Garrison Settee
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MKO’s Santa will be making the rounds again this year in Manitoba’s northMKO's Santa express program is up and running again this year to bring about 20,000 Christmas treat bags to 26 of communities in Manitoba's north.CanadaNov 23, 2023
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MKO, Sioux Valley call for government protection of residential school gravesManitoba Indigenous groups say grave sites believed to contain remains of former residential school children in the Brandon area need government protection.CanadaAug 1, 2023
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Criminal property funds to go toward northern Manitoba internet connections, province saysKelvin Goertzen announced that $100,000 from the Criminal Property Forfeiture Fund is earmarked for a project connecting remote First Nations communities with high-speed internet.TechJul 25, 2023
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School on northern Manitoba First Nation loses roof to heavy snowO-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation Chief Shirley Ducharme says the damage is just the latest challenge for a community already under a state of emergency.CanadaApr 11, 2023
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Catholics hope papal apology helps those wrestling with faith over residential school revelationsSome Canadian Catholics say they're hoping the historic apology by their faith's leader will be enough to bring some disillusioned believers back into the fold.CanadaJul 27, 2022
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Garrison Settee re-elected MKO grand chiefSettee was previously elected grand chief in August 2018.PoliticsAug 19, 2021
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Indigenous leaders say Manitoba government must change ways or resignSeveral Indigenous leaders are calling on Manitoba's Progressive Conservative government to either overhaul its approach to First Nations issues or resign.NewsJul 19, 2021
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Manitoba to transition court workers program to Indigenous organizationsJustice Minister Cameron Friesen said shifting the program, which helps Indigenous people navigate the courts, to Indigenous rights-holders is a step toward reconciliation.PoliticsJun 29, 2021
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Manitoba pledges $2.5 million toward residential school searchesThe Manitoba government is spending $2.5 million toward investigating unmarked burial sites at former residential schools across the province.CanadaJun 21, 2021
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Vaccine rollout in isolated First Nations a complicated process: Grand ChiefThe Grand Chief of Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) says rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine in the affected region continues to be a complicated process.HealthJan 15, 2021
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