Conference targets gangs and drugs impacting Indigenous communities
Little Pine and Poundmaker First Nations hope this week’s two-day forum about drugs and gangs will help reduce crime and make Indigenous communities and the Battlefords area safer.
Today’s workshop focused on encouraging young people to make healthier choices, as well as look for strategies to avoid danger from and prevent gangs from developing.
The forum which took place at the Dekker Centre was attended by roughly 80 and included expert speakers as well as a representative from the RCMP. Indigenous people on-reserve as well as those living in urban communities are particularly impacted.
Jacob Pete, an Elder and retired police officer, from Little Pine First Nation, facilitated the event.