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.
Category: <span>Indigenous Affairs</span>
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Students Create FNUniv’s Eagle Staff
The FNUniv’s Eagle staff was created twelve years ago by a group of students in an Indian Fine Arts course.
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Heritage takes on tough Canadian heritage
A Community Association is helping people to understand the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Report and move towards action.
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UR Press: Saving languages
Nestled in the heart of the prairies is one ambitious publisher that’s making a difference with reconciliation.
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Preserving Indigenous languages; one live stream at a time
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.
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New radio host in town: One mother on a mission
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...
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Project teaches residential school history
A local First Nations woman is bringing residential school history to students at the University of Regina this month.
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Have a Heart Day raises awareness about inequality for First Nations children.
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.
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Taking up the TRC call to action at the University of Regina
One week after Chief Justice Murray Sinclair visited the University of Regina to discuss the Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations, a roundtable discussion was organized by staff and faculty on campus to continue the conversation.