Saskatchewan leaders look to implement First Nations policing after stabbing tragedy
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Saskatchewan Indigenous leaders push the governments to act on First Nations on-reserve policing following the mass killings in James Smith Cree Nation.
Following one of the worst mass killings in Canadian history, Saskatchewan leaders continue to voice the need to implement First Nations policing on-reserves in Saskatchewan.
The Chief of the James Smith Cree Nation (JSCN) said in a press release on September 8, 2022 this is needed for his community so a tragedy like this does not happen again to anyone.
“We ask three things, three things from the government,” said Chief Wally Burns. “We ask that we have our own tribal policing, we ask for awareness and addictions, we ask for treatment centers so things won’t happen like this to any nations around the world.”
The Chief of Poundmaker Cree Nation echoes the same need for his community saying drugs like crystal meth is pushing the leadership to fight for their own tribal policing. Chief Duane Antoine met with Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore this past spring to talk about implementing band council resolutions (BCR) but says not enough is being done to address this issue.
“We told them, you guys have to honour our BCRs — band council resolutions — or something is going to happen. Sure enough, look what happened last week,” he said. “It’s tough to see a community going through that right now. And that’s what I was trying to prevent here in Poundmaker.”
BCRs are decisions and resolutions that are voted in favor of chief and council. Poundmaker implemented BCRs in the past to kick band members out of the community after declaring a state of emergency last year. Chief Antoine said RCMP members aren’t enforcing the BCRs due to the issue of human rights.
“That throws a big wrench on what we’re trying to pursue here,” he said. “The solution right now is we have to go back to the justice minister as well as (Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations) Marc Miller, to try and help us out to resolve this.”
When RCMP are not able to act on implementing BCRs, it does not address the need to make the community safer from drugs and violence which is why he is pushing the governments on all levels to implement First Nations policing.
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