Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Chief Guy Lonechild is upset after Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the federal department that deals with Canada's indigenous people is changing its name from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada to Aboriginal Affairs.

Prime Minister Harper made the decision during Wednesday's cabinet shuffle.

Creating productive citizens of Saskatchewan - that is one of the aims of the partnership bidding to host the North American Indigenous Games in 2014.

Members of the partnership include The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations
(FSIN), Saskatchewan's Metis Nation, our province and the City of Regina.

"From its humble beginnings, with the Saskatchewan First Nation and winter and summer games over twenty-five years ago, we have (seen) tremendous growth and a lot of young people," said Morley Watson, vice-chief of the FSIN, at a media conference on Tuesday.

Unrest within a local first nation is not going away anytime soon.....

Harold Linklater requested a recount following last months band election results for the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation. Linklater, lost the race for Chief by 9 votes.

The band's election act only allows for a recount for the council seats.

He says he has been told by a member of the appeals commitee that his request for a recount was turned down. Although he has not officially received anything in writing.

He now intends to look at other legal options.

Organizers managed to bounce back after Evraz Place labour disputes put the First Nations University's annual powwow in jeopardy, but they still expect the postponed event to draw fewer visitors than usual.

Over-representation of Metis and First Nation children in foster care and out-of- home care remains much higher in Saskatchewan than the national average.

The 2011 National Household Survey released Wednesday showed a shocking disparity between aboriginal children’s presence in foster care compared to non-aboriginal children. It stated that of the children aged 14 and under who were in foster care, nearly half were aboriginal.

Poems, drawings and short stories lined the walls of a room at the Saskatoon Inn Tuesday, detailing the Indian Residential School experience through the eyes of Saskatchewan's aboriginal youth.

Students from across the province were recognized for their work in a new book called Journey to Truth. It compiles the students work with maps, a statement of apology from the federal government and a page with links to websites with information on residential schools.

A Canadian senator is the inspiration behind a play that premiers in Saskatoon tonight.

"Cafe Daughter" is about a young Chinese Canadian Cree girl growing up in a small Saskatchewan town.

Senator Lillian Dyck said her father arrived in Canada in 1912 to start a business. Since he was a Chinese immigrant, he was required to pay a $500 head tax.

More First Nation and Metis students will have the opportunity to take driver’s education.

The Government of Saskatchewan announced Tuesday it’s increasing the funding for all eligible students who attend on-reserve high schools.

“We often assume students can just do it on their own; but in fact sometimes we need to assist that,” said Education Minister Russ Marchuk.

More First Nation and Metis students will have the opportunity to take driver’s education.

The Government of Saskatchewan announced Tuesday it’s increasing the funding for all eligible students who attend on-reserve high schools.

Although driver training is already offered by some First Nation high schools, this money will allow about 2,600 more students to take the program.

“Our students need to have the same toolbox that we expect from anybody going into the workforce,” said Simon Bird, Vice-Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.

The threat of imminent flooding has prompted 11 First Nations in the Qu’Appelle Valley to declare a state of emergency.

The bands are members of the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council and they made the move on Monday, saying the provincial disaster assistance program is too slow and cumbersome.

Tribal council chairman Ed Bellegarde says many bands are still waiting for aid after flooding three years ago. The council has a meeting planned for this week with federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt as it lobbies for direct aid from Ottawa.