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BALCARRES, SK-In June 2015 a remarkable event happened in Saskatchewan which received little media attention. On June 10, buffalos came back to the Peepeekisis Reserve, 45 minutes east of Regina. These buffalo were a gift to the 2,500 Peepeekisis residents as a gift from a group of Pacific Islanders and Canadians. In December 2014, 20 pregnant buffalo were released on Peepeekisis land. By June 13 had given birth. In June, the bulls were delivered before mating season in July....
WINNIPEG, MB-Métis singer/songwriter Don Amero was nominated for two Juno categories when the annual Juno Awards were announced February 2. Winnipeg's Amero was selected for his album Refined nominated for Aboriginal Album of the Year and Adult Contemporary Album of the Year. "I'm just over the moon to be nominated along with other big names like Diana Krall and Jann Arden. This is huge for me," Amero told the Winnipeg Free Press. "I know most will look at that list and say,...
TORONTO, ON-On June 2, 2016, NAIITS will host its First Annual Elijah Harper Scholarship Fund reception at Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto. The honored guest will be Anita Harper, widow of Elijah Harper, who has given her blessing to the creation of this fund and this event. "We are very pleased that Anita will be with us to inaugurate this as an annual event in Canada," stated Dr. Terry LeBlanc, Executive Director of Indigenous Pathways and co-founder of...
ADA, Okla.-Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby has promoted Jerod Waters to Executive Officer of Nursing at the Chickasaw Nation Medical Center. Waters formerly served as Director of Nursing at CNMC. "Jerod Waters brings experience and organizational skills to this new position," said Gov. Anoatubby. "His education and involvement in the healthcare field have helped prepare him for this new role." Waters said the move was made because the medical center's growth required...
TORONTO, ON-The Canadian government located 5,315 people who allegedly committed abuses at residential schools, CBC News reports. None are facing any charges at this point. Instead, the alleged abusers were invited to participate in hearings for the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. But only 840 people indicated interest, CBC reports. "There's not a lot in it for them to come forward," an attorney for residential school survivors told CBC. The residential...
DULUTH, MN-Four tribal citizens entered not guilty pleas after being charged for exercising their treaty rights in off-reservation areas of Minnesota. Harvey GoodSky and Morningstar GoodSky, who are from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians, are accused of harvesting wild rice without a permit from the Department of National Resources. Todd Thompson, of the White Earth Nation and James Northrup, from the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, are accused of...
WINDOW ROCK, AZ-The Navajo Nation and retailer Urban Outfitters remain locked in a battle over the unauthorized use of the tribe's name on a series of products. The retailer was using the "Navajo" name on products without the Navajo Nation's permission. The goods weren't Indian produced either. The tribe is seeking profits from certain "Navajo" products that were sold by the company and its affiliates back to 2008. For other products, the tribe is seeking damages, the...
LA LOCHE, SK-A month to the day after a shooter entered the school's doors and killed a teacher and an aide and wounded seven others, the doors were finally open for students at the La Loche school to return for classes. Two teenage brothers were also killed in a nearby home on the same day. The accused killer, a 17-year-old boy, who can't be named under Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act, was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder in the January 22 shooting. H...
RICHMOND, VA-A small opposition group is conceding defeat after failing to derail federal recognition for the Pamunkey Tribe of Virginia. Cheryl Schmit of Stand Up for California believes she raised important questions about the tribe's status. But she told The Washington Post that other entities will have to carry on the fight after the Interior Board of Indian Appeals dismissed her challenge. With the appeal-which was the only one filed-out of the way, the Pamunkeys will now...
A long time ago, I went to the Indian boarding school in Cherokee, North Carolina. I met a lot of fellow Indians from across the country and most of us were from the same background-we were poor. We didn't have the money to travel to our homes during holidays. We wore hand-me-down clothes and spending money just didn't exist. One of my fellow students from that time was Phillip Martin. If you don't know Phillip, he's the Chairman of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians...
VANCOUVER, BC—Canada’s healthcare system is ineffective when it comes to serving Indigenous patients. The reason is because there has been a “lack of Indigenous governance over the way in which health services are designed and delivered.” Those are the words of Dro. John O’Neil, professor and dean of the Health Sciences Faculty at Simon Fraser University. In an Op-Ed column in the Winnipeg Free Press, O’Neil writes that although there have been partial attempts to transfer portions of the health care system to First Natio...
DURANT, OK-The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma plans to break ground on a $219 million headquarters next month. The 500,000 square-foot building will be located in Durant. The five-story facility will consolidate programs and services that are currently housed at about 30 different properties, The Oklahoman reported. "This is a tribal legacy project for the Choctaw Nation and its citizens," Chief Gary Batton told the paper. "We've waited a long time to see the beginning of this...
The Festival du Voyageur is Western Canada's largest winter festival, an annual 10-day event that takes place in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The festival, held each February in St.-Boniface, Winnipeg's French Quarter, across the Red River from downtown. Manitoba is the largest French community outside of Quebec. This year's celebration was held from February 12 to 21, 2016. "Voyageur Snow Sculpture Contest-the next generation" was held in Voyageur Park from February 6 to 11, 2016....
