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As most people in James Smith Cree Nation were still sleeping, violence erupted. The killings began in homes around the northern part of the community before sunrise — at least three attacks, followed by five more in the central village and two in the south, said Chief Robert Head, tracing …
Read More »RCMP say Sask. mass killing suspect not on James Smith Cree Nation, search continues
Mass killing suspect Myles Sanderson is not hiding at James Smith Cree Nation, RCMP say. Authorities say the location of the mass murder suspect is still unknown and are urging the public to remain cautious. Earlier Tuesday, RCMP sent an alert telling residents of James Smith Cree Nation, about 170 kilometres …
Read More »Ottawa tells Saskatchewan Cree Nation it’s ‘deeply sorry’ for assimilative ‘colony scheme’
The federal government has made a national apology to a Saskatchewan First Nation community for a scheme that breached treaty and fiduciary agreements by creating a farm colony that took over the nation’s land and contributed to the assimilation of Indigenous people. Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller delivered the apology on behalf of the federal …
Read More »Cree mother in Yellowknife not notified of son’s death in Alberta for 8 days
Sitting in her Yellowknife office last July, Yvette Schreder was given an odd message: someone from the Alberta Medical Examiner’s office was trying to reach her. Hours later, when the mother of four finally got through to someone, she was nonchalantly told the body of her 30-year-old son, Christopher was …
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