The Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation at Loon Lake, for one, has raised concerns about what it has called “cluster suicides” – three deaths over three weeks, including that of a 10-year-old girl.
Chief Louis Mercredi of the Fond du Lac First Nation says he is tired of “Band-Aid” solutions and wants more long-term help. Chief Margaret Bear of the Ochapowace First Nation in southern Saskatchewan said her community has lost four young people to suicide since Sept. 14.“We are a community, a nation, who have lost … our warriors and young men,” she said. “Today we are hurting.”
Warren Kaeding, the province’s minister responsible for rural and remote health, said Saskatchewan has a number of initiatives to try to address concerns over self-harm.
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