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MN-S virtual Back to Batoche Days
July 13, 2020 - Métis Nation - Saskatchewan is pleased to present a virtual Back to Batoche Days festival this year. The event will run online from Thursday, July 23, 2020 to Sunday, July 26, 2020.A media release can be viewed here.The full schedule is...
MN-S Dene Early Learning Pilot Project (DELPP)
July 6, 2020 - Métis Nation – Saskatchewan (MN-S) is expanding its indigenous language preservation program to include Dene. The Dene Early Learning Pilot Project (DELPP) will be run in the Northern Lights School Division in La Loche this fall, enrolling...
MN-S teams with five school boards for Michif Early Learning Pilot Project
June 23, 2020 – Saskatoon, SK – Michif is an endangered language, only about 640 people in Canada speak Michif according to the 2016 census data. Métis Nation – Saskatchewan (MN-S) is working hard to ensure it lives on and that the number of speakers increases.As part...
MN-S and MLTC Commit Two Months of Food to NW
June 17, 2020 – Saskatoon, SK – Métis Nation – Saskatchewan (MN-S) with the Chiefs of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) are distributing enough critical food supports in North West Saskatchewan for all households in all communities for two months.View the full...
MN-S proudly supports ‘Masked Makers’ with significant donation
May 29, 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic sent everyone spinning, but Métis lawyer, Angela Bishop, saw it as an opportunity and started sewing. Originally from Green Lake, the Saskatoon-based legal mind, turned her attention to protecting Elders and began making face...
MN-S Post-Secondary Education Program
Métis Nation – Saskatchewan is pleased to be offering funding for the 2020-2021 school year to Métis students through the Métis Nation – Saskatchewan Post-Secondary Education Program (MN–S PSEP). This marks the second year of the program funded by MN-S and...
Government of Canada, MLTC and MN-S announce emergency COVID-19 support for NW SK
May 13, 2020 - Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) Chief Richard Ben, Métis Nation–Saskatchewan (MN-S) President Glen McCallum, Minister of Indigenous Services (ISC) Marc Miller and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations Carolyn Bennett announced $2.3 million in support...
Joint Media Release – MN-S, FSIN and MLTC
May 12, 2020 - Métis Nation - Saskatchewan (MN-S) has joined with the Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Executive who say the Provincial Government’s security check points in the North have gone too far.Joint...
MN–S calls for immediate emergency response to COVID-19 outbreak in north
May 3, 2020 - Métis Nation – Saskatchewan (MN–S) is gravely concerned about the spread of COVID-19 to communities in the province’s north and is calling on all levels of government and stakeholders to come to the immediate assistance of residents.Details...
MN-S moves quickly to implement portion of federal business stimulus package
April 21, 2020 - Métis Nation - Saskatchewan is moving quickly to implement federal supports for Indigenous business.The media release is here.