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In addition to the chiefs from the five First Nations which comprise File Hills Agency, there will soon be another - the chief of police.

The agency's police management board is sorting through submitted resumes to hire the first chief of police for the File Hills Police Service, said File Hills Agency executive director Art Walker.

To be hired by June, the police chief will be the first in what is to be a seven-person police force to be established over the next three to five years.

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In addition to the chiefs from the five First Nations which comprise File Hills Agency, there will soon be another - the chief of police.

The agency's police management board is sorting through submitted resumes to hire the first chief of police for the File Hills Police Service, said File Hills Agency executive director Art Walker.

To be hired by June, the police chief will be the first in what is to be a seven-person police force to be established over the next three to five years.

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In many other Saskatchewan communities, news of a new hospital would inspire celebrations in the streets. However, the town of Fort Qu'Appelle isn't like many other communities.

Next spring, chiefs from the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council hope to turn the first sod for the new $12 million facility which is scheduled to open by Oct. 2003. At this moment, few people outside the reserves which ring the town of 2,500 are celebrating.

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In many other Saskatchewan communities, news of a new hospital would inspire celebrations in the streets. However, the town of Fort Qu'Appelle isn't like many other communities.

Next spring, chiefs from the File Hills Qu'Appelle Tribal Council hope to turn the first sod for the new $12 million facility which is scheduled to open by Oct. 2003. At this moment, few people outside the reserves which ring the town of 2,500 are celebrating.

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Committee members at Pasqua First Nations hopes to shed some light on a dark period of their community's history with the publication of a new book.

The Holistic Healing Committee is gathering information for Honor and History, a new book that will detail the emotional and physical pain felt by many of those who endured the residential school system, said one of the project co-ordinators, Constance Dubois.

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Committee members at Pasqua First Nations hopes to shed some light on a dark period of their community's history with the publication of a new book.

The Holistic Healing Committee is gathering information for Honor and History, a new book that will detail the emotional and physical pain felt by many of those who endured the residential school system, said one of the project co-ordinators, Constance Dubois.

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Round dance season winds down in late April, just as the powwow season is starting to warm up. One of the last memorial round dances of the new year was held at Thunderchild First Nation in honor of the late Sylvester Cardinal and several family members.

Friends and family coming in from Onion Lake, Ministikwan, Prince Albert, Lloydminster, Frog Lake, Loon Lake, Saddle Lake and Thunderchild, joined the circle to honor the memory of a man who had touched so many lives.

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Round dance season winds down in late April, just as the powwow season is starting to warm up. One of the last memorial round dances of the new year was held at Thunderchild First Nation in honor of the late Sylvester Cardinal and several family members.

Friends and family coming in from Onion Lake, Ministikwan, Prince Albert, Lloydminster, Frog Lake, Loon Lake, Saddle Lake and Thunderchild, joined the circle to honor the memory of a man who had touched so many lives.

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If Indian and Northern Affairs Canada wants better value for the money spent on First Nations people's education, they will have to work much more closely with First Nations peoples.

That's the opinion of Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation Chief Mel Isnana. He made his comments after the federal auditor general released a report in mid-April that was critical of the department's ways of working with bands to ensure quality education for First Nations school children.

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If Indian and Northern Affairs Canada wants better value for the money spent on First Nations people's education, they will have to work much more closely with First Nations peoples.

That's the opinion of Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation Chief Mel Isnana. He made his comments after the federal auditor general released a report in mid-April that was critical of the department's ways of working with bands to ensure quality education for First Nations school children.