Indigenous Alberta

UCalgary celebrates Métis Week with series of virtual events through Nov. 19

Metis or not, share the pride and culture this week, with virtual happenings.

Earlier in the month, neighbouring chiefs stood together in expressing profound disappointment after Slave Lake Coun. Joy McGregor suggested the community needs to “stop feeding” homeless people from surrounding Indigenous communities.

Ottawa and provincial and territorial governments must build monuments in capital cities across Canada to honour residential-school survivors and their families, says the director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

The Coldwater First Nation is against the expansion, taking particular issue with the methods used to model the aquifer and arguing the report is not complete enough to move forward to a hearing

The initiative comes as alarming cases of racism in health settings continue to make headlines

“We are telling our story and we have people coming here wanting to learn our story"

Slave Lake is a hub for numerous First Nations in the region

Alberta had 498 First Nation cases of COVID-19 on November 5

Indigenous Services Canada has confirmed a forensic audit is taking place at Saddle Lake Cree Nation.