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.
Status Card Pathfinders are here to help!
We are now making it easier to renew or replace your Status Card!
Our trained Status Card Pathfinders are authorized to act on your behalf, and can walk you through the status card renewal or replacement process. SCO is pleased to offer this service in Winnipeg, and in 2022 we will be visiting Brandon, and other urban centres. While the program is currently available for renewals or replacements only, in the coming months, we look forward to assisting with new applications as well.
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 December 3, 2021:
New Cases: 147
Total Cases: 68,308 Active Cases: 1,403 Recovered: 65,577
In hospital: 141 In ICU: 23
First Nation cases as of December 3, 2021:
New Cases: 21 On Reserve: 6 Off Reserve: 15
Total Cases: 20,542 Active Cases: 543 On Reserve: 461 Off Reserve: 82
In hospital: 28 On Reserve: 16 Off Reserve: 12 20% 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!
THESE ARE THE CHAMPIONS 🏆
Congratulations to the Pine Creek Warriors basketball players on their championship win this weekend at the 2021 Hoop It Up National Championship in Tempe, Arizona.
An amazing display of hard work, perseverance, and community support! This team is a shining example that anything is possible and to never give up!
#FirstNation #Basketball #IndigenousSports #Anishinaabe
Congrats PCWs yes anything is possible when you put your mind to it with all of the above; hard work, perseverance and community support are all very important! 🎉 🥇 🏀 🏆 GL in Arizona!
Congratulations 👏👏👏We are so very proud of our boys !!
That is awesome…good for them..their hard work paid off..congratulations
Congratulations‼️
Huge Congratulations!
Congratulations ❤️❤️❤️ ❤
Congrats
Wow!!!Congratulations 👏👏👏
Congratulations 🎉
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COMMUNITY BASED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE 👩⚖️
Last week, SCO’s Community Justice Development Coordinator Crystal Brown presented on the topic of restorative justice at the Manitoba Justice Crown Conference at the RBC Convention Centre in Winnipeg.
She spoke about the critical need to build on our current relationship with the Crown and create a partnership to ensure restorative justice is used more often. She also talked about SCO’s efforts to provide alternatives to colonial forms of justice through the First Nations Justice Strategy, a community-based program that provides quality, confidential support through restorative justice interventions and mediations.
Read more about the program here: scoinc.mb.ca/justice-and-rights/.
#FirstNation #RestorativeJustice #Advocacy #communityfirst
MEDIA RELEASE: As we observe the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and remember the tragic murder of 14 young women at Polytechnique Montréal on Dec. 6, 1989, we must recommit ourselves to ending all forms of violence against women, girls, and gender-diverse peoples, Grand Chief Jerry Daniels said today.
Today we remember and say the names of Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.
“As we mourn the 14 young women who tragically lost their lives to misogyny on that fateful day, we ask that Canadians also remember our First Nation women, girls, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse people, who still face disproportionate levels of violence due to colonization, racism and discrimination,” said Grand Chief Daniels. “No attempt to address the issue of violence against women in Canada can be made without a comprehensive reckoning with the ongoing injustice of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.”
Read the full media release here: scoinc.mb.ca/national-day-of-remembrance-and-action-on-violence-against-women/
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As we observe the Nat’l Day of Remembrance & Action on Violence Against Women and remember the tragic murder of 14 women at Polytechnique Montréal on Dec. 6, 1989, we recommit to ending all forms of violence against women, girls, and gender-diverse ppl
SCO STATEMENT ON NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE AND ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 6, 2021 ANISHINAABE AND DAKOTA TERRITORY, MB — As we observe the National Day of…
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#ProtectOurCommunities
The holiday season is here, and it’s more important than ever to make sure our families are protected so we can gather safely and in a good way.
Let’s continue to #protectourchildren and #protectourElders.
SCO congratulates Little Grand Rapids First Nation and recently elected Chief Oliver Owen and councillors Hilda Crow, Roy Dunsford, Clinton Keeper, Diane Keeper, Cher Kejick-Keesic and Blair Owen.
We look forward to working together in a good way.
#FirstNations #Manitoba
