Their official protest may be over, but a group of women calling for change at Red Pheasant vow to keep pushing for reforms on the First Nation.
The women wrapped up their 10-day teepee protest with a march down the streets of North Battleford last Thursday.
They gathered outside the Territorial Place Mall to begin their march, which took the women to the Gold Eagle Casino. The women were also joined by a few men who banged drums and sang the women's song.
At the march the group, which calls themselves Mothers of Thunder, told the Regional Optimist they were wrapping up 10 days of protest that took place outside the band office at Red Pheasant First Nation.
They said they were dismantling the teepee they had set up outside the band office and allow the "sacred fires" that had been burning next to their tent to burn out.
The political protest took place in the wake of the recent sentencing of Stewart Baptiste for breach of probation in North Battleford provincial court.
The group of women had been calling for Baptiste's resignation, as well as a number of changes to bring a housing authority and more accountability to the reserve.
They said the march through the streets of North Battleford was intended to make local people more aware of what was going on at Red Pheasant.
"We want people off the reserve to be aware of our plight," said Elsie Wuttunee, one of the women's protesters. Councillor Sandra Arias, who has been backing the women's protests, agreed and said "we should be working for the people and not against the people."
Chief Baptiste, on the other hand, previously told the Regional Optimist he intends to meet a number of the women's demands. Those include holding a band meeting in July and proceeding with efforts to make Red Pheasant a dry reserve.
