Via #GlobalNews - Jan 23, 2026
A trio of #Alberta #FirstNations have applied 4 judicial review of decision by #ElectionsAlberta 2 approve a petition on the province’s #separation from #Canada
In an application filed in the Court of King’s Bench in #Edmonton Wednesday, the #Siksika Nation, #Piikani Nation and #BloodTribes r asking that the #CitizensPetitionAct, under which the province’s #ChiefElectoralOfficer allowed the petition 2 proceed, b declared #unconstitutional
From 2019:
#BlackfeetNation to host first-ever Murdered and Missing
#IndigenousWomen tribunal in the U.S.
Posted on September 26, 2019 Last Read Indians, via #CensoredNews
#MMIW tribunal to be held at the Blackfeet Community College in Browning, Montana the weekend of October 4-5 [2019]
"'This is not just a Blackfeet or #Montana tribes’ tragedy, it is an #IndianCountry tragedy, and a national and international disgrace. This is a multi-generational epidemic the federal government has done nothing to address – even less than the #CanadianGovernment – which was found to be complicit in ‘deliberate race, identity and gender-based genocide’ by its own National Inquiry into MMIW,' said Chairman Tim Davis of the Blackfeet Nation. "
"'The Blackfeet Nation is uniquely positioned to host this first of its kind MMIW tribunal in the lower-48 states. The Blackfeet Tribe (Amskapi Pikuni), a member of the Blackfoot Confederacy along with its three sister tribes – the #Piikani, #Blood and #Siksika, located in #AlbertaCanada, stands in solidarity in combatting the issue of MMIW (MMIP) in Indian country. “The truth is that we live in a country whose laws and institutions perpetuate violations of basic human and Indigenous rights. These violations amount to nothing less than the deliberate, often covert campaign of genocide against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA people,' wrote Chief Commissioner Marion Buller in Reclaiming Power and Place, the final report of Canada’s National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls published on June 3, 2019.
“'We are not divided by the border we are united in our grief. Many women and children stolen from our communities are trafficked back and forth between the US and Canada,' explained Chairman Davis.
Tribal members constitute seven percent of Montana’s population, but the state identifies some 26 percent of missing persons as Native American. Available evidence suggests that may be a low estimate. Last year’s Urban Indian Health Institute Report identified Montana as the state with the fifth highest incidence of MMIW cases. Billings, which had the same disturbing ranking among cities, is a known-hub on the I-90 corridor through #CrowNation, #Cheyenne and #LakotaDakota country to Minnesota, along which indigenous women and children are trafficked into sex slavery. The western 'track' runs from Missoula to Seattle, Washington. As of spring 2019, Montana had not submitted any MMIW data to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 'For those abducted into sex-slavery, the I-90 corridor is a second #HighwayOfTears, said Chairman Davis, drawing a comparison to the infamous highway in #BritishColumbia cited in #ReclaimingPowerAndPlace."
Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2019/10/blackfeet-nation-to-host-first-ever.html
Buffalo Woman’s Headdress returned from #Exeter's #RoyalAlbertMemorialMuseum to the #Siksika nation.
“It's going to be incredibly lit up.”
New Blood, a play based on the residential school experiences of Siksika Chief Vincent Yellow Old Woman and others, is put to the music of Peter Gabriel, and that music will be performed by a live, full orchestra, the Calgary Civic Symphony.
Deanne Bertsch, the play’s creator/director, says it’s her “dream come true.”
#Indigenous #residentialschools #music #theatre #symphony #Calgary #Siksika #culture #drama #dance #art #poetry
What better way to mark a theatre production going into its tenth year than to pair it with a live symphony? New Blood, based on the residential school experiences of Siksika Nation Chief Vincent Yellow Old Woman and others, had such an impact on David Wartman, executive director of the Calgary Civic Symphony, that he approached the play’s creator to collaborate with her.
Maslow estimated that “80–90% of the Blackfoot tribe had a quality of self-esteem that was only found in 5–10% of his own population”
The Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League (WHL) are once again teaming up with Siksika Health Services to stage an Every Child Matters game.
This year’s match, the third one the Hitmen have staged, is scheduled for Sat. Feb. 4. The club’s provincial rivals, the Edmonton Oil Kings, will provide the opposition for the contest.
https://windspeaker.com/news/sports/whls-calgary-hitmen-host-third-every-child-matters-game
#FirstNations #Sports #hockey #WHL #Calgary #Siksika
Photo by Jenn Pierce/Calgary Hitmen
The Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League (WHL) are once again teaming up with Siksika Health Services to stage an Every Child Matters game. This year’s match, the third one the Hitmen have staged, is scheduled for Sat. Feb. 4. The club’s provincial rivals, the Edmonton Oil Kings, will provide the opposition for the contest, which has an opening faceoff scheduled for 2 p.m. (MT).
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