Tag Archives: First Nations
15-day walk of action for First Nations issues
A group of 30 health-care professionals, members of the faith community, school division leaders and Indigenous members will begin a 15-day walk later this month.The walk starts this Friday, May 31 in...
May 29, 2019
Diplomat, peacekeeper: Saskatchewan First Nation awaits Poundmaker exoneration
When Milton Tootoosis thinks about the planned exoneration of Chief Poundmaker, he breaks down.A headman and councillor at Poundmaker Cree Nation, about a two-hour drive from Saskatoon, Tootoosis says...
May 20, 2019
MISSING: Faith Mackinaw, 15, of Wetaskiwin
Wetaskiwin RCMP are asking for public assistance in location a teenage girl.Mounties say they were notified on May 12 that 15-year-old Faith Mackinaw had gone missing from a residence in Wetaskiwin. R...
May 15, 2019 Faith Mackinaw, 15
Soaring Eagles Camp returns at Alberta RCMP headquarters
Edmonton - The Alberta RCMP is excited to announce that the second Soaring Eagles Camp is actively accepting applications for 32 Indigenous youth who have a genuine interest in policing as a career. T...
May 01, 2019
RDC signs Indigenous Education Protocol
Red Deer College officially recognized its responsibility to Indigenous education on Thursday with the signing of the Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) Indigenous Education Protocol. RDC Presiden...
Apr 18, 2019 Back row (l-r): Gilles Allard, RDC Board of Governors; Dr. Claudine Louis, President, Maskwacis Cultural College; Charlene Burns, RDC Board of Governors; Elder Melvin Potts; and Brian Lizotte, President, Metis Nation of Alberta Region 3 Local 492. Front row: Joel Ward, RDC President & CEO.
Urban Aboriginal Voices Society invites public to day of learning
Red Deer's Urban Aboriginal Voices Society is hoping its upcoming community day will inspire and move the bar up in terms of local citizens understanding one another.It happens Tuesday starting at 8 a...
Apr 18, 2019 A photo from National Aboriginal Day celebrations in Red Deer in 2017. (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
Indigenous mural unveiled at St. Francis of Assisi Middle School
One of Alberta's most prominent Blackfoot artists has left another permanent work of art at Red Deer's St. Francis of Assisi Middle School.Red Deerian Ryan Jason Allen Willert said being asked to crea...
Apr 18, 2019 (rdnewsNOW/Josh Hall)
UCP would create Indigenous crown corporation, help investments
EDMONTON - United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney says an Alberta government led by him would help Indigenous communities invest in resource projects.He says a UCP government would consult with First...
Apr 03, 2019