seven short, easy-to-read stories meant for any age. The stories may be fiction but they draw their inspiration from tales Isbister's parents told him when he was young, and they are rooted in fact and history.
"Some of these stories are based on…

Terrilyn Dallyn of Meadow Lake and Chelsie Scragg of Saskatoon will be receiving some financial assistance when they begin their post-secondary educations this fall, thanks to the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation.
Each year the foundation distributes $340 million in scholarships and bursaries as a way to recognize outstanding high school students and encourage them to pursue…

On Aug. 13 the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations midget boys softball team became the first First Nations team to claim a national softball title when they defeated the Port Alberni Blazers 2-1 in the final game of the championships in Prince Albert. This was the third major win for the team this season, coming on the heels of last month's gold medal win at the North American…

Since it first opened its doors two years ago, Morning Star Technologies has been making a name for itself by helping businesses and organizations identify their technology needs and providing them with the services and equipment to meet those needs. But while they've been working to grow their business, the company's partners have also been working to ensure that First Nation individuals and…

A committee has been created to help pave the way for a new election for the Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MNS) and, for what may be the first time since the provincial organization's last election in May 2004, all the players involved seem to support what's being proposed.
The creation of the Independent Oversight Committee was announced jointly by the federal and provincial governments on…