Derek Nepinak

• First Nation spends day in ceremony to launch dig for potential unmarked graves

  Monday is about ensuring elders, survivors and intergenerational survivors of the former Pine Creek Residential School are provided support before ground is broken Tuesday.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2023
  
• Manitoba RCMP charge retired priest, 92, with indecent assault in historical residential school case

  A 92-year-old retired priest is facing an indecent assault charge in connection with the RCMP investigation into the former Fort Alexander Residential School.

  Crime

  Jun 17, 2022
  
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• Indigenous leader spending 27 hours in prison cell without food or water to honour Mandela

  Derek Nepinak, former grand chief of the Manitoba Assembly of Chiefs, is spending 27 hours without food or drink in a reproduction of Nelson Mandela's prison cell – one hour for each year Mandela spent in prison for fighting apartheid.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2018
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• Manitoba grand chief wants meeting with Saskatchewan premier over hunting rights

  A Manitoba grand chief is calling for a meeting with Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall after accusing the province of harassing indigenous hunters.

  Politics

  Jan 14, 2016
• Kapyong Barracks case sees Federal Court of Appeal siding with First Nations

  The most recent development in an on-going dispute over a parcel of land along Kenaston Blvd. has some treaty nations leaders in Manitoba celebrating.

  Aug 14, 2015
• Manitoba chiefs ask UN to study aboriginal access to education

  Manitoba chiefs want the United Nations to investigate aboriginal access to education.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2015
• Family of teen assaulted while in Manitoba CFS care has questions

  The family of a 15-year-old Winnipeg girl who was seriously assaulted while in government care says she was a talented musician who needed extra support.

  Canada

  Apr 16, 2015
• Manitoba kids kept in jail because nowhere else to go: watchdog

  Manitoba's children's advocate says kids in care are being kept in jail long after they should be released because there is nowhere else to put them.

  Canada

  Apr 14, 2015
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• Manitoba one of worst places for First Nations to live

  Federal government documents show Manitoba is one of the worst places for First Nations people to live in Canada.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2015
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• Mayor breaks down during response to Winnipeg racism article

  Mayor Brian Bowman addressed the issue of racism in Winnipeg at a news conference Thursday following the release of a Maclean's cover feature on the subject.

  Jan 22, 2015