Okemasis’ Cree Nation reach settlement agreement on treaty salaries

eAwaz Local News

Saskatchewan – Chief Edwin Ananas of the Beardy’s & Okemasis’ Cree Nation and Marc Miller, Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations, announced that the First Nation and the Government of Canada have negotiated a settlement agreement regarding the Beardy’s and Okemasis Treaty Salaries Specific Claim. The resolution of this claim addresses a longstanding historical grievance where Canada failed to provide the salaries …