JAMES SMITH CREE NATION — Robert Head says people on his First Nation experienced one their worst mornings on Monday as they marked the anniversary of last year's mass stabbing.
The chief of the Peter Chapman Band, which is part of James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, said people cried and held each other tightly, remembering the 11 people killed and 17 injured in the community and the nearby village of Weldon.
Members of the First Nation began the day with a pipe ceremony. They then attended a memorial service at church. "I don't know how that's going to work in heaven, because there's going to be two queens up there," the chief said of Gloria Burns, with a chuckle.Head said the stabbings were a culmination of intergenerational trauma and discriminatory policies that affect Indigenous Peoples.
Chief Calvin Sanderson of the Chakastaypasin Band, which is part of James Smith Cree Nation, said drugs continue to persist in the community. He asked people to no longer bring in substances."We never created those hardcore drugs. They came in and came in for our membership. Now we have to try and get them back on that path safely," he said."All I have to say is keep moving forward, and seriously look at your mental wellness.
"This happened as a byproduct of generations of families being inflicted with loss, grief and trauma, as a result of a colonial approach," the minister said.
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