Mosquito First Nation appoints first female senator
Elder Jenny Spyglass has become the first female appointed to Battlefords Agency Tribal Council (BATC) and Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) Senate from Mosquito Grizzly Bear’s Head Lean Man First Nation (MGBHLM).
A council member for over 25 years, Spyglass called the honour “very special and humbling.”
“It makes me very proud to be a senator,” she said. “I’ve been a chief, and I’ve been in politics for quite a while, [since] back in my younger days and today was a great day for me. [It was] a real honour, for my kids and my people to see me and respect me as a senator.”