WINNIPEG, MB-Wab Kinew, well-known broadcaster, author and Native activist, pulled off a stunning surprise by announcing that he is going to run as a candidate with the New Democratic Party (NDP) in Manitoba's upcoming provincial election. If elected, he will fill the spot left vacant by Jennifer Howard, who announced her departure from the legislature. "I would like to step forward as a voice of renewal," Kinew told a crowd gathered at the Gas Station Arts Centre. Standing...
SHOAL LAKE, ON-The residents of Shoal Lake 40 First Nations got an early Christmas present. Well, it's more a promise of one to come in the first part of the New Year. After many years of political discussions, broken promises, and outright refusal to commit, Canada's government agreed to pay for one-third of the cost of building an all-weather road to the Shoal Lake First Nation. This decision and the eventual completion of the road will bring to a close many years of...
DAVIS, OK-Irene Pettigrew Digby is a living legacy. She celebrated 94 years on earth in 2015 and it is apparent she has sown her Chickasaw heritage, tradition and culture to her family and community-to cultivate her Native culture so it will live on through the younger generations. From teaching time-honored traditional recipes, to daily practice of the Chickasaw language; the petite, soft-spoken family matriarch strives to keep Chickasaw culture and heritage flourishing by...
WASHINGTON, DC-Hundreds of visitors stood in still silence at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery on a cool, overcast day as three Chickasaw veterans stepped out to lay a wreath at the tomb. Marked by the words "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God," the tomb has become a significant place to honor all those who have died in service to their country. Jerry Tyson of San Antonio, Joe Orr of Frederick, Oklahoma and Johnny Swinney...
BEMIDJI, MN-Bemidji State University's Ojibwe Language Summer Camp-Ojibwemowin Niibinishi Gabeshi -which offers a unique opportunity for students to become immersed in the Ojibwe culture, has won the Innovative Award for Non-Credit Programs from the North American Association of Summer Sessions. Jan Yopp, the association's committee chair for creative and innovative awards, said Ojibwemowin Niibinishi Gabeshi was recognized for "its impact on students and adaptability for...
MINNEAPOLIS, MN-A Bemidji State University staff member and two high school students from Red Lake, Minnesota, met Chelsea Clinton at a signing of her new book, "It's Your World" on November 20, in St. Paul, Minnesota. The signing was at the Red Balloon Bookshop at 891 Grant Avenue. Clinton's book includes a mention of Girls Who Code, a non-profit program meant to inspire high-school aged girls to learn computing and coding skills and, ultimately, increase the number of women...
OTTAWA, ON—Four members elected in Canada’s recent election, recognized the treaties signed between Indigenous Peoples and the Crown since 1701. MPs Pierre Nantel, Romeo Saganash, Georgina Jolibois and Niki Ashton chose to recognize in their Oath of Allegiance in Parliament the treaties signed with Indigenous nations. After giving the oath outlined in the Constitution, MP Georgina Jolibois (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, and Niki Ashton (Churchill) pledged the following oath: “And, I solemnly affirm that, in the carryi...
BETHEL, AK (CCNS)-It has been more than 60 years in the making, but the Yup'ik-speaking people of the Southwestern Arctic now have the complete Bible in their own language, thanks to the help of the Canadian Bible Society. Yup'ik is the Aboriginal Inuit language of people who reside in western and south central Alaska. Written with the Latin alphabet, translation work on the Yup'ik New Testament was completed in the mid-1950s; work on the Old Testament began in the early 1970s...
WINNIPEG, MB-A new provincial law will broaden the province's advocacy of children who are in the care of Child and Family Services (CFS) in Manitoba. Family Services Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross made the announcement in the company of First Nations leaders and acting assistant deputy minister for Family Services at the legislature in Manitoba's capital. "We are stepping aside...this is the next days of devolution," Minister Irvin-Ross stated at a press conference in December...
OTTAWA, ON-After six years of grueling research, hours of emotional sharing, and months of writing, Justice Murray Sinclair presented the Truth and Reconciliation's final report on Canada's residential school system. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated in his speech before the assembly that his government will do over and above what the TRC recommendations call for. "We need nothing less than a total renewal of the relationship between Canada and Indigenous peoples," Trudeau...
ONAMIA, MN-Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures (MLCV) today announced it has expanded its hospitality footprint with the purchase of the DoubleTree by Hilton Minneapolis Park Place Hotel in St. Louis Park, MN. The hotel marks the fourth major hotel asset purchased by MLCV in the past three years. The 297-room DoubleTree by Hilton Minneapolis Park Place is a profitable, turn-key investment for Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures and a strategic expansion of its holdings in the Greater MSP...
WINNIPEG, MB - The "Sleeping Giant" has awakened according to First Nations leaders following Canada's election on October 19, which elected Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau, 43, in a landslide victory allowing them to form a majority government. The Conservative Party's government went down to a resounding defeat which returned former prime minister Stephen Harper to form the Official Opposition Party. Ten First Nations candidates were elected, highlighted by the election...
