Southern Chiefs Organization

• Manitoba Indigenous groups agree to work together on major infrastructure projects

  The Southern Chiefs' Organization, which represents 32 Anishinaabe and Dakota First Nations in the province, and the Manitoba Métis Federation have signed a five-year agreement.

  Politics

  Aug 13, 2025
  
• Grand Chief Jerry Daniels to return to post after indeterminate leave

  The SCO said Daniels will be back starting January 6 after announcing, last week, that he was on leave for an undetermined amount of time due to health reasons.

  Canada

  Dec 19, 2024
  
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• Grand Chief Jerry Daniels on indeterminate leave: SCO

  Grand Chief Jerry Daniels of the Southern Chiefs Organization is on leave for an undetermined length of time, the organization says.

  Politics

  Dec 12, 2024
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• SCO Grand Chief Jerry Daniels hospitalized after Ottawa ‘disturbance’

  The grand chief's page on the Southern Chiefs Organization website had been pulled down as of Friday.

  Crime

  Dec 6, 2024
• ‘Nightmarish mistake’: SCO calls for investigation into botched Winnipeg surgery

  The Southern Chiefs’ Organization is calling for an investigation into a botched amputation at Grace Hospital in which a man from Bloodvein First Nation had the wrong leg removed.

  Health

  Nov 13, 2024
• Manitoba First Nation health care scholarship aims to ‘make the difference’

  The Southern Chiefs Organization, Business Council of Manitoba, and provincial government, are setting aside $450,000 to help Indigenous students become health care professionals.

  Education

  Nov 12, 2024
• SCO takes province, Hydro to court over ‘dying’ Lake Winnipeg

  The Southern Chiefs' Organization, which represents more than 30 Manitoba First Nations, filed a statement of claim at the Court of King's Bench.

  Environment

  Sep 19, 2024
• The Southern Chiefs’ Organization launches campaign aimed at ’60s Scoop

  The Southern Chiefs' Organization launched a campaign called Stronger than the Scoop on Wednesday to help members of SCO nations heal from the effects of the '60s Scoop.

  Canada

  Jan 17, 2024
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• Southern Chiefs’ Organization welcomes 2nd annual National Ribbon Skirt Day

  The annual day was born out of an incident that saw a young Indigenous girl shamed for wearing her ribbon skirt to school in 2022.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2024
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• True North and SCO enter memorandum for redevelopments in Winnipeg

  True North Real Estate Development Limited and the Southern Chiefs’ Organization have entered a memorandum to collaborate on two projects in downtown Winnipeg.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2023