UM TodayUM in the News – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Free Press: Young Dynamo will chart ambitious course as Chief of Birdtail Sioux https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/free-press-young-dynamo-will-chart-ambitious-course-as-chief-of-birdtail-sioux/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/free-press-young-dynamo-will-chart-ambitious-course-as-chief-of-birdtail-sioux/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 17:59:05 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=215045 Dr. Niigaan Sinclair published an opinion piece in the Winnipeg Free Press about a former student of his - Tréchelle Bunn, currently a second-year law student who was elected Chief of the Birdtail Sioux First Nation on April 10th. Sinclair describes the political scene at the Nation and the issues Bunn will have to address. "She’s got her work cut out for her," he writes.]]> Tréchelle Bunn [BA/23], currently a second-year law student at the University of Manitoba, was elected Chief of the Birdtail Sioux First Nation on April 10th.

Dr. Niigaan Sinclair describes the Nation’s political scene and the issues Bunn will have to address during her term. “She’s got her work cut out for her,” he writes.

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