FSIN wild meat tour stops in Regina
- EFN Staff | December 21, 2016
The Federation of Indigenous Sovereign Nations (FSIN) continues to exercise Canada’s Indigenous peoples’ inherent Treaty right to hunt, fish, trap, and gather traditional food. The FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron and Vice-Chief Heather Bear made their fourth stop in Regina on the traditional wild meat tour—which they first began this initiative back in 2014. With over 100 Indigenous hunters, the FSIN assembled some Treaty hunting parties earlier on in the year where they hunted elk, moose and even wild boar and delivered to all the major urban centres in Saskatchewan.
“We wanted to give back and a hearty meal is a way of giving back. That was the first component. The second one for us at the FSIN is to exercise and implement our inherent Treaty right to hunt. It’s also in the spirit of giving and the spirit of kindness before Christmas. We felt it was important to give back to our First Nations people off-reserve which majority of our membership do live off-reserve,” says Chief Cameron.
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The two FSIN Chief’s delivered the wild meat to Soul’s Harbour Soup Kitchen in Regina where more than 200 meals are provided everyday.
“It was a wonderful surprise when Chief Cameron’s team called us that there was going to be a donation. Hope begins with a meal with our mission,” says Patty Humphreys, the Marketing Manager at Souls Harbour Rescue Mission. “One of the things we like to say is that hope begins with a meal. What better way to start the meals at our nation than with food supplies by our First Nation hunters.”
Vice-Chief Bear offers her gratitude to Souls Harbour Rescue Mission for looking after people who utilize this service.
“I would like to acknowledge Soul’s Harbour. I’ve been listening to the good work and all the volunteers at Christmas-time to give a little or a lot of themselves,” she says. “[Soul’s Harbour] is taking care of our people while the leaders to try find solutions to eliminate and eradicate poverty, and homelessness.”
The FSIN Chief’s delivered over 2000 pounds of traditional wild meat to all four cities starting off in Prince Albert, North Battleford, Yorkton, Regina, and will end the tour in Saskatoon.
“People are happy. They get to have a traditional meal. That’s the best we can ever have—traditional wild meat,” Chief Cameron adds.
Souls Harbour Rescue Mission is looking for donations for their annual holiday meal, which will be held on December 23rd.