Protect Yourself.
Protect Your Family.
Check out our COVID-19 Vaccine Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) below for reliable information on the COVID-19 vaccine.
#ProtectOurPeopleMB Vaccine Campaign
Everyone is encouraged to follow and share videos and posts from the Protect Our People MB campaign accounts: Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook @ProtectOurPeopleMB using the hashtags: #protectyourself #protectourpeople #protectourcommunities #protectourpeoplemb #doitforourelders #doitforourchildren #vaccineproud
For more information visit protectourpeoplemb.ca.
Wellness Keeping: Healing Through Culture
Imagine a world where our people are among the healthiest in the world! For thousands of years, we thrived by honouring the teachings of our ancestors. As we reclaim our inherent right to health, listen to the wisdom of the SCO Health Transformation Elders & Knowledge Keepers as they share Anishinaabe and Dakota teachings to foster clarity, balance, and good health!
Watch the first three videos from the Wellness Keeping: Healing Through Culture series on our YouTube page here!
Survey Report on the Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into MMIWG
On the National Day of Action for MMIWG, SCO released the powerful results of the ‘Survey Report on the Calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls’.
Click here to find out what southern First Nations’ prioritized, and how to be a part of ending the violence.
COVID-19 Updates
As Chiefs and Councilors, health leaders, essential workers and community members work to protect our people and communities, we ask everyone to continue to take precautions to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and the new and dangerous variants.
Children aged 5-11 are now eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccine. Book your child’s appointment today!
If you are on-reserve and still needing your COVID-19 Vaccine, contact your community health centre.
If you are off-reserve and still needing your COVID-19 Vaccine, call 1-844-626-8222 to book an appointment (call centre is open seven days a week from 6:00 AM to 8:00 PM) or book online.
THIRD DOSE eligibility has expanded its recommendations for the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to include all adults. The third dose should be given at least six months after the last vaccine.
Vaccine clinics for Indigenous people living in urban centres
The clinics are located at:
- Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre – Win Gardner Place, 363 MacGregor Ave., Winnipeg. Call 204-599-6551 for Ma Mawi Vaccine Call Centre
- Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre, 180 Higgins Ave., Winnipeg
- Brandon Friendship Centre, 205 College Ave., Brandon
- Prairie Fusion Arts and Entertainment Centre, 11 Second St. NE, Portage la Prairie
- Ma-Mow-We-Tak Friendship Centre in Thompson , 4 Nelson Rd., Thompson
Do you need to be tested for COVID-19 in Winnipeg?
Visit the Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Rapid Testing Centre! Book your appointment by calling 1-888-986-8152. Walk-ins welcome from Monday-Friday 9am – 5pm.
Provincial cases as of November 22, 2021:
New Cases: 136
Total Cases: 66,826 Active Cases: 1,528 Recovered: 64,006
In hospital: 152 In ICU: 24
First Nation cases as of November 18, 2021:
New Cases: 41 On Reserve: 39 Off Reserve: 2
Total Cases: 20,011 Active Cases: 459 On Reserve: 402 Off Reserve: 57
In hospital: 20 On Reserve: 16 Off Reserve: 13 18% of total hospitalizations
The entire province of Manitoba is at the RESTRICTED level (orange) on the Pandemic Response System.
Public health order restrictions changes took effect October 26, 2021.
Grand Chief
Jerry Daniels
Jerry Daniels is Grand Chief of the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO), representing 34 Anishnaabe and Dakota communities in southern Manitoba. In January of 2020, he was acclaimed for a second term, the first time a Grand Chief has run unopposed in SCO’s history.
Media
SCO represents 34 Anishinaabe and Dakota First Nations in what is now southern Manitoba. Browse our news archive and stay up-to-date on coverage of our work to protect, preserve, promote, and enhance the lives and rights of First Nations peoples.
Community
Want news and updates from our communities? Looking for in-depth information and discussion on issues important to the lives of First Nation peoples? Interested in meeting our staff and finding out what they do as part of SCO? We cover all this and more in our community-focused newsletter.
Education
We compiled a comprehensive resource list to help you find financial supports for post-secondary education, including scholarships, bursaries, awards, and the Canada Learning Bond. You can also access information on residential and day schools, the Sixties Scoop, MMIWG2S+, anti-racism, and Treaty Rights, as well as information on how to Get Your Benefits! and a curated list to read, watch and listen!
SCO NEWS
An important step in a good direction!
SCO continues to advocate for our women, girls and gender diverse relatives and in the spirit of the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender Based Violence, we are encouraged by the province’s amendment of the Path to Reconciliation Act to include the MMIWG Inquiry Report’s Calls to Justice.
We challenge all Manitoban’s to read the 231 calls for Justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Read SCO’s Survey Report on the Calls for Justice here: scoinc.mb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SCO-MMIWG-Report-Final.pdf.
Read the provincial news release here: news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=52775
✨SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY! ✨
IndigPro Creative Arts & Digital Technology Scholarship for Indigenous Youth
“The IndigPro Creative Arts and Digital Technology Scholarships for Indigenous youth will provide one Indigenous youth in a post-secondary institution with a $1,000 scholarship for books, tuition, supplies or any other cost-of-living expenses related to their academic journey at their respective programs. The program must focus on either Digital Media Design, Graphic Design, Web Design, Creative Communications, Communication Design, Software Development, or 3D Computer Graphics. Scholarship award winners each year will also be provided with an opportunity for paid work experience with IndigPro from June-August each summer for the duration of their program.”
DEADLINE: December 31, 2021
Read more & apply:
www.indigpro.ca/indigpro-creative-arts-digital-technology-scholarship-for-indigenous-youth
For more post secondary financial assistance opportunities check out our website: scoinc.mb.ca/education-scholarships-and-funding/
IndigPro Creative Arts & Digital Technology Scholarship for Indigenous Youth — Indigpro
www.indigpro.ca
IndigPro Creative Arts & Digital Technology Scholarship for Indigenous YouthWe believe in supporting, nurturing and being a part of a solution that develops the next line of aspiring Creatives, Commun…
Honouring Those Who Served 🎖
As part of our latest Chiefs’ Summit taking place on Long Plain First Nation, SCO took the time to honour members of the Indigenous Veterans Association of Manitoba.
Along with a Grand Entry and Honour song, each attending veteran was presented with a gift and verbal acknowledgement.
Breaking away from our agenda for this special ceremony, was the very least we could do to thank them for their service, sacrifice and bravery.
#IndigenousVeterans #FirstNation
Awesome good!! I am so grateful for this page, it keeps me connected to my birthplace!
Darren Tanner
Why are you not helping the wetsuwetan people?
‘;
Now that your child is eligible for the #COVID19MB vaccine, Dr. William Li and his friend Noname want to show you what it will be like to get the vaccine and provide some helpful tips along the way. 📽️ #ProtectMB #Manitoba
Preparing Your Child for their Vaccine
This is "Preparing Your Child for their Vaccine" by Shared Health on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
ow.ly
Congratulations to Tootinaowaziibeeng Treaty Reserve’s Chief Barry McKay on his re-election!
We also congratulate the elected Councillors Sharon Ironstand-Cloud, Derek Mancheese, Caroline Mintuck and Grant Rattlesnake.
We wish you the best!
Miigwech
Congratulations to Aaluk Fontaine Richardson of Sagkeeng First Nation for being selected as the first ever Indigenous female recipient of the Bangabandhu Peace Philosophy and World Peace Scholarship! 🎉
Read more: https://scoinc.mb.ca/sco-congratulates-student-on-scholarship/
