Peter Riley
❄️SnowyIn❄️ 🇨🇦🚫🦻🇨🇦 😔
"Award-winning Cree composer and cellist Cris Derksen, who had strong ties to Manitoba’s arts community, has died following a car crash in northern Alberta. They were 45.
Derksen, originally from Treaty 8 territory in Alberta, composed the music for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s 2024 production of Cameron Fraser-Moore’s ballet Tel: Wild Man of the Woods. According to reports, the crash occurred while Derksen and their wife, singer Rebecca Benson, were travelling home from Derksen’s father’s funeral. Benson was reportedly left in critical condition in hospital."
Derkson also founded the Indigenous Classical Gathering at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, served as artistic advisor for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and chaired the equity committee for Orchestras Canada.
CBC CalgaryQ&A: Why treaty rights and First Nations consultation stand in the way of an Alberta separation referendum
Matthew Wildcat, director of Indigenous governance at the University of Alberta, spoke with CBC’s Edmonton AM on Friday. He explained how Indigenous treaty rights and the duty to consult First Nations could impact a potential Alberta separation referendum.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/independence-referendum-rulings-explained-9.7201959?cmp=rss
Matthew Wildcat, director of Indigenous governance at the University of Alberta, spoke with CBC’s Edmonton AM on Friday. He explained how Indigenous treaty rights and the duty to consult First Nations could impact a potential Alberta separation referendum.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/independence-referendum-rulings-explained-9.7201959?cmp=rss
CBC EdmontonQ&A: Why treaty rights and First Nations consultation stand in the way of an Alberta separation referendum
Matthew Wildcat, director of Indigenous governance at the University of Alberta, spoke with CBC’s Edmonton AM on Friday. He explained how Indigenous treaty rights and the duty to consult First Nations could impact a potential Alberta separation referendum.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/independence-referendum-rulings-explained-9.7201959?cmp=rss
Matthew Wildcat, director of Indigenous governance at the University of Alberta, spoke with CBC’s Edmonton AM on Friday. He explained how Indigenous treaty rights and the duty to consult First Nations could impact a potential Alberta separation referendum.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/independence-referendum-rulings-explained-9.7201959?cmp=rss
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/17/the-continuing-necessity-of-black-anarchism/
About LKE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Kom%27boa_Ervin
(Note: I attended LKE talk at Collingwood Town Hall in 1997 platform shared with #firstNations #yortayorta speaker)
Writings
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/category/author/lorenzo-kom-boa-ervin
LM Little@cbcnews @calgary-cbcnews A history lesson is needed - Alberta was established long after treaties were signed. The now province is #FirstNations territory pure and simple. The Canadian constitution requires the duty to consult with these land owners.
CBC CanadaPair of First Nations in northwestern Ontario declare joint state of emergency over drug trafficking
Two neighbouring First Nations in northwestern Ontario have declared a joint state of emergency “due to the rising crime and violence trespassing into their communities.” Long Lake #58 First Nation and Ginoogaming First Nation, located about 300 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay off ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ginoogaming-long-lake-joint-state-of-emergency-9.7201700?cmp=rss
Two neighbouring First Nations in northwestern Ontario have declared a joint state of emergency “due to the rising crime and violence trespassing into their communities.” Long Lake #58 First Nation and Ginoogaming First Nation, located about 300 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay off ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ginoogaming-long-lake-joint-state-of-emergency-9.7201700?cmp=rss
CBC Thunder BayPair of First Nations in northwestern Ontario declare joint state of emergency over drug trafficking
Two neighbouring First Nations in northwestern Ontario have declared a joint state of emergency “due to the rising crime and violence trespassing into their communities.” Long Lake #58 First Nation and Ginoogaming First Nation, located about 300 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay off ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ginoogaming-long-lake-joint-state-of-emergency-9.7201700?cmp=rss
Two neighbouring First Nations in northwestern Ontario have declared a joint state of emergency “due to the rising crime and violence trespassing into their communities.” Long Lake #58 First Nation and Ginoogaming First Nation, located about 300 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay off ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ginoogaming-long-lake-joint-state-of-emergency-9.7201700?cmp=rss
CBC Top StoriesPair of First Nations in northwestern Ontario declare joint state of emergency over drug trafficking
Two neighbouring First Nations in northwestern Ontario have declared a joint state of emergency “due to the rising crime and violence trespassing into their communities.” Long Lake #58 First Nation and Ginoogaming First Nation, located about 300 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay off ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ginoogaming-long-lake-joint-state-of-emergency-9.7201700?cmp=rss
Two neighbouring First Nations in northwestern Ontario have declared a joint state of emergency “due to the rising crime and violence trespassing into their communities.” Long Lake #58 First Nation and Ginoogaming First Nation, located about 300 kilometres northeast of Thunder Bay off ...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/ginoogaming-long-lake-joint-state-of-emergency-9.7201700?cmp=rss
