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Cuthand: Treaty Land Entitlement agreement is still not fulfilled

Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists The province must stop using our Crown land as a piggy bank to raise revenue. Author of the article: Doug Cuthand  •  Saskatoon StarPhoenix Doug Cuthand Photo by Liam Richards /The StarPhoenix Article content In 1992, the First Nations and the federal and provincial governments signed the Treaty Land Entitlement framework agreement (TLE) and we assumed that…

Cuthand: Governments must respect Jordan’s Principle and other Indigenous rights

Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists All too often governments deny services to First Nations people based on whether it falls under federal or provincial jurisdiction. Author of the article: Doug Cuthand  •  Saskatoon StarPhoenix Publishing date: Mar 06, 2021  •  47 minutes ago  •  4 minute read  •  Join the conversation Doug Cuthand Photo by Liam Richards /The StarPhoenix Article…

Cuthand: Spiritual belief in the natural world can tell us so much

Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists The Cree, like other First Nations in the Americas, believe in a spirit world that surrounds us and both protects us and challenges us. Author of the article: Doug Cuthand  •  Saskatoon StarPhoenix Publishing date: Feb 27, 2021  •  42 minutes ago  •  3 minute read  •  Join the conversation Doug Cuthand Photo by Liam Richards /The StarPhoenix Article…

Cuthand: An Indigenous governor general would be good, but only ceremonial

Article content continued There has been a call by the Indigenous leadership for an Indigenous governor general in light of the resignation of Julie Payette. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde stated, “I’ve always said that we need to get First Nations people into the highest levels of decision-making authority, power and influence and the governor general, to me, is one of…

Cuthand: 2020 was challenging, and 2021 promises change

Article content continued The irony was that in 2020 the province would also mandate that everyone wear a mask when out in crowded public places. Somehow the ban on the veil seemed irrelevant. Every argument against the veil went out the window when people were told to mask up. In Saskatchewan we also had the irony of the provincial legislature staff trying to remove a teepee on the legislature…