A letter of commitment has been signed between the federal and provincial governments and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations to work on mental health and wellness support services for Indigenous youth. Minister of Indigenous Services Canada, Mark Miller, says suicide is a tragedy we see far too often, so the three levels of government […]
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron says First Nations elders should never be scared to go to the hospital. This, after a 53 year old woman from the James Smith Cree Nation has come forward to tell her experience about going into the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert with a broken ankle and […]
The Walking With Our Angels site, adjacent from the Saskatchewan legislature in Regina’s Wascana Park, drew supporters from across the province on Tuesday to call for more from the provincial government in addressing suicide rates in Saskatchewan. Tristen Durocher, who has been in Regina since July 31 after completing a walk from La Ronge to […]
The mother of Evan Penner, an Indigenous man who was brutalized by Saskatoon Police on tape last weekend, is speaking out against what happened to her son. Sherri Penner, from Norway House, MB, says that the viral video of her son’s arrest is tough to watch, and she hopes that it serves as a message. […]
NDP Leader Ryan Meili, joined by Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Vice-Chief David Pratt, are challenging the Saskatchewan Government regarding the rising number of kids in care, and that a growing majority of those kids are Indigenous. According to Ministry of Social Services figures, the number of kids in care has climbed each of the […]
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) is backing several northern Saskatchewan communities in calling on the province to ensure First Nations and Métis inclusion at highway check stops in the north. In a news release Saturday, Beauval Mayor Nick Daigneault said that the check stops have been a “big disappointment” as he feel the […]
The FSIN is calling for the provincial border to close in the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic. The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations wants Premier Scott Moe to immediately close the province borders to protect Saskatchewan residents and decrease the spread of COVID 19. Chief Bobby Cameron says some First Nations have already exercised their […]
FSIN has also declared a state of emergency as part of the current COVID-19 pandemic spreading across the province. Chief Bobby Cameron says in a news release that many First Nations are not prepared for the pandemic due to inadequate health services or a lack of access to necessary supplies and medicine to fight COVID-19’s […]
Ottawa says they’re on track to make their commitment of lifting every long-term drinking water advisory on reserves by March of next year. Since November of 2015, the federal government has lifted 87 advisories. Here in Saskatchewan, there are currently seven long-term drinking water advisories including one on the Little Pine First Nation located approximately […]
The Canadian government has announced that they will provide $2.5-million over the next two years to prevent ‘harms and deaths’ among Indigenous youth across Saskatchewan. This comes after many First Nations communities in the province have experienced a number of youth take their own lives in recent months. The funding also comes after the Makwa […]
