In the wake of the stabbing rampage in the province of Saskatchewan killing ten people and 18 wounded captured national and international attention, Local and provincial leaders are calling for more First Nations policing in Saskatchewan
The stabbings in the James Smith Cree Nation area and the nearby village of Weldon last Sunday also to a days-long manhunt spanning a large swath of Saskatchewan.
At a news conference Thursday, James Smith Cree Nation Chief Wally Burns said the community needs its own tribal justice system, including some form of police force.
“We have to make it loud and clear that we mean business. We got to protect our people,” Burns said. “We got to protect them, because no people in Canada should be scared to go from here to there.”
He envisions a police force that would work hand-in-hand with the RCMP currently serving the community which would not only benefit James Smith but communities around the Cree nation too, the chief said.
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