Indigenous Alberta

After a year of planning, Indigenous students in the Fort McMurray Public School District (FMPSD) were off to learn about hunting, trapping and survival from an experienced trapper in Anzac.

McMurray Métis has doubled the construction budget of the Métis Cultural Centre and hired the Casman Group of Companies to begin work on the project this spring.

Indigenous children’s advocates are outraged that on March 12, the Government of Canada filed its written submissions before the Federal Court in support of two applications for judicial review of Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) rulings w

Mother Earth: Plants for Health and Beauty is the title of a new book by Carrie Armstrong, a Cree/Métis teacher turned wellness product maker, who uses traditional plant knowledge to craft her teas, soaps, and essential oils.

The deadline for students of Métis aancestry to apply for a Belcourt Brosseau Métis Award (BBMA), is March 31 The Award financially assists Metis students by covering between $1,000 and $10,000 of tuition and fees.

As a musician and teacher, Sherryl Sewepagaham is deeply aware of the potent nature of musical expression.

“We’re trying to provide the right information which is from Health Canada as well as from Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services and tell them, ‘This vaccine is effective. It has been approved by Health Canada, and defiantly this is safe,’” said Stoney Health Services Executive Director Aaron Khan.

Dr. Tom Wong, Chief Medical Officer at Indigenous Services Canada, appeared in the virtual First Nations Health Managers Association town hall on March 11, to provide an update on how the pandemic is effecting Indigenous peoples in Canada.

The Northwest Territories (NWT) have announced that they are considering dropping the Alberta school curriculum – an education model they have been following for decades.

The federal government has created a new website in an attempt to be more transparent about its progress to remedy long-term drinking-water advisories in First Nations communities across the country, but is unable to say when all such advisories will