Mountain Dene News Today

Exhibition is comprised of 21 paintings that will be on display until June 30

Fort Smith artist Michel Labine is just a few steps away from completing a traditional snowshoe that he hopes will claim the title of world's largest in the Guinness Book of World Records.

When Pope Francis addresses residential school survivors in Maskwacis, Alberta on Monday, one survivor won't be in the audience or watching it on a screen.

In a contract, it is required that both parties know the deal. The Tulita Elders said the Canadian Government Treaty party, complete with Roman Catholic Bishop Breynat, showed up in Fort Norman on July 15, 1921 to begin Treaty 11 discussions with our people. They said they wanted to talk about ‘Peace and Friendship’, not land. The Elders also said the Dene translators from Fort Simpson were unable to explain the treaty contents in Tulita dialect, so there was confusion as to what the infor...