Star Blanket Chief Michael Starr, Minister of Indigenous Services Seamus O’Regan and Public Security Minister Ralph Goodale put their signatures to the historic document in a ceremony at the First Nations University of Canada in Regina Feb. 13.

It has taken 145 years for the federal government to at last honour one of the terms of Treaty 4 and create an urban First Nation reserve dedicated to higher education. The Star Blanket Cree Nation has been given 32.5 acres of land on the campus of the University of Regina for a reserve that […]

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