Sugar Sickness is viewed as a small part of our identity
By Laura Mushumanski (ANNews) – The literal translation in Plains Cree for diabetes is sugar sickness (sôkâwâspinewin), and when eating too much of the ‘good…
2020
Casino closures in Alberta negatively impacting First Nations: Part 1
By Jake Cardinal “If there’s no money coming in, how do you justify paying people? You can’t.” – A First Nation Development Fund Director (ANNews) …
RCMP Shut Down Saskatchewan Sundance: A Timeline
by Jake Cardinal (May 2020) – “These are First Nations lands. This is Indian land. Stay off our lands unless you are invited,” declared Chief…
The true scale of Indigenous COVID-19 data
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – Researchers at the First-Nation led research centre, the Yellowhead Institute, released a report Tuesday May 12, 2020 outlining the true…
Xavier Kataquapit: Finding hope in the time of Covid-19
by Xavier Kataquapit (May 12, 2020) – We are still reeling from the shock of dealing with a pandemic. Most of us can’t leave the…
NWAC President Says COVID-19 is Increasing Violence Against Indigenous Women
(May 2020) – The Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) says the COVID-19 pandemic puts First Nations, Inuit, and Métis women at increased risk of…
AFN Taskforce formed to streamline Covid-19 information for Indigenous communities
by Jake Cardinal (ANNews) – On May 5, 2020, the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) announced the creation of the AFN COVID-19 National Task Force….
Blood Tribe proud of hard work keeping Coronavirus at bay
by Brandi Morin (ANNews) – The Blood Tribe Department of Health has three active cases of COVID19 and all of them are contained within the…
Update: Yellowknife woman found – husband upset with EPS calling her “just another junkie”
by Brandi Morin (ANNews) – A Yellowknife man said he’s relieved to learn his common-law wife, Toni Tobac, is safe following her arrest in Edmonton…
NSD students receive technology donation from Métis Nation of Alberta and Rupertsland Institute
by Curtis Walty (May 6, 2020) – A recent act of kindness is impacting hundreds of families in the Northland School Division. The Métis Nation…