References to Jerry Daniels removed from Southern Chiefs' Organization website following altercation in Ottawa
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The Southern Chiefs' Organization has quietly removed references to Jerry Daniels, who has been the organization's grand chief since 2017, from its website after he was hospitalized following an altercation in Ottawa earlier this week.
The development comes after a source, whom CBC has agreed not to name, confirmed Daniels was involved in an altercation early Tuesday morning in Ottawa, where he was attending the Assembly of First Nations special chiefs assembly.
Ottawa Police Service spokesperson Julie Kavanagh said while the police service doesn't confirm incidents by victim's name, officers were called to the city's ByWard Market area around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday for a "disturbance."
"A man was transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries," Kavanagh said in a statement emailed to CBC Thursday.
The incident was still under investigation at that point, she said.
It's still unclear if Daniels remains in hospital.
CBC News contacted the Southern Chiefs' Organization and Daniels for comment this week, but neither responded to questions about the incident.
Instead, in a statement Saturday, SCO's acting director of communications, Karen Mitchell, said the organization will be providing a statement from its executive committee "at the end of the day" on Thursday.
In the meantime, Lake Manitoba First Nation Chief Cornell McLean is currently acting as SCO's grand chief, she said.
When reached by CBC News Thursday night, McLean confirmed he is acting as grand chief for what he said will be a "very short term," but declined to comment further.
He's also listed on SCO's website as acting grand chief under the staff directory.
McLean was asked at an unrelated press conference held Friday by the Interlake Reserves Tribal Council — which he also chairs — if he had an update on Daniels and how long he expected to be SCO's acting grand chief, but again offered no comment.
"This is not about Jerry Daniels here," he said.
As of Saturday, there were no references to Daniels as grand chief on SCO's website. A link to a biography for Daniels turns up a result saying, "sorry, but the page you are trying to view does not exist."
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