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A documentary explores the File Hills Farm Colony on the Peepeekisis Cree Nation, where students at nearby residential schools were hand-picked and forced to farm.

Article content Members of the Peepeekisis Cree Nation have voted 97 per cent to approve and receive a $150-million land settlement from the federal government, the roots of which date back to the late 1800s. Sitting in Treaty 4 territory a little more than an hour’s drive northeast of Regina, Peepeekisis won its case against Ottawa, after the feds sent the band a settlement offer letter Nov. 6. It prompted the community’s leaders to hold a ratification vote on reserve on Friday; they also ...