National Chief of the Assembly of First

Nations, Perry Bellegarde giving the first talk in the North at Trent

2015 lecture series: “Saskatchewan First Nations and the Province’s Resource Future.”Chief Bellegarde discusses Saskatchewan’s current and unprecedented

resource boom.  With oil and gas in the south, potash in central

Saskatchewan, and uranium in the province’s north, along with promising

mineral deposits in various locations, Saskatchewan's economy is

flourishing. Chief Bellegarde shares details on how Saskatchewan’s

First Nations are benefitting from the boom, becoming national leaders

in appropriate collaboration, impact and benefit agreements with

companies and government. Above all, they are working to ensure

environmental protection and treaty rights are protected.First elected to public office in 1986, Chief Bellegarde has held a

variety of positions in public office including: assistant tribal

council representative for the Touchwood-File Hills-Qu’Appelle Tribal

Council, and both council and Chief of Little Black Bear First Nation.

He twice served as Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian

Nations and Saskatchewan Regional Chief of the Assembly of First

Nations, and in 2014 he was elected as Chief of the National Assembly of

First Nations.