SASKTOON – The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) executive presented Minister of Justice and Attorney General David Lametti with a baby moccasin during the FSIN’s spring legislative assembly to ask for his collaboration and support to get justice for residential school survivors, for the children that didn’t make it home and for their families.
The moccasins represent the First Nations children who were taken to residential schools, including survivors and those who didn’t make it home. The white colour symbolizes the purity and innocence of First Nations children, according to an FSIN press release.
“First Nations continue to deal with the effects of residentials schools and the abuses that many First Nations children were subjected to there,” said FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron.
“The FSIN will see justice for First Nations families, and we will continue to protect our inherent and treaty rights. This is why we presented Minister Lametti with one of the moccasins in front of the whole chiefs assembly, which included First Nation veterans, youth, women, senators, Knowledge Keepers, chiefs and councillors of the Saskatchewan area.
"We must see progress on this justice issue that First Nations people deserve. By accepting the one baby moccasin, Minister Lametti has agreed to work with First Nations. Once Minister Lametti and his colleagues have delivered on their part of the agreement, and helped First Nations receive this justice, the two white moccasins will be reunited.”
