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Métis fiddler John Arcand was one of two recipients of the 2014 Canada Council Molson Prize. Arcand received $50,000 in the arts category. He holds the Order of Canada, performs, teaches and promotes the traditions of Métis fiddle and dance. His unique sound builds on a long family tradition of fiddle and dance and is considered essential to the identity and recognition of Métis culture.…
The George Gordon First Nation is one of the groups operating the Legacy camp, a temporary community being built by Bethune. The K+S Potash camp is large enough to house 1,470 construction workers developing the new Legacy Project mine. So far, 360 workers are staying at the facility with the remainder of the rooms expected to be completed and occupied by the end of the year. Each room has its…
Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority casinos are getting 250 more slot machines because of high demand. “SIGA has done some expansions, particularly in the casinos in [Prince Albert] and North Battleford. And the market studies show that at peak hours, their existing machines are maxed,” Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Minister Donna Harpauer told the Star Phoenix. “The market study…
Before an evacuation order was lifted for two fires threatening Stanley Mission First Nation, 1,300 people were evacuated. The initial evacuation of 600 people came on May 24, with 700 more leaving the following day when the only access road was threatened. The evacuation was a precautionary measure only. The smoke was heavy over the community and the fire was estimated to exceed 6,400…
The children's advocate has made 18 recommendations to the Yorkton Tribal Council Child and Family Services related to a 10-year-old boy, who is a suspect in the beating death of a six-year-old. In the report, “Derek,” as the older boy is referred to, was left unsupervised despite nine child protection concerns reported to the local CFS. The school and the RCMP had alerted the agency to Derek’…
University of Regina
Kinesiology and Health Studies professor James Daschuk received four awards for
his book, Clearing the Plains: Disease, Politics of Starvation, and the Loss of
Aboriginal Life, at the recent 2014 Saskatchewan Book Awards held in Regina.
The book was published by the University of Regina Press. It has been
shortlisted for the Clio Award for…
Saskatoon Aboriginal
fashion designer Devon Fiddler is among the first recipients of funding from
the new Michaelle Jean Foundation Young Arts Entrepreneur initiative. Fiddler,
one of eight aspiring business people chosen from 60 applicants, received
$7,500. The program provides start-up capital as well as business and arts
mentors to under-served youth seeking to…
ATCO Structures &
Logistics will be working with George Gordon First Nation to provide catering,
housekeeping, janitorial and maintenance services for the facility that houses 1,470
workers constructing the K+S Potash Canada Legacy Project. The volume-based,
multi-million dollar contract began in April 2014. ATCO has partnered with the
George Gordon First…
Almost 10 years after
Daleen Kay Bosse disappeared from Saskatoon, the trial for Douglas Hales,
charged with first-degree murder and offering an indignity to human remains by
setting fire to the body, has got underway. At the time of her death, Bosse,
who had lived on Onion Lake First Nation most of her life, was married, had a
young daughter and was nearing…
Social Services Minister
June Draude is soliciting feedback from First Nations and Metis organizations
and citizens, providers and other child welfare stakeholders and the general
public as a new round of consultation on the province's child welfare laws
takes place from April 28 to June 30. The move is part of the province's Child
Welfare Transformation Strategy…
Eligible voters of the
Muskowekwan First Nation voted
overwhelmingly in favour on six separate ballot
questions to allow the construction and operation of a solution-based potash
mine on First Nation’s lands that are reserve and pre-reserve. “The proposed
development of a potash mine on First Nation lands is precedent setting as no
other First Nation in…
A 41 per cent growth in the number of self-declared Aboriginal students is one highlight of the University of Regina’s five-year strategic plan, which ends this year. Now the university has launched the planning and consultation process for its next five-year strategic plan, to be released in fall 2014. “I am proud of what we have accomplished in the last five years toward fulfilling the…
The Crown Investments Corp. (CIC) of Saskatchewan is extending funding for its Aboriginal Bursary Program to help post-secondary Aboriginal students achieve higher education. The provincial government renewed the program for another five years, starting this upcoming fall. CIC estimates the cost of the renewal will be $2.2 million. Donna Harpauer, Saskatchewan’s CIC minister, says financial…
Cuts to salaries of Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations vice chiefs and tapping into gaming revenues and a treaty rights protection fund has allowed most of FSIN’s workers to keep their jobs. Chiefs voted nearly unanimously to cut the salaries of the four vice-chiefs from $100,000 per year to $75,000. The $135,000 salary of FSIN Chief Perry Bellegarde remains unaffected, as it is funded…
The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority says casinos the Little Pine First Nation plans to build in Estevan and Lloydminster would violate an agreement between the province and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. Any change to the agreement, which gives sole control and authority over Aboriginal casinos to the gaming authority, would have to be negotiated between the province…