Saskatchewan Indian, Special Edition, July 1985, p. 13
Description
Act will now conform to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms giving many individuals standing as First Nation and designation of "Status Indians," allowing access to federal programs operating on and off-reserve.
Comments on some great Saskatchewan athletes like Paul Acoose and Alex Wuttunee Decoteau. Also discusses the 1996 Indian Summer Games at Ahtahkakoop Reserve in Saskatchewan.
Describes the opposition of the Indigenous Women's Network with the Meadow Lake (SK) Tribal Council over the building of a nuclear waste dump on Aboriginal land.
Meeting of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN), Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) and Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) and their discussion of areas of common concern.
Saskatchewan Indian, Special Edition, July 1985, p. 5
Description
New organization is formed to strengthen the position of Treaty Nations interests and to compliment the roles of the Assembly or First Nations and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
The cover story of the CBC Radio Guide for May 1985 deals with the legacy of Louis Riel, written by Bob Beal and Rod MacLeod. The story contains a brief analysis of the Northwest Resistance and the political effects on French and English Canada. Pps. 5-7.
Crawford convicted of murder of Eva Taysup, Calinda Waterhen, and Shelley Napope. First Nations' leaders attribute lack of media attention to the fact that victims were First Nation women.