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By CKOM News

GET OUT TO VOTE

FSIN encouraging First Nations to head to the polls

Sep 20, 2021 | 1:12 PM

The representative body of Saskatchewan’s First Nations communities is encouraging First Nations people to get out and vote in Monday’s federal election.

Every eligible First Nations voter is asked to be diligent when voting today, according to a release by the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN).

“We are calling all First Nations people across the country to get out to the polls safely and participate in today’s federal election,” FSIN Chief Bobby Cameron said in a release Monday.

Cameron said the right to vote is one Indigenous ancestors fought to earn.

“We must all do our part to honour them and make sure the Canadian Government respects and honours our inherent and Treaty Rights on our traditional lands,” Cameron said.

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The FSIN chief referenced the past few months of finding unmarked graves on the sites of former residential schools as an example of the resilience of First Nations people.

“This federal election is a wake-up call for all of us to exercise our right to vote,” Cameron said.

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