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A Call for Action on Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women: From Ignorance to Awareness to Responsibility In 2010, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was quoted as saying “there is no history of colonization in Canada.”  In 2014, in reference to the call for a national...

Last month, I had the chance to travel to White Bear First Nation. I was grateful for the opportunity to join Joely Big Eagle and Lorne Kequahtooway from Buffalo People Arts Institute. They were offering individuals a chance to practice hide cleaning. As my colleague...

The number of reports, inquiries and recommendations that have been discussed and directed at us for our own well-being in Canada is astounding. The saying that we’ve been studied to death isn’t an oxymoron anymore for us, it’s a reality. So why call and demand...

Regina, SK – The MacKenzie Art Gallery is pleased to announce that 7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. received three awards for publishing at the Saskatchewan Book Awards on April 25, including the University of Regina Faculty of Education and Campion College Award for...

Are you a First Nations person interested in appearing in an HBO miniseries? Casting directors of Lewis and Clark will be in Saskatoon on April 25 to cast for background roles, with production expected to begin in southern Alberta from June 15 to Sept. 15. The open casting is...

Regina, SK – Thousands of people from all corners of Turtle Island converged at the Brandt Centre in Regina for the 37th Annual First Nations University of Canada Spring Powwow Celebration on April 11 & 12. With over 700 dancers competing in the various competitions,...

Last night Regina City Council voted against a proposal to allow a strip club at the former Whiskey Saloon (formally JD’s Night Club & Bar). This happened after the owners of the business cut through all the red tape required, jumped through hoops and won the...

“The pattern of unilateral application of business practices and of laws and regulations in our territories is a practice that has to stop” National Chief Shawn Atleo, Calgary Alberta Chamber of Commerce, March 1, 2012. PIPE DREAMS Canada is at an interesting point in...