Vancouver-based Indigenous artists Dakota Bear and Casey Desjarlais have begun a campaign to stop human trafficking following an alleged incident in Prince Albert. According to the Prince Albert Daily Herald, a man claims he took a taxi and woke up in a locked room where […]
When Bradyn Parisian first quit his well-paying corporate job to become an entrepreneur with no guaranteed income, his parents thought he was crazy. But looking back, he believes he was always destined to start his own business even though it took him some time to […]
Alicia Morrow’s table is covered with papers; everything from bills, ideas, notes and the next scholarship application. A side table has a number of sweaters, t-shirts and hats all laid out and ready to be picked up. Her self-designed street-wear clothing brand The Comeback Society […]
Some, like the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, call it a “suicide crisis.” Others, like Taylar Bèlanger, call it life. Bèlanger has lost five friends to suicide; more, she said, if she counts friends of friends. “The first time that myself and my friend group […]
With an opioid crisis rising across the country, Naloxone is becoming more accessible for individuals seeking training and to obtain a kit in order to be responsive to those suffering an opioid overdose. Training and kits have been readily available to the public since early […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
