Indigenous Alberta

“The bus showed up at the band office stop and the bus driver asked clients to provide tickets to get on. One of the clients did not have a ticket and got very upset. The driver told him he couldn’t come on and then he was punched in the face.”

While interest is high in implementing self-administered policing in Indigenous communities, Blake said “restrictive and discriminatory” practices in the system in Canada and a lack of research have made policing a challenging endeavour for Indigenous communities to pursue and sustain.

The Frog Lake First Nations Powwow was held at the end of July.

“These are my people, most of them young who will never have the opportunity to live their lives. We are related to all of them. This is clearly a health and safety issue for ISC Alberta Region.”

“This is our purpose today…to foster meaningful conversations about the land, the river and our deeper relations as human relatives.” — Naomi Mcilwraith

“It takes some homes that are on wells or cisterns right now off truck-haul delivery and gets them tied into the water distribution system, which is much more reliable and safer in terms of potability.”

A team is using drones and other technology to carry out a search west of the local cemetery, which was identified as a potential site by community members. 

This year's Saddle Lake Cree Nation Powwow President Fawn Wood shared a few thoughts with Lakeland Today about the upcoming powwow.

The camp provided good hands-on experience and allowed participants to get a taste of what it is like to be a firefighter.

The story is gripping, and the characters compelling to watch. What comes through most is the humanity of the project.