Sask. First Nation uses wood from old grain elevators to build its first homes

A Saskatchewan First Nation is using wood from old grain elevators to build some of the first homes on its land.

A Saskatchewan First Nation is using wood from old grain elevators to build some of the first homes on its land.

The goal is to give members of Lucky Man Cree Nation, a community about 100 kilometres east of North Battleford, the opportunity to live in their home community.

The federal government set aside land for the community in the 1980s. Its members are scattered throughout Saskatchewan and Canada, descended from ancestors who were displaced.

Terrance Okemow, a councillor with the First Nation, points to first ever home on the land and calls it a symbol of hope.

“This is where our community is going to start growing from,” he said.

He is one of about 120 members who grew-up far from the First Nation.

Lucky Man Chief Crystal Okemow said the goal is to bring them home.