Indigenous Groups

Indigenous Groups of Saskatchewan

Green Party of Saskatchewan MLAs will immediately begin a dialogue with existing First Nations and Metis Nation communities and organizations in order to explore and address the issues associated with inherent First Nations and Metis rights, inlcuding rights to land and resources, as well as discussing urban and taxation issues.

In the interestes of creating a more just society, the Green Party of Saskatchewan declares its belief that the full letter and spirit of Treaties signed between the Crown and First Nations in the past be respected and fulfilled by present governments at all levels.  A Green Party of Saskatchewan Government will regard historic treaties made with First Nations as a bridge from the past to the future, knowing that all Saskatchewan citizens are the beneficiaries of these treaties and the quality of our common future depends on co-operation and mutual respect.

Green Party of Saskatchewan MLAs will work for the adoption of legislation so that all resource extraction projects are assessed for environmental and social impacts in full consultation with the affected local First Nations and Metis Nation communities and other local stakeholders, and that a project only be allowed to go ahead if it adheres to the laws of ecological wisdom and benefits local First Nations and Metis Nation communities and other local stakeholders.

Green Party MLAs will be a voice in government for:

  • The promotion of “treaty education” at all levels of our formal education system, as well as through public information efforts
  • Increased support for First Nation language teaching and retention through the development of a teaching and retention resource centre
  • Immediate action on the treatment of aboriginals in the Canadian justice system and to investigate and address the disappearance of aboriginal women
  • Promotion of aboriginal culture, language and history as a fundamental source of Saskatchewan identity
  • Sharing resource revenues with First Nations and Metis Nation communities as to finance development within said communities
  • Implementation of targeted programs to help prevent and treat Type II diabeties
  • Increased support and programmes for mentoring from elders to young people.