Treaty 8
One of the controversial issues leading up to this month’s election is the disbursement of the band’s Treaty 8 funds.
In April, 2018, the Canadian Government reached a $177 million settlement with Black Lake and Fond du Lac. The Treaty included a clause that allowed the signing bands to collect agricultural benefits, ammunition, and twine from the Crown.
Community members eventually voted on a plan to take a payment of $15,000 each. Theriault said he didn’t like the way the process was handled.
“I knew damn well they could not get 90 per cent votes from Fond Du Lac. The reason being is a majority of the population are spread out all over Canada,” he said.
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A Prince Albert man has decided to give a little bit back to those less fortunate during this holiday season. Allan Adam is originally from the Fond du Lac Denesuline First Nation but he has lived in the city for the last number of years. He currently works as an Indigenous spiritual and cultural counsellor […]
A look back 2020: Tristen Durocher
One of the most impactful northern stories of 2020 is a single man’s quest to raise awareness to high rates of suicide in Northern Saskatchewan.
In July Tristen Durocher walked from Air Ronge to Regina, as he was not pleased with the provincial government’s suicide prevention plan, alleging it did not go far enough.
When reaching the Legislature in late July, Durocher setup a teepee on the west lawn, as a demonstration calling for greater action.
He would fast there for 44-days, each day representing a Sask. Party MLA who voted against NDP MLA Doyle Vermette’s private members bill call for the creation of a suicide plan.