Saskatoon Tribal Council

Canada supports Saskatoon Tribal Council plans to launch education and awareness activities related to the legacy of residential schools

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Thursday, September 29, 2022
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The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line offers emotional support and crisis referral services for residential school Survivors and their families.

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  • The National Indian Residential School Crisis Line offers emotional support and crisis referral services for residential school Survivors and their families.
  • Today, Tribal Chief Mark Arcand, of Saskatoon Tribal Council, and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations announced funding of $368,079 in 2021-22 to support education and awareness activities related to the legacy of residential schools in Saskatoon.
  • The Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC), in partnership with the City of Saskatoon, will continue to host education and awareness activities on topics including reconciliation, and the legacy or residential schools.
  • Saskatoon Tribal Council (STC) improves the quality of life of First Nations through mutually beneficial partnerships with community organizations and industry.

Canada and the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation settle 1919 Soldier Settlement Board Surrender specific claim

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Thursday, August 4, 2022
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MUSKEG LAKE CREE NATION TREATY 6, SK, Aug. 4, 2022 /CNW/ -Today, Chief Kelly Wolfe of Muskeg Lake Cree Nation; and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced that Muskeg Lake Cree Nationand the Government of Canada have reached a settlement of the 1919 Soldier Settlement Board Surrender specific claim.

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  • MUSKEG LAKE CREE NATION TREATY 6, SK, Aug. 4, 2022 /CNW/ -Today, Chief Kelly Wolfe of Muskeg Lake Cree Nation; and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced that Muskeg Lake Cree Nationand the Government of Canada have reached a settlement of the 1919 Soldier Settlement Board Surrender specific claim.
  • This marks a significant step toward addressing the wrongs done to the community and rebuilding Canada's relationship with Muskeg Lake Cree Nation.
  • Submitted by Muskeg Lake Cree Nationin February 2014, this specific claim concerns Canada's breach of pre-surrender and post-surrender obligations to the First Nation in relation to the 1919 surrender of 8,960 acres of Muskeg Lake reserve land for the purpose of providing settlement lands to veterans returning from the First World War.
  • The 1919 Soldier Settlement Board Surrender Specific Claim was accepted for negotiation in August 2017.

New vice-chairperson and board members appointed to the National Indigenous Economic Development Board

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Thursday, February 3, 2022
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Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, and Dawn Madahbee Leach, Chair of the National Indigenous Economic Development Board, extend their congratulations to Victoria LaBillois, who has been appointed as the National Indigenous Economic Development Board's new Vice-Chairperson.

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  • Today, the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, and Dawn Madahbee Leach, Chair of the National Indigenous Economic Development Board, extend their congratulations to Victoria LaBillois, who has been appointed as the National Indigenous Economic Development Board's new Vice-Chairperson.
  • Minister Hajdu and Ms. Madahbee Leach would also like to welcome Dana Soonias and Robert Dickson as two new members of the National Indigenous Economic Development Board.
  • "Congratulations to Victoria LaBillois as the new Vice-Chair, and Dana Soonias and Bob Dickson as new members of the National Indigenous Economic Development Board.
  • "The work of the National Indigenous Economic Development Board is imperative in helping rebuild Indigenous economies.