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I was nosing around my wife's papers the other day. She'd left them on the kitchen table. She was reading a book manuscript about recovering identity as Native women. I read about the fact that, in many nations, it was the women who distributed the foods. When I questioned my wife, she was quick to point out that Iroquois women in fact "owned" the lands and worked the fields. This really got me to thinking.

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What started as a sale of two pickerel fish caught in Pasqua Lake almost two years ago is heading back to court as two First Nation men continue to assert that they have a treaty right to fish for food.

Earlier this month Dwayne Stonechild, lawyer for Harvey James Ironeagle of the Pasqua First Nation, launched the appeal.

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What started as a sale of two pickerel fish caught in Pasqua Lake almost two years ago is heading back to court as two First Nation men continue to assert that they have a treaty right to fish for food.

Earlier this month Dwayne Stonechild, lawyer for Harvey James Ironeagle of the Pasqua First Nation, launched the appeal.

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Gordon First Nation is countersuing the federal government after being named as a third- party defendant in three abuse lawsuits launched by former Gordon Residential School students.

The band is asking for general, specific, punitive and exemplary damages for being dragged into the Gordon Residential School lawsuit, calling the Crown's actions "reprehensible, scandalous and outrageous."

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Gordon First Nation is countersuing the federal government after being named as a third- party defendant in three abuse lawsuits launched by former Gordon Residential School students.

The band is asking for general, specific, punitive and exemplary damages for being dragged into the Gordon Residential School lawsuit, calling the Crown's actions "reprehensible, scandalous and outrageous."

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The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the Saskatchewan First Nations Veterans Association have called, at least temporarily, a truce in their battle with the federal government.

The federal government, through the departments of Veterans Affairs and Indian Affairs, has begun discussions, which could lead to a settlement for First Nations veterans, said FSIN Grand Chief Perry Bellegarde.

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The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations and the Saskatchewan First Nations Veterans Association have called, at least temporarily, a truce in their battle with the federal government.

The federal government, through the departments of Veterans Affairs and Indian Affairs, has begun discussions, which could lead to a settlement for First Nations veterans, said FSIN Grand Chief Perry Bellegarde.

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One chapter has closed and another chapter has opened in the Okanese First Nation's land claims settlement process.

Okanese Chief Marie Ann Daywalker-Pelletier and federal Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault, along with provincial representatives, held a signing ceremony Dec. 15 at the Okanese Community Centre to honor the band's reaching of its "shortfall" acreage requirement under the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE) Framework Agreement.

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One chapter has closed and another chapter has opened in the Okanese First Nation's land claims settlement process.

Okanese Chief Marie Ann Daywalker-Pelletier and federal Indian Affairs Minister Robert Nault, along with provincial representatives, held a signing ceremony Dec. 15 at the Okanese Community Centre to honor the band's reaching of its "shortfall" acreage requirement under the Saskatchewan Treaty Land Entitlement (TLE) Framework Agreement.

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After four years of planning, hard work and the inspiration of "King Eagle" from Piapot First Nation, the new Native healing centre at the General Hospital was officially opened Dec. 10 by Regina Health District staff and members of the Aboriginal community. Even though it was a long time coming, the late Elder Emil Piapot of the Native Counselling Services would have approved.