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Each year in Saskatchewan about 1,600 children are removed from their homes and placed in foster care. Almost 70 per cent of those children are of Aboriginal ancestry.
The transition is easier for Aboriginal children who are placed within foster homes where one or both of the parents is Aboriginal. With such placements the child can more easily maintain a connection to…
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The National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) is gearing up to hold its second annual conference and health information fair.
Sharing Knowledge: Aboriginal Paths to Health will take place in Winnipeg from Nov. 8 to 10. Pre-conference activities, including training and youth workshops, will be take place Nov. 6 and 7.
The conference is designed for anyone from…
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The innovative technology that has given residents of the Yellow Quill First Nation clean drinking water again after eight long years of having to boil their water may soon find its way to Yunnan, China.
Dr. Derek Chitwood is the technical director of Partners in Hope, a non-profit organization that provides assistance and expertise to rural development projects in the…
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The safety of drinking water was on the minds of experts from across the globe as they gathered at the Future of Water Treatment Conference hosted by the Safe Drinking Water Foundation (SDWF) in Saskatoon. The four-day event, which took place Sept. 13 to 17, was attended by engineers, professors, public health advocates and scientists from Spain, England, China, United States and…
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A new student data system being brought online by Saskatchewan Learning will help the province and First Nation departments of education to ensure all school-aged students are in school and are getting the programs and supports they need to succeed.
Ideally the new system will include data on all school-aged children in Saskatchewan-both on-and off-reserve-but it's unclear…
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It's a long way to go for a family reunion.
About 20 First Nations and Metis people from Saskatchewan travelled nearly halfway around the world to discover a side of their family tree that they barely knew existed.
Two years of establishing contacts, fundraising and making arrangements ended in early September as more than two dozen Aboriginal men and women from…
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The Four Directions, a sculpture featuring four stylized bows, their arrows pointing north, east, south and west, has been selected as the winning submission in the University of Regina's (U of R) search for a piece of Aboriginal art to grace its campus.
The sculpture, created by Red Pheasant First Nation artist Lionel Peyachew, was chosen from among 20-plus proposals…
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Two hundred and twenty people from First Nation communities across the Prairies gathered in Saskatoon Sept. 21 to 23 to discuss innovative methods for improving a dire housing situation.
The Our Homes ... Our Future housing symposium focused on furthering economic development and asset management for First Nation communities in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Workshops…
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Gerald McMaster, a Siksika (Alberta) member who grew up on the Red Pheasant reserve in Saskatchewan, occupies a senior position at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington, D.C., which officially opened its doors on Sept. 21.
Previously, McMaster was the curator-in-charge of the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Que. He is also a well-known…
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The Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (MNS) has put its recent election problems behind it and is ready to move on, but the provincial and federal governments aren't quite ready to follow suit.
Both levels of government are continuing to withhold funding to the provincial Metis organization, and that isn't likely to change until a final report on whether its May 26 election was…
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On Oct. 1 the provincial government changed the way it deals with Aboriginal issues with the creation of a stand-alone department of First Nations and Metis Relations.
Prior to Oct.1 Aboriginal issues came under the purview of the department of Government Relations and Aboriginal Affairs. The minister responsible for that department's Aboriginal Affairs division, Maynard…
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White Bear, Ocean Man and Ochapowace First Nations are now better equipped to deal with justice issues that arise within their communities, thanks to a community justice committee training program designed by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations' (FSIN) Indian Justice Council.
Thirty people from the three bands spent three days a month over the course of a year…
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At nine minutes after nine on the morning of Sept. 9, the bells of Knox Metropolitan United Church began to toll.
They tolled for about 40 people who silently bowed their heads in prayer in a corner of Victoria Park, and for the thousands of people, children and adults, across Canada, who suffer from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
"We do this every year on…
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Could you imagine trying to get through every day life without being able to read? Trying to shop for groceries without being able to understand the labels? Trying to find your way to somewhere new without being able to read street signs or a map? Trying to remember when to take your medication and how much to take because you can't read the instructions on the bottle?
An…
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Students enrolled in a new interdisciplinary program offered at the University of Saskatchewan are getting a chance to explore Indigenous ways of knowing as they relate to the criminal justice system.
Offered through the sociology, political studies and law faculties, the Indigenous Peoples and Justice Program (IPJP) allows students to specialize in Aboriginal justice…