Indigenous Alberta - Provincial news

Ceremony held in honour of residential school victims and survivors

Kehewin Cree Nation hosted an Honouring Residential School Victims and Survivors Ceremony on Friday, June 4

Jun 7, 2021 3:15 PM Read more >

‘Battle Against Drugs Walk’ planned on Stoney Nakoda, petition to ban drug dealers gains local support

“We want a bylaw that will show drug dealers aren’t allowed on the reserve."

Jun 7, 2021 2:45 PM Read more >

Pop-up memorial honouring the victims of a Kamloops residential school disappears

Barrhead resident and daughter and granddaughter of residential school survivors Tiara Yiu disheartened that someone would remove the memorial she started

Jun 7, 2021 12:15 PM Read more >

Lac La Biche Mission site is part of residential school legacy

Lac La Biche Mission plans to display residential school history

Jun 7, 2021 12:00 PM Read more >

Indigenous duo nominated for 2021 Juno Award

Lightning strikes twice for singer-songwriter Jason Burnstick.

Jun 7, 2021 11:45 AM Read more >

Indigenous guardians vital to Canada’s conservation goals, environment minister says

The federal government invested a historic $4.1 billion in the last budget towards nature recovery across Canada

Jun 7, 2021 10:45 AM Read more >

Albertans call for name changes of public sites that honour the architects of the Indian Residential School System

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has described the potential name changes to cancel-culture.

Jun 6, 2021 10:45 AM Read more >

Confederacy of Treaty Six Nations dissolves historic protocol agreement with Alberta

Last week the remains of 215 First Nation children were found in a mass grave at a former residential school in Kamloops, BC.

Jun 5, 2021 10:45 AM Read more >

'Our people need healing': We Wai Kai elder on children's residential school grave site

More than 130 government-funded, church-run residential schools were established to sever children from their families, and assimilate and shame them for their culture, language and spirituality.

Jun 5, 2021 3:45 AM Read more >

MPs across Canada on the remains of 215 children found at Kamloops residential school

More than 150,000 Indigenous children were forced to attend church-run residential schools across Canada between the 1870s and 1996, when the last school closed.

Jun 4, 2021 2:45 PM Read more >