Tag Archives: First Nations
Red Deer events to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day
Festivities begin Thursday for National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrations in Red Deer. The Waskasoo SeePee Traditional Pow Wow at the Servus Arena begins at 1 p.m. and is open to the public. "It's j...
Jun 19, 2019 (Photo: Red Deer Native Friendship Society)
Big day Friday for the Rocky Native Friendship Centre
The Rocky Native Friendship Centre has a big celebration planned for National Indigenous Peoples Day this Friday at Curtis Field.There will be an array of activities including an axe throwing station,...
Jun 19, 2019
Alberta to bring in bill in fall to help First Nations invest in energy projects
EDMONTON - Alberta will bring in legislation this fall to create a Crown corporation backstopped by $1 billion to help First Nations invest in major energy projects like pipelines.Premier Jason Kenney...
Jun 11, 2019
Canada's treatment of Indigenous women not a 'genocide': Andrew Scheer
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says "genocide" isn't the right word to describe what's been done to generations of Indigenous women and girls in Canada. Speaking on Parliament Hill, S...
Jun 10, 2019
Walk for Common Ground urges Albertans to honour treaty responsibilities
A committed group of around 30 people made it to Red Deer Friday, marking the halfway point of a walk from Edmonton to Calgary which urges Indigenous and non-Indigenous persons alike to find what brin...
Jun 08, 2019 Amy Peters (left), Faika Satterthwaite (centre) and Anita Crowshoe are three of about 30 participants in the Walk for Common Ground. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Blackfoot and Cree artists finish new mural at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School
A local Blackfoot artist has once again left his mark in Red Deer, this time inside St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School.Ryan Jason Allen Willert has shared many hours with students there recently, delive...
Jun 07, 2019 Ryan Jason Allen Willert (left) and Blue Quill Cardinal, recently completed a mural at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School which spans four walls near the school's entrance. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Red Feather Women hope MMIW report leads to change
A group representing First Nations women hopes changes are finally made now that Canada's inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women has issued its final report. In their report, the inquiry's...
Jun 04, 2019
Explained: Why the MMIWG commission invoked 'Canadian genocide'
The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women was unequivocal in its assessment: "This is genocide." Chief commissioner Marion Buller was greeted by cheers when she spoke these ...
Jun 03, 2019
Inquiry on missing, murdered Indigenous women released
GATINEAU, Que. - The national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women wants health service providers across Canada to develop programs that could help young people recognize the s...
Jun 03, 2019
Tipi blessed in act of reconciliation at Red Deer middle school
Students and staff at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School engaged in an Indigenous ceremony on Friday.Local Elder Theresa 'Corky' Larsen-Jonasson was on hand to bless a new tipi located in the school's c...
Jun 01, 2019 Theresa 'Corky' Larsen-Jonasson blesses a tipi at St. Thomas Aquinas Middle School. (Supplied)