The First Nations University of Canada’s second annual Elders’ Conference will focus on Indigenous education. Elders from Nakota, Dakota, Lakota, Saulteaux, Métis, Dene and Cree nations will be sharing their knowledge. “Our hope for this conference is to ensure that the knowledge we often teach through our elders is being shared,” said Bettina Schneider, Associate...
Imagine a chemistry class where you can eat the result of your experiment. The First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv) proudly presents the first of its kind Chemistry of Food and Cooking course (CHEM 101) in Saskatchewan, which will start in fall of 2018. The architect behind the innovative course, Dr. Vincent Ziffle, says “This...
Go home. Get a job. Fucking Indians. Those are the kinds of things Prescott Demas says are yelled out of car windows at him and his tent mates huddled around a campfire just outside the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.
The FNUniv’s Eagle staff was created twelve years ago by a group of students in an Indian Fine Arts course.
A Community Association is helping people to understand the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Report and move towards action.
Nestled in the heart of the prairies is one ambitious publisher that’s making a difference with reconciliation.
The Gathering Place in Regina is offering Indigenous language classes in a new way, through a weekly live streaming class on the File Hills Tribal Council’s Facebook page. “I don’t want my grandchildren to not hear that language being spoken,” says Cory Generoux.
Is it ever too late to a make change in an individual’s life or even an entire community? Should money, age, race or status become an obstacle and an excuse? One fairly young grandmother has made it her life’s mission to bring the people of Regina closer together with the city’s brand new Indigenous radio...
A local First Nations woman is bringing residential school history to students at the University of Regina this month.
It is the fourth time that the University of Regina has held its annual Have a Heart Day campaign, part of a nation-wide campaign to raise awareness about inequalities faced by First Nations children. The event kicked off a week of activities.