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Canada

New Kehewin language program opens to help preserve Plains Cree language

A groundbreaking initiative has been launched to preserve Plains Cree, a dialect of the Cree language, through an immersive language…

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Canada

Cree family of 20 left without housing after fire, with some living in shacks during winter

A devastating fire in July left a Cree family of 20 without a home in Pelican Narrows, a community in…

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Canada

RCMP’s fatal shooting of 17-year-old boy ‘ripping a hole’ in Norway House Cree Nation

The tragic death of Elgyn Muskego, a 17-year-old boy who was shot by RCMP officers in Norway House Cree Nation,…

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Canada

James Smith Cree Nation powwow honours Mountie for role in ending 2022 manhunt

At the beginning of the annual James Smith Cree Nation powwow, the bowl in the centre of the grounds spiraled…

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Canada

Darrel J. McLeod, acclaimed Cree memoirist and novelist, dead at 67

Author Darrel J. McLeod, known for his intimate and thought-provoking writing about Cree experiences, has died at the age of…

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Canada

Drinking water advisory on Star Blanket Cree Nation lifted after 17 years

For the first time in 17 years there is no longer a drinking water advisory on Star Blanket Cree Nation. …

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Health

State of emergency declared due to nursing shortage in northern Manitoba Cree nation

Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in northern Manitoba is declaring a health care state of emergency due to a nursing shortage that has…

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Canada

RCMP release internal review into their response to James Smith Cree Nation stabbings

An internal review has found there was no “common underlying circumstance” that significantly impacted the RCMP’s ability to respond to the…

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Entertainment

Enoch Cree Nation welcomes Ice Cube to their territory with starblanket

Rapper and actor Ice Cube has collected a few gifts from Indigenous people in Canada in his travels and he got another one this…

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Canada

Kokum, grandson proud to graduate Grade 12 together in James Smith Cree Nation

Grade 12 student Sage Stonestand-Checkosis walks through the hall of his school with his kokum, or grandmother, Brenda “Connie” Stonestand. But…

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