Doug Cuthand

$37m settlement was to compensate 14 First Nations that lost income, political and human rights as the result of an arbitrary decision.

First Nations people live on the front lines and the cost of forest fires has been especially hard on our people.

The First Nations agriculture development was one of the most incompetent of all the government’s initiatives.

Reconciliation seems to have hit a wall and there has been very little progress this year.

Some First Nations people fear success because they have been told for generations that they are inferior to the settler population.

Over the past year, numerous Indigenous communities have issued a state of emergency as they fight the scourge of drugs and parasitic gangs.

The number of affordable housing units for Indigenous people in Saskatchewan could be doubled and it would still fall short of the need.

Some First Nations are relinquishing the rights to agricultural benefits in treaties in exchange for one-time payments as compensation.

The northern part of Canada forms a huge and beautiful land that contains our past and the spirits of our ancestors.

The journey from an addiction to a functioning member of society is a long one and requires a sympathetic and supportive public.