April 14, 2016. On Thursday evening, the McMurray Métis MNA Local 1935 hosted food, bannock and music at the Nistawoyou Friendship Centre to celebrate the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision which said the federal government has responsibility for Mets and non-status Indians. “This is a dream come true for Métis people,” said Gail Gallupe, president of the McMurray Métis.  Metis Nation of Alberta President Audrey Poitras said, “This is the long awaited Métis victory we anticipated which is a significant advancement of the Métis rights agenda.

A highly-anticipated decision from the Supreme Court of Canada has produced a solid win for the country’s 600,000 Métis and non-status Indians.

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled today in the Daniels’ case that Métis and non-status Indians are a federal responsibility and would no longer be in a “jurisdictional wasteland with significant and obvious disadvantaging consequences.”

Caption: Photo credit Marie Octaviano

Team in white is Maori national side
Saints player in black
 
It’s amazing how quickly plans can snowball.

A perfect example of this is an event that British Columbia’s Skidegate Saints, a men’s basketball team, will host this summer.

Last year, the Saints of Haida Gwaii, travelled to New Zealand to play against the Maori national team.

This venture proved to be successful, and the Maori side agreed to return the favour and travel to Canada this year to square off against the Saints again.

Missing boy found safely

April 13, 2016.

Pehonan is the area in which the Indigenous art park will be located within upper Queen Elizabeth Park and it is the name of Tiffany Shaw-Collinge’s winning piece.

MNA members to discuss governance structure

April 12, 2016.

A former Chief, who also ran for the NDP in the 2015 federal election, is coming out against the Leap Manifesto.

On the weekend, at a New Democratic Party convention held in Edmonton, membership voted to have the controversial Leap Manifesto discussed by all riding associations.

April 12, 2016.

The party that ran the most Indigenous candidates ever in a federal election could be facing a tough time.

Cameron Alexis, former Alberta Regional Chief with the Assembly of First Nation and New Democratic Party candidate in Peace River-Westlock, says the party has to be concerned about what could be a divisive time as the controversial Leap Manifesto is discussed further and a new leader is selected.

Treaty 6 history to be examined

April 11, 2016.

“There was a loss, but they weren’t lost,” said Samson Cree Nation Elder Roy Louis of the ceremonies practised by First Nations people. And now, Louis has been selected as a finalist for an Emerald Award for the work he has done for the water ceremony.

For the past four years, Louis has opened his land along the Battle River for Maskwacis Elder John Crier to conduct the water ceremony. The ceremony is held along the bend of the river, a known sacred area. Crier is now being invited to other provinces to do other water ceremonies.