For His Commitment to Indigenous issues the Tsuutina First Nation honored the Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau with a Headress and Traditional name “Gumistiyi”, which roughly translated means “The One that Keeps Trying”. Upon arriving he met with First Nation Leaders, to be briefed on First Nation issues such as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Economic Development and Water.…
This is the first rodeo I’ve had the opportunity to cover, So here goes, Samson Cree Nation hosted the First NANCA sanctioned Rodeo for 2016 at the Ermineskin Panee Agriplex on Feb 13 & 14th, 2016. There were 120 NANCA contestants who came out to compete and accumulate Points & Money to qualify for the NANCA Finals scheduled…
The Minister of Human Services, Ifran Sabir visited Samson Cree Nation on Thursday February 11, 2016. Minister Sabir has been a member of the Alberta Cabinet since May 24, 2016, prior to him being elected to the Alberta Government as Minister of Human Services, he studied and practiced Aboriginal Law, and has a degree in Social Work. Chief Kurt…
As the hockey season of 2015-2016 keeps moving on there is a special time of the year when provincial play downs start taking place where teams that are within the same area, say Ponoka playing Caroline, Maskwacis playing Leduc, Wetaskiwin playing Camrose that is the central provincial play downs, but there are way more teams. The way…
On January 21, 2016 Samson Cree Nation Chief Kurt Buffalo and Kinder Morgan President Ian Anderson signed a Mutual Benefits Agreement in support of the Trans-Mountain Expansion Project. This would benefit Samson Cree and its member for the next 20 yrs should the project be approved. Kinder Morgan also held a Contracting and Procurement workshop the following day…
The Reclaiming Our Knowledge Conference was held on January 25-27, 2016 at the Doubletree by Hilton. The conference hosted approximately 200 attendees and boasted presenters such as Dr Wilton Littlechild, Dr. Victor Buffalo, Waylon Pahona – Healthy Active Natives, Dr. Claudine Louis – Indian Residential Schools (Decolonization), Jeff Hunter –…
About a year and a half ago there was a casting call that was made to Province of Alberta. The need for first nations peoples in the movie “The Revenant” starring with actors such as Leonardo Dicaprio (Golden Globe for best actor in this film), and Tom Hardy. The movie was directed by Alejandro Innaritu…
Meet Devin Buffalo NCAA Division 1 goalie for the Dartmouth University “Big Green” he is the son of Patrick Buffalo & Belinda Lightning. Devin is a proud member of the Samson Cree Nation and is currently taking Native American Studies and Government at Dartmouth University, but his long-term goal is to help Maskwacis overcome its…