Wilton Littlechild

• ‘At a loss of words’: Wilton Littlechild speaks about Pope Francis’ death, says he was a friend

  At Maskwacis, Littlechild also gifted the pope a headdress worn by his grandfather, a former Cree chief. It was a moment seen by people around the world.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2025
  
• ‘It’ll be very emotional’: Alberta Indigenous leader to spend his birthday meeting with Pope Francis

  Wilton Littlechild of Ermineskin Cree Nation is hoping the head of the Catholic Church will soon apologize for the church's role in residential schools.

  Canada

  Mar 23, 2022
  
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• ‘The story was hidden’: How residential school graves shocked and shaped Canada in 2021

  Beginning with the finding of unmarked graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, over 1,000 such graves were found at residential school sites over spring and summer.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2021
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• AFN announces 13 delegates set to meet Pope Francis in push for residential school apology

  The delegation includes elders, residential school survivors and youth.

  Canada

  Nov 25, 2021
• Deaths of children found buried by B.C. residential school mourned at Maskwacis vigil

  Members of several First Nations south of Edmonton came together to pay their respects to the children whose remains were discovered at a residential school site in B.C. last week.

  Canada

  Jun 1, 2021
• Alberta NDP, Indigenous leaders renew calls for Kenney to fire speechwriter over 2013 essay

  Members of Alberta's official Opposition and some Indigenous leaders have renewed calls for Premier Jason Kenney to fire his speechwriter over a 2013 essay that was critical of how Indigenous issues are framed in Canada, and which argues the narrative around residential schools amounts to a "bogus genocide story."

  Politics

  Jul 7, 2020
• Enoch’s Billy Morin appointed Grand Chief of Treaty Six

  Chief Billy Morin of the Enoch Cree Nation has been appointed to serve as Grand Chief of Confederacy of Treaty Six this year.

  Canada

  Jan 3, 2020
• UCP minister answers questions about Indigenous land acknowledgments in Alberta

  Alberta's new Indigenous relations minister said Tuesday that he hasn't heard concerns about an apparent lack of acknowledgement of Indigenous land when members of his government speak at functions.

  Politics

  May 28, 2019