YORKTON – A preliminary hearing to determine if there’s enough evidence for former chief of Keeseekoose First Nation, Theodore (Ted) Quewezance, to stand trial on historical sexual assault charges has been set. It will be held in Kamsack Circuit Court in March.
Quewezance was arrested by Kamsack RCMP on Aug. 28, 2023, and charged with four sexual assault offences against a male under the age of 16. Court documents obtained by SASKTODAY.ca show that the incidents were alleged to have occurred between September 1997 to 2004 on Keeseekoose First Nation.
Quewezance is a former Senate Chair of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN), a group based out of Saskatoon that advocates for First Nations in Saskatchewan.
According to the National Residential School Crisis Line, Quewezance is a residential school survivor and advocate for Reconciliation.
This report by SASKTODAY first published on Jan.19, 2024.
